This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines the chancellor rishi sunak announces a newjob support scheme lasting six months from november he says it will save viable jobs. Mr speaker, these are radical interventions in the uk Labour Market policies we have never tried in this country before. A planned rise in vat has also been cancelled and businesses will now have longer to pay back government loa ns. Labour believes rishi sunak should have acted sooner unions say the measure will save hundreds of thousands of jobs. After months of delay, the nhs covid 19 Contact Tracing app goes live in england and wales anyone with a smartphone is being urged to download it. The latest test and trace results
show the numbers testing positive is almost three times higher than at the end of august. 600 people at Glasgow University are self isolating, after more than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers week ended. And is a little bit of hollywood glamour coming to wrexham
Capable of preventing more than 90 of people from getting covid 19 according to preliminary findings. The Developers Pfizer and biontech describe it as a great day for science and humanity, but experts warn of logistical challenges ahead. As the us passes 10 million cases of coronavirus, president Electjoe Biden has set up a task force of specialists who have worked with both democratic and republican administrations. He has warned of the effects of a second wave and called on americans to wear facemasks and follow other safety guidelnes. President trump is still not accepting defeat in the us election, and his Campaign Team has filed a lawsuit against pennsylvania, saying its mail in Voting System wasnt transparent or verifiable. The white house has also been giving details of legal challenges to the result, but still without evidence. Now on bbc news, its click. This week, were looking at your health. Ai is listening to your breath. An electric headset is treating depression. And the
Will be so many questions especially for republicans but all lawmakers. Really it will go down as one of the most bizarre moments in the history of the u. S. People who we expect, leaders, presidency. One hopes he doesnt try to top to set examples and we already it in the time he has left in the office. And its no surprise that his had john cornyn down in texas saying that the president was caught not prepared for this numbers are going south among Senior Citizens because what do Senior Citizens do a lot . Outbreak that we saw, dealing they go to the doctor, because with the coronavirus broadly and they have to. That it has to be on the they have to have this checked and this fixed and that, you forefront of the minds of so know, tuned up. Many this morning. They go to the doctor a lot and they hear their doctors whom thank you very much. They trust telling them the well all be reading axios a. M. In a little while and you can truth about covid and what they sign up at signup. Axios. C
Hello, its thursday, its 10 oclock, im victoria derbyshire, and were live from new broadcasting house. Last year we exposed the shocking conditions some families were living in, on a council owned block on a regeneration site in north london. They were living with cockroaches, security doors that didnt work so drug users and anyone else could come in at any time. We still have to live with the cockroaches, the mice, the rats, being broken into. This time the conservative Council Leader Daniel Thomas has agreed to be on the programme and the city of wuhan has been shut down to contain the virus that has infected more than 500 people and kill 17. The worry is
that this could spread from wuhan to other cities and we could see similar situations, other cities and we could see similarsituations, entire other cities and we could see similar situations, entire floors in hospitals are being cleared to make way for patients and we are being told this. A bbc investigation has learned that at lea
To open from the middle of next month. Seans got the details. Yes, non essential retailers will have and still june 15 yes, non essential retailers will have and stilljune 15 to make their shops covid secure while car showrooms and Outdoor Markets will be free to open from monday. Next monday. As the latest round of coronavirus testing in the premier league continues bournemouth goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale confirms hes tested positive. 80 years on, we remember the miracle of dunkirk. I wish i could have met the chaps who picked us up, because they were very brave loads. Blokes who were at risk of being machine gunned as well. We have a dry and sunny day ahead of us. Any spots of rain should dry up quite quickly. Ill have more in 30 minutes stop good morning. Good morning. Its tuesday the 26th of may. Our top story. Government ministers will try today to shift attention away from the row over Dominic Cummings travels during the coronavirus lockdown, as they announce plans to further ease