Heres our health correspondent, jim reed. Targeting a rise in covid infections in greater manchester. Rochdale is one of more than a dozen areas of England And Scotland that health officials are now focusing on, trying to suppress the virus with extra testing and vaccination. Im extra testing and vaccination. Im leased extra testing and vaccination. In pleased theyve done it for all ages so we can at least. I think its the idea of, the older ages might be more affected, but it doesnt stop young people from being affected as well. I young people from being affected as well. ~. , young people from being affected as well. ~. , � , young people from being affected as well. ~. , h , young people from being affected as well. ~. , � ,. ,. , well. I know its been quite a long wait, so well. I know its been quite a long wait. So im well. I know its been quite a long wait, so im quite well. I know its been quite a long wait, so im quite eager well. 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In West London, another four Boroughs Recurrence of any outbreak. In west | london, another four boroughs have london, Anotherfour Boroughs have been to the list for extra Search Testing to suppress the indian variant. That includes brent, where Wembley Stadium will host next month. Scientists appear to have increasing confidence in our current vaccines are effective against it. So the message is to get the jab when called and not to pass up the chance of that second dose. People travelling from the uk will not be allowed to enter germany from tomorrow because of the rise in cases of the indian variant here. German citizens and residents, as well as others with an exceptional reason, can still enter, but have to quarantine for two weeks. The bbc is under increasing pressure to explain why Martin Bashir was re hired in 2016, despite concerns about his conduct in relation to the 1995 Princess Diana Interview on panorama. The chairman of the commons Media Committee said hed written to The Bbc� s Director General, tim davie, asking what processes were in place when Mr Bashir was put back on the Corporations Payroll five years ago. With me is our political correspondent, greg dawson. The question of why Martin Bashir was rehired in 2016 has certainly been asked over the last day or so. But there now seems to be a real focus on it. But there now seems to be a real focus on it but there now seems to be a real focus on it. ~. , focus on it. When he was rehired by The Bbc as focus on it. When he was rehired by The Bbc as religious focus on it. When he was rehired by The Bbc as religious affairs The Bbc as religious Affairs Correspondent in 2016, they commended his enterprising journalism, it talked about his well established reputation in the industry. We know the man who the time knew that Martin Bashir was capable of dishonesty in his journalism, indeed in the 1990s when he was head of Bbc News he conducted an investigation to find out if Martin Bashir had fabricated Bank Statements to land the Princess Diana Interview, and it concluded he had. So today we have a conservative Mp And Head of the Commons Media Select Committee which scrutinises The Bbc saying he has written to the current Director General to ask how on earth it was that Martin Bashir came to be rehired and what were the processes in place. Those two gentlemen are expected to meet in private next week to discuss this. For his part, the current Director General says he is shocked by the report but confident there is a stronger governance and processes in place with The Bbc to prevent anything like this happening again. Greg, thank you. The first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza, hours after a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants came into effect. The focus has turned to rebuilding the devastated territory a day after a ceasefire took hold. More than 250 people were killed in the 11 Day Conflict, most of them in gaza. The us president , Joe Biden, has said that he will work with the United Nations to bring humanitarian and reconstruction help. Tonights the night of the Eurovision Song Contest back after its absence last year due to the pandemic. The netherlands is hosting the 65th edition, and therell be an audience of some 3,500 fans all tested beforehand for coronavirus. From rotterdam, Anna Holligan sent this report. The final sequins are in place. Last minute alterations made. Humming and vocal warmups. Now warming up for the biggest stage of their lives. Theyve travelled from across the continent, from north to south. So much love. I really appreciate all the days here, and i think from today till The End of the competition, it is going to be the best days of our lives. From rock. To pop. Theres All Kinds Of Everything here. Im going to take you right into the heart of the action now, because this is backstage where the artists come between performances to relax and rehearse. And the usual Eurovision Fever is heightened this year because, of course, it was cancelled last year because of covid. So the usual nerves, anticipation, excitement, they are feeling it here more than ever. Lithuania, they are my favourite group, i love them. The Netherlands Yay who do you want to win . Um, malta. How does that go . Malta isje me casse. Di Di Di Dididi Didididi Di di. But who are the bookies favourites . Its all about france versus italy. France has a stunning singer named barbara and shes showing her skin in a bustier. The songs about Stepping Out Of The Shadows and into the light. The rush of freedom and emancipation, it is a glorious moment, a warm embrace. Now, from the warm embrace, we go to italy spitting in your face while most people may not be into this kind of hard edged rock, they do crave being among people and thats what italy gives you. And then theres malta. This is a pure Pop Song from an 18 year old named destiny. Its all about the power of saying no. Its about a woman in a bar and a man is trying to make advances and shes, like, no, im not your honey. In The End, its up to them and you. Youll have a chance to vote for your number one during tonights grand final. Anna holligan, Bbc News, inside