Tens of thousands of people in england are still unaware that theyve been exposed to coronavirus all because of a major failure in the test and trace system. Plus, well explain what vip syndrome is and why its a problem for doctors. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump is getting ready to leave hospital with a message to the country on having the coronavirus im feeling great, theres really nothing to be afraid of. If we were expecting mr trump to emerge from his brush with the pandemic as a convert to masks and social distancing, it seems we were wrong. Doctors will tell us to mask up, wash hands and keep six feet apart. Mr trump has another take. It would be wrong not to point out that mr trump had the best possible treatment the country can offer. And that 210,000 americans have died of this disease. Heres the president s physician speaking in the last hour. Right now, there is nothing thats being done upstairs here that we can safely conduct
Renowned british mathematician, professor sir Roger Penrose, is one of the winners of the nobel prize for physics for his research into black holes. And coming up red nose day goes plastic free, after schoolchildren persuaded comic relief to switch to a natural alternative. The uk has seen a sharp rise in the number of new coronavirus cases, according to the latest government figures released in the past hour. There were 14,542 new infections recorded today thats up from 12,594 yesterday, an increase of nearly 2,000. A further 76 people have died within 28 days of testing positive with the virus. That takes the total number of deaths across the uk to 42,445. 0ur health correspondent, nick triggle, is with me. Nick, i think you were focusing very much on the number of hospital admissions in particular in these new sister . Yes, we know the number of cases have been rising, and that has translated to a gradually increasing number of hospital admissions per day. Of what weve seen over the
The areas of australia worst hit by bushfires, are now at risk of flash flooding and power cuts as a result of rainstorms. In the state of victoria many fires have been put out by the storms but giant hailstones have also damaged property. John donnison reports. In a year of extreme weather, for australians, it doesnt just rain, it pours. Hailstones the size of golf balls in the state of victoria. So intense, it shattered roofs. And all this in the middle of summer, as large parts of the country continue to burn. In melbourne, battered by high winds, few can remember such a dramatic shift in weather. Such a freak storm. I was watching television, i went into the bedroom and ijust looked out the window and the gumtree, which is two
stories high, just disappeared. It was a white out at this birthday party, abandoned as people huddled for shelter. And this is a cricket pitch. No chance of a resumption in play any time soon, with more rain and hailforecast in the next 2a hours. But after m
Of more in way of cloud for some of scotland, milder, 10 degrees in stornoway, a little bit of rain for the Northern Isles but most places chilly and dry. Very strong area of High Pressure dominating as we go sunday into monday, more isobars, a wea ker sunday into monday, more isobars, a weaker weather front to the north of the uk so here it is going to be less cool to start monday, the green colours there but elsewhere further south under clear skies, another career start with force, perhaps some list fog to. A cold day, but the cloud further north and you can see as we head through the week it should stay largely dry, variable cloud and sunshine at times. Hello this is bbc news, with me, ben brown. The headlines the queen has attended church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. The couple will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. In other news powers come into force this week to stop st
From scotland, the winds dropping and with clear skies this evening and overnight, we have a frost pretty widely, even in towns and cities, 2 3 possible. The exceptions the highlands and islands, here we have a milder stronger breeze coming in from the atlantic around the top of High Pressure. Follow the lines round and into the north sea and they could be one or two showers here early on sunday morning. They should say offshore. Apart from that, more cloud and more breeze in the north west of scotland, we have more winds, frosty start, a cold winters day. Again, seven or 8 degrees, probably milder in the cloud towards the north west. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The chancellor warns Business Leaders that there will not be alignment with eu rules in any post brexit trade agreement and that some businesses will benefit while some wont. A clock projected on the walls of downing street one of a series of events announced to mark the moment the uk leaves the eu. British Scientist