Back to you at 6 30 with developments on whats happening here. Jim, back to you. All right. Adam tuss thank you. The delays didnt just create an inconvenient commute for tens of thousands of riders. It led to very expensive commutes for some of them. Our new reporter Meagan Fitzgerald has that angle on this coverage. Reporter good evening. For those passengers getting d. C. Quickly this morning, they didnt have many alternatives. Taxi or uber. But because of high demand uber increased the rates to nearly five times the average costs which means some travelers are left with a hefty bill. A significant delay. You can take a shuttle bus. Reporter hearing the announcements and signs of delays isnt how anyone wants to start their monday morning commute. Four hours to get to foggy bottom. Reporter some people didnt have time to wait four hours. But some of the other alternatives werent any better. I tried to take a uber but fare was 4. 8. Reporter thats right. Nearly five times more than wha
Good afternoon, gardeners and growers have been kept busy guarding against the effect of frost. Last night, an unusually cold night for may across the uk but especially in Northern Ireland, where the temperature fell to 6. 1, a record, you have to go back nearly a0 years to find a cold may night in Northern Ireland. Temperatures are slowly going to be creeping up over the next several days. We will lose these blues with a north westerly breeze thats been bringing the cold air, more of a southerly flow and warm aircoming ourway. Air, more of a southerly flow and warm air coming our way. A bit of rain in the forecast for some in over the weekend, its needed at the moment. There are a few showers across the northern half of scotland this afternoon, one or two in Northern Ireland. Much of england and wales dry. A bit more cloud, so far today plenty of sunshine and temperatures after that chilly start topping out at around ii isdc. Its quite breezy with these showers into north west scotlan
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are kate proctor, Political Correspondent for the guardian, and martin bentham, the Home Affairs Editor for evening standard. Lets begin with the express. The paper leads with hopes for a vaccine for coronavirus. It says british experts say scientists in oxford are on track to produce one this summer. Just 2a cases of the virus a day in london is the telegraphs headline. It says the figures make the case for easing the lockdown restrictions in the capital. The daily mirror says scientists believe 19 million brits may have already had the virus and recovered. The metro carries a picture of the Prime Minister and his partner carrie clapping for the nhs. A game changer is how it describes the government approved Antibody Test. The daily mail leads with the row between the government and Teaching Unions over whether children should begin returning to primary schools in england next month. The
I knew that we were going to have a crisis for Health Care Workers because we were not taking action. Another three million americans apply for Unemployment Benefits in the past week, as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy. And worry for theatres in the uk the lockdown means venues, actors and crews are now fearing for their futures. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Scientists in the uk say a new blood test, which detects whether someone has had coronavirus, is a major step forward. The test looks for antibodies which could indicate some immunity to covid i9 in the future. It was approved last night by Public Health england, and ministers say they want to roll it out as soon as possible first to health and care workers. A clearer picture is beginning to emerge of the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in england. A survey of 11,00 households in the first two