That we will be guided by the science, following the science. We know we can dramatically lower the cases in this country. We just need to finish the job with science. We are not changing the science, the virus changed, and the science involved with the changing virus. Laura the science has not changed. Like all pandemics, in the wind down phase there are viral variants and mutations but the science, the immunology has not changed. The variants become more transmissible but usually not more deadly. Often less so in that is immunology 101. For many months, very smart and a political scientist have been saying that vaccines would never mean zero covid infections, but instead that they would help Curb Hospitalizations and deaths. For 15 months we have known that those who died from covid had at least one if not two, three or more comorbidities. We know that the elderly and those with metabolic syndrome, High Bmi, diabetes, hypertension would suffer the most. The more we see this disease t
are still infected. the uk s highest court rules that a group of uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self employed in a case that could have implications for many others. remarkable new pictures from mars the moment nasa s robot perseverance touched down on the red planet last night. and coming up in sport on bbc news wolves on the hunt for back to back premier league wins, as they take on leeds in a mid table match at molineux. good evening. buckingham palace has confirmed that the duke and duchess of sussex will not be returning as working members of the royal family. prince harry and meghan stepped down from royal duties last year and moved to the united states. the couple who are expecting their second child have been stripped of their patronages and honorary titles which will be returned to the queen and distributed elsewhere in the royal family. prince harry and meghan responded with a statement, saying, we can all live a life of service. s
heathrow saw the highest number of cancellations, followed by gatwick and manchester. there were also reports of thousands of passengers stranded in airports overseas. tenerife airport set up camp beds to assist stranded passengers. in the last hour, the air traffic control service nats says their systems are operating as normal after the technical fault was fixed and they re working to clear the backlog of flights. they added that an investigation has started to understand the root cause of what happened. this report from our transport correspondent, katy austin. the august bank holiday descended into flight chaos, with hundreds cancelled yesterday and more today. we are still at rome airport trying to get home, we have been here since 11.30 yesterday morning. it s now been more than 2a hours. we boarded ourflight last night and then were told to get off the flight because the aircrew have been flying for too long. our flight has been scheduled for this afternoon but there a
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