Chaos across the uk its emerged a 58 year old man was killed yesterday by a falling tree in hampshire. Sinn fein hails the irish general election result as a revolution in the ballot box after winning most first preference votes. And the oscar goes to. Parasite. And the south korean film parasite makes history at the oscars, becoming the first non english language film to take the top prize. Its five oclock our main story is that a doctors surgery in brighton has been closed after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus. Four more people in the uk have the virus, two of them health care workers. It brings the number of confirmed cases across the country to eight. Globally, there have been more than 40,000 cases with a death toll of more than 900. Here the government has declared the virus a serious and imminent threat to Public Health which means people who are infected can be forcibly quarantined. Heres our correspondent andy moore. A doctors surgery in brighton closed to th
Damaging wind the big thing to factor in. It could mean a disruption to transport and power cuts and potentially the risk to life. The outlook for monday and tuesday remains very windy as well, perhaps something a little quieter by the end of the week. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. Jakraphanth thomma is a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large in a shopping centre. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 5g network. 0fficials working on borisjohnsons pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 Police Officers say that theyll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set
Andy burke reports. In the midst of storm ciara, any hint ofa in the midst of storm ciara, any hint of a six nations challenge this season was hint of a six nations challenge this season was blown away. England head of the conditions just that little bit better, and on this foulest of days one try was always likely to be enough to win the calcutta cup. Two defeats to start the tournament and a bad defeat for gregor was made worse on sunday when you read the scathing comments about him giving to the study times by his exiled star fly half. Then russell to the study times by his exiled starfly half. Then russell said eight years of adam as a coach i obviously any player that does not wa nt to obviously any player that does not want to be involved in playing for scotland, that is their choice stop a player that leaves out of the group and states publicly they dont wa nt to group and states publicly they dont want to be involved in the current environment, that is absolutely their choice.
Flooding also a concern. Those gusts of wind could course roof tiles and branches and trees to come down so there is a real risk of injury, even damage as well to life, potentially with those sort of winds, it looks nasty indeed. Large winds, tides and potential power cuts. If you have plans, all the details on the warnings are on the website. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. Jakraphanth thomma is a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 5g network. Gusts of 63 Miles Per Hour in stornoway as the met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for tomorrow
Tributes will also be laid at graves and memorials on behalf of those while liverpool have been relegated. Unable to attend this year. 20,000 troops who fought its saturday, june the 6th. Under british command, died during the campaign. Our top story protesters are being urged to stay away the duke of cambridge has from mass demonstrations against racism this weekend, over fears that they could increase revealed that he has been the spread of coronavirus. Research suggests the infection rate anonymously counselling people during lockdown. Prince william has been volunteering has risen in the north west and south west of england. At the Mental Health charity a number of events are planned shout, which offers across the uk following the death support via text message. Those contacting the service of george floyd would not know they are talking in the United States. Jon donnison has the latest. To a member of the royal family as all the charitys volunteers use a pseudonym. Those are the m