which will cost a reported £200 million and be in service for 30 years, would be used to host trade fairs and diplomatic meetings. it would be the successor to the royal yacht britannia, which was retired in 1997. australia s prime minister is in new zealand for the annual bilateral talks with his counterpart, jacinda ardern. the relative success in curbing the coronavirus pandemic was evident as neither leader wore a mask and scott morrison was welcomed with a traditional maori greeting. from sydney, phil mercer reports there are flashing images at the start of the report. a traditional maori greeting replaced elbow bumps and fist taps, as new zealand s prime minister welcomed her australian counterpart. scott morrison said the meeting highlighted the success of two countries that have weathered covid 19 arguably better than any other.
this is bbc news. the headlines at six: ministers say they ll proceed with caution in deciding whether to end all covid estrictions in england next month. restrictions in england next month. but there s confidence accelerating the vaccine roll out will keep government plans on track. we hope to be able to protect with two doses all the 1 9s, all the over 50s, before the 21st ofjune. israeli opposition parties are inching towards forming a government that would bring an end to benjamin netanyahu s 12 years in power. borisjohnson ties the knot in a secretly planned wedding to carrie symonds at westminster cathedral. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost
the critical incident for the south western ambulance service, not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients in hospital there but the system is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend. so people are being told to only call 99 in an emergency. we people are being told to only call 99 in an emergency. people are being told to only call 99 in an emergency. we are expecting to see around 99 in an emergency. we are expecting to see around 3000 99 in an emergency. we are expecting to see around 3000 calls 99 in an emergency. we are expecting to see around 3000 calls a 99 in an emergency. we are expecting to see around 3000 calls a day - to see around 3000 calls a day across the south west, and that s a considerable amount for the resources we have available to us. some parts of the country, like bolton and blackburn, have had the biggest increase in cases linked to the variant first seen in india. even in those areas, though, hospitals
the hip replacements and knee replacements all get postponed. is that a valid argument? is that something that policymakers really need to be paying attention to? yes, the nhs is getting busier and busier with all of those other things that it was extremely busy doing before we had covid, and that s obviously good news for people who have been waiting to have operations and so on, and again, if we have to go back into some sort of lockdown or if the number of cases rises and we have to convert our acute care or long term care into covid wards again, then everything will go backwards. ijust do so hope that we can keep this under control and do urge everyone to get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible to be vaccinated. borisjohnson has married his partner carrie symonds at secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. a spokesman said that following yesterday s small ceremony, the couple would celebrate again