Pep guardiola. Sunday sunshine on the way for many parts of the uk full up rain really dragging its heels towards the south east. All the details coming up south east. All the details coming up here on breakfast. Its sunday the 19th ofjuly. Our top story borisjohnson has said he doesnt believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed if theres a second spike of coronavirus this winter. The Prime Minister told the sunday telegraph that he believes any future outbreaks can be dealt with at a local or regional level. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. This nick eardley reports. Wasnt so long ago. National lockdown this wasnt so long ago. National lockdown across the uk. Streets deserted. Things are starting to move again but the economic and social cost of the shutdown will be felt for some time. So the government is desperate to avoid a repeat. Speaking to the sunday telegraph, the Prime Minister co m pa res telegraph, the Prime Minister compares the idea of another Nati
Withdrawal agreement. A month on from the derailment in stonehaven in aberdeenshire, a report by network rail says there needs to be better use of technology to predict heavy rain on railways. Wildlife populations are plummeting across the world according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature. Tax frequent flyers and ban cars from city centres. Just two ideas from the public to tackle Climate Change in the uks First Citizens assembly on the environment. Government plans for a huge increase in coronavirus testing could cost tens of billions of pounds, according to leaked whitehall documents. The papers set out how borisjohnsons so called Moonshot Programme could work with an aim of 3 million coronavirus tests per day available by december, and up to 10 million early next year. The details of the project emerged yesterday as the Prime Minister set out a ban on gatherings of more than six people in england. The restrictions, he says, break his heart to enforce, but ins
Reaction from hospitality businesses. President trump is accused of lying to the American People about the threat posed by coronavirus and there are fears that fa ns coronavirus and there are fears that fans could be shut out from sport again. All crowds of 1000 people will be allowed a pilot event this month all this is now under review after the rising infection rates. And it is a cool start to your thursday but for many a dry day in store. The full forecast here on brea kfast. Good morning. It is thursday, september ten. 0ur our top story is that borisjohnson has said it breaks is hard to ban gatherings of more than six people in england but he insisted the letter is necessary to avoid a second down. The Prime Minister also outlined an ambition to increase Testing Capacity to millions of People Per Day which could cost tens of billions of pounds according to lea ked of billions of pounds according to leaked documents. Back at the downing street podium, to announce new restrictions f
Tonight at ten more evidence the coronavirus pandemic in the uk is growing again. For the First Time Since march, the r numberfor infections has risen above one, meaning cases are beginning to rise sharply. The virus is increasing in prevalence and its an Early Warning and what we really need to do is to ta ke and what we really need to do is to take heed of that warning. 1. 6 Million People in birmingham will be banned from meeting other households at home, as infections double in a week. Its going to be very difficult for families, you know . I can understand that theyve got to try and curb it, but its going to be a very hard thing. Across the uk, infections are now doubling every seven to ten days. Also tonight. Better news on the economy, recovering by 6. 6 injuly, after lockdown. Up to half a million have to leave their homes in oregon, as wildfires devastate the American West coast. Singing. We report on the philippine governments war on drugs, which is killing more people than t
To the National Audit office. A businessman from leeds linked to organised crime and gangsters agrees to pay almost £10 million to the National Crime agency. Facebook and instagram are banning all accounts linked to the far right qanon Conspiracy Theory group after classifying it as dangerous. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is to announce a tightening of lockdown later to try and slow a surge in new covid cases. The plans are expected to include more restrictions for pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues. Travel restrictions could be put in place in parts of the country which have higher levels of covid. Across scotland, on average, around 730 people are testing positive and a half times higher than a fortnight ago, when 285 virus cases were recorded every day. Also this afternoon, scotlands education secretary, john