We believe Prime Minister questions and Keir Starmers questions to borisjohnson and Keir Starmers questions to Boris Johnson focus on the and Keir Starmers questions to borisjohnson focus on the amount of money spent by the government to external Pr Consultants through the pandemic. We will catch up with the we are taking you straight to weather with said keith lucas. Downing street. This is the first of a weekly i pressure brings a mist and fog for session of scientists taking questions about coronavirus some of us, but we is about to take place are turning to something much more at downing street. Jonathan van tam is one of the u nsettled are turning to something much more unsettled through not just are turning to something much more unsettled through notjust today but into the remainder of the week as speakers. Lets begin. Well. A windy day ahead today with some rain around that is the traditional vaccine sequence particularly heavy across north and under velleman timeline for a wes
Virus. Turmoil in downing street as one of the closest advisers to the primers to quicks as head of communications in behind inviting. A nurse has appeared in court charged with murdering eight babies, and the attempted murder of ten babies at a hospital in chester. A major new study shows black people are twice as likely to catch coronavirus than white people. And also this hour, something to look forward to. A Long Bank Holiday weekend to mark the queens Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Good afternoon. The number of people waiting more than a year for hospital treatment in england has hit its highest level since 2008. Patients are meant to be seen within 18 weeks, but nearly 140,000 people are on the waiting list at the end of september and have been waiting for more than a year. Health Officials Say cutting the number of coronavirus cases is crucial in tackling this backlog. 0ur Health Correspondent has more details. Stephanie was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer injuly, after fin
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1000 for the First Time Sincejune. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light at the end of a tunnel. It still needs to be approved and there are questions about how long it will last. The uk may have its first jab by christmas. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. I know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. Early results for the first effective vaccine show it could prevent more than 90 of people from getting covid, with the main
At the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up on this programme the Health Secretary wants nhs staff to gear up for the roll out the new Coronavirus Vaccine if its approved in the next few weeks. When the science comes good to inject hope into millions i know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. The government suffers a heavy defeat in the lords, as peers fillet a controversial bill that would give ministers the power to break International Law. I urge my noble friends on the front bench to recognise that this bill is notjust unlawful, but also unethical. And the head of the Football Association quits after using outdated language at a commons committee. Would you want to withdraw that . Isnt that exactly the sort of language that means inclusion is not a reality . If i said it, i deeply apologise for it. But first, the big news of the week was for once a ray
Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up on this programme the Health Secretary wants nhs staff to gear up for the roll out the new Coronavirus Vaccine if its approved in the next few weeks. I know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. The government suffers a heavy defeat in the lords, as peers fillet a controversial bill that would give ministers the power to break International Law. I urge my noble friends on the front bench to recognise that this bill is notjust unlawful, but also unethical. And the head of the Football Association quits after using outdated language at a commons committee. Would you want to withdraw that . Because isnt that exactly the sort of language that means inclusion is not a reality . If i said it, i deeply apologise for it. But first, the big news of the week was for once a ray of hope, with the announcement tha