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Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. Pop up vaccination centres and Walk In Clinics are opening in england this weekend, in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. It comes as Surge Testing is being rolled out in areas of South London and cumbria amid a rise in cases. Heres our Health Correspondent katharine da costa. Charlton athletic Playing Host to a Pop Up vaccination centre, one of a number of extra clinics in the capital making it even easier to access the jab. Some are offering walk in slots to over 18s but here, it is the over 40s being invited to roll up their sleeves for a second dose of astrazeneca. I guess for me, the most important thing was just to feel well and a bit freer in society and to not be a danger to others, either. It is expected to be a Bumper Weekend of Walk In Vaccinations in the North West, too. The region has the highest case rates in the country but extra doses of vaccines and enhanced testing is helping to slow the spread. This is a result of so many conversations and the wish of so many people, including people working in the nhs and our communities. And i am very hopeful that we are going to see a significant increase in the uptake. Firstjabs wont stop a Third Wave of the Delta Variant overnight. It will take a few weeks to build immunity, but Health Experts are cautiously optimistic the extra push to offer second shots may avoid another surge in Hospital Admissions. I am, i suppose, at the moment, cautiously hopeful that whilst we probably can expect some sort of wave of Hospital Admissions in the next few weeks, it wont be the same scale that we saw in january. Everyjab in every arm brings us closer to so called freedom day. It is hoped hundreds of thousands of people across the country will turn out for what is set to be a super saturday. Catherine da costa, Bbc News. Lets speak to professor markjit, who is a Vaccine Epidemiologist at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine. What do you manage of the situation as it stands . Can we definitively see this as a Third Wave now . I think we are already seeing a Third Wave, the proportion of people testing positive going up, the number of cases going up, and we are starting to see the number of Hospital Admissions and deaths going up, sadly. We are well in the beginning of the Third Wave. The difference with previous waves is many more people have been vaccinated and should have a higher degree of protection. Even if there is a Third Wave of new cases can we say with certainty that it will result in a Third Wave, a spike in hospitalisations and deaths . I result in a Third Wave, a spike in hospitalisations and deaths . I think the link between hospitalisations and deaths . I think the link between getting hospitalisations and deaths . I think the link between getting Covid Hospitalisations and deaths . I ii� u la; the link between getting covid and going to Hospital And Dying has been weakened now that the most vulnerable have been vaccinated. But it has not been completely broken because these vaccines are effective but not 100 effective. With two doses of the vaccine people might have a 90 95 lower chance of hospitalisation or dying but there are still a fair number of deaths although a lot less than we would have seen without vaccination. I5 have seen without vaccination. Is there any apparent trend about who is most susceptible to the Third Wave . Is it younger people who are perhaps less likely to have been vaccinated . Perhaps less likely to have been vaccinated . , ~. ,. , vaccinated . Yes. At the moment most ofthe vaccinated . Yes. At the moment most of the peeple vaccinated . Yes. At the moment most of the peeple in vaccinated . Yes. At the moment most of the people in hospital vaccinated . Yes. At the moment most of the people in hospital with vaccinated . Yes. At the moment most of the people in hospital with covid of the people in hospital with covid are unvaccinated. There is a race to get the vaccination out before the Third Wave gets too big. The Popup Vaccination centres Third Wave gets too big. The Popup Vaccination centres and Third Wave gets too big. The Popup Vaccination centres and Surge Vaccination centres and Surge Testing, is it enough, given what we have seen in the past and how previous waves have been dealt with . Are these measures enough to stem a Third Wave from rising too sharply and too high . It is Third Wave from rising too sharply and too high . And too high . It is difficult to see what is enough. And too high . It is difficult to see what is enough. I and too high . It is difficult to see what is enough. I think and too high . It is difficult to see what is enough. I think we and too high . It is difficult to see what is enough. I think we will i and too high . It is difficult to see i what is enough. I think we will have a Third Wave unless we go back into lockdown because the virus is spreading faster than we can control it but to the size of this wave, whether it is a small wave or as big as The One in winter it depends on how fast we can roll out to the vaccination, how good Testing And Treatment is and so forth. find vaccination, how good Testing And Treatment is and so forth. And the Increasin Treatment is and so forth. And the increasing Prevalence Treatment is and so forth. And the increasing prevalence of treatment is and so forth. And the increasing prevalence of the treatment is and so forth. And the increasing prevalence of