People was an accident, an inquestjury has found. And with less than a day to Go before the olympics Opening Ceremony, another controversy hits the struggling games. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News Channel in london its a win for 0val Invincibles in the first match of the mens hundred competition. Good evening. A new plan for daily testing for people whove been told to self isolate after a positive covid contact has been released in the last few minutes by the Government. It will apply to around 10,000 people working in the Food Industry in england, including Supermarket Depots and some manufacturers after ministers said they recognised there were some absences in the food supply chain. It comes as the number of people being pinged by the Nhs Covid App reached a record high last week. Supermarkets, hospitality and the Transport Sector have all reported staff shortages, and some shops have said keeping the shelves stocked is proving a challenge. Heres our economics editor, fa
Of a 3 nhs pay rise in england. A Tram Crash in croydon in 2016 which killed seven people was an accident, an inquestjury has found. And with one day to Go before the olympics Opening Ceremony, another controversy hits the struggling games. Coming up on the Bbc News Channel what a new study analysing the brains of top Rugby Players has found, and what it could mean in terms of understanding the long term implications of head trauma. Good evening. The number of people being pinged and told to self isolate by the Nhs Covid App has reached Record Levels in england and wales. In the week to 14th july, more than 600,000 people received alerts, thats up 17 from the previous week. The vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said that Self Isolation was the second most important tool after vaccines for fighting covid. But as growing numbers are pinged, supermarkets, hospitality and the Transport Sector have all reported Staff Shortages and some shops have said keeping the shelves stocked is proving a
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of western scotland, northern ireland, some in north west england and we have this band of wet weather in wales, the south west of england, some snow mixing in over higher ground and that is likely to push further north than these graphics suggest this afternoon to parts of the midlands, london, even into parts of essex in the afternoon. really chilly, 4 7 , but showers further north will become fewer and further north will become fewer and further between but as things get cold this evening, ice could be a significant problem. however, things will then change again in the early hours because we have cloud and outbreaks of rain, briefly some snow on the leading edge but cloud and rain ushers in some milder air. belfast at 8 degrees, plymouth at 10 degrees by the end of the night, a much milder start to saturday morning as this system works through with the milder air tied in with cloud and our bags of heavy rain. noticed this wedge of milder air between those two fronts. a di
the grand slam champion is free labour says the prime minister still has serious questions to answer about the refurbishment of his downing street flat. and whatever happened to roly, zammo and gripper? grange hill, a tv staple for 30 years, is being turned into a film. and in sport, finally something to cheer about down under asjonny bairstow hits england s first century of this ashes series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. staff absences caused by covid are making hospital care unsafe that s the warning from the main nursing union, the rcn. absences are up more than 40% in a week in england, and about one in eight hospitals are in a critical incident, which means they re struggling to provide core services. the armed forces have been called in to help. 200 personnel have been deployed in the capital, with another 1800 around the rest of the uk. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. like many hospitals, kingston in south west london has be