A lwa ys on the whole, my view is that it is always better to trust peoples sins to give them a clear sense of what is wise in individuals and businesses are responding well to that. President trump finally wears a face mask in public as the United States posts another daily record for new coronavirus cases. Home secretary priti patel and her french counterpart sign an agreement on intelligence sharing in an effort to tackle people smugglers. Three generations of bollywoods bachchan family test positive for coronavirus. Closing in on victory, they need just 31 runs to win. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Seventy three people have tested positive for coronavirus at a farm in herefordshire. About two hundred people work as pickers and packers at the farm in mathon between hereford and wo rce rste r. During harvesting, they live in mobile homes on site, so as a precaution, all workers there are being asked to self isolate within their households. The director of Public Health for
Were suspended because of threats against staff. Does it matter what mask you wear . We examine the difference between the various makes as one expert suggests we should be double masking. And travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland, with some motorists stranded as heavy snow brings chaos. And coming up in sport on bbc news. The government meets with campaigners to discuss the issue of Head Injuries in sport, with concerns over the number of former players being diagnosed with dementia. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Just when the government said it was trying to get on top of one variant the South African Variant Of Coronavirus now comes another one. The kent variant of coronavirus which has been spreading around the uk now appears to be undergoing some new genetic changes and Scientists Say theyre worried. All this as a door to door Testing Blitz of 80,000 people is under way in a number of areas around england, as the government says it w
All Primary Schools in england will reopen at the beginning of next month. Greece announces plans to restart tourism from the middle ofjune, with International Flights operating from onejuly. And captain tom moore the World War Two veteran whos raised more than 30 Million Pounds for the nhs is awarded a knighthood. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Borisjohnson says that theres growing confidence the uk will have a world class system to test people who have contracted coronavirus and trace those, they may have infected, by the beginning ofjune. The uk Prime Minister said, there would be 25,000 contact tracers, able to track up to ten thousand cases as day. The nhs Contact Tracing app, is likely to be rolled out later. Meanwhile, the aircraft engine maker, rolls royce, is cutting 9,000 jobs worldwide, as a result of the pandemic, most of them in the uk. Union leaders say, its
In large scale, will be available more quickly than the original vaccines, and just as we did first time round we got in their early and we thought at risk, so we are having exactly the same conversations right now with Pharmaceutical Companies to make sure we are right at the front of this one. Video link david morris. Thank you madam deputy video link david morris. Thank you madam deputy speaker. Video link david morris. Thank you madam deputy speaker. Madam l video link david morris. Thank you madam deputy speaker. Madam deputy speaker, there have been Scare Stories in lancashire others shortage of vaccines due to these vaccines being diverted elsewhere in the country, causing a shortage and perpetuating further urban myths. Can my honourable friend confirmed that my constituents are going to be covered and that were not seeing vaccines redirected to other regions of the uk and lancashire will continue to receive the required proportions in the future, safeguarding my constituentsye
The opecplus curbs doing little for the global glut. The virus drags on demand. Policymakers are focused on the Economic Impact of the virus. We will hear from a policymaker later this hour. Shery we are seeing downside for u. S. Futures. This coming on the back of a second straight week of gains. We have seen coronavirus cases start the United States to stabilize. We are seeing coronavirus debts and cases here in new york coronavirus cases here in new york start to decline. Brent is down. There was a loss of 8. 5 on friday. There is a gloomy outlook on oil prices, wti at the lowest level on record. Haidi we have been listening into President Trump speaking at the daily Coronavirus Briefing at the white house, talking about additional testing and stimulus and conversations with the democrats coming close to a deal. President trump saying Vice President mike pence will be helping having discussions with u. S. Governors when it comes to shortcomings in testing in information will go ahea