The number of people being randomly tested in the community for covid 19 is to be increased in england from 28,000 to 150,000 a fortnight. The office for National Statistics says the survey taken from a random sample of the population can give a clearer picture of the true spread of the virus. Our Health Correspondent Richard Galpin reports. Swipe to the back of the throat, both sides by the tonsils. It might make you gag. Volunteers carrying out coronavirus testing as part of the Household Infection survey run by the office for National Statistics. The survey described by the government as the most important indicator as to how the virus is spreading in the country. And now its to be expanded massively. From 28,000 people in households being tested every fortnight to 150,000 every fortnight by october. Households in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are also to be included. All this potentially very significant. What is going to be really important about that is getting greater cov
and how the great pyramid of giza continues to reveal extraordinary secrets. scientists discover a mysterious hidden corridor welcome to newsday. we begin in india, where a meeting of 620 foreign ministers has ended without a finaljoint statement, due to bitter divisions over russia s war against ukraine. it s the first time the us and russian foreign ministers met in public since the invasion, but their exchange has been tense. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said the talks were marred by moscow s unprovoked and unjustified war. were china to engage in material, lethal, support for russia s aggression, or to engage in a systematic evasion of sanctions to have russia, that would be a serious problem for our countries. i made clear that there would be consequences for engaging in those actions. so, i m not going to detail what they would be but, of course, we have sanctions authorities of various kinds and that would be one of the things we and others would lo
a prominent lawyer in the us state of south carolina has been found guilty of killing his wife and son. prosecutors said alex murdaugh wanted to distract attention from his theft of millions of dollars from clients, which he used to fund an expensive drug habit. garry o donoghue reports. a courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation s imagination. gripped the nation s imauination. ~ , . imagination. minimum sentence for murder. imagination. minimum sentence for murder. .. after imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly - imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly six i for murder. after nearly six weeks of for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence but - for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence but less i for murder. after nearly six i weeks of evidence but less than three hours of deliberation, the jury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docke
we willjust listen in to these live pictures in manchester. so, that marks one minute, will everyone now please sit? in so, that marks one minute, will everyone now please sit? in this, the final open everyone now please sit? in this, the final open volume everyone now please sit? in this, the final open volume of- everyone now please sit? in this, the final open volume of my - everyone now please sit? in this, i the final open volume of my report, i the three topics. the radicalisation of salman abedi, the planning and preparation for the attack by salman abedi and hashim abedi, and whether it could have been prevented by counterterrorism policing. by hashem abedi. the role of the security service and the significance of the other two topics should not be underestimated. it is important that we understand as much as we can about the radicalisation of salman abedi so that similar signs can be recognised and appropriate action taken. it is also important that we know