but it had happened, he said, because he had fallen in love with someone. as you heard fair, he asked laterfor someone. as you heard fair, he asked later for forgiveness. someone. as you heard fair, he asked laterforforgiveness. he was challenged by itv presenter charlene white also in the camp who said his apology wouldn t cut it for families like hers who had lost a loved one during the pandemic, and followed the guidance closely. he said that that was one of the reasons he regretted what he had done so much. matt hancock has been accused of cashing in on what s described as a terrible legacy by the covid bereaved families forjustice group. asked about his handling of the pandemic as a whole, he said he would defend that far more robustly, that the problems were caused not by people trying to respond to the virus but by coronavirus itself. jonathan blake, thank you very much. a petition launched against the proposed relaxation of rules on the ratio of staff to children in childcare s
being swamped partly because older people in hong kong are not getting vaccinated in big enough numbers. for some reason, people the over the age of 80, only 20 or 30% have been vaccinated, well short of what is needed to stop the crisis. it is getting so bad, there are reports that mainland people living in hong kong have had to sneak or decided to sneak back into the mainland to escape the crisis in hong kong. the reason for this is we think that they cannot get places in the covid 19 isolation hotels on the mainland side of the border. when you come to the border, when you cross into the mainland, you need to be able to show the authorities you have a booking so you can do your quarantine. those hotels are all full, people want to get out of hong kong, get back to the mainland, they
today. ministers will be looking at how it plays out today and all of those areas, the preparation has been done, what actually happens now? while children are at very low risk from coronavirus itself, the pandemic has had a profound impact on their health and wellbeing. data shared exclusively with the bbc by the uk based nuffield trust and the health foundation show growing waits for planned care, access to cancer treatment and an unprecedented surge in demand for mental health services. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. some days she couldn t walk. her behaviour was changing, getting angry, she was crying sometimes. the children caught up in delays and disruption caused by the covid pandemic. sometimes ijust see tears rolling down his face, just sitting and watching him gone from the child he was to pretty much a recluse.
he s more interested in your fingers. eight year old thomas from leeds was diagnosed with leukaemia three years ago. his fortnightly hospital appointments moved to monthly video calls during the pandemic. his mother says, without face to face checkups, problems with his bladder and liver weren t spotted. it s like all the time in the back of my head, how long has this been going on? would it have been detected sooner had it been seen? because i m not trained, i m not medical, i don t know what to look for. gemma said thomas s chemotherapy is affecting his mobility and use of his hands, but he s not seen an occupational therapist since before covid hit and they are still waiting for an appointment. as a mother, i want to take this pain away from him. i don t want to sit and watch him in this pain. but i can t do anything. i just feel completely helpless. sorry.