Ryan, im really interested in what you said that you noticed she has five different cries. One cry is if i, say, need to get a drink, theres like a fake cry. So its like, why are you not here, show me attention. Some of the things with the parents today, you know, ryan at the beginning, saying how his baby has got five different cries, he has learnt a huge amount from tiny happy people, and its information like that i wish i had had as a first time mum, but for so many parents, its gold dust, really, for families to be given those tips and tools to be able to use, particularly in those first five years. The duchess of cambridge talking there to louise minchin. Time for a look at the weather. Heres susan powell. Good afternoon. It has all turned a bit gloomy out there at the moment with cloud aplenty. Gardens looking
beautiful in gloucestershire but the skies look pretty ominous. There was some sunshine across the golf course in fife earlier. At the south east of scotla nd in fife earlier. At the south east of scotland has fared pretty well so far today but looking at the satellite, you can see why, this cloud piling in from the west and this band is a warm weather front and ahead of it, we have had the best of the breaks in the cloud but thatis best of the breaks in the cloud but that is now chasing its way eastwards. Increasingly cloudy skies in eastern scotland this afternoon and further west, some rain coming from that front for Northern Ireland and western scotland, pushing in through the afternoon. We could pick up through the afternoon. We could pick up down in the south east are hard to see them, some sharper showers in the afternoon, particularly in sussex and kent, some rumbling into the evening. This evening and overnight, cloud for all, some more rain in scotland, clear in Northern Ireland somewhat, putting into northern england, wales and the south west by the end of the night. A lot of moisture and humidity, pretty misty and murky around the
coasts and across the hills on thursday. Any early brightness might be best in eastern england, probably quite short lived, the cloud again the dominant feature for wednesday. Temperatures held back by a couple of degrees from where they should be for this time of year, were talking high teens, may be 20 at best. Thursday brings a slightly better chance of some spells of sunshine, but equally the further south and east you are but there was a more organised line of cloud trying to get into the north west. Is a cold weather front bringing some rain into the far north west of scotland later on but further south, a little warmer than perhaps today but this front, a cold front, working southwards, but italy on friday and at the weekend and it will start to try to pull fresher air in again particularly on friday. Clearing some of the humidity but i had a bit on friday, perhaps the best temperatures in the week in england and wales, up to 25 degrees in the south east. But much more grey in the north west with that front
encroaching again. Through the weekend, it will work southwards. Just how quickly it will do that is subject to some questions, we could see temperatures bolstered a little further in southern england briefly before the front moves south on saturday in the longer term, still looking distinctly average and u nfortu nately, looking distinctly average and unfortunately, a lot of cloud for us to contend with. Thank you. A mind of a top story, a major government u turn as it bans huawei from the british 5g network over security concerns, a decision they called bad news for anybody in the uk with a mobile phone. Thats all from the bbc news at one so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello i know for the sport. The
former cyclistjess varnish has lost her employment tribunal appeal against 0tis cycling. She has been lost in a legal battle since been dropped from team gb. In the lead up to the sport games. This has been a better role for many years. In the build up to the 2016 olympics in rio she was dropped from team gb and that led to her making accusations of the then technical director who told her to go and have a baby. That then pave the way for this long legal battle of this employment case. First she had to prove that she was an employee of british cycling or uk sport before she could then sue them
for wrongful dismissal or social discolouration. She lost the initial employment tribunal in january discolouration. She lost the initial employment tribunal injanuary of last year and there she won a right to an appeal which was heard in may of this year but today that appeal was dismissed, thejudge ruling that the initial tribunal hadnt heard in its assessment of her employee status that she wasnt an employee of either british cycling or uk sport. Have we heard from jess varnish are british cycling today . We havent heard from jess varnish yet. When she won the appeal, she said that she very much wanted to give athletes the opportunity to hold employers employers of governing bodies to account and there was no formal structure to do this. We have a to the appeal judgment today. But just like this. We have a to the appeal judgment today. Butjust like we have responded and reiterated that their star striker skase has been that the relationship that they happened with athletes is not one of an employer and happened with athletes is not one of an employerand an happened with athletes is not one of an employer and an but more one of
