Decades on the throne. And whos afraid of the Big Brown Bear . Not this American Teenager, who fought it off to save her three pet dogs. The Prime Minister has defended a Cash Injection for Catch Up learning in schools in england and confirmed this lunchtime there will be more money later, in addition to the £1. 4 Billion announced this morning. That amount has been condemned as a damp squib by teachers� leaders. Labour also says the plans dont go far enough. Its understood the treasury was unwilling to commit to a more ambitious plan, costing about £10 billion. Our Education Correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports. This is our reception children here. Theres all sorts going on. This is Ash Green Community primary in halifax. How are we doing . Some of the children have missed nearly a year of in school learning. Were re going over things that they did in reception and in year one. So, simple things like holding your pencil correctly. The past few months have been about catching up in the classroom. Yes, its my handwriting, because i hadnt done that much since lockdown, and its gone a bit different since. Ive been at home for such a long time, and ive got quite used to being at home and when you came back to school, i bet you were a bit tired, werent you, doing all these activities . Yeah. Tell me what that was like . Yeah, as soon as i went home, i was pretty much asleep. Some of the children are struggling with concentration and confidence. They now work in smaller groups, so teachers can identify any issues. A lot of them stopped believing in themselves. Theyve not had the basic skills that they need. For example, my class in year three, theyve not had the year two knowledge that they need to succeed in year three. There are lots of additional activities to help children learn and play, but there are even bigger challenges. Its important that when you go home, you feel relaxed and comfortable, and that they can talk to you, you can talk to them. Yeah . The school has a full time social worker. Since children started returning to the classroom, his caseload has doubled. The children are coming in and theyre disclosing arguments, fights, parents, carers, physical abusing them, emotionally abusing them. Its the second morning that she said she had no tea last night. This school says it needs more money for an additional social worker. Today, the government in england has announced £1. 4 Billion for tuition and training. Teaching unions say the money is well below the amount needed for children to Catch Up. The Department For Education says its doing its best in difficult times to stop the most disadvantaged children falling further behind. I didnt and i dont think the Prime Minister or the chancellor did either, wanted to be in a situation where we were waiting for a comprehensive Spending Review to get money out of the door in order to be able to have a positive impact in Terms Of childrens lives. Labour has criticised the funding and says young people must be the priority. Children cant learn well if they are worried, if they are anxious, if they are not having time to play and develop, so we are also suggesting support for extracurricular activities, play, drama, art and so on, and of course in putting in mental Health Support in schools so that if children are struggling a little with their Well Being, there is someone on hand to help them. This headteacher says schools need to be given more funding and the flexibility to decide how to spend it. If you dont put that time in to think, 0k, i want that child to be brilliant in maths, but before i do, ive got to make sure his family are ok, ive got to make sure that Hes 0k emotionally, if you dont see all of that, then youre not going to get anywhere with these children. What youre going to end up with is people who, at The End of it, are going to say, do you know what . Did we actually give the best for these children . Well, we did the best that we could do with the means that we had, but the means we had werent enough. The Education Policy Institute estimates that todays announcement equates to £310 per pupil in england. It calculates wales has announced a similar amount and existing funding for scotland and Northern Ireland is £200 per pupil. 51. What would 51 divided by 100 be . Catching up wont be quick or easy. For schools like this one, at the heart of a community, there is a long road to recovery. Elaine dunkley, Bbc News, in halifax. The Prime Minister has been speaking about the governments plans in this lunchtime. Of course, there is going to be more coming down the track, but dont forget this is a huge amount that we are spending, on top of the £14 Billion we spent as soon as we came in to increase the funding for primary schoolchildren, secondary schoolchildren, make sure every teacher started on a starting salary of £30,000. What we are now doing is the biggest Tutoring Programme anywhere in the world. There is no question that many kids are incredibly resilient, they bounced back very well from the pandemic, but a lot of them also need help to Catch Up, to make good for the loss of learning that has taken place during the pandemic. All the evidence shows the best way to do Thatis Evidence shows the best way to do that is to focus on the individual pupil, the individual child, as much as you can, and so that is why we are going for tutoring in this massive way. And we are going to be supplying 15 weekly sessions, which is, we think, good for three to five months of attainment for a pupil, and what it should do is give offence to the schools, obviously, to buy india tutoring, to support tutoring networks, tutoring clevis, Support Tutors coming in to do it, but also to give parents the confidence that their child is going to get particular attention to help them Catch Up, but also to find potential in kids that may be missed in the back of the classroom, so I Think tutoring can make a huge difference. We are also supporting putting a lot of extra money into teaching and supporting teachers as well. Great schools, the difference between a great school and a not so great school, is all about the teachers and the leadership and the imagination that they show, and what we want to do is Support Teachers who may be brilliant teachers but who may be brilliant teachers but who now may be a need to make a move to being head of Sixth Form or even head of the school, we want to support them, give them the extra grounding they need to make that change as well. So it is a big package for tutoring, a huge package for tutoring, a big package for tutoring and hopefully they will be more to come. Lets speak to our political correspondent greg dawson. The Education Secretary says it is a pretty hefty amount of money but his critics say this is just Catch Up teaching on the cheap. Critics say this isjust Catch Up teaching on the cheap. Critics say this isjust Catch Up teaching on the cheap. Yes, in march of this year. Teaching on the cheap. Yes, in march of this year, Boris Teaching on the cheap. Yes, in march of this year, Boris Johnson Teaching on the cheap. Yes, in march of this year, Boris Johnson remarked | of this year, borisjohnson remarked that education was his biggest priority in Terms Of how the country recovers from the pandemic, and lots of people were waiting to see, what does that mean . And today we got the first indication with this commitment of £1. 4 Billion. The majority of that money going to Tutoring Sessions for those most affected by these months of distraction. But not we heard from Teaching Unions that much more needs to be committed in order to make up for all this lost time. We heard from the Prime Minister there, saying that actually more money is coming down the track. He did not go into specifics but it is expected thatis into specifics but it is expected that is part of the governments annual Spending Review in the autumn, so between now and then, it is safe to say we can expect a lot of negotiation between the treasury and the Department For Education over how much more money will be allocated in order to cover this gap allocated in order to cover this gap. 0ne allocated in order to cover this gap. One thing that is going to cost a significant amount of money if it happens will be longer School Days, but we got an indication from the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson this morning that he is in favour of that plan, but it will cost more money. Another senior conservative mp, who chairs the education select committee, said he also backed a longer School Day. Committee, said he also backed a longerSchool Day. He committee, said he also backed a longer School Day. He said of this £1. 4 Billion, it should not be sniffed at. It is a hefty starter but it is not the main course. Thank ou. Just some Breaking News coming in now as part of the Vaccination Programme, three quarters of all adults in the uk are now estimated to have received at least a first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine. Thats according to the latest official figures. In the next Half Hour or so, we are going to hearfrom the Health Secretary. Matt hancock will be speaking in oxford. He will be looking at some of the lessons that have been learned from the procurement of those vaccines and the administration of the whole system, sojust the administration of the whole system, so just confirmation, the administration of the whole system, sojust confirmation, three quarters of all adults in the uk have now received a first dose of the vaccine. A significant milestone in the Roll Out of the vaccines. Paramedics in england are to be offered Body Cameras after a rise in violent attacks on frontline Ambulance Staff. Thousands of them are assaulted each year, and theyve even been attacked when responding to Emergency Calls during the pandemic. The nhs is hoping to issue the Body Cam Equipment by The End of the month. Heres our Health Correspondent, anna collinson. Its three years since Gary Watson was attacked by a patient he was trying to help. The paramedic� s physical injuries have now healed, but the painful memories are with him for life. I had quite a bad rotator cuff injury, so torn ligaments down my right shoulder. I had significant bruising to one side of my face, scratch marks, gouge marks, yeah, just bruises, pretty much, up and down my body. My wife noticed maybe six months after the incident, a change in personality. Quite an angry person at home. Come to work, put on a smiley face, come home, you know, not quite the same. Stories like garys are unfortunately on the rise. Data shows that more than 3,500 Ambulance Workers were physically assaulted last year. Thats a 32 increase over five years. But its hoped that wearing Body Cameras could help. At a glance, you may not even notice them. Nhs england is rolling out these cameras to all ten of its ambulance trusts, in the hope they will de escalate the potentially violent situations. From spitting, biting, and verbal abuse, to kicking, Head Butting and punching. Its after a successful trial in the north east. Sadly they are needed, because our staff are being assaulted. Assaults have increased dramatically over the last few years from the public, on staff. So, we need to have that method of Recording Evidence for prosecuting, and its also a good deterrent, if somebody sees the camera, they are less likely to actually be aggressive and assault our staff. In london, there were also Body Camera trials. So, to start the shift, they have made it really easy for us, byjust coming in and using our id card, and it registers a Camera To Oui card. It flashes to tell me what camera to take, withdraw the camera, place it on the person, and thats ready to go and to activate whenever you need it. Some Ambulance Crews expressed concern about privacy, but they have been told that they can choose whether to wear Body Cameras. Services in wales and Northern Ireland say they are also considering introducing them, but the scottish Ambulance Service declined to comment. What would be your message to anyone watching who has maybe lashed out at a worker like yourself in the past . When you see someone in uniform, you see the uniform, but theres obviously a person thats wearing it. Every time a call comes down on the radio, you do think, is it going to be another one of thosejobs or is it going to be the normal day to dayjob . You just never know. Anna collinson, Bbc News. Werejoined now by tracy leatherland. She is a member of the uks largest union, unison, and a paramedic with the yorkshire Ambulance Service. Welcome to Bbc News. Just explain, because you have experienced both verbal abuse and even assault in the course of your work. Many people will find that incredible, given the work that you do. Will find that incredible, given the work that you do. Good afternoon. Sadl , It Work that you do. Good afternoon. Sadly. It is work that you do. Good afternoon. Sadly. It is quite work that you do. Good afternoon. Sadly, it is quite commonplace work that you do. Good afternoon. Sadly, it is quite commonplace for| sadly, it is quite commonplace for myself and colleagues, Notjust Paramedics but Ambulance Staff, to be assaulted or abused during our day to dayjobs. In the past, i have been regularly verbally abused. It has become quite commonplace now, which is quite sad that we accept it, but hopefully this will put an end to that. We dont go to work to be abused or assaulted. In the past, i have been with a drunken patient, possibly drugs as well, and stuck in the back of an ambulance. 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We are there to do a job, we are because we want to help people . We are there to do a job, we are because we enjoy. Do a job, we are because we enjoy doing thejob. It do a job, we are because we enjoy doing the job. It takes do a job, we are because we enjoy doing thejob. It takes its mental toll. You never know what you are going to be walking into, you never know whether the nextjob is a job with potentially you are going to be assaulted or abused. I have known colleagues that have had to leave front Line Ambulance Work because of the mental toll it has taken. They have physically not been able to do thejob. They have physically not been able to do the job. They have have physically not been able to do thejob. They have been physically assaulted but it takes a mental toll assaulted but it takes a mental toll as well. I assaulted but it takes a mental toll as well. ,. ,. , as well. I am looking at some of the numbers. As well. I am looking at some of the Numbers 3569 as well. I am looking at some of the numbers. 3569 ambulance as well. I am looking at some of the numbers. 3569 Ambulance Staff numbers. 3569 Ambulance Staff physically assaulted by the public in the last year. That is three times as many as just five years ago. Are you seeing that . Personally, it is more the verbal abuse that is more a daily occurrence. Iwork abuse that is more a daily occurrence. I work as a Solo Responder on innate response vehicle, i am responder on innate response vehicle, iam not responder on innate response vehicle, i am not in an ambulance at this point in my career, so there is only me there, i have to be extremely careful about what i am walking into. You kind of, as your career progresses, you build up a knowledge of what is safe and what is not. You kind of know what kind of situation is going to involve, but sometimes you dont even spot that. It can go from being a calm situation to a violent situation in seconds and hopefully the Body Cameras well, if not stop people from attacking paramedics and Front Line Ambulance Staff, it will give us the evidence to get these people prosecuted, because at the moment, evenif prosecuted, because at the moment, even if they do go to court, the sentences are quite lenient. You mentioned sentences are quite lenient. You mentioned the sentences are quite lenient. You mentioned the cameras. I wanted to ask you, because we said the plan is for all crews to be provided with these Body Cameras. What difference would that make on a day to Day Basis . I imagine it would not stop the abuse, but would it make you feel safer and push for more prosecutions . Feel safer and push for more prosecutions . Hopefully it will rovide prosecutions . Hopefully it will provide the prosecutions . Hopefully it will provide the Evidence Prosecutions . Hopefully it will provide the evidence If Prosecutions . Hopefully it will provide the evidence if We Prosecutions . Hopefully it will provide the evidence if we do | prosecutions . Hopefully it will provide the evidence if we do need to use them. This is how it happened, this is what happened, rather than my word against someone elses. My word against someone who is intoxicated, that does not give someone the right to Abuse And Assault me or any of my colleagues. I will be wearing a Body Camera when i will be wearing a Body Camera when i am on duty. It will only be activated in a situation where i feel threatened and i will tell the person that i am activating the camera and hopefully that will de escalate the situation, already taken steps de escalate the situation, already Ta Ken steps to de escalate the situation, already taken steps to de escalate it, but thatis taken steps to de escalate it, but that is there as a Last Resort, really. It that is there as a Last Resort, reall. ,. ,. ,. , that is there as a Last Resort, reall. ,. ,. ,. , really. It is good to hear from you. Thank you really. It is good to hear from you. Thank you for really. It is good to hear from you. Thank you for talking really. It is good to hear from you. Thank you for talking us really. It is good to hear from you. Thank you for talking us through i thank you for talking us through your experience. 0ne thank you for talking us through your experience. One of the Ambulance Crew members who will ultimately be equipped with Body Worn Cameras in an attempt to reduce the number of attacks. A big increase over the past five years. We are going to return to our top story. Im joined now by david laws, Executive Chairman of the Education Policy Institute, an independent Charity And Research body. There is a price, a number put on this, £1. 4 Billion. It has been criticised as being a damp squib and know when the enough to solve the problem of Catch Up learning. I5 know when the enough to solve the problem of Catch Up learning. Is it enou~h . Problem of Catch Up learning. Is it enough . No. Problem of Catch Up learning. Is it enough . No, sadly, ithink It Problem of Catch Up learning. Is it enough . No, sadly, I Think it is really a strikingly inadequate package of financial support when you consider that on average young people are probably too to three months behind in their learning across the country as a result of the pandemic and they may be four or five months behind. The reason i say it is almost certainly inadequate is firstly because we know the Education Recovery commissioner, who was appointed by the Prime Minister, came up with a plan which was about ten times the size of the extra money that the government has announced today. £15 billion rather than £1. 