About how we take that step. So, you asked me about eating indoors with people. Its still safer to eat outdoors rather than in, when the weather allows. A young child has died and two people have been seriously injured after a Gas Explosion at a residential area in heysham in lancashire. There was significant damage to the houses. At least two have been destroyed and a third is significantly damaged. As a consequence of that, a number of people have been injured. Tragically, a young child has been killed. Fancy a job as a live in officer at a Medieval Castle on a remote island . St Michaels Mount is hiring. The united Nations Secretary General has pleaded for an immediate end to the escalating violence between israel and the palestinian militant group, hamas. Antonio guterres has warned a Council'>Security Council meeting the fighting could plunge the region into an uncontainable crisis. The israeli military has carried out more Air Strikes on gaza, while hamas launched further Rocket Attacks on Southern Israel. Reuters attacks on Southern Israel. Reports the Civilian Dea have reuters reports the Civilian Deaths have occurred early on sunday. Unintentional, it says, and targeting a Tunnel System of houses built on top of that Tunnel System. Sourced to the israeli ministry. Paul adams reports from jerusalem. Israel says it has nothing against the people of gaza. Crying. But through the long hours of another hellish night, thats not how it seems to them. Women and children once again caught up in the mayhem. In crowded, impoverished gaza, nowhere is safe. Explosions. Israel insists its only attacking hamas. Overnight, it hit the homes of the Groups Leader in gaza, yahya sinwar, and his brother. It says it� s killed 30 key members of hamas and the other main militant group, islamichhad. And it says almost half of those killed so far were combatants, not civilians. Its a hard claim to verify. Hamas is very secretive. How long will this Go On . Pressure for it to end is building, but israel says its up to hamas. Israel will continue hitting the Hamas Terror Group until we feel and understand that we reached our objectives. You know, hamas decided to start this round, but they are not going to decide when to end it. You cantjust shoot rockets on israeli citizens unprovoked and then hope for the best. But the rockets are still flying. Hamas says it can keep this up for months. It almost certainly cant, but the group is not about to admit defeat. An american envoy has been here since friday. Diplomatic efforts are gathering pace, but israel says it has more to do in gaza. This isnt over yet. Paul adams, Bbc News, jerusalem. Breaking news coming from Reuters News Agency sourced to be israeli defence forces. Benjamin netanyahu said the Gaza Campaign was continuing with all force and said it will take time. Here is one of the things that israelis say they were doing. Early on sunday they were doing. Early on sunday they were targeting the Tunnel System, a regular complaint of israel, there are tunnels built by militant groups that allow them to get into in seedy Southern Israel and get past security. And potentially give them a way of getting into Southern Israel who might have harmful intent as far as israelis concerned. They bombed the tunnels but they see as a result of bombing the tunnels, houses on top collapsed and that has led to what they describe as unintentional Civilian Casualties. We have nothing from the Gaza Site as yet i thought the casualties may be. Numbers and so on. But that is the case, that the israelis see as an Excavation Provider may have been Civilian Deaths in jazz and in the early part of sunday. Gaza critique and others who support the palestinians in this conflict as they say because gaza is such a contained area, everyone living cheek byjowl, its almost impossible to avoid Civilian Casualties to use a rather gruesome term, collateral damage. That is an argument that will continue as it always does in these situations. Thats latest from the israeli defence sources being quoted by the Reuters News Agency. As i mentioned, the un Council'>Security Council is meeting to discuss the violence. Secretary general Antonio Guterres opened the meeting a short time ago and called for peace we meet today amid the most serious escalation in Israel And Gaza in years. This latest round of violence only perpetuates the cycles of death, Destruction And Despair and pushes any hopes of coexistence and peace. Fighting must stop. It must stop immediately. Rockets and mortars on one side. Microphone noises. Must stop. I appeal to all parties to he disco. The United Nations is actively engaging all sides and wants an immediate ceasefire. Hostilities have caused unconscionable death, immense Suffering And Damage to vital infrastructure. Suffering and damage to vital infrastructure. �. ,. , , infrastructure. Antonio guterres, the unc secretary infrastructure. Antonio guterres, the unc Secretary General. Infrastructure. Antonio guterres, the unc Secretary General. We l infrastructure. Antonio guterres, i the unc Secretary General. We also heard from Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Tor Wennesland who set out specific details on what ongoing and reiterated the demand for action. More breaking news, these are the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. We havejust come in and they show that four people died in the 2a hours to sunday we tested positive within the last, there have been over 1000 new infections. We have apparently now got to a stage where 36. 