Can to contInue our Search And Rescue effort. That Is our prIorIty, thatIs rescue effort. That Is our prIorIty, that Is where we are focused and protectIng our fIrst responders who are the scene. The number of people Infected wIth the Delta VarIant of coronavIrus rIses by 46 In a week across the uk. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. The Health Secretary Matt hancock has apologIsed and admItted he breached socIal dIstancIng guIdelInes, after the Sun Newspaper publIshed a photograph of hIm In an embrace wIth one hIs closest aIdes. The photo Is saId to have been taken In may, In Mr Hancocks whItehall offIce. The PrIme MInIsters offIcIal spokesman has saId the PrIme MInIster has accepted the health Secretarys Apology and consIders the matter closed. In a statement, the Health Secretary saId. Lets get more from our polItIcal correspondent, Ben WrIght. DespIte what the PrIme MInIster says, thIs Isnt really closed, Is It . No, and labour wIll keep up the pressure, they feel there are mo
Search and rescue effort. That is our priority, that is where we are focused and protecting Ourfirst Responders who are on the scene. The former Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced this evening for the murder of George Floyd. Prosecutors want at least 30 years. And coming up on the Film Review Dominic Toretto and the team are back to their old tricks in the ninth instalment of the fast and the furious franchise. Find out what Mark Kermode thinks of f9 and the rest of the weeks top releases. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has apologised and admitted he breached social distancing guidlines after the Sun Newspaper published a photograph of him in an embrace with one his closest aides. The photo is said to have been taken in may, in Mr Hancocks whitehall office. The Prime Ministers official spokesman has said the Prime Minister has accepted the Health Secretarys apology and considers the matter closed. In a statement, the Health Secr
I m jane hill. the headlines: matt hancock says sorry for breaching distancing guidelines, after he was caught on camera in an embrace with a close aide, borisjohnson s spokesman has said the prime minister has accepted matt hancock s apology and that the matter was now closed. labour has called for action to be taken. now is the time for when the prime minister needs to get a grip on the situation. he simply hasn t done so until now. he needs to act. robert buckland is to challenge the prorogue board ruling that the double meta recalling the pitchfork can be safely released unlicensed after 33 years in prison. colin pitchfork. there s a surge in bookings to destinations including the baleariac islands and malta, after they were moved onto the travel green list. four people have died after a block of flats collapsed in miami. a british woman is among over 150 people still missing.
This is bbc news. i m ben mundy. the headlines: matt hancock says sorry for breaching distancing guidelines, after he was caught on camera in an embrace with a close aide. borisjohnson s spokesman has said the prime minister has accepted matt hancock s apology and that the matter was now closed. now is the time when the prime minister needs to get a grip on this situation. he simply has not done so until now. he needs to act. there s a surge in bookings to destinations including the balearic islands and malta, after they were moved onto the travel green list. four people have died after a block of flats collapsed in miami. a british woman is among over 150 people still missing. we are going to work as hard as we can to continue our search and rescue effort. that is our priority, that is where we are focused
Which have particularly low infection rates which need tourists the balearics is one of those, but the canary islands is another, so is the valencia region on the mediterranean coast. so people are pleased about that, but they would like to see more areas included on the green list. the headlines on bbc news. the health secretary apologises for breaching distancing guidelines, after being caught on camera in an embrace with a close aide. a spokesman for borisjohnson has said the prime minister has accepted matt hancock s apology and that the matter was now closed. labour has called for action to be taken. there s a surge in bookings to destinations including the baleariac islands and malta, after they were moved onto the travel green list. four people have died after a block of flats collapsed in miami. a british woman is among over 150 people still missing.