4 Billion, but if we think about what this many means to the average school, we know it is about £50 per year, average school, we know it is about £50 peryear, per average school, we know it is about £50 per year, per pupil, so £16 or £17 per pupil per term. Just think if you were a Head Teacher what you could buy, or rather not buy, in Terms Of Catch Up for that small amount of money. I see it we have got a very big Education Challenge in front of us and this plan from the government has turned out to be a bit of a mouse, the government has turned out to be a bit ofa mouse, im the government has turned out to be a bit of a mouse, im afraid. You have been a bit of a mouse, im afraid. You have been putting a bit ofa mouse, im afraid. You have been putting numbers on where there is a lost learning, and it really does depend on what subjects. English and maths in the spotlight, but very different catching up that needs to be done there. It begs the question how that many will be spent. How would you like it to be spent . I spent. How would you like it to be sent . ~. , spent . I think what the government is doinu , spent . I think what the government is doing. As spent . I think what the government is doing. As far spent . I think what the government is doing, as far as spent . I think what the government is doing, as far as it spent . I think what the government is doing, as far as it goes, spent . I think what the government is doing, as far as it goes, is is doing, as far as it goes, is spending some money on good things. Additional money for tutoring, Catch Up classes, also some support for the teaching workforce, but we really need a lot more than that. We know that Sir Kevin collins recommended extending School Days, so he would have had Catch Up classes After School, homework clubs. A lot of activities as well that would improve young people poss might Well Being. Most boat and After School clubs. That could be very important too. And probably an investment is early years education. And it should be targeted very heavily on the disadvantaged and those with special educational needs. We know that young people from poorer homes in higher levels of disadvantage have particularly fallen behind in the pandemic, and children in part of the country where covid has had a dramatic impact in closing schools, and for those sorts of reasons, other countries like the united states and the netherlands have put in place really significant educational Recovery Packages which are five or ten times the size of the funding announced by the government, not today but all of the financial packages so far, so the government really does need to look at this again, and if it hopes to Catch Up on this Loss Learning and to avoid particularly poor children falling behind, it has got to do more than this. ,. , ,. ,. ,. , this. There are many proposals that have been put this. There are many proposals that have been put forward this. There are many proposals that have been put forward in this. There are many proposals that have been put forward in terms this. There are many proposals that have been put forward in Terms Of. Have been put forward in Terms Of solving some of that missed learning. Shortersummer solving some of that missed learning. Shorter summer holidays, the Education Secretary has ruled that out, but an extended School Day still very much still on the agenda. But one would assume that Costs Money. It but one would assume that costs mone. , but one would assume that costs mone. ,. ,. , but one would assume that costs mone. ,. ,. , money. It Costs Money, and many that ou ht money. It Costs Money, and many that ou. Ht to be money. It Costs Money, and many that ought to be a money. It Costs Money, and many that ought to be a worthwhile money. It Costs Money, and many that ought to be a worthwhile investment i ought to be a worthwhile investment if you can recover the Loss Learning. We know from previous experiences where countries have lost a lot of Learning Due to some natural disaster or war, that it has a long Term Effect on the young people who miss out on that learning. It means there productivity is lower, are lower, and the taxes they can eventually pay to the exchequer is lower as well, thats why other countries seem to be in Education Recovery in a way that we are not. If It Government was serious about an extended School Day and all these other activities, extended School Day and all these otheractivities, it extended School Day and all these other activities, it would have made the announcement now, not simply set p the announcement now, not simply set up an enquiry. After all, schools need to know now what the plans are for the government so that they can plan properly for the Autumn Term, which starts in september. It is no use to them having some sort of enquiry to have a report at The End of this year. By then, it is much too late to make the changes. Quite clearly there too late to make the changes. Quite clearly there are too late to make the changes. Quite clearly there are a too late to make the changes. Quite clearly there are a finite too late to make the changes. Quite clearly there are a finite number of resources, there is only so much money to go around, and we know in the wake of this pandemic it is being divided up, the treasury says it will look at this again in the Spending Review, so this is not The End of the road. Should schoolsjust Hang On and wait for that . They could be more money once we get the Spending Review, once the dust has settled on this pandemic . I Spending Review, once the dust has settled on this pandemic . Settled on this pandemic . I think it is a very ill settled on this pandemic . I think it is a very ill concealed settled on this pandemic . I think it is a very ill concealed government | is a very ill concealed Government Secret that the reason that we have such a mouse of a Plant Today is that the treasury has opposed very strongly that major Recovery Plan that Sir Kevin collins put together for the Prime Minister, which was designed to be put together now so it can be implemented in the Autumn Term when it is needed. I am very sceptical about whether the government is serious about coming forward in the autumn with further significant measures. If there is going to be some kind of reason, it will need to be very soon, otherwise it will be too late for schools to plan for the Recovery Work they need to do and employ the staff they are going to need if they are going to seriously take on this challenge for the country. Seriously take on this challenge for the country the country. Thank you for being with us. A Government Adviser says the uks latest Coronavirus Data looks encouraging amid continuing debate over whether to end all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st Ofjune. Sirjohn bell, part of the governments vaccine taskforce, said we cannot scamper down a Rabbit Hole every time we see a new variant. New data from the Office For National Statistics shows the lowest proportion of Virus Related Deaths in england and wales for eight months. And yesterday the uk announced no Covid Related Deaths at all for the first time since the pandemic began. Our Health Correspondent Naomi Grimley reports. The good weather might be helping to make life feel more normal again but theres still a lot of uncertainty surrounding whether the final stage of Loosening Restrictions will go ahead. The scientific community is split, with some urging the Prime Minister to delay the next step on the 21st Ofjune in the face of new variants and others arguing for a more pragmatic approach. Today, one of the governments most high Profile Expert advisers said there needed to be balance to the discussion. If We Scamper down a Rabbit Hole every time we see a new variant, we are going to spend a long time huddled away, so I Think we do need to get a bit of balance in the discussion and keep our eyes on the serious disease that we are trying to prevent. This disease is here to stay, probably forever, but we do need to move on and try and make sure we suppress the disease as much as possible around the world because otherwise we are just going to sit here and get slammed by repeated variants as they come in the door. Yesterday, scotlands First Minister squeezed the brake on the easing of lockdown for 13 local authority areas, including edinburgh. They are to remain in their current level of restrictions instead of taking the next step out of lockdown next week. 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. Yesterday marked a milestone as there were no covid deaths announced by the government, for the first time since last march. But those urging Caution Point to case Numbers Nudging up again, with younger people still unvaccinated. All this has to be weighed up as we adapt to a life living with a virus which has changed all our lives. Naomi grimley, Bbc News. This lunchtime, the Prime Minister has been asked about whether the final step of Unwinding Restrictions in england can go ahead on 21stjune. Lets listen to what he said. Ican i can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we cant go ahead with step four or the opening on June The 21st, but we have got to be so cautious because there is no question the Awareness Data on Infection Rates is showing an increase. We always knew that was going to happen. We always said the unlocking steps we have taken would lead to increases in infection. What we need to work out is to what extent the Vaccination Programme has protected enough of us, particularly the elderly and vulnerable, against a new search. And there, im afraid, the data is just still ambiguous, and so every day we are having long sessions, we are interrogating all the data, we are looking at all the various models, and the best that scientists can say at the moment in their guidance to us is that we just need to give it a little bit longer. Im sorry that is frustrating for people, i know people want a clear answer about the way ahead forJune The 21st, but we have got to wait a little bit longer. The the 21st, but we have got to wait a little bit longer. Little bit longer. The Travel Industry and little bit longer. The travel. Industry and holidaymakers little bit longer. The Travel Industry and holidaymakers will be Industry And Holiday makers will be looking forward to what is said to morrow about International Travel. Can you give anyone any hope that they might be more countries added to the green list . You they might be more countries added to the green list . To the green list . You have got to wait and see to the green list . You have got to wait and see what to the green list . You have got to wait and see what the to the green list . You have got to wait and see what the joint wait and see what the joint Bio Security centres say and what the recommendations are about travel. We are going to try and allow people to travel, as i know that many people want to, but we have got to be cautious and we have got to continue to put countries on the red list, on the amber list, when that is necessary. I want you to know, we will have no hesitation in moving countries from the green list to the amber list, to the red list, if we have to do so. The priority is to continue the Vaccine Roll out and to protect the people of this country. The key thing i want to get over to Everybody Today is that when think that is clear from the data, two vaccines really are helpful in protecting you and your family against the virus, so get your second job. Lets cross live to Thejenner Institute in oxford where the Health Secretary Matt Hancock is speaking about the role of the nhs in the Vaccine Roll out. He will be speaking later. Hes expected to say the government backed lots of horses, investing at risk in different projects, two of which alone saved over One Million lives. There was a lot of funding for vaccines before we knew which was the most appropriate to face the pandemic. This is what is happening. We will take their life when the Health Secretary begins to speak. This coming in the week when the uk is hosting the health Ministers Meeting looking at the impact and lessons learned from the pandemic, we will take you life there when it begins. But first the weather. Not for the first time this week, attempted quite widely well up into the 20s, cooler for some north eastern coast with Extra Cloud, more breeze, also cooler down to the far South West where we see some showers which have also put across wales, continuing their journey northwards as we head through the ceiling and tonight. The Odd Rumble of thunder with the showers. Cloud filtering in through the night, misty and murky. And coasts, mild if not muggy, tempered his holding up around 15 celsius for some. Tomorrow, some shabby Rain Northwards across scotland, many places largely dry. Showery rain. Early Cloud Braking to reveal some spells of sunshine. Another one day across eastern areas, for most of us it will be cooler than it has been, slightly cooler feel with us through the weekend, rain at times but it will still be mostly dry. Hello this is Bbc News. The headlines. Therell be £1. 4 Billion for extra tuition for pupils in England Whove fallen behind, but Teaching Unions call the plans a damp squib and hugely disappointing. The uks latest Coronavirus Data looks encouraging, according to a leading Government Adviser, amid the debate on whether to end restrictions in england this month. Body cams for paramedics amid a rising wave of attacks on Ambulance Staff. Three quarters of adults in the uk are estimated to have received their first dose of a Covid 19 vaccine, according to new figures. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here we are. Good afternoon, well start at lords where england have taken a couple of wickets on the Opening Day of the first test against New Zealand. A Dream Debut for 0llie robinson, who got his first Test Wicket Tom latham gone for 23 after the tourists had won the toss and chosen to bat. Englands second breakthrough came after lunch, the big wicket of Kane Williamson Jimmy Anderson dismissing the skipper and delighted with that. New zealand are currently 113 2. For the first time since 2019, englands cricketers are playing in front of a Home Crowd, with around 7 and a half thousand at lords with around 7 and a Half Couldnt with around 7 and a half get back to sleep, so excited, couldnt get back to sleep, so excited, just feel lucky to be here. Just hea them coming out, and to watch just hea them coming out, and to watch hopefully then pick a few wickets watch hopefully then pick a few wickets out, that would be lovely. It wickets out, that would be lovely. It feels wickets out, that would be lovely. 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Looking forward to the day. L the british Diving Team for this summers 0lympics has been announced. Tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles hes won in the past as well as bronze at London 2012 and at rio fours years ago. The team also includes defending olympic Champion Jack Laugher and dan goodfellow. Rugby league, and leigh Centurions Head Coachjohn duffy has left the club after an eight game losing run in the 2021 super league. Duffy had been in charge since november 2018. His final game was the 40 16 defeat at Hull Kr On Sunday. Leigh replaced Toronto Wolfpack in the competition in december but are bottom of the table, having lost all their league matches this season. England, wales and scotland all play in warm up matches tonight, with this summers euros just over a week away. Gareth southgate says his england side not reaching the semifinals would be a failure. 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Were following events at the Jenner Institute where Matt Hancock is expected to speak in the next few minutes, he will look at the lessons learned from the Vaccine Roll out, also expected to talk about the Uk Backing lots of horses in his words, looking at different projects, the investments made by the government investments made by the government in the early days of the pandemic to make sure there was enough vaccine on Orderfor A Potential make sure there was enough vaccine on order for a potential solution to the pandemic. This coming in the same week that the uk is hosting the G7 Health Ministers Meeting, and they will be looking at some of those lessons learned and what could be done next as far as that Roll Out is concerned. Crucially, Vaccine Roll out in some developing countries that do not have the same access to the vaccines currently forwarded to many developed countries. This coming at a time when the Delta Variant, new name their World Health Organization changing some of the names rather than the indian variant, calling it the Delta Variant, continues to cause concern around the world. Nonetheless, news within the last Half Hour that three quarters of adults now have had that first vaccine dose, though that is not the two but three quarters have had that first dose of the vaccine, equating to just short of 39. 5 million people having that first dose, but hancock will probably point to the success of that Vaccine Roll out. 74. 9 of all adults now having that first dose. Lets listening to what the Health Secretary has to say. Lets listen in. Than Health Secretary has to say. Lets listen in. Lets listen in. An appropriate lace lets listen in. An appropriate lace to lets listen in. An appropriate place to hold lets listen in. An appropriate place to hold such lets listen in. An appropriate place to hold such a lets listen in. An appropriate place to hold such a meeting | lets listen in. An appropriate L Place to hold such a meeting at lets listen in. An appropriate place to hold such a meeting at such a critical time because of course over the last 18 months, faced with the greatest threat to Public Health in a lifetime and with a pandemic of a scale not seen before in living memory, we have all battled as a society, to get and keep Covid 19 under control. That battle remains today. We face the greatest challenges in peacetime. The Trade Offs between some of the most intrusive, invasions or peoples personal ad economic lives, set against the need to protect life itself. With this extraordinary challenge faced by the whole of humanity, science held out one great hope. That hope is vaccination. It is fitting that we are here at the Jenner Institute, here in oxford at the start of this G7 Health meeting, because it was Edward Jenner who first conceived of vaccination as the size of training the bodys immune System And Training the bodys a native ability to fight disease, so immunity can, that the suffering of that disease. Vaccination has saved more lives and prevented more misery than any other scientific endeavour. Just stop for a minute, imagine a world without a vaccine. Imagine smallpox and measles running rife, imagine where we would be now today without a vaccine against Covid 19. Today i want to reflect on this life saving endeavour and give my perspective on how we have got this far. The Uk Vaccination effort has without doubt been the best programme i have if it been the best programme i have if it been involved with. It has been an honour. I want to set up my thoughts, why and why in this country we have managed to make progress we have. Of course, this is not over until it is over everywhere. While today at will concentrate on the uk, and Roll Out here for which i am responsible, we must also play our part in the global Vaccination Roll out, and i will comment on the role we are playing on that. I am very proud that we were able to deploy the first ever clinically approved and vaccine in this country, and delivered 60 Million doses of three different vaccines into 39 Billion arms, as of midnight last night i can confirm that we now have given a first dose of vaccine to three quarters of the Adult Population of the united kingdom. Lots of people, stop me, and ask me how we did all this, so i thought only take the time to set it out as i see it. I believe that the uks Vaccination Success Story is not an accident. It is a result of the approach we took, decisions we made, decisions that had been made before, and i want to look at both what worked and what didnt work, one of the things i have noticed in government is that when something goes well, people seem to think everything went well, and it didnt. I want to take a step back and reflect on this extraordinary project, the extraordinary project, the extraordinary team, the Vaccine Heroes, and the extraordinary response of the public, because ultimately this project is one everyone is part of, and lots of people have said, people who have been involved in the programme, have set out the thing they thought and they think is important in what made us make the progress that we have, but the truth is it wasnt one thing. We had to get lots of things right. For me, there are four lessons that I Think we can take forward and i would like to take some time to go through them. The first lesson is to start early. As soon as we start responding to this crisis, we knew that a vaccine would be the best long Term Way out. Even before the first Covid 19 Case arrived in the uk, we started work on how to develop and by the vaccines that would ultimately make us safe. I vividly remember the first meeting that we had about a potential vaccine injanuary first meeting that we had about a potential vaccine in january 2020. Therefore Covid 19 was even called Covid 19, and just after we had cracked the genomic sequence of the pirate, i was told in that meeting that a vaccine had never been developed against any human coronavirus, that it would take at least five weeks to develop in normal times and that a Vaccine May never work five years. My view was that this is too important to fail, add the attitude i had at that point was that the benefit of a vaccine would be so big that all the resources of the land should be at the disposal of the vaccines team. I hope that is how it felt. I specifically remember a unique and somewhat timid professor turning to me when i asked how fast this could possibly be done and he said that everything went right, The Very Best we can hope for would be 12 to 18 months. Who would have thought that just 11 months later we would be the first country in the world with a clinically authorised vaccine . That professor, jonathan van tam, would be turning down strictly. Jct also is one of the heroes of the Vaccine Programme, and we will be meeting more of them later. Jvt. The team dared to believe and we set out to turn that belief into reality. We started early, put out a call for research, by march we were supporting six different projects including the Oxford Vaccine, alongside vital work on treatments including the recovery trial, which led to the discover that dexamethasone, the first proven treatment to reduce coronavirus mortality, these two projects alone both out of oxford any large part, have already saved over A Million lights globally. We asked the early questions, had to be creative, i remember asking, what will we regret not doing if we do not do it now . The answers came back, legions of answers, we will need freezers and syringes and glass vials, infrastructure, we will need a Supply Chain, manufacturing, a massive deployment operation. We knew that every day we took off the critical path to delivery meant thousands of lives and billions of pounds saved. I was often told that it was unlikely we would get a vaccine until well into 2021. I knew that if everything went right we needed to be ready for deployment also and ready for early deployment. Sometimes people have called me an optimist or worse. Yes, i am an unapologetic optimist, but i am irrational optimist. In this project we had to be interested in the reasonable worst Case Scenario but we also had to be interested in the reasonable best Case Scenario also, because thats roberts own challenges. If they vaccine did come good within 12 months, we needed to be ready to deploy it into peoples arms, and i own is believed to be could that through up its own. There is also another often undiagnosed piece of work we started early, building trust. All the Procurement And Logistics and science would have been for nothing if we couldnt build Peoples Trust in the vaccine. And get people to come forward and roll up their sleeves. But britains incredibly high levels of confidence around the vaccine are not an accidental, and they were not something that we could take for granted. We had to win trust. Trust is a crucial component of any major project. The way when trust is through and honesty. Being open about what we know and also about what we do not know and also about what we do not know the way to win trust. We were up front that there would be Side