Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News. At nearly £2 million a dose, zolgensma has been called the most expensive drug in the world. But now, through a discount deal, this revolutionary Gene Therapy is available on the nhs and a five month old baby has become one of the first children to be given it, at a hospital In London. Arthur morgan received the groundbreaking treatment for the genetic condition, spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disorder which shortens life. Our medical Editor Fergus Walsh reports. This is the worlds most expensive medicine. The List Price of zolgensma is almost £1. 8 million. Though the nhs has negotiated a confidential discount which will enable dozens of affected infants to be treated each year. Five month Old Arthur is one of the first to benefit. He has spinal muscular atrophy, sma, a genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. Without treatment, those affected rarely live beyond the age of two. Arthur is unable to lift his head and struggles to move his arms and legs. But this single infusion should prevent further loss of nerve cells. Its been massive ups and downs, but being able to now have the treatment is just going to be a Game Changerfor us, and give arthur the best possible life he could have. Around one in every 10,000 babies is born with spinal muscular atrophy. What is remarkable is, this one off treatment may permanently stop any further decline in arthurs muscle function. So, how does Zolgensma Work . It contains a healthy copy of a missing or faulty gene called smni. This is inserted into a harmless Virus. In the body, the Virus delivers the Replacement Gene into the nucleus of Motor Neuron cells. This is essential to prevent those cells from gradually dying. The now healthy Motor Neuron cells start producing the missing smn protein, which is vital for muscle function. Evelina Childrens Hospital In London is one of a handful of centres in the uk which will offer this groundbreaking Gene Therapy. 20 years ago, a baby born with a severe form of sma would have a very shortened life expectancy. We can now offer treatment that can really alter the outlook for these children. Edward is eight months old. His parents hope he will be eligible for zolgensma, but they know the longer the treatment is delayed, the less effective it is. For his quality of life and how long his life could be, Zolgensma Isjust a Game Changer. And were just kind of patiently waiting, weve been waiting since last november for zolgensma. Some other infants treated with zolgensma have seen their Condition Notjust stabilise but improve. Arthurs parents say they know its not a cure, and theyre simply delighted that hes been treated. Fergus walsh, Bbc News. Joining us now is professor tom gillingwater, who is professor of anatomy at the university of edinburgh. Thanks university of edinburgh. Forjoining us. Id like to get thanks forjoining us. Id like to get your reaction to todays news, the fact that this five month old baby has had access to this treatment. Baby has had access to this treatment. � ,. , treatment. Its wonderful news, isnt it . I treatment. Its wonderful news, isnt it . I remember treatment. Its wonderful news, isnt it . I remember first treatment. Its wonderful news, | isnt it . I remember first hearing isnt it . I rememberfirst hearing about these therapies about ten years ago in a scientific Research Conference and it seemed like it would be a dream come true if it could be delivered. And to hear patients such as baby after receiving the treatment in hospitals in the uk is wonderful news. As the family said, its a real Game Chamber in the treatment of sma, but moving forward, treatment for many neurological conditions. Truth . Moving forward, treatment for many neurological conditions. Neurological conditions. Why is it so exnensive . Neurological conditions. Why is it so expensive . I neurological conditions. Why is it so expensive . I know neurological conditions. Why is it so expensive . I know you neurological conditions. Why is it so expensive . I know you work l neurological conditions. Why is it so expensive . I know you work within the field and in particular nutrient. Why does it cost so much . Well, thats a good question. There are many factors that lead to the pricing of new medicines. There can be The Sunk Research And Development costs which, for something like zolgensma, will be very high. Its an incredibly new technology, really for the first time being used properly in patients with these conditions. But there are factors such as the Cost Benefit Analysis that the Drug Companies can undertake. What kind of benefits to the drugs deliver, and the level of competition in the marketplace for treatment. 0ne Competition in the marketplace for treatment. One of the good things i think for sma is that zolgensma is one of three therapies that are really starting to emerge and become available to patients on the nhs in the uk, to treat this disease. fix, lat the uk, to treat this disease. A lot of questions the uk, to treat this disease. A lot of questions now the uk, to treat this disease. A lot of questions now about the uk, to treat this disease. A lot of questions now about screening. When you talk about Cost Benefit Analysis, is the cost of the treatment a better bet for the nhs, say, than treating a patient for the duration of their life . Duration of their life . Well, essentially, duration of their life . Well, essentially, without duration of their life . Well, i essentially, without Treatment Duration of their life . Well, essentially, without treatment such as zolgensma, there isnT Anything that can be given as a therapy for these children, so its almost all or nothing. The key here i think is that with the patients who have received the treatment, they are going to reach milestones in their life in terms of being able to sit up perhaps, even walk. They are the kind of rewards and returns that are not available without the therapy. 0ne not available without the therapy. One thing we know is that the earlier you can deliver the treatments, the better the outcomes will be. Early treatment to the patients can have a massive effect on their life and i think the costs are being calculated with that in mind. ,. , ,. ,. , mind. There are four types or Forms of sma. Mind. There are four types or Forms of sma which mind. There are four types or Forms of sma. Which form mind. There are four types or Forms of sma. Which form is mind. There are four types or Forms of sma. Which form is the mind. There are four types or Forms of sma. Which form is the most of sma. Which form is the most dangerous . Because you can get type four as an adult as well. Absolutely. The type of sma that the young babies like arthur are likely to have is type one. Thats the most severe form of the disease. It affects about 50 of the total sma patient population. As you say there are milderForms patient population. As you say there are milder Forms of the condition which often manifest in older patients, type two, type three and type four. The patients with the milder and late onset Forms of the disease will often have a longer Life Span and perhaps less debilitating muscular symptoms. However those patients also are looking for treatment. 0ne however those patients also are looking for treatment. One of the big challenges for the field is being able to develop the therapies further so they are useful in those patients with milder Forms of the disease rather than just in these very severe Forms. Disease rather than ust in these very severe Forms. Disease rather than ust in these very severe Forms. Thank you for our very severe Forms. Thank you for your time we going to bring you scotlands First Minister, who started speaking about a minute ago from holyrood. An important update on how shes going to go with restrictions and what will happen to glasgow. In to go with restrictions and what will happen to glasgow. Will happen to glasgow. In the statement will happen to glasgow. In the statement i will happen to glasgow. In the statement i will will happen to glasgow. In the statement i will update will happen to glasgow. In the statement i will update parliament on the scottish Government Assessment of the course of the pandemic now and on the decisions flowing from that in relation to the levels of protection that will apply to each local Authority Area from saturday. In addition i indicated at The End of last week that id give an update on the situation In Glasgow by no later than wednesday, and i can confirm that i will do that today. Before any of that i will report on Today Pass statistics. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 478, which is 3. 1 of the total number of tests conducted. The total number of tests conducted. The total number of tests conducted. The total number of confirmed cases is now 236,389. 106 people are currently in hospital, four fewer than yesterday and ten people are receiving Intensive Care, two more than yesterday. Im relieved to say that no deaths were reported yesterday and that means the total number of deaths registered under the daily definition remains at 7669. Again i want to convey my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. I will also give an update on the Vaccination Programme as of 7 30am. 3,000,260 people have received their first dose of the vaccine, around 72 of the Adult Population. It represents an increase of 60,152 since yesterday. In addition, 30,978 people received a second dose yesterday, bringing the total number of Second Doses to 2,075,031. That represents the total number, 46 of the Adult Population. The decisions we have arrived at today are difficult and complex ones. And this reflects the fact that we are currently at a delicate and fragile point in what we hope is a transition to a different way of dealing with the Virus. In summary, we believe that vaccinations are opening the path to a less restrictive way of dealing with covid, one that is less driven by Case Numbers. But because not all adults have been fully vaccinated with two doses to date, we are not there yet. As we make the transition, just to compound the challenge further, were also dealing with a new faster spreading variant. It is a new development that has arisen since we set out our indicative root back in march. All of this means that at this stage, to avoid being knocked off course completely, we must still be cautious. Our indicative root. The considerable downside to this is the indian or April Variant which was renamed by the World Health Organization as delta. It is spreading faster than previous variants and we now believe it accounts for well over half of our new daily cases. Because of that, scotlands R Number is almost certainly above one right now. As we know from past painful experience, that makes our situation highly precarious. Indeed, many Public Health Experts are warning that the uk could, and i stress could, come b at the start of a third wave of the Virus and obviously it would be wrong to ignore the warning. However, and this is the upside, we now have a significant advantage we didnt have in the first or second wave. We are increasingly confident that the vaccines are effective, although we are closely monitoring the Vaccination Status of people admitted to hospital. But we now have evidence that the link between cases and serious illness, hospitalisation and deaths appears to be weakening. For example since january in scotland the proportion of new cases which lead to Hospital Admission has reduced on current estimates from 10 , to 5 , although its important to say that we are still assessing the recent impact of the new variant. In addition the length of time people are spending in hospital has also been reducing quite markedly since the new year, although again we are monitoring the data closely and carefully. So, the emerging evidence is providing us with a firm basis to believe that in the next coming phase of the pandemic we will be able to deal with the Virus differently and less restrictively. However, and this is why i have described our current situation as a transition, although we are vaccinating as quickly as possible and trying to speed up as quickly as possible there is still a sizeable proportion of the population not yet fully vaccinated. And full vaccination is vital. Protection against the Delta Variant after one dose is not negligible, but it is not substantial either. It is, after two doses, that the protection becomes stronger. If cases continue to rise significantly for too long a period of time while significant numbers are not fully vaccinated, we could still see a significant burden of Illness And Death and severe pressure on the nhs. It may be worth pausing to reflect at this stage on what protecting the nhs, which has been a key aim through the pandemic, means in the current context. After coping with the pandemic for more than a year the nhs is now seeking to get non covert treatment back on track. That is not only preventing it from being overwhelmed, but it is also protecting its services. Although the Health Service coped earlier this year when more than 2000 people were in hospital, albeit with enormous pressure on the workforce, that shouldnt be our benchmark. Anything remotely like that again would set our efforts to get the nhs operating normally again. So, this is a key and a difficult moment. We remain on the right track overall. Im confident that with cautious, albeit difficult decisions now, we will enjoy greater normality over the summer and beyond. None of our decisions today, even in the face of rising Case Numbers, take us backwards. While i know its hard to think in these terms more than a year into the pandemic it does represent real progress from the start of this year. Back then, remember, a new variant and rising Case Numbers did take us backwards into a full lockdown. Thats not the case now and because of the Vaccination Programme, we can still look ahead with confidence. But, and this is the difficult part, in areas where the cases are relatively high or rising, ourjudgment is that a slight slowing down off the easing of restrictions to allow time for more people to be fully vaccinated will help to protect the progress overall, leading me to decisions that we are setting out today. Its important to recognise that the picture across the country is not uniform and so our decisions are not uniform and so our decisions are not uniform either. That is the benefit of the levels system. We donT Need to apply a one size fits all approach with the same levels of restrictions in areas with low or more contained Case Numbers as we do in areas with high or rising numbers. Howevera in areas with high or rising numbers. However a variable system also has its downsides. It is more complex, it is impossible to remove every anomaly, and it is difficult to remove the sense of inequity. That is why it is important to set out as clearly as possible why different areas have different restrictions while recognising these decisions are complex. Let me turn to the decisions. Given that it has been an unique situation for a couple of weeks i will talk about Glass Go and separately. I reported on friday that situation In Glasgow appeared to be stabilising and im pleased to say this remains the case. Indeed Case Numbers have fallen slightly in recent days from 146 cases per 100,000 people, to 129, providing further evidence that the Public Health Interventions weve seen in the last few weeks i having an impact. In addition although Hospital Admissions are rising the Vaccination Effect means they are not at this stage increasing as fast as they might have done from a similar level of cases earlier in the year. Its important of course that we consider the harms caused by the Virus alongside the other harms that ongoing restrictions because including wider health harms, social and economic harms. These wider harms are not insignificant In Glasgow given that it is more than eight months since we were last allowed to visit each other in our homes. Taking all this into account and with the support of the national Incident Management Team i can confirm that City'>Glasgow City will move down to level two from midnight on friday into saturday. This means people In Glasgow, as has been the case in most of the rest of scotland since the middle of may can meet in homes, a maximum of six from three households, and indoor hospitality can reopen and people can travel again between glasgow and other parts of scotland. A number of venues will be permitted to be open and outdoor adult Contact Sports can resume. These changes are significant, as someone who lives In Glasgow i know theyll make a huge difference to the quality of life. I ask everyone to remember that although stable and starting to decline, cases In Glasgow still remain high, so please continue to be cautious. In particular, and this applies to all of scotland while we enjoy some better weather, although limited indoor meetings are now possible it is still better to stay outdoors where possible. In level two, groups of up to eight people from eight households can gather outdoors. The last eight months and perhaps the last couple of weeks in particular have been really tough for glasgow so i want to thank everyone who has cooperated with the Public Health measures and stuck to the rules and guidelines. Ill now turn to other parts of the country. I want to first set out the difficult part of this statement. There are number of other local Authority Areas in addition to glasgow that are not currently meeting the criteria for level one, either in Case Numbers or test positivity. Indeed if we looked at just the raw numbers it could be argued that some of these areas should be in level three. However ourjudgment, based on the emerging evidence of the impact of vaccines i spoke about a moment ago and hospitalisation, and our assessment of local factors and Public Health Interventions, is that level three would not be proportionate at this stage. However it is also our judgment that with Case Numbers as high as they are in these areas and with a substantial portion of adults not yet double dose, it is safer and more likely to protect our progress overall if we these areas in level two for a period. Overall if we these areas in level two fora period. In overall if we these areas in level two for a period. In addition to glasgow this applies to edinburgh, midlothian, dundee, east dunbartonshire, renfrewshire, ayrshire, North And South lanarkshire and stirling. I know this will be very disappointing for the people in these local Authority Areas. Well provide support to soft play and other closed sectors which had expected to open or operate in a different way from the 7th Ofjune and full details will be provided by the Finance Secretary tomorrow. Its important to stress that this is a pause, not a step backwards. Level two is not lockdown. It has an impact on the opening hours of Pops Investments and the numbers that can attend certain events, but we can still meet indoors in limited numbers and outdoors in groups of 848 households, hospitality remains open, indoors and outdoors and so does retail and there are no travel in place. In groups of eight, from eight households. Vaccination gives us the best chance of staying on the right track overall, so to everyone in these areas, please continue being careful, follow the important guidelines on face coverings and hygiene, come forward to be vaccinated as united get the opportunity. In more positive news there are many parts of Mainland Scotland where cases are at very low levels and broadly stable or where Case Numbers may appear to be rising but we are assured that they relate to clusters that are being managed. I can confirm the following areas will move to level one from one Minute Past Midnight on saturday morning. They are highland, argyll and bute, City'>Aberdeen City and aberdeenshire, moray, angus, perth and kinross, falkirk, fife, eastand west lothian, dunbartonshire, and the borders. Full details of what that means are set out on the scottish Government Website but the main changes are as follows. The limits on meetings in indoor public spaces increases to eight people from three households and outdoors 12 people from 12 households. 