hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s easter monday, april the 5th. our top story. everyone in england will be offered two free rapid covid tests each week from this friday, under the government s plans to expand its testing programme. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the additional tests will play a crucial role in curbing future outbreaks of the virus as life returns to normal. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rapid lateral flow tests are already being used to test secondary school pupils, families with children and those who cannot work from home. from the end of the week, they will be offered to everyone in england. these devices give a result in 30 minutes. they can be picked up from a local testing centre or pharmacy or ordered online and delivered in the post. even when people have no symptoms, they may be infected and they may be infectious. and if we can catch those people early, then we can break transmission and
vaccination and that it s on track to meet its targets. fake coronavirus test certificates with a negative result are being sold online, meaning people can travel without being tested. the army is out and about on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. political leaders were either rounded up or sacked. and also before 9pm, silver prices have hit an a eight year high after calls to buy the metal on social media sparked a trading frenzy. mass testing of people with and without covid 19 symptoms is to be carried out in eight postcodes in england in an attempt to halt the spread of the south african variant of the virus. it s after 11 cases were identified in recent days with no links to international travel, raising fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. door to door testing will be carried out in the affected parts of england, with a total of about 80,000 people living in the affected areas. the postc
feared in me and mark. that s the front page in bottom of the newspaper. myanmar. caroline, there had been a partial democracy come as you could say, in myanmar. now it s back to military dual to rule. . , now it s back to military dual to rule. . , , ., . , rule. that s right. devastating news that after those rule. that s right. devastating news that after those elections, - rule. that s right. devastating news that after those elections, the - that after those elections, the problem seems to be that it delivered a landslide or looked like a landside result which is now eluding to questions, of course, we have now seen as put under house arrest again which is a real backward step. already, we are seeing some international condemnation growing of that coup there with joe condemnation growing of that coup there withjoe biden with the new us president suggesting that there will be sanctions slapped on that country if they do not start abiding by the rule of law. so rea
to have that intelligence briefing. what value is giving him an intelligence briefing? what impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something? and tens of thousands of farmers block major highways across india as they continue their protests against new agricultural laws. good afternoon. a leaked document has revealed that borisjohnson is planning to sweep away david cameron s reforms of the nhs in england that could see a reduced role for the private sector. nhs commissioners would no longer be required to invite private companies to bid to run services, and there would be more focus on hospitals and social care services working together to improve patient care. our health correspondent katharine de costa reports. an ageing population brings with it extra challenges. elderly patients often require more complex care and hospital treatment that can cause pressure on the treatment, when they re fit enough to leave but there isn t capacity in the
word. before the tournament was that if they brought their a game, they game, they felt they were capable of beating anyone and i suppose that s what we saw here tonight. i999 beating anyone and i suppose that s what we saw here tonight. 1999 was the last time they were champions of europe, over that period there have been times when scotland had strong back row forwards in particular when they send the ball out there was nobody there. more recently we have had a flamboyant reputation, almost playing basketball style rugby with creativity and flavour but not enough steel. today we saw combination of all of those elements. above all else, they were in control of the match from the word go. that s the remarkable thing. they maintain that intensity throughout the 80 minutes and for a coach, that must feel almost like a perfect match. let s hearfrom gregor townsend. perfect match. let s hearfrom gregortownsend. i’m perfect match. let s hear from gregor townsend. i m delighted f