And the commonwealth to remain united and resolute in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking from windsor castle, she said countries around the world werejoined in a common effort against the disease. Scotlands chief medical officer has resigned after being caught visiting her second home in breach of her own guidance. Dr Catherine Calderwood made a public apology and received a Police Warning after she travelled from edinburgh to another home in fife for two consecutive weekends. Alexandra mackenzie reports. This is a vital update about coronavirus. To help save lives, stay at home. Coronavirus. To help save lives, stayathome. Day after day, scotlands chief medical officer has told millions of people to stay at home to help save lives. But after pictures were published in the scottish son, Catherine Calderwood was forced to admit that she travelled from edinburgh to her second home in fife this weekend and last weekend. I have already issued a statement this morning abolishing
Social distancing rules. I say this to the small minority of people who are breaking the rules and pushing the boundaries you are risking your own life and the lives of others, and you are making it harderfor us all. Scotlands chief medical officer apologises after she is warned by police for breaking her own advice and twice travelling to her holiday home spain reports a fall in its daily death toll for a third consecutive day hundreds of millions of people across india are told to switch off their electricity in the fight against coronavirus and President Trump warns americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of coronavirus deaths. New york state records its biggest one dayjump in deaths so far, now on bbc news. |n a special pandemic edition of talking movies the programme looks at how the coronavirus has devastated the movie industry in many parts of the world. Hello, and welcome to the special edition of talking movies coming coming to you for my home on new yorks upper
Welcome to bbc news. The condition of the british Prime Minister, borisjohnson, is said to be improving as he prepares to spend a third night under intensive care battling covid 19. Tims chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak, said he is sitting up in bed and engaging with the team around him. At the wider picture is less encouraging. Britain recorded its worst figures to date or hospital patients who have died of coronavirus, 938. Still the wait. The Prime Minister is still in intensive care. Hes sitting up in bed. But dilemmas for government will still come. Good afternoon. The chancellor taking the lead today. The latest from the hospital is that the Prime Minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving. I can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. This is more than an Immediate Health emergency, though, for the Prime Minister and the many thousands of families around the country with loved ones at risk.
3040 the afternoon and with gusts around 30 a0 mph we have rain and showers in the forecast so there will be dark shower clouds looming on the horizon. Low pressure in charge day, the centre of the low is right here and moving southwards, the main band of rain moving south across england, wales and Northern Ireland followed by those shower clouds. Those showers could be heavy with some thunder sweeping across the midlands into east anglia for a time overnight, with rain returning to eastern scotland, sinking southwards during the second part of the night backin during the second part of the night back in across eastern england, so turning wet from northumberland down to about lincolnshire. Overnight lows around eight celsius give or take. Tomorrow we have got more rain in the forecast, starting off across these eastern areas of england pushing southwards through the day, the rain is likely to turn more showery in nature come across the north west, for Northern Ireland, scotland, north
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Thousands of people are taking part in protests in cities in the uk after the Police Killing of george floyd in the us. Anti racism demonstrators gathered outside the us embassy in Central London some are now protesting outside number 10 too. Cheering in bristol protestors have pulled down the statue of the 17th century slavetrader edward colston. Huge protests over the death of george floyd have continued in cities across america all of them peaceful. In washington, thousands gathered in the biggest demonstrations there in 12 days. The number of people worldwide who have died from coronavirus has passed 400,000. No new coronavirus deaths have been reported in scotland in the past 2a hours for the First Time Since lockdown began. But the uk death toll has risen by 77. A member of the Scientific Group advising the uk government says he wishes the country had gone into lockdown earlier. And in a weeks time places of worship in england will be opened