100 people as opposed to 50 can attend weddings and funerals and places like soft play and funfairs can reopen. I know these changes will be welcomed, but please continue being careful. That applies to All Of Us right now and in particular it applies that meeting outdoors involves less risk than meeting indoors. Finally, shetland, orkney and the Western Isles and a number of small, remote islands are already in level one. These communities are continuing to report extremely low numbers of new cases and in many cases a higher than average proportion of adults have received both doses of the vaccine, so these areas will be moved to level zero from one Minute Past Midnight. Full details of what those changes mean can also be found on our website but for example it means that people can meet indoors in groups of up to four households, Michael Dowsett Singh laws apply, in licensing there is no national closing time and numbers at weddings and funerals will be 200. Again, as well as asking islanders to continue exercising care, i can mind anyone travelling to the islands use a lateral Flow Test before doing so, there by reducing the risk of taking the Virus to any of these communities. I appreciate that todays decisions will feel and indeed are a mixed bag. That reflects the fact that we are in a transition phase. The vaccines do make the outlook positive about the new variant means the road ahead is still potentially bumpy. So, caution is necessary. No part of the country is necessary. No part of the country is going backwards today. Before the vaccines, that would have been impossible on a Case Numbers like these. But the vaccines are changing these. But the vaccines are changing the game, meaning we can still be optimistic, very optimistic about our chances of much more normality over this summer and beyond. Our chances of much more Normality Overthis Summerand beyond. In our chances of much more normality over this summer and beyond. In the days ahead and while it may still feel a way off for many of us, we will publish more detailed work on what we expect life beyond level zero to look like as that greater normality hopefully returns. Indeed one reason for proceeding with more caution now is to make it easier in future to resume that progress to level zero and then beyond. My last point, and this is the one ill finish on come is that as always, All Of Us have a part to play in beating the Virus back. Please, be tested regularly, free lateral protests are available on the nhs lateral Flow Test. Id ask anyone to order them and test yourself twice a week. They give results in about half an hour, so they are very quick and useful way to find out if you might have the Virus, even if you dont have symptoms. Essentially the more we all geT Tested, the more cases we find and the more we break the chains of transmission, so getting tested regularly is a way for All Of Us to contribute to the collective effort. Secondly make sure you get vaccinated when you are invited to do so. That includes going for Second Doses, to repeat what i said earlier, they are vital in providing substantial protection against the Virus and in particular the new variant of it. If you cant make an appointment and there will often be good reasons why thats the case, please make sure you rearrange it. If you havent received an Appointment Letter yet and think you should have, you can go to the Vaccinations Page of the Nhs Website to arrange your employment. Arrange your appointment. Getting vaccinated is in all our best interest. Whatever our age it makes it less likely will be badly second by covid and it is also part of our wider civic duty, meaning we can suppress the Virus and reduce the harm it causes. That will allow us to get to the face of being able to deal with this in a less restrictive way than has been the case. And finally id ask everyone to please continue to stick to the rules where you live and follow the Public Health advice. Physical distancing, hand washing, face coverings, all this is still important for now. These basic precautions will reduce our chances of getting or spreading the Virus. Please geT Tested regular, get vaccinated when asked, and continue to follow the Public Health advice. If we all do that, then despite a pause for part of the country today, we can keep on the right track and we can keep on the right track and we can keep on the right track and we can then make progress over the summer to living with much less restricted life. Let me end by thanking again everyone across the country for helping us do exactly that. ~ ,. , that. Thank you. Applause applause First Minister will now take questions on the issues raised in her statement. I intend to allow about her statement. I intend to allow about 40 her statement. I intend to allow about 40 minutes for questions after which about 40 minutes for questions after which weii about 40 minutes for questions after which well move on to the next item of business which well move on to the next item of business. It would be helpful if members of business. It would be helpful if members who wish to ask a question would members who wish to ask a question would press members who wish to ask a question would press their request to speak buttons would press their request to speak buttons now. I call on douglas ross. Thank buttons now. I call on douglas ross. Thank you buttons now. I call on douglas ross. Thank you i buttons now. I call on douglas ross. Thank you. I had hoped to say that Todays Statement is broadly a move in the right direction. For the people of glasgow the move to level two from saturday will be a most welcome step, to bring to an end to hundred 77 days of our largest City-living'>City Living under some of the toughest restrictions 277 days. For people across the country in 1432 local Council Areas, Todays Statement is a disappointing setback. Half of the country will move forward, well the rest are stuck in limbo with no clear idea of when restrictions will ease. We understand the need for caution but we also believe more emphasis should be placed on the impact of these restrictions on businesses, onjobs, and on peoples mental and physical health. We believe a more local approach is necessary, with targeted interventions to tackle local outbreaks instead of sweeping measures. The approach of council wide restrictions is now out of date. It was designed before we had an effective, successful vaccination scheme. The First Minister said in her statement, 72 of adults in scotland have had the first dose of the vaccine and 46 are now protected with both doses of the vaccine. The First Minister also said today that we donT Need to apply a one size fits all approach. But it seems exactly thats whats happening. Keeping whole councils or cities in level two is not targeted. Its not a local approach. Let me ask the First Minister, will she consider moving to an approach of targeted interventions instead of council wide restrictions. Im sorry that some members feel they need to tackle, but weve had 20 minutes of a statement from the First Minister on extremely important issue for our country and its now appropriate. We dont get this from the bbc, i know, but its important for opposition politicians to question the government. Thats healthy in a democracy. So, can i ask the First Minister, what plans are in place to speed up vaccinations for areas with local outbreaks beyond the measures already set out . What further support can businesses expect . The Finance Secretary will update parliament tomorrow, has the First Minister looked into the issues are raised last week from the Glasgow Chambers Of Commerce for example that said that funding promises have not been delivered to businesses . Can the First Minister inform the public what evidence there is of an imminent severe pressure on the nhs, as she outlined in her statement . Finally, how will the government ensure public compliance with restrictions set out when after more than a year of their lives being. After a year of our people and hospitalisations at such a low rate, people are at The End of their tether. The first thing i would say is whether people in this chamber or across the country agree or disagree with the decisions i am taking and its legitimate to question them and disagree with them, i hope everyone will accept but i dont take on the government doesnt take any of these decisions lightly. I long for the day i can stand here and say no more restrictions are required anywhere in scotland. There is no part of me that wants to hold us back from that for second longer than is necessary. But it is really important at this juncture if we are to keep our progress moving overall in the right direction, that we are cautious and careful. I have been criticised and its legitimate for people to do so, for airing on the side of caution at various points over the past 14 months and i dont pretend that the decisions i have taken have been perfect, far from decisions i have taken have been perfect, farfrom it, but every time we have aired on the side of caution i think time has told that was the correct or necessary thing to have done. Its important that we do so now. We are not taking a one size fits all, if we were teeing up your public Health Approach to this and they would be some Public Health voices who would prefer us to do that, we would simply have held the whole of the country in the levels they are at right now. On some of they are at right now. On some of the raw figures it can be argued that some areas should be at a higher level, we are taking all of the different factors into account, not least the progress with vaccination. If i can give one example to illustrate that point, in highland to look at Case Numbers in highland to look at Case Numbers in highland right now and they look as if they are going in the wrong direction quite fast but we know there is a particular issue particularly around the Fort William Area and we know it is being managed so we are not applying higher restrictions overall. We are allowing the Public Health Interventions to do their workjust as we did in East Renfrewshire in the last three weeks. So we are taking a targeted approach but we also have to recognise Travel Patterns and the interactions between different areas. This is not perfect, its not ideal, but we are taking the most balanced approach we can. Just briefly to refer to some of the other points. You dont have to go very far to hear Public Health Experts warning against a lack of caution right now but also pointing to the fact that while the vaccination is proving to be effective, all of the news on vaccination is good, but we still have around 50 of the Adult Population that have not had both doses and while that is the case we remain vulnerable to this new faster spreading variant. That is why we need to be cautious. Vaccinations are speeding up. Today we have reported just under 31,000 Second Doses, yesterday that was 21 and a half thousand, so we are speeding up on vaccination and we continue to do that and make it more flexible as well. I did not say the Health Service was that imminent risk of severe pressure. What i said was, and this again is based on Public Health advice, is if we dont act with caution it is possible that from that not fully vaccinated pool we would still start to see Hospital Numbers go up and the other key point i made is that while earlier this year the nhs coped at 2000 covid patients at peak, we dont want to get back to anything like that because that means the Health Service virtually cannot do anything else. We are trying to get the Health Service back to normal. I will end with this, i do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through this safely and cautiously so that we can keep our progress. Level two is still tough, but it is not locked down and we do not do anybody any favours by suggesting it is. We can go into each other� s homes, we can see Hospitality Stay open indoors. So there are significant steps forward there for businesses and the mental and physical health of the population. This mental and physical health of the oulation. , mental and physical health of the population mental and physical health of the population. Mental and physical health of the oulation. , ,. , population. This is welcome news for eo le population. This is welcome news for eole in population. This is welcome news for people In Glasgow population. This is welcome news for people In Glasgow and population. This is welcome news for people In Glasgow and many population. This is welcome news for people In Glasgow and many across l people In Glasgow and many across the country people In Glasgow and many across the country but i know for many in those the country but i know for many in those parts the country but i know for many in those parts of scotland that were expecting to move down a level this news expecting to move down a level this news will expecting to move down a level this news will come as a bitter blow. I want news will come as a bitter blow. I want to news will come as a bitter blow. I want to focus on our Response And Hotsuot want to focus on our Response And Hotspot areas and its paramount that we Hotspot Areas and its paramount that we design proper protocols and learn from that we design proper protocols and learn from the glasgow experience. Those learn from the glasgow experience. Those protocols must include working vaccination those protocols must include working Vaccination Centres for everyone aged Vaccination Centres for everyone aged over Vaccination Centres for everyone aged over 18, the Mass Roll out of pcr tests. Aged over 18, the Mass Roll out of pcr tests, increased support local businesses and greater access to isolation businesses and greater access to isolation support network. It must be our isolation support network. It must be our first isolation support network. It must be our first point of call, not further be our first point of call, not further lockdown which damage the economy further lockdown which damage the economy and have a negative effect on Mental Economy and have a negative effect on Mental Health. Glasgow has been hotspot on Mental Health. Glasgow has been Hotspot Area for almost three weeks. It Hotspot Area for almost three weeks. It remains Hotspot Area for almost three weeks. It remains the second lowest level of vaccine it remains the second lowest level of Vaccine Uptake of any local authority of Vaccine Uptake of any local authority across the country and we still dont authority across the country and we still dont have a walk in Vaccination Centres for people aged over 18 Vaccination Centres for people aged over 18 and above. At the same time we over18 and above. At the same time we are over 18 and above. At the same time we are hearing daily stories about unattended appointments and large scale unattended appointments. What investigation has the government done and what steps have been taken government done and what steps have been taken to address these large scale missed appointments and what action large scale missed appointments and what action has been taken to make sure we what action has been taken to make sure we can what action has been taken to make sure we can increase the performance of vaccine sure we can increase the performance of Vaccine Uptake in those Hotspot Areas . Of Vaccine Uptake in those Hotspot Areas . When will we have walk in vaccination areas . When will we have walk in Vaccination Clinics the people aged 18 and Vaccination Clinics the people aged 18 and Overand Vaccination clinics the people aged 18 and over and will First Minister Commits 18 and over and will First Minister commits to publish Hotspot Protocols for future commits to publish Hotspot Protocols for future outbreaks . For future outbreaks . These are all erfectl for future outbreaks . These are all perfectly reasonable for future outbreaks . These are all perfectly reasonable points. For future outbreaks . These are all perfectly reasonable points. Over l perfectly reasonable points. Over the past few days i have heard people not surprisingly say in relation to glasgow why are we not going door to door with testing and why dont we have drop in Vaccination Clinics . All of that was happening In Glasgow and has been happening In Glasgow and has been happening In Glasgow over the past couple of weeks. That is why we believe we are seeing the situation glasgow not continue with exponential rise but stabilise and now start to decline. So the lessons In Glasgow are important and its important that they can be applied and are applied elsewhere. I am going to use a different word, there is a Tool Kit being prepared that is taking the lessons and learning from glasgow and making that available to all other health boards. The Health Secretary is meeting with all health but chief Executives Tomorrow to talk about the importance of that. I am sure it is very technical in many respects but i am more than happy to look at how we publish Something Thatis Look at how we publish something that is available to the public to know what should be expected. Not when Hotspot Areas become Hotspot Areas but when there is any emerging evidence that that is the direction of travel. In terms of vaccination there are a couple of things i know people understand, we need to firstly make sure we have the supplies to do everything. Supply continues to be our biggest constraint but its even more complicated than that because we have different vaccines and they can be used differently for different age groups. So in terms of Pfizer Thatis Age groups. So in terms of pfizer that is where supply is tighter so we have to balance all of that. Secondly, we know that the most vitaL Thing we do in getting over 18 is with their first dose is important and appointments have started In Glasgow with that and we will look at supplies and having drop in clinics but getting people have had their first dose to get a second dose is what increases substantially the level of protection from the vaccine. That is why over the next two weeks they will be an emphasis on completing Second Doses. All of this is important and its all work that is under way and we continue every single day to do what we can. Back at the start of the year i wasnt The Only One who did this but i used The Only One who did this but i used the terminology of the race, that the terminology of the race, that the vaccine against the Virus. We are going as fast as we can with the vaccine and we have to continue to look for ways to speed it up. Unfortunately the Virus learns to run faster and that is the big challenge that we are up against. That is what makes these decisions still as difficult as they are. So that was Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of scotland just giving us the latest update. That question was from the scottish Labour Party Leader and she also took a question from douglas ross, leader of the scottish conservative party. Essentially, sounding very positive about the Road Map towards summer but there were some caveats in there. So lets get a breakdown of what was said. Our Scotland Correspondent is In Glasgow for us. Lets start off with the main Bullet Points of what we heard. This lets start off with the main Bullet Points of what we heard. Points of what we heard. This is a reuular points of what we heard. This is a regular Update Points of what we heard. This is a regular update from points of what we heard. This is a regular