Sir keir starmer has vowed to lead the labour party into a new era after a decisive victory to become labours new leader. The former director of public prosecutions, whos only been an mp for five years, took 56 of the vote, defeating rebecca long bailey and lisa nandy. Sir keirs first task will be to respond to the coronavirus emergency and he has accepted an invitation from the Prime Minister to take part in briefings from next week. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Phone rings no eager crowd, no hush of anticipation. Instead, the ping of an e mail, the bleep of a text, labours new leader announced in lockdown. It is the honour and the privilege of my life to be elected as leader of the labour party. It comes at a moment like none other in our lifetime. Coronavirus has brought normal life to a halt. Under my leadership, we will engage constructively with the government, not opposition for oppositions sake, but we will test the arguments that are put forward. We will shin
Britains Health Secretary said the advice was not a request but an instruction. The Us Government is now urging all americans to wear face coverings to help stop the spread of the disease, but donald trump says he wont follow the advice. Announcing the new guidelines, mr trump repeatedly stressed that they were voluntary. The number of people dying there with the coronavirus has topped 1,300 in a single day. Schools and colleges in england have been given more details about how gcse and a level grades will be calculated for pupils whose exams have been cancelled because of the pandemic. The exams regulator, quual, says teachers will be asked to estimate a mark, when ranking students. As our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys reports, the results will be published no later than august, but could be earlier. Its quite a freeing, strange thought, not having to worry about revision and exam stress for the next few months. But it is a weird feeling, yeah. A lot of people are worried about
Theres been a spike in deaths at a number of care homes in the uk since the outbreak began. Deaths that care homes are not included in the daily figures which only reports those who have died in hospital. Alison holt reports. At the castletroy Residential Home in luton theyve now had 13 residents who have died from the coronavirus in recent days. For staff, a deeply distressing fight as they had try to protect the older and disabled people they care for. Castletroy staff here have been working very hard to shield residents themselves and their own families, while continuing to provide the care and support needed by our residents. We send our condolences to the family and friends at this very sad time, because they are our family. Many care staff feel the vital role they are playing in this fight against the virus is being largely overlooked. In care homes like this one, the vulnerability of their residents means they are on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus. But for weeks
Its now a fortnight since Boris Johnson announced the coronavirus lockdown here in the uk, and there are some signs that the rate of infection could be starting to go down. While the number of people dying in hospital from the effects of the virus has been doubling every few days, the figures for confirmed cases and hospitalisations are coming down. So, is the peak of the virus in sight . And if it is, what does that mean for our day to day lives . Our science editor David Shukman reports. A village outside rome being turned into a laboratory, everyone is being screened. Spent as well as in terrible losses for four days in a row, but the number is following. A sign that the lockdown strategy may be working. So when made the uk see a peak in the outbreak . The working assumption is that whats happening 7 assumption is that whats happening 7 days time, but its very difficult to predict 7 10 days. From the moment of infection, five days may pass before it starts to show. With the common s
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