Life, so some closure but i am certainly not celebrating. Senior us officials have described last weeks election as the most secure in American History. It comes as former president barack obama accuses Senior Republicans of undermining democracy. Boris johnsons closest adviser, Dominic Cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas after 16 stormy months at the heart of government. Mr cummings helped drive through brexit last year, and has been at the forefront of the governments push to shake up the civil service. So, who is Dominic Cummings . In 2015, the former advisor to michael gove ran the pro Brexit Vote Leave Campaign in the Eu Referendum and was behind the groups take back control slogan. After becoming the Prime Ministers Senior Adviser in 2019, the get brexit done Campaign Message helped the conservatives win a large majority in the general election. But he made enemies. There were many disparaging comments. He described some tory brexiteer mps as useful idiots. Sajid ja
Briefed the media against them secretary. This, along with many other claims, is completely false. A historic moment for afghanistan the us and the taliban sign a deal that will see the withdrawal of thousands of american troops. Including a much needed victory for west ham against southhampton. Its been revealed by the department of health that three more people in england have tested positive for coronavirus. They had all recently returned from abroad two from italy, and one from asia. That means that the total number of cases in the uk has risen to 23. Public Health Officials are trying to establish how a man from surrey become the first and so far only known person to contract coronavirus within the uk. That patient is being treated at a specialist nhs infection centre in london. A pub in haslemere, in surrey, has closed as a precaution against the virus and is undergoing a deep clea n. And this afternoon following talks with the heath secretary and the chief medical officer, boris
Now its time for newswatch. This week, samira ahmed puts the bbcs coverage of the coronavirus under scrutiny. Hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. Does the extensive air time the bbc is devoting to the coronavirus mean its guilty of scaremongering . And how can reporters provide all the information on the virus that the public needs without encouraging a sense of panic . One subject has led almost all news bulletins this week, and it seems likely to remain top of the agenda for some time to come. Heres hugh pym, on thursdays news at ten, reporting on warnings that the coronavirus was likely to spread further in the uk. The warnings today have been on the basis of a worst case scenario. Case numbers may be less than expected, but Health Leaders feel they need to prepare hospitals, their staff and patients for a potentially very tough time ahead. While some viewers have applauded the way the topics been handled with a twitter user called jonathan posting this. But Chris
The nhs. The sunday times goes with the same story and says the government is working on the assumption that covid 19 could kill around 100,000 people in the uk. The sunday express reports that the government has plans to deliver food to coronavirus hotspots. The mail on sunday says the queen doesnt want to be virus to prevent her from carrying out her duties, as the palace plans are to keep her protected. The sunday telegraph contains an interview with the chancellor, who says next weeks budget will contain measures to help businesses deal with the virus. The sunday mirror has a tribute to the british man who died from covid 19, after catching it on a caribbean cruise. Lets take a look at some of those stories in more detail. Lets go to the sunday times to begin with. Ruth, quite tall plans for the worst does the virus spreads . think that is right. They have gone from containment phase, as they called it, when they were trying to contain the thing, to the delay phase, when they are t
Strength of the wind and it is a dont move home the uk government urges house buyers and sellers cold wind, coming from the to put off completion north east. It will be blowing until after the across the whole of the uk coronavirus outbreak. Throughout the weekend, temperatures retired metropolitan Police Officers up throughout the weekend, temperatures up to 16 or17 are being asked to consider throughout the weekend, temperatures up to 16 or 17 celsius for most of returning to work to help us, back into single figures by cope with coronavirus. Firefighters are to take sunday. Saturday at day of sunny on new roles, such as driving spells, variable amounts of cloud ambulances or delivering food, and wintry showers, particularly for alongside their currentjobs. Eastern counties of scotland and angler, could bring some rain, the bbc understands that guidance sleet, maybe some snow over higher on when British Health workers need to wear personal protective equipment will be updated within