Allowed aboard. And welcome to brighton beach. Brighton beach. After one of the wettest julys on record now at 60 mile an hour winds , thunder storms an hour winds, thunder storms and warnings as we hit and flood warnings as we hit august just where her summer gone. Will it be back. Gone. Will it be back. Plus, the electioneering starts after former snp mp Margaret Ferrier lost her seat last night. Margaret ferrier lost her seat last night. The Margaret Ferrier lost her seat last night. The political last night. The Political Parties are already beating a path to rutherglen and hamilton. Well be live in the constituency that everyone wants. First, the latest headunes wants. First, the latest headlines with. Ray headlines with. Ray thank you both. Good thank you both. Good afternoon. Its one minute past midday. Heres the latest. Got midday. Heres the latest. Got some breaking news in the last few minutes. Rape suspect Nicholas Rossi accused of faking his own death to evade justice. Can
Lowest ever level, just as they try to shore up the economy. Almost 3,500 have died. We report from inside one of italys hospitals battling to keep patients alive. Exams are now cancelled in scotland, too tomorrow, pupils in england and wales will be told how their gcses and a levels will be awarded. Football postpones its professional programme until the end of april but promises they will extend the current season indefinitely to make sure it gets finished. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Prime Minister says hes confident we can rid confident we can send coronavirus packing, as long as everyone takes seriously the governments restrictions and instructions on how to live our lives for the next few months. Borisjohnson said he thought it would take 12 weeks to turn the tide on the virus in the uk. But he said that depended on the public following government advice social distancing, working from home where possible, and washing our hands. He warned that stricter me
It really is, sophie. Its called level four, the most extreme travel advisory the Us Government issues. Normally it applies to war zones and countries are beset by civil disorder. Now it applies to every single country in the world. Americans are being told, do not travel internationally. As for us citizens abroad, they are being urged to come home immediately if you dont want to be stranded indefinitely, because of the severe travel disruption. Now, these are recommendations. They are not rulings. But, nonetheless, they would have been unthinkable before this pandemic took hold. Here in america a concern is that younger americans are not taking this seriously. The Us Government stressing that almost 40 of hospitalised cases have involved those between the ages of 20 and 5a. We passed a grim threshold today, 10,000 cases here in the United States and over the coming days as more test results come through we are told to expect a dramatic increase. Nick bryant in new york, thank you. In