rotterdams ahoy arena. The queen has spent the morning on board the royal navys newest Aircraft Carrier hms queen elizabeth. The major operational deployment is in preparation. With all the sport now, heres Austin Halewood at The Bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. Were less than an hour away from Kick Off in the Scottish Cup final hibernian against stjohnstone but there wont be any fans inside hampden to see the trophy lifted, because of covid restrictions in glasgow. Well, our Sports News Correspondent Chris Mclaughlin is outside the ground for us. Inside the ground. Chris, safe to say not the final line up people were expecting . I think thats absolutely fair. Scotlands Showpiece Cup final without celtic or rangers is a rarity in deed, but here we are. We have had bernie and is, the favourites, they last won the competition back in 2016. The manager very confident going into the game. They are very much the favourites, but what about Saint Johnstone from perth . They last won the competition, in fact first when the competition, in fact first when the Scottish Cup back in 2014, but under their manager they have already won the league cup. They are going for the cup double. Absolutely the underdogs, many people who dont really have skin in the game very much rooting for saintjohnstone. But, no fans, it promises. It promises nevertheless to be an interesting encounter. Whats the situation with fans . Its a strange one, we were due to herfans here at its a strange one, we were due to her fans here at Hamden Untiljust over a week ago, but glasgow is experiencing a surge in covid 19 cases, so we were due to have 600 fans here, remember scotland is taking a very cautious approach to steadier being filled with fans again, but because of the covid safe edge here, especially in the South Side of glasgow, as you can see, hamden is empty behind me and it will remain that way for the rest the game. Will remain that way for the rest the name. ,. , ~ will remain that way for the rest the game will remain that way for the rest the name. ,. ,. , staying with football, a place at wembley is up for Grabs Today in the championship playoffs. The second leg of the first Semi Final is well under way, and its been a dramatic start. Its nearly half time and its1 1 between brentford and bournemouth, but bournemouth do lead 2 1 from the first leg. Swansea against barnsley kicks off later. It looks like Mick Schumacher could miss qualifying for the monaco grand prix. The son of five time Monaco Winner Michael Schumacher crashed his car at The End of final practice. Qualifying gets underway in a less than an hour. The british Sprinter Adam Gemili says all hell would break loose if athletes are banned from protesting against racial discrimination at this summers tokyo 0lympics. The International Olympic Committe forbids any kind of demonstration or what it calls political, religious or racial propaganda. Well, gemili says it would be unfair for an athlete to be stripped of a medal. I would hope it wouldnt get to that for any athlete. I hope an athlete who puts in a good performance on the track would get to keep their medal, but if it comes to that being that brutal, thats when i said all hell would break loose, because if you take an Athletes Medal away from him without cheating on the track, i think thats completely unjust. The third round of golf� s us Pga Championship is underway in south carolina. The leaders tee off much later this Evening And Phil mickelson is aiming to become the oldest golfer in history to win a major title. The 50 year old shares the lead going into todays third round, on five under par. Hes at the top alongside south africas louis 0osthuizen. Paul casey is the best placed brit three shots off the lead at the longest course in major history. Thats all the sports and now. The next news on Bbc One is at 5 35 this afternoon. Hello. This is Bbc News. Air india, has revealed its suffered a cyber attack leading to a breach of data. Its warning the personal details of 4. 5 million passengers, including passport, Ticket Information and Credit Card data, have been compromised. 0ur South Asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, has more the Air India company did not reveal more details about how this massive cyber attack happened, but what it said was one of the servers holding all of this information which you mentioned, for example the passengers personal details, Travel Information and particularly the Credit Card details, were stored on a server that was hacked. But we have to remember, a couple of months ago, that one of these Server Companies that was handling the star alliance, which consists of many global aviation companies, airline companies, it was hacked and the details of many companies were stolen and probably this is linked to that particular attack because the same server was also serving trhe Air India company. Because the same server was also serving Air India company. Lets return to one of our main stories. Us president Joe Biden has promised to help rebuild gaza, following the 11 Day Conflict with israel, which caused huge damage in the territory and killed at least 248 palestinians. There was also some damage in israel where 12 people there have been killed. Lets find out more about the situation in gaza. Im joined byjan egeland, the Secretary General of the norwegian Refugee Council, which has a base in gaza. Thank you forjoining us. Tell us first of all what your people on the ground there are saying about the conditions that people are facing. Well, it is good that the senseless Missile Exchange has ended, but what we are now seeing is, of course, the immense damage that this military campaign cost. 0ur Estimation is that 13,500 homes have been destroyed, partially or fully. That 13,500 homes have been destroyed, partially orfully. Four of my colleagues had to flee from their Apartment Houses when they next Door Apartment was hit by a missile, a drone from the israeli side. They say they have now discovered a total of 12 of the children, children that we treated for past trauma in our school programmes, are killed. They tell about Water