By Oxford University and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. And. Back for one day only then back behind closed doors. The pilot scheme for crowds at doncasters st leger festival is halted over coronavirus fears. Good afternoon and welcome to our special coverage of the downing street coronavirus briefing, where the Prime Minister is due to give further details of the restrictions on social gatherings announced for england earlier today. He will bejoined by the uk governments chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, and chief scientific adviser, sir Patrick Vallance. We already know that social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in england from monday. The measures follow a steep rise in coronavirus cases, with more than 8,000 people testing positive across the uk since sunday. Larger groups will be banned from meeting anywhere socially indoors or out. The restrictions wont apply to schools, workplaces or events such as w
Good afternoon. Weve got to get control of this. That was the uncompromising message from the countrys top scientists as britain enters a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. At a televised briefing, professor chris whitty and sir Patrick Vallance said the country could see 50,000 new coronavirus cases daily by mid 0ctober if the infection rate isnt brought down. But they stressed that outcome is not inevitable as long as people follow the rules to stop the spread of the virus. On that, the Prime Minister had meetings with senior ministers at the weekend to discuss whether further restrictions are necessary, and within the past hour, its emerged that there will be a meeting of cobra tomorrow morning. Richard galpin reports. Six months after the government ordered a full lockdown across the country to try and stem the rapid spread of the virus, its now clear we are facing a serious second wave. Case rising rapidly. This morning, the uk governments chief medical adviser warning it co
Withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. The roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire. Three children are in hospital with serious injuries. And wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in Human History according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature. Hello. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary matt hancock has defended the governments ambition to carry out millions of coronavirus tests every day. Leaked official documents show that the Prime Ministers so called Moonshot Programme aims to carry out three million tests a day by december, and up to ten million early next year. Experts have expressed concerns about Laboratory Capacity and say the technology for rapid tests doesnt yet exist. It comes as the number of positive tests jumped 43 in one week, at the end of last month. Dominic hughes reports. Is mass testing for coronavirus the key to opening up the economy, and is it even possible . These are the questions being asked in th
Peak of coronavirus cases within the next six months. High winds threaten to spread devastating wildfires even further across the west coast of the united states. And coming up this hour. Well talk to line of dutys Adrian Dunbar and Vicky Mcclure dementia is a cause close to both of them. Theyll explain their worries about the latest resrictions on those living with dementia social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in england from today following a steep rise in coronavirus cases. The new law will apply to people meeting in private homes indoors and outdoors, and places like pubs and restaurants. There will be some exemptions schools and workplaces. If you break the rules, you could be fined a £100 fine, which would double with each offence. Lee milner has more. Jenny and tom from lincolnshire have four children. Todays changes mean they now wont be able to socialise together with other family or friends. I will no longer be able to see my mum and dad, we cant see my h
Giving, when youre faced with such enduring emergency and trying to move perhaps onto a war footing. The one department and by how that action plans for entrance for crisis situations is the mod. Please would you consider taking more advantage of their skill sets here in whitehall in assisting with strategic planning, operational delivery, command and control and managing the narrative . Prime minister, turning to the actual integrated review, your first duty in government is the nations security, and as we have been discussing here, crudely put, this review falls into two parts, firstly defining ouremerging review falls into two parts, firstly defining our emerging threats and second the defence posture. 0k, were actually what you leave that committee hearing. We are going to ta ke committee hearing. We are going to take you straight to washington, where dominic raab is making a statement after meeting the us secretary of state, mike pompeo. Thats what we have to say. And i look in pa