This is bbc news with the latest from the uk and around the world. Calls on the uk government to review its policy on Face Coverings in englands schools as scotland says they will become compulsory in communal areas. The World Health Organization says its for countries to decide. Children between 12 and five years old can wear masks where appropriate and where asked to, but it is important to ensure they know how to use them. In the United States republicans begin their National Convention with warnings about the countrys future ifjoe biden were to defeat donald trump in novembers election. Police and demonstrators clash for a second night in the american state of wisconsin after officers shot a black man in the back. Just one more shot, let me put you there for a little bit. Then they literally grabbed him by his shirt and he was just shooting him with the kids in the back screaming. More upsetting testimony from relatives on day two of the sentencing of christchurch gunman. Whatever
Already hit by flooding. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three more patients in the uk, including the first in Northern Ireland, have tested positive for coronavirus, caught while they were in italy and tenerife. That brings the total number of cases in the uk to 16. With more cases expected to emerge, the government are set to launch a new Public Health campaign. Our health editor, hugh pym reports. An empty school in derbyshire closed for a deep clean because a parent had returned from tenerife having caught the coronavirus. A local gp practice also asked patients to stay away because of the case, one of two newly diagnosed in the uk today. All this with the public keen to know more about the virus and getting tested. The nhs is expanding the options, including this drive through facility. We were given the first look at how it works. Laura here is a member of nhs staff. She is going to demonstrate what actually happens. She stays in the car, she winds down the window and then
Testing for coronavirus as two more uk cases are confirmed trade talks with the eu are set to begin in days, as ministers warn they could walk out by the summer unless a deal is looking likely. Flood hit communitites on the river severn are told to brace for ten more days of disruption and difficulty. The pull of having a great team in a great city . I mean, thats tempting for most people. From on the pitch to owning the club David Beckham on his new football venture. And coming up on bbc news. Well look ahead to englands third game at the womens t20 world cup. They play pakistan in canberra tomorrow morning. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. Plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt, after the court of appeal ruled that they were unlawful. In a decision thats delighted environmental campaigners, it said ministers had failed to take the uks Climate Change commitments into account. The government says it wont appeal the ruling but heat
This action will give them we are at war and in a true sense we are at war and we are fighting and invincible enemy. Ainsley more than a dozen states issuing lock down measures to keep people safe and at home. Brian yep. Right now, there are more than 35,000 cases of covid19 in the nation. At least 471 people have died and, guys, that number has increased but nothing like what we are seeing in italy and nothing like what we have seen over in china. So, the question is, with all theist states now locked down, will we start to see some positive results . Ainsley we are in separate studios this morning. Steve brian, today we are in day 8. Ainsley obviously its going to take a few days. Steve a talk over. Go ahead, ainsley. Ainsley i was just saying, yes, there is going to be awkward talkover please bear with us as we are trying to listen to the president and social distancing ourselves keep our country safe and folks at fox safe. We have pa big lineup. Who is on the show today. Steve we d
Brother. So a lot of pain again today for many new yorkers and theyre in our thoughts and prayers. It is almost confusing as the governor said just yesterday that he saw a glimmer of hope that the state could soon be reaching the plateau. Even so, this is a cruel reality of the virus. It is clearly there is clearly still a long and rough road ahead. The state is now using the u. S. Navy ship comfort to treat coronavirus patients. But just as quickly, we find out one crew member on board has now tested positive and is being isolated. And more unsettling news in the nations epicenter, the coronavirus is hitting the new York Police Department hard. 20 of the uniformed work force is currently out sick. Shimon prokupecz is here in new york city with this and much more. Shimon, how is nypd dealing with this strain on the work force . Reporter yeah, so theyve had done a couple of things to try and deal with this. One of the things is that theyve allowed officers who could be concerned that th