The Prime Minister warns he will impose the tighest coronavirus restrictions on Greater Manchester to save lives if agreement cant be reached with local leaders. As lancashire becomes the latest region to enter tier 3 restrictions, borisjohnson urges Greater Manchesters leaders to follow suit. I urge the mayor to reconsider and engage constructively. I cannot stress enough, time is of the essence. As millions more people across the uk face tighter restrictions this weekend, borisjohnson says he will resist another National Lockdown if at all possible. A travel ban has just come into force on the welsh border no one from the uks coronavirus hotspot areas is allowed in. Are we heading for a no deal brexit . Downing street says talks between the uk and eu are over,
and theres no point in continuing unless the eu softens its stance. And what a year for the british jockey hollie doyle 117 wins so far the highest number of winners ridden in a year by a woman. And coming up on bbc news we loo
More cloud around today and in the is. The second thing you need to do chance in the north chance of a is. The second thing you need to do is have the ability to track, trace few showers and it is all a change as we start the new week. Good and isolate and quarantine. So yes it is great you know work transmission is, yes you have but you want to keep it down and keep it morning. Going down. And if it pops up its sunday 26th april. Our top story anywhere else you want to be also the Prime Minister will return to work tomorrow, jump anywhere else you want to be also just over three weeks after being admitted jump on it right away. The third to hospital to be thing is how can you get people treated for coronavirus. Boris johnson returns safely back to work, school . Have to downing street with the death toll from covid 19 you ensured the workplaces still in uk hospitals now beyond 20,000. Theres also growing pressure to explain how the government plans allow social distancing because reme
Hypocrisy of setting rules which you do not then follow. 68 of people, according to an opinion poll said they thought the Prime Ministers adviser, Dominic Cummings had broken the rules. We are in the middle of something which we were told by government is a very dangerous pandemic. It is vital that when the government is issuing rules in such an environment that people have confidence in what the government is saying. I think the government has com pletely saying. I think the government has completely undermined confidence in its own messages by excusing Dominic Cummings behaviour in a way the Prime Minister did at the press conference this evening. Do you think this undermines the governments credibility, notjust in terms of the pandemic but moving forward , in terms of the pandemic but moving forward, if it is possible, because of this pandemic and its legislative agenda, its ideas on where the country should be going . This upsets me lots of ways, as a conservative. The general elec
Must say i do not think it unreasonable that we this lunchtime. Should ask parliamentarians to come back to this place and do theirjob nhs test and trace will help life get back to normal by breaking the for the people of this country. I chain of know it is difficult, i notice infection. Difficult, and i apologise to a clinical contact collea g u es difficult, and i apologise to colleagues for the inconvenience, tracer tells us exclusively shes andi spent much of her time since the uk colleagues for the inconvenience, and i apologise to those who have governments track and trace system went live last week watching netflix particular difficulties because they because she hasnt been are shielded or they are elderly, assigned a single case. She spoke to me anonymously and it is vital the change we ive worked 38 hours are making today. They should be as a contract tracer. I say worked, ive been available to work, able as a contract tracer, to vote by proxy. They should be since it went liv
Stick with mr cummings . Also tonight. The government confirms primary schools will begin to open for certain pupils in england from june 1st. With deaths from coronavirus in care homes set to reach 10,000 this week, are government promises to protect staff and residents being met . And the Dorset Village where residents in the age of coronavirus have discovered a new neighbourliness. Good evening. The Prime Minister has publicly backed his most senior and influential advisor, Dominic Cummings, in the face of calls for his sacking after it emerged hed driven more than 250 miles from his home in london to County Durham when the government had introduced its coronavirus lockdown. It happened during the period mr cummings wife had contracted the virus. Some conservative backbenchers have accused him of arrogance while labour has called for mr cummings to resign. However, borisjohnson says his advisor had acted responsibly, legally and with integrity. It comes as 118 more deaths were annou