which would be a breach of the uk data privacy code designed to protect young people. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the former health secretary, matt hancock, has denied claims he failed to follow covid testing advice during the early days of the pandemic. thousands of whatsapp messages leaked to the telegraph show mr hancock was advised in april 2020 to test everyone going into care homes. but a message reportedly from mr hancock to an aide said he would rather commit to just testing those going into care homes from hospitals. lord bethall was a junior minister in department of health and social care back in 2020. this morning, he was asked whether matt hancock should have taken the advice of the chief medical officer to test everyone going into care homes. no, ithink no, i think the key phrase here is this is obviously a positive step. it was absolutely crystal clear that we wanted to test everyone who went into social care. that was the ambition. gettin
by the chair, which will be its centrepiece. nicholas witchell, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. chilly today but there is colder weather on the way as we head into next week. today is the first day of meteorological spring, it s also st david s day and it s been pretty cloudy. the cloud is thick enough to give us more showers around today. still got high pressure close by so the really wet weather is being deflected into southern parts of europe. that s the storm that brought all of the rain we saw in majorca, that s moving away. just to the north of that there is clear skies. it looks like we will tap into some of that tonight and tomorrow, so may be some changes on the way. today the winds are coming in from off the north sea, picking up in from off the north sea, picking up a lot of cloud. that s pushing our way. the best sunshine in western scotland. the cloud still ringing quite a peppering of showers in those temperatures
as you saw him there in the report. with me now is duncan mccann a campaignerfor children s digital safety charity the 5rights foundation. thank you forjoining and tell us a bit more if you can t, about your and your children experience using youtube. t and your children experience using youtube. ~ ., , , ., youtube. i think youtube is an important youtube. i think youtube is an important service youtube. i think youtube is an important service and - youtube. i think youtube is an important service and indeed, | youtube. i think youtube is an - important service and indeed, during the pandemic, it really came into its own. the school is often sending kids to enhance their learning on youtube. youtube can provide benefits. what i m concerned about is the way that youtube in fact gathers data, tracks its users and specifically with regard to children, how they profile those users in order to serve other interests. the commercial interests of youtube are to keep users on there as lo
spoke to duncan mccann a campaignerfor children s digital safety charity the 5rights foundation who began by telling me the positive impact that youtube has on children. i think youtube is an important service, and indeed during the pandemic it really came into its own, the school was often sending the kids to enhance their learning on youtube. so, i tend to believe that you chew can provide benefits. what i am concerned about is the way that you tube in fact gathers data and tracks its users, and then specifically with regard to children, how they profile those users in order to serve them more content, because ultimately the commercial interests of youtube are to keep users on there for as long as possible. that s how they monetise their users and how they make money, but that s certainly not the best interest of the child, and indeed the children s code,