to the pandemic, $1.5 million more in the prize pot for this one. england are the defending champions. australia and india will expect to be in the mix as well. new zealand the hosts, and england bowler kate cross says some of the returning stars will make them quite formidable. they have suzie bates back, who came back from a terrible injury, i think she had shoulder reconstruction and has been out for 12 months. we missed her in the hundred as well. sophie devine is back and took some time out as well. we were over in new zealand in february, we had three t20s and three 0dis. it was hard fought and england were favourites for most of it, but they are a good team. a busy 2022 in the uk, england hosting the rugby league world cup, the commonwealth games on the women s european championships as well. that was another event pushed back from 2021. what an occasion it will be for northern ireland, the lowest ranked country in the tournament. their first major finals, and they ve been drawn
nominate two flag bearers. normally you will have the athletes walking together. tonight around 30% you still have lanterns, lights. bring snacks, it is three and a half hours long. then it kicks off, the smorgasbord of sports. more events than ever before. it is going to be a busy 18 days. fix, than ever before. it is going to be a busy 18 days a busy 18 days. a smorgasbord of sorts, a busy 18 days. a smorgasbord of sports. i love a busy 18 days. a smorgasbord of sports, i love that! a busy 18 days. a smorgasbord of sports, i love that! keep saying l sports, i love that! keep saying that. that is the biggest challenge. daily lateral flow testing for pupils may be equally as effective as class bubbles to control transmission in schools that s according to a study by oxford university. one of the government s scientific advisers, susan hopkins, welcomed the study staying it was evidence of a safe alternative to the policy of isolation. our health correspondent, naomi grimley h
take last week, for example, the department for education says on the 15th ofjuly, over a million state school pupils in england did not attend class for covid 19 related reasons. of those, more than 930,000 were self isolating, due to a possible contact with a covid case. but a new study by oxford university suggests daily testing is a safe alternative to isolating contacts. researchers followed pupils and staff in more than 200 schools. in half, the close contacts of positive cases had to isolate for ten days. in the other half, however, close contacts of positive cases were offered supervised daily tests at school over seven days and allowed to carry on as normal if they were negative. i think the results of this study are really reassuring for parents, as well as for students and for teachers. what we see here is that for people in schools and colleges,
15th ofjuly. and presumably government must ve known this was the inevitable consequence anyway of the inevitable consequence anyway of the rise in infections. to add in freedom day one would assume they will be more to come. you freedom day one would assume they will be more to come. freedom day one would assume they will be more to come. you don t have to be a passionate will be more to come. you don t have to be a passionate supporter - will be more to come. you don t have to be a passionate supporter of the l to be a passionate supporter of the government to have sympathy for this nightmare government to have sympathy for this nightmare that goes on and on as penny nightmare that goes on and on as penny has nightmare that goes on and on as penny has said. but on the other hand, penny has said. but on the other hand. i penny has said. but on the other hand, i regret to say that some of these hand, i regret to say that some of these things do seem to have been predicted
plus, will the weather for the plus, will the weatherfor the rest of the summer be decided today? it is st swithin s day. for many it is dry and sunny. the full forecast later. good morning. it s thursday, the 15th ofjuly. our top story this morning is a call for sugar and salt taxes to be introduced in england to improve the nation s health. a landmark report, commissioned by the government, says the money raised by the levy should be used to extend the free school meals programme and pay for gps to prescribe fruit and vegetables. ellie price has more. it s just what the doctor ordered, but not what you might expect. cathy runs the charity care merseyside, involved in what s called social prescribing. patients are referred by their local gp, and then offered things like exercise support and cooking advice. here, they also provide healthy food to low income families.