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Indias Covid Crisis continues to worsen as more than 400,000 infections have been reported in a single day. It comes as the countrys hospitals continue to struggle and its Vaccination Drive is hampered by a lack of supplies. Families prepare for easing of restrictions in Care Homes in england after the government faced legal action on the issue. Could we see a return to this . Liverpool prepares to welcome a 5,000 strong crowd as part of a trial live music festival. And in sport, Bath Try to make it an all England Affairfor the European Challenge cup final. Good evening. The Covid Crisis in india continues to worsen, with hospitals struggling with shortages of oxygen and beds and a shortage of vaccines. More than 400,000 infections have been reported in a single day. The previous highest was the united states, which Hit A Peak of 300,000 infections per Day Injanuary but it has a much better Health Care Service compared to india. In india which has a population of 1. 3 billion the Infection Rate is still increasing rapidly, and as Devina Gupta reports, the hope is that a renewed Vaccination Drive will help turn the tide. 400,000 and counting. Surging covid cases now making inroads in indias hinterland. These villagers in the Eastern Indian State of 0disha are living in fear. People here are so poor that they cant afford a proper mask, let alone expensive treatment. Now three people have tested positive. Translation there are no facilities for oxygen in our village. We have to go to the city, but how can we when there is a shortage, even in City Hospitals . And his concern echoed in this private hospital in delhi where 12 people lost their lives when the Oxygen Stock ran out. Translation we begged them to arrange oxygen i from anywhere that they could. During that time, there was a gap of about 45 minutes, when the stock ran out. Despite this, we failed. This is a warning that indias Running Out Of Time to save lives, as the virus continues to challenge the inadequate Health Infrastructure here. Experts believe the country needs a national lockdown to prepare better and break the cycle, but so far indias Prime Minister has opposed this idea, emphasising on vaccinating more people. In fact, in an ambitious plan, he has expanded the Vaccination Drive to all adults above 18 years. And with an estimated 600 Million more people asking forjabs, most Vaccine Centres have run out of stocks. Translation we were told that it | would be a first come first served | thing here but the Vaccination Centre is deserted. We will see what we are going to do, whether we will get it or not. The government here continues to deny theres a vaccine shortage. But as cases climb, most nations are closing their borders for india. Australia has even asked its citizens who have stayed in the country for over 14 days not to return. A move that will reportedly impact 9,000 australians here. For now, those living here are betting against odds for a vaccine, to get a Fighting Chance against this pandemic. Devina gupta, Bbc News, delhi. Residents of Care Homes in england will be able to go out for walks and visit relatives gardens without having to self isolate afterwards following new rules which come into force on tuesday. The government was facing legal action over the issue after the charityjohn� s campaign which pushes for Better Visiting Rights argued that Care Home residents were being discriminated against. Our health correspondent Jim Reed reports. John Kemps Mother sheila has lived in a Care Home in eastbourne for the last two years. The 92 year old has seen her family recently, but sitting two metres apart, wearing ppe. From tuesday, they can walk together on the seafront again. With my mother it means she can actually go out, get into the fresh air, be able to go on the seafront, see people, have a cup of coffee, a Cup Of Tea somewhere. 0bviously, spending quality time rather than time with ppe in between us, and again, just spending time together and reflecting on the past and the future, as well. Its exactly three months since all Care Home residents should have been offered a first dose of the Covid Vaccine in england. With infections now down to levels seen last summer, the government says its time to relax the strict rules around trips outside the home. The majority of Care Home residents not only have had their first dose, but also their second dose, so we can take these sort of cautious steps forward, and, as i say, another step back towards normal. We look forward to being able to do more opening up in the weeks ahead. From tuesday, residents who leave a Care Home in england will no longer have to self isolate for 14 days on their return. They can visit a relatives garden, a park, or another outdoor space, and they will be able to go inside to vote. But if they leave theyll still have to be accompanied by a visitor or Care Home worker and those who leave for a medical appointment will still have to self isolate. The change comes after a legal challenge from campaigners who called the existing restrictions barbaric. They welcomed the move but said its come far too late. I think this guidance was always so bizarre, so cruel and so discriminatory. I mean, it was illegally imprisoning people in Care Homes. It was depriving them of their liberty, it was doing incalculable harms. Residents of scottish and welsh Care Homes are already able to meet outside without needing to self isolate. While in northern ireland, Outdoor Visiting is allowed in homes that do not have a covid outbreak. Jim reed, Bbc News. Lets Take A Look at the latest government figures. There were 1,907 new Coronavirus Infections recorded in the latest 24 Hour Period on average 2,194 new cases were reported per day in the last week. The latest figures show there were 1,451 people in hospital being treated for coronavirus. Seven deaths were reported in the latest 24 Hour Period thats people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. On average in the past week, 15 deaths were announced every day. The total number is now 127,524. As for vaccinations, a total ofjust over 34. 