update from Nicola Points of what we heard. This is a regular update from Nicola Sturgeon. Every few days she will stand up and give the updates and tell us where we are on this Route Map out of lockdown and she said today there was a slight slowing down in the easing of restrictions that will help give time for the Vaccination Programme to continue. She caused it to pose, not a setback. She also said that vaccinations are changing the game, that there is evidence of the game, that there is evidence of the link between cases and hospitalisations has serious Illness And Death is weakening because of the Vaccination Programme. However, slightly more than half of the Adult Population here in scotland has not yet received both doses, hence the reason why she said she wants to remain cautious going forward. On the plus side, people In Glasgow are now being told that the Case Numbers who have continued to fall slightly, the situation has stabilised and the targeted infant interventions do seem to be working. So from midnight on Friday Glasgow will move into level two. The City he has faced 277 days of some of the toughest restrictions in the country so this will be very welcome news to many. But while glasgow goes down to level two what she also said was that it will remain at level two along with many other places in the Central Belt including edinburgh and dundee, in fact 14 Council Areas in total will remain at level two. Level one, thats an easing of restrictions where 15 Council Areas will see that from midnight on friday. That means funfairs can open, more people can meet indoors. That includes aberdeen, highland, also murray. That shows how quickly the situation can change because there was a problem in mariejust can change because there was a problem in marie just a few weeks ago. Then finally she said shetland, orkney and the Western Isles will move to level zero. Those are three of the Big Island communities here in scotland. They are seeing very low rates of covid. But in scotland. They are seeing very low rates of covid. In scotland. They are seeing very low rates of covid. But she did make the oint low rates of covid. But she did make the point that low rates of covid. But she did make the point that there low rates of covid. But she did make the point that there is low rates of covid. But she did make the point that there is some the point that there is some Concern, they are watching the R Number so what did she say about the Vaccine Roll out . The number so what did she say about the Vaccine Rollout . Vaccine rollout . The R Number in scotland is Vaccine Rollout . The R Number in scotland is almost Vaccine Rollout . The R Number in scotland is almost certainly Vaccine Rollout . The R Number in scotland is almost certainly above | scotland is almost certainly above one at the moment. She has previously said they are looking at the Data Day by day to see how this new variant is affecting their transmissibility rates. They think the Engine Variant is now responsible for about half of the cases in scotland. So they are keeping a close eye on it. They are seeing the R Number arising or being above one which is always worrying, but like i said earlier there is a Vaccination Programme continuing at a pace here in scotland. Many thousands every day getting their first dose and many thousands getting their second dose and its the second dose that is key so they are playing It Safe for the moment because a large percentage of the aduu because a large percentage of the Adult Population is still to receive their second dose but she did say theirs is a pause to let that Vaccination Programme continue. She hopes things will return the more to normality as the summer progresses. Thank you very much. The Doctors Union, the british medical association, has warned this months scheduled lifting of all coronaVirus restrictions in england, could be hasty and premature. Meanwhile, more scientists are calling for a delay to the final easing of restrictions onjune the 21st, because of the spread of the variant first identified in india. Our health correspondent, Jim Reed reports. Mobile testing being set up in South London this morning. The idea is to spot clusters of covid cases early. It is no surprise that infections have been rising since indoor mixing was allowed again in england. Some doctors, though, are very wary about the next and final stage of unlocking, currently planned for 21stjune. At the moment, the data does suggest that we need to be cautious, we mustnt lose all the gains that weve made in the few months by a premature and hasty, non evidence based loosening of restrictions. Overall, though, the data shows that cases across the uk are still along way below the levels seen in january. More recently, infections have been starting to rise in areas like the North West of england, hit hardest by the new variant first discovered in india. There is Concern as well in scotland. Another relaxation of rules planned for next week may have to be delayed in certain areas. The idea that somehow thejob is done is wrong. Weve still got a lot of people out there who have neither had this Virus-infection'>Virus Infection nor yet been immunised, and thats why were in a vulnerable position right now. I know a lot of people dont want to hear that but that is the situation were in. In some areas, like bolton, Hospital Admissions have been increasing, but from a very low base. So far, the data suggests vaccines are keeping large numbers of the most vulnerable out of a e. Some say the governmenT Needs to stick to its plan. What were seeing at the moment is what living with covid looks like. As a sociologist, im Concerned about the broader picture, the untreated illnesses, the economic damage, the downstream impact of high levels of unemployment on health and well being. Extra testing and vaccinations, like here at Twickenham Stadium yesterday, are the two main weapons that health authorities have to keep a lid on infections, with just three weeks until the government hopes to lift all covid restrictions in england. A vaccine now isnt likely to change much of the Decision Making in the next couple of weeks, thats absolutely clear. Which is why watching the numbers, in terms of the effects of the Virus as it is at the moment, and the degree of relaxation of social measures, is going to be important over the next couple of weeks. It will be politicians, not scientists, who have to make that decision, and based on the data so far, it is likely to be one of the hardest, most finelyjudged calls since the start of the pandemic. Jim reed, Bbc News. A 29 year old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a woman and a child and the injuring of a Police Officer in lincolnshire. Daniel boulton was detained in the hubbard s Hill Area of louth, around midday today. He is currently in police custody, where he will be held for questioning. A dedicated terminal has opened at Heathrow Airport, for people arriving on a flight, from any of the 43 countries on the governments � Red List�. It comes after anger that people coming in from high Risk Covid countries, were being made to queue with other passengers. Our transport correspondent, caroline davies, reports. When International Travel restarted last month, some could not wait to get away. But while this was the view in departures, in arrivals, passengers from green list, low risk countries queued up in the same hole as arrivals from high Risk List countries. Since mid february, all arrivals from bRed List countries have had to stay in Quarantine Hotels for ten days to stop the spread of variants of Concern but before they go into isolation, some have spent hours queued up alongside other lower risk passengers, despite the separate queues, some passengers felt very uncomfortable being so close for so long. Today � s change was welcomed as a way of limiting the spread of infection. Its obviously been proven people coming directly from low risk countries are going to have the highest risk of being infected are ready so separating them from people coming from other locations is critical. Airports are unfortunately really good places for the disease to transmit, endorse, ventilation is not necessarily that good so that separation is welcome. From today, any arrivals coming in on a direct flight from a reckless country will be processed at terminal three, the terminal has been brought back into operation after being closed during the pandemic. While neither side will confirm who is paying for the Reopening And Running of the terminal, it is understood the government is picking up a large of the cost. One of the biggest unions representing Border Force employees has said they have Concerns. It is a step in the right direction but what we should have had some making sure members are safe. We have younger members who havent had the vaccinations. Dealing with people from those in the red zone, there is a risk, to some extent we need to have a discussion with management about how they will safeguard that. The Home Office had said Border Forces mobilising additional staff to help minimise queueing times for compliant passengers. Whilst a Government Spokesperson said the new dedicated terminal at heathrow for arrivals from Red List countries will enable passengers to be processed as safely and efficiently as possible. International travel is likely to remain very different for a while to come and heathrow has said it expects to have a dedicated Red List terminal foster in time. , for some time. Caroline davies, Bbc News. Birmingham has introduced a � clean Air Zone City'>In The City but Drivers Wont have to pay the £8 charge for the most polluting vehicles for another two weeks. Some motorists reported problems, as they tried to pay in advance for their journeys. The council says therell now be a fortnight� s Grace Period to allow people to get used to the system. Our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, is in birmingham and has this update. A bit of a turn around for City'>Birmingham City council. At 9am they were telling us that the clean Air Zone was definitely going ahead. A couple of minutes later they said theyd decided to delay it for a couple of weeks. As you say, the idea is to charge polluting vehicles for going into the centre of the City. £8, for buses, vans and taxis. £50 for lorries and buses. Sorry, cars, vans and taxis. And birmingham is not the only City-or-town'>City Or Town that will be getting one of these clean Air Zones. They are being introduced in towns and cities across the country as part of a Government Effort to reduce Air Pollution. Its up to drivers to find out whether their vehicles are exempt or not. You can go on the Government Website to find out. And just to make things a little bit more confusing, the charges and rules vary from town to town. Some places, like birmingham, will be charging all vehicles. Some places, private Cars Wont be charged and in some towns such as nottingham, theyve already done so much to reduce Air Pollution that they say they donT Need to charge any vehicles at all. So, what happened in birmingham . Like you say, a lot of people said they had trouble paying for the system and they also had an avalanche of applications for late exemptions, so they said they felt people jusT Needed a week or two more to make sure they understood how the system worked. Organisers of the French Open Tennis Tournament say they feel sorry and sad for the world womens number two, Naomi Osaka, whos withdrawn from the competition, saying shes Suffering Problems with her Mental Health. The japanese player had been fined 10,000 pounds for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. She said she wanted to protect herself after suffering Long Bouts Of Depression since winning herfirst grand Slam Title in 2018. Joe lynsky has more. Naomi osaka called it a situation she never imagined. At this French Open, she has taken a stance, refusing to speak to the press after matches. Now she has pulled out of the tournament. Naomi osaka won her first match on sunday but 24 hours later, she wrote this on twitter. Osaka says she has suffered long bouts of dispersion since winning the us open three years ago, and she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the media. Now, she says she is taking time away. Osaka chose not to speak to the press, she said, to preserve her Mental Health. Tennis authorities find her and threatened disk or for application. Now, some feel the sport could learn lessons. Had the organisers known that she was suffering from depression, would they have gone out so strongly with the statement . Probably not. I think saying that she was potentially going to be defaulted was always quite strong and maybe unnecessary, but here we are, and i think it is a real disappointment for the tournament that she has had to withdraw, but also for herself, that she has been dealing with this for so long and no one knew. I do remember being in front of geos in some Press Conferences, but as a much older women, life is in a very different place, i have been able to put sport into some sort of context. If she could try and shift her mindset into understanding how the press fits with the sport to be able to promote it, if we want tennis to keep going as one of the big sports out there for people to watch, we need the whole press and the media and the players to work together. Last night, Serena Williams spoke out. She had just won the tournaments first Night Match but she feels this has cast a shadow. Ifeel for naomi, ifeel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what its like. Ive been in those positions. Everyone is different and everyone handles things differently, so, you know, you just have to let her handle the way she wants to. The french Tennis Federation said they were sorry and sad for Naomi Osaka, and that they are committed to athletes� well being. This came about from osaka not wanting to talk, but now, her and the sport will look for dialogue, as tennis tries to repair things with one of its greatest stars. Joe lynskey, Bbc News. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello there. It� s another warm and sunny day for most of us today. Perhaps a bit warmer than it was yesterday. Let me show you the Satellite Picture first of all. We have seen more cloud in the Western Isles of scotland. The far west of Northern Ireland producing one or two spots of rain, that� s moving away. So more in the way of sunshine here. Not a great deal of that low cloud coming onto the North Sea Coast. That could lap onto the East Coast of scotland, but generally it� s dry and sunny. Those temperatures probably getting up to 26 degrees, Greater London and perhaps the North West of wales as well. The highlands not expected to be the hotspot though. A bit more cloud and this evening there will be a few showers as well. Those will fade away overnight. Continuing to see low cloud for the Northern Isles onto the East Coast of scotland and moving into the Central Belt as well. By The End of the night signs of showers in the far South West of england and the channel islands. For many it� s going to be dry, clear and quite a warm light to. The signs of change in the South West. We� ve got the Showers Developing, pushing their way into wales. They could be heavy and they could be thundery. Those will work their way into hampshire and sent eventually into the West Midlands as well. The of that, for many they will be lots of sunshine to come and the highest temperatures will be ahead of those showers. Across North West england and the midlands and into the South East of england before we get some showers in the evening. Cool around some of those North Sea Coast and also with a stronger wind. But way we do have The Sunshine it� s going to be strong sunshine and high uv levels once again. Wednesday sees the peak of the temperatures. This Weather Front continues to bring some showers northwards during the evening and overnight. Still some heavy ones left over first thing on thursday before those become fewer and lighter as they drift away into Northern England and continue northwards into scotland. Further south and much of england and than Northern Ireland it may well be cloudy for a while but it will brighten up more and we will get some sunshine coming through as well. Temperatures won� t be quite as high on thursday but still a pleasantly warm day for the South East of England And East anglia in particular. By the evening though we could see some Showers Developing here in the far south of england. Those could contain some thunder as they develop and spread northwards through the Midlands Into Eastern Parts of england by Friday Morning, briefly Eastern Scotland before moving away into the north sea. Then more in the way of sunshine during the day on friday. It does cloud over in the west as the breeze picks up in Northern Ireland. 17 degrees here. Those temperatures a bit lower than today but nearer normal for this time of year. This is Bbc News. I� m lukwesa burak. The headlines. A slow down to the easing of lockdown for large parts of scotland, but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost nine months in lockdown. Ido i do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through this. In england, the Doctors Union the bma adds its voice to those calling for caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions later this month. A revolutionary Gene Therapy is given to a 5 month old baby at a london hospital. Arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world� s most expensive drug. Being able to now have the treatment is going to be a Game Changerfor us, and give after the best possible life he could have. From Red List countries, after Concerns they had been too close to other passengers. And after Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open questions about how professional Tennis Deals with the Mental Health of its superstars. Scotland� s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced large parts of the country will see a slowing down in the easing of Lockdown Restrictions due to spikes in coronaVirus cases. The First Minister said the delay to the government� s Road Map was a pause and not a step backwards. Glasgow was kept in level three when measures eased in the rest of the country last month, but from saturday it will move to level two. This means people In Glasgow will be able to drink alcohol indoors, meet in private residences, and hug Loved Ones from the weekend. 13 central Belt Council areas including edinburgh, dundee, and stirling will stay in level two. They were expected to move down to level one from next week. Many areas in the North And South of scotland will move down to level one from next monday. In level one areas, people can meet both out and indoors in public places in larger groups. Up to six people from three households can meet and can stay overnight. It also means that up to 100 people can attend weddings and funerals, and pubs can open slightly later indoors. Here slightly later indoors. Is the First Minister explaining here is the First Minister explaining the rationale behind her decision. This is a key and a difficult moment. We do remain on the right track overall. I remain confident that with cautious albeit difficult decisions now we will enjoy much greater normality over the summer and beyond. None of our decisions today, even in the face of rising Case Numbers, take us backwards. While i know it� s hard to think in these terms, more than a year into a pandemic, that does represent real progress from the start of this year. Back then, remember, a new variant and rising Case Numbers did take us backwards into a full lockdown. That� s not the case now and because of the Vaccination Programme, we can still look ahead with confidence. But, and this is the difficult part, in areas where cases are relatively high or rising, ourjudgment is that a slight slowing down of the easing of restrictions to allow time for people to be fully vaccinated, will help protect that progress overall. Our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon is In Glasgow. Difficult and complex, but definitely a transition phase, lorna . , � ,. , definitely a transition phase, lorna . � ,. , definitely a transition phase, lorna . � ,. ,. , lorna . Thats what she called it, a transition phase, lorna . Thats what she called it, a transition phase, but lorna . Thats what she called it, a transition phase, but she lorna . Thats what she called it, a transition phase, but she did lorna . Thats what she called it, a transition phase, but she did say l transition phase, but she did say the situation is highly precarious because well over half of the new daily cases are now down to this very transmissible variant, and The Indian Variant and the R Number here in scotland is she said, almost certainly above one. So that meant Nicola Sturgeon said, it was necessary to press pause on the easing of restrictions in some of the more highly populated areas of scotland where perhaps there are more cases of the Virus currently. 