Effects add that we would have to manage them. We levels with people that Vaccine Supply is often lumpy and volumes differ from week to week. We were honest about the uncertainties, for instance that it will take time to discover what impact new Variant Ats might have. It is not easy to stand at a podium and say that there are questions we cannot get answer. Communicating uncertainty is hard and no one had ever faced anything like this, because this was a novel disease about which we knew little and were and are learning all the time. The public get theirs, so in my view the greatest respect you can give people is to give them the full picture, warts and all, right from the first moment. I think this has paid off. Vaccine confidence and crucially Uptake Rate in the uk are amongst the highest in the world, i am very proud of that. We started early on how we could make access to the vaccine fair. I know that if you eyebrows were raised when i said that the Film Contagion shaped my thinking about our Vaccine Programme, i should thinking about our Vaccine Programme, ishould reassure thinking about our Vaccine Programme, i should reassure said John Bale that it wasnt my Primary Source of advice, but when i watched that film a penny dropped John Bale. Notjust at that film a penny dropped John Bale. Not just at the vaccine that film a penny dropped John Bale. Notjust at the vaccine would be the Way Out, but that the power of the vaccine would be so great that we would have to think very hard about who to protect and in what order. I knew that some of the most difficult moments of the pandemic would not be before the vaccine was approved, but afterwards when the scramble for vaccines had begun. Now, we brits love queueing, and there is nothing more upsetting than someonejumping the and there is nothing more upsetting than someone jumping the queue. So again we started planning early to make sure that this was fair. We spent time preparing for how to organise the Roll Out in as fair a way as possible. They clinically advise prioritisation for getting vaccines in arms has been critical in securing trust in the programme overall. It has helped demonstrate that the system is fair, so we acted early to reassure people that in the finest tradition of the values of the nhs, which we share across the united kingdom, vaccines would be given according to need not ability. Whether you are the Prime Minister or a Premier League Footballer, or the future king of england, you have to wait your turn, just like everyone else. Some people thought that it was strange that i didnt get the Vaccine Right at the start of the programme, in fact i was criticised for this on the ground that would help to boost confidence, we did have to boost confidence but we did have to boost confidence but we also had to build confidence that the programme was fair. I waited my turn with everyone else, and together with the gc vi, who under the leadership of professor lynn way showing so much to promote confidence in the programme, we in august how we had prioritised the Roll Out, months before we knew even if they vaccine would work. Making clear that we would prioritise the most vulnerable, like front Line Care workers and residents in our Care Workers and residents in our Care Homes, and of course receding essentially on an Age Basis because thatis essentially on an Age Basis because that is how the disease strikes. We make sure that everyone understood where they were in the queue and crucially why people were put in that order, so that we could protect the people most in need of protection and therefore save as many lives as possible. The first lesson for me is to start early. The second is that a ttime of crisis you must draw on your strengths. In some areas of the response we did not have great strength. With. In vaccines we had significant gaps. Like the capacity to manufacture or insure, and enough people to deploy a vaccine at scale. Onshore. We had serious strengths and we relied on them as much as we possibly could add we have put weight on these great strength that we have as a country. First we have a universal Health Care System with a trusted brand in the nhs, the nhs under the steadfast leadership of Simon Stephens who has done a remarkable role in this pandemic, has performed with distinction. It has deserved every project that has come its way. Without this comment trusted Health System across the uk and its universal nature embedded in every community, and its experience at running the flu Vaccine Programme, which delivers yearly 50 Million doses, we could not have delivered such a rapid and efficient Roll Out. Next of course, appropriate standing here and oxford, we could not have delivered such a rapid and powerful response without our scientific strength. This scientific strength we must remember had been built up over centuries, it is the reason that the uk has this great scientific capability, not because of recent decisions but because of a consistent position for and years. Strength has built up over generations and we must invest in it. In 2015 we set up the Uk Vaccines network, chaired by professor Chris Whitty in response to the Ebola Pandemic in West Africa to the Ebola Pandemic in West Africa to invest in developing vaccines against unknown future threats. Thanks to this work, we invested in a candidate which was adapted to become the underlying technology for the Oxford Vaccine, and the lesson from this is that you need a broad range of research because you never know which bit of size is going to safety next time. We had the infrastructure in which to build some of the most successful Clinical Trials, notjust because we are home to some of the best universities and best researchers, but because we did everything in our power to support Clinical Trials in the funding from the national institutes of health research, and other team are Vaccine Heroes, and of the nhs, and we chose not to prejudge the outcomes no matter how tempting that was at the time. I can Clinical Trials is not empty rhetoric. I know this for myself. The pressure to end trials early before they properly are read out is intense in the heat of a crisis. But we didnt, we backed their size, crisis. But we didnt, we backed theirsize, built crisis. But we didnt, we backed their size, built on what we learn from the recovery programme, and in july we created the Vaccine Registry for people who are ready and willing to take part in large scale Clinical Trials for Covid 19 and over 500,000 people have signed up back in their science. People have signed up back in theirscience. Half people have signed up back in their science. Half A Million people who are willing to take an unknown vaccine in order to save other peoples lies. Many Vaccine Manufacturers have told us they found this registry invaluable in allowing rapid recruitment for Clinical Trials, so overall we try to get this supportive environment so the majority of candidates, including 0xford, has been trialled including 0xford, has been trialled in the uk. This shows the price when you get the Research Right and when you get the Research Right and when you double down on your strengths. I would like to pay tribute to another vaccine hero, professor Chris Whitty. He has been involved in this dry since before the start, and he has to defend the Research Programme that has saved lives right across the world. Another team who are Vaccine Heroes are first rate regulators. Throughout the crisis the Nhra Identity Billiard stewardship has excelled, and been a global model on how to regulate brilliant stewardship. I had it explained to me that each Time Regulator was mentioned, it is dynamic and flexible and Help Size to proceed, they everything that a Health Secretary could watch, they are independent, rigorously independent, they do not waver when it comes to upholding strong standard, outdated public as a trusted voice to respond to concerns and are agile and they are responsible, and they are committed to doing everything in their power to doing everything in their power to remove barriers. I rememberjune saying at the start of the pandemic, we will go as fast as we safely can. That is exactly what they have done with the emphasis on fast and safe. In short, they regulate for safety, not bureaucracy. For example they invented a process so they could look at Clinical Trials data to a rolling review as the crowds went on rather than waiting for a final submission of a package of data, which takes months of the critical path of regulatory approval without compromising on scrutiny. The lesson i take away from this is that the quality of our regulators gives the uk is real competitive advantage and save slice. The nhra has shown that Innovation And Regulation are not mutually exclusive and i know that regulators All Around The World are looking to learn from the nhra and the pivotal part that they played in our response. 0ne the pivotal part that they played in our response. One other of our strength as a nation is the strength of our union. Just as we are adopting a uk wide approach to expanding Testing Capacity and procuring ppe for each corner of the uk, this Vaccination Programme is for the whole of the uk. We negotiated and bought vaccine for the whole country, we allocated them according to need, we worked with the nhs, devolved administration, local councils everywhere, we cant apply the logistical heft of the british Armed Forces, to get them into arms, this did not happen by accident, the devolved administrations are run by different Political Parties and although health is devolved, the virus does not respect administrative boundaries. I was determined to overcome political differences so we could deliver for citizens wherever they lived across the country. Like everyone, i have come to love zoom, but it was not easy getting this uk wide approach, and at the start last march, before we entered lockdown, i decided to go and see each of the devolved Health Ministers face to face and it was so important that we all got on the same page about the importance of this project. Although life is pretty hectic last march, i took 24 hour to fly to edinburgh, belfast, cardiff to sit down with each Health Minister and that 24 hours has proved invaluable in strengthening those relationships, it is one of the most useful 24 hours in the pandemic, and since then we have had a call if its single week and it has sometimes been like group therapy. The importance of The Union has never been clearer than in the Uk Vaccination effort. England, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland, we do on our collective scale, strengths, deliver one collector Vaccination Programme. It is only because we work collectively like theres, together as one united kingdom, that we have been able to pull this off from everyone from the ice of silly to the shetland isles, The Union has saved lives, and we are safe across the whole country as are safe across the whole country as a result. That takes me onto the third lesson, which is about risk. Risk taking does not always come naturally in the Public Sector. In my view, the biggest risk would have been a failure to find a vaccine at all, so we explicitly embraced risk early on. While i believe that this project would succeed, i knew that no one can do it on their own and we needed to build a culture that embraced and managed risk rather than shying away from it. That a culture that sought forgiveness, not permission, and empowered people to take the call rather than back off, making a decision. I think that this is a lesson for any organisation, public or private, large or small, it doesnt mean being rash, this is important, it means being brave and using judgment and the best possible data to dry decision making. This was not like buying any other commodity product, we could not place an order, we had to back lots of pulses and invest it at risk. As one of the greatest ever American Football coaches said, you miss 100 of the shots you do not take, so we took plenty of shots with the unwavering backing of the chancellor and Prime Minister, we put hundreds of millions of pounds at risk, and not all of them came off. Some are stale in early trials and are far away from deployment. But the important thing is that some of the risk that come off. We did notjust take the risk, we then managed them, so instead of sitting back and waiting to see which vaccine succeeded, we tried to be tenacious in helping them to get over the Line And Drawing on abundant Industry Experience in the team, offered funding for the early manufacturing before we knew whether they would work, we backed Manufacturing Plants as well to try to put right the problem of not enough manufacturing onshore in the uk, we find it the facility in livingston, said 18 to help the plant in the netherlands to scale up, and we helped to bring 0xford Scale up, and we helped to bring Oxford University and astrazeneca and bring them to the table in a partnership that has been a lifeline, notjust here but also right across the developing world. In answer today, i want to say a word about the global impact of the work taking place here. The Oxford Vaccine developed by brilliant scientists link to Ralph Astrazeneca im backed by this point governments, all coming to get that youre investing this Vaccine Anti Catholic make it available at cost. This is in my view, the greatest gift that this nation could give the world hearing this pandemic. A vaccine that is available at cost with new no charge for Intellectual Property and because it can be stored simply offers hope for the developing world. So as late as the money that we donate a giving half £1 billion to the Call Backs for instance which has shipped 80 Million doses 225 countries and territories. We have given the world a vaccine which makes up 96 of those doses. And as of today, i can confirm that over half A Billion doses of the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine have now been released for supply globally. The majority of them being low and middle income countries. So, thank you to the Oxford University, the team here, louise, john, angela pollard, sarah, and everyone here at Oxford And Everyone at astrazeneca the whole team should be incredibly proud of that sheer scale of that achievement. Delivering half A Billion doses across the world. But, its not over yet. His project was neverjust its not over yet. His project was never just about investing its not over yet. His project was neverjust about investing in a vaccine for the uk. Its about a vaccine for the uk. Its about a vaccine for the whole world and as the global debate including here at the global debate including here at the g7 increasing returns to how to vaccinate the whole world i passionately believe that the single biggest contribution we can make is this vaccine safe and effective at cost. And am delighted that pfizer have said they will deliver at cost to low income countries and pay tribute to albert for that decision. Right here the Holy Trinity of Academia And Industry and government came to get research to develop the vaccine and we should be so proud that this vaccine has not been delivered to 168 different countries across the world. This was a true partnership and where we work together as partners. Because we ask people what they could do in support of a shared mission. And there is yet more to do. The work is not over yet. We are still procuring and planning what we need to keep this country safe including new vaccines and specifically targeted at variants of concern. And i can tell you today that we have started commercial negotiations with astrazeneca to secure a variance vaccine. Future supplies of the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine that had 0xford Astrazeneca Vaccine that had been about that that tackle 351 variant first identified in South Africa. 0nce Variant first identified in South Africa. Once again we are leading the Way And Backing projects at potential. So we can keep our Vaccination Programme one step ahead of the virus and protect the progress that we have all made. The fourth lesson that i want to touch on is that we work together as a big, diverse, yet cohesive team. Frankly, if the Finance Team ive ever been involved in. On the 2nd Of December when the nhra authorised for Pfizer Bay on Tech Vaccine and all eyes turned to the Roll Out, i knew that deep down everything would be ok. And i knew that because i knew that i could rely on the team. Thanks to the forensic preparations we have made, we were ready to put vaccines in arms and just six days later started that the Roll Out that had been months in the planning. It was an incredibly emotional moment. Seeing that first axiom in the world being getting, and i know so many people feel the same about their vaccine. It is notjust about an important project and scientific project, its emotional project as well. Whenever i visit a vaccination centre, ifeel at well. Whenever i visit a vaccination centre, i feel at this vaccine means to people. I have seen the cards that the staff gave and the smiles on peoples faces. I have felt the pride of the volunteers who do so much and who a year ago could never have dreamed they would be putting vaccines in arms and are now fully trained up as an essential part of the team. I have witnessed the Joy And Gratitude of people who have been shielding for months on end and now know they have a chance to live life as they used to live it. As they want to live it. The success of this Programme Cantjust be measured in Terms Of chance spreadsheets. A Vaccination Programme has given people hope for the future and confident that we can eventually put this pandemic behind us and i am so proud of everybody involved. The local authorities and the gps and the nhs and Armed Forces and all the volunteers including the st. Johns ambulance and many others who have stepped up in the delivery as well as the scientists and the industrialists who made it happen. A major reason for this part of the success was because we brought in the right people, but crucially with the right people, but crucially with the right people, but crucially with the right mindset. And we want were not ideological about where they came from, we were prepared to work with anyone as long as they shared the mission and we opened our doors to everyone who can help. I want to draw out one particular insight i got from this. The old argument that sometimes were made that only the Public Sector can act in the public good. So there is no place for the private sector and Public Health. That argument has been shown to be completely false. Even though we were embarking on a big and convex project, we need that to be meted the soul of a startup. Where one with 66 Million customers in the first instance. We had to move fast, we had to embrace change, we had to learn quickly from our mistakes, and take some of the risks that had been talking about. We had to bring the best people to the table, focus not to a they come from but what they could offer. Of course, i would Vaccine Task Force symbolises days and i want to say a word about the Vaccine Task Force. When April Dan Patrick Balance scientific and Industry Expertise has been invaluable to our response, with Sarah Patrick we work to put together a team with all the different disciplines that were neededin different disciplines that were needed in one place if one mission. The idea was that the Vaccine Task Force combined his academic Excellence And Rigour with private sector entrepreneurial drive, and civil service grape. Meaning that we could draw up all the skills and the contacts that we needed to make it happen. It was a true centre of excellence. And we could not have done it without them. And the brilliant people who were there and many of whom are still there driving forward our Vaccination Efforts today. Like the Supply Chain and logistical Know How of ruth todd, the commercial acumen, the Project Manager of Nick Eddy and angie said to make complex things seem simple and unrivaled problem solving ability and the scientific expertise of Clive Edicts and of course the inspirational leadership of kate bingham. I clearly remember calling Kate Tasker to take on the job of chair and i Kate Tasker to take on the job of chairand i said kate, Kate Tasker to take on the job of chair and i said kate, there is nothing more important in the country right now then getting this right. I was confident that she had what it took to drive this forward and bring the best possible team. If the in background and perspectives and it helped to create one of the most diverse Vaccine Portfolios in the world. Not putting all eggs in one basket, we have lots of different technologies according to how good we thought they would be. We did notjust black and british, we brought vaccines from all over the world. Its impossible to give a speech like this without seeing a huge thank you to everybody at the Vaccine Task Force. In the final point i wanted to make a face. The crucial Factor Point i wanted to make a face. The crucialfactor in point i wanted to make a face. The crucial factor in melding this team is that it was mission driven. The combination galvanises the market, helps Cooperation And Action to deliver results. Four years ago a professor of management published an academic study looking at the success of Kennedys Space Programme and why and i quote why many employees said during that period they were involved in more meaningful work than the ever experienced before or would ever experienced before or would ever experience again. And he found that the 400,000 strong team even people who were quite far removed from the famous goal of landing a man on the Moon Report that eating an incredible connection to the ultimate goal. And he noticed that because everyone had a concrete goal to work towards and crucially understood the part they played in helping in this case nasa achieved it, they saw their