3 Million people have now had their first dose of a Covid Vaccine. And over 14. 9 million people have had both doses and are now fully vaccinated. Five people, including a 16 year old boy, have been arrested on suspicion of right Wing Terrorism offences. 0fficers carried out a series of raids in keighley in west yorkshire, swindon and anglesey in north wales. Bomb disposal experts were called to a property in keighley after the discovery of what officers described as potentially suspicious material. Police have confirmed they have received a third Party Report relating to allegations of sexual offences by a man, following recent claims against actor noel clarke. It comes after 20 women accused Mr Clarke of Sexual Harassment and bullying. He has vehemently denied any Sexual Misconduct or criminal wrongdoing. The met police said officers were assessing the information received on the 21st Of April but there was currently no investigation. The us and nato have begun the formal withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, after a presence in the country for nearly 20 years. The withdrawal will continue until September 11th and comes at a time of escalating violence. Today, the taliban warned they no longer consider themselves bound by a promise not to target international forces. Nightclubbing returned to liverpool last night. Only a trial but the first time people have been allowed on to the dancefloor since the pandemic began. And tomorrow its the turn of live music as a festival will be held in the city with an audience of 5,000. Even if a success, it may come too late for many as new research suggests a quarter of festivals with a similar capacity have already been cancelled. Our Business Correspondent Katy austin reports. Boomtown In Hampshire has just been called off for the second year running, blaming lack of insurance for covid related cancellation. The sheer volume of money, were talking millions of outlay, that we have to commit to, all these costs ahead of the event, itjust became very evident that we were just in an impossible position without being able to have the backing of insurance to mitigate the risks. 0ne Trade Body says around a quarter of larger festivals have already decided to cancel for this year, and most of those still scheduled to go ahead are due to happen injuly and august. But it says for many of those theres still a huge amount of uncertainty. It says a government backed Insurance Scheme is needed, similar to what other countries have done. And our own government has invested in a scheme for Film And Tv production, which we understand has been very successful. There are models, there are ways of doing it. Nozstock in herefordshire is sold out for late july. How certain are you, as we stand here today, that it will go ahead . Sadly, we cant be certain. We are desperate to get on with it but the issue of insurance makes it an incredibly risky venture. They say late may is the Cut Off for making a final call. A Government Spokesperson told us it had supported festivals through the Culture Recovery Fund and is exploring what further support it may provide. Katy austin, Bbc News. With all the sport now, heres Lizzie Greenwood hughes At The Bbc Sport centre. Thanks very much, kate. Good evening. Were starting with football. And that means if you want to wait for the results on Match Of The Day which follows the news, then you need to avert your attention, because i am about to give them to you now. Manchester city are on the brink of winning the Premier League. They beat crystal Palace Today Club Legend Sergio Aguero starting and scoring in the 2 0 victory. The result means city will be crowned Champions Tomorrow if their nearest Rivals Manchester united lose to liverpool. Elsewhere, brighton took a huge step towards Premier League safety when they beat leeds today. Theyre now ten points clear of the relegation zone, and third from bottom fulham, who lost to chelsea. Everton were also beaten by aston villa. The big winners in the scottish Premiership Today were bottom Side Hamilton who beat St Mirren to keep alive their hopes of staying up. Aberdeen� s victory over livingston guarantees them a place in europe next season. And there were wins for ross county, stjohnstone and motherwell. Champions rangers play celtic tomorrow. Bath wont be facing leicester in the final of rugby unions European Challenge cup later this month. They narrowly beaten by montpellier19 10. Joe lynskey reports. British sport is looking to a summer where the supporters come back, these Challenge Cup semifinal was empty but the finals at twickenham with a crowd of 10,000, that was the incentive for bath is knew beating montpellier would set up an all english final. With Tom Dunn scoring, they had the lead in three minutes, but Baths Problem is letting teams backing montpellier scored and then led at half time. To get to the home of english rugby men just as much to the french side, they barely stopped defending when their shirts came off, and that kind of commitment kept bath at bay and for the Premiership Side this was a missed opportunity. The Challenge Cup is a european rugbys secondary competition but the prize for montpellier is the occasion to come, final in three weeks time when the noise is back. Joe lynskey, Bbc News. Lewis hamilton just missed out on his 100th Career Pole Position in qualifying for tomorrows portuguese grand prix. Instead, his Mercedes Team Mate valterri bottas, Beat Him Byjust Seven Thousandths Of A Second to start first on the grid in the algarve. Max verstappen was third. Welsh Cyclist Geraint thomas may have missed out on winning his first race for three years after what he is calling an embarrassing crash in the tour of romandie. The former tour de France Champion was about to win the fourth stage and take the overall lead in switzerland, when his bike slipped just metres from the finish line. Hes now 11 seconds behind the leader with the final stage tomorrow. There was an exciting finish to the first classic Horse Race of the season the 2000 guineas. It was won by Poetic Flair in a Photo Finish at newmarket. And the result proved age is no barrier in racing the Jockey Kevin manning is 54 and the trainer, jim bolger, 79. Shaun murphy will play Mark Selby in the final of snooker� s World Championship after an extraordinary comeback and a day of epic Semi Finals in sheffield. Murphy had been 10 4 down to fellow Englishman Kyren Wilson but he fought back to win17 12. Hell play three time Champion Selby in the final which starts tomorrow in front of a full house at the crucible, the first indoor Sporting Event to have a Capacity Crowd since the pandemic. 