14 Council Areas, including glasgow, which is moving from level three down to level two, which is good news for people here, in scotland� s largest City. They� ve been under tough restrictions for 277 days. That means that from friday, they� ll be able to hug Loved Ones, they� ll be able to hug Loved Ones, they� ll be able to have a drink indoors in pubs and cafe is an restaurants, and they� ll be able to meet in each other� s homes. But it means there� s this pause in what was intended to be a move down to level one nationally onjune the 7th. 14 Council Areas are going to remain on level two. 15 Council Areas will go down to level one. And the three largest island communities, shetland, orkney and the Western Isles, will move to level zero. So a very mixed picture, but Nicola Sturgeon said to avoid being knocked off course, she felt the country must be cautious. She also said the vaccinations are opening the way to a less restrictive way of dealing with covid, that they are changing the game. With covid, that they are changing the name. , ~ with covid, that they are changing the name. ~ , the Doctors Union, the british medical association, has warned this month� s scheduled lifting of all coronaVirus restrictions in england could be hasty and premature. Meanwhile, more scientists are calling for a delay to the final easing of restrictions onjune the 21st, because of the spread of the variant first identified in india. Our health correspondent, Jim Reed reports. Mobile testing being set up in South London this morning. The idea is to spot clusters of covid cases early. It is no surprise that infections have been rising since indoor mixing was allowed again in england. Some doctors, though, are very wary about the next and final stage of unlocking, currently planned for 21stjune. At the moment, the data does suggest that we need to be cautious, qe mustn� t lose all the gains that we� ve made in the few months by a premature and hasty, non evidence based loosening of restrictions. Overall, though, the data shows that cases across the uk are still along way below the levels seen in january. More recently, infections have been starting to rise in areas like the North West of england, hit hardest by the new variant first discovered in india. The idea that somehow thejob is done is wrong. We� ve still got a lot of people out there who have neither had this Virus-infection'>Virus Infection nor yet been immunised, and that� s why we� re in a vulnerable position right now. I know a lot of people don� t want to hear that but that is the situation we� re in. In some areas, like bolton, Hospital Admissions have been increasing, but from a very low base. So far, the data suggests vaccines are keeping large numbers of the most vulnerable out of a e. Some say the governmenT Needs to stick to its plan. What were seeing at the moment is what living with covid looks like. As a sociologist, im Concerned about the broader picture, the untreated illnesses, the economic damage, the downstream impact of high levels of unemployment on health and well being. Extra testing and vaccinations, like here at Twickenham Stadium yesterday, are the two main weapons that health authorities have to keep a lid on infections, with just three weeks until the government hopes to lift all covid restrictions in england. A vaccine now isn� t likely to change much of the Decision Making in the next couple of weeks. That� s absolutely clear. Which is why watching the numbers, in terms of the effects of the Virus as it is at the moment, and the degree of relaxation of social measures, is going to be important over the next couple of weeks. It will be politicians, not scientists, who have to make that decision. Based on the data so far, it is likely to be one of the hardest, most finely judged calls since the start of the pandemic. Jim reed, Bbc News. Danny altmann is a professor of immunology at imperial college london. Thank you forjoining us. What do you make, then, of us going ahead on the 21st . You make, then, of us going ahead on the 2ist . 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Different countries are reaching slightly different solutions. I suppose i� m worried that if we haven� t really thought it through and debated it and done the research, we go for a line of least resistance, making do on good enough immunity, letting variants percolate up immunity, letting variants percolate up in the population, our children and grandchildren might really curse us for this for years to come if we are the country who never really cleared it. Are the country who never really cleared It World Leaders have been told coronaVirus vaccines must be shared with poorer nations to prevent richer countries from being hit by imported variants of the Virus. In an open letter, the heads of four major global bodies warned of a Dangerous Gap in the availability ofjabs, with low income nations receiving less than 1 of vaccines administered so far. They said countries could see fresh lockdowns if people in developing nations are not vaccinated at a faster rate. Professor Antoine Flahault is the director of the institute of global health at the university of geneva. Thank you forjoining us. How do you Vaccinate The World properly and correctly . Vaccinate the world properly and correctl . , ~. , Vaccinate The World properly and correctl . , ~. , ~ correctly . You know, i think when weve taken correctly . You know, i think when weve taken the correctly . You know, i think when weve taken the decision correctly . You know, i think when weve taken the decision to we� ve taken the decision to vaccinate the whole population in the rich countries that means we would like to vaccinate also the whole world at the same pace. And to date it� s not really happening. So we need not only to. We need to transfer the technologies everywhere in the world, at least in each continent. Today there is no production occurring in africa for instance. Africa is the hole in this. We need to produce doses in poor countries as soon as. 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Know, the Director General of the who said that we should refrain to vaccinate even adolescents and children and tried to give these doses to the poor countries. I don� t know if it is the right strategy. What i think is that if we talk about boosts or vaccinating the children today, that will probably increase the production of vaccine, which is a good thing. What we need absolutely to do now is to be sure that all the at risk people, elderly and vulnerable people, and Health Care in any country can be vaccinated very fast and very soon. We can vaccinate our children but we need to reserve some doses for the poor countries as soon as possible. What do you make of the accusation being thrown at a lot of wealthy countries, again in terms of the strategy that they� re following, boosting as much of their population as they can, to get to this idea of Herd Immunity locally within their borders, and hoarding a lot of vaccines . How do you see that . Lloathed vaccines . 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But now, through a discount deal, this revolutionary Gene Therapy is available on the nhs and a 5 month old baby has become one of the first children to be given it at a hospital In London. Arthur morgan received the ground breaking treatment for the genetic condition, spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disorder which shortens life. Our medical editor, Fergus Walsh reports. This is the world� s most expensive medicine. The List Price of zolgensma is almost £1. 8 million. But the nhs has negotiated a confidential discount which will enable dozens of affected infants to be treated each year. Five month Old Arthur is one of the first to benefit. He has spinal muscular atrophy, sma, a genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. Without treatment, those affected rarely live beyond the age of two. Arthur is unable to lift his head and struggles to move his arms and legs. But this single infusion should prevent further loss of nerve cells. It� s been massive ups and downs, but being able to now have the treatment is just going to be a Game Changerfor us, and give arthur the best possible life he could have. Around one in every 10,000 babies is born with spinal muscular atrophy. What is remarkable is, this one off treatment may permanently stop any further decline in arthur� s muscle function. So, how does Zolgensma Work . It contains a healthy copy of a missing or faulty gene called smn1. This is inserted into a harmless Virus. In the body, the Virus delivers the Replacement Gene into the nucleus of Motor Neuron cells. This is essential to prevent those cells from gradually dying. The now healthy Motor Neuron cells start producing the missing smn protein, which is vital for muscle function. Evelina children� s hospital In London is one of a handful of centres in the uk which will offer this groundbreaking Gene Therapy. 20 years ago, a baby born with a severe form of sma would have a very shortened life expectancy. We can now offer treatment that can really alter the outlook for these children. Edward is eight months old. His parents hope he will be eligible for zolgensma, but they know the longer the treatment is delayed, the less effective it is. For his quality of life and how long his life could be, Zolgensma Isjust a Game Changer. And were just kind of patiently waiting, weve been waiting since last november, for zolgensma. Some other infants treated with zolgensma have seen their Condition Notjust stabilise but improve. Arthur� s parents say they know it� s not a cure, and they� re simply delighted that he� s been treated. A 29 year old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a woman and a child and the injuring of a Police Officer in lincolnshire. Daniel boulton was photographed being detained by police in the hubbard� s Hill Area of louth at around midday today. He is currently in custody, where he will be held for questioning. Police are searching for up to seven people after a 14 year old boy was stabbed to death in birmingham. Officers say the teenager was attacked in college road, in the Kingstanding Area of the City, at about 7. 30 last night. Police say the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. A dedicated terminal has opened at Heathrow Airport for people arriving on a flight from any of the 43 countries on the government� s Red List. It comes after anger that people coming in from high Risk Covid countries were being made to queue with other passengers. Our transport correspondent, caroline davies, reports. When International Travel restarted last month, some could not wait to get away. But while this was the view in departures, in arrivals, passengers from green list, low risk countries queued up in the same hall as arrivals from high risk Red List countries. Since mid february, all arrivals from Red List countries have had to stay in Quarantine Hotels for ten days to stop the spread of variants of Concern. But before they go into isolation, some have spent hours queued up alongside other lower risk passengers. Despite the separate queues, some passengers felt very uncomfortable being so close for so long. Today� s change was welcomed as a way of limiting the spread of infection. It� s obviously been true that people coming directly from low risk countries are going to have the highest risk of being infected are ready so separating them from people coming from other locations is critical. Airports are unfortunately really good places for the disease to transmit. They� re indoors, ventilation is not necessarily that good, so that separation is welcome. From today, any arrivals coming in on a direct flight from a red List Country will be processed at terminal three, the terminal has been brought back into operation after being closed during the pandemic. While neither side will confirm who is paying for the Reopening And Running of the terminal, it is understood the government is picking up a large of the cost. One of the biggest unions representing Border Force employees, the pcs, has said they have Concerns. It is a step in the right direction but what we should have had some making sure our members are safe. We have younger members who haven� t had the vaccinations. They� re dealing with people from those in the red because there is a risk, to some extent we need to have a discussion with management about how they will safeguard that. Is mobilising additional staff the Home Office have said the Border Force is mobilising additional staff to help minimise queueing times for compliant passengers. Whilst a Government Spokesperson said the new dedicated terminal at heathrow for arrivals from Red List countries will enable passengers to be processed as safely and efficiently as possible. International travel is likely to remain very different for a while to come and heathrow has said it expects to have a dedicated Red List terminal for some time. Caroline davies, Bbc News. A postmortem has found Sarah Everard died from compression of the neck. The 33 year old disappeared on third march while walking home in clapham, in South London. The metropolitan police say her family have been informed of the findings and are being supported. Two Serving Members of the army have been charged with Firearms Offences after being accused of trying to sell ammunition. 40 year old Kirtland Gill and 32 year old Rajon Graham both from berkshire, were arrested following an investigation by the metropolitan police� s flying squad. An inquest has heard that fishmongers� hall terrorist Usman Khan was shot at 20 times by Armed Police before he died on london bridge. He stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones at a Prisoner Rehabilitation Conference at the hall on 29 november, 2019. He injured two others before being shot dead by officers. The inquest into the 28 year old� s death, being held at guildhall, is due to last two weeks. Our home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has been following today� s hearing. The jury have been watching compelling footage of the moment that Usman Khan emerges from the fishmongers� hall having just killed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones, pursued by steve gallant, John Crilly and Darren Frost, who tackle him to the ground. And then multiple camera angles, including body worn footage from some of the Firearms Officers who arrive, on which there is a sound clearly heard, and you hear the final moment of confrontation with the Firearms Officers. As the Firearms Officers arrived, shouting don� T Move , John Crilly, one of the two men who has been tackling Usman Khan, shouts hejust killed two women in there then one of the Firearms Officers suddenly starts shouting he� s got a bomb he� s got a bomb. Another Firearms Officer pulls Darren Frost off Usman Khan. He was pinning Usman Khan to the ground at the time and almost immediately afterwards a taser is fired by one of the Firearms Officers and another of the Firearms Officers opens fire with live rounds twice. Very quickly, one after the other. At which point the Firearms Officers started to back away shouting get back, get back to the members of the public and stay still to Usman Khan. Then you can faintly hear on the body one footage Usman Khan� s reply, no. Allahu akbar. The jury will be watching further footage this afternoon of the later shots. In all, 20 shots were fired from six different Firearms Officers. Organisers of the French Open Tennis Tournament say they feel sorry and sad for the world women� s number two, Naomi Osaka, who� s withdrawn from the competition, saying she� s Suffering Problems with her Mental Health. The japanese player had been fined £10,000 for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. She said she wanted to protect herself after suffering Long Bouts Of Depression since winning herfirst grand Slam Title in 2018. Joe lynsky has more. Naomi osaka called it a situation she never imagined. At this French Open, she has taken a stance, refusing to speak to the press after matches. Now she has pulled out of the tournament. Osaka won her first match on sunday but 24 hours later, she wrote this on twitter. Osaka says she has suffered long bouts of dispersion since winning the us open three years ago, and she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the media. Now, she says she is taking time away. Osaka chose not to speak to the press, she said, to preserve her Mental Health. Tennis authorities fined her and threatened disqualification. Now, some feel the sport could learn lessons. Had the organisers known that she was suffering from depression, would they have gone out so strongly with the statement . Probably not. I think saying that she was potentially going to be defaulted was always quite strong and maybe unnecessary, but here we are. And i think it is a real disappointment for the tournament that she has had to withdraw, but also for herself, that she has been dealing with this for so long and no one knew. I do remember being in floods of tears in some Press Conferences, but as a much older women, life is in a very different place, i have been able to put sport into some sort of context. If she could try and shift her mindset into understanding how the press fits with the sport to be able to promote it. If we want tennis to keep going as one of the big sports out there for people to watch, we need the whole press and the media and the players to work together. Last night, Serena Williams spoke out. She had just won the tournament� s first Night Match but she feels this has cast a shadow. Ifeel for naomi, ifeel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what it� s like. I� ve been in those positions. Everyone is different and everyone handles things differently, so, you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to. The french Tennis Federation said they were sorry and sad for Naomi Osaka, and that they are committed to athletes� well being. This came about from osaka not wanting to talk, but now, her and the sport will look for dialogue, as tennis tries to repair things with one of its greatest stars. Joe lynskey, Bbc News. