Testing right because essentially, thats our first line of defence with covid. Testing is a cornerstone of the governments fight against coronavirus. The most reliable tests are called pcr. Thousands of samples every day are sent here to one of the uks biggest labs, Milton Keynes. Panorama has been told by sources about poor practices at the lab. Its january, and im going undercover to investigate. Hi, hows it going . Oh, thank you. Im a science graduate with lab experience. Ive had 4. 5 days training and im being paid £13. 57 an hour as a lab technician. Right, well, good luck were disguising the identities of all the people im working with. Morning yeah, good. How are you . I start working in whats called the de bagging area. As soon as i start unpacking samples, i notice a number of the tubes they come in leak. The lab has to deal with at least eight different types of tubes. Were supposed to check for leaky ones when we open the bags. We do our best to clean up the leaks to try to
On home water, it is still theirs. Cambridge have the victory. And its a double win for cambridge in both the mens and the womens boat race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government is to trial measures in england, including Covid Passports, to allow the safe return of sports matches, major events and nightlife. Theyll show if a person has been vaccinated, had a recent negative test or has antibodies. The pilot will include the fa cup final and will last until mid may. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Englands National Stadium has been quiet for some time. But in the next few weeks, fans will be back at wembley, cheering on teams as part of pilot schemes. This years fa cup final will be used to trial Covid Passports, where you have to prove your status before youre allowed in. The key purpose of looking at this option is to see how it can enable us to open up getting back to the things that we want to do, if this can be at all, to enable businesses to open s
Already getting a sense of what the two sides will argue in this, one of the most high profile, potentially consequential cases, in recent american history. And the giant ship wedged across the suez canal for nearly a week has at last been freed. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the Bbc News Channel Hal Robson Kanu and two other wales players are thrown out of the squad for breaking covid protocols. Good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. Within the last hour, the Prime Minister has urged caution, as restrictions start to be rolled back in england. Borisjohnson has warned that as a third wave of covid infections builds in europe, it is inevitable that we will see more cases and deaths here in the uk. But the easing of lockdown in england starts today, with groups of six people or two households of whatever size able to meet in parks or private gardens. Outdoor Sports Facilities like Tennis Courts can open, along with outdoor team sports, but people have to stay lo
Now on bbc news, Panorama Goes Undercover Inside A Lab Analysing Covid 19 tests, revealing a failing service with staff under pressure, Equipment Malfunctioning and tests wrongly discarded. My name is jacqui wakefield. Im secretly filming inside one of the largest laboratories testing for coronavirus in the uk. Its made me really angry and theres been times on shift where ive really had to bite my tongue. My evidence reveals how some people could be getting the wrong result. Gasps what youre seeing here is just absolutely crazy. There is almost zero question that this would lead to contamination. The government has spent over £1 billion setting up a network of testing labs, including this one in Milton Keynes. Hi, folks, im here at the Milton Keynes mega lab where theyre doing the most phenomenal amount of testing. But i find frustrated staff losing faith in the system. What do the xs mean . Every tube is a person you have to think that way. And probably quite a scared person or a wor
Lead to contamination. The government has spent over a billion pounds setting up a network of testing labs, including this one in Milton Keynes. Hi, folks, im here at the Milton Keynes mega lab where theyre doing the most phenomenal amount of testing. But i find frustrated staff losing faith in the system. Every tube is a person. You have to think that way. And probably quite a scared person or worried person. As we begin to return to normal life, can we trust testing to help keep us safe . You just cannot run a service like this. Whos in charge here . Im so motivated to go in and really find out whats happening there. Its so important to get testing right because essentially, thats our first line of defence with covid. Testing is a cornerstone of the governments fight against coronavirus. The most reliable tests are called pcr. Thousands of samples every day are sent here, to one of the uks biggest labs, Milton Keynes. Panorama has been told by sources about poor practices at the lab.