A former labour minister talks about her battle with a brain tumour and wa nts to her battle with a brain tumour and wants to tackle cancer. 50 that we can live well together with cancer, not just dying of can live well together with cancer, notjust dying of it. The defence secretary announces a new review of the armed forces and faces calls for more spending. Can we make sure we do not repeat the nonsense when people say you can modernise. And the government is told to do more tothe revolving door of former ministers and Civil Servants moving into lucrative jobs in the private sector. If nothing is done by government, it risks further undermining trust in politics. First, there was a prolonged standing ovation in the house of lords as a woman called for greater work to beat cancer. She was diagnosed with a brain tumour and told her peers what happened. Diagnosed with a brain tumour and told her peers what happenedm diagnosed with a brain tumour and told her peers what happened. In may
New figures suggest Coronavirus Infections in the community here in the uk are falling substantially. The office for National Statistics says the number of cases in england is down to 5,600 a day, from 8,000 a day, last week. However, one Study Suggests that in the north west and south west of england, the rate at which the virus is reproducing, could be near one, suggesting infections may rise. With more, heres our science editor david shukman. With people out and about across the uk over the past week or so, what do we know about the virus and whether it is under control . Well, despite the scale of the death toll, there are some signs that things may now be going in the right direction, at least for the moment. The latest survey shows how the percentage of the population testing positive for covid 19 has fallen in each of the last five weeks, which is of course good news. But bear in mind that there is a very wide margin of error with this study and also that the swab tests were car
An odd shower formed here from the top of the worlds as we head into the afternoon. Tallest trees. 0ur temperatures similar theres nothing else to what we had, really, like this on the planet, on monday, with highs and im getting an appreciation between 15 18 celsius for that right now. For the majority of us. To freezing alpine ice lakes. Now for wednesday, the area of low pressure starts to move right over the uk, so we are looking at a cloudy im really nervous about my body day with some fairly prolonged outbreaks of rain. Going into some kind of shock once still, the rain is useful i get in the water. For a number of us it was very dry last month,. From cambodias threatened so the rain is welcomed wildlife to the worlds by gardeners, im sure. Largest butterfly migration. But there is more of that rain to come, and it is kind coming up this week, of yo yo rain, if you like it, were exploring some amazing because as this low pressure ecosystems here on the travel show. Deepens and mo
Tens of thousands of protesters are marching in the us capital washington. Its the biggest protest so far during twelve days of demonstrations against the killing of george floyd. Thousands of mourners gather to honour george floyd at a second memorial service, this one in his birthplace of north carolina. It comes after a service was held in minneapolis, near where he was killed. His funeral will take place in houston on tuesday. In the uk, thousands of people have gathered in cities across the country, despite warnings to stay at home because of the risk of spreading the coronavirus. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, but there were some clashes with Police Outside downing street on saturday evening, with mounted officers driving back some of the protestors. Now on bbc news, the travel show. From the top of the worlds tallest trees. Theres nothing else like this on the planet, and im getting an appreciation for that right now. To freezing alpine ice lakes. Im really nervous ab