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now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. for those of us lucky enough to live in countries where 70% of the us population have been double vaccinated, we may think we can relax our guard but the pandemic isn t over and the global vaccine rollout still faces enormous challenges. my guest is professor sir andrew pollard, a key figure in the development of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. science has offered us tools to beat the virus. are we making the most of them? professor sir andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk. hi andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk- andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk.- it - andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk.- it is - hardtalk. hi there. it is - re hardtalk. hi there. it is pretty much hardtalk. hi there. it is pretty much seven - hardtalk. hi there. it is l pretty much seven months hardtalk. hi there. it is - pretty much seven months since that historic day when the uk began to roll out of the ....
figure in the development of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. science has offered us tools to beat the virus. are we making the most of them? professor sir andrew pollard, welcome to hardtalk. hello, there. it is pretty much seven months since that historic day when the uk began the roll out of the vaccine you were intimately involved with developing. that is the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. in those seven months, has the impact of that vaccine been what you expected? well, there has over that seven months been the most enormous impact. i mean, there s now a billion doses of the oxford vaccine which are out the door. and those vaccines are already having that impact. there s almost certainly now hundreds of thousands of lives that have been saved already this year from the vaccine. so the impact is enormous, and i think it s probably more than we could ever have hoped for, given the predictions from even a year ago about how long it would take to get to this point. but i ....
if they re identified as a close contact of a postive case. more electronic tagging for burglars, and a pledge to provide a named officerfor every neighbourhood are announced as part of a new crime reduction strategy for england and wales. what do you think about the new proposals and would having a named police officer for your community make a difference to you? do get in touch @annita mcveigh or use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. mps urge the government to introduce a national register to monitor children in england who are home schooled. and coming up one family who went paddling off the coast of scotland describe the moment they were joined by an unusual visitor on the beach. good morning. team gb is celebrating after winning olympic gold and silver in the men s swimming 200 metres freestyle. tom dean, who had covid last september and again in the new year, won the final, with duncan scott just 0.04 seconds behind his teammate. it s the first time in more than 100 years ....
everybody sticks to the same rules. two athletes and an official at the tokyo olympic village have tested positive for coronavirus just days before the start of the games. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are james moore, chief business commentator at the independent and the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie. tomorrow s front pages. the strains on freedom day the front of the financial times focuses on the three senior cabinet ministers, including the prime minister, who are isolating. the paper says it highlights the impact of the infection surge in england just as restrictions are being lifted. same story leads the metro as the pm is confined to his country mansion, suggesting borisjohnson was shamed into today s u turn. the mail asks now will boris see sense on pingdemic? with the paper saying 1.7 million are self isolating after being contacted by the app. with 500,000 people pinged by the n ....
review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best new movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. far and away the most important and uplifting new release this week is summer of soul, questlove s sundance award winning documentary that uncovers a treasure trove of footstomping, heart stopping live music footage that, incredibly, has remained hidden for half a century. are you ready, black people? crowd: ., , are you really ready? ready! are you ready to listen to all the beautiful black voices, the beautiful black feeling, the beautiful black waves moving in beautiful air? are you ready, black people? are you ready? documenting the 1969 harlem cultural festival that has until now been effectively erased from pop culture history, summer of soul boasts a jaw dropping roster of acts who performed in mount morris park over six consecutive weekends including stevie wonder, nina simone, sly and the family stone, gladys knight and the pips, bb king, the fifth ....