what they term an organisation supporting dedicated athlete to fulfil their potential. They also say that they regret that this course of action was followed but, although it is ostensibly a defeat forjess varnish, it is widely thought that her decision to speak out in 2016 and since then has emboldened athletes to raise their concerns about the culture of elite sport in great britain. Id do very much. 0lympic bronze medallist, amy tinkler, says she made a formal complaint to british gymnastics last december about her experiences as a club and elite gymnast. In a statement the 20 year old said she is no closer to having any feedback or outcome. She also revealed she felt she had no option but to quit gymnastics due to negative experiences. British gymnastics said tinklers case is at an advanced stage, and that she has been kept fully informed and given appropriate support. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard wants his players to take more
repsonsibilty as they look to close in on a top four finish and a Champions League spot. They host already relegated norwich later and following a 3 0 loss to Sheffield United lampard says he wants to hear more from his players on the pitch this evening. Chelsea are third, one point ahead of leicester with three games to go. The Washington RedskinsAmerican Football Team are dropping their name and logo, which have both been criticised over the years for being racist. The redskins name was given to the team in 1933. But they said they would retire it after a review that was demanded by their sponsors, who had threatened to withdraw their support if the name wasnt changed. And theres live tennis going on right now. Its the return of competitive womens tennis for the First Time Since the start of lockdown at the progress tour
championships in roehampton. You can watch it all live via the bbc sport website and app. Thats all from us, more for you in the next hour. And you can keep across this and thatis and you can keep across this and that is all for now. Let us get more on that story about huawei. They have been banned from that you keep providers have been banned from buying any huawei equipment and there was also have it out of their networks by 2027. We a reaction from huawei. They say this is bad news for anyone in the uk with a mobile phone. It would push britain into the additional slow lane, pushing up bills, and they are levelling down instead of levelling
up levelling down instead of levelling up and the urge the government to reconsider. There remain confident that the us restrictions would not affect the products in the uk but there are in the uk has been politicised. This is about us trade policy are not security. We will conduct a detailed review and will work with uk government to explain how we can continue to contribute to a better connected britain. And from nokia, they state they have the capacity and expertise to replace all of the huawei equipment at scale and speed and are ready to step up and speed and are ready to step up and support the implementation of the uk government is my decision. Similarly from ericsson, seeing today part my decision removes uncertainty of slowing down deployment of 5g in the uk. It is 110w deployment of 5g in the uk. It is now time for the industry to come together and start creating the 5g network in the world. Ericsson is
the capacity to help accomplish this. As they were issuing a statement, so too was a bt. We know the government was mark and isaac today, they sate the resilience of their network is of absolute priority to bt and they have prepared for a range of scenarios money to analyse the details of this decision before taking view potential costs. In the house of commons, the distal secretary announced that they would delay the implementation of 5g by two or three yea rs implementation of 5g by two or three years and would cost £2 billion. He is still taking questions in the house of commons, let us return. Can i add my voice to welcoming this vital decision in the interest of National Security. Building on earlier question for my honourable friend, was for many of my constituents in rural buckinghamshire, 56 will be game
changing. Any mobile signal that is reliable will be life changing. What my right honourable friend give me of the incredible shared Willow Network being pushed up the agenda and delivered faster than it is currently scheduled to be . As my honourable friend knows, we have signed a deal for the shared honourable friend knows, we have signed a dealfor the shared Remote Network just a few signed a dealfor the shared Remote Networkjust a few months ago, and we will continue to charge them to go further and faster. In addition to that, i am very mindful that when we talk about full fibre to the premises, there are many people who are struggling with getting superfast, so we also need to make sure we get the superfast to the remaining 10 of households in the uk. Security of our Telkom Network is the vital issue telecoms and thatis is the vital issue telecoms and that is why i have supported the decision from huawei. We have caved into pressure from the us and backbenchers, especially those that
worked in the golden years with china, who is said nothing about human rights then. But can you tell me this, in terms of the bill banning huawei, if the United States changes its position, will he actually banned nokia and ericsson using a component manufactured in china, was to do now is not it is not about the hardware, it is about Hacking Software and that is what we should be cosseted on, not theirs. The oracle gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the further rest of the network and as ive said before it would be naive of us to think that if we remove huawei we remove the risk. Sophisticated and hostile hackers can get into our network, which is why we are toughening up her security to the