5 million people have had one dose of the Coronavirus Vaccine so far. The Health Secretary Matt hancock has urged people to be careful ahead of more restrictions being eased in england tomorrow. Scientists believe the indian variant of coronavirus is more transmissible and cases in some areas have seen a sharp rise. Mr hancock also said it was quite likely this variant will become the dominant strain in the uk. Some restrictions in wales and scotland are also being relaxed from tomorrow. Heres our political correspondent helen catt. In bolton this weekend, efforts continue to tackle the spread of the variant of Coronavirus Which first emerged in india, encouraging more people to take up the vaccine. There is surge testing, measures which the government says means it can Go Ahead with easing more restrictions in england tomorrow, despite fears of how quickly the new variant is spreading. Im confident that we can take the step tomorrow, but we should all be careful about how we take that step. You shouldnt still spend a lot of time in close proximity, you should make sure ventilation is good. We all know what we can do and take personal responsibility. It means restaurants can welcome back customers indoors. Up to six people can meet in private homes, too, and hugging is back. But there is nervousness. Scientists from sage has warned if the variant turns out to be a0 50 more transmissible than the kent variant, there could be a big rise in hospitalisations because of tomorrows loosening. I think the evidence is stacking up that it is more transmissable than the kent variant. It is very hard to tell how much more. You have to tease out those infections that have been imported into the uk and so are just reflecting trends in other places, particularly india, and those that have been spreading here in the uk. Scientists do think that vaccines remain effective. The Over 35s will be invited to get their firstjab this week. The Health Secretary said that most of the 18 people currently in hospital in bolton with coronavirus had been eligible forjabs, but hadnt had them. We think that there are five people who have ended up in hospital, having had one jab. This is why it is so important to get the second jab. Nobody who has had two has caught it . L we think there is one person, but that person was frail. Limited international travel also starts again tomorrow. Labour says it is too soon, and that the government put india on the Red List too late. They should have put india on the Red List at the same time as pakistan and bangladesh. Since then, we have had this three Week Period in which thousands of people have returned from india, and that probably includes hundreds of the new Variant Covid cases. Ministers say they did it nearly two weeks before the variant became one of concern, and when the proportion of arrivals in the Uk Testing positive had started to rise. What happens here in the coming weeks will be watched closely. Blackburn has been given the Go Ahead to rapidly increase vaccinations, according to health officials. The public Health Director for blackburn with Council'>Darwen Council says areas where covid is spreading will get additional supplies of the pfizerjab for all residents over the age of 18. Last week, blackburn recorded the third highest Infection Rate in england, with an 89 jump in cases compared to the previous week. Dominic harrison has previously said it was illogical that the government refused surge vaccinations. Tomorrow sees another milestone in the reopening of the economy. Pubs, restaurants and cafes in many parts of the uk will welcome customers back indoors for the first time in months. Heath ball is the Owner And Landlord of four pubs in london and sussex. He spoke to me a little earlier from the red Lion And Sun in north london, and explained how tough the restrictions have been from a Business Point of view. To operate with the distancing and you have reduced numbers, you need more staff to manage it, you have less customers, but you need more staff, to keep everyone compliant, distancing, checking people in, all the regulations. Yeah, this is not a moneymaking exercise, It Isjust Survival to get us through. You have got through this far, and i imagine its not been anything like anything you have experienced before in the pub trade. Looking ahead, lets try to concentrate on what is to come, rather than the horrors that have gone. How do you think this is going to work out over the summer . Are you, for example, you have opened the outdoor space. Have you found demand has been as strong as you would have hoped . Do you find much in the way of encouraging signs about what might lie ahead . Initially, everybody was excited, i want to get back to pubs, its amazing, but british weather has not been on our side. The initial first week, we will sit outside, we are ok, and it is wearing off. People are tired and want to be inside. Even then, its busy in the beginning but we can see it turning off. It will be interesting Opening Inside and outside and how busy we will be. Weve got a long way yet. The other question obviously arises, if you are having to sustain additional costs, at some point, that must have an impact on price, mustnt it . I think so. I think a lot of operators, the Vat Reduction on food is great but that runs out soon. We have Business Rates relief untiljune, then they go up a bit more. You have to, there has to be give and take somewhere. We have to put it up a little bit, but we are doing are best