Withdrawal agreement, as the two sides meet in london. The roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire. Three children are in hospital with serious injuries. And wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in Human History according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature. Hello. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary matt hancock has defended the governments ambition to carry out millions of coronavirus tests every day. Leaked official documents show that the Prime Ministers so called Moonshot Programme aims to carry out three million tests a day by december, and up to ten million early next year. Experts have expressed concerns about Laboratory Capacity and say the technology for rapid tests doesnt yet exist. It comes as the number of positive tests jumped 43 in one week, at the end of last month. Dominic hughes reports. Is mass testing for coronavirus the key to opening up the economy, and is it even possible . These are the questions being asked in th
Gareth bale is back at tottenham on a season long loan. And coming up, click, looks at how tech can help us get back to work, from a digital twin of st pancras station, to the latest tech developments from silicon valley. Thats in half an hour on bbc news. The uk has recorded its highest number of new Coronavirus Infections in one day since the beginning of may. It comes as borisjohnson considers whether to tighten covid 19 measures in england, after saying the uk was now seeing a second wave. 4,422 new cases of covid 19 were recorded in the past 24 hour period. 27 people were reported to have died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test taking the total number, across the uk, to 41,759. As ministers consider their next steps, the former government adviser, professor Neil Ferguson said stricter lockdown measures across the uk were needed sooner rather than later. At least 13. 5 Million People, roughly1 in 5 of the uk population, are already facing local restrictions. One of the opti
Donald trumps doctors say hes doing extremely well and reporting no symptoms of covid 19. He arrived back at the white house yesterday and released this video not long aftere he returned to the white house after being hospitalised. Dont let it dominate you. Dont be afraid of it. Youre going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines. Several aspects of this video are being criticised. But lets first take a look at the state of Donald Trumps health. His doctors said yesterday that hes not yet out of the woods, and its likely that he remains infectious. Heres one doctor who has been treating covid 19 patients in the uk. He does look like he met the requirements for how we wouldve treated him in the uk with dexamethasone and remdesivir. But his early discharge from hospital still while in an infectious state leaves a lot of questions, and leaves our patients often asking why are they being asked to self isolate and wear masks when donald trump isnt even try
I voted for a guy named trump. President trump casts his vote for the us election in the key state of florida, where early voting is under way. Strictlys back but its all socially distanced and covid safe and at 8 30 how bury fc made it their mission to bring football back to their town, against massive odds. Good evening welcome to bbc news. Millions more people are now living under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in england as the number of cases continues to rise. Just after midnight, around 1. 4 Million People in South Yorkshire including doncaster, rotherham, barnsley and sheffield joined the tier 3 alert system. No household mixing is allowed and much of the Hospitality Industry has had to close. With lancashire, Greater Manchester and the liverpool city region, it brings the total number of people in england subject to the tightest restrictions to over 7. 3 million. The labour mayor of Sheffield City region has urged the government to set out precisely how the area
On twitter, its Annita Mcveigh or bbcyourquestions. Well be speaking to pauljohnson from the imstitute of fiscal studies in the next hour. 0le, ole, ole, ole three days of mourning begin in argentina to celebrate the life of the football legend Diego Maradona. Donald trump pardons his former National Security adviser michael flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about russian interference in the american elections of 2016. Scientists at the university of bristol are working to enable people to heal after surgery without scarring in the First Research project of its kind in the world. And coming up this hour. The extraordinary story of a mum of three who says coronavirus saved her life. People living in england will find out later what restrictions theyll be living under when the nation wide lock down ends next week. The Health Secretary is today expected to announce that most of england will be placed in the two toughest tiers of new stricter coronavirus restrictions. Its thoug