Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today a Healthcare Worker at a hospital in west sussex is one of the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. Injapan, the number of people infected with the virus on the the diamond princess cruise ship rises to 174 making it the biggest outbreak outside china. We talk to three sporting heroes about the fight of their lives. In a breakfast exclusive, doddie weir, Stephen Darby, and rob burrow talk about life with Motor Neurone Disease and their determination to keep on fighting. Its a bit like a game in some sort of way, we have an amount of time to be mnd. It is a collective effort. I understand the bigger the team the better the result. Good morning. Full steam ahead for the biggest Infrastructure Project in europe but what now . Hs2 costs are spiralling. Dates are being pushed back. Who wins and who loses in the latest high speed twist. Wejoin the swimmer aiming to take a dip every day for a
Its amazing. They lost zero game. They are easy. When you watch, you think everything is easy, but thats not easy. They play and they win, they win, they win. They are like a machine. Takes one to know one. Natalie pirks, bbc news, paris. Wow, only 21 shame on, isnt it . what were we doing at that age, darren bett . i cant remember that far back good point, well made it will be turning milder and cloudier, but this morning it was 5 in gloucestershire, worcestershire and oxfordshire and 9 degrees in highland scotland. Those contrasts continue through the rest of today. High pressure is in charge, around the top we are drawing in mild
atla ntic the top we are drawing in mild atlantic air, but that area of High Pressure it has been pretty cold and frosty but at least we have the sunshine more widely across much of england and wales. Further north of the milder air it is much more cloudy, we are not seen as much sunshine, but temperatures are higher. We will see lots of the insta nt fog hi
Tonight at ten moments of silence and moving tributes to the Three Friends stabbed to death in reading on saturday. All three have now been named. They and many more were enjoying an evening in a town park when the attack happened others were injured. Among many tributes was this gathering at the school, where one of the victims taught. Pupils past and present were there. He wasntjust a teacher, he was a human being and he had family and friends that loved him just as much as we do. I think everyone should remember mr furlong as the lively teacher, the person who tried to put a smile on everyones faces. Well have more from reading, where police are Still Holding a 25 year old libyan man under the terrorism act. Also tonight. Im not allowed to go out or go shopping. Measures to protect people in england shielding from coronavirus are set to be relaxed from the end ofjuly. In new york, once the global epicentre of the pandemic, shops are re opening, as life emerges from lockdown. We repo
Unbelievable. Now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. It mattered. Allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. It was the deadliest conflict in human history. World war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. There arent many people who dont have some sort of Family Connection to that war. To mark its end, four presenters from bbc news, including myself, are telling the stories of our relatives the roles they played, what they did, whether here on the home front, in the atlantic or deep in burmasjungle. We start with Mishal Husain and her grandfather. He was one of more than two million men who fought for britain in the indian army. Mishal they served in deserts
and jungles, from african battlefields to asia and in europe. And without what wa
This is bbc news withjoanna gosling with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing this is bbc news with in the uk isnt good enough the latest headlines to prevent a second, even bigger, for viewers in the uk wave of covid 19, once and around the world. Schools re open for the new term. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing the government says it is improving. In the uk isnt good enough this is not something we have ever to prevent a second, even bigger, wave of covid 19 once had to do before schools re open for the new term. And the lancet are absolutely right to say this matters the government says its improving. But dont underestimate what we have achieved here. This is not something an increase in exam weve had to do before, pass rates in scotland and the lancet are absolutely right as students are awarded grades after covid 19 forced to say that this matters, their exams to be cancelled. But dont underestimate what we have