giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i want - giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i want to - giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i want to be | that was inevitable. i want to be clear about this. principal decision makers in government, prime minister, the then secretary of state for health, duchy of lancaster, for example, nor in my view did that apply to the majority of political leaders, but there were some who chose their sites they wanted to hear, put it that way, and there were optical commentators whose view of the site started with what was my political position and then derive from that. in terms of decision makers in the decisions taken during covid in the uk, my view is, they were not intending to cherry pick, they may have done so by accident, it was not by design. you obviously spent a great deal of time in you obviously spent a great deal of time
Including lean on me, lovely day and aint no sunshine has died from heart complications. Hello, good afternoon. The first of the nhss Nightingale Hospitals has been opened, set up to expand capacity during the coronavirus outbreak. Its been built in less than a fortnight, inside the excel Conference Centre in east london, and the first patients are due to arrive early next week. It comes as the uk records 684 coronavirus related deaths in a day. Its the highest rise so far, but slightly below the expected trend. The death toll now stands at 3,605. Meanwhile, from self isolation the Prime Minister took to twitter to urge people to stay inside this weekend mrjohnson also said he would continue his isolation as he still has a fever. And more messages of support on their way, as its announced her majesty the queen has recorded a special broadcast to the nation, which will go out on sunday evening at 8pm. More on that soon, but first, our correspondent Angus Crawford reports on the opening