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello, there. It� s the first day of meteorological summer and The Sun is out across much of the country. Temperatures probably peaking at 26 Degrees Today around Greater London, perhaps the North West of wales. There� s more sunshine coming through in Northern Ireland and western scotland. But the highlands won� t be the hotspot today. There could be one or two showers here for a while earlier this evening and overnight. We� ll see more low cloud on the East Coast of scotland and across the Northern Isles filtering through the Central Belt later by which time the first signs of showers in the far South West of england and the channel islands. For many it� s going to be a dry, clear and warm night. But a change in the weather for tomorrow in the South West of england. Some heavy showers, thunderstorms drifting north into wales, Clipping Hampshire and eventually arriving into the West Midlands as well. A strong wind will force some of the low cloud onto the coast of eastern Scotland And North east england, pegging those temperatures back, but ahead of the showers, North West england, down through the midlands and the South East, this is where we� ll see the highest temperatures. Hello this is Bbc News. The headlines a slow down to the easing of lockdown for large parts of scotland but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost 9 months in lockdown. Ido i do not want to keep a single part of this i do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer restrictions or any restrictions for longer than restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary but i do have a duty longer than necessary but i do have a duty to longer than necessary but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through a duty to continue to navigate us through this. In england, the Doctors Union the bma adds its voice to those calling for caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions later this month. A revolutionary Gene Therapy is given to a 5 month old baby at a london hospital. Arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world� s most expensive drug. Being able to now have the treatment is going to be a Game Changerfor us and goes give arthur the best possible life he could have. Heathrow airport opens a terminal specially for people arriving from � Red List� countries, after Concerns they had been too close to other passengers. And after Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open, questions about how professional Tennis Deals with the Mental Health of its superstars. Sport and for a full Round Up, from the bbc sport centre, here� s austin halewood. Good afternoon. Gareth southgate will name his England Squad for this month� s European Championship at 5 00pm this Afternoon But Manchester united forward Mason Greenwood won� t be taking any part. The 19 year old has ruled himself out because of an underlying injury. He was expected to be in the 26 Man Squad after scoring 12 goals in 52 games for Manchester United this season. Meanwhile, the bbc understands that greenwood� s united teammate, jesse lingaard, who impressed this season on loan at west ham, has also not been selected. That means there are five other players that will have to be trimmed. One of them could be a right back afterfour were named in the 33 last week. So trent Alexander Arnold is competing with kieran tripper, Reece James and Kyle Walker to be selected. England could also be Concerned about harry maguire, who missed wednesday� s Europa League final through injury. Jordan henderson, as well, hasn� t played for liverpool since february because of injury, but he too is aiming to make the final 26. It� ll be announced in a few hours time at 5pm. Meanwhile, some worrying news for the Scotland Team ahead of the tournament. Midfielderjohn fleck has tested positive for covid at the squad� s camp in spain. The Sheffield United player will now self isolate and will not travel with the rest of the squad to portugal for tomorrow� s friendly against the netherlands. The rest of the squad have been tested and have all returned negative results. There� s less than two weeks to go now until their first match against the Czech Republic at hampden park. Elsewhere, saturday� s Premiership Rugby Fixture between Gloucester And Bath at kingsholm has been called off because of a Covid Outbreak in the gloucester squad. The cherry and whites say a number of positive tests were returned by players and other staff. The match won� t be rescheduled with a panel allocating the points for the match. Niether side can qualify for the play offs though. Organisers of the French Open say they feel sorry and sad that Naomi Osaka felt she had to withdraw from the tournament to protect her Mental Health. The World Number two was fined for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. She said she wanted to protect herself after suffering Long Bouts Of Depression, since winning herfirst Grand Slam in 2018. Osaka will now take some time away from the game and said she hopes to work with the sport� s organisers in the future about how to make things better for the players, press and fans. We for the players, press and fans. 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Despite this being the start of his 14th summer in the england team, broad� s recent performances show that he� s still right at the top of the international game. And with regular deputy ben stokes out injured, Captainjoe Root has chosen broad to be his right hand man. Its very exciting for him. He has been its very exciting for him. He has been a its very exciting for him. He has been a senior player for a long time now as been a senior player for a long time now as you been a senior player for a long time now as you are well away. He has got very good now as you are well away. 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I� m joined now by frank murphy, owner of the pot still, which is a pub In Glasgow. You must have been tuned into the First Minister� s announcement. Lloathed First Ministers announcement. What is our First Ministers announcement. What is your reaction . First ministers announcement. What is your reaction . I First Ministers announcement. What is your reaction . I am First Ministers announcement. What is your reaction . I am delighted to be opened is your reaction . I am delighted to be opened. Its been nearly nine months be opened. Its been nearly nine months we be opened. Its been nearly nine months we have been shut. We were open for months we have been shut. We were open for a months we have been shut. We were open for a short period last year but we open for a short period last year but we are open for a short period last year but we are looking forward. A bit of trepidation but we are looking forward. A bit of trepidation as well. In but we are looking forward. 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Apart time there has been nothing to do. Apart from time there has been nothing to do. Apart from to make sure it is still standing apart from to make sure it is still standing. Its been quite depressing to o standing. Its been quite depressing to go in standing. Its been quite depressing to go in and see this place you know any other to go in and see this place you know any other time to go in and see this place you know any othertime in to go in and see this place you know any other time in your life is absolutely bustling just an empty shell absolutely bustling just an empty shell its absolutely bustling just an empty shell. Its not a pub when its not open shell. Its not a pub when its not 0 en. ,. ,. , shell. Its not a pub when its not oen. ,. ,. , shell. Its not a pub when its not oen. ,. ,. ,. , open. You mentioned that you are read for open. You mentioned that you are ready for the open. You mentioned that you are ready for the last open. 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We were lucky in that we only do a small bit of food so we lost a we only do a small bit of food so we lost a little we only do a small bit of food so we lost a little bit. But over the course lost a little bit. But over the course of lost a little bit. But over the course of this, i have stopped looking course of this, i have stopped looking at course of this, i have stopped looking at the Bank Statement for the pub looking at the Bank Statement for the pub because i dont want to see how much the pub because i dont want to see how much money we have lost. Its been how much money we have lost. Its been heartbreaking. There are a lot of guys been heartbreaking. There are a lot of guys who wont survive this lockdown of guys who wont survive this lockdown and will not be reopening and i lockdown and will not be reopening and i feel lockdown and will not be reopening and i feel sorry for them. How much financial support and i feel sorry for them. How much financial support did and i feel sorry for them. How much financial support did you and i feel sorry for them. How much financial support did you get and i feel sorry for them. How much financial support did you get from i financial support did you get from the government and what more could be done to help you if something does go wrong again . The Furlough Scheme was does go wrong again . The Furlough Scheme was the does go wrong again . The Furlough Scheme was the most does go wrong again . The Furlough Scheme was the most important i does go wrong again . The Furlough Scheme was the most important to | scheme was the most important to look after scheme was the most important to look after our team. So that was a Godsend Look after our team. So that was a godsend. Otherwise, the other option would godsend. Otherwise, the other option would have godsend. Otherwise, the other option would have been terrible to think about would have been terrible to think about in would have been terrible to think about. In terms of support the business about. In terms of support the business received from government, it has business received from government, it has been business received from government, it has been nowhere near enough to cover it has been nowhere near enough to cover the it has been nowhere near enough to cover the losses we have seen. We were cover the losses we have seen. We were given cover the losses we have seen. We were given the most you could get was £750 were given the most you could get was £750 per week for the added inconvenience of being kept at level three inconvenience of being kept at level three when some places are only getting three when some places are only getting £350. That is not going anywhere near recompense for the losses anywhere near recompense for the losses we anywhere near recompense for the losses we suffered. | anywhere near recompense for the losses we suffered. Anywhere near recompense for the losses we suffered. I dont know how Man Staff losses we suffered. I dont know how many staff members losses we suffered. I dont know how many staff members you losses we suffered. I dont know how many staff members you have losses we suffered. I dont know how many staff members you have but i l many staff members you have but i just want to ask. About a dozen. We have heard that the Hospitality Industry has lost a lot of their skilled staff because they have gone elsewhere for work. Have you been affected by that . Elsewhere for work. Have you been affected by that . Yes. We have lost four of our team. Affected by that . Yes. We have lost four of our team. One affected by that . Yes. We have lost four of our team. One got affected by that . Yes. 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We dont want to take anyone else on because we Cant Trust Anyone else on because we Cant Trust that anyone else on because we Cant Trust that they wont be a subsequent restriction again. We dont subsequent restriction again. We dont want subsequent restriction again. We dont want to take somebody on and then suddenly say things have changed. It� s then suddenly say things have chanced. � , then suddenly say things have chanced. H. , changed. Its the Uncertainty Alwa S. Changed. Its the uncertainty always l changed. Its the uncertainty always. I want changed. Its the uncertainty always. I want to changed. Its the uncertainty always. I want to say changed. Its the uncertainty always. I want to say good i changed. Its the uncertainty i always. I want to say good luck for this weekend and i hope it all goes swimmingly and those nerves dissipate. Thank you. A high Rise Apartment Block in east london, where a fire broke out last month, had serious Fire Safety issues including a faulty smoke Ventilation System. 35 people had to be rescued from new Providence Wharf after an electrical failure resulted in a fire which spread three floors. A provisional investigation by the London Fire brigade has discovered a detector failed to activate an automatic Ventilation System and smoke poured into a corridor. Our correspondent Sean Dilley has more. We have to understand what happen with the fire itself. It seems there was a fault in the Fuse Box on an eighth floor flat. What happened, when fire had broken out, smoke. The fire escaped out of a window which was opened towards a Balcony And Smoke had bellowed out of a door to the flat that had been left open. Now, if the sensors had been working that would have triggered the Ventilation System. It seems that was not the case. What happened, when the smoke filled hallway, it filled with smoke the only escape route. There were Concerns at the time, you may remember, in terms of the cladding on the outside of the building. The preliminary investigation said that wasn� t a significant cause of the external fire. But they do say this should serve as a warning to any high rise building owner. There still needs to be a culture change. It� s too late to see if Systems Work after the fires have happened. So the London Fire brigade are saying that culture still needs to happen. Social workers are warning that a generation of children, in need of help may have been missed, because of the pandemic. A Bbc Investigation found there� s been a 20 Percent Drop in the number of children being put into care in wales since March 2020 compared with the previous year. The � british association of Social Workers� , fears safeguarding opportunities have been hampered by Lockdown Restrictions and say it� s a picture reflected across the uk. Tomos morgan reports. I was quite severely abused by my parents emotionally and physically. I went into care just simply because my home was not suitable for a young person to live in. Emma from Essex And Taylor from north wales say they have both benefited from going through the care system. And then i went into a children� s home and on the whole it was quite good being around other children, i had some new experiences. I think going into foster care really did give me a different outlook on life. Over the last 12 months, those on the frontline of protecting children, such as teachers and Social Workers, have been hampered by social Distancing And Lockdown measures. Figures obtained by the Bbc Show that in wales alone last year, there was a dropped of 20 in Child Protection orders, in other words, children going into care, compared to the previous year. Unions suggest that it is a similar picture across the uk. In a non covid year, those figures may be perceived to be a positive, but considering the social effects of lockdown on our society, some fear that children may have been missed, left in unsafe homes, and that those numbers could rise substantially as the pandemic comes to an end. All the time that we� re not identifying the support that young people need, they� re being damaged, there is a whole, potentially a whole generation of children and young people who are being traumatised, not being safeguarded, and that� s simply not acceptable. Both Taylor And Emma are also very worried for those that could have been missed due to Lockdown Restrictions. I understand that a lot of young people will have been missed, and its such a shame that people are being missed, but they dont know any different, they think what they are going through is 0k, and that is what is the worrying thing, and thats whats Concerning, because they dont know what theyre going through is probably Abuse Or Neglect or anything like that. I don� t think we are always going to hear about it until these children will become adults, or something really bad happens, like the child ends up dying or something, when there could have been some sort of intervention, like a school offers that intervention, i think. The british are so of Social Workers are calling for a demand in referrals and a clear Route Map out of lockdown so that they can work without restrictions. In separate statements, the devolved government is across the uk say they recognise the hard work that those safeguarding on the frontline have been carrying out and they were working alongside the sector to fulfil any future demands. Emma is now working on a Phd And Taylor aims to build her own Production Company in the future, both very much focused on brighter days ahead. Tomos morgan, Bbc News. Birmingham has introduced a � clean Air Zone� City'>In The City but drivers won� t have to pay the £8 charge for the most polluting vehicles for another 2 weeks. Some motorists reported problems, as they tried to pay in advance for their journeys. The council says there� ll now be a fortnight� s Grace Period to allow people to get used to the system. Our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, is in birmingham and has this update. A bit of a turn around for City'>Birmingham City council. At 9am they were telling us that the clean Air Zone was definitely going ahead. A couple of minutes later they said they� d decided to delay it for a couple of weeks. As you say, the idea is to charge polluting vehicles for going into the centre of the City. £8, for buses, vans and taxis. £50 for lorries and buses. Sorry, cars, vans and taxis. And birmingham is not the only City-or-town'>City Or Town that will be getting one of these clean Air Zones. They are being introduced in towns and cities across the country as part of a Government Effort to reduce Air Pollution. It� s up to drivers to find out whether their vehicles are exempt or not. You can go on the Government Website to find out. And just to make things a little bit more confusing, the charges and rules vary from town to town. Some places, like birmingham, will be charging all vehicles. Some places, private cars won� t be charged and in some towns such as nottingham, they� ve already done so much to reduce Air Pollution that they say they don� T Need to charge any vehicles at all. So, what happened in birmingham . Like you say, a lot of people said they had trouble paying for the system and they also had an avalanche of applications for late exemptions, so they said they felt people jusT Needed a week or two more to make sure they understood how the system worked. Hundreds of migrants have reached the uk by boat in the past week. More than 3,700 people have made the crossing so far this year that s double the figure for the same period last year. The government has once again pledged to crack down on people smugglers, organising the crossings. But human rights groups warn enough is not being done. Simonjones reports from dover. We take to the water at dawn. It is warm and the sea is flat. It is not long before we come across the latest group of people making a journey from france in what has been an extremely biz all week busy week for channel crossings, a smallbone with 12 people on board, their destination, dover. It is pretty calm out here in the channel but nevertheless the people on board this boat are using plastic containers to get water out of the boat. It was being shadowed by a french vessel as it headed towards uk waters, but there was no attempt to intervene or turn the boat back. The coastguard in dover are aware the boat is on its way. We follow it to make sure it doesn� t get into any difficulty while we await for the arrival of the border. More than 600 migrants have made the crossing in the past week, bringing the total so far this year to more than 3700 people, double the figure for the first five months of last year. Although this is a very visible route to the uk, asylum applications in the last year actually fell by 24 . With the white shrouded in sea mist, at times the boat doesn� t appear to know in which direction to head. White. About an hour after we first spotted the boat carrying migrants, the Border Force have now arrived, and the migrants will now be taken to dover for processing. The local mp says a new trend is emerging. In recent weeks, we have seen not only an increase in numbers overall but we have seen an increase in the number of unaccompanied young women and girls who have come into the country through this route. And that is worrying, because they are coming in from what are known to be the eritrean and vietnamese roots, closely associated with modern slavery sex trafficking. The government has unveiled a new plan for immigration aimed at breaking the Business Model of the people smugglers organising the journeys. Others are calling for more safe, legal roots to claim asylum. As the summer approaches, crossings are likely to increase, along with the pressure for change. Simon jones, Bbc News. The first international athletes have arrived injapan for the tokyo olympics which open injust over 50 days after being postponed last year. The australian women� s Softball Team landed at narita airport, where they were tested for coronaVirus. All members of the team have already been vaccinated and will go through more testing and checks throughout the games, which are hugely controversial injapan, with many people strongly opposed to them going ahead. