Sides wanted to finish that off today and they have done so. We have a statement from downing street saying that everything the British Public was promised during the 2016 referendum and last years general election is delivered by this deal. We have not seen the text of the deal. We know it will be hundreds and hundreds of pages long and there will be a lot of. In the detail. What we will see over the next few hours is, on both sides, plenty of spin, political spin coming out saying we have achieved this on the other side of the channel. French and dutch media have been told by officials on that side that the british had given in a lot. That is to be expected. We need to look at the detail of what is in the deal and remember it is notjust about fish stocks, it is about the entire relationship on trade and security between the uk and all its nearest neighbours, stretching four years into the future. It is a phenomenal achievement by the two negotiating teams to have got this done in wha
There are concerns about the longer term effects on some supplies. 0ur Political Correspondent ian watson has more on the problem that are now piling up for the Prime Minister. The unfolding covert drama now feels a lot like a crisis. The escape routes from the virus will be blocked. The vaccine wasnt coming into the roll on, role life. It comes via containers and container traffic isnt affected at all, so this isnt an issue with the vaccine at all, and it will never be fat an issue for medicines regardless, because we have contingencies in place. Labour accused the government of overpromising and under delivering to work with ministers to get the virus under control. Make no mistake. This is now a real emergency. I want to work in the National Interest to help bus this dark and difficult days. We will work with the government to help businesses get through the winter months, and we will offer Constructive Solutions to keep the nhs open in the vaccine distributed. There are growing cal
This is bbc news. In about an hour, well bring you todays downing street News Conference on coronavirus. First, the latest headlines. Uk deaths for coronavirus more than double as the latest daily figures show nearly 400 fatalities. Nhs workers call for urgent action to give them protective equipment, in the fight against coronavirus. I dont have any visors, i dont have a face shield or goggles. I should have a full gown if im following the guidance by the World Health Organization. And i think it is frightening that i am putting myself at risk. Police are told to take a consistent approach when using new Emergency Powers on restricting movement, after some forces are criticised for being too aggressive. The number of deaths in spain increases by 849, the highest daily number since the epidemic started. The total there now is over 8,000. And here, millions of plants, shrubs and trees could be thrown away after the Coronavirus Outbreak Forces the closure of 2,000 Garden Centres and nurs
This is bbc news. Im ben brown. In around half an hour, the Prime Minister will host the last of the daily downing street Coronavirus Briefings. But first the headlines. Our long hibernation is coming to an end. The words of borisjohnson, as he eases lockdown in england. Pu bs, restau ra nts a nd cafes will be allowed to reopen, with restrictions, from the 4th ofjuly with restrictions, from the 4th. Ofjuly. We can now go further and safely ease lockdown in england. At every stage, caution will remain our watchword. We will, of course, scrutinise the details of this announcement. We will study the guidance, and there are obviously a number of questions that need
to be answered. But overall, i welcome this statement. But a former chief scientific adviser is among those warning that its premature to reduce the two metre rule to one metre. In scotland, pupils will be able to return to schools full time from the 11th of august as long as the virus continues to be suppressed. And world numbe
Get time, back in time as to how we get to where we are, you could go all the way back to january. I would like to go back to the ebola crisis. This is bbc news. The headlines in the ebola west african crisis the Prime Minister will fly to brussels later in what could be which i was heavily involved in as the final attempt to salvage talks pa rt of on a post brexit trade deal. Which i was heavily involved in as part of the department of international, one of the things cabinet minister michael gove says that was clear was that there were the government wants a deal but the eu would need to temper its demands. Vaccines that had not been properly we are going to maintain high progressed, and therefore we had to standards in this country but we are manage the ebola crisis in west also going to be a sovereign country africa in support of the government and we need to be in control of our of sierra leone, very much entirely own rules and regulations, our laws and ways of doing things. The r