south, of around bristol to the north and south, quite an extensive area of the south west, where there is a lot of cases the south west, where there is a lot of cases is the south west, where there is a lot of cases is the growing. find the south-west, where there is a lot of cases is the growing. of cases is the growing. and the booster programme, of cases is the growing. and the booster programme, there - of cases is the growing. and the booster programme, there has l of cases is the growing. and the - booster programme, there has been criticism of the fact that it hasn t gone quickly enough, eventually 30 million people in nine groups will be eligible. what is your assessment of how it is going? i be eligible. what is your assessment of how it is going? of how it is going? i think we really need of how it is going? i think we really need to of how it is going? i think we really need to intensify - of how it is going? i think we really need to intensify it. i of how it
now, in england, those who are six months and one week post their second covid vaccine are being asked to book their booster online or dial 119, but labour says more urgency is needed. 0n current trends, we won t complete the booster programme until march 2022. instead of doing 165,000 jabs a day, will the minister set a commitment to do 500,000 jabs a day and get this programme complete by christmas? long queues of ambulances outside some hospitals, record numbers of patients in major a&es and a growing backlog of care. some health experts want england to follow scotland and wales with mandatory masks, vaccine passports and work from home orders, so called plan b. the government has a responsibility to protect the nation s health, it has a responsibility to make sure the health service has the capacity to care for the patients.
this is bbc news. the headlines: a 25 year old man has been remanded in custody, charged with the murder of mp sir david amess. ali harbi ali, from north london, also faces charges of preparing acts of terrorism. doctors warn the government is being wilfully negligent in not imposing more restrictions as cases of coronavirus rise. but ministers say it s not necessary yet. if you want to wait until the pressures reach a peak in november, december, it will be too late. we now need to act to safeguard our health services to make sure there is the capacity to cope with winter. a 14 year old boy has appeared in court, charged with murdering five year old logan mwangi, whose body was found in a river in south wales earlier this year.
of vaccines early on, and i think we need that same intensity of commitment and really clear messaging from the government that booster vaccines are essential for people who were vaccinated early on. you know, we know from israel that those who were vaccinated more than six months ago are beginning to lose their immunity, and there is the same sort of information coming through from our own surveys in the uk, so i really would urge anyone who has been vaccinated more than six months ago to go and get the booster vaccine. you might have seenjeremy hunt, the former health secretary, in the house of commons this morning say, why wait six months? if someone has had their second jab five months ago, they should be able to get the booster? it s difficult to know exactly when the cut off should be, but i think working on those who have had their vaccines longest ago is most logical because we do know there is that decline over time. and i think, bear in mind that these
evening, it s interesting to note that the rule of law crisis, as some people have dubbed it, wasn t even an official item on the agenda. it will be touched upon, we are told by the president of the council, charles michel. we don t really know how much that conversation, they all sit round a table, will take off, it could even get heated. 0r whether there will be a sense they actually don t want this to completely overshadow things here. they also want to talk about, for example, migration and the surge in energy prices. there are big topics that are actually on the agenda that readers will want to get to as well. the headlines on bbc news. get your boosterjabs says the prime minister as new daily covid cases rise to more than 50,000 for the first time since july. boris johnson says the government is sticking with the plan on managing covid in england but doctors accuse the government of wilful negligence for not imposing more restrictions now. a 25 year old man is remanded in