telecoms security bill. Mr speaker, i welcome much of what the minister has said and im grateful friend being here, this does look like a long and slow divide to huawei but does he understand the concerns of some people here that seven years is a very long time in politics and it would be better to be done sooner . Can you also understand that maybe the lesson from all this is that, for a host of reasons, economics and geopolitics, high risk offenders should not be in our Critical National infrastructure . Should not be in our Critical National infrastructure . |j should not be in our Critical National infrastructure . I thank the honourable gentleman for his constructive comments but i do genuinely understand the concerns expressed by him and by other members about this speed point. It is one that was considered extensively by the National Security council. In the end, we have made a balanced judgment about this and we believe that by having 2027 as a
target, by the end of this parliament will put in law and irreversible process for the removal of it. The risk on the other side of going faster release to the integrity of the network and the child is around that. I would rather go to the point will be gutted out com pletely go to the point will be gutted out completely by 2027, i think that is a realistic timetable for doing so. In orderto a realistic timetable for doing so. In order to allow the safe exit of vulnerable members participating in. Will pull away from the house of commons now. Whats reminding you of commons now. Whats reminding you of what he said. Just under an hour ago, the government are to depart in ago, the government are to depart in a huge political u turn on its decision to ban huawei from the 56 network and tie providers to remove all of the firms kit from their networks by 2027. They said it had not been an easy decision but he said it was the right one. The
national Cyber Security centre has reviewed the consequences of the uss actions. The ncsc is now reported to ministers that they have significantly changed their security assessment of huaweis presence in the uks sg assessment of huaweis presence in the uks 56 network. Given the uncertainty that this creates around huaweis supply chain, the uk can no longer be confident it can guarantee the security feature 56 huawei equipment affected by the change in us foreign direct product rules. To manage this risk, they have now issued new advice on the use of huawei in uk telecoms networks. This morning, the Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the National Security council, attorneys at that meeting took full account of the National Security centres advice, the application of the uk industry and why wider geostrategic considerations. The advice was agreed with by the government, the
best way to secure and that works is for operators to stop using new huawei equipment to build a uks feature 56 networks. To be clear, from the end of this year, Telecom OperatorsTelecoms Operators must not buy any 56 equipment from huawei and once the telecoms security bill is passed, it will be illegalfor them to do so. But we also recognise them to do so. But we also recognise the rate of concerns voiced in this house regarding huawei was an active role in our 56 network. I have listened carefully to those concerns andi listened carefully to those concerns and i do agree that we need clarity on our position and to take decisive action. I have previously set out our plans to safely manage the presence of high risk offenders in our 56 network and our ambition right from the very beginning was that no one should need to use a high risk vendor for 56 at all. But i know that honourable members have sought a commitment from the government to remove huawei
equipment from our 56 network altogether. This is why we have concluded that it is necessary and prudent to commit to a timetable for the removal of huawei equipment from our 56 network by 2027. The removal of huawei equipment from our 5g network by 2027. We will return to the house of commons for the statement from matt hancock, and we canjoin him now. Talking about facemasks. Thank you mr deputy speaker. I would like to make a statement around coronavirus. Thanks to one of the greatest national effo rts to one of the greatest National Efforts in peacetime, this deadly virus continues to diminish. Yesterdays figures show 530 new cases down 90 since the peak. Hundred 62 patients are currently in mechanical ventilator bed with coronavirus, down around 95 since the peak. The latest number of
deaths recorded in all settings across the uk is 11, the most figure since the 13th of march. According to todays wireless data, for the third consecutive week the total deaths are lower than normal for this time of year. Due to this substantial progress, we have been able to restore freedoms and carefully a nd able to restore freedoms and carefully and methodically restore the fabric of this country. However, we cannot let our progress today lead to complacency tomorrow. We must remain vigilant to keep this virus under control. 0ur must remain vigilant to keep this virus under control. Our strategy is to protect the nhs, get the virus down and keep the virus down by restoring as much of normal life as possible. Our tactic is to replace National Lockdown with ever more targeted local action as we work ha rd to defeat targeted local action as we work hard to defeat this virus once and for all. Our nhs test and traces
