Its the most visible sign so far that the health of the nation is once again at risk. Steve richards, a quarter of the uk population is either under additional restrictions will be by the end of this weekend. Is that a sense that the government has lost control of this virus, or was it a lwa ys control of this virus, or was it always that we were going to find ourselves in this situation, the turn of awesome and eventually the potential health risks in the winter . A bit of both. The autumn was always going to be a challenge and one of the more bizarre sequences of recent days was some officials and ministers expressing surprise that the autumn was going to be such a challenge. They have lost control in the sense that testing is still nowhere near as extensive as it should be to give one example. London is now, you know, obviously, the biggest Population Centre in the uk. Mas says he thinks its raging but we dont know for sure because there is inadequate testing for london. So theyve l
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello, im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uks leading political commentators, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who file their stories under the dateline london. This week, new pandemic restrictions in the uk as a sharp rise in infection heralds what borisjohnson says will be a difficult six months. In the us, donald trump hogs the headlines again, this time by suggesting he might not abide by the result. See you in the supreme court, mr president . Well, in the words of rowan and martins laugh in, here comes thejudge. Judging the weeks events for dateline london, two podcasters Steve Richards of rock n roll politics, and Michael Goldfarb of frdh the first rough draft of history. And here in the studio, his hands sanitised but certainly not his journalism, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the Bbcs Newsnight programme. Hello. And to both of you, michael and steve. Good to have you back with us. We a
For being cavalier, of having splurged the voters money, not spent it wisely. This week, just before the main scheme of state support the furlough was due to end, the British Government cancelled novembers budget and announced a fresh wave of public subsidy for private business for the next six months. Its the most visible sign so far that the health of the nation is once again at risk. Steve richards, a quarter of the uk population is either under additional restrictions or will be by the end of this weekend. Is that a sense that the government has lost control of this virus, or was it always that we were going to find ourselves in this situation, come the return of autumn and eventually the potential health risks in the winter . A bit of both. The autumn was always going to be a challenge and one of the more bizarre sequences of recent days was some officials and ministers expressing surprise that the autumn was going to be such a challenge. They have lost control in the sense that t
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello, im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uks leading political commentators, bbc specialists, and the foreign correspondents who file their stories under the dateline london. This week, new pandemic restrictions in the uk as a sharp rise in infection heralds what borisjohnson says will be a difficult six months. In the us, donald trump hogs the headlines again, this time by suggesting he might not abide by the result if he doesnt like it. See you in the supreme court, mr president . Well, in the words of rowan and martins laugh in, here comes thejudge. Judging the weeks events for dateline london, two podcasters Steve Richards of rock n roll politics, and Michael Goldfarb of frdh the first rough draft of history. And here in the studio, his hands sanitised but certainly not his journalism, mark urban, diplomatic editor with the Bbcs Newsnight programme. Hello. And to both of you, michael and steve. Good to have y
Ireland. More cloud to the south, rain and drizzle hanging on to the south west of the uk, temperatures reaching ten. Eight in london. Further north, colder at 4 6 but at least some sunshine. Frost developing early in the night before the weather fronts come back in from the weather fronts come back in from the athletic bringing milder air on wednesday and more cloud and outbreaks of rain eastwards to most of the uk. The rest of the week looks largely dry. Last week these temperatures were around 1 4 c, this week will be much milder. This is bbc world news, the headlines Britains National Health Service is facing the worst crisis in living memory, according to englands chief medical officer. Chris whitty says hospitals could soon be overwhelmed leading to avoidable deaths. It comes as asymptomatic testing in the uk is ramped up and more than half a Million People over the age of 80 are invited to Mass Vaccination Centres. Rescue teams in indonesia detect a signal believed to be from th