he reacts differently when they are people who are loyal to him and that they help him stay in power. also on the programme. another sharp rise in covid across the uk. hospital admissions are up too. the number of new cases has jumped by half a million in a week we ll be looking at the latest figures. in ukraine, at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes near the black sea port of odesa. the end of an era for radio two s steve wright in the afternoon as the dj announces he is leaving the show after a0 years. and tennis history for britain s heather watson and cameron norrie at wimbledon, as they make it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a swashbuckling century from india s pant frustrates in england on the first day of the test in edgbaston. good evening. the conservatives party have suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations
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is still less than half what it was in march and lower than january. so what factors might influence where things go from here? portugal, looking at our european neighbour, had a big rise in infections, that s now coming down. the second feature may be to do with our behaviour and interactions. many schools are about to break up, they have done so in scotland, and we will see that elsewhere in the uk, and we have seen when schools are on holiday, just because of the interactions we have, that over that holiday period those infection rates may go down. total covid hospital numbers have gone up. the most up to date figures are for england. there are currentlyjust under 9,000 covid patients in hospitals. some are there because of another health issue. that is still below april s number of over 16,500. but nhs staff say the virus is making life more difficult at a time of high pressure. health care workers are particularly vulnerable to picking up covid because of the environment they wo