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7,000 newjobs at amazon yet another sign of the online shopping surge. the great books bonanza why the pandemic means even greater competition for that christmas best seller. and coming up on bbc news, johanna konta, dan evans and andy murray all feature in second round action at the us 0pen british number one evans hoping to reach the the third round for the fourth time in his career. good evening and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. time and time again we re told that testing is the key to keeping the coronavirus pandemic under control. but there s growing concern tonight that the uk s testing capacity is falling short of demand. the bbc has been told of people being sent hundreds of miles for a test. a government official is quoted as saying that testing labs are maxed out . the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced details of a £500 million fund to boost capacity by finding quicker and more efficient ways to test people. here s our health editor, ....
couple of hours using technology like this. that is what the government wants to see delivered on a large scale, making regular checks possible for millions of people. there is more funding for trials, but it is a long term goal. right now, there are complaints from some people about being sent long distances to get tested, including one family who requested tests at their local site at glasgow airport. stephen, who didn t want to give his full name, said he was offered belfast when he tried to book online. belfast wasn t exactly desirable, especially with a ferry trip. so i went back in again to try it again and the second time it tried to send me to portree in the isle of skye, which is 127 miles and a five and a half hour round trip, five and a half hours each way. stephen and his family did eventually get tests locally, although there was a long wait at the site. this lab in glasgow analysing swabs is run by the uk government. the test and protect scheme is managed ....
a very high capacity. laboratories in the uk have been described as maxed out, with 170,000 tests a day. we ll have the latest. also tonight: people arriving in wales and scotland from portugal must self isolate for 1h days, but the rules covering england and northern ireland are unchanged. the online retail giant amazon will create 7,000 newjobs in the uk this year to meet growing demand. joe biden, democratic candidate for the us presidency, has met relatives of the african american man shot by police last month. and the bbc‘s reeta chakrabarti shares her family s story on the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war. and in the sport on bbc news, british number one johanna konta is out of the us open, beaten in the second round by romania s sorana cirstea. good evening. officials in charge of the coronavirus testing network have apologised after increasing evidence that the system is struggling to meet demand, with some people being asked to travel hundr ....
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calls for immediate access to the alleged site. good morning, everyone. good friday morning. it is the final trading day of the week. ross is still out on vacation. he will be back with you next week. meanwhile, let s come back to one of our top stories. nasdaq ceo in his first comments after the glitch that halted trading for three hours on thursday is calling for higher standards for exchanges. he tells the wall street journal, our systems and the industries have to get to a higher level of robustness. the journal reports nasdaq officials internally pointed to a connectivity problem with competing electronic exchange as the trigger for the technical issue that forced the trading halt. arkia wasn t named in the official statement and the they have declined comment. nasdaq officials believe they should have been able to manage the connectivity problems. reports say nasdaq was able to fichlt issue in 30 minutes but didn t restart trading for another two hours due to th ....