many secretaries, and the government has never really explains the logic of its 16th of august date on isolating. lewis hughes, the man who accosted england s chief medical officer chris whitty in a london park, pleads guilty to assault. meanwhile another man, jonathan chew, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. and drug deaths in scotland reach a new record level for the seventh year in a row more than 1300 people died last year. campaign is when a court battle to prevent the construction of a road tunnel near stonehenge. at 5:45pm marker mode will take a look at the best and rest releases in the film reveal, including disney sjungle reveal, including disney s jungle cruise.
labour is calling for the government to bring forward the date on which fully vaccinated people will no longer have to self isolate in england. the welsh government confirmed last night that it would make the change next saturday while scotland plans to do the same two days later. in england, the change is not due to come in until the 16th of august. our political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. we can speak to him now. once again, the different nations of the united kingdom we can speak to him now. once again, the different nations of the united kingdom acting we can speak to him now. once again, the different nations of the united kingdom acting differently we can speak to him now. once again, the different nations of the united kingdom acting differently over we can speak to him now. once again, the different nations of the united kingdom acting differently over kobe and? . , kingdom acting differently over kobe and? ., , , and? that s right, there will be re bi a
hear. 30% of the 2000 testing sites is not good enough and obviously as we head towards the 16th of august which is when the rules are going to change, things and to change really poorly before that or we could see certain areas grind to a hall or alternatively people potentially who are going back to work without being able to get tested which is particularly dangerous. it is particularly dangerous. it is indeed. let s particularly dangerous. it is indeed. let s move - particularly dangerous. it is indeed. let s move on - particularly dangerous. it is indeed. let s move on to the daily mail. it s a photo story i think is quite interesting here. and it s a reminder of some of these cases taking years before they come to any kind of fruition. and also the importance of regional media as well. this is the so called suffolk strangler to people may recall was the man who was convicted of murders, steven wright, of prostitutes working in the ipswich area and now being quizzed over and mur
ministers are to discuss allowing fully vaccinated travellers from the eu and us to avoid quarantine when they arrive in england. sources said the isolation exemption was likely to be discussed at the covid operations meeting on wednesday. tesco is offering lorry drivers a £1,000 joining bonus amid a chronic shortage of drivers in the industry. the supermarket giant has deployed the recruitment incentive for candidates whojoin before 30 september. other companies are also understood to be offering similar incentives for hgv drivers after disruption to supply chains led to product shortages. morrisons biggest shareholder says it is not inclined to support the 6.3 billion pound private equity backed takeover deal for the supermarket chain. it comes after the grocer accepted a takeover bid by a us firm fortress investment group earlier this month. morrisons shareholders are due to vote on the offer on the 16th of august.
publicly, openly against the games, but now are feeling really excited and moved by the strong performance of the japanese athletes, but at the same time, as the number of covid cases goes up, and as hospitals get overwhelmed, they are starting to see the shift of opinion once again. thanks so much forjoining us. but it now. plenty more to come throughout the day, lots of action and more medals as well. we will see you soon. for now, back to you the studio. in the uk, the prime minister has described plans for fully vaccinated people to avoid isolation if they come into contact with a positive coronavirus case as nailed on . the rule change will come into effect on august 16th and will apply to all fully vaccinated people in england. in scotland, wales and northern ireland, there are plans to ease the same rules at some point in august. this morning, the prime minister said that the 16th of august was always