a campaign has been launched to raise money to build a memorial in st paul s cathedral to those who ve died as a result of coronavirus. costing £2.3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st paul s for 150 years. charlotte wright reports. for centuries, st paul s cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant national events, which is why campaigners say it s a fitting site for this a covid memorial. designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. there are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. and, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. the plan is to the build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii. and visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, including photos and epitaphs. more than 7,300 names
some heavy rain sweeping in from the west and some brisk winds as well. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: new freedoms for care home residents in england from tuesday, they will be able to visit relatives without having to self isolate when they return. india becomes the first country to record 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. new research finds that around a thousand rivers are the source of the majority of plastic waste in the ocean. and back on the dancefloor with no social distancing the covid pilot schemes testing crowd safety. thanks for your company so far today. jane hill will be here at the top of the hour, but before that. talking movies looks back on the academy awards which is experimenting with a new format that includes an in person ceremony that will take contributions from multiple locations. here is tom brook. hello from los angeles and welcome to our talking movies 0scars review special. i am tom brook. in today s programme, we are
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: india has recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day since the start of the pandemic. as the surge continues through the country, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the uk is sending extra 1,000 ventilators to india. throughout this crisis, we ve said we need to keep supply chains, particularly critical supply chains, open and we ought to resolve these kind of issues through collaboration. and that is certainly what we re doing with the indians. people in england may not need to self isolate if they have been in close contact with someone with covid. daily rapid covid tests will be offered as an alternative to ten days quarantine. if they test positive, then they re required to isolate, and they have to take a confirmatory pcr test. so, again, it s a really important time for us to collect these data. so, hopefully, this may be more of a normal situation, so that we can move away from this very, very costly
hello and welcome, i m samantha simmonds. the royal family are facing more questions over a picture of the princess of wales first published on sunday. this picture, released for mother s day, showing catherine with their three children, has since been retracted by four photo agencies over concerns it has been manipulated . it is the first official photo of the princess of wales since her abdominal surgery two months ago. simon jones has more. released at 9:00 yesterday morning by kensington palace to mark mother s day a picture of the princess of wales surrounded by her children. the aim was to dampen speculation about catherine s recovery from her recent abdominal surgery. but some people pointed out that the image looked odd a view shared by several leading picture agencies which had initially sent out the photo worldwide. one of them said there was an inconsistency in the alignment of princess charlotte s left hand, meaning the image didn t reach the agency s standar
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