The world cup. They comfortably beat south korea 4 0, in front of a sell out crowd in paris. Its not a perfect start to saturday, wet and windy for many of us. Saturday, wet and windy for many of us. Even as the wind clears it leaves a trail of sunny spells and scattered showers. Ill have all the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 8th ofjune. Our top story one of the frontrunners in the race to become the next Prime Minister, michael gove, has admitted taking cocaine on several occasions, 20 years ago. In an interview with the daily mail, mr gove said he deeply regretted his actions. It comes two days before the conservative Party Leadership contest officially begins. Our Political Correspondent peter saull is in our london newsroom. What details has mr gove given about his use of the drug . This was more than two decades ago. At the time michael gove was working asa at the time michael gove was working as a journalist. He is 51 now, this was probably in his late 20s. He says
Where have all the flowers gone . And how will we remember life under lockdown in years to come . Museums ask for suggestions about what we should preserve to capture this period of our lives. A minutes silence will be held across the uk at 11 oclock this morning to remember the key workers that have lost their lives to coronavirus. The Prime Minister will be among those paying tribute. More than 100 nhs and care staff have died with the virus so far, as have transport and other key workers. It comes as hospitals in england start planning to restore some nhs services that had to be postponed because of the pandemic, with a priority for cancer and Mental Health. Meanwhile new zealanders prepare to return to work today as the country eases its lockdown restrictions. And in the us, President Donald Trump has denied any responsibility for an increase in calls about injecting disinfectant, following his comments last week saying that it could be a possible solution to tackle the virus. The
It is important that people can get back to work, because there is a massive, massive Economic Cost to what we are having to do for Health Reasons. A fire at a St Petersburg hospital has killed five coronavirus patients recieving treatment in an intensive care unit. Russian News Agencies are reporting that the blaze was started by a short circuit in a ventilator. A hospital in the Afghan Capital is under attack by armed men. A doctor who fled the building told the bbc that about 140 members of staff were inside at the time. Figures released by the ons this morning show that the number of deaths mentioning coronavirus has dropped substantially for the First Time Since the epdemic began. Theyre down a quarter in the week up to may 1st. The number of total deaths is also down. Meanwhile today more than six Million People in the uk will hear whether their wages will continue to be subsidised beyond june today. In other developments, borisjohnson has defended his plans to relax the lockdown
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