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
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
This is bbc news. Im julian worricker. The headlines at 11 00 the World Health Organization declares europe the focal point of the global coronaVirus Outbreak. Europe has now become the epicentre of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from china. Here the premier league, english Football League, and scottish fa fixtures are all off until april and theres no Six Nations Rugby this weekend. In the usa, President Trump declares a National Emergency as its confirmed 46 states have cases of coronavirus. The action i am taking will open up
access to up to 50 billion, a large amount, of money for states and territories and localities in our shared fight against this disease. Theres new uk guidance for those with flu like symptoms dont visit relatives in care homes. And the government says schools should remain open despite the outbreak, unless advised otherwise by Public Health england. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at th
Well continue to listen to and benefit from the expertise of scientists, health care professionals, Public Health officials and Community Leaders so that we can craft the most effective evidencebased response. Now these announcements come as wall street hopes to end the week on positive week. The dow is up 4 . I have seen this over my time as a reporter, i havent seen a day like yesterday, 10 off. All major markets all on the upside. None of is this going to make up for the terrible few weeks we had on the dow. Its interesting to see that you could actually see green arrows from time to time. Few hours from now, the United States implement a travel ban that have been in certain European Countries for 14 days prior to their schedule arrival in the United States. It doesnt apply to United States citizens and it doesnt affect trade. The nations top Infectious Disease expert says this could make a big difference. Today, the new china is europe because europe now is the major element, the m
Chunk of that gain happening after the News Conference started and continuing throughout. All of this comes on a day of more cancellations and postponements affecting major sporting events, Worship Services and educational facilities. As well as increasing strain on businesses and consumers. America has dramatically changed how it operates. In the span of just a few days. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with what the Emergency Declaration means and what comes next. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. Indeed, things have changed quite significantly in just the last few days. President trump was hoping it wouldnt come to this but with public concern growing and political pressure mounting on him to show that the white house is making maximum effort to deal with the coronavirus, the president today moved to get out in front of it. I am officially declaring a National Emergency. Two very big words. The declaration of a Nationa