bbc your questions. germany is relaxing covid restrictions on travellers from the uk from tomorrow, they ll be able to enter the country even if they re not residents. a draft law is being introduced to parliament to prevent asylum seekers staying in the uk if they ve already passed through a safe country. schools in england will find out this afternoon how the government plans to relax the bubble rules that mean large numbers of pupils are sent home if a single child has a positive covid test. last week more than 375 thousand children in england were off school while isolating for ten days. the education secretary, gavin williamson, is expected to say the changes will come into effect on the 19th ofjuly when most of england s covid regulations are set to be scrapped. social distancing will be scrapped for the first time in 16 months. face coverings will no longer be a legal requirement. limits on socialising will be lifted bringing an to end to the rule of six indoo
at ellesmere port. and at 2.45pm, we ll be going across the uk to find out more about the stories affecting you from ourjournalists up and down the country. stay with us for that. hello and welcome if you have just joined us. the health secretary sajid javid has announced that people, who ve had both doses of a covid vaccine, will no longer have to self isolate if they come into contact with a positive case of the virus. the change which will come into force on 16th august, and will also apply to people under the age of 18 who are currently not eligible for vaccination. and in the last half hour, the education secretary gavin williamson has announced an end to the bubble system in english schools with no more self isolation for pupils who come into contact with positive cases. here s what mr williamson had to say. though keeping children inconsistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated, we recognise that the syst
but he still has more than 1,300 to go. so where do things like race, immigration and covid stand on his ambitious agenda? we ll bring you craig melvin s exclusive interview with the president. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. and you thought election night was just in november. it s election night tonight and the polls are officially closed for the special election in texas s sixth congressional district. the district includes ellis and navarro couny of the dallas metro row plex. there are nearly two dozen people on the ballot tonight. we re tracking 12 of them as determined by the nbc news decision desk. take a look right now at the results as you might expect, they are a bit too early to call. they re still coming in. so far we re tracking the candidates that have the most votes to avoid a run-off. we ll show you those in a moment. but to avoid a run-off, one of the candidates would need to secure an outright maj
than 1300 to go. where do things like race, immigration and covid stand on his ambitious agenda? we ll bring you craig melvin s exclusive interview with the president. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. you thought election night was just in november. it s election night tonight. the polls are officially closed for the special election in texas s sixth congressional district. the district includes ellis and navarro counties to the south and southeast of the dallas/ft. worth metroplex, plus the southeast corner of tarrant county. there are nearly two dozen people on the ballot tonight. we re tracking 12 of them as determined by the nbc news decision desk. as you might expect, they are a bit too early to call. they re still coming in. so far, we re tracking the candidates who have the most votes to avoid a runoff, one of the candidates would need to secure an outright majority, at least 50% of the vote. the prospect of tha