This is bbc news. The headlines. The Prime Minister says the coronavirus pandemic must be a catalyst to speed up social and economic change in his Party Conference speech. After all weve been through, it isnt enough just to go back to normal. A damning report says the church of england failed, for decades, to protect children from sexual abuse preferring instead to protect its own reputation. President trump urges americans not to be afraid of covid, after leaving hospital. Dont let it dominate you. Dont be afraid of it. Youre going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines. Figures obtained by the bbc show that firms planned to cut nearly half a million jobs during the first
five months of the pandemic. And coming up well hear how red nose day will be plastic free after schoolchildren persuaded comic relief to switch to a natural alternative. Borisjohnson has delivered the closing speech of the virtual conservative Party Conference, adopting an upbeat
This is bbc news. The headlines the talking continues as the noon deadline to agree a financial package for tier 3 restrictions in manchester passes. The Prime Minister will hold a News Conference later. Health is about more than controlling the virus. If we leave people in a tier 3 lockdown that could go on through the winter, where people cant go to their normal place of work, i think we could end up with a Mental Health crisis. The number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus across england and wales rises by a third in just seven days. Some passengers flying from heathrow will be the first to have the option of paying for a 20 minute covid test before checking in. Healthy volunteers in the uk will be infected with coronavirus to help the search for a vaccine the first study of its kind
in the world. And coming up, the care home residents taking to tiktok to help pass the time during lockdown. Good afternoon. A deadline passed at noon for local leaders in Greater Manches
This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the british man linked to 11 coronavirus patients has been discharged from hospital. Steve walsh, who is no longer contagious, contracted the virus in singapore before unwittingly infecting his friends whilst on a skiing break in france. How to police the internet. As media regulator 0fcom is to get new powers to force social Media Companies to remove harmful content, questions are raised about how effective they can be. The veteran senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary, a key stage of the contest to decide the democrats president ial candidate. Sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. Another sporting event affected by the coronavirus . It was expected that the chinese grand prix would be postponed because of the coronavirus
outbreak. Confirmation came just a few hours ago from formula 1 hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. That it would be postponed. Today at 2pm. The race was scheduled to be held i
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk is officially suffering its biggest recession on record, the fall in output caused by the coronavirus pandemic is on course to be one of the worst among major economies. Todays figures show that hard times are here. Hundreds of thousands of people have already lost theirjobs, and sadly many more will. Students in england may be able to use their mock exam scores if theyre unhappy with their a level grades, ahead of results being released tomorrow. And you can get in touch with me on twitter about any of the stories
today, or use the hashtag. Senator Kamala Harris makes history after shes named asjoe bidens president ial running mate the first black woman to be a candidate for Vice President. As new zealands largest city is put back into lockdown experts investigate whether coronavirus could have re entered the country through freight shipments. And size does matter dwayne the rock johnson lead
Today at six. Now its South Yorkshire that is going into the highest tier for covid restrictions. Tough rules for sheffield, barnsley, doncaster and rotherham come into effect on saturday labours city region mayor has accepted Financial Support from the government. We dont know how long we will be in tier 3 for. This crisis is going to go on for. So i see this as a damage limitation in the short term, an interim payment. The deal for South Yorkshire follows the bitter argument over money for Greater Manchester well be looking at the fall out. Also tonight. The people suffering months after they have the first symptoms of covid new research into who is most at risk. I didnt have the energy to have a conversation for very long. It would knock me out. And then id have to lie down, and then sometimes id feel a bit better afterwards. But normally if i had what i would call a relapse, it would probably go on for a couple of weeks. Shocking images from africas most populous country the Nigeri