A campaign has been launched to raise money to build a memorial in st pauls cathedral to those whove died as a result of coronavirus. Costing £2. 3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st pauls for 150 years. Charlotte wright reports. For centuries, st pauls cathedral has been a place to reflect on Significant National events, which is why campaigners say its a fitting site for this a covid memorial. Designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. There are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. And, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. The plan is to the build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii. And visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, Including Photos and epitaphs. More than 7,300 names have already bee
Some Heavy Rain Sweeping in from the west and some brisk winds as well. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines new freedoms for care home residents in england from tuesday, they will be able to visit relatives without having to self isolate when they return. India becomes the first country to record 400,000 Coronavirus Infections in a single day. New Research Finds that around a thousand rivers are the source of the majority of Plastic Waste in the ocean. And back on the dancefloor with no social distancing the covid Pilot Schemes testing crowd safety. Thanks for your company so far today. Jane hill will be here at the top of the hour, but before that. Talking movies looks back on the Academy Awards which is experimenting with a new format that includes an in person ceremony that will take contributions from multiple locations. Here is tom brook. Hello from los angeles and welcome to our Talking Movies 0scars review special. I am tom brook. In todays programme, we are going to look bac
The Probation Officer who was in charge of the man who carried out the fatal attacks at fishmongers hall in london has told an inquest that he had no indication he was being deceived by usman khan but he admitted that there had been some Prison Intelligence that khan might return to his old ways. Daniel sandford has more. The disastrous consequences of allowing a recently released, high risk convicted Terrorist Travel alone to london. The battle on london bridge, with usman khan, who had just stabbed two people to death. Saskia jones and jack merritt had been involved with learning together, a Prison Education organisation whose events khan had been attending. Khan had been a difficult prisoner, involved in violence against other inmates and radicalisation. He had improved his behaviour but there was intelligence suggesting that he might go back to his old ways. The inquests into the deaths of saskia jones and jack merritt have heard that it was usman khans Probation Officer, ken skel
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines india has recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day since the start of the pandemic. As the surge continues through the country, the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the uk is sending extra 1,000 ventilators to india. Throughout this crisis, weve said we need to keep supply chains, particularly critical supply chains, open and we ought to resolve these kind of issues through collaboration. And that is certainly what were doing with the indians. People in england may not need to self isolate if they have been in close contact with someone with covid. Daily rapid covid tests will be offered as an alternative to ten days quarantine. If they test positive, then theyre required to isolate, and they have to take a confirmatory pcr test. So, again, its a really important time for us to collect these data. So, hopefully, this may be more of a normal situation, so that we can move away from this very, very costly, long isolatio
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