Hello and welcome to this bbc news special. In around half an hours time, well be bringing you the governments daily news briefing on coronavirus, which will be led by the foreign secretary, dominic raab. But first, as news on the pandemic continues to dominate, that baby announcement this morning from downing street that caught everyone by surprise. The Prime Ministers fiance, Carrie Symonds and their baby boy are said to be doing very well, and mrjohnson has thanked nhs workers involved in the birth. The Prime Minister is back at work in downing street, and is expected to take a short amount of paternity leave later in the year. Hes spoken to the labour leader, keir starmer, about the coronavirus pandemic, and was congratulated on the birth at pmqs. Heres dominic raab and keir starmer expressing the well wishes of both political parties. The pm and his and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a healthy baby boy this morning. Both mother and baby are doing well and i
At the week in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to the week in parliament a week when the uks pandemic death toll became the highest in europe. A returning Prime Minister admitted the scale of the crisis. Theres an epidemic going on in care homes which is something i bitterly regret. A labour mp fresh from the hospital ward shared her own experience. Frontline workers like me have had to watch families break into pieces as we deliver the very worst of news to them. And how much will the pandemic cost professional sport . If you dont want to know the score, look away now. We are heading for a financial hole of about £200 million by the end of september a cash hole. All that to come and more. But first, we may be past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, but no country outside the United States has a higher death toll than the uk. As the overall figure continued to climb, the government continued to miss its own target of 100,000 tests a day. Borisjohnson told mps he bitterly regre
By the killing of george floyd. A legal challenge to new rules requiring people arriving in the uk to self isolate for m days, which come into effect today. Dentists can reopen from today in england. But they warn a shortage of ppe will lead to delays. Coming up on bbc one and on bbc news in the next hour top statistician professor David Spiegelhalter whats his advice about how we should take all those stats presented to us by the government at the daily downing st briefing . And the couple getting married in portrush, Northern Ireland this thursday whove organised thier wedding in six days. Borisjohnson has said anti racism protests this weekend were subverted by thuggery after some demonstrators clashed with the police. Scotland yard said eight officers were injured yesterday, after they were targeted with glass bottles and fireworks in london. 12 people were arrested. Police in bristol are continuing to investigate after a bronze statue of a 17th century slave trader was pulled down
Subverted by thuggery following clashes between some protesters and police. In bristol, demonstrators toppled a statue of a 17th century slave trader and threw it in to the harbour. It represents years of hurt and a lot of emotions and hatred that have been built up inside of us that we have internalised for years. Quarantine rules have come into force, meaning most travellers arriving in the uk must self isolate for two weeks. Iamat i am at the Manchester Airport where, at the first time, passengers leaving this terminal will have had to have said where they are going to isolate or why they are exempt. England and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling backs the anti racism protests across the uk and tells the bbc racism must be stopped. This is something that has been happening for years and years and just like the pandemic, we want to see it, we want to find a solution to stop it. Cloudy for most of us with some bright and sunny skies and a few sharp showers, especially south west
When The Mail on Sunday s Dr Ellie Cannon asked readers to write to her in confidence about their alcohol consumption, most admitted to probably drinking too much every day.