Supplies being badly damaged, electricity being out, sewage not functioning. We are accumulating rubble, accumulating problems from each of the senseless wars, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2006, this year, and so on. The wars, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2006, this year. And so om year, and so on. The norwegian refu~ee year, and so on. The norwegian Refugee Council year, and so on. The norwegian Refugee Council very year, and so on. The norwegian Refugee Council very much year, and so on. The norwegian| Refugee Council very much must emphasise that while there may be a period of calm now, cam does not mean normality, which is very clear from your answer cam. Youre talking about physical and psychological challenges, in terms of treating the people of gaza, especially the children you talk up. Indeed. It is a traumatised population, but no one more traumatised than the children. These Children Dream of being doctors and nurses and engineers and teachers and farmers. They are locked in hopelessness because they are crammed together, 2 Million People Anyplace smaller than. I think it is the fifth of the extension of london. 2 Million people, there is no place to hide when there are attacks. They cannot leave this cage. We need to understand that if either people or secure there needs to be an end to the occupation, the blockade, the siege, the illegal settlements on occupied land on the west bank, etc etc. Here we need us, uk, european, arab leadership, because the party seem to be incapable of reaching the solutions that will shield their own populations from future harm. Which leads me onto populations from future harm. Which leads me onto my populations from future harm. Which leads me onto my next populations from future harm. Which leads me onto my next Question Populations from future harm. Which leads me onto my next question about the future. It is very hard for organisations like the norwegian Refugee Council and others to carry out the work, beyond the immediate aid that you give, to try to build for the future when there is this huge political uncertainty and you dont know when a ceasefire might end and the next crisis, the next outbreak of fighting might start again. So, what is that political message that you want to send out to leaders in the us, europe, the Arab World and elsewhere about the situation . Where do you think they need to begin to try to find a sustainable solution . Need to begin to try to find a sustainable solution . They need to Hel Aet Sustainable Solution . They need to help get the sustainable solution . They need to help get the final sustainable solution . They need to help get the final status sustainable solution . They need to help get the final status issues help get the final status issues that we initiated negotiations on backin that we initiated negotiations on back in 1993 when i helped make the oslo accord. Those issues have to be 0slo accord. Those issues have to be solved. An end to the occupation. An agreement on the status of jerusalem. The borders. And to the illegal settlements. And to evictions of palestinians from their own mind, to the benefit of illegal settlements. All of these things that are feelings of astronomic injustice, that fuels new generations of hatred. Both sides need to understand now that they will have to accept american leadership, which we hope that the us will step up to assure. So that there is some sort of arbitration, because we are sick and tired of rebuilding, to see it torn down. We are accumulating rubble. We are not even have built up what was destroyed in the previous wars. So please, uk also, having a historic responsibility of support for how things have turned out in the middle east, we need leadership for political settlements. We are humanitarians, we can save lives, but we cannot find a solution to the underlying injustice. Underlying inustice. Secretary general of underlying injustice. Secretary general of the underlying injustice. Secretary general of the norwegian underlying injustice. Secretary general of the norwegian Refugee Council, thank you very much for talking to us today. Some Breaking News coming into us in the last b moments. Lord hall, former Director General of The Bbc, has announced that he has today resigned as chair of the National Gallery. This was a post that he went on to it when he finished his period as Director General of The Bbc, and of course, The Bbc under intense pressure to explain why margin per share, its former Religion Editor was rehired in 2016 despite concerns about his conduct in relation to that 1995 Panorama Interview that he did with Princess Diana. Lord hall had been made aware of the fact that documents were created for that interview, purporting to be Bank Documents but were Mock Ups of Bank Documents but were Mock Ups of Bank Documents and the time leading up to that interview being set up with Princess Diana by Martin Bashir. A little bit more of the statement from Lord Hall, saying today i have resigned as chair of the National Gallery. I have always had a strong sense of Public Service and it is clear my continuing in the role would be a distraction to an institution i care deeply about. As i said two days ago, i am very sorry for the events of 25 years ago, and i believe leadership means taking responsibility. The Deputy Chair of the national Gallery Board of trustees has said in response to this news, Tony Hall has been doing a superbjob as this news, Tony Hall has been doing a superb job as chair of the National Gallery where he is much respected and liked. The gallery is extremely sorry to lose him, but of course wed entirely understand and respect his decision. Tony hall, Lord Hall, announcing he has resigned as chair of the National Gallery. He believes the controversy around Martin Bashir� s interview with Princess Diana in 1995 and his rehiring by The Bbc in 2016 as a distraction from an institution which he says he cares very deeply about. A brand new museum celebrating the history of manufacturing, has finally opened after being delayed by the pandemic. The 300 year old Silk Mill in derby is thought