At Ellesmere Port. And at 2. 45pm, well be going across the uk to find out more about the stories affecting you from ourjournalists up and down the country. Stay with us for that. Hello and welcome if you have just joined us. The Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that people, whove had both doses of a Covid Vaccine, will no longer have to self isolate if they come into contact with a positive case of the virus. The change which will come into force on 16th August, and will also apply to people under the age of 18 who are currently not eligible for vaccination. And in the last half hour, the Education Secretary Gavin williamson has announced an end to the bubble system in English Schools with no more Self Isolation for pupils who come into contact with positive cases. Heres what Mr Williamson had to say. Though keeping children inconsistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated, we recognise that the system of bubbles a
Nicola sturgeon will confirm whether covid restrictions there can be eased as planned. At least 64 people have been killed in a fire at a iraqi hospital treating Coronavirus Patients. Many patients are missing. Will the Uk Government slash its foreign Aid Budget . Mps will vote on the controversial Proposals Today and the first Baby Beaver to be born On Exmoor in 400 years has captured on camera and is reported to be thriving good Morning And Welcome to Bbc News. Two days after englands euros final defeat, and the row over the online abuse of some players has deepened. England Defender Tyrone mings has criticised Home Secretary Priti patel for her response to Racist Abuse after she previously described taking the knee as Gesture Politics. Tyrone mings tweeted his reaction to Priti Patel last night, saying that the Home Secretary had Stoked The Fire at the beginning of the tournament. The Home Secretary had earlier said that she was disgusted by the online abuse of england players. Prit
This week we are reporting from across the uk asking about life through the pandemic and asking how your community and your business has been affected. Today i am in somerset. Let us go straight to manchester. As everyone knows, a Suicide Bomber evaded the security outside the arena and detonated his Bombjust as the concert was coming to an end, killing 22 people and injuring many more. It should not be necessary to have security to protect us from murderers but while the Terror Threat remains and shows no sign of going away we do need to have in place protective measures which provides security against threats but do not prevent as enjoying the freedoms that are part of our way of life. The enquiry has examined in detail the Security Provision against Terrorist Attacks at the Manchester Arena on 22nd May 2017. I heard evidence from a 53 witnesses over a period of 32 days, lasting 154 hours, and considered over 1000 documents. For many of those witnesses, giving evidence was a very str