The citys Hospital System could face collapse as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. A review calls for an extension of Free School Meals in england, warning that poor eating habits are a slow motion disaster. And poppadoms and a pint at the palace. Prince william talks football and Mental Health with former england player peter crouch. Ive made some curry for you all. Laughter. And i believe its the samrat, which is, like, your local favourite, crouchy . Hello, and welcome, if youre watching in the uk or around the world. And stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im annita mcveigh. The uk government is coming under increasing pressure to introduce coronavirus testing at airports in order to shorten the 14 day quarantine period. Airlines and travel Industry Leaders say tests are vital for people to get back to work and to the uks post Covid Recovery. In saudi arabia, the annual hajj pilgrimage is beginning as around 10,000 muslim
Wants everybody in and southgate looks safe for the moment. Jonny dymond, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Hello. Some hot weather to come in the next few days. Today probably feels warmer than yesterday because the north westerly wind is not as strong. Many places will stay dry for the rest of the day. Looming large on the satellite picture of this area of cloud coming in from the atlantic. These weather fronts are taking rain from southern ireland into Northern Ireland later today and may be a few spots of rain in the west of wales. Many places will be driver some sunshine this afternoon. Be dry with some sunshine. 22 in the south of england and the best of the sunshine along the south coast. The rain does settling later today. Maybe rain into wales with the odd spot coming into wales with the odd spot coming into midlands overnight, perhaps into midlands overnight, perhaps into the north of england and the south west of scotland. Temperatures will be ten to 12 degrees. Any
Decision to allow hospital patients to be discharged into care homes at the beginning of the pandemic. More than a million extra children should be entitled to Free School Meals in england, says a review into food and Healthy Eating. And the prince and the podcast Prince William discusses football and Mental Health with peter crouch. The government is coming under increasing pressure to introduce coronavirus testing at airports in order to shorten the 14 day quarantine period. Airlines and travel Industry Leaders say tests are vital to the uks post covid recovery. Heathrow chief executive John Holland Kaye said testing could be up and running within weeks at his airport and could allow passengers to go back to work more quickly. But the culture secretary, oliver dowden, said that testing is not a Silver Bullet to stop the need for quarantine because the virus can develop over time. Simon browning reports. The sudden reimposition of quarantine from spain has brought huge disruption. For
Exactly, it was just from a couple of packets of seeds in my cupboards that i wasnt going to use this year. Alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Thank you, good afternoon. It is a brightening up afternoon for many. We have low pressure sweeping into the north of the uk, that will increase the breeze across the uk and also bring plenty of showers. Here it is, this low pressure moving to the north of scotland. There is a lot of cloud through the afternoon, murky conditions with outbreaks of rain from the south west of england up rain from the south west of england up towards the wash. That will eventually slide away into the near continent as we head onto the latter pa rt continent as we head onto the latter part of the day. Skies brightening up part of the day. Skies brightening up behind and cooler air moving in as well. Showers affecting scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperature wise, quite muggy in the south east at 22 degrees
Sir Terence Conran, the british designer who revolutionised retail and decor, has died aged 88. Coming up at 5. 30 global questions. A month after lebanons catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut, what next for the countrys crisis hit economy and political system 7 a leading scientist has warned that the uk is on the edge of losing control of coronavirus as infections rise. Professor sir mark walport, a member of the governments sage advisory committee, said people needed to limit their socialising, to ensure children can remain at school and students at university. It comes as the latest Government Data shows the uk recorded 3,497 new confirmed cases of covid 19. This report from our Health Correspondent, lauren moss. Its the final weekend before new restrictions are introduced across the uk. From monday, the rule of six will limit the number of people that we can socialise with. Yesterday, there were 3500 new confirmed covid cases, and scientists have warned the rate of infectio