Lockdown in wales will last for three more weeks at least but children could return to schools there after the february half term. Around 300,000 people are expected to leave hong kong for britain using a new visa route which opens on sunday. Investors respond with outrage after Trading Platforms halt the buying of shares in the us games firm gamestop and other companies. It follows days of frenzied trading that led to a massive increase in its value. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A new Coronavirus Vaccine has been shown to be 89. 3 effective in large scale uk trials. The novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against both the uk and South African Variants of the virus. As you can see from this graph, the uk has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in stockton on tees. The doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of this year if approved for use by regulator. Meanwhile, the European Medicines Agency will mee
Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
If youve just got or are about to get your results wed love to hear from you. Are you happy or not with your grades . Are you going to appeal based on your mocks results or do you think you might need to take the exams in the autumn . Do get in touch at Annita Mcveigh on twitter or use bbcyourquestions. Elsewhere more bad news for the travel industry as tui the worlds biggest travel company says its lost over a billion dollars from march tojune. Coronavirus cases surge across much of europe with germany, france and spain all registering a Record Number of infections. A major Study Suggests that almost 3. 5 Million People in england may have already had covid 19 far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. Investigators are working to identify what caused a Train Derailment in aberdeenshire in scotland in which three people died. And coming up this hour warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk after record setting high temperatures. Hello and welcome if youre wa
The uk government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6000 contact tracers in england by the end of the month. Lebanons president has asked the countrys government to stay on temporarily after all its ministers resigned amid mounting anger over last weeks massive explosion that devastated parts of beirut. Excuse me. Oh. This was the moment President Trump was led away from a live news briefing by Security Officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. Thats according to new figures for april tojune from the office for national statistics. Responding to the figures, chancellor rishi sunak said hes always been clear, that he is unable to protect every job affected by coronaviru
In support Ofjailed 0pposition Leader, alexei navalny. The Eu Commission president tells Pharmaceutical Companies that problems with the supply of Coronavirus Vaccines must be addressed. Military leaders in myanmar have staged a coup and declared a State Of Emergency for at least a year. Hours earlier, they detained the countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and several of her fellow leaders in the National League for democracy. The military says its in response to alleged Election Fraud in novembers General Election which saw Aung Sang Suu Kyi returned to power by a huge majority. 0ur South East Asia Correspondentjonathan Head has the latest on the military s announcement. Well, they have simply announced that this is indeed a coup, they didnt call it that, but that they have seized alljudicial and legislative power, meaning parliament will not convene. The first Vice President who is a military appointee, under a constitution which does give the military still very significant pow