system for all. Our nhs test and traces syste m gets for all. Our nhs test and traces system gets stronger all the time and since lodge six weeks ago 144,000 people have not now been asked to self isolate you otherwise would not have known they had to. When we find clusters and outbreaks, we ta ke when we find clusters and outbreaks, we take legal action, tapping over hundred incidents per week. These are mostly small and in individual ca re are mostly small and in individual care homes or pubs or factories, are mostly small and in individual care homes or pubs orfactories, but we are also prepared to take action ona we are also prepared to take action on a wider basis if that is what it ta kes, on a wider basis if that is what it takes, just as we did in leicester. For permanent test sites and ten mobile testing units have been deployed across the city, meaning that leicester now has the high street of testing in the country. We have lost one of the biggest communication programmes that leicester has ever seen, including targeted social media posts, website banners, radio ads billboards and even been stickers. We wouldnt we will be working with all parts of the local community, local
businesses, local football and cricket clubs, getting the message out. We have also established a process for making decisions to lift the lockdown, with the first Decision Point later this week. Local action is one way in which we can control the spread of the virus while minimising the economic and social costs. Another is to minimise the risk as we return more to normality. In recent weeks, we have reopened retail and football is rising. We want to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protections for those who work in shops. Both of these can be done by the use of Face Coverings. Sadly, sales assistants, cashews and security guards have suffered disproportionately in this crisis. The death rate of sales and retail assistance is 75 higher amongst men and 60 higher amongst women than in the general population. As we
restore shopping, so we must keep our shopkeepers say. There is also evidence that these coverings increase confidence in people to shop. The British Retail Consortium said that, together with other social distancing measures, these coverings can make shoppers feel even more confident about returning to the high street and the chair of the federation of Small Businesses has said that small firms know that mandatory Face Coverings have a part to play in the nation passed s recovery, both physically and financially, and that he is sure that it will be welcome. We have come to the decision then that these coverings should be mandatory in shops and supermarkets. Last month, we made these coverings monetary and public transport and in any settings. This has been successful in giving people more confidence to go on public transport and to a hospital setting when they need to. Providing people with additional
protection when they are not able to keep two metres from others, particularly people who do not normally come into contact with. Under the new rules, people who do not wear Face Coverings will face a fine of up to £100, in line with the sanction on public transport. Just as with public transport, children under 11 and those with their disabilities will be exempt. The liability for wearing a Face Covering lies with the individual. Should an individual without an exemption refused to wear a Face Covering, shop cameras use them at entry and can call the police if it was to comply. The police have formal Enforcement Powers and can issue a fine. This is in line with how shops would normally manage the customers. Enforcement is a last resort and we fully expect the public to comply with these rules, as they have done that throughout the pandemic. I want to give this message to everyone who has been making vital changes to their daily
lives for the greater good. Wearing a Face Covering does not mean that we can ignore the other measures that have been so important in slowing the spread of this virus. Washing your hands, following the rules on social distancing and, just as the british people have acted so selflessly throughout this pandemic, i have no doubt they will rise to this once more. Mr deputy speaker, asa this once more. Mr deputy speaker, as a nation we have made huge strides in getting this virus, which has brought peace to so many, under control. We are not out of the woods yet so let us all do our utmost to this virus cornered and enjoying summer safely and i commend the statement of the house. Im grateful andl statement of the house. Im grateful and i find the right that i thank the right honourable gentleman for his statement. After days of ministerial model, we finally have a decision. I have long warned that this virus exploits ambiguity and that makes messaging any pandemic is
so that makes messaging any pandemic is so damaging. 0n that makes messaging any pandemic is so damaging. On friday we had the Prime Minister say he favoured face masks. 0n Prime Minister say he favoured face masks. On sunday we had chancellor of the duchy of lancaster saying he didnt. Yesterday, the justice secretary, unsure what to say, had to say that he was perhaps in favour of face masks. It did not have to be this way, we did not have to have this way, we did not have to have this confusion. We have long known about airborne transmission via aerosols. He has long on warned about asymptomatic transmission. The World Health Organization has long recommended wearing face masks, even donald trump now wears a face market, although admittedly it is because someone told him he was like the lone ranger. The chair of the house select committee, is predecessor was long warned about wearing a face mask at his own advice, published on the 11th of may, advised wearing face masks. So why has it taken two months for him to make this advice monetary . White