to keep normal prices. But we have got to make money to survive and we are losing money right now. How are you finding. Perhaps tomorrow will be a better judgment with the outdoor space but how are you finding customers . Are they tolerant . He is smiling. No, they are not. Most people we are dealing with really have had enough. They want their lives back. They turn up, we check them in and they are not happy about it. All these measures, weve got to do to be compliant, they are not happy about. Its a real, enough is enough, we want our lives back. So it is hard to manage them, keep everybody safe, keep the staff happy, its a realjuggling act. Its not hospitality, its another level of something before it is just trying to keep. Keep compliant with all the rules and regulations, but also keep people happy and sometimes, those two things do notjell. A child has died and four adults have been injured in a suspected Gas Explosion in lancashire. The parents of two year old George Arthur hinds, explosion in heysham, have paid tribute to their beautiful little angel. They said, we are devastated at the loss of our beautiful george. Two houses were destroyed in the blast early this morning in heysham. Paul murphy reports. The incredible force of this explosion entirely destroyed two homes and damaged many more. Neighbours described the Blast Atjust after 2. 30am this morning as something that felt like an earthquake. It sounded like a bomb going off this morning, just after two oclock, and it literally shook the whole bed. We felt like we were going through the floor. And then we jumped out of Bed And Wejust ran, just to see what was going on. Its just awful. This morning, it was confirmed that a child had sadly died. Four adults, two men and two women, are being treated in hospital. Two of them have been seriously injured. This afternoon, the Fire Service will use dogs to make one final check of the rubble. We are hopeful that we have found those people who were injured, or sadly deceased, as a consequence of what has happened. But we obviously are continuing, but at the moment, we think we have got everybody out. A number of people, evacuated from their homes overnight, must now await an assessment of the damage to numerous houses in the area before being allowed to return. Paul murphy, Bbc News, heysham. The headlines on Bbc News. The United Nations holds talks, as the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza continues for a seventh day. The Secretary General has pleaded for peace. Efforts to combat the India Variant of Covid Ramp Up in england, ahead of Lockdown Restrictions being relaxed tomorrow. A young child has died and two people have been seriously injured, after a Gas Explosion at a residential area in heysham in lancashire. Sport and for a full round up, from the Bbc Sport centre, heres jane dougall. Good afternoon. Tottenham are up to 6th in the Premier League after a 2 0 win over wolves. Harry kane hit The Post early on before opening the scoring on the stroke of half time with his 22nd League Goal of the season. Pierre Emile Hojbjerg doubled their advantage, reacting first after Wolves KeeperRui Patricio had Parried AGareth Bale Shot to slide the ball home. Totttenham go above West Ham on goal difference. Crystal Palace Beat Aston villa 3 2 at Selhurst Park in the Premier Leagues early kick off. Palace twice came from behind to win the match. John mcginn put villa ahead first, only for Christian Benteke to equalise against his former club. The visitors regained the lead through anwar el ghazi, but Wilfried Zaha made it all square again, before Tyrick Mitchell scored the winnerfor palace. The win moves the eagles up to 13th in the table. To the final day of the season in scotland now where Hamilton Accies have been relegated from the premiership to the championship. They had needed to beat kilmarnock by nine goals to stand a chance of survival. However, they lost 2 0, cementing their drop. Kilmarnock are now in the Playoff Match to stay in the league. Ross county beat motherwell 2 1 at fir park, meaning they will stay in the top tier for another season. So lets take a look at the bottom Half Split of the Scottish Premiership after that final day. And confirmation that Hamilton Finish bottom and will go down. Ross county are safe after that win, and second Bottom Kilmarnock will playoff against dundee who finished second top of the championship. Chelsea womens manager Emma Hayes says its their time to win the champions league. Theyre in gothenburg, where they face barcelona in the final tonight. It would crown a brilliant season for chelsea. They won the Wsl Title for a record fourth time, as well as the league cup. And with the Fa Cup still to play for, this could be the third trophy of a possible quadruple. Hayes says it would be phenominal for the womens game. When i talk about it being a dream, for me, being in this Dressing Room with, as i have said, they are amazing women. That are inspiring generations, i hope, at home. In fact, i know they are. Im not talking about little girls here, im talking about scores of boys, too, who are becoming big fans of womens football. So the dream for me is about what i have always wanted for womens football, and being in this final, after so many years with an English Team not participating, i think it was about time. And, you know, imjust delighted that we got the opportunity to do that. Ospreys beat dragons by 42 points to 26 for their second win in the Pro 14 rainbow cup. Ospreys ran in five