work was not a task or a short Term Theme they had to do, but a pursuit of a long term goal. This insight is incredibly important when fighting a pandemic. When you are faced with Something Nobody ever faced before, when you are faced with Something Nobody everfaced before, when social distancing means school separation, when much of our response is being coordinated from kitchens and living rooms and bedrooms across the lines, the risk of people feeling isolated or disconnected was greater than ever. So you had to meld the team. We cast aside lofty and imprecise objectives and Mission Statements and just gave ourselves big audacious goals and just as kennedy narrowed down open ended goal is to concentrate on one objective, landing a man on the Roof Mowing and returning him safely to earth, reset the goal to have a vaccine deployed by christmas. Leave it secure vaccines for the uk and we would help secure vaccines for the whole world and we would make the uk better prepared for future pandemics. We started with that outcome, that mission, what we wanted to achieve and reworked from there. We were able to block out the Noise And Focus on what needed to be done. Everybody knew their role, and crucially, everybody mattered. This was not a project where you could pass the baton from one stage to the next. As he put it in his own way, we had lots of which is stirring the pot at the same time. So, we needed clear accountability for who is doing what, clearly defined roles and responsibilities of everyone understood their roles as a people did not get in each other� s way and It Worked. The nih our trail, the nhs deployed command of christ ministers had overarching accountability for decision making. And critically and for government, this is a really important lesson to remember. We gave people the Space And Authority to deliver. Authority was delegated to them the least possible level and we empower people with the confidence to make decisions for themselves. Take for instance the brilliant operational leadership of Emily Lawson at the nhs and we appointed nadine as the ministerfor the planning bringing minister for the planning bringing to ministerfor the planning bringing to bear his Commission Experience making sure there was a single person at ministerial level they are 24 7 to take decisions and unlock things. Within the wider team we have been blessed the people who have been blessed the people who have experience of writing big Vaccination Programmes, some of the best scientific brains, people with experience working on major commercial contracts. I saw my role as allowing people to make the best use of their expertise, protecting them from interference and creating them from interference and creating the right conditions for them to do theirjob. Encouraging them to make theirjob. Encouraging them to make the best choices, not sending down rigid edicts from on high. 15 who worked on the Vaccination Programme was the single greatest asset that he had. We had the right people in the right roles at the right time given expertise and the energy all tied to one mission. And i am very grateful to everybody involved. These are the lessons i draw on the success and from there success of the Vaccination Programme. Start early, draw on your strengths, take risks and manage them, team. If you ask me the one thing that draws all this together, it is positivity. We were positive in our planning, reset big goals we knew would stretch us, we created a positive team with a can do culture, and attitude that when things went wrong, the question was not who to blame but how can we fix it, we promote that positivity about getting the vaccine to protect yourself and your Loved Ones and yourself and your Loved Ones and your local community, i am sure there are many more lessons and i hope that everybody involved should tell their story too. There was no one single reason why this programme has been so far such a success. No single solution. Success has been the result of so many people from so many walks of life stepping up at a time of adversity to thwart the virus, save lives, and get us On The Road to recovery. Now, we need to draw on what we have achieved together and take forward the lessons that weve learned, to finish the fight against this virus, and face the confidence, faced with confidence the challenges ahead. Thank you very much. We are now going to take some questions. We have some questions from the media, First Question is from the media, First Question is from sarah at the bbc, sarah . {guild from sarah at the bbc, sarah . Could ou be from sarah at the bbc, sarah . Could you be specific from sarah at the bbc, sarah . Could you be specific about from sarah at the bbc, sarah . Could you be specific about the from sarah at the bbc, sarah . Could you be specific about the precise data you you be specific about the precise data you will use when you determine the visibility of opening up on the zist the visibility of opening up on the 21st of the visibility of opening up on the 21st Ofjune and when you have completed that . The 21st Ofjune and when you have completed that . 21st Ofjune and when you have completed that . The data that we will use to make completed that . The data that we will use to make decisions completed that . The data that we will use to make decisions ahead l completed that . The data that we | will use to make decisions ahead of the 21st Ofjune has been set out in the 21st Ofjune has been set out in the Road Map. We will look at the number of cases and crucially the link from cases to hospitalisations and deaths. The success of the Roll Out of the Vaccine Programme and concerns about new variants which we analyse all the time will stop and what really matters and is hardest to judge right now is how much the vaccine has separated that link from cases through the people ending up in hospital and savvy dying. I know that everybody was so glad about the data published yesterday, that nobody had the first day in which no deaths were reported. But what the vaccine does is sever that link, that is its primary, not a but its primaryjob and we watch that incredibly carefully, we had said we will set out at a station ahead of the 21st Ofjune on or before the 14th of june. So we have still gotten more than a Weeks Worth of data to look at, we are looking every day at that data, both at the number of cases but critically the flow through into how many people end up in hospital. We know the vaccines work, the question is the degree to which they work and making sure that we keep cases know enough so that we can minimise hospitalisations as set out in the Road Map. There is nothing at the premises said earlier today, there is nothing in the data at this moment that means that we are off track but we are vigilant and we look at it all the time. Thank you very much. The next question is and many from itb. Hello. Very much. The next question is and many from itb. Hello. Youve always said that every many from itb. Hello. 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Youve always said that every adult will be said that every adult will be offered said that every adult will be offered a first dose of vaccine by The End offered a first dose of vaccine by The End of offered a first dose of vaccine by The End ofjuly, given that we do know The End ofjuly, given that we do know the The End ofjuly, given that we do know the vaccines work against the indian know the vaccines work against the indian variance but to a lesser why dont indian variance but to a lesser why dont you indian variance but to a lesser why dont you consider where why dont you just dont you consider where why dont you just push back the opening up of the country you just push back the opening up of the country to The End ofjuly to really the country to The End ofjuly to really help protect the young people and the really help protect the young people and the vulnerable who have not had two doses . And the vulnerable who have not had two doses . 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Now, the critical question is given that the order of vaccination as its set out is according to your vulnerability ending up in hospital and dying, that means that the second dose is are now covering the vast majority of those who are likely to end up dying from Covid 19 and the vast majority of people who without a Vaccination Programme would end up in hospital. So we can see and the number of cases has been rising in the last couple of weeks but we can also see that the vast majority of people who have ended up in hospital are not yet fully vaccinated and the critical question is how much that link is broken and that is how we will make the decision ahead of the 2ist will make the decision ahead of the 21st Ofjune and make that based on all the data that we have available at the time. Thank you. Joe from Sky News . At the time. Thank you. Joe from Sky News . ~ ,. , at the time. Thank you. Joe from Sky News . ,,. ,. ,. , news . Thank you secretary of state, we know that news . Thank you secretary of state, we know that Whats News . Thank you secretary of state, we know that whats happening news . Thank you secretary of state, we know that whats happening in. News . Thank you secretary of state, we know that whats happening in 19 | we know that whats happening in 19 days does we know that whats happening in 19 days does not need to be either going days does not need to be either going ahead or pausing. It could be a third going ahead or pausing. It could be a third wave, are you and your colleagues a third wave, are you and your colleagues considering Keeping Mask wearing colleagues considering Keeping Mask wearing and work from Home Guidance past the wearing and work from Home Guidance past the 21st . So the rest of the road past the 21st . So the rest of the Road Map past the 21st . So the rest of the Road Map can keep moving . Asl past the 21st . So the rest of the Road Map can keep moving . As i said and at the time Road Map can keep moving . As i said and at the time minister Road Map can keep moving . As i said and at the time minister said and at the time minister said earlier, there is not anything get into data to say that we are definitively off track but its too early to make the decision about the 2ist early to make the decision about the 21st Ofjune And Step forward in the Road Map and we will make that decision based on more data in the next week to ten days and ahead of the 14th Ofjune as we have set out. On the Road Map sets out what Step 0n the Road Map sets out what step four means and also there are four reviews into different elements of the rules on certification and social distancing and of course on International Travel and we will be answering those questions to you. Leyds from Channel 4 . Answering those questions to you. Leyds from Channel 4 . Thank you. You are here talking leyds from Channel 4 . Thank you. You are here talking about leyds from Channel 4 . Thank you. You are here talking about the leyds from Channel 4 . Thank you. You are here talking about the success are here talking about the success of the are here talking about the success of the Vaccine Programme which as you have of the Vaccine Programme which as you have acknowledged is not really down you have acknowledged is not really down to you have acknowledged is not really down to you, there are many people that make down to you, there are many people that make that happen, you still have that make that happen, you still have not that make that happen, you still have not apologise or your failure to protect have not apologise or your failure to protect Care Homes at the height of the to protect Care Homes at the height of the pandemic is it fair to say that of the pandemic is it fair to say that you of the pandemic is it fair to say that you are keen to take credit for other that you are keen to take credit for other People Success but not prepared to take responsibility for your failures . Prepared to take responsibility for yourfailures . No, prepared to take responsibility for your failures . Your failures . No, it is not. I think the your failures . No, it is not. I think the best your failures . No, it is not. I think the best approach your failures . No, it is not. I think the best approach is i your failures . No, it is not. I think the best approach is to | your failures . No, it is not. I think the best approach is to take responsibility for all things that happened and as Health Secretary i do that for all the decisions i have been responsible for. Of course. And the Vaccine Programme is an incredibly important programme that we learn the lessons from and in the same way that we have learned throughout the crisis lessons for how best to protect people. We have updated the rules all the way through and we have been very open about that. So thats a very important part of how you handle a completely unprecedented situation. Good afternoon. Can you confirm that the weekend reports that there vaccine the weekend reports that there Vaccine Passport Plan for events and mass Vaccine Passport Plan for events and mass gatherings have been scrapped and if mass gatherings have been scrapped and if so mass gatherings have been scrapped and if so why is that . Gne mass gatherings have been scrapped and if so why is that . And if so why is that . One of the arts of and if so why is that . One of the parts of step and if so why is that . One of the parts of step four and if so why is that . One of the parts of step four is and if so why is that . One of the parts of step four is to and if so why is that . One of the parts of step four is to set and if so why is that . One of the parts of step four is to set out i and if so why is that . One of the l parts of step four is to set out the results of these four reviews i mentioned, one of those is into certification. Being able to certify that youve had a vaccine is going to be necessary for International Travel because some countries have already set out that they will require proof that you have been vaccinated and that means being able to prove with authority that you have had one of the jabs and the confidence in which jabs is accepted for each individual country. So we have provided the ability to show that the Nhs App and if you have not downloaded the Nhs App yet i recommend that you do and it will show you your vaccine status. So we are putting objectification in place where we know it will be needed and when it comes to using certification for domestic purposes, that is the review that Michael Gove is leaving angelo come forward with the conclusions of its own. Thank you all very much. Thank you for the questions and thank you for the opportunity to speak here vice chancellor. Opportunity to speak here vice chancellor. ,. ,. , chancellor. That Health Secretary Matt Hancock chancellor. That Health Secretary Matt Hancock outlining chancellor. That Health Secretary Matt Hancock outlining some chancellor. That Health Secretary Matt Hancock outlining some of. Chancellor. That Health Secretary l Matt Hancock outlining some of the work thats been done over the past 12 months as far as the development was concerned. Some key names out of that speech he was dipping there. Its one of the Vaccine Centre as he described the pandemic as an extraordinary challenge and said that science in the form of tax liens. He talked about vaccines preventing more misery than any other endeavour. He was very keen to point out that a new Milestone That has been reached in their vaccine brought and pointing out that as of midnight last night, the first dose has been offered to three quarters of all adults in the uk. He also thought about work with astrazeneca to tackle the South Africa and the variance of the virus potentially a different sort of vaccine that will be rolled out later in the year. He said work has now begun on that. And also highlighted that half A Billion doses are now available of the Astrazeneca Vaccine for developing countries because of Course Access to the vaccine very patchy around the world and developed countries that have more access to that Roll Out but he says half A Billion doses will now be available for developing countries. So, the Key Line as of midnight the first dose has not been offered to 75 of adults. This is what he had to say. I am very proud that we were able to deploy the first ever clinical approved vaccine here in the country and delivered 60 Million doses of three different vaccines into 39 Million arms and as of midnight last night i can confirm that we now have given a first dose of vaccine to three quarters of the Adult Population of the united nation. flit population of the united nation. Of course, that comes as borisjohnson said there is nothing in the data that currently is available to prevent their remaining lockdown restrictions in england being lifted as planned on the 21st Ofjune. The Prime Minister says he remains cautious because it was unclear how protected their population would be against a new Search And Covid 19 cases. I against a new Search And Covid19 cases. ,. Against a new Search And Covid19 cases. ,. , against a new Search And Covid19 cases. ,. ,. ,. , cases. I can see nothing in the data at the moment cases. I can see nothing in the data at the moment that cases. I can see nothing in the data at the moment that means cases. I can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we cases. I can see nothing in the data i at the moment that means we cannot io at the moment that means we cannot go ahead at the moment that means we cannot go ahead with stepping forward or the Opening Onjune the 21st but we have got the Opening Onjune the 21st but we have got to the Opening Onjune the 21st but we have got to be so cautious because there have got to be so cautious because there is have got to be so cautious because there is no have got to be so cautious because there is no question the 0ns data of infection there is no question the 0ns data of Infection Rates is showing an Increase Infection rates is showing an increase and we always knew that was lloiii increase and we always knew that was going to increase and we always knew that was going to happen. We only said that the unlocking steps that we have taken the unlocking steps that we have taken would lead to increases in infection taken would lead to increases in infection. What we need to work out is to what infection. What we need to work out is to what extent the Vaccination Programme has protected particularly the elderly and vulnerable advanced a new the elderly and vulnerable advanced a new search and that, i am afraid the data a new search and that, i am afraid the data is a new search and that, i am afraid the Data Isjust stare ambiguous. In prime the Data Isjust stare ambiguous. I� t Prime Minister talking about the lifting of knockdown restrictions and the timeline. Lets speak to our health correspondence. Thats a lot from the speech of Matt Hancock but particularly the crucial milestone. 