will take another 11 days to get the measure to comment . The World Health Organization has said throughout this pandemic to act with speed, but yet again this government appears to be in the slow lane. All we need is and what is clarity, so, i also have clarity in other areas . What now is the position on workers returning to offices . Does the government wanted to return to got offices, yes i know . And carry off a greater clarity to the people of leicester, now in the 70th week of lockdown in my city . Can you tell us what metrics will be used to judge whether leicester can ease out of lockdown later this week . When will he make that decision . How will he communicate that decision to the people of leicester . Can you clarify why the business minister, the honourable member for stratford, has ruled out extra support for leicester businesses and employers, contradicting the indications that he gave to the people of leicester . When people are worried about their jobs, this makes messaging as the la st jobs, this makes messaging as the last thing they need. The other areas i have identified as concerning, well he instructs the health and safety executive to inspect all factories, meat packing plants, orders centres and all large employment sites as a matter of urgency . On testing, local authorities dont need specific data that can facilitate action. They still need. They still need personal identifiable data, notjust postcodes. It is not as positive test results, they need a negative result as well so they can understand the overall infection prevalence, and they need to Contact Tracing data so they know who has been asked to isolate to test adjacent to the can for them up, and they need it daily. The virus does not wait a week, so why should directors of Public Health have to
wait a week . I noticed in the Financial Statement that £10 billion has been allocated to test and raised. Kindly itemise what a £10 billion has been spent on . Can he rule out to spennymoor on private outsourced companies and invest more in nhs labs and testing is that . Finally, we have a report today from the academy of medical sciences warning of a new wave of infection this winter. Sage has also warned that the transmission of the virus could be elevated under uk winter conditions. Yet missing from this Financial Statement was any increase in nhs englands revenue budget. Instead, we have a muted nhs organisation, with suggestions that Public Health england could be abolished, speculation that a new ce ntre abolished, speculation that a new centre for Disease Control set up in his place instead, but nhs staff at certainty now more than ever. So will he ensure that the nhs staff
the nhs and social care sector get the nhs and social care sector get the funding it needs to prepare for a local wave . The funding it needs to prepare for a local wave . People the funding it needs to prepare for a local wave . People want to do the right thing, modelled messaging end as that. As George Osborne said yesterday, people just want answers. Can you give our constituents as it is today . Mr deputy speaker, i can certainly answer some of the genuine questions that were under there, but just before that i think that the tone of constructive engagement that the honourable gentleman used to engage with was a better one for him. After all, on engage with was a better one for him. Afterall, on this engage with was a better one for him. After all, on this points of Face Coverings, we clearly follow the evidence on Face Coverings and i set out some of the reasons why now is the right moment introduces policy, trying to turn it into a Party Political football ill behoves the gentleman, not only because his colleague, the member for the gentleman, not only because his colleague, the memberfor norwich,
said yesterday, what is labours policy on face mask is back on that detail, i dont know. I would like to know because, if we are going to call for clarity, it will be good to know the clarity on our own policy. Soi know the clarity on our own policy. So i would take the criticisms of the front bench opposite with a pinch of salt. With the substantive questions he has asked, unless there, we have set out that there is a process whether changes can be made in leicester and the process is that we will look at 14 days of data, it is today 14 days since the measures were introduced, and we will look at that on thursday of this week and make a public announcement as soon as is reasonably possible about whether and ifany reasonably possible about whether and if any changes can be made to the situation in leicester. Thankfully, the numbers have been coming down in leicester and we have put in that extra testing, but the
number of positive cases in leicester are still well above the rest of the country and i will not prejudge the decision that we would ta ke prejudge the decision that we would take on thursday i will take into account all of the data. He asked for specific metrics. You are not set out specific threshold, instead we will look at all the data, multilevel and the rate of change, i make the appropriate decision in consultation with the local authorities. There are risk based health and safety inspections on all the types of facility he mentions and this needs to be based on risk, for instance, we have seen across the world meet packaging batteries having a higher risk of having an outbreak and so we have targeted inspections on those meat. Patient identifiable data is available to local authorities when they signed a data protection
agreement. Of course there has