The levels of patients with covid that they were back in march and april, and indeed we now have more patients in hospital with covid than we had on the day, march the 23rd, you will remember, that Boris Johnson announced a National Lockdown. Now, there are many Different Things about where we are now than then, but all the trends are going the wrong way. And there has been some surprise, perhaps, that some areas with very high infection rates, such as the north west, have not been put into this highest tier, what is your interpretation of that . A lot of discussion behind the scenes between leaders in those cities and indeed with the government, and things are only getting belted down right at the last minute, but as you say, it is only liverpool that is in this very high tier. I am going to stop you there, there is the Prime Minister, professor chris whitty and chancellor rishi sunak. Minister, professor chris whitty and chancellor rishi sunakli minister, professor chris whitty and c
Get in touch with me place at 10 15. I suppose there will on twitter Annita Mcveigh or by using the bbcyourquestions. Be meetings with other leaders in the Welsh Government will provide lancashire and the government as well today was that the focus is on Free School Meals for children those areas where the risk is seen who can normally claim them during School Holidays to be greatest and those that need until the summer term next year. To be greatest and those that need to be, in the view of the a curfew for paris and eight other scientists, shifted into tier three as soon as possible. But there is big cities in france will come into force on saturday political knock about and push back between 9pm and 6am. On arguments was that we have heard eu leaders are gathering in brussels from mr burnham repeatedly over the for a two day summit, last few days that he doesnt think where theyll discuss post brexit trade negotiations for the support package for those the first time in months. Regio
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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Latest death figures from the uk show that more than 30,000 people are now known to have died from coronavirus. The figures show that more than 6000 people died from the virus in english care homes up to the start of may. A Smartphone App aimed at tracking the spread of coronavirus goes live for the first time, in a trial on the isle of wight, the government says the system, which uses bluetooth, is secure, despite concerns from privacy campaigners. We can give very significant reassurances on the privacy aspects, but what i can tell you is if you download the app, then you are doing your duty. A bbc investigation has found an Iranian Airline with links to the revolutionary guard played a central role in the spread of the virus
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Right now. School is out, the gates are last nights figures, scotland released higher cases and there were close this afternoon on schools across close this afternoon on schools a cross m ost close this afternoon on schools across most of the uk, but some will only 322 and Northern Ireland has stay open for the children of key 80, wales is 170 but what stands out workers. After gcse and a level is london, that big blob and you exams were cancelled, the government would expect london to have more says grades in england will be based cases and the rest of the country on mock exam results and teacher because it houses 16 of the population so there will be some assessment. No end in sight to panic concentration but actually, it is buying. Front line Health Workers 40 , of the cases in london, they make a desperate plea for people to be less selfish. People are just are occupying a disproportionate number of cases and they are pulling further ahead of the rest of the stripping the shelves o