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has more from tokyo. The feeling here is one of uncertainty. Obviously, a team arriving is a big moment, especially when it� s the first team arriving, and all of the indications are, certainly from the ioc and from the tokyo organising committee, that they are now determined to push ahead. We spoke to the organising committee again earlier this week, and they repeated over and over that the games is going ahead, and that it will be safe and secure. This has become the mantra now of the tokyo olympics safe and secure, we hear from everybody. So it does seem like it is going ahead. I have to say, the australian Softball Team are a little bit of an anomaly because they� ve come here more than 50 days before the olympics. They� ve come to actually take part in some matches with japanese teams, including the national team of japan, so that they can get themselves some practice, because back in australia, they basically didn� t have any opportunities to play real matches, and so that� s why they� ve decided to come here so early. We don� t expect to see most of the teams turning up here for some weeks yet, and indeed, some teams have cancelled their Training Camps, more than 100 Training Camps have been cancelled, and those teams will be coming to the olympics literally days before they� re due to open. So, still some time to go until we will see large numbers of teams arriving here injapan. It� s been very warm for the past few days, so let� s take a look at how some people were cooling down yesterday over A Hundred feet above the streets of london. This Sky Pool is near the us embassy in nine elms just south of the thames and is believed to be the world� s first transparent pool built between 2 skyscrapers. Swimmers can enjoy views of parliament and the London Eye whilst they swim their lengths of the 25 metre pool. The one catch is you have to be a resident to use it. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello there. It� s another warm and sunny day for most of us today. Perhaps a bit warmer than it was yesterday. Let me show you the Satellite Picture first of all. We have seen more cloud in the Western Isles of scotland. The far west of Northern Ireland producing one or two spots of rain, that� s moving away. So more in the way of sunshine here. Not a great deal of that low cloud coming onto the North Sea Coast. That could lap onto the East Coast of scotland, but generally it� s dry and sunny. Those temperatures probably getting up to 26 degrees, Greater London and perhaps the North West of wales as well. The highlands not expected to be a hotspot though. A bit more cloud and this evening there will be a few showers as well. Those will fade away overnight. Continuing to see low cloud for the Northern Isles onto the East Coast of scotland and moving into the Central Belt as well. By The End of the night signs of showers in the far South West of england and the channel islands. For many it� s going to be dry, clear and quite a warm night too. The signs of change in the South West. We� ve got the Showers Developing, pushing their way into wales. They could be heavy and they could be thundery. Those will work their way into Hampshire And Move eventually into the West Midlands as well. Ahead of that, for many there will be lots of sunshine to come and the highest temperatures will be ahead of those showers across North West england and the midlands and into the South East of england before we get some showers in the evening. Cooler around some of the North Sea Coast and also with a stronger wind. But where we do have The Sunshine it� s going to be strong sunshine and high uv levels once again. Wednesday sees the peak of the temperatures. This Weather Front continues to bring some showers northwards during the evening and overnight. Still some heavy ones left over first thing on thursday before those become fewer and lighter as they drift away into Northern England and continue northwards into scotland. Further south and for much of england and Northern Ireland it may well be cloudy for a while but it will brighten up more and we will get some sunshine coming through as well. Temperatures won� t be quite as high on thursday but still a pleasantly warm day for the South East of England And East anglia in particular. By the evening though we could see some Showers Developing here in the far south of england. Those could contain some thunder as they develop and spread northwards through the Midlands Into Eastern Parts of england by Friday Morning and Eastern Scotland before moving away into the north sea. Then more in the way of sunshine during the day on friday. It does cloud over in the west as the breeze picks up in Northern Ireland. 17 degrees here. Those temperatures a bit lower than today but nearer normal for this time of the year. This is Bbc News. The headlines. A slow down to the easing of lockdown for large parts of scotland, but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost nine months in lockdown. I do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through this. In england, the Doctors Union the bma adds its voice to those calling for caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions later this month. A revolutionary Gene Therapy is given to a 5 month old baby at a london hospital. Arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world� s most expensive drug. Being able to now have the treatment is going to be a Game Changer for us, and give after the best possible life he could have. Heathrow airport opens a terminal specially for people arriving from Red List countries after Concerns they had been too close to other passengers. A two Week Delay to birmingham� s clean Air Zone. High polluting vehicles will be charged to drive into the City centre, but payments won� t start today, as originally planned. And after Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open, questions about how professional Tennis Deals with the Mental Health of its top players. Scotland� s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has announced large scotland� s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced large parts of the country will see a slowing down in the easing of Lockdown Restrictions due to spikes in coronaVirus cases. The First Minister said the delay to the government� s Road Map was a pause and not a step backwards. Glasgow was kept in level three when measures eased in the rest of the country last month, but from saturday it will move to level two. This means people In Glasgow will be able to drink alcohol indoors, meet in private residences, and hug Loved Ones from the weekend. 13 central Belt Council areas including edinburgh, Dundee And Stirling will stay in level two. They were expected to move down to level one from next week. Many areas in the North And South of scotland will move down to level one from next monday. In level one areas, more people will be able to meet both indoors and outdoors. Up to six people from three households can meet and can stay overnight. It also means that up to 100 people can attend weddings and funerals and pubs can open slightly later indoors. Here� s the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon explaining the rationale behind her decision. This is a key and a difficult moment. We do remain on the right track overall. I remain confident that with cautious albeit difficult decisions now we will enjoy much greater normality over the summer and beyond. None of our decisions today, even in the face of rising Case Numbers, take us backwards. While i know it� s hard to think in these terms, more than a year into a pandemic, that does represent real progress from the start of this year. Back then, remember, a new variant and rising Case Numbers did take us backwards into a full lockdown. That� s not the case now and because of the Vaccination Programme, we can still look ahead with confidence. But, and this is the difficult part, in areas where cases are relatively high or rising, ourjudgment is that a slight slowing down of the easing of restrictions to allow time for people to be fully vaccinated, will help protect that progress overall. We are getting details that the uk has officially recorded zero deaths from coronaViruses since the start of the pandemic of march last year. What does it mean . With me is our health editor, hugh pym. Take us through what it means. To be clear what it take us through what it means. To be clear what it is, take us through what it means. To be clear what it is, its take us through what it means. To be clear what it is, its an clear what it is, it� s an announcement by the government that the latest daily reported death figure, which we� ve been following right through the pandemic in the uk, is zero. That doesn� t mean deaths that took place yesterday. Its deaths that took place yesterday. It� s the latest daily reported figure. Now, you have issues around Bank Holidays. Sometimes things are delayed and not reported. Yesterday was a Bank Holiday and the figure may go up over the next day or two. This is the first time since the start of the pandemic that the government has announced in its daily updates that the figure is zero. If you think back injanuary during the big second wave there were more than 1700 deaths reported on some days, you� ll see how far the uk has come since then. That has a lot to do with the vaccine programme, a lot to do with lockdown, easing out cases, and quite a lot to do with better treatment in the nhs. More is known about covid so that patients have a better chance of survival in Intensive Care. There is one extra detail i need to put out there. The definition of reported deaths was changed last summer. There was one day injuly of last year when the figure was zero but that wasn� t announced at the time. This is the first time that in the daily update we� ve heard that the figure is zero. Its we� ve heard that the figure is zero. It� s highly significant, isn� t it, but there is a part as we move forward . � ,. , but there is a part as we move forward . 3. , but there is a part as we move forward . Forward . Its a very important moment forward . Its a very important moment. Everyone forward . Its a very important moment. Everyone has forward . Its a very important moment. Everyone has had i forward . Its a very important| moment. Everyone has had to forward . Its a very important i moment. Everyone has had to get forward . Its a very important moment. Everyone has had to get used to deaths being reported every single day. Now we can report that there is not one new addition to this terrible toll. But deaths largely reflect infections, which took place maybe five weeks ago. Looking ahead we� ve got issues of rising cases, more involving the variant first identified in india, and a lot of debate about Lockdown Restrictions and to what extent they� ll be eased around the uk. The next big date in the Road Map is june the 21st. None of that changes. There are Concerns about the spread of the Virus and Concerns that the daily Death Toll will go up from here. But it is i think a significant time to say that there is not one single extra deaths reported. Is not one single extra deaths re orted. , ~ is not one single extra deaths re orted. ,, is not one single extra deaths reported is not one single extra deaths reorted. ,,. Reported. Ok, thank you very much for that. Reported. Ok, thank you very much for that the reported. Ok, thank you very much for that. The latest reported. Ok, thank you very much for that. The latest data reported. Ok, thank you very much for that. The latest data from i reported. Ok, thank you very much for that. The latest data from the l for that. The latest data from the government. In terms of positive cases i� m seeing on my screen here that we have a number of 3165 positive cases of covid 19. There it is on the left of the screen. The big news for now is that the uk has recorded, for the first time since the start of the pandemic back in march, zero deaths across the uk within 28 days of a positive test. But there is a proviso of what we� ll see when the Bank Holiday effect as referred to is factored into the statistics. Thank you, hugh. The Doctors Union, the british medical association, has warned this month� s scheduled lifting of all coronaVirus restrictions in england could be hasty and premature. Meanwhile, more scientists are calling for a delay to the final easing of restrictions onjune the 21st, because of the spread of the variant first identified in india. It is now referred to by the who as the Delta Variant. Our health correspondent, Jim Reed reports. Mobile testing being set up in South London this morning. The idea is to spot clusters of covid cases early. It is no surprise that infections have been rising since indoor mixing was allowed again in england. Some doctors, though, are very wary about the next and final stage of unlocking, currently planned for 21stjune. At the moment, the data does suggest that we need to be cautious. Qe mustn� t lose all the gains that we� ve made in the few months by a premature and hasty, non evidence based loosening of restrictions. Overall, though, the data shows that cases across the uk are still a long way below the levels seen in january. More recently, infections have been starting to rise in areas like the North West of england, hit hardest by the new variant first discovered in india. The idea that somehow thejob is done is wrong. We� ve still got a lot of people out there who have neither had this Virus-infection'>Virus Infection nor yet been immunised, and that� s why we� re in a vulnerable position right now. I know a lot of people don� t want to hear that but that is the situation we� re in. In some areas, like bolton, Hospital Admissions have been increasing, but from a very low base. So far, the data suggests vaccines are keeping large numbers of the most vulnerable out of a e. Some say the governmenT Needs to stick to its plan. What were seeing at the moment is what living with covid looks like. As a sociologist, im Concerned about the broader picture, the untreated illnesses, the economic damage, the downstream impact of high levels of unemployment on health and well being. Extra testing and vaccinations, like here at Twickenham Stadium yesterday, are the two main weapons that health authorities have to keep a lid on infections, with just three weeks until the government hopes to lift all covid restrictions in england. A vaccine now isn� t likely to change much of the Decision Making in the next couple of weeks. That� s absolutely clear. Which is why watching the numbers, in terms of the effects of the Virus as it is at the moment, and the degree of relaxation of social measures, is going to be important over the next couple of weeks. It will be politicians, not scientists, who have to make that decision. Based on the data so far, it is likely to be one of the hardest, most finely judged calls since the start of the pandemic. Jim reed, Bbc News. Let� s speak to our political correspondent, alex forsyth, who is in westminster. Hello, alex. So, we� ve got the latest data coming out for covid 19 and moving forward it� s all going to be about the data, in terms of what happens on the 21st, isn� t it . Yes. Happens on the 21st, isnt it . Yes, its a refrain happens on the 21st, isnt it . Yes, its a refrain im happens on the 21st, isnt it . Yes, its a refrain im sure happens on the 21st, isnt it . Yes, its a refrain im sure youve i happens on the 21st, isnt it . Yes its a refrain im sure youve heard it� s a refrain i� m sure you� ve heard plenty of times by now. The Government Line that it is about data and not dates. When the government first set out its Road Map it gave us a serious of dates. The earliest point at which it hoped to announce an easing of restrictions. The next big date in the calendar is the 21st ofjune, not before that date, the government is saying. It has led to some expectation that it is the point at which many existing restrictions will be relaxed and the government is weighing up whether that will happen. We� ve seen scotland pressing pause on some of the easing of those restrictions. Borisjohnson and the government here are, we� re told, looking at data here daily, looking at the key test the government have, which look at things like the effectiveness of the vaccine, the number of hospitalisations and the pace of the Vaccine Roll out. Taking it all into account and weighing up whether it feels like it can press on with the 21st ofjune easing. There are two clear competing views. Without alarm bells being sounded some who are watching the spread of the India Variant and thinking this looks like we should slow things down when it comes to easing. Others say there� s really no reason at this point for us to be doing that, that we should be pressing on and restoring what many people call our freedoms. Many in the Hospitality Industry are looking at this and saying we need clarity, time to prepare for our businesses. The latest from government is that there has been no final decision. Last we heard from the prime Minister Week is that he couldn� t see anything in the data recently which suggested a slowing but the watchword is still very much caution. We can expect to hear the government� s final decision about the next stage of easing about June The 14th. About the next stage of easing about June The 14th a 29 year old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a woman and a child, and the injuring of a Police Officer in lincolnshire. Daniel boulton was photographed being detained by police in the hubbard� s Hill Area of louth at around midday today. He is currently in custody, where he will be held for questioning. Lincolnshire police have named the Mother And Son as bethany Vincent And Darren henderson, who is nine. Darren henson. Police are searching for up to seven people, after a 14 year old boy was stabbed to death in birmingham. Officers say the teenager was attacked in college road, in the Kingstanding Area of the City, at about 7. 