the delta| increasing prevalence of the Delta Variant, we heard from the who that it seems to be spreading notjust in britain but in many other countries, what does it do in terms of the race between Vaccine And Virus . That what does it do in terms of the race between Vaccine And Virus . Between Vaccine And Virus . That is the thing that between Vaccine And Virus . That is the thing that has between Vaccine And Virus . That is the thing that has the between Vaccine And Virus . That is the thing that has the problem between Vaccine And Virus . That is the thing that has the problem at i the thing that has the problem at the thing that has the problem at the moment because we know the Delta Variant is more transmissible much more transmissible than the Alpha Variant which caused the winter wave. And that itself was more transmissible than the wave in 2020. If it wasnt for the vaccine we would definitely be seeing a wave even bigger than what we had in winter but because of the vaccine it is doing their heavy lifting, doing as much as possible to protect us at the moment. As much as possible to protect us at the moment the son of a private investigator whose murder has remained unsolved for more than three decades has criticised the metropolitan polices response. Earlier this week, an independent Panel Accused Scotland Yard of A Form Of Institutional Corruption over daniel morgans case, a claim that was later rejected by the forces commissioner. Sanchia berg reports. Daniel morgan pictured here with his children, just months before his death. His son, also called daniel, wasjust four years old when he was brutally killed. Earlier this week, an independent panel found A Form Of Institutional Corruption in the metropolitan police helped explain the failure to solve daniel Morgans Murder in a Pub Car Park in South London 3a years ago. The metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, apologised to the Morgan Family and said she would take time to consider the panels report. But she said she did not accept that the force was currently institutionally corrupt. I dont accept their apologies. I think weve heard enough apologies. I think its time for action now and im not sure whether they are, with what they have said, the right institution or the right organisation to get to the bottom of the seriousness of all these allegations. I just dont see the metropolitan police as a credible organisation, and what they say makes it to me feel even less credible. Frankly, it makes me angry. The home secretary, priti patel, told parliament the report was devastating. She has asked the independent body that assesses the police whether it can look into the issues raised. It is the kind of independent oversight the Morgan Family are calling for. The dup� s Paul Givan has been told that he will have to resign as First Minister after a new Party Leader takes over. He is Northern Ireland s youngest First Minister and before long he will also be the shortest Serving Leader to hold the post. Mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the Dup Leader, Edwin Poots, on thursday night. Sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be the next Dup Leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as First Minister. Lets talk to our ireland correspondentjulian fowler whos in belfast. Was this expected after the developments earlier in the week surrounding Edwin Poots . It developments earlier in the week surrounding Edwin Poots . It comes as a surrise surrounding Edwin Poots . It comes as a surprise and surrounding Edwin Poots . It comes as a Surprise And Jeffrey surrounding Edwin Poots . It comes as a Surprise And Jeffrey donaldson a Surprise And Jeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currently he is the favourite, and it was thought he would keep Paul Givan in position, as his removal well create some political Instability But Edwin poots stepped down after just 21 Instability But Edwin poots stepped Down Afterjust 21 days as uup leader over his decision to agree a deal with Sinn Fein to introduce irish Language Legislation in order to nominate his close political ally Paul Givan as First Minister but with that decision for Edwin Poots to go it means Paul Givan will have to go it means Paul Givan will have to also go. Jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a First Minister. What that will mean when Paul Givan does step down, Michelle Oneill is deputy First Minister will also have to go which will lead to a seven Day Period again when the dup and Sinn Fein will have to nominate to those positions and it could lead to more negotiations whether the government, more demands, and that will mean more demands, and that will mean more Instability And Itjust shows really once again how precarious Power Sharing can be at stormont. This might be a simplistic question but given Edwin Poots was leader of the Dup Why was he not himself First Minister . , the Dup Why was he not himself First Minister . ,. , ,. ,. , minister . That was his decision. It did cause some minister . That was his decision. It did cause some Surprise Minister . That was his decision. It did cause some Surprise But Minister . That was his decision. It did cause some surprise but when| minister . That was his decision. It i did cause some surprise but when he stood in the Leadership Contest following the ousting of Arlene Foster as Party Leader and First Minister, he made it clear if he became leader he wanted to remain as Agriculture Minister. Part of his