13 years after he burst onto the diving scene britains Tom Daley has won his first World Cup event. He took gold in the 10 metres synchronised injapan along with Team Mate Matty lee. The competition is a Test Event for this summers olympic games. Theres more on the bbc sport website, including Tonights Boxing where Katie Taylor is defending her world titles against natasha jonas. Back to you, kate. A campaign has been launched to raise money to build a memorial in St Pauls cathedral to those whove died as a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 Million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside St Pauls for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, St Pauls cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant national events, which is why campaigners say its a Fitting Site for this a covid memorial. Designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during World War ii. And visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, Including Photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have already been uploaded to the online book. Its a different way of doing memorials, but its having a physical and an online memorial together, which is a really. Its a new thing for us, but we think it means that thousands and thousands of people can be remembered. 0rganisers are hoping to raise £2. 3 Million to pay for the structure and install it next year. They say this would be a monument for all, regardless of faith or background. Charlotte wright, Bbc News. You can see more on all of todays stories on the Bbc News channel. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, and labours shadow foreign secretary, lisa nandy, will both be among Andrew Marr s Guests Tomorrow Morning at 9am on bbc one. Thats all from me. Goodnight. Hello. This is Bbc News. Officers have continued Searching Woodland in Kent Today following the murder of a Police Community Support officer. Julia james body was discovered in woodland near dover on tuesday. Some of her colleagues have been paying tribute and laying flowers close to the scene. Peter whitlesea reports. Paying tribute and leaving flowers. Among the well Wishers Today were members of Julia Jamess Police family. They have made the journey because the death of their colleague is personal. For us, we have come to show our support because we are part of the Police Family so that just means a lot to us to make sure that we are there. You know, we dont even live round here but it is such an awful thing to happen. We will do everything we can because she was just so special, and because theyre sort of thing just doesnt happen in kent, really, thank god. So i think, yeah, we will get to the bottom of it. They will do everything they can, everything they can. Look at the amount of officers already working on it. The detectives going in and out of the scene do everything they can. Julia Jamess Body was discovered four days ago. Kent police confirmed yesterday that there are extra pressures when investigating the death of one of their own. This is a particularly challenging and poignant for staff working on the case who knew her professionally or potentially, of course, socially. As well as paying a personal tribute her family have launched an Appeal Calling for anyone with any information, however insignificant, to contact the police to help get justice forjulia. Scientists investigating the plastic waste drifting in the worlds oceans say they ve discovered more about where it comes from. They ve calculated that A Thousand rivers are responsible for the vast majority of the pollution. Heres our science editor, david shukman. The shocking sight of plastic waste polluting the oceans. It is one of the most visible ways that Human Activity is damaging the natural world. So where has it all come from . Well, most of it is carried by rivers from cities to the sea. I saw this for myself in indonesia a few years ago. The waterways were choked with plastic. It used to be thought that only the ten biggest rivers in the world where to blame, but now a study finds that many more are involved. At least 1,000, according to an organisation that is trying to tackle the problem the Ocean Cleanup. On one hand, it shows that the problem is actually much more vast than we used to think it is not ten rivers, it is 1000. But on the other hand, it is Stilljust1 of all the rivers in the world, so i do think it is a manageable problem. The Ocean Cleanup has started to collect plastic waste from several rivers, to catch it before it gets to the sea and the hope is to have many more systems like this. It has also been deploying a giant Collection Device in the pacific ocean, but the challenge is huge. Turning this Plastic Tide will take a massive effort. When you discover a duck and her newborn ducklings have set up home on your balcony on the ninth floor of a block of flats waddle you do . Well, steve stuttard, who lives in salford quays, realised he had to quack the problem of how to get the ducklings safely down to the ground, without ruffling their mothers feathers. But he didnt get into a flap he found a solution to fit the bill and became a social media sensation, as Ian Haslam reports. This is mrs mallard, who has unwittingly become the most famous star on social media. Her time spent nesting on steve Suttards Balcony has been seen by millions thanks to an accompanying Twitter Thread and video from Steves Daughter emma. I just wrote a few tweets, wrote the thread, went off and made a Cup Of Tea and came back and the ticker was going. And i was like, 0k, and then it went crazy. And the loveliest thing about this is that there are people all over the world who know how great he is now and adore him too. Operation mallard is to begin. What are the odds of this Duck Nesting on your balcony, what with you being a Twitcher And Everything . A million to one. I cant believe what has happened over the last 18 months now. It is unbelievable. For an ornithologist like me, a twitcher, it is the perfect scenario. As a former Royal Navy survival specialist, steve is adept at looking after people. But ducks are a different proposition. From when i wake up in the morning, i have to tiptoe around the apartment. I check if shes on the nest or not, and normally she is. Shes full of character and she looks at me sometimes as if to say, i recognise that face, but i Cant Place it. Six oclock in the morning. All seven hatched. Shes great. Catch you later. At this point came the one part he couldnt film. The bit with the mostjeopardy. Lowering seven ducklings150 feet down to the ground from his apartment in a bucket. Here we are, down at ground level. Chicks in a bucket. Mum is over here. So, i couldnt bring them down the lift, because they couldnt hear the mother and she couldnt hear them. But in a bucket, it is like a Megaphone Itjust amplifies the sound. They could hear her and she could hear them, so it was a win win situation. My work here is done. Except it is not. Now weve got 0peration Mallard two we have indeed. She came back four weeks ago and started looking around my balcony, she moved to another planter which has lots of grasses in it and she has decided shes going to nest there. We now have 11 eggs and everything is fine and we have got about another week to go. Success, operation mallard, absolute success. Heres to the next one. Ian haslam, Bbc News. A very long string. And well be taking an in Depth Look at the papers with our reviewers the political commentator, Jo Phillips and the political editor of the Sunday Mirror sunday people, nigel nelson. Thats coming up after the headlines. Time for a look at the weather. Hello. You did pretty well on saturday if you managed to dodge the downpours. Showers were widespread but also some sunshine and thats how things looked for a time in shropshire. Shower clouds pretty impressive in staffordshire with a Hail Storm that went through leak leaving a covering on pavements. The reason we are seeing Hail Showers is because of the cold air that has moved on from the cold air that has moved on from the north over the last few days, getting heated strongly by the may sunshine, causing the air to rise in the showers to form, but overnight as things cool down, kind of collapses so most of the showers fade away. Things looking dry over the next few hours but cold. A widespread frost around with the lowest temperature down to 2, 3, so if you are heading out first thing sunday morning, one of those mornings for extra layers. There will be plenty of Blue Skies and sunshine but cold with the frost in place. Through the day showers initially form across the North West of the country before becoming extensive again into the afternoon. Some of the heavy showers across the midlands and into Eastern England and parts of eastern scotland. The temperature disappointing, 11 14. And talking of disappointing weather, here comes Bank Holiday monday weather. An area of low pressure bringing widespread and fairly heavy outbreaks of rain, something we have not really seen for a good month or so. This would bring Heavy Rain widely and over the highest Ground And North of England And Scotland we may see some snow. When day with the gusts up to Gale Force and the temperature pretty rubbish, england and wales about 1012, rubbish, england and wales about 10 12, further north in scotland and northern ireland, 7 9. Perhaps the far north will be replaced with the driest and brightest weather but i wouldnt guarantee it stays entirely right. Probably some showers as well. That low pressure moves out of the way with cold northerly winds so again it will be a showery spell of weather to take us into the middle part of the week and then we may well see further areas of low pressure approaching from the South West later in the week. Hello. This is Bbc News. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment withJo Phillips and nigel nelson. First, the headlines a change in guidance on Care Homes from tuesday, residents in england will be able to visit relatives without having to self isolate when they return. India becomes the first country to record 400,000 Coronavirus Infections in a single day. Five people are arrested on suspicion of terror offences, including a 16 year old boy, as Police Target three locations across the uk. And theres a warning that most of the uks Summer Music festivals could be called off because they cant get Covid Cancellation insurance. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me is the political commentator Jo Phillips and the political editor of the Sunday Mirror and sunday people, nigel nelson. Tomorrows front pages. There are only a few front pages in so far, but lets start with the telegraph, which outlines the Prime Ministers plan to try and save The Union by investing billions of pounds on new Road And Rail links and treating scottish patients on English Nhs beds. The express leads with a question on Whether Britain is ready for what they call an economic Lift Off after Todays Coronavirus Death toll became the lowest recorded for seven months. And includes an image of Princess Charlotte ahead of her sixth birthday tomorrow. And now were Sucking Diesel the Daily Star teases ahead

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