Weve got to get control of this the warning from the countrys top scientists as britain enters a second wave of coronavirus. Failure to act, they say, could lead to 50,000 cases a day by the middle of next month. You cannot in an epidemic just take your own risk. Unfortunately, you are taking a risk on behalf of everybody else. Its important that we see this as something we have to do collectively. All eyes are now on the politicians and asking them what happens next . Also this lunchtime. The secret banking reports that reveal how the uk is a hub for International Money laundering. And the leaked documents show the husband of a conservative party donor who got to play tennis with top tories received millions from an ally of president putin. After the death of ruth bader ginsberg,
the fight for a Supreme Court seat which has turbo charged the president ial election race. The ultimate in sportsmanship the spanish triathlete who stopped at the finish line to let a british rival through a
This is bbc news, im simon mccoy. The headlines one in ten people across the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of december. Hospitals in the midlands are short staffed and care homes remain on the front line. The vaccine has been certainly the big thing that every provider is now desperate to get into their services and the roll out, it is happening, but it is not as quick as we would all like. Fortress washington as donald trump spends his last full day in office, america anxiously waits for the inauguration of his successor. Scotlands first minister Nicola Stugeon is to update the Scottish Parliament on covid 19 restrictions. Well bring you her statement live later this hour. The government is to set up a new regulator for the Construction Industry following evidence at the Grenfell Tower inquiry that manufacturers
covered up safety issues. Grave concerns over the future of the Justice System in england and wales as the covid pandemic creates a backlog of crown court cases. The b
Tonight at ten, every part of the United Kingdom now in lockdown, with more than a Million People infected with coronavirus. The message once again is to stay at home to slow down the alarming spread of the virus across the uk. With a record 60,000 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, the nhs needs the public to follow the rules. If people dont take the stay at home seriously, the risk at this point in time, in the middle of winter with this new variant, is extraordinarily high. Well have more on the surging nature of the pandemic and the latest on the Vaccination Programme. More than 1. 3 Million People in the uk have been given the first dose of a Covid Vaccine including a quarter of the over 80s in england. This yearss gcses and a levels in schools in england are to be
cancelled as students take in the news. Mixed emotions. Im happy that our gcses are cancelled because me, for one, im really stressed about exams because weve missed so much. And nine months after the matter w
Aawww, congratulations a royal welcome the duchess of cambridge shows her support for new parents and maternity staff with a virtual visit. Grounds for concern brighton voice their opposition to the premier league finishing at neutral venues. Clubs have been told its the only way of restarting and completing the remaining fixtures for safety reasons. Good morning. We are waking up to a lot more cloud across england and wales today. Theres a lot of fine weather out there at the moment, but for some of us, the chance of some sharper showers heading on into this afternoon. Ill be taking a look at what your chances are in just a little while. Its sunday the 3rd of may. Our top story as the number of people in the uk who have died from coronavirus rises above 28,000 the second worst total in europe the Prime Minister has spoken for the first time in detail about his experience of being in intensive care with the virus. Speaking to the sun on sunday, he said contingency plans were made while