of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 262 deaths per day. vaccinations are continuing at a slower pace. on average, in the last week nearly 124,000 people per day had a boosterjab. 63.3% of the population, aged 12 or over, have now had three doses. the culture secretary, nadine dorries, has suggested that the days of the bbc licence fee are numbered, in a tweet about the present charter — which runs until 2027 — being the last. our media correspondent david sillito explained what happened this morning on social media. i tweet this morning, and this license fee announcement will be the last. the days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors are over. there are essentially two bits of information on this. a licence fee announcement essentially indoors in the boozing mail on sunday as suggesting it be frozen for the next