those two cases were on the 30th and sist those two cases were on the 30th and 31st of january and there would almost certainly be more. the central point according to these minutes is that government had a plan to deal with illness. yes. you didn t in fact, plan to deal with illness. 133 you didn t in fact, within the department of health and social care, commission until the 10th of february the plan, the battle plan as you describe in your statement, or the action plan as it was published on the 3rd of march. and therefore, what plan was it that you were referring to cabinet colleagues too, to deal with the illness? firstly, we had the pandemic flu strategy set out in 2011, but by this point we had a whole series of different plans for expanding different plans for expanding different areas. so we had a plan for the expansion of testing within the hd. that plan didn t go fast enough and i had to take serious action to change that in the middle of march. we had a plan for
Begins tomorrow with High Expectations in scotland as they face wales this weekend. Good morning. Its friday 2nd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has insisted she is delivering what the british people want on brexit, amid pressure to set out where she stands on britains future trade agreements. Speaking at the end of a trade visit to china, the Prime Minister said britain would not face a choice between a free trade deal with the eu after brexit, and striking deals with the rest of the world. Downing street says billions of pounds worth of deals have been signed during the three day visit. Earlier, the Prime Minister spoke to our Political Editor Laura Kuenessberg and said her trip would help boost British Trade prospects after brexit. It is important that we deliver what people want, which is control of our money, our borders and our laws. Its exactly what we are doing. What i am showing in china is how we can ensure that we actually enhance our t
Draw with champions liverpool in the premier league. Good morning. It is a foggy but milder start to the day. A lot of cloud and a few showers from the west. Some sunshine in the forecast. I will tell you where in ten minutes. Good morning. Its monday, the 9th of november. Our top story. The us president elect, joe biden, has begun planning for his presidency, and has said coronavirus will be his key priority when he officially takes over injanuary. Mr biden is expected to name a team of experts today, who will draw up plans to tackle the virus in america. Meanwhile, donald trump is still refusing to accept the result of last weeks election. Ben wright reports. Oh, no, noti i will survive. If donald trump remains in any doubt about the election result, he only needs to look out of the window. Joe biden supporters continued to Party Outside the white house on sunday, while the president slipped away for another round of golf. Mr trump has not conceded and instead continues to claim, wit