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entries suggest that sir patrick vallance had said that a number of ministers were trying to in essence use science to make decisions so they didn t have to make decisions themselves, and there isn t a great structure in that. the point of the inquiry is to learn how to make those decisions, should they need to be made again. there are questions for scientists as well. we have heard in this inquiry, back in february 20 20, six weeks before the uk finally went into lockdown, that there were those in downing street, particularly borisjohnson, who maybe were not taking covid as seriously as they might or should duff done considering what ended up happening, so there are questions to the scientists, had you understood the scientists, had you understood the virus sufficiently and should you have worn people earlier? that could have had a different outcome in terms of restrictions being made earlier and different outcomes to what happened. h0??? earlier and different outcomes to wh

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20200420

and is back with his family. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has been speaking to him. on his way to see his family, tim hall spent eleven days in hospital. are you pleased to be going home? very pleased, yes. when he had been brought in by ambulance, he could barely breathe. he gave this message on the importance of social distancing. anything you think is worth going outside for it s not, not when you could potentially see your kids for that last time or even a week or so without them is hard enough. so, that pint of milk, whatever it is, it is not worth it. now timis back home, being pampered by his family. do you want a pillow? yes. brilliant being back with the kids, seeing the kids smile and make a fuss of me. it was brilliant. how was the whole experience? thankful really. it was very scary and yes just going to be forever grateful for the staff at the hospital. and yeah, just we got through it. moments like this are wonderful for patients and their family, but

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20200519

if the last few weeks have proved anything, it cannot be taken for granted. talking to the plant pickers, prince charles calls on pickers who are stickers , to join a national effort to help farmers with the harvest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. latest figures show that deaths in care homes now account for a quarter of all coronavirus related deaths in the uk. the office for national statistics says the number of deaths in care homes since the start of the pandemic is now more than 11,000. that s more than a quarter of the overall number of people who have died in the uk with coronavirus related symptoms. that number stands at 41,020. meanwhile, the economic impact of the crisis shows a sharp rise in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits. that number has soared to more than two million. we ll have more on the impact onjobs in a moment, but our first report comes from our health correspondent lauren moss. it s another day counting the human cost of th

Transcripts For BBCNEWS The Papers 20200519

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are political strategist jo tanner, and anand menon, director of uk in a changing europe, a research group focusing on uk eu relations. first let s take a look at some of the front pages. captain tom moore s knighthood is well covered by the sun, which says he s the first of many coronavirus crisis heroes who will be honoured. many of the papers focus on schools reopening. the times casts doubt over the date of 1 june saying it depends on the status of the uk s track and trace system. the telegraph says the british medical association thinks schools can open injune, so long as it is safe to do so. the guardian says up to 1,500 primary schools could remain closed, after several councils say they won t force them to reopen. meanwhile, the mail accuses a teaching union of using cynical tactics to stop schools from reopening. the metro reports on the blame game emerging in whitehall be

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