75 of adults had the first dose. Thats a key milestone. It is 75 of adults had the first dose. Thats a key milestone. Thats a key milestone. It is and ou can thats a key milestone. It is and you can tell thats a key milestone. It is and you can tell that thats a key milestone. It is and you can tell that matt thats a key milestone. It is and you can tell that Matt Hancock. Thats a key milestone. It is and | you can tell that Matt Hancock is very proud of the way that the Roll Out worked in this country but hes also paying tributes to the british public saying that they were very open to the idea of vaccination and of course we know many other countries including countries across the channel, france for example has struggled more with vaccine hesitancy. And that number is are very impressive. So on first Doses Arejust under 40,000,002nd very impressive. So on first doses are just under 40,000,002nd doses 25 million. So that is still going great for the uk at the moment. Thtnd great for the uk at the moment. And steakin great for the uk at the moment. And speaking as great for the uk at the moment. And speaking as he was in oxford talking about work thats already under way with astrazeneca to modify the vaccine somewhat to equip it to Better Deal with new variance that may emerge . Better deal with new variance that may emerge . That is right and this is particularly may emerge . That is right and this is particularly important may emerge . That is right and this is particularly important when may emerge . That is right and this is particularly important when it. Is particularly important when it comes to the variance that was identified in South Africa, that is the one that scientists have been most worried about because the immunity that you get from vaccines seems to be released with that particular variance. So, seems to be released with that particularvariance. So, he was telling us that the uk is going to be involved or is already involved in the funding of trails to make sure that the vaccine can be tweaked to deal with that. And also they uk is going to be buying more of that, more of the Oxford Astrazeneca Vaccine which is interesting given all the coverage we have had in the headlines of our blood clots and worries about links to the vaccine. So iT Looks like the uk is still putting a lot of faith in that vaccine to deal with emerging variance. flit Vaccine to deal with emerging variance. ,. , variance. Of course the Health Secretary variance. Of course the Health Secretary is variance. Of course the Health Secretary is keen variance. Of course the Health Secretary is keen to variance. Of course the Health Secretary is keen to look variance. Of course the Health Secretary is keen to look at i variance. Of course the health | secretary is keen to look at the variance. Of course the Health Secretary is keen to look at the Uk Response to this as far as vaccines are concerned but we know this is a global pandemic and unless the rest of the world has the Vaccine Or Access to the vaccine this problem could persist. So a crucial note to one and a half billion doses being made available for developing countries that may not have access to them. Countries that may not have access to them. ,. , countries that may not have access to them. , countries that may not have access tothem. , , to them. Yes, he was paying tributes to them. Yes, he was paying tributes to them. Yes, he was paying tributes to the oxford to them. Yes, he was paying tributes to the oxford scientists to them. Yes, he was paying tributes to the oxford scientists who to the oxford scientists who developed this vaccine which is produced at costs for poor countries around the world and he made the point that its not being used in 168 countries. I suppose if you wanted to ask tough questions you could say well, why is the uk sitting on large stockpiles of vaccines, why are they not sharing those with poor countries . And we are going to hear a lot more about that in the next week because the Prime Minister is chairing the G7 Summit and Prime Minister is chairing the G7 Summitand many Prime Minister is chairing the G7 Summit and many countries including france and the us are beginning to explain how many doses they are going to donate to poor countries. The uk has been fake so far but I Think we can expect ministers to firm up their premises in the next few days on that. That firm up their premises in the next few days on that. Few days on that. That can be crucial. Thank few days on that. That can be crucial. Thank you few days on that. That can be crucial. Thank you very few days on that. That can be | crucial. Thank you very much. Few days on that. That can be crucial. Thank you very much. Our crucial. Thank you very much. 0ur health correspondence. Just approaching 330 P M. , here is the weather. It is the warmest day of the year so far. Not for the first time this week. Temperature is widely well up into the 20s but a little cooler for some northeastern coasts with Extra Cloud and more breeze and a Bit Cooler in the far southwest where we have seen some chalets which push it across wales and they will continue theirjourney north as we head into the evening and tonight. The Odd Rumble of showers mixing in with clouds filtering into the night. Murky for some and im not mild is not a Muggy Night for some of us the temperature is around 15 degrees and then tomorrow we will see some rain pushing north across scotland but many places here are dry. South dry as well and cloudiness will break to reveal some spells of sunshine. I warm day across eastern areas but for most of us it would be cooler thanit for most of us it would be cooler than it has been. We take the cool field with us towards the weekend and a bit of rain at times but it will still be dry. Teacher unions called upon a down script and hugely disappointed. But he can raise will be introduced for paramedics and made a rising wave of attacks on Ambulance Staff. The sports now. Here on Bbc News, here are the details. That afternoon. We will start at Lawrence England have taken three wickets in the Opening Day of the first test against New Zealand. A Dream Debut for 0lly robinson who got his first test to he was gone for 23 after they had won the toss and show scented bath. The second break after lunch. Jimmy and us the Skipper And Delay to play the last hour he went and got a second wicket. Trapping him inside and the air142 second wicket. Trapping him inside and the air 142 and i can see for the first time since 2019 england playing in front of the Home Crowd at lourdes. I could not get to sleep last night i was so excited to get back in. I last night i was so excited to get back in. ,. ,. , last night i was so excited to get back in. , back in. I feel so lucky to be here. Just to be back in. I feel so lucky to be here. Just to be able back in. I feel so lucky to be here. Just to be able to back in. I feel so lucky to be here. Just to be able to chair back in. I feel so lucky to be here. Just to be able to chair them back in. I feel so lucky to be here. Just to be able to chair them as i just to be able to chair them as they came out and hopefully a few wickets out there. It they came out and hopefully a few wickets out there. Wickets out there. It feels really emotional wickets out there. It feels really emotional coming wickets out there. It feels really emotional coming off wickets out there. It feels really emotional coming off that i wickets out there. It feels really emotional coming off that Field L wickets out there. It feels really i emotional coming off that field and the are emotional coming off that field and the are paying they brought it home to me the are paying they brought it home to me and the are paying they brought it home to me. And there were crowns for so long to me. And there were crowns for so long its to me. And there were crowns for so long. Its really fantastic. Really looking long. Its really fantastic. Really looking forward to the day. Next, the french looking forward to the day. Next, the french open looking forward to the day. Next, the french open where looking forward to the day. Next, the french open where the i looking forward to the day. Next, the french open where the World J the french open where the World Number six where he made hard work of it but its into the third round after beating the qualifier as he needed to huybrechts to get the job done. Never been past the quarterfinals in paris and managed to avoid fedor and his said if the truck and he will face the and a surprise in the womens draw, the tenth Seed Belinda Bencic has been knocked out by daria kasatkina. The russian cruising into round three after a straight sets win 6 2, 6 2 in just over an hour and a quarter. Geraint thomas has left himself work to do after stage 4 of the week long criterium du dauphine race, as he prepares for the tour de france at The End of the month. He was quickest at the Hallfway Stage of the ten mile time trial, but faded. To finish 10th fastest. Hes 8th overall, 24 seconds off the lead. Which is still held by austrias lukas postlberger, but onlyjust hes now one second ahead of Todays Stage Winner alexey lutsenko. The british Diving Team for this summers 0lympics has been announced. Tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles hes previously won, as well as bronze at London 2012 and at rio 2016. The team also includes defending olympic Champion Jack Laugher and dan goodfellow. 16 year old andrea Spendolini Sirieix will be the youngest member of the squad. Daley is overjoyed about competiting at his fourth games it is just exciting to think that the kid that was dreaming of going to London 2012 managed to get their 2008, 12, 16, to London 2012 managed to get their 2008,12,16, now 2020, i to London 2012 managed to get their 2008, 12, 16, now 2020, lam to London 2012 managed to get their 2008,12,16, now 2020, iam over the moon to be selected. Rugby leagu,e and leigh Centurions Head Coachjohn duffy has left the club after an eight game losing run in the 2021 super league. Duffy had been in charge since november 2018. His final game was the 40 16 defeat at Hull Kr On Sunday. Leigh replaced Toronto Wolfpack in the competition in december but are bottom of the table, having lost all their league matches this season. Manchester city are dominating todays nominations for the professional footballers� association men� s players� player of the year awards. Foden, who was a big part of city� s title winning side last season, is nominated alongside his influential teammates ilkay gundogan, kevin de bruyne and ruben dias. Bruno fernandez and Harry Kane are also on the list. Foden is up for young player of the year too. That� s all the sport for now. A full list of those nominations is over on the bbc sport website. I� ll have more for you in the next hour. The Prime Minister has defended a Cash Injection for Catch Up learning in schools in england and confirmed this lunchtime there will be more money later, in addition to the one point Four Billion pounds announced this morning. That amount has been condemned as a � damp squib� by teachers� leaders. Labour also says the plans don� t go far enough. It� s understood the treasury was unwilling to commit to a more ambitious plan, costing about Ten Billion pounds. 0ur Education Correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports. Now how are we doing . At this rima now how are we doing . At this primary school. Now how are we doing . At this primary school, some now how are we doing . At this primary school, some of i now how are we doing . At this primary school, some of the i now how are we doing . At this i primary school, some of the children have missed almost a year of in school learning. Have missed almost a year of inschool learning. Have missed almost a year of inschool learning. Simple things like holding inschool learning. Simple things like holding a inschool learning. Simple things like holding a pencil inschool learning. Simple things like holding a pencil correctly. I inschool learning. Simple things | like holding a pencil correctly. The ast few like holding a pencil correctly. 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The school has a you, you can talk to them. The school has a fulltime you, you can talk to them. The school has a full time social worker. Since chilton started returning, his caseload has doubled. The children are coming in and disclosing the children are coming in and disclosing arguments, fights, parents. Disclosing arguments, fights, parents, carers, physicalabuse, parents, carers, physical abuse, emotional parents, carers, physical abuse, emotional abuse. Parents, carers, physicalabuse, emotional abuse. This parents, carers, physical abuse, emotional abuse. Parents, carers, physical abuse, emotional abuse. This school says it needs more emotional abuse. This school says it needs more money emotional abuse. This school says it needs more money for emotional abuse. This school says it needs more money for an emotional abuse. This school says it needs more money for an additional social worker. Today the government in eglin has announced £1. 4 Billion for twitching and training. 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If you do not put that i time into thing, i want that child to be brilliant in march, but before i do i have to make sure his family are ok, i have to make sure he is ok emotionally, if you do not see that matthew are not going to get anywhere with these chiltern, you are going to end up with people who say, did we give the best for these children . We gave the best with the means we had but the means we had were not enough. The means we had but the means we had were not enough. Were not enough. The Education Oli were not enough. The Education Policy Institute were not enough. The Education Policy Institute estimates i were not enough. The Education Policy Institute estimates that i were not enough. The education j Policy Institute estimates that in England Catch up funding so far and stewart £310 per pupil. It calculates wales has announced a similar amount calculates wales has announced a similaramountand calculates wales has announced a similar amount and existing funding for scotland and Northern Ireland is £200 per pupil. 51. Catching up well £200 per pupil. 3 1. Catching up well not be quick or easy, for schools like this one, at the heart of a community, there is a long road to recovery. The government� s insisted that more funding is � coming down the track� for Catch Up learning in schools in england. Teachers� leaders reacted angrily to this morning� s announcement that £1. 4 Billion would be made available now mainly for extra tuition for the most disadvantaged. They argue it� s a fraction of what was recommended by the Catch Up Commissioner Sir Kevan collins, while labour says the focus of the Government Programme is too narrow and unambitious. The Prime Minister has been speaking about the money for Catch Up learning this is what he had to say. There� s going to be more down the track, do not forget this is a huge amount we are spending on top of the 14 Billion we spared as soon as we came into increase the funding for primary school children, making sure that every teacher started on a starting salary of £30,000, we are now doing the biggest Tutoring Programme anywhere in the world. There is no question that many kids are incredibly resilient, they bounce back very well from the pandemic, but a lot of them also need help to Catch Up to make good for loss of learning that has taken place during the pandemic. All the evidence shows the pandemic. All the evidence shows the best way to do that is to focus on the individual pupil, the individual child as much as you can, and so that is why we are going for tutoring in this massive way. And we are going to be supplying 15 weekly sessions, which we think is good for three to five months of attainment for a pupil. Add what it should do is give the funds to the schools, to buy in the tutoring to support tutoring network, Support Tutors, people to come in and do it, but also to give parents the confidence that their child is going to get particular attention to help them Catch Up, but also to find potential in kids that maybe missed in the back of the classroom, so I Think tutoring can make a huge difference. We are also supporting, putting extra money into the teaching and supporting teachers as well. Great schools are. The differences all about the teachers and the leadership and the imagination that they show. What we want to do is Support Teachers who may be brilliant, but who may be now need to make a move to being head of Sixth Form or even head of the school, we want to support them, give them the extra crowding that they need to make that change as well. A big package for tutoring, a huge package, a big package for teaching, and hopefully there will be more to come. Paramedics in england are to be offered Body Cameras after a rise in violent attacks on frontline Ambulance Staff. Thousands of them are assaulted each year, and they� ve even been attacked when responding to Emergency Calls during the pandemic. The nhs is hoping to issue the Body Cam Equipment by The End of the month. It� s three years since Gary Watson was attacked by a patient he was trying to help. The paramedic� s physical injuries have now healed, but the painful memories are with him for life. I had quite a bad rotator cuff injury, so torn ligaments down my right shoulder. I had significant bruising to one side of my face, scratch marks, gouge marks, yeah, just bruises, pretty much, up and down my body. My wife noticed maybe six months after the incident, a change in personality. Quite an angry person at home. Come to work, put on a smiley face, come home, you know, not quite the same. Stories like gary� s are unfortunately on the rise. Data shows that more than 3,500 Ambulance Workers were physically assaulted last year. That� s a 32 increase over five years. But it� s hoped that wearing Body Cameras could help. At a glance, you may not even notice them. Nhs england is rolling out these cameras to all ten of its ambulance trusts, in the hope they will de escalate the potentially violent situations. From spitting, biting, and verbal abuse, to kicking, Head Butting and punching. It� s after a successful trial in the north east. Sadly they are needed, because our staff are being assaulted. Assaults have increased dramatically over the last few years from the public, on staff. So, we need to have that method of Recording Evidence for prosecuting, and it� s also a good deterrent, if somebody sees the camera, they are less likely to actually be aggressive and assault our staff. In london, there were also Body Camera trials. So, to start the shift, they have made it really easy for us, byjust coming in and using our id card, and it registers a Camera To Oui card. It flashes to tell me what camera to take, withdraw the camera, place it on the person, and that� s ready to go and to activate whenever you need it. Some Ambulance Crews expressed concern about privacy, but they have been told that they can choose whether to wear Body Cameras. Services in wales and Northern Ireland say they are also considering introducing them, but the scottish Ambulance Service declined to comment. What would be your message to anyone watching who has maybe lashed out at a worker like yourself in the past . When you see someone in uniform, you see the uniform, but there� s obviously a person that� s wearing it. Every time a call comes down on the radio, you do think, is it going to be another one of thosejobs or is it going to be the normal day to dayjob . You just never know. Anna collinson, Bbc News. Tracy leatherland, a paramedic with the yorkshire Ambulance Service, has faced verbal abuse and even assault in her work. She told us about the toll that it takes sot next we are there because we enjoy doing thejob, it the job, it takes thejob, it takes its mental toll, you never know what you will be walking into, you never know whether the nextjob is going to be one where potentially you are going to be assaulted or abused start i have known colleagues that have had to leave front Line Ambulance Work because of the mental toll it is taking. They were physically not able to do the job, they had been physically assaulted but it takes to mental toll as well. Physically assaulted but it takes to mental toll as well. Looking at some ofthe mental toll as well. Looking at some of the numbers mental toll as well. Looking at some of the numbers of mental toll as well. Looking at some of the numbers of these mental toll as well. Looking at some of the numbers of these assaults, i of the numbers of these assaults, 3569 Ambulance Staff physically assaulted by the public in the last year, three times as many as just five years ago, are you seeing that, the increase in these attacks for you personally . You personally . Personally it is more the verbal you personally . Personally it is more the verbal abuse you personally . Personally it is more the verbal abuse that i you personally . Personally it is more the verbal abuse that is l you personally . Personally it is more the verbal abuse that is more a daily occurrence. I work as a Solo Responder, i am daily occurrence. I work as a Solo Responder, iam not daily occurrence. I work as a Solo Responder, i am not an ambulance at this point in my career, as a Solo Responder there is only me there, i have to be seemly careful about what i� m walking into. Extremely careful. You kind of, as you progress, as you build up a knowledge of what a safe and what isn� t, you kind of know what kind of situation is going to evolve, but sometimes you do not even spot that. It can go from being a calm situation to a violent situation in seconds. Hopefully the Body Worn Cameras will, if not stop people from attacking paramedics and Front Line Ambulance Staff, it will give us the evidence to get these people prosecuted, because at the moment, evenif prosecuted, because at the moment, even if they go to court, the sentences are quite lenient. You mentioned sentences are quite lenient. You mentioned the sentences are quite lenient. You mentioned the cameras, i wanted ask you, the proposal is, the plan is for all crews to be provided with these Body Cameras, what difference would that make on a day to Day Basis . I imagine it wouldn� t stop the abuse but would it help you feel safer and i suppose grew from a prosecution . Prosecution . Hopefully it will rovide prosecution . Hopefully it will provide the prosecution . Hopefully it will provide the Evidence Prosecution . Hopefully it will provide the evidence if prosecution . Hopefully it will provide the evidence if we i prosecution . Hopefully it will provide the evidence if we doj prosecution . Hopefully it will i provide the evidence if we do need to use them. In court, that this is how i happened, this is what happened, ratherthan how i happened, this is what happened, rather than my word against someone else. My word against someone else. My word against someone else. My word against someone who is intoxicated, that doesn� t give someone the right to abuse and insult me, or any of my colleagues. I will be wearing a body worn camera when i am on duty, it will only be activated in a situation i feel threatened and i will tell the person that i am activating the camera, and hopefully that will de escalate the situation, even though i have already taken steps to de escalate. But that is they are as a Last Resort after 12 years in power, iT Looks like the long rule of israel� s prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could finally be coming to an end. 0pposition parties are finalising plans for a new government that would remove him from office. They have until midnight to reach an agreement. There are reports that the centrist politician tasked with pulling together the coalition hopes to make an announcement soon. 0ur diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports. Too soon to say, the clock is ticking, we know they have reached deals with several smaller parties, but crucially he has yet to reach a final deal with this man who would be the future Prime Minister in this prospective government in a Rotation Deal with mr lippi. We know as well as the ministerialjobs to be carved up, there are also roles on key government committees, and with negotiating so tight it has got a lot of israelis wondering, can this Coalition Government really work . It would be to parties from the far left to the far right, potentially bringing in an arab israeli party into the government for the first time. It will have to avoid a lot of sensitive issues in politics related to the palestinians, areas where politics and religion come together, add all the time Mr Netanyahu and his party appealing to right wing politicians, not to join this alliance, they have got some time, evenif alliance, they have got some