reasoning was as the Agriculture Minister he has some control over the ports and has a part to play in terms of the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol. That is the Big Issue Facing Unionism at the moment in Northern Ireland, the brexit Irish Sea border. Edwin poots wanted to stay on as Agriculture Minister and so he decided to split to that role. A majority of the party voted for him as leader and went along with that idea. Three weeks on, many of those who sided with him are now having second thoughts. With him are now having second thou~hts. ,. ,. , thoughts. This issue, one of several. Thoughts. This issue, one of several, the thoughts. This issue, one of several, the irish thoughts. This issue, one of several, the Irish Language. Several, the irish Language Legislation, which has proven the Achilles Heel of this short lived administration, is there any sense that under the new favourite leader, jeffrey donaldson, that things will be more stable and he will be able to resolve the issue in a way that has not been possible so far . It may well be that has not been possible so far . It may well be that the has not been possible so far . It may well be that the issue has not been possible so far . It may well be that the issue has has not been possible so far . It may well be that the issue has been well be that the issue has been decided and he can see the deal was done under Edwin Poots for irish Language Legislation to be introduced at westminster. If it doesnt go through at stormont. Then he can say it is time to move on. But the Irish Language has proven a thorn in the side of the dup for a long time. A few years ago it was Arlene Foster who said the party would never accede to an Irish Language act. It is seen as being a major concession to Sinn Fein and she famously remarked if you feed a Crocodile It will keep coming back for more. Whether the party can move on remains to be seen. It is a broader irish Language Deal which includes a commissioner and a Commissionerfor Ulster includes a commissioner and a commissioner for Ulster Scots and british identity but it is one of thoseissues british identity but it is one of those issues which has continued to plague Power Sharing. There are many unresolved issues such as the legacy of the past which continue to threaten the whole legacy of threaten the whole legacy of threaten Power Sharing here. Irans next president will be the hardline cleric, Ebrahim Raisi A harsh critic of the west and a close ally of supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. He beat three other candidates , in a poll in which most would be candidates were barred from standing. Official results announced out in the last few minutes show, Mr Raisi has just under 62 of the vote. Lets get from bbc persian� s kasra naji. Can we say definitively now that he has absolutely won . Can we say definitively now that he has absolutely won . Yes, he is the next president has absolutely won . Yes, he is the next president of has absolutely won . Yes, he is the next president of iran. Has absolutely won . Yes, he is the next president of iran. He has absolutely won . Yes, he is the next president of iran. He has has absolutely won . Yes, he is the next president of iran. He has won| next president of iran. He has won about 18. 1; million votes, and the turnout apparently is about 48 , 49 , which is the lowest ever since the Iriney And Revolution Iriney In iranian revolution. He is not our popular man, many people protested, there was talk of boycotting the elections. A popular man. You come to the conclusion that millions of people did not go to vote, they boycotted the elections, are they spoil their Ballot Papers when they did go to the polling stations. So there is quite a lot of Protest Forks and votes. A lot of people feel left out of the political process and that is dangerous in iran. There is political crisis brought about by mismanagement in a way and us sanctions. There have been nationwide protests in iran in the last few years in which hundreds, some say thousands, were killed in these protests. I suspect the Results Today is not going to give us assurances of stability, more stability in the years to come. Thank you. The headlines on Bbc News. Pop up vaccination centres and Walk In Clinics open in england in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. Hardliner ebrahim raisi has been declared the winner of Irans President ial election in a poll in which most would be candidates were barred from standing. Northern irelands new First Minister, Paul Givan, has been told he will have to resign when a new Dup Leader is in place. 20 Million people watched on tv yesterday, as well as 22,500 fans at wembley, to see scotland play england. It was the first time the two Home Nations met in a one Off Encounter at a major Mens Football Tournament in 25 years. The game ended 0 0 but scottish fans were delighted, after their first defeat to Czech Republic. Frankie mccamley has the story. The morning after the night before, a headache all round. Especially for those dealing with the aftermath in londons leicester square, cleaning throughout the night and this morning. The odd scottish fan helping out, too. The square is starting to regain some sense of normality but there is damage that is going to take some time to fix. This Water Fountain used to be surrounded by a flower bed. It is now caked in mud, bottles and cans, and the stench of alcohol is hard to ignore. We probably could have done a bit