30 last night. Police say the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The headlines on Bbc News. Zero coronaVirus deaths within 28 days of a positive test have been announced by the Uk Government today, for the first time since the pandemic began. Parts of scotland, but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost nine months in lockdown in england, the Doctors Union the bma adds its voice to those calling for caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions later this month. At nearly £2 million a dose, zolgensma has been called the most expensive drug in the world. But now, through a discount deal, this revolutionary Gene Therapy is available on the nhs and a 5 month old baby has become one of the first children to be given it at a hospital In London. Arthur morgan received the ground breaking treatment for the genetic condition, spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disorder which shortens life. Our medical editor, Fergus Walsh reports. This is the world� s most expensive medicine. The List Price of zolgensma is almost £1. 8 million. But the nhs has negotiated a confidential discount which will enable dozens of affected infants to be treated each year. Five month Old Arthur is one of the first to benefit. He has spinal muscular atrophy, sma, a genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. Without treatment, those affected rarely live beyond the age of two. Arthur is unable to lift his head and struggles to move his arms and legs. But this single infusion should prevent further loss of nerve cells. It� s been massive ups and downs, but being able to now have the treatment is just going to be a Game Changerfor us, and give arthur the best possible life he could have. Around one in every 10,000 babies is born with spinal muscular atrophy. What is remarkable is, this one off treatment may permanently stop any further decline in arthur� s muscle function. So, how does Zolgensma Work . It contains a healthy copy of a missing or faulty gene called smn1. This is inserted into a harmless Virus. In the body, the Virus-gene'>Virus Gene into the nucleus of Motor Neuron cells. This is essential to prevent those cells from gradually dying. The now healthy Motor Neuron cells start producing the missing smn protein, which is vital for muscle function. Evelina children� s hospital In London is one of a handful of centres in the uk which will offer this ground breaking Gene Therapy. 20 years ago, a baby born with a severe form of sma would have a very shortened life expectancy. We can now offer treatment that can really alter the outlook for these children. Edward is eight months old. His parents hope he will be eligible for zolgensma, but they know the longer the treatment is delayed, the less effective it is. For his quality of life and how long his life could be, Zolgensma Isjust a Game Changer. And were just kind of patiently waiting, weve been waiting since last november, for zolgensma. Some other infants treated with zolgensma have seen their Condition Notjust stabilise but improve. Arthur� s parents say they know it� s not a cure, and they� re simply delighted that he� s been treated. A dedicated terminal has opened at Heathrow Airport for people arriving on a flight from any of the 43 countries on the government� s Red List. It comes after anger that people coming in from high Risk Covid countries were being made to queue with other passengers. Our transport correspondent, caroline davies, reports. When International Travel restarted last month, some could not wait to get away. But while this was the view in departures, in arrivals, passengers from green list, low risk countries queued up in the same hall as arrivals from high risk Red List countries. Since mid february, all arrivals from Red List countries have had to stay in Quarantine Hotels for ten days to stop the spread of variants of Concern. But before they go into isolation, some have spent hours queued up alongside other lower risk passengers. Despite the separate queues, some passengers felt very uncomfortable being so close for so long. Today� s change was welcomed as a way of limiting the spread of infection. It� s obviously been true that people coming directly from low risk countries are going to have the highest risk of being infected already, so separating them from people coming from other locations is critical. Airports are unfortunately really good places for the disease to transmit. They� re indoors, ventilation is not necessarily that good, so that separation is welcome. From today, any arrivals coming in on a direct flight from a red List Country will be processed at terminal three. The terminal has been brought back into operation after being closed during the pandemic. While neither side will confirm who is paying for the Reopening And Running of the terminal, it is understood the government is picking up a large of the cost. One of the biggest unions representing Border Force employees, the pcs, has said they have Concerns. It is a step in the right direction but what we should have had some discussion about making sure our members are safe. We have younger members who haven� t had the vaccinations. They� re dealing with people from those in the red zone, because there is a risk. So to some extent we need to have a discussion with management about how they will safeguard that. The Home Office have said the Border Force is mobilising additional staff to help minimise queueing times for compliant passengers. Whilst a Government Spokesperson said the new dedicated terminal at heathrow for arrivals from Red List countries will enable passengers to be processed as safely and efficiently as possible. International travel is likely to remain very different for a while to come and heathrow has said it expects to have a dedicated Red List terminal for some time. Caroline davies, Bbc News. A postmortem has found Sarah Everard died from compression of the neck. The 33 year old disappeared on third march while walking home in clapham, in South London. The metropolitan police say her family have been informed of the findings and are being supported. Two Serving Members of the army have been charged with Firearms Offences after being accused of trying to sell ammunition. 40 year old Kirtland Gill and 32 year old Rajon Graham, both from berkshire, were arrested following an investigation by the metropolitan police� s flying squad. Organisers of the French Open Tennis Tournament say they feel sorry and sad for the world women� s number two, Naomi Osaka, who� s withdrawn from the competition, saying she� s Suffering Problems with her Mental Health. The japanese player had been fined 10,000 pounds for refusing to speak the japanese player had been fined £10,000 for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. She said she wanted to protect herself after suffering Long Bouts Of Depression since winning herfirst grand Slam Title in 2018. Joe lynsky has more. Naomi osaka called it a situation she never imagined. At this French Open she has taken a stance, refusing to speak to the press after matches. Now she has pulled out of the tournament. Osaka won her first match on sunday but 24 hours later, she wrote this on twitter. Osaka says she has suffered long bouts of dispersion since winning the us open three years ago, and she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the media. Now, she says she is taking time away. Osaka chose not to speak to the press, she said, to preserve her Mental Health. Tennis authorities fined her and threatened disqualification. Now, some feel the sport could learn lessons. Had the organisers known that she was suffering from depression, would they have gone out so strongly with the statement . Probably not. I think saying that she was potentially going to be defaulted was always quite strong and maybe unnecessary, but here we are. And i think it is a real disappointment for the tournament that she has had to withdraw, but also for herself, that she has been dealing with this for so long and no one knew. I do remember being in floods of tears in some Press Conferences, but as a much older women, life is in a very different place, i have been able to put sport into some sort of context. If she could try and shift her mindset into understanding how the press fits with the sport to be able to promote it. If we want tennis to keep going as one of the big sports out there for people to watch, we need the whole press and the media and the players to work together. Last night, Serena Williams spoke out. She had just won the tournament� s first Night Match but she feels this has cast a shadow. Ifeel for naomi, ifeel like i wish i could give her a hug because i know what it� s like. I� ve been in those positions. Everyone is different and everyone handles things differently, so, you know, you just have to let her handle it the way she wants to. The french Tennis Federation said they were sorry and sad for Naomi Osaka, and that they are committed to athletes� well being. This came about from osaka not wanting to talk, but now, her and the sport will look for dialogue, as tennis tries to repair things with one of its greatest stars. Joe lynskey, Bbc News. Fishmongers� hall terrorist Usman Khan was shot at 20 times by Armed Police before he died on london bridge, an inquest has heard. He stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones at a Prisoner Rehabilitation Conference at the hall on 29 november, 2019. He injured two others before being shot dead by officers. The inquest into the 28 year old� s death, being held at guildhall City'>In The City of london, is due to last two weeks. Daniel sandford has been following today� s hearing. fight Daniel Sandford has been following Todays Hearing Todays Hearing. And incredibly dramatic day Todays Hearing. And incredibly dramatic day for Todays Hearing. And incredibly dramatic day for the Todays Hearing. And incredibly dramatic day for the inquest i Todays Hearing. And incredibly i dramatic day for the Inquest Jury as dramatic day for the inquestjury as they watched footage, much of it body worn footage, of the moment Usman Khan was killed. Footage starts with Usman Khan being chased out of fishmongers� hall by three men, having fatally stabbed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones. Those three men tackled him to the ground and they are holding him when the Firearms Officers arrive. You hear them saying Armed Police, don� T Move. One of the three men said that Usman Khan had killed three women. One of the Firearms Officers started shouting, he� s got a bomb. They pulled Darren Frost off Usman Khan and then a taser is followed by a Firearms Officer. At almost the same time another Firearms Officer opens fire, firing two shots, shouting at the public to get back and telling Usman Khan to stay still. The jury were told at that point that Usman Khan may have said no, allah akhbah. Then there is a Police Helicopter Overhead and you hear audio from the tactical Firearms Officer in the area and they talk about Usman Khan having a explosive device. Saying he was trying to get up, they were worried about people walking under the bridge and at one point the tactical Firearms Adviser says critical shot authorised, in other words giving permission for a chop to be fired to kill Usman Khan for a shot to be fired. It cut back to body worn footage of officers with guns trained on Usman Khan talking about the fact that he has an ied taped up and that there are wires. At one point Usman Khan sits up wires. At one point Usman Khan sits up and the Police Officers opened fire again. About eight shots were fired at that point and eventually an officer says he� s down. Another officer says ceasefire. You hear one officer says ceasefire. You hear one of the officer saying on the radio, numerous shots fired, suspect appears neutralised. Thejury heard that in all across those 15 minutes some 20 shots were fired by some six Firearms Officers and Usman Khan after that didn� T Move any more. Thank you. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. Hello, there. It� s the first day of meteorological summer and The Sun is out across much of the country. Temperatures probably peaking at 26 Degrees Today around Greater London, perhaps the North West of wales. There� s more sunshine coming through in Northern Ireland and western scotland. But the highlands won� t be the hotspot today. There could be one or two showers here for a while earlier this evening and overnight. We� ll see more low cloud on the East Coast of scotland and across the Northern Isles filtering through the Central Belt later by which time the first signs of showers in the far South West of england and the channel islands. For many it� s going to be a dry, clear and warm night. But a change in the weather for tomorrow in the South West of england. Some heavy showers, thunderstorms drifting north into wales, Clipping Hampshire and eventually arriving into the West Midlands as well. A strong wind will force some of the low cloud onto the coast of eastern Scotland And North east england, pegging those temperatures back, but ahead of the showers, North West england, down through the midlands and the South East, this is where we� ll see the highest temperatures. Hello, this is Bbc News. The headlines Virus'>Zero CoronaVirus deaths within 28 days of a positive test have been announced by the Uk Government today for the first time since the pandemic began. A slow down to the easing of lockdown for large parts of scotland, but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost nine months in lockdown. I do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary, but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through this. In england, the Doctors Union, the bma, adds its voice to those calling for caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions later this month. A revolutionary Gene Therapy is given to a 5 month old baby at a london hospital. Arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world� s most expensive drug. Being able to now have the treatment is going to be a Game Changerfor us and gives arthur the best possible life he could have. Heathrow airport opens a terminal specially for people arriving from � Red List� countries, after Concerns they had been too close to other passengers. A two Week Delay to birmingham� s � clean Air Zone�. High polluting vehicles will be charged to drive into the City centre, but payments won� t start today, as originally planned. And after Naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open, questions about how professional Tennis Deals with the Mental Health of its superstars. Sport and let� s get a full Round Up from the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. In 30 minutes time we will know which 26 england players will be heading to the European Championship later this month. Gareth southgate names his squad at 5 00pm, but Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood won� t be involved. The 19 year old has ruled himself out because of an underlying injury. He was expected to be in the final squad after scoring 12 goals in 52 games for Manchester United this season. Meanwhile, the bbc understands that greenwood� s united teammate, jesse lingaard, who impressed on loan at west ham, has also not been selected. That means there are five other players that will have to be trimmed. One of them could be a right back afterfour were named in the 33 last week. So trent Alexander Arnold is competing with kieran tripper, Reece James and Kyle Walker to be selected. England could also be Concerned about harry maguire, who missed wednesday� s Europa League final through injury. Jordan henderson, as well, hasn� t played for liverpool since february because of injury, but he too is aiming to make the final 26. It� ll be announced in a few hours time at 5pm. Meanwhile, some worrying news for the Scotland Team ahead of the tournament. Midfielderjohn fleck has tested positive for covid at the squad� s Training Camp in spain. The Sheffield United player will now self isolate and will not travel with the squad to portugal for tomorrow� s friendly against the netherlands. The rest of the squad have been tested and have all returned negative results. There� s less than two weeks to go now until their first match against the Czech Republic at hampden park. Staying with football, the Everton Manager Carlo ancelotti is in talks to take over at real madrid. Zinedine zidane left the Spanish Club last week after failing to win a trophey all season. So it looks like ancelotti will return to madrid for a second spell, afterjust 18 months in charge on merseyside. The italian has won 15 major trophies in his career and guided real to the Champions League Title when he was last at the club in 2014. Organisers of the French Open say they feel sorry and sad that Naomi Osaka felt she had to withdraw from the tournament, to protect her Mental Health. The World Number two was fined for refusing to speak to the media after her matches. She said she wanted to protect herself after suffering Long Bouts Of Depression, since winning herfirst Grand Slam in 2018. Osaka will now take some time away from the game and said she hopes to work with the sport� s organisers in the future, about how to make things better for the players, press and fans. Ido remember i do remember being in tears and some i do remember being in tears and some press i do remember being in tears and some Press Conferences but as a much older woman some Press Conferences but as a much older Woman Life is in a different place older Woman Life is in a different place and older Woman Life is in a different place and i older Woman Life is in a different place and i have been able to put Sport Place and i have been able to put sport into place and i have been able to put sport into context. If she could shift sport into context. If she could shift their sport into context. If she could shift their mindset into understanding how the press fits with the understanding how the press fits with the sport to be able to promoted because we want tennis to be one promoted because we want tennis to be one of promoted because we want tennis to be one of the big sports for people to watch be one of the big sports for people to watch we need a whole press and the media to watch we need a whole press and the media and the players to work together~ meanwhile, it� s day three at roland garros and World Number one ashleigh barty� s already through to the second round. But she didn� t have it all her own way against american bernarda pera. Barty, who won the tournament two years ago, had to receive treatment in the third set, but battled through to win 6 4, 3 6, 6 2. England� s cricketing summer officially gets underway tomorrow with their first Test Match against new zealand at lordS And Bowler Stuart Broad will be the team� s vice captain. Despite this being the start of his 14th summer in the england team, broad� s recent performances show that he� s still right at the top of the international game. And with regular deputy ben stokes out injured, Captainjoe Root has chosen broad to be his right hand man. Its very exciting for him. He has been a senior player for a long time now, as you are well aware. He has got a very good relationship within the Dressing Room and speaks very well, has avery good understanding of the game and he is an obvious fit for the role in the absence of ben. That� s all the sport for now. As we� ve been hearing, the easing of Lockdown Restrictions in much of scotland has been paused. Most of the country was due to drop down to level one in the five Tier System from next week. But the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said 13 areas in the Central Belt including edinburgh, Dundee And Stirling, would stay in level two because of a rising number of cases. Glasgow, which had been subject to stricter rules, will move down a tier to level two on saturday. Pubs and restaurants will be able to sell alcohol indoors, and a Travel Ban will be lifted. Our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon is In Glasgow, and she told me more about Nicola Sturgeon� s announcement. She did say the situation is