time, even if the opponent has to meet this deadline, they would still be a week before the new government is sworn in. If he doesn� t meet the deadline, this whole issue goes back to the parliament, they have three weeks to choose a new Prime Minister. If they are unable to do so, they can cheaply go to get another election, its fifth election in two years, continuing an unprecedented period of political stalemate. There are concerns that medical training resources are failing patients with black and brown skin. Medical handbooks published as recently as 2014 only featured 3 of images showing conditions on the skin of black and ethnic minority people. This failing has left medical staff unable to diagnose common Skin Conditions on darker skin which can sometimes have serious medical consequences. Bree johnson reports. tx next breejohnson reports. Am i invisible . This might sound ridiculous, but try searching online for a simple Skin Condition like Acne Or Eczema and you� ll be scrolling a while before you found skin like mine. And this isn� tjust online either. When looking through medical textbooks with thousands of pages, there are only 22 images of non white skin. I started looking into this after waking up with a Skin Condition even my doctor couldn� t explain. Itjust made me wonder, is my skin not important . This time last year, i was struck by a one in three Mortality Rate Syndrome called stevens johnson syndrome. It kills one in three people. I had been prescribed a medication called carbamazepine following my wisdom tooth extraction. I now started flaring up with what i can only describe as a horrific reaction. This is what i looked like on day one. The following day, it had got significantly worse. Oh, my goodness. And here, just a day after. The marks were spread across your nose, completely under your eyes, more pus is coming from your lips and at this point, you� d been to the hospital how many times . Twice to a e. Twice, 0k. On what grounds did they ask you to leave . My symptoms didn� T Look severe enough to them. Like that . Like that. And they didn� t ask you. They didn� t even take my medical history. It was almost like i had to fight for my needs and for my pain. As soon as i stepped through those a e doors, my bodyjust gave up and so they had to resuscitate me. It was only when i went to this third hospital where there was a consultant who looks like me and who could identify that this woman, a, is in severe pain but this is not how she looks normally. This is where we say representation matters. I think back and, i don� t know, ijust. I feel failed, i feel failed, and i also remember the fact that it� s notjust me. There� s a history of women who have been turned awayjust because it doesn� T Look like what they recognise, it doesn� T Look like what they� ve seen before. If their curriculum doesn� T Account for what certain diseases look like on dark skin, then the fault isn� t even with them, the fault lies in the fact that they haven� t been told, they haven� t been shown. Someone definitely taking initiative is malone. Hi, malone. How are you . Hi, bree. How are you . During his second year of uni, he created the mind the Gap Handbook and it� s the first of its kind. It shows a variety of conditions on non white skin. Its now being used by the northeast Ambulance Service, the london Ambulance Service. Its being used in some gp practices, its starting to reshape the way medical education is being taught. The work that weve produced is able to help them potentially even maybe to prolong peoples lives. The british association of dermatologists was petitioned by over 5000 people in 2020 asking for an increase in diversity in training materials. We very much welcome the Petition L which we felt was a very important| Student Voice to highlight something that has already been concerning the british association of dermatologists for some time. J educational leaders need to ensure that diversity of patient population is embedded into all of the education material, not just tacked on at The End. Bree johnson, Bbc News. Next year, the queen will become the first british monarch to celebrate a platinumjubilee she will have been on the throne for 70 years. This morning, it was announced that there� ll be year long Platinum Jubilee celebrations throughout the united kingdom, the commonwealth and around the world, culminating in the Platinum Jubilee Weekend Nextjune. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has the latest. sot next we have had gold and diamond, and now platinum to match 70 years, a public holiday which will begin one Year Today on what will be thursday the 2nd of june, 2022, and it will begin trooping the colour, the Birthday Parade as we less frequently know it, that will return to horse guards next year for the first time since 2019. On friday the 3rd ofjune we will have a service of thanksgiving at st paul� s cathedral, saturday the 4th ofjune the queen will attend the derby which is always a highlight, and later that saturday there will be one of the highlights of the weekend, described as the Platinum Party at the palace. Here is what the price is about it, that the bbc will stage and broadcast a special live concert from Buckingham Palace bringing together some of the world� s biggest entertainment stars. Members of the public will be invited to apply for tickets and the ballot details of that will be released in due course. Then On Sunday the 5th ofjune, you cannot have a jubilee without a street party, the big Jubilee Lunch will be taking place, an opportunity to share friendship, Food And Fun with neighbours, according to the palace, and we� ll all conclude with the Platinum Jubilee and we� ll all conclude with the platinumjubilee pageant. 5000 people outside Buckingham Palace combining street art, music, circus, carnival and costume, and commemorating the service of many people during her majesty� s rain in the words of Buckingham Palace. The palace hoping that this will be very much a forward looking event after the bumpy few months that the queen and royalfamily the bumpy few months that the queen and royal family have endured, the bumpy few months that the queen and royalfamily have endured, and that this will be an opportunity for those who wish to come out and celebrate and their respect for the monarchy. A Teenagerfrom California has decribed the moment she fought off hailey moreeneeco, who� s 17, didn� t hesitate when she saw the Mother Bear and her two cubs on the wall of her back garden, fighting with hailey� s three dogs. Home cctv shows hailey running outside and pushing the bear off the wall, before rounding up her pets and running back inside. The teeanger sprained her finger but otherwise was unharmed. Tx Sot Iran i ran over to the Bear Iran over to the bear and i ran over to the bear and the first thing i thought to do was to push the bear off the ledge, do not push bears, do not care close to bears, you do not want to get unlucky. I just happened to come out unscathed. Do not fight a bear. Elsewhere, the bbc one drama holby city is to end next year after 23 years. The bbc said the decision to enter programme was in order to reshape the Bbc Drama and further diversify its programming. The series which began in 1999 follows the lives of the staff at a fictional hospital which is also the setting for the bc, casualties. Bbc drama casualties. Time for the weather. Good afternoon. It is the uk� s warmest day of the year so far. It� s not the first time we� ve said that this week. And for many spots, there� s plenty of sunshine around. Cool plenty of sunshine around. Down to the far plenty of sunshine around. South west where we a showers far South West where we are seeing showers pushing across wales, they will continue northwards as we head through this evening and overnight, the Odd Rumble of thunder, Cloud Filtering n, misty and mickey for some southern coast at a mild if not Muggy Night, temperatures for some holding up around 15 celsius. Tomorrow we will see shabby rain pushing northwards across scotland, many places actually largely drive. Early cardwell break to reveal some spells of sunshine. For most of us, it is a Bit Cooler than it has been, slightly cooler feel taking with us and rain at times, it will still be mostly dry. This is bbc new. The headlines has announced three quarters of adults in the uk have received a first dose of vaccine against covid. The Prime Minister has said he can� t see anything in the data yet that would prevent the remaining lockdown restrictions in england being lifted on the 21st Ofjune but urges Caution Ican i can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we cannot go ahead with step four or the opening on June The 21st but we� ve got to be so cautious. There� ll be 1. 4 Billion pounds for extra tuition for pupils in england who� ve fallen behind, but Teaching Unions call the plans a damp squib and hugely disappointing. Body cams for paramedics amid a rising wave of attacks on Ambulance Staff a four Day Bank Holiday Weekend Nextjune for the queen� s platinumjubilee she� ll be celebrating seven decades on the throne. And who� s afraid of the Big Brown Bear . Not this American Teenager who fought it off to save her three pet dogs. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that three quarters of adults in the uk have now received a first dose of a Covid Vaccine. In a speech at Thejenner Institute in oxford he praised the work of scientists to help the country out of the pandemic. He also confirmed that the government is in negotiations with astrazeneca over doses of its vaccine which has been modified to target the variant first identified in South Africa which has recently been designated the Beta Variant by the World Health Organization. This is what he had to say about the number of people who have received their first dose. Iam very i am very proud that we were able to deploy the first ever clinically approved Covid 19 vaccine here in this country and delivered 60 Million doses of three different vaccines into 39 Million arms as of midnight last night, i can confirm that we now have given a first dose of vaccine to three quarters of the aduu of vaccine to three quarters of the Adult Population of the united kingdom. Adult population of the united kintdom. , , kingdom. How significant is the milestone . Kingdom. 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I suppose if you wanted to ask tough questions of Matt Hancock you could say why is the uk sitting on large stockpiles of vaccine, why are they not sharing those with poor countries . And they� re going to hear a lot more about that in the next week because the Prime Minister is chairing the g7 senate. Many countries including france and the us are beginning to explain how many doses they are going to donate to poor countries. The uk has been vague so far I Think we can expect ministers to firm up their promises in the next few days on that. I their promises in the next few days on that. ,. ,. , on that. I word on the latest official figures on that. I word on the latest official figures we on that. I word on the latest official figures we have i on that. I word on the latest i official figures we have related to deaths and reported cases of coronavirus across the uk within the document and extending us on wednesday there were 4330 cases. That is up from Tuesdays Figure of 3165. So an increase in cases to 4330. You may remember yesterday the first day that no deaths were recorded in the pandemic since march of last year was tough today reports of last year was tough today reports of 12 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid 19 test. Up from that figure yesterday. That very welcome figure yesterday. That very welcome figure of zero deaths on tuesday. But today we are told 12 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid 19 test and an increase in cases the 4330. Meanwhile Government Advisers say the uks latest Coronavirus Data looks encouraging, amid continuing debate over whether to end all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st Ofjune. New data from the Office For National Statistics shows the lowest proportion of Virus Related Deaths in england and wales for eight months. This lunchtime the Prime Minister was asked about whether the signs are that the final step of Unwinding Restrictions in england can go ahead on 21stjune. Lets listen to what he said. Ican i can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we cant go ahead with step four or the opening on June The 21st but we have got to be so cautious because there is no question the lms beta of Infection Rates is showing an increase. We always knew that was going to happen. We only said that the unlocking steps we have taken would lead to increase his infection. What we need to work out is to what extent the Vaccination Programme has protected and particularly the elderly and vulnerable against a new search and that i am afraid they beta Isjust Search and that i am afraid they beta is just still search and that i am afraid they beta isjust still ambiguous. Professor christina par gall from independent sage is the director of the clinical operational Research Unit at University College london. Welcome to Bbc News. Within the last hour, the Health Secretary heralding this figure, 75 , and three quarters of all adults having at least one dose of the vaccine. Its a significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes, for sure, significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes, for sure. Im significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes, for sure, im not significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes, for sure, im not going significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes, for sure, im not going to significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes, for sure, im not going to say significant Milestone Isnt it . Yes for sure, im not going to say that the Vaccine Programme is not anything other than a great success, i is. But the 75 figure is misleading. It is one dose and we now know from Public Health in brand that actually giving that we now have a your variance that is dominant and called the Delta Variant that you really need to doses to get that production. And we also need to do it over the whole population. Just concentrating on adults is basically saying its fine if children get it. So we have 40 of the whole Population Risk to the figure we need to be concentrating on an obviously every week we are getting closer and closer to getting more of that but we still have a significant number of people who dont have the protection of two doses. ~. I dont have the protection of two doses. ~. , , i, doses. With that in mind, 40 have had the doses. With that in mind, 4096 have had the two doses. With that in mind, 4096 have had the two doses, doses. With that in mind, 4096 have had the two doses, what doses. With that in mind, 4096 have had the two doses, what do doses. With that in mind, 4096 have had the two doses, what do you doses. With that in mind, 4096 have. Had the two doses, what do you think that tells us and what should the government be thinking about lifting of those Restrictions Injune . I think its far too early to say anything about you and and saying anything about you and and saying anything about you and and saying anything about going ahead withjune when borisjohnson says he sees nothing in the data, i dont really know what data he is looking at. Whats been happening since april is that we had two epidemics in this country, one that is going down which is the old variant that we had, now called alpha but the other one is a new variance coming through called delta which originally was seenin called delta which originally was seen in india. Thats been coming in every single week since The End of march. That was the start of the third wave and just because it was kind of maxed by the decline of the other one does not mean we have not beenin other one does not mean we have not been in a situation of exponential growth, we have. Cases have gone up 35 in the last week while testing has gone down almost 20 . And these are worrying numbers and advice to the government have released models saying this is what happens when you have a more transmissible their intake can really bad. [30 have a more transmissible their intake can really bad. Have a more transmissible their intake can really bad. Do you expect that we get intake can really bad. Do you expect that we get to intake can really bad. Do you expect that we get to a intake can really bad. Do you expect that we get to a Stage Intake can really bad. Do you expect that we get to a stage where intake can really bad. Do you expect that we get to a stage where giving| that we get to a stage where giving vaccine will not make infections continue to rise but hospitalisations and deaths which is the biggest concern begin to fall or continue to fall and thats with the government will be focusing on . There is no way that you can have continuously rising cases and not writing hospitalisations. What has happened is that the link between them has been greatly weakened by vaccination. Theres no doubt that we are in a much better now than we were back injanuary. So, for the same number of infections we would see far fewer hospitalisations and far fewer deaths and thats good news. If we have significantly more infections than we had in winter which is possible now that weve opened up and have a different variance, it could scarcely an absolute number and theres a lot of people in hospital. For instance, in chile right now they are about to enter their second lockdown of their Vaccination Programme and they have got more than 50 of their population with two doses of vaccine and 95 of the icus are full and a lot of those people are under 40. That shows you what can happen if you have too many infections even if your vaccines are working really well. , your vaccines are working really well. ,. , your vaccines are working really well. ,. ,. , well. Can we ever expect to get to the state well. Can we ever expect to get to the stage where well. Can we ever expect to get to the stage where there well. Can we ever expect to get to the stage where there are well. Can we ever expect to get to the stage where there are zero the stage where there are zero infections, zero deaths, and the whole population is vaccinated and thenit whole population is vaccinated and then it is ok to lift restrictions or are we going to have to come to some sort of compromise where we are happy with a certain level of infection . I happy with a certain level of infection . Happy with a certain level of infection . ~ u,. ,. , infection . I think we can get to a State Infection . I think we can get to a stage where infection . I think we can get to a stage where Things Infection . I think we can get to a stage where things are infection . I think we can get to a stage where things are not, infection . I think we can get to a stage where things are not, lots| stage where things are not, lots better. The only country in the world at the moment that has managed to vaccinate where its pretty much zero cases is israel and they opened up zero cases is israel and they opened up really actively vaccinated about 70, 70 5 of up really actively vaccinated about 70,70 5 of their adult up really actively vaccinated about 70, 70 5 of their Adult Population. And they have a slow opening, they had their borders shut the whole time, and they still have now quite strict border controls. But there pretty much fully open and continuing now trying to vaccinate teenagers because they have a very high proportion of under atms in their country but if you can get to that kind of over 80 of adults vaccinated its very, very difficult for new variance to take off if you start off with a number of cases. 0ne we will have to watch and wait and see. Its good to talk to you. Thanks for your insights. The Prime Minister has defended a Cash Injection for Catch Up learning in schools in england and confirmed this lunchtime there will be more money later, in addition to the one point Four Billion pounds announced this morning. That amount has been condemned as a damp squib� by teachers� leaders. Labour also says the plans dont go far enough. Its understood the treasury was unwilling to commit to a more ambitious plan, costing about Ten Billion pounds. 0ur Education Correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports. This is our reception children here. Theres all sorts going on. This is Ash Green Community primary in halifax. How are we doing . Some of the children have missed nearly a year of in school learning. Were re going over things that they did in reception and in year one. So, simple things like holding your pencil correctly. The past few months have been about catching up in the classroom. Yes, its my handwriting, because i hadnt done that much since lockdown, and its gone a bit different since. Ive been at home i for such a long time, and ive got quite used to being at home. And when you came back to school, i bet you were a bit tired, werent you, doing all these activities . Yeah. Tell me what that was like . Yeah, as soon as i went home, i was pretty much asleep. Some of the children are struggling with concentration and confidence. They now work in smaller groups, so teachers can identify any issues. A lot of them stopped believing in themselves. Theyve not had the basic skills that they need. For example, my class in year three, theyve not had the year two knowledge that they need to succeed in year three. There are lots of additional activities to help children learn and play, but there are even bigger challenges. Its important that when you go home, you feel relaxed and comfortable, and that they can talk to you, you can talk to them. Yeah . The school has a full time social worker. Since children started returning to the classroom, his caseload has doubled. The children are coming in and theyre disclosing arguments, fights, parents, carers, physical abusing them, emotionally abusing them. Its the second morning that she l said she had no tea last night. I this school says it needs more money for an additional social worker. Today, the government in england has announced £1. 