better, supporter wise, for the mess. I hope it does not take too long to clean up. If there are fan zones, everyone is controlled and that is the way it should be, there was no reason for there not to be fan zones. The lack of official space meant many stayed at home, glasgows George Square packed full of supporters. But thousands of other members of the Tartan Army went to london anyway, ignoring warnings not to come without a ticket. Blue and white drenched every street corner. Yes, sir, i can boogie. And boogie they did, well into the night, before catching up on their sleep this morning waiting for the train back home. It was brilliant, no trouble. We were alljust having a good time, you know. The Red Carpet was out for the scotland fans, magic, fantastic. It was not a win but it was the Result Scotland needed to keep them in the competition. The dream stays alive on both sides of the border. Frankie maccamley, Bbc News. Our Sports Presenter Olly Foster is at englands Training Ground in north london. What is the mood there . Very different to what is the mood there . Very different to the what is the mood there . Very different to the scotland what is the mood there . Different to the Scotland Camp because obviously the point for them has kept them alive but for england it is not catastrophic but a real knockin it is not catastrophic but a real knock in confidence. It was a chastening night at wembley, the goalless draw. They have decamped from their base until the Czech Republic game, the final Group Game on tuesday. There was a light Training Session which felt a little sombre. Only half the squad involved, just those who werent in the starting 11. There are a lot of questions to be answered. They were booed off the pitch, in marked contrast to how they left the pitch against croatia last weekend after the 10 against croatia last weekend after the 1 0 win. Gareth southgate made minimal changes against the scots. Questions are why england could not fire against a side ranked so many places below them in the Fifa World rankings. For scotland it was a fantastic display. They had the returning kieran tierney, Scott Mctominay in defence. And the Man Of The Match had just a handful of chelsea games to his name. Our fans are entitled to react however they want and we are disappointed with our own performance and i totally understand their reaction. We were expected to beat scotland, they will be frustrated by that and yes, In The End we have got to live with that and deal with that. We have been improving for a long time, so it was nice to see the boys play on the pitch. We defended well. The most pleasing aspect was we played well. |the objective was to get somethingj out of the game so that we could go to the last game with a genuine chance of a quarterfinal at The Group and thats what weve | done so we are pleased with that. J it is all about qualifying now for both teams, and for the scots they return to hamden where they take on croatia on Tuesday Night. Croatia have had a stuttering start to their campaign with the defeat against england and then a draw against the Czech Republic so what we have in the final Group Game against the scots, it is a winner takes all to see who could get four points which should be enough to get through to the last 16. England are on four points, not guaranteed going through at the moment, it should be enough but they will want to be back on track against Czech Republic on Tuesday Night. Expect changes. There will be a lot of questions of Gareth Southgate and the playhouse in the next few days about what went wrong with scotland. And the players in the next few days. One of the narrative themes going forward over the next couple of days is whether Harry Kane The Captain should indeed start against the Czech Republic. He has been out of sorts for the first two matches and his position as one of those that could be doubtful for Tuesday Night. Of those that could be doubtful for Tuesday Night senior conservatives have responded to the Partys Shock Defeat in thursdays By Election in chesham and amersham, by warning the government not to Drift Away from its Core Voters. The conservative co chairman, Amanda Milling, described the result as a Warning Shot by voters over the hs2 high Speed Rail Link and reforms of the Planning System in england, which critics fear could reduce local influence over planning decisions. Our political Correspondent Jess Parker is here. What exactly do they mean by not drifting away from Core Voters, especially around these Issues On Hs to and planning . That especially around these Issues On Hs to and planning . To and planning . That warning came from Damien To and planning . That warning came from Damien Green to and planning . That warning came from Damien Green who to and planning . That warning came from Damien Green who once to and planning . That warning came from Damien Green who once upon l to and planning . That warning came | from Damien Green who Once Upon A Time was a senior cabinet minister. Parts of the South And South east particularly there are concerns that the reforms the government is putting forward, that it could see more green spaces built on in areas, they feel they have already had to take a lot of housing, so he was warning he wouldnt want to see the Party Drift away from its Core Voters as he said has happened to the Labour Party in the midlands and north, traditional areas the conservatives took off them in the last election. I think an effort to calm some nerves, Amanda Milling