The government says it will ensure all students will be able to return home for christmas. We are going to work with universities to make sure that all students are supported to return safely and spend christmas with their loved ones if they choose to do so. Its the first us president ial tv debate with donald trump likely to face questions, about his tax affairs. And the jetpack paramedic whose speed mayjust save your life. New figures from the government released in the last hour reveal there have been a further 7,143 cases of coronavirus in the uk the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began. Government figures also show a further 71 people have died in the uk within 28 days of testing positive, the biggest deathtoll since the start ofjuly. This brings the total number of deaths to 42,072. 0ur Health Correspondent lauren moss has been looking at the figures. We have been told that the cases arising that is agreed across the board in all areas of the country. Some more
In the United States and india as countries introduce new measures to tackle the pandemic. And in the Us Election Campaign joe biden accuses his rival donald trump of panicking in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the pair take part in separate tv events. 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. Im Annita Mcveigh. Tensions between the uk government and regional leaders over local coronavirus restrictions is growing, as a member of sage warns that the continuing row is a very dangerous route to go on. Director of the wellcome trust, drjeremy farrar, told the bbc. What we dont want now is a fragmentation or confusion one area or region or city pitched against another. I think that would be very, very damaging. The comments come after the mayor of Greater Manchester, andy burnham, rejected plans to move to the highest risk category which would force bars, pubs and gyms to c
Control and it is notjust the fact that people suffer financially and wont isolate themselves, it is that the central system is so slow at getting the information out to people that they need to isolate, but by the time it has got there the £22 billion or whatever we have spent on it has been wasted. It is gone, information is useless. And weve also seen Evidence Public Health england have withheld information from a local Public Health authorities. If we want when we come back in two months time to get it right we must decentralise the expenditure and get it into Public Health systems. What i was going to say before the right honourable gentleman spoke was there is not a way forward where people dont die in the situation, that is tragic and everybody in this house wa nts to tragic and everybody in this house wants to minimise the number of deaths but sometimes because though if we have the most restrictive measures, which will undoubtedly stop people contracting covid, that will be f
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