4 Billion for tuition and training. Teaching unions say the money is well below the amount needed for children to Catch Up. The Department For Education says its doing its best in difficult times to stop the most disadvantaged children falling further behind. I didnt and i dont think the Prime Minister or the chancellor did either, wanted to be in a situation where we were waiting for a comprehensive Spending Review to get money out of the door in order to be able to have a positive impact in Terms Of childrens lives. Labour has criticised the funding and says young people must be the priority. Children cant learn well if they are worried, if they are anxious, if they are not having time to play and develop, so we are also suggesting support for extracurricular activities, play, drama, art and so on, and of course in putting in mental Health Support in schools so that if children are struggling a little with their Well Being, there is someone on hand to help them. This headteacher says schools need to be given more funding and the flexibility to decide how to spend it. If you dont put thatl time in to think, 0k, i want that child to be brilliant in maths, but before i do, ive got to make sure his family are ok,. Ive got to make sure that Hes 0k emotionally, if you dont see all of that, then youre not. Going to get anywhere with these children. I what youre going to end up with is people who, at The End of it, are going to say, do you know what . Did we actually give the best for these children . Well, we did the best that we could do with the means that we had, but the means we had werent enough. I the Education Policy Institute estimates that todays announcement equates to £310 per pupil in england. It calculates wales has announced a similar amount and existing funding for scotland and Northern Ireland is £200 per pupil. 51. What would 51 divided by 100 be . Catching up wont be quick or easy. For schools like this one, at the heart of a community, there is a long road to recovery. Elaine dunkley, Bbc News, in halifax. Lets talk to our political correspondent greg dawson. The government says there is an announcement today, £1. 4 Billion. They will be more money later but we dont Know How much it would be or when it will come. When it will come. Yes, back in March Boris when it will come. Yes, back in march Boris Johnson when it will come. Yes, back in march Boris Johnson said when it will come. Yes, back in march Boris Johnson said that i March Borisjohnson said that education was his biggest priority when it came to how this country recovered from the pandemic. He said that it threatened to be a Legacy Issue for the country and to a lot of eyes were on what announcement and what the announcement would contain in Terms Of how the government would deal with this issue of months of disruptive teaching and immediately that figure of £1. 4 Billion was left on that a teacher unions and the Labour Party saying its simply not enough. If the fraction of whats needed to deal with all of the problems that teachers and schools have in Terms Of catching up and more tutoring levels for disadvantaged pupils and borisjohnson said today, yes, more money for coming down the Line And Thatis money for coming down the line and that is expected to come in the form of the Government Spending with you in the autumn. Ordinarily, the treasury is reluctant to commit to major sums of money. Talking about tens of billions of pounds potentially and distributing that kind of cash outside of the Spending Review and the information is probably have to wait until the autumn until he gets more on what will be done and how much will be allocated but, between now and then expect a lot of negotiation between the Department For Education and the treasury over what exactly is needed. One thing that will cost extra money beyond the extra tutoring is the idea of longer School Days and today we have got an empty an indication from the Education Secretary that he is in favour of that idea and its also been impacted by another senior conservative mp, the chair of the common education select committee. He is a man who has not been afraid of not being his own government on taking measures to address these problems. He describes the 1. 4 million Figure Today as a significant but he said it was a hefty starter and not the main course. Thats the problem if we start getting into the realms of longer School Days for example that is what we would assume Costs Money and is no indication about how would how that would be paid for itjust yet. The estimates we are hearing today is that potentially if you want to address all of the problems going on in the Education System right now it could cost up to £15 billion and then you have 1. 4 Billion being committed today you can see there is a major shortfall if you speak to The Unions and you speak to people who work in the education sector, but he doesnt like we would have to wait several months before we get more information on what will happen next. Thank you so much. In the next couple of minutes be you will talk about some of the implications of the funding that has been announced for schoolchildren to Catch Up on the learning that he have missed over the last 12 months. In fact, there is no provision for children underfive and they there is no provision for children under five and they said that is a crucial oversight and there should be more money put aside to help younger children Catch Up to make sure they are ready when they arrive at school. We will speak to them in about five or ten minutes here on Bbc News. We will stay with education but a different element that a scottish Qualification Authority asked schools and colleges to take down social media posts which some pupils appear to have been using to share confidential assessment material. Bbc scotland has seen evidence that more than Six Thousand pupils have been using a website to cheat in the assessments, which are replacing exams this year. Our Scotland Correspondent james shawjoins me now with more on this. Explain what is going on here. This is a fascinating story, isnt it . Yes, what we know is that the scottish qualifications authority, thatis scottish qualifications authority, that is the body thaT Looks after qualifications for schoolchildren in scotland has to schools and colleges and they say that there has been based evidence that children have been or pupils have been looking at details of confidential material, connected with assessments on a number of websites. Of course, what we should understand is that these assessments are replacing exams this year because of the pandemic. Its not been possible for exam stopping for the second year running, so these assessments are being done by individual schools, these assessments are being done by individualschools, but these assessments are being done by individual schools, but somehow or another seems this confidential material has got onto the internet and the information that we have suggests that at least six and a half thousand people have been looking at this material and of course that suggests they have been attempting to cheat these assessments. To execute says it takes the situation very seriously, but it also points out that a lot of assessment has happened already. In fact, pupils will get their interim exam results, their provisional results by The End of term which is in scotland is The End ofjune. But that assessment of the situation has not really been accepted particularly by the conservative Spokesman And Education in the scottish parliament. He says that there were an industrial quantities of this material is available on the internet. He accused the sqa of naivety and incompetence. I think the big question thats going to hang over this question of qualifications over the course of the summer is the extent to which it damages the system. Of course, the credibility of the Qualification System is absolutely crucial for the future of pupils. There were difficulties last year, iT Looks as though there are going to be difficulties again this year. Lets return to the funding for helping children Catch Up with their education. One ofd the complaints has been that there isnt any provision for underfive year olds. Joining me now is dan paskins who is the impact director at save the children uk. Welcome to Bbc News. Its good to see you. Lots of money being announced. £1. 4 Billion. Critics say thats not enough and you have specific concerns about children under the age of five . Yes. Specific concerns about children under the age of five . Yes. They are workin under the age of five . Yes. They are working families under the age of five . Yes. They are working families all under the age of five . Yes. They are working families all through under the age of five . Yes. They are working families all through the working families all through the pandemic and small children and families have been affected straight up. The fact that they need extra help for children of School Age particularly they will be helping children who may be have not had laptops or all these problems that we know have affected the children last year. Its very disappointing that there has been no money announced and before they start school. All the evidence shows that its a really important investment in our future and that helping children to learn and develop in those first few days as many crucial and can have an impact and the more that children are ready to start school and able to learn, the more so its really vital for school and able to learn, the more so its really vitalfor children and you know two and three year olds dave had to cope in very difficult situations. Helping them should be part of the Recovery Agenda but we know in Terms Of spending money its prudent. We know in Terms Of spending money its rudent. ~. ,. ,. , prudent. We have been hearing about where the schoolchildren prudent. We have been hearing about where the schoolchildren have prudent. We have been hearing about where the schoolchildren have been l where the schoolchildren have been knocking or missing learning particularly in schools like maths and english but also to generate a Self Confidence and not being around other children for an entire year. I wonder when we are talking about the underfive, what wonder when we are talking about the under five, what is wonder when we are talking about the underfive, what is it wonder when we are talking about the under five, what is it that they have most missed and where would anybody be best . The have most missed and where would anybody be best . Have most missed and where would anybody be best . The first few years is where the anybody be best . The first few years is where the most anybody be best . The first few years is where the most Brain Anybody be best . The first few years is where the most Brain Growth Anybody be best . The first few years is where the most Brain Growth and i is where the most Brain Growth and development happens so obviously b would not be talking about things like that, the skills of being able, thats what the way children can learn and developing social skills and getting to spend time with other children which they missed out on. These are vital core skills which determine their ability to be able to develop academically. Whats really important is getting back mental and physical Well Being right because as long as children are happy or safe, as long as they are healthy and they are able to learn but if those fundamentals arent in place that no institution is going to be able to help them to thrive. I want to ask about that, about what the potential long Term Input implications could be because we now at a young age those formative years could have an impact later in life. The government has recognised in the past that actually some of the best investment you can make as a country are in those early years but Theres Money thats being announced today that needs to be seen just its a good start in any way but i hope thats when they have the investment eight really things notjust additional investment for School Age children but really thinking about children but really thinking about children of all ages particularly those crucial early years. Thank you for our those crucial early years. Thank you foryourtime those crucial early years. Thank you for your time. Its those crucial early years. Thank you for your time. Its good those crucial early years. Thank you for your time. Its good to those crucial early years. Thank you for your time. Its good to hear for your time. Its good to hear from you this afternoon. Thank you for explaining some of those implications and the call from our funding for those under five, thank you. Next year the queen will become the first british monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee she will have been on the throne for seventy years. And its been announced this morning that therell be year long Platinum Jubilee celebrations throughout the united kingdom, the commonwealth and around the world culminating in the Platinum Jubilee Weekend Nextjune. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell has the latest. We have had gold and diamonds and now its patent to market 70 years of the Queens Rain and a special four day public holiday which will begin one year to date on what will begin one year to date on what will be thursday the 2nd ofjune 2022 and it will begin with the queens Birthday Parade as we less frequently no weights, all being led into a return to horse cards next year and for the first time since 2019 and then on Friday The 3rd Of June will be the service of thanksgiving at st. Pauls cathedral and saturday the 4th ofjune the Queen Lead attend the derby which is always a highlight of the year for her and later on that saturday there will be one of the highlights of the weekend. Its being described as the Platinum Party at the palace. Here is what the palace says about it. It says the bbc live stage a broadcast, a special live concert from Buckingham Palace being to get us some of the worlds biggest entertainment stars. Members of the public would be invited to apply for tickets for the special event and the ballots and details of that will be released in due course. On sunday the 5th ofjune, you cant have agility without a street party. The big Jubilee Lunch will be taking place and an opportunity to share friendship, food, and fun with neighbours and it will all conclude with the Platinum Jubilee pageant. 5000 people outside Beckenham Palace combining street art, theatre, music, circus, Carnivaland Costume and commemorating the service of many people hearing her Majestys Rain in the words of Buckingham Palace. The palace is hoping that this will be a forward looking event after the bumpy few months that the queen and the royal family have endured and this will be an opportunity for those who wish to come out and celebrate and mark their respect for the monarch. Its now approaching 4 30 P M. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben. Its the warmest day of the year so far. Not for the first time this week. Temperatures will be led up into the 20s. It would be cooler for some northeastern coasts with Extra Clouds. And a Bit Cooler in the far southwest where we see showers which will push across wales. They will continue their journey will push across wales. They will continue theirjourney north as we head into this evening and tonight. Some thunder mixing english showers. Some thunder mixing english showers. Some cloudiness filtering into the night. Murky for some coasts and mild if not monday night. Temperatures for some of us holding up temperatures for some of us holding up around 15 degrees. Tomorrow we will see some showering pushing north across scotland. But many places here will be dry. Further south will be tried as well. The cloudiness will break to reveal spells of sunshine. A warm day across eastern areas but for most of us it will be cooler than it has been. We take a cool field with us to watch the weekend and a bit of rain at times but it will be mostly dry. Hello this is Bbc News. The headlines. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock, has announced three quarters of adults in the uk have received a first dose of vaccine against covid. The Prime Minister has said he cant see anything in the data yet that would prevent the remaining lockdown restrictions in england being lifted on the 21st Ofjune, but urges Caution Ican i can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we cannot go ahead with step four and Opening Onjune 21, but we have got to be so cautious. Therell be £1. 4 Billion for extra tuition for pupils in England Whove fallen behind, but Teaching Unions call the plans a damp squib and hugely disappointing. Body cams for paramedics amid a rising wave of attacks on Ambulance Staff. A four Day Bank Holiday Weekend Nextjune for the Queens Platinumjubilee Shell be celebrating seven decades on the throne. And whos afraid of the Big Brown Bear . Not this American Teenager who fought it off to save her three pet dogs. Sport, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon, in front of around 7,500 fans at lords, ollie robinsons taken two wickets on his England Debut on day one of the first test against New Zealand. The tourists chose to bat and saw Tom Latham dismissed for 23 by robinson. His second wicket was that of ross taylor, in Betweenjames Anderson dismissing the New Zealand Skipper Kane Williamson for 13. But Devon Conway on his Test Debut too has remained unflappable, a really impressive innings with New Zealand currently 158 3 after tea at lords. 1723. Its the first time england are playing in front of a Home Crowd since 2019. Couldnt get back to sleep, so excited, just feel lucky to be here. Just to cheer them coming out, and to watch hopefully then pick a few wickets out, that would be lovely. | it feels emotional coming off the| tube and the trumpets are playing jerusalem, brought it home to me i that this is the first occasion i where there are crowds here for so long. Looking forward to the day. Next to tottenhams search for a new manager we understand spurs have made contact with the former Chelsea Boss antonio conte, though no offer has yet been made. Contesjust guided inter milan to their first serie a title since 2010, but chose to leave the club after talks with the clubs chairman. Tottenham have been without a permanent boss since the departure of another former Chelsea Manager Jose mourinho in april. Next to the french open, where the World Number six Alexander Zverev made hard work of it but is into the third round at rolland garros after beating qualifier roman safiullin. Zverev needed two tie breaks in the first and the third set to get the job done. The german players never been past the quarter finals in paris but has managed to avoid rafael nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in his side of the draw, and will face the unseeded Serb Laslo Djere next. And a surprise in the womens draw, the tenth Seed Belinda Bencic has been knocked out by daria kasatkina. The russian cruising into round three after a straight sets win 6 2, 6 2 in just over an hour and a quarter. Geraint thomas has left himself work to do after stage 4 of the week long criterium du dauphine race, as he prepares for the tour de france at The End of the month. He was quickest at the Hallfway Stage of the ten mile time trial, but faded. To finish 10th fastest. Hes 8th overall, 24 seconds off the lead. Which is still held by austrias lukas postlberger, but onlyjust hes now one second ahead of Todays Stage Winner alexey lutsenko. The british Diving Team for this summers olympics has been announced. Tom daley will be looking to finally add olympic gold to the world, european and commonwealth titles hes previously won, as well as bronze at London 2012 and at rio 2016. The team also includes defending olympic Champion Jack Laugher and dan goodfellow. I6 year old andrea Spendolini Sirieix will be the youngest member of the squad. Daley is overjoyed about competiting at his fourth games it is just exciting to think that the kid dreaming of going to London 2012 managed to get into thousand eight, 12, i6, 2012 managed to get into thousand eight, 12, 16, now 2020, iam over the moon to be selected. Managed to get there in 2008. Rugby league, and leigh Centurions Head Coachjohn duffy has left the club after an eight game losing run in the 2021 super league. Duffy had been in charge since november 2018. His final game was the 40 16 defeat at Hull Kr On Sunday. Leigh replaced Toronto Wolfpack in the competition in december but are bottom of the table, having lost all their league matches this season. Thats all the sport for now. Paramedics in england are to be offered Body Cameras after a rise in violent attacks on frontline Ambulance Staff. Thousands of them are assaulted each year, and theyve even been attacked when responding to Emergency Calls during the pandemic. The nhs is hoping to issue the Body Cam Equipment by The End of the month. Heres our Health Correspondent, anna collinson. Its three years since Gary Watson was attacked by a patient he was trying to help. The paramedic� s physical injuries have now healed, but the painful memories are with him for life. I had quite a bad rotator cuff injury, so torn ligaments down my right shoulder. I had significant bruising to one side of my face, scratch marks, gouge marks, yeah, just bruises, pretty much, up and down my body. My wife noticed maybe six months after the incident, a change in personality. Quite an angry person at home. Come to work, put on a smiley face, come home, you know, not quite the same. Stories like garys are unfortunately on the rise. Data shows that more than 3,500 Ambulance Workers were physically assaulted last year. Thats a 32 increase over five years. But its hoped that wearing Body Cameras could help. At a glance, you may not even notice them. Nhs england is rolling out these cameras to all ten of its ambulance trusts, in the hope they will de escalate the potentially violent situations. From spitting, biting, and verbal abuse, to kicking, Head Butting and punching. Its after a successful trial in the north east. Sadly they are needed, because our staff are being assaulted. Assaults have increased dramatically over the last few years from the public, on staff. So, we need to have that method of Recording Evidence for prosecuting, and its also a good deterrent, if somebody sees the camera, they are less likely to actually be aggressive and assault our staff. In london, there were also Body Camera trials. So, to start the shift, they have made it really easy for us, byjust coming in and using our id card, and it registers a camera to our card. It flashes to tell me what camera to take, withdraw the camera, place it on the person, and thats ready to go and to activate whenever you need it. Some Ambulance Crews expressed concern about privacy, but they have been told that they can choose whether to wear Body Cameras. Services in wales and Northern Ireland say they are also considering introducing them, but the scottish Ambulance Service declined to comment. What would be your message to anyone watching who has maybe lashed out at a worker like yourself in the past . When you see someone in uniform, you see the uniform, but theres obviously a person thats wearing it. Every time a call comes down on the radio, you do think, is it going to be another one of thosejobs or is it going to be the normal day to dayjob . You just never know. Anna collinson, Bbc News. A I9 Year old man in singapore has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the Premier League Footballer neal maupay on social media. Derek ng is the first person outside the uk to be charged and convicted of such an offence. Nick marsh reports from singapore. The Premier League said it hoped todays ruling would serve as a powerful deterrent to would be abusers no matter where they are in the world. They thanked the singaporean authorities, as did neal maupay, and Brighton And Hove albion in securing this landmark conviction. 