has released a piece in the daily telegraph saying that the party is listening and that it is a Warning Shot, and trying to send a signal that they will pay attention to these concerns but of course we will have to wait and see what the government comes out with in terms of Planning Reforms and we expect proposals later this year. Last year, covid restrictions wiped out the uks Summer Festival season. This year, despite many events being delayed or cancelled, some are going ahead. Download festival at Donington Park near derby, is one of them. Its Taking Place this weekend as part of the governments live event pilot scheme. The crowd is smaller and all those attending have had to have a negative covid test. Our Correspondent Luxmy Gopal reports. They seem like scenes from pre pandemic times, rather than just this weekend. No masks and no keeping two metres apart. After all, you cant do social distancing in a mosh pit. The Download Festival Pilot is a huge Stepping Up of the Governments Testing of live events. Three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. To be back here isjust. Its incredible. I will go through every Guideline And Jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this. Live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. Strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site. The event will help guide government policy. People are going to be living on site so we are going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction and also, we are going to have a large Scale Stage Type event and be able to look at the Science And Understanding of things like the mosh pits. We do the maximum in our power at events to reduce the risk. I think the question for the future is The One that you ask is what level of risk are we happy to take with the sort of events . I think we will be able to calibrate that through the research we are doing. Data suggests cases are spreading mainly among the under 25s. Around a fifth of people here are that demographic. That Age Group are gathering together wherever they are. What they are doing here is gathering together safely because they have all been tested before they came. Limits on Crowd Sizes at outdoor events were set to be lifted on monday, but rising Infection Rates have delayed that stage of the Lockdown Road Map by months. By a month. There will be further Pilot Events in the coming months to learn more about how crowds and covid safety can coexist. Luxmy gopal, Bbc News. Glad to see they have got their ponchos. Looks like they will need them. It has been wettest in South East england. It has been much drier in the north. It has been pretty dry, Notjust In Scotland but across a good part of Northern England and parts of wales. Today is pretty cloudy but there are some breaks in The Cloud, a few scattered showers, most in scotland pushing eastwards although there is a clump of rain developing over Northern France and this is going to be heavy and thundery. It will push north but through the afternoon i think really scotland will see the bulk of the showers. Cloudy for many of us. The best of the sunshine is in Northern England, south west scotland, Northern Ireland, locally temperatures into the low 20s. Overnight tonight, Heavy Rain and some thunder moves into southern areas of england, particularly wet in East Anglia and South East england with the risk of localised Surface Water and flooding, especially given how wet the weather has been over the last few days. Temperatures are staying in double figures. Tomorrow the rain will move into the North Sea taking the damp weather away from the east of england, the best of any sunshine probably in Northern Ireland, North West england, north wales. Some showers in scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures are similar to today but a little cooler on the East Coast with onshore winds. Sunday into monday, low pressure still threatening rain in the far south but this ridge of high pressure builds further north and The Cloud should be more broken up with more sunshine for scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, parts of wales and the north midlands. Coolerairfrom parts of wales and the north midlands. Cooler airfrom a midlands. Cooler air from a northerly midlands. Cooler airfrom a northerly direction. The far south can tell to feel the threat of thicker Cloud And Rain at times. Rain will tend to clear away for cardiff and london. Some more rain returning to the North West of the uk as we head towards the middle of the week. Hello, this is Bbc News with me, ben boulos. The headlines Pop Up Vaccination Centres and Walk In Clinics open in england in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. Hardliner ebrahim raisi has been declared the winner of Irans President ial election, in a poll in which most would be candidates were barred from standing. Northern irelands new First Minister, Paul Givan, has been told he will have to resign when a new Dup Leader is in place. The son of a private investigator whose murder has remained unsolved for more than three decades criticises the metropolitan polices handling of the case. And england and scotland played out a goalless draw at wembley but both countries keep their hopes alive of reaching euro 2020s knockout stage. Now on Bbc News, Bbc Wales investigates the story of the schoolboy who never came home. Christopher enjoyed the outdoors. You know, he wanted to be outside, making friends

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