Embassy in tokyo has now left japan, heading to warsaw after a stopover in vienna. Wildfires fuelled by high temperatures and strong winds continue to sweep parts of turkey, with eight people dead and thousands forced to leave their homes. Borisjohnson is expected to visit Renewable Energy projects and meet Police Officers on a two Day Visit to scotland. But hes not meeting Nicola Sturgeon, which she says she would have welcomed. And at 2 30, your questions answered. Well be putting your questions on vaccinations for teenagers to the experts. More than A Million teenagers could soon be offered a covid vaccine. Its understood that this afternoon, Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation will recommend that 16 and 17 year olds are given the jab. At the moment, only Under 18s with underlying Health Conditions or living with someone vulnerable, qualify for the vaccine. Heresjim reed. 46 Million adults have already received a covid vaccine. Now the jab is set to be routinely offer
It seems to be odd to me to take all those risks with infectiOn when we are so close to vaccinatiOn doing the job of keeping us safe. Scotland currently has the highest rates of covid cases in europe, according to the World Health OrganisatiOn. The Scottish Government is hoping to ease all restrictiOns On the 9th of august, but they may end up retaining some basic measures. Hello and welcome to this special programme ahead of the prime Ministers Press COnference at Downing Street in around 15 minutes time. BorisjohnsOn is expected to cOnfirm he is cOnfident the majority of the remaining covid restrictiOns in england can be lifted from 19thjuly. The final stage of the roadmap out of lockdown in england was delayed after ministers said the four tests necessary to ease restrictiOns further had not been met. But tOnight, the Prime Minister will announce that wearing face masks will become voluntary from the 19th, and its also expected hell put an end to the One metre plus social distancing
And Glenn Thirlby similarly asked. But Yadwiga Billewicz disagreed. One part of the session which caught the attention of bbc watchers was when the prime ministers former Chief Adviser described how, over the course of last year, he largely stopped speaking to journalists with one exception. The main person, really, though, that i spoke to in the whole of 2020 was Laura Kuenssberg of the bbc, because the bbc has a special position in the country, obviously, during the crisis. And because i was in the room for certain crucial things, i could give guidance to her on certain very big stories. The use of anonymous sources in political reporting has long been a concern among some newswatch viewers, and that outing of himself by Dominic Cummings as one of those sources led Valerie Ching dolling, among others, to question how reliable and credible he was. She wrote. And Someone Tweeting as murf s mum posted this. But Graham King had a different perspective. We asked Bbc News about this, and t
Care at nhs england, and on my right, Doctor Mary Ramsay, the head of immunisation at public Health England. Today i would like to bring you the latest on our Vaccination Programme and our work to get even more people protected from this deadly disease. We have come a long way since we gave the worlds first clinically organised vaccine just over six months ago, since that very special day we have now given a first dose to 82 of all adults in the united kingdom. Today i can confirm we have reached the milestone of three in five, all adults getting the protection of a second dose. Because we have been able to move at such a pace, any aduu able to move at such a pace, any adult in the uk can now book their first dose. In the two days after we opened our Booking System to anyone over the age of 18 there were six appointments being booked every second. And i have been absolutely thrilled to see videos of young people coming forward at some of our major Vaccination Events last weekend, and i
In the country, obviously, during the crisis. And because i was in the room for certain crucial things, i could give guidance to her on certain very big stories. The use of Anonymous Sources in political reporting has long been a concern among some newswatch viewers, and that outing of himself by Dominic Cummings as one of those sources led Valerie Ching dolling, among others, to question how reliable and credible he was. She wrote. And Someone Tweeting as murf s mum posted this. But graham king had a different perspective. We asked bbc news about this, and they told us. Matt hancock came in for a particular Tongue Lashing from Dominic Cummings, so it was no surprise that when the Health Secretary appeared the next day at the Downing Street briefing, Laura Kuenssberg put one of mr cummings allegations to him. Can you still stand there today and say its true that you protected care homes from the start . And did you or did you not tell Downing Street that people leaving care homes would