7000 miles away, and the first of its kind outside of the uk. Now, derek mg, 19 years old, pleaded guilty as expected today in court to sending these explicit death threats to neal maupay. He will be sentenced next month and he can expect to receive a hefty fine of up to £10,000. He may also receive a Jail Term of up to two years. Now we all Know How much abuse is levelled at players on a daily basis from within the uk. But given footballs global appeal it is also clear that an awful lot comes from outside the domestic borders too. This is where things get tricky. Because the footballing authorities then need to enlist the help of foreign Law Enforcement agencies. They need police forces around the world to start investing their time, their effort and their resources into securing convictions like this. Now today they will argue that what has happened in singapore can serve as a bit of a watershed moment. They think it will be a sort of template in ensuring that online abuse, no matter where it happens in the world, can be tackled and people can be brought to justice. Nick marsh, Bbc News, singapore. There are concerns that medical training resources are failing patients with black and brown skin. Medical handbooks published as recently as 2014 only featured 3 of images showing conditions on the skin of black and ethnic minority people. This failing has left medical staff unable to diagnose common Skin Conditions on darker skin which can sometimes have serious medical consequences. Breejohnson reports. Am i invisible . This might sound ridiculous, but try searching online for a simple Skin Condition like Acne Or Eczema and youll be scrolling a while before you found skin like mine. And this isntjust online either. When looking through medical textbooks with thousands of pages, there are only 22 images of non white skin. I started looking into this after waking up with a Skin Condition even my Doctor Couldnt explain. Itjust made me wonder, is my skin not important . This time last year, i was struck by a one in three Mortality Rate Syndrome called stevens johnson syndrome. It kills one in three people. I had been prescribed a medication called carbamazepine following my wisdom tooth extraction. I now started flaring up with what i can only describe as a horrific reaction. This is what i looked like on day one. The following day, it had got significantly worse. Oh, my goodness. And here, just a day after. The marks were spread across your nose, completely under your eyes, more pus is coming from your lips and at this point, youd been to the hospital how many times . Twice to a e. Twice, ok. On what grounds did they ask you to leave . My symptoms didnT Look severe enough to them. Like that . Like that. And they didnt ask you. They didnt even take my medical history. It was almost like i had to fight for my needs and for my pain. As soon as i stepped through those a e doors, my bodyjust gave up and so they had to resuscitate me. It was only when i went to this third hospital where there was a consultant who looks like me and who could identify that this woman, a, is in severe pain but this is not how she looks normally. This is where we say representation matters. I think back and, i dont know, ijust. I feel failed, i feel failed, and i also remember the fact that its notjust me. Theres a history of women who have been turned awayjust because it doesnT Look like what they recognise, it doesnT Look like what theyve seen before. If their curriculum doesnT Account for what certain diseases look like on dark skin, then the Fault Isnt even with them, the fault lies in the fact that they havent been told, they havent been shown. Someone definitely taking initiative is malone. Hi, malone. How are you . Hi, bree. How are you . During his second year of uni, he created the mind the Gap Handbook and its the first of its kind. It shows a variety of conditions on non white skin. Its now being used by the northeast Ambulance Service, the london Ambulance Service. Its being used in some gp practices, its starting to reshape the way medical education is being taught. The work that weve produced is able to help them potentially even maybe to prolong peoples lives. The british association of dermatologists was petitioned by over 5000 people in 2020 asking for an increase in diversity in training materials. We very much welcome the Petition L which we felt was a very important| Student Voice to highlight something that has already been concerning the british association of dermatologists for some time. J educational leaders need to ensure that diversity of patient population is embedded into all of the education material, not just tacked on at The End. Bree johnson, Bbc News. Several Trans And Lgbt campaign groups are crowdfunding a legal action against the Charity Commission, over the award of charitable status to a new organisation supporting lesbians, gay men and bisexual people. The groups are mermaids and four other lgbt organisations, with the support of the good law project. They claim the charity, the Lgb Alliance, is trying to roll back legal protections for trans people. The Lgb Alliance said this morning it was committed to advancing the rights of lgb people and that it was disappointing to see groups with a joint annual income of £13. 5 million try to remove their charitable status. The Charity Commission says that if an organisation meets the legal tests of public benefit, it will be entered on the charity register. The worlds largest Meat Processing Company has blamed a group based in russia for a sophisticated cyber attack. Computer networks atjbs were hacked, causing some operations in australia, canada and the us to temporarily shut down. A ransom was demanded. The attack could lead to shortages of Meat Or Raise prices for consumers. Earlier we heard this update from our cybersecurity reporter, joe tidy. Its having a massive impact already. The company says it should get operations back up and running, but already we are seeing potential price rises already coming through. This is a massive company. Of course, its a brazilian company, but it operates in 15 different countries around the World And Meat packing, production lines, slaughterhouses, theyve all been affected in australia, canada, but its the us thats mostly been been hit by this. Multiple facilities seem to have shut down in the last couple of days, with staff turning up, thousands of staff with nothing to do. We dont know whether or not the attack has affected the operational technology, so the Production Line Side of the business. Its most likely its affected the it, so the computer systems that are run by the back end of the operations in order to keep things like supply, Auditing Or Customer servicing or the sort of payment systems going. And we saw that recently with the colonial Pipeline Attack on the us again, which affected fuel supplies across the east coast of the us, affecting, again, panic buying, chaos at the pumps, price rises. And in that situation, the company closed down their operational side thats the pumping of the oil because they couldnt work out what needed to go where because the it side was damaged and disrupted. After 12 years in power, iT Looks like the long rule of israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could finally be coming to an end. Opposition parties are finalising plans for a new government that would remove him from office. They have until midnight to reach an agreement. There are reports that the centrist politician tasked with pulling together the coalition hopes to make an announcement soon. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reports. Israels parliament met this morning. The country now has a new president but it is a ceremonial position and a much bigger question remains unresolved when will israel have a new government . The recent fighting in gaza brought coalition talks to a grinding halt after yet another inconclusive israeli election, the fourth in two years, the countrys longest serving Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, was clinging on by his fingertips. He had already tried and failed to cobble together his own government. That task now fell to his opponents. They make an odd couple. Naftali bennett is from the hard nationalist right, opposed to a palestinian state. He has served in several netanyahu governments but says israel can ill afford yet another election. Translation the political crisis in israel is unprecedented on a global scale. We can move to a fifth, sixth, tenth election to dismantle the walls of this Country Brick by brick until our house will collapse on us. It is possible to stop the madness and take responsibility. Yair lapid is from the centre. He believes in a two state solution. His secular views have sometimes pitted him against israels powerful ultraorthodox establishment. Translation this is the moment of truth. | it eventually comes down to two options, a large coalition or a government of darkness, Racism And Homophobia which will take the money of those who work and give it to those who dont. There are plenty of ideological battles ahead but, for now, opposition to Mr Netanyahu is what binds the two hopefuls, and they are getting close. They have a Midnight Deadline and it seems they are on the path to finalising these coalition deals. Already several have been reached and there are several more that need to be finished before the deadline, so the prospects look good but still there are some obstacles and issues that could upset the negotiations. Issues Mr Netanyahu is working hard to exploit. After 11 years in power, the man supporters love to call Bb King of israel has formidable political skills. He has outwitted opponents before. Bibi. He could just out with them again. But he knows the time is running out. His long reign may soon be over. Paul adams, Bbc News. Chinas Leader Xijinping has called on the communist party to widen the Countrys Circle of friends by creating an image which is trustworthy and loveable. Analysts are asking whether this means a shift in Beijings Diplomacy which has been increasingly antagonistic in recent years. Our China Correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in beijing for us. In recent years, china has become known for its so called Wolf Warrior diplomacy. In a nutshell, this has meant encouraging diplomats to take to social media in order to attack, even abuse perceived enemies, including foreign governments. Well, now a speech from the Countrys Leader has led many to question whether or not this is all about to change. Xi jinping told the politburo that china needs to expand its circle of friends internationally, that the countrys image needs to be one which is respected, which is trustworthy, even lovable. Well, its hard to be lovable when youre constantly attacking others, so could this mean the reining in of the Wolf Warrior diplomats . One line in what he said especially stood out when he said that the Partys Leadership needed to get a grip on the tone of communications with the outside world. Well, anyone who follows chinas diplomats on, say, twitter will see that their offerings are often anything but diplomatic in tone. So what now . Well, its possible that Xijinpings Administration has been persuaded, even by some party loyalists, that the old Way Wasnt working, that from the philippines to australia to europe, you can see popular perceptions of the chinese government collapsing. However, their challenge is this its probably going to take more than just changing the message, changing the rhetoric. Its probably going to take a change in actions for many overseas to change the way they view the chinese government. Many communities in england at sea restrictions in traffic. The chief environment corresponding has been to oxford where a group of pedestrians are trying to uphold a local Traffic Law by becoming human bullards. Heres a question for you when is a pedestrian not a pedestrian . Were bollards and bollards dont say anything. When they have become a human bollard. What are you going to do . Run us over . Ive got a place to be. Can you move . Horns blare you cannot go down the high street. So this road is supposed to be blocked between 7 30am and 6 30pm but the bollards arent working and nor are the Number Plate Recognition cameras, so drivers know they can come through without being fined, which is why the oxford Pedestrians Association decided to. Step in. I dont feel anxious or afraid, ijust Feel Something has to be done and im doing the right thing in the right directions. Bizarre, i wouldnt have expected it. Im not like normal vehicles, you dont know that. What, are you speechless now . Yeah, so ill be reversing down here in a second. Thank you. One Delivery Man managed to bamboozle the activists into letting him through. I pay taxes to the council to be able to go through here so im an authorised vehicle, i the same as the county council, mate, the same as buses, i can go through the cameras. The Delivery Company Dpd told Bbc News the response from the Driver Wasnt acceptable and it said it will brief all drivers again on the restrictions. We will find out. The road closures here in oxford are part of a nationwide effort to calm traffic in our Town And City centres. So what we are trying to do is to rebalance our streets, make them friendlier for pedestrians, encourage them to be able to walk more short trips, and that actually helps free up space for people who need to drive, for people carrying heavy loads. But, rachel, freeing up space for pedestrians means taking space away from motorists, doesnt it . It means. Very often, they are the same person, very often there is a person who is driving to the local shop who could walk to the local shop, not always. Enfield in london is one of many English Councils that has blocked roads and introduced charges to create new low Traffic Neighbourhoods, or ltns, during the covid pandemic. So, this low Traffic Neighbourhood came completely out of the blue and it has made our lives impossible. The restrictions here in enfield are similar to oxford, except you are fined £130 if you drive through. Everywhere ive been going, ive been blocked to try and get down here. It is bloody ridiculous. Sue sanders says she has never been involved in local politics before. I see it as undermining democracy. There has not been a proper consultation. We see the ltns as a fait accompli, as something imposed upon us, and i actually genuinely see it as alienating people from the green agenda, it is actually undermining the green agenda. We asked Enfield Councilfor comment but it did not respond. Hi, guys, you know it is illegal for you to go through here . I no, its not, mate. It is. The truth is, if we want safe, clean cities and to tackle climate change, we do need to coax some people out of their cars. And if they think they will be punished, most drivers do obey the law. Justin rowlatt, Bbc News, oxford. A Teenagerfrom California has decribed the moment she fought off a bear to protect her pet dogs. Hailey moreeneeco, whos i7, didnt hesitate when she saw the Mother Bear and her two cubs on the wall of her back garden, fighting with hailey� s three dogs. Home cctv shows hailey running outside and pushing the bear off the wall, before rounding up her pets and running back inside. The teeanger sprained her finger but otherwise was unharmed. Tx Sot i run over to the bear, and the first thing I Think to do is to push the bear off the ledge its standing on. Do not push bears, do not get close to bears. You do not want to get unlucky. Ijust happened to come out unscathed. The bbc one drama holby city is to end next year after 23 years. In a statement, the bbc said the decision to end the programme was in order to reshape Bbc Drama and to further diversify its programming. The series, which debuted in 1999, follows the lives of the staff at the fictional holby city hospital, which also the setting for the Bbc Drama casualty. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Good afternoon. It is the uks warmest day of the year so far. Its not the first time weve said that this week. And for many spots, Theres Plenty of sunshine around. Beautiful scenes there for a Weather Watcher in douglas on the isle of man earlier on. But it hasnt been like that everywhere. More cloud bringing some Showery Rain across the South West of england. You can see that from our earlier Satellite And Radar picture. There has even been a little bit of Thunder And Lightning mixed in here. And those showers will continue to drift further northwards and eastwards into wales, the midlands, some parts of south east england through the afternoon, also getting into Northern Ireland. Quite a breezy day out there. And weve also got a lump of low cloud pushing into the east coast of Scotland And Northeast england, so temperatures here a little suppressed. Its a Touch Cooler down to the far South West as these showers have drifted through, but in between, in the best of the sunshine, those temperatures well up into the 20s. And as we head through this evening and tonight, we will continue to take this line of showers and will push it further north, so across northern england, Northern Ireland. Those showers perhaps getting into southern scotland by The End of the night. A lot of Cloud Filtering in as well. Quite murky for some English Channel coasts, at least for a time, and a pretty mild and Muggy Night, 15 or 16 degrees the overnight lows for birmingham, for liverpool. And then into tomorrow, we will see some Showery Rain drifting out of northern england and up across scotland, although the rain will tend to fizzle, I Think. Other spots starting off on a largely cloudy note, but that cloud should tend to break to reveal some spells of sunshine. The warmest Weather Tomorrow will be across eastern england, 25, maybe 26 degrees. But further west, a slightly cooler feel. Still pleasant enough, though, in the sunshine. As we get into friday, theres the chance that we could see some heavy, possibly thundery downpours clipping into eastern and south eastern parts of england at times. And also a frontal system bringing cloud and maybe some rain into the far west of Northern Ireland. But in between, some sunshine, once again. Those temperatures slightly lower, but still pleasant enough high teens or low 20s for most. Now, the Weekend Weather Chart is quite a complicated one. We have got this Weather Front pushing in from the west. Thatll try to bring some outbreaks of rain but, actually, overall, high Pressure Remainsjust about in charge, so there wont be an awful lot of rain. Many places, actually, will stay pretty much dry with some spells of sunshine. And while temperatures will be a little bit lower than they have been lately, itll still feel pleasant in any sunshine. This is Bbc News, im ben brown. The headlines. Three quarters of Uk Adults have now received a first dose of a Covid Vaccine according to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock. As of midnight last night, i can confirm that we now have given a first dose of vaccine to three quarters of the Adult Population of the united kingdom. The Prime Minister says he cant see anything in the data to stop him lifting the last lockdown restrictions in england later this month but he urges caution. £1. 4 Billion for extra tuition for pupils in England Whove fallen behind but Teaching Unions call the plans a damp squib. Body cams for paramedics in england amid a rising wave of attacks on Ambulance Staff