tries, with 4 for dragons and Morgan Morris was bundled over the line to help the visitors to a 20 14 half time lead. It was a close match, but ospreys were always ahead and Debutant Max Naggy scored their final try of the game. A Bonus Point for each side, and ospreys up to third in the table. Iga swiatek has beaten World Number nine Karolina Pliskova to win the italian open. The Teenagerfrom Poland came through in straight sets to secure victory after just 46 minutes. It finished 6 love, 6 love. The result bodes well for the defence of her French Open title, which begins at roland garros in two weeks time. Thats all the sport for now, but over on the Bbc Sport website, you can follow seven matches in the fifth round of the womens Fa Cup. Thats all the sport for now. Back later. Police scotland says that five of its officers were injured, one of them seriously, while trying to disperse thousands of rangers supporters in the centre of glasgow Last Night. Our Scotland ReporterAlexandra Mackenzie joins us from glasgow. This has turned out to be a much more serious incident than first thought . More serious incident than first thou ht . ~ , � more serious incident than first thou ht . ~ , ~ , thought . Absolutely. All this started as thought . Absolutely. All this started as a thought . Absolutely. All this started as a day thought . Absolutely. All this started as a day of thought . Absolutely. All this. Started as a day of Celebration Yesterday for rangers fans, but turned into an evening as We Saw, an evening of drunkenness, an evening of violence in george square. Around 15,000 supporters and fans had walked from Ibrox Stadium into the city centre. They have been told not to gather. This was a breach of current Covid Restrictions and we have seen an increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in the city of cases of coronavirus in the city of glasgow. Initially, police said it was peaceful, but as the evening progressed, many people left, but those who were still in the square, police said it did turn more violent. The fans that were left became drunk, they started to turn on each other, and they started to become violent towards the police. As you said, five Police Officers were injured. We understand that one of them has been seriously injured. Police scotland then decided that the safest thing to do was to move in and disperse the crowds that were left. Earlier, we spoke to police cotton� s assistant chief constable. We are extremely disappointed that the people didnt actually respond and listen to the messaging that was iven and listen to the messaging that was given from and listen to the messaging that was given from us. Given from the local Council given from us. Given from the local Council and given from us. Given from the local Council and given from the club themselves to show a bit of personal responsibility here at a time when were responsibility here at a time when were still responsibility here at a time when were still in the midst of Covid Pandemic were still in the midst of Covid Pandemic. Its bad enough, first of all, pandemic. Its bad enough, first of all. That pandemic. Its bad enough, first of all, that they gathered despite that advice. All, that they gathered despite that advice, but the scenes We SawLast Night advice, but the scenes We SawLast Night were advice, but the scenes We SawLast Night were completely unacceptable. Drunkenness, drunkenness, loutish behaviour. Drunkenness, drunkenness, loutish behaviour, forgiveness, it is not tolerated behaviour, forgiveness, it is not tolerated in the streets of glasgow. There has been a lot of reaction to this, scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been on Social Media and she said, to say that im utterly disgusted by rangers fans who rampaged through glasgow would be an understatement. She called the behaviour thuggish, sectarian and selfish. She said that she hoped that Rangers Football Club would reflect on what more could be done to tackle the behaviour of fans, albeit a minority of fans, she said. She also thanked Police Scotland for the job that they did Last Night in what she described as difficult and dangerous circumstances. Police scotland have said that they will be going through Cctv Footage of Last Night, and they have said that those involved will be identified and arrested. I noticed a tweet on Social Media, it was one formal General Secretary of the scottish police federation, a few minutes ago. He said that this was the worst violence that police in scotland had faced in the last 20 years. Faced in the last 20 years. Thank ou ve faced in the last 20 years. Thank you very much faced in the last 20 years. Thank you very much for faced in the last 20 years. Thank you very much for that faced in the last 20 years. Thank you very much for that update. L reports from myanmar say soldiers have taken control of the town of mindat, in northwestern chin state. Opposition activists there took up arms against the military government three weeks ago. Members of a group calling itself the Chinland Defence Force say they have withdrawn to spare residents further bombardment. Our Southeast Asia CorrespondentJonathan Head told me more about whats happening there. This is a remote town. Of course, the military has shut down a great deal of Internet Services in myanmar. Over the last few days, residents have been able to get out bits of video that have shown the military Bombarding Mindat with artillery. Quite repeatedly, at times. Flying helicopters over the