Are put in to bat on an overcast first morning of the third test against sri lanka. They already hold an unassailable 2 0 series lead. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The Prison Population in england and wales has hit a record high for the second week in a row. The latest figures show there are now more than 88,500 inmates. Thats a rise of almost 1,200 in five weeks. Around half of those are cases linked to this summers riots. In a few days time, the governments temporary early Release Scheme will begin, and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in their sentences. Lets speak now to our Uk Correspondent daniel sandford. Daniel, what are these high numbers doing to the Prison System . Last week, i was sitting here talking to your audience about the Prison Population hitting an all time high. This week its even higher, and essentially what happened is on the 30th Ofjuly when the rioting Started this summer, the Prison Population has been rising
Flags are lowered over Downing Street and borisjohnson describes captain sir tom as a National Inspiration, and a beacon of hope for the world. The uk variant of coronavirus has mutated again the Health Secretary says hes seen cases of concern in bristol and liverpool. Meanwhile, 80,000 people in england are tested to stop the spread of the Virus Variant from south africa. Scotland is to introduce Travel Quarantines for overseas arrivals and plans are put in place to open scottish schools later this month. Travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland as heavy snow brings chaos. Good afternoon. In the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. Captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. The army veteran, originally from keighley in West Yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the First National lockd
further strike action. good morning from wimbledon on day three of the championships. after rain disrupted much of the play, 87 matches are scheduled for today as they try to clear the backlog. a rest day for andy murray though, as he eases into round two on a day where only eight matches were completed. the forecast today is sunshine and showers the forecast today is sunshine and showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of us. many of us staying dry all for most of us. many of us staying dry all day for most of us. many of us staying dry all day. we will be back with more dry all day. we will be back with more details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 5th ofjuly. today marks the 75th anniversary of the nhs a milestone that s brought warnings the service won t be around for its 100th year without investment and change. today s landmark is being celebrat
let s turn to ireland now where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he s expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we ve seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity ireland. there really is an opportunity to ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging