good morning and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions over his authority as prime minister, after nearly 100 of his own mps rebelled against the introduction of mandatory covid passes in england. despite the rebellion, adults in england now need proof of double vaccination, or a negative lateral flow test to enter nightclubs, big sporting matches and other large events, such as those held indoors with a capacity of more than 500 people. mps also backed mandatory face masks in some settings, as well as compulsory vaccinations for nhs workers in england. both of these measures were also subject to smaller conservative rebellions. 99 conservative mps rebelled against borisjohnson on covid passes by far the biggest since he took office two and a half years ago, and the measure relied on the support of labour to pass. the labour leader sir keir starmer has taken
borisjohnson is facing fresh questions over his authority as prime minister, after nearly 100 of his own mps rebelled against the introduction of mandatory covid passes in england. despite the rebellion, adults in england now need proof of double vaccination, or a negative lateral flow test to enter nightclubs, big sporting matches and other large events, such as those held indoors with a capacity of more than 500 people. mps also backed mandatory facemasks in some settings, as well as compulsory vaccinations for nhs workers in england. both of these measures were also subject to smaller conservative rebellions. but 99 conservative mps rebelled against boris johnson on covid passes by far the biggest since he took office two and a half years ago, and the measure relied on the support of labour to pass.
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i m concerned that society still is, the virus is here and people suffer and we have seen with tottenham first and leicester, i think united, what i hear, so there are many. and some people here, the staff, they ve got it. right now. and we have spoken with the players almost every day, be careful. new covid protocols are coming in for fans tomorrow. they ll have to show proof of double vaccination or a negative test to attend sporting events with crowds of more than 10,000 people in england. we are also going to ask people to complete an online declaration in advance of the game, which will have to be done for match ticket holders for every game, and for season ticket holders hopefully just once. and then once they re inside the stadium, once again, we re asking people to be responsible, wear their masks when they re moving around and also ideally wear their masks in the stadium bowl. it seems to be a small price to pay
to show proof of double vaccination or a negative test to attend sporting events with crowds of more than 10,000. clubs, like brighton, are telling fans exactly what they expect of them from tomorrow. we are also going to ask people to complete an online declaration in advance of the game, which will have to be done for match ticket holders for every game, but for season ticket holders hopefully just once. and then once they re inside the stadium, once again, we re asking people to be responsible, wear their masks when they re moving around and also ideally wear their masks in the stadium bowl. it seems to be a small price to pay for keeping each other safe, protecting the nhs, and hopefully keeping the stadium open with a full capacity. the second ashes test begins on thursday and despite the capitulation in the first, england captainjoe root believes there is reason to be optimistic. they may have lost by nine wickets and suffered two batting collapses, but root has stressed the posi