town, possibly bombing from the air, were not sure. They have been using the helicopters to bring troops in, because this Stand Off has been going on for three weeks, where the local people of this town, as others have done, basically declared themselves no longer accepting the military� s authority. They also demanded that the military released a number of people they have detained. There was four days of fighting last month, there has been ten days of negotiations, the local Military Forces were not strong enough to deal with this local uprising. With these Troop Reinforcements, we have had four days a very fierce fighting where we believe there have been quite a number of casualties on the military side, as well as among the local people who are resisting. This Chinland Defence Force which is mostly armed with home made hunting guns, we dont how many modern weapons they have got, there can be many has held out for four days. Ambushed military convoys, but finally decided with the bombardment that went on that they had to pull out. Its a town of a population of around 50,000, and we dont how many have left Troop Reinforcements and gone into the forest with the fighters, there is clearly a great deal of concern about the fate of the population that have stayed behind. When you think about the way in which the Myanmar Military has treated unarmed protesters in the cities, there are genuine and grounded concerns about how its going to treat the population of a town that has resisted it. Its worth remembering, this is the most sustained armed reaction we have seen from new groups taking on the military coup. But there have been other towns when this happened as well. This is now a trend. People who were protesting peacefully a couple of months ago, and of course getting shot for it, have now decided to take up arms, and if they do it on a much larger scale than we are seeing now, that could really challenge the military� s authority. Has lockdown left you yearning for the wild outdoors . Well if it has, there may be a job out there thats just for you. St Michaels Mount, a remote island only accessible by boat or at low tide, is advertising for a live in employee to work at its Medieval Castle. Andrea ormsby has been to find out more. They say an englishmans home is his castle. Well, St Michaels Mount is quite literally that for around 30 people. Now Theres Room for one more, a live in castle officer. Weve had an overwhelming response, which has been fantastic. We need people who are happy with boats, happy with heights. I just think a real passion for people coming to cornwall or the Tourism Industry really. Newsreel here in the west, j where the cornish coast flings sheltering arm against the atlantic An Island where loneliness is only another name for enjoyment. St Michaels Mount has been capturing the imagination for years. Im duncan, im the castle steward, and ive been living here for around two years now. What i love about the Mount L is having a seaview from every window and having the support of the community around you. I | everyone is really friendly here, | and the challenge of living here, its different from living on the mainland. You cant get a takeaway pizza, so be prepared for that. If you can cope with that, have good Sea Legs and fancy a pretty cool address, this might be what you need to hear. Dont be scared to apply. I think a lot of people on the socials Last Night were saying, its my Dream Job but i couldnt do this or that. Dont be put off by that. It will probably be one of the most life changing experiences for someone to come over. There is no official closing date, but interest has already been huge. Now its time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. Hello there. We have had a bit of sunshine around through the course of the weekend, but plenty of showers as well. That theme is going to continue for the next few days. More showers on the horizon, some of them heavy and potentially thundery. Some sunshine around in between, so not a complete Write Off in terms of the weather over the next couple of days. As we head into the evening, we still hold on to some heavy showers, some thunderstorms, Hail And Lightning mixed in, almost anywhere across england and wales. A Bit Drierfor northern ireland and scotland as we end the day, and overnight slowly the showers will tend to ease away a bit. But it remains fairly cloudy and damp and temperatures between about 6 10. So, a frost free start to your monday morning. Some of us will see some dry weather through the course of the morning but showers will tend to build, become more frequent and widespread later on in the day. So, thunderstorms possible once again, hailand lightning, especially for eastern scotland, southern and eastern england. A bit drier towards the west. Temperatures are still cool, around 11 16. Hello, this is Bbc News with shaun ley. The headlines. The United Nations holds talks as the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza continues for a seventh day. The Secretary General has pleaded for peace. The fighting must stop. It must stop immediately. The rockets and mortars on one side, the aerial and Artillery Bombardments on the other, must stop. I appeal to all parties to heed this call. Efforts to combat the India Variant of Covid Ramp Up in england, ahead of Lockdown Restrictions being relaxed tomorrow. A young child has died and two people have been seriously injured, after a Gas Explosion at a residential area in heysham in lancashire. Now on Bbc News,