decisive, but the risk is that in the process you will also highlight his party s divisions. iain watson, bbc news, brighton. the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 31,348 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, with another 122 deaths reported that s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while 82.2% are now fully vaccinated. in germany, it s the final day of campaigning ahead of the country s general election tomorrow. angela merkel is stepping aside as chancellor after 16 years in power, and her cdu party is facing a tight race against the social democrats. 0ur correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. a new leader soon but it is also the end of an era.
period. that is people who have died within 28 days of positive thing to test. 0n within 28 days of positive thing to test. on friday, the number was 180, but as we know, over the weekend, the figures can seem artificially low. in terms of the number of cases recorded, the uk has a new set of 31,348 cases reported in the last 24 hours. that is down byjust over 4000, from 35,623 on friday, that is according to current data. sir keir starmer is heading for a conference showdown with labour s left over changes he wants to make to the way the party chooses mps and leaders. earlier, he was forced to drop plans to scrap one member one vote for leadership elections. but other measures will go to a conference vote on sunday after they were backed by labour s ruling body. ione wells reports. a crucial moment for sir keir
girl, milly main. the move comes as a separate public inquiry continues to examine the construction of the hospital, which opened in 2015. several tv channels including channel 4 and channel five went off air this evening due to technical problems. channel 4 viewers said their screens froze for about 25 minutes, then briefly returned to normal broadcasting, before freezing again. meanwhile, the welsh language public service broadcaster, s4c, said it was facing issues due to a fire at a distribution centre in london. the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk, show there were 31,348 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period, with another 122 deaths reported, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% % of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab,
altering their behaviour and should not have to change the way that they live their lives, some people already are and the victims commissionerfor already are and the victims commissioner for england and wales, dame vera baird, has said today that women shouldn t be expected to change the way they behave and shouldn t have to carry safety alarms, they should be better monitoring of offenders. she says there is such monitoring in place for drug dealers, burglars, but there isn t a mechanism in place which is sufficient for when to protect them and she is calling on that urgent change to be made now. so police investigation continuing today. police are appealing for information from the public and people here in the community still coming down to leave their cards, flowers, poems, pictures drawn by schoolchildren. still lots of people coming down here, remembering sabina nessa and trying to come to terms with what has happened here this last week and try to look ahead to the future. how
let s ta ke let s take you through the government s latest coronavirus figures for the uk. they show that there were 31,348 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. another 122 deaths were reported, that is of people who died within 28 days in a positive test. 0n vaccinations, 89.6% of people aged 16 or over have had their first inoculation, whilst 82.2% are now fully vaccinated. a book of condolence has been opened in memory of a sabina nessa who was attacked and killed a week ago. hundreds of mourners gathered for an emotional candlelit vigil and kid brick last night. more than 500 people gathered at pegler square not