to be one of the worlds first factories and is now home to the museum of making. Phil mackie went along for the opening day. It has been a long time in the making 300 years to be exact. The Silk Mill in derby is widely regarded as the worlds first modern factory and now, it has been given a makeover as a museum which will celebrate our manufacturing heritage. This engine, made by one of derbys biggest employers rolls royce, is so big they put up the rest of the building around it. Made in 1721 and remade in 2021. It should have opened last Year But Everything was put on hold because of the pandemic. Cheering and applause. It is an important moment for derby now that the public have finally been allowed in. I feel we are in the vanguard of the recovery of the city. This is a brand new attraction in the centre of the city. We really think it will be that catalyst to get people to come back into the City Centre, enjoy what we have got here, enjoy its cultural heritage, maybe go shopping and eat out as well, so City Centre recovery is really important, too. And if you like to make things yourself, then you can, here in the workshop, doing anything from carpentry to laser cutting. So its a really eclectic mix in the assemblage. I love the different types of things that you can find. Nothing is held in storage, which means there are 30,000 objects on show, and they are not even sure of what everything is. We might have things that are really personal to one particular factory or one particular area of derby, and its really going to be those people who know that and have that knowledge that come and bring that to us. So somebody comes in here and sees something, they will assume you know what it is but actually, you might not and they will, so you want them to come and tell you what things are . We do, we want them to come in and explore it and if they have the knowledge, bring it and share it with us. Welcome. Welcome to the museum of making. Thank you very much. We are still in a pandemic which means facemasks on indoors, hand sanitiser, checking in properly. But despite that, and limited numbers, there is a lot of enthusiasm and it is fully booked today. The museums very first visitors were fiona and martinjones. Making stuff is what got me through the pandemic. I spent a lot of time making presents for christmas and my mums birthday, so and that has been my Life Saver through the pandemic. What weve seen so far we are very impressed with, and we will certainly be back. They are expecting the first school trips next week but before that, there was a chance for the preschool generation to take a look. Phil mackie, Bbc News, derby. Now, Helen Willets has the weather. Good afternoon. This was the view taken just a few hours ago. Some sunshine around. Equally today, some showers. It is not as wet as it was yesterday. The rain is finally clearing away from the south coast. A scattering of showers. More likely it will be cloudy skies with fair weather cloud. This Low Pressure through the space of 48 hours but over 100 millimetres to some places. Behind it we have been plunged into a northerly wind, so although that is easing, it is obviously chilly air. Temperatures around 12 14 mark, and showers are around. The odd one will be heavy but by and large they will be heavy but by and large they will be heavy but by and large they will be scattered. Some places could escape dry was some good spells of brightness or even some strong may sunshine. Through the fine evening, temperatures will fall away. Chilly air, as i say, so we will seek alternate on the cards. Could be some frost on the cards, as we had in scotland last night, but more widely ground frost across many central and northern areas. Not the west, because as you can see, by morning we have the next band of Rain Moving into Northern Ireland and that will push its way eastwards through the day. It should be one day, on that weather front, for an hour so because it is this area of Low Pressure driving a ten. You can see that area of rain, it will be three or four hours of rain for most of us and the wind will pick up free time. Brightness and eastern areas and it might well stay fine and bright. As we saw yesterday across the Northern Isles for much of the day. Some showers ahead of The Rain, but dry and bright weather. Rain clearing to sunshine and showers for Northern Ireland but for many it will be fairly active weather for a few hours. Temperatures 11 14. By monday, that rain stuck across northern and western parts of scotland, a couple of decent drier days here, but The Rain to come in lots of slow moving showers elsewhere. Back to the sunshine and showers scenario. Between, as the wind aces up through the week, we will feel the warmth of the may sunshine, but we will not expect him to get much about the mid to high teens. That Low Pressure just starting to move out in the north sea, so thats where the focus for the showers will be. Just a hint that we might see Pressure Building later in the week. That would just quietly weather down by looks as though at times we will have Chevrolet Rain and quite a bit of cloud. As ever, you can find out more details, particularly regional, on the website will have Chevrolet Rain. Showery. Hello this is Bbc News. The headlines. Ex bbc chief Lord Hall resigns as national Gallery Chairman saying continuing would be a distraction following the inquiry in to how Martin Bashir obtained a interview with Princess Diana more than 25 years ago when he was director of Bbc News. Wider Surge Testing has been rolled out in five West London boroughs due to a surge in coronavirus cases linked to the indian variant. Germany bans almost all travellers from the uk because of the rise in cases of the indian variant of covid 19. The Vaccine Programme rolls on in england. More than A Million 32 and 33 year olds can now book their jabs. The first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in gaza, hours after a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants came into effect. Now an exclusive behind the scenes look from Bbc Radio 0nes Newsbeat at the Build Up to this years Eurovision Song Contest in rotterdam