highly precarious because well over half of the new daily cases are down to this very transmissible version, The Indian Variant of covid and the R Number here in scotland is, she said, almost certainly above one. So that meant Nicola Sturgeon said it was necessary to press pause on the easing of restrictions in some of the more highly populated areas of scotland, where perhaps there are more cases of the Virus. Currently 14 Council Areas in total, including glasgow which is moving down from level three to level two, which is good news for people here in scotland� s largest City. They� ve been under very tough restrictions now for 277 days. But that means from friday they� ll be able to hug their Loved Ones, they� ll be able to have a drink indoors in pubs and cafes, and restaurants. And they� ll be able to meet in each other� s homes. But it does mean that there is this pause in what was originally intended to be a move down to level one nationally onjune the 7th. 14 Council Areas will remain for now at level two. 15 Council Areas will go down to level one, and the three largest island communities, shetland, orkney and the Western Isles, will move to level zero. So, a very mixed picture, but Nicola Sturgeon said to avoid being knocked off course, she felt the country must be cautious, but she did also say that vaccinations are opening the way to a less restrictive way of dealing with covid, that they are changing the game. Social workers are warning that a generation of children in need of help may have been missed because of the pandemic. A Bbc Investigation found there� s been a 20 drop in the number of children being put into care in wales since March 2020, compared with the previous year. The british association of Social Workers fears safeguarding opportunities have been hampered by Lockdown Restrictions and say it� s a picture reflected across the uk. Tomos morgan reports. I was quite severely abused by my parents emotionally and physically. I went into care just simply because my home was not suitable for a young person to live in. Emma from Essex And Taylor from north wales say they have both benefited from going through the care system. And then i went into a children� s home and on the whole it was quite good being around other children, i had some new experiences. I think going into foster care really did give me a different outlook on life. Over the last 12 months, those on the frontline of protecting children, such as teachers and Social Workers, have been hampered by social Distancing And Lockdown measures. Figures obtained by the Bbc Show that in wales alone last year, there was a dropped of 20 in Child Protection orders, in other words, children going into care, compared to the previous year. Unions suggest that it is a similar picture across the uk. In a non covid year, those figures may be perceived to be a positive, but considering the social effects of lockdown on our society, some fear that children may have been missed, left in unsafe homes, and that those numbers could rise substantially as the pandemic comes to an end. All the time that we� re not identifying the support that young people need, they� re being damaged, there is a whole, potentially a whole generation of children and young people who are being traumatised, not being safeguarded, and that� s simply not acceptable. Both Taylor And Emma are also very worried for those that could have been missed due to Lockdown Restrictions. I understand that a lot of young people will have been missed, and its such a shame that people are being missed, but they dont know any different, they think what they are going through is 0k, and that is what is the worrying thing, and thats whats Concerning, because they dont know what theyre going through is probably Abuse Or Neglect or anything like that. I don� t think we are always going to hear about it until these children will become adults, or something really bad happens, like the child ends up dying or something, when there could have been some sort of intervention, like a school offers that intervention, i think. The british are so of Social Workers are calling for a demand in referrals and a clear Route Map out of lockdown so that they can work without restrictions. In separate statements, the devolved government is across the uk say they recognise the hard work that those safeguarding on the frontline have been carrying out and they were working alongside the sector to fulfil any future demands. Emma is now working on a Phd And Taylor aims to build her own Production Company in the future, both very much focused on brighter days ahead. Tomos morgan, Bbc News. Hundreds of migrants have reached the uk by boat in the past week. More than 3,700 people have made the crossing so far this year. That� s double the figure for the same period last year. The government has once again pledged to crack down on people smugglers, organising the crossings. But human rights groups warn not enough is being done. Simonjones reports from dover. We take to the water at dawn. It is warm and the sea is flat. It is not long before we come across the latest group of people making a journey from france in what has been an extremely biz all week busy week for channel crossings, a smallbone with 12 people on board, their destination, dover. It is pretty calm out here in the channel but nevertheless the people on board this boat are using plastic containers to get water out of the boat. It was being shadowed by a french vessel as it headed towards uk waters, but there was no attempt to intervene or turn the boat back. The coastguard in dover are aware the boat is on its way. We follow it to make sure it doesn� t get into any difficulty while we await for the arrival of the border. More than 600 migrants have made the crossing in the past week, bringing the total so far this year to more than 3700 people, double the figure for the first five months of last year. Although this is a very visible route to the uk, asylum applications in the last year actually fell by 24 . With the white shrouded in sea mist, at times the boat doesn� t appear to know in which direction to head. White. About an hour after we first spotted the boat carrying migrants, the Border Force have now arrived, and the migrants will now be taken to dover for processing. The local mp says a new trend is emerging. In recent weeks, we have seen not only an increase in numbers overall but we have seen an increase in the number of unaccompanied young women and girls who have come into the country through this route. And that is worrying, because they are coming in from what are known to be the eritrean and vietnamese roots, closely associated with modern slavery sex trafficking. The government has unveiled a new plan for immigration aimed at breaking the Business Model of the people smugglers organising the journeys. Others are calling for more safe, legal roots to claim asylum. As the summer approaches, crossings are likely to increase, along with the pressure for change. Simon jones, Bbc News. Peru has announced the country� s real number of coronaVirus deaths is more than double what was previously thought. According to the new official figures, 180,000 people have died of covid19 in peru. That� s now the world� s highest death rate, per head of population. Sara monetta reports. Families have been decimated by the coronaVirus in peru� s capital, lima. The second wave of the pandemic is ravaging the country, and the Death Toll is rising. On monday, the government announced what most people already knew, that the actual number of Covid Related Deaths is much higher than previously acknowledged. The prime minister said it was the government� s duty to make the revised data public, for transparency� s sake. Until now, the official statistics had the Death Toll at slightly over 69,000. The revised data put the number at more than 180,000. For months, frontline doctors and relatives had lamented that official numbers were not reflecting the reality they were living. Translation the dead are being taken out of the hospital every day. People are admitted to the hospital every day and we know nothing. Relatives wake up here in the cold and sometimes we don� t get the full report, that� s the truth. Experts say that the discrepancy was mostly due to the fact that a death would be recorded as covid related only if the patient had been tested. The problem is that peru doesn� T Test that much, a lot of antibody tests and other quick tests have been used, and sensitivity has been very low. The new Death Toll could help understand better how the Virus has spread in the country and how to prepare for future waves. But for frontline workers, the emergency is now, and they feel like they are losing this battle. Translation our Health System does not meet the necessary conditions to care for patients. There has been no Government Support with oxygen, with Intensive Care beds. We do not have enough vaccines at the moment. The first line of care has not been reactivated. All this makes us the first country in the world in terms of mortality. A grim record for such a small country. Sara monetta, Bbc News. The headlines on Bbc News Virus'>Zero CoronaVirus deaths within 28 days of a positive test have been announced by the Uk Government today for the first time since the pandemic began. A slow down to the easing of lockdown for large parts of scotland, but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost nine months in lockdown. In england, the Doctors Union, the bma, adds its voice to those calling for caution over the full lifting of covid restrictions later this month. As we� ve been hearing a five month old baby has become one of the first children to receive a ground breaking Gene Therapy on the nhs, raising hopes of helping many more. Arthur morgan was given zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy. The nhs negotiated a discount for the treatment, which would normally cost nearly Two Million pounds. A little earlier, i asked professor tom gillingwater, professor of anatomy at edinburgh university, for his reaction to baby arthur� s Gene Therapy treatment. It� s wonderful news, isn� t it . I remember first hearing about these therapies about ten years ago in a scientific Research Conference and it seemed like it would be a dream come true if it could be delivered. And to hear patients such as baby after receiving the treatment in hospitals in the uk is wonderful news. As the family said, it� s a real Game Chamber in the treatment of sma, but moving forward, treatment for many neurological conditions. Why is it so expensive . I know you work within the field and in particular nutrient. Why does it cost so much . Well, that� s a good question. There are many factors that lead to the pricing of new medicines. There can be The Sunk Research And Development costs which, for something like zolgensma, will be very high. It� s an incredibly new technology, really for the first time being used properly in patients with these conditions. But there are factors such as the Cost Benefit Analysis that the Drug Companies can undertake. What kind of benefits to the drugs deliver, and the level of competition in the marketplace for treatment. One of the good things i think for sma is that zolgensma is one of three therapies that are really starting to emerge and become available to patients on the nhs in the uk, to treat this disease. A lot of questions now about screening. When you talk about Cost Benefit Analysis, is the cost of the treatment a better bet for the nhs, say, than treating a patient for the duration of their life . Well, essentially, without treatment such as zolgensma, there isn� T Anything that can be given as a therapy for these children, so it� s almost all or nothing. The key here i think is that with the patients who have received the treatment, they are going to reach milestones in their life in terms of being able to sit up perhaps, even walk. They are the kind of rewards and returns that are not available without the therapy. One thing we know is that the earlier you can deliver the treatments, the better the outcomes will be. Early treatment to the patients can have a massive effect on their life and i think the costs are being calculated with that in mind. There are four types or Forms of sma. Which form is the most dangerous . Because you can get type four as an adult as well. Absolutely. The type of sma that the young babies like arthur are likely to have is type one. That� s the most severe form of the disease. It affects about 50 of the total sma patient population. As you say there are milder Forms of the condition which often manifest in older patients, type two, type three and type four. The patients with the milder and late onset Forms of the disease will often have a longer Life Span and perhaps less debilitating muscular symptoms. However those patients also are looking for treatment. One of the big challenges for the field is being able to develop the therapies further so they are useful in those patients with milder Forms of the disease rather than just in these very severe Forms. Thank you for your time. Birmingham has introduced a � clean Air Zone� City'>In The City but drivers won� t have to pay the £8 charge for the most polluting vehicles for another two weeks. Some motorists reported problems, as they tried to pay in advance for their journeys. The council says there� ll now be a fortnight� s Grace Period to allow people to get used to the system. Our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, is in birmingham and has this update. A bit of a turn around for City'>Birmingham City council. At 9am they were telling us that the clean Air Zone was definitely going ahead. A couple of minutes later they said they� d decided to delay it for a couple of weeks. As you say, the idea is to charge polluting vehicles for going into the centre of the City. £8, for buses, vans and taxis. £50 for lorries and buses. Sorry, cars, vans and taxis. And birmingham is not the only City-or-town'>City Or Town that will be getting one of these clean Air Zones. They are being introduced in towns and cities across the country as part of a Government Effort to reduce Air Pollution. It� s up to drivers to find out whether their vehicles are exempt or not. You can go on the Government Website to find out. And just to make things a little bit more confusing, the charges and rules vary from town to town. Some places, like birmingham, will be charging all vehicles. Some places, private cars won� t be charged and in some towns such as nottingham, they� ve already done so much to reduce Air Pollution that they say they don� T Need to charge any vehicles at all. So, what happened in birmingham . Like you say, a lot of people said they had trouble paying for the system and they also had an avalanche of applications for late exemptions, so they said they felt people jusT Needed a week or two more to make sure they understood how the system worked. Plastic is a flexible, tough material that� s used in many different ways but it� s difficult to dispose of and can cause environmental havoc. One artist in brazil is highlighting both the durability and the danger that plastic presents. Tim allman explains. In sao paolo, a little exhibition of the greats. Well, sort of. The works of edvard munch, Vincent Van Gogh and Andy Warhol amongst others, all made using plastic bags. Eduardo srur takes scraps of the stuff to produce his recreations. The only paint the dyes used as part of the industrial process. Translation | went to this contemporary moment in which plastic dominates everything and everyone. I make an accumulated cluster of plastic bags that ends up creating this image that you see. These are intricate, detailed pieces of work, but they are more than just clever copies. There is a message here. Great art is timeless, but will plastic waste outlast creative imagination . Translation i predict these works will remain for many years in the history of mankind. We know that the Mona Lisa is much older than 200 years. The plastics that we use will also be in nature for more than 200 years. Eduardo� s work should, covid willing, go on display later this year. Plastic not always so fantastic. Now it� s time for a look at the weather. Hello there. It� s another warm and sunny day for most of us today. Perhaps a bit warmer than it was yesterday. Let me show you the Satellite Picture first of all. We have seen more cloud in the Western Isles of scotland. The far west of Northern Ireland producing one or two spots of rain, that� s moving away. So more in the way of sunshine here. Not a great deal of that low cloud coming onto the North Sea Coast. That could lap onto the East Coast of scotland, but generally it� s dry and sunny. Those temperatures probably getting up to 26 degrees, Greater London and perhaps the North West of wales as well. The highlands not expected to be a hotspot though. A bit more cloud and this evening there will be a few showers as well. Those will fade away overnight. Continuing to see low cloud for the Northern Isles onto the East Coast of scotland and moving into the Central Belt as well. By The End of the night signs of showers in the far South West of england and the channel islands. For many it� s going to be dry, clear and quite a warm night too. The signs of change in the South West. We� ve got the Showers Developing, pushing their way into wales. They could be heavy and they could be thundery. Those will work their way into Hampshire And Move eventually into the West Midlands as well. Ahead of that, for many there will be lots of sunshine to come and the highest temperatures will be ahead of those showers across North West england and the midlands and into the South East of england before we get some showers in the evening. Cooler around some of the North Sea Coast and also with a stronger wind. But where we do have The Sunshine it� s going to be strong sunshine and high uv levels once again. Wednesday sees the peak of the temperatures. This Weather Front continues to bring some showers northwards during the evening and overnight. Still some heavy ones left over first thing on thursday before those become fewer and lighter as they drift away into Northern England and continue northwards into scotland. Further south and for much of england and Northern Ireland it may well be cloudy for a while but it will brighten up more and we will get some sunshine coming through as well. Temperatures won� t be quite as high on thursday but still a pleasantly warm day for the South East of England And East anglia in particular. By the evening though we could see some Showers Developing here in the far south of england. Those could contain some thunder as they develop and spread northwards through the Midlands Into Eastern Parts of england by Friday Morning and Eastern Scotland before moving away into the north sea. Then more in the way of sunshine during the day on friday. It does cloud over in the west as the breeze picks up in Northern Ireland. 17 degrees here. Those temperatures a bit lower than today but nearer normal for this time of the year. This is Bbc News. I� m ben brown. The headlines Virus'>Zero CoronaVirus deaths within 28 days of a positive test have been announced by the Uk Government today for the first time since the pandemic began. A slowdown to the easing of lockdown for large parts of scotland, but rules will ease In Glasgow after almost nine months in lockdown. I do not want to keep a single part of this country in tougher restrictions or any restrictions for longer than necessary, but i do have a duty to continue to navigate us through this. A revolutionary Gene Therapy is given to a five month old baby at a london hospital. Arthur morgan is treated for a spinal disorder with the world� s most expensive drug. Being able to now have the Treatment Isjust going to be a Game Changer