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medically exempt. an experienced caver trapped underground for two days in wales is named as george linnane he s said to be in good spirits after 250 people were involved in his rescue. england s t20 world cup semifinal against new zealand gets under way in abu dhabi they re without openerjason roy after a calf injury ruled him out of the tournament. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the first draft of a climate agreement has been published at the cop26 global summit in glasgow. the document urges nations to outline their long term strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century, and to curb global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. it also encourages richer nations to increase support for poorer ones. but this isn t the final outcome of the climate talks, there is still much to be negotiated and agreed upon. the prime minister returned to glasgow this morning and has urged nations to pull out all the stops . he ll hold a news conference la ....
to self isolate on campuses, dominic hughes, bbc news. the education secretary is due joining me now is dr chaand to make a commons statement later. nagpaul is the chair of the british medical association and sophie hutchinson whose who did you think would win out of a two year old son is waiting for hospital treatment to resolve lion, a hippopotamus and a rhino? sir david attenborough takes recurring ear infections. questions from the children he says hold the hope for the future in their hands. jetpack paramedics. could this be one way to reduce the response time to patients this report talks about the nhs in otherwise hard to reach areas, being at a crossroads and difficult decisions having to be made, like like the lake district? what? this report mirrors the feedback we have had from thousands of doctors who are equally concerned, worried and that they are not able to provide the care that patients need. what difficult decisions are going to have to be made, do ....
university students affected by covid outbreaks before christmas, can go home but they ll need to self isolate borisjohnson says people are snooty about vocational qualifications he pledges new training opportunities and, no, it s not science fiction the great north air ambulance service really is testing out a jet pack rescue kit let s get more now on borisjohnson‘s apology after he was unable to clarify new local lockdown restrictions which are being imposed in north east england. in some regions, a new law banning households from mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants, will take effect from midnight. the confusion comes as new figures reveal there have been a further 7,143 cases of coronavirus in the uk the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began. the figures also show that a further 71 people have died in the uk within 28 days of testing positive, the biggest deathtoll since the start ofjuly. this brings the total number of deaths ....
the former watchdog presenter lynn faulds wood has died suddenly at the age of 72. she had a stroke last night and died in hospital at lunchtime. her husband and son were with her. welcome to watchdog. lynn presented watchdog with her husband, john stapleton, in the 1980s and early ‘90s. she was a passionate consumer journalist and a cancer campaigner after surviving bowel cancer 30 years ago. just hours before she fell ill last night, she was with her husband and all her neighbours, leading the applause to nhs workers and carers, as she s been doing every week. lynn faulds wood, who s died at the age of 72. time for a look at the weather. here s tomasz schafernaker. thank you. good evening. another great day on the weather front at least across the uk with lots of sunshine. it was the warmest day of the year so far in northern ireland, 21 celsius in county armagh, and very tempting weather again this weekend, but please observe those rules. this is the satellite pict ....
people are socialising again in sydney, as lockdown ends in australia s most populus state. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. teachers‘ unions are meeting the government s scientific advisers to demand assurances that it will be safe to allow more children to return to schools in england next month. some teachers argue social distancing will be difficult, particularly for young children, and they ve called for the government to publish the scientific evidence which suggests the move will be safe. ministers have warned that children from poorer backgrounds will suffer the most if they re kept at home, and the head of one of england s biggest academy trusts says he s ready to reopen all 35 of its primary schools. elaine dunkley reports. it has been a week of clashes over classes. a row between the government and teaching unions over whether it is safe for primary schools to reopen children in reception, year one and year six from the 1st ofjune. today the teaching ....