In california. Civil servants in england are being urged by the government to return to work in their offices. In a letter seen by the bbc, the government wants 80 of Civil Servants to be at their workplace at least once a week by the end of the month. Unions have described the governments attitude as outdated. Our Political Correspondent chris mason has more. Usually vibrant, bustling, dynamic, and yet for much of the last six months many of our city centres have looked like this. Its time for that to change, says the government. The head of the civil service, sir mark sedwill, says the Prime Minister believes. This is whitehall, home to loads of government departments. Its actually relatively busy here today but still pretty quiet on weekdays. The government wants four in five Civil Servants in england to be back at their desks for at least some of the week by the end of this month, with more and more people worrying that unless public and private Sector Workers return to the office,
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back into offices as quickly as possible following the coronavirus lockdown but unions describe the governments attitude as outdated. Several more areas of england including leeds and middlesbrough have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus theyll be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed. President trump declines to condemn russia over the poisoning of the Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny whos in a coma in a german hospital. Experts there say they have evidence he was attacked with a soviet era nerve agent. It is interesting that everybody is a lwa ys it is interesting that everybody is always mentioning russia. I think probably china at this point as a nation that you should be talking about more than russia. India confirms more than four million cases of coronavirus making it the third country in the world to surpass that
Likely. Back to work Government Departments are ordered to get more staff into the office by the end of this month. Its world record glory for mo farah as he runs further in one hour than anyone else before him, breaking a record that had stood for 13 years on his return to the track. And the gran who dressed up as a dinosaur we look at the lengths some people are going to for a hug. Good morning. Weekend brings us a mix of sunshine and showers. Most of the showers will be in the north and the showers will be in the north and the west today and they will drift south east woods tomorrow. I will bring you all of the details throughout the morning. Good morning. Its saturday 5th of september. Our top story several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus. They will now be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed if infections continue to rise. Meanwhile, in some other areas,
Showers and some sunny spells. Its sunday, september 6. Our top story. Tougher coronavirus measures are being imposed in bolton, in Greater Manchester, because of a rising number of cases. The infection rate is now the highest in england. The increase is being driven by a spike among younger people. Our reporter simonjones has this report. Everyone in bolton must play their part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions part, thats deeply from a local council as tighter restrictions are introduced. The infection rate has risen to 99 cases per 100,000 people per week, the highest in england, with people aged between 18 49 accounting for 90 of cases. Residents are now being told to only use public transport for essential purposes and not to mix with other households in any setting, indoors and outdoors, in this part of a support bubble. Although, some restrictions are being lifted elsewhere, a ban on people from differen
More likely we will see more showers across england and wales. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines a leading epidemiologist has warned the country is at a critical moment in the coronavirus pandemic, with many students preparing to travel to universities. Several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus theyll be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back into offices as quickly as possible following the coronavirus lockdown but one union has described the governments attitude as outdated. France records its highest rise in Coronavirus Infections since the start of the pandemic. In australia, tensions on the rise as anti lockdown protestors clash with police. Extinction rebellion activists have delayed the distribution of several National Newspapers after blocking access to three Printing Presses owne