Also this hour, how Climate Change is transforming the british garden. They will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. And looking for love online one rhinos search for a partner on the dating app tinder. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour party has switched its Election Campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins The General Election. Labour says it would scrap tuition fees and Restore Bursaries for Student Nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. The party says it would end the current 1 cap on Wage Increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, Overworked And Underpaid by the government. Labour says. And it says its policies would be paid for by reversing Corporation Tax cuts. The party says a Labour Government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. The Shadow Health secretary, jon ashworth, said the money was ther
Continue to rise, but theres a fall in the r rate, the reproduction number for coronavirus across the country. Record rises in the us. More than 150,000 new coronavirus cases are reported, the highest daily figure yet. Lockdown Restrictions Mean some of the uks most popular temples are having to organise virtual ceremonies hello, welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. Boris johnsons most Senior Adviser, Dominic Cummings, has left downing street for good. He walked out very publicly carrying a box a short time ago after clearing his desk. Yesterday he said he would be staying until the end of the year. It comes after downing streets director of Communications Lee cain, who was a close ally of mr cummings, stood down this week amid reports of internal tensions in the Prime Ministers team. This report from our deputy Political Editor vicki young contains flash photography. Leaving for the final time after a power struggle that erupted publicly and left downing street in turmoi
Mr trump avoided any direct comment on the recent election in his speech, but came close to admitting that hes leaving the white house next year. Heres our north america editorjon sopel. After a record long period of silence eight days donald trump is approaching a microphone. The News Conference has been called to talk about the search for a vaccine, at a time when coronavirus cases seem to be spiralling out of control across the whole of the us. The past nine months, my administration has initiated the single greatest mobilisation in us history, pioneering, developing and manufacturing therapies and vaccines in record time. Donald trump insisted he would not shut down the us economy again, but. I will not go this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be i guess time will tell but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. There wont. This is the first acknowledgement from th
This programme contains scenes of repetitive flashing images tonight at ten the end of an era. The Prime Ministers most senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, has left downing street for good. A very public exit he was supposed to stay until christmas, but, after a power struggle inside Boris Johnsons inner circle was made public, it was decided he should go. Dominic cummings has been the Prime Ministers most influential and most controversial adviser during his time in government. Also on the programme tonight. Almost half a century after he murdered 13 women, the yorkshire ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, has died. He had coronavirus. President trump says no lockdown for america as he finally comes close to admitting hes leaving the white house next year. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell. A radical shake up in how students apply to university in england,
A couple who were both seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus have been married in intensive care just before the groom was put on a ventilator. The couple were supposed to be getting married injune. Staff at Milton Keynes University Hospital found them a vicar and helped them to organise a ceremony complete with a cake and flowers. Sarah campbell reports. A wedding photo which tells a story of our time. Simon was about to be admitted to intensive care, his condition rapidly deteriorating. His fiancee lizzie had been told he might not recover. My heart broke. To be sat there so ill and to be told the person you love, you might not see them again, isjust. Indescribable. With time running out nursing staff here immediately set set about planning a wedding. They called in a local vicar, who came and did the ceremony in intensive care, and they were absolutely amazing, absolutely amazing. Bearing in mind all that was going on, what was going through your mind . We got to make that prom