This is bbc news. The headlines. The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk has risen to 206. Milton keynes hospital is isolating people who came into contact with the man in his 80s who die from the virus on thursday. We currently have five patients who are isolated and have been tested and we are waiting for the results. We have asked nine staff to self isolate. The results. We have asked nine staff to selfisolate. Arjun 40 britons remain inquietude on board cruise ship off the coast of california in which 21 people tested positive for coronavirus. There is a rush for me to get off the ship as i have stage four cancer and my tumours are actively growing. It
will not be easy to off load the 2500 passengers on this ship. £360 million will be paid by Insurance Companies to clean up the damage done by storm dennis and storm ciara. In sport, we will have more on the ripples victory with bournemouth which leaves a 25 points clear at the top of the table. Good
This is bbc news. The headlines amid claims the covid testing system is collapsing the government says resolving delays is its number one issue. Everybody can see, just in the last few days, a colossal spike in the number of people who want to test and who want to ascertain whether theyve got coronavirus. And what were trying to do now is meet that demand at record speed. Theyve had six months, mr speaker, to get this right. And yet the Prime Minister still cant deliver on his promises. The Health Secretary said yesterday it would take weeks to sort the situation out. Well, mr speaker, we dont have weeks. Calls for teachers to be added to the priority list for testing as the government prepares to announce that nhs staff and care workers will be at the front of the queue. In wales another area is placed under lockdown restrictions people will not be able to enter or leave Rhondda Cynon taf from 6pm tomorrow. Taking a bite out of inflation the eat out to help out scheme pushes uk inflat
And our people understand this, and im sure we will stand till the end. That end for her is new elections, ones that are free and fair. Only then, she tells us, will bela russians know who their president truly is. Jean mackenzie, bbc news. The Manchester United captain, Harry Maguire, has been arrested while on holiday on the greek island of mykonos. Lets talk to our Sports Correspondent olly foster, who is at old trafford for us tonight. Bring us up to date with the latest on all this. Good evening. The worlds most expensive defender is spending a second night in a greek police cell. The club this morning confirming that their captain was fully cooperating with the greek authorities. We know that Harry Maguire and two other british men we re maguire and two other british men were arrested at around midnight last night after an incident on the
greek island of mykonos. The greek police said they were called out to an altercation between two groups. They had to break up a fight and it w
Unbelievable. Now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. It mattered. Allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. It was the deadliest conflict in human history. World war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. There arent many people who dont have some sort of Family Connection to that war. To mark its end, four presenters from bbc news, including myself, are telling the stories of our relatives the roles they played, what they did, whether here on the home front, in the atlantic or deep in burmasjungle. We start with Mishal Husain and her grandfather. He was one of more than two million men who fought for britain in the indian army. Mishal they served in deserts
and jungles, from african battlefields to asia and in europe. And without what wa
Good morning, its wednesday october 7th, im victoria derbyshire, here are the headlines scotland faces new restrictions to combat a rise in covid cases with pubs and restaurants expected to be affected. It comes as the uk government says it will do everything it can to avoid another National Lockdown for england. We dont want to go back to a second lockdown where we end up having to close the economy and the potential damage that has on peoples livelihoods. Although nowhere near the peak earlier this year would you accept even further restrictions . Wherever you are in the uk, do let me know. The Pharmaceutical Company, roche, warns of problems with the supply of coronavirus swabs and nhs tests for other conditions, including cancer. Uk taxpayers may lose tens of billions of pounds because the governments flagship covid loan scheme is at high risk of fraud, according to the National Audit office. A businessman from leeds linked to organised crime and gangsters agrees to pay almost £10