Sporting crowd since the start of the pandemic this afternoon. 140,000 Fans Head to the track for the british Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton looks to keep his title hopes alive the man hoping to circumnavigate Mainland Britain on a Paddle Board reaches the halfway point. Well catch up with him as he rounds the top of scotland. And the uk makes the most of The Sunny weather, as the hotTest temperatures of the year are recorded. And there is more hot weather on the way for today. Sunshine is expected to last a few more Days yet. Good Morning To you. Its sunday the 18th ofjuly. Our top story senior Government Ministers are waiting to hear if they will have to quarantine after the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, confirmed he has Tested positive for coronavirus. Mrjavid held a meeting with the Prime Minister On Friday, shortly before experiencing symptoms. It comes ahead of most legal covid restrictions being lifted in england tomorrow. 0ur political correspondent, Nick Eardley has this repor
Good afternoon. Both the Prime Minister and the chancellor are in Self Isolation this lunchtime after coming into contact with the Health Secretary, sajid javid, whos tested positive for coronavirus. The announcement was made by Downing Street after it initially said both Borisjohnson And Rushi sunak would be taking part in a Pilot Scheme which would allow them to continue working provided they tested negative in a daily lateral flow test. This had been criticised by labour and some business leaders, with hundreds of thousands of people having to self isolate having been pinged by the Track And Trace system. Our political Correspondentjessica Parker has the latest. It is hot out there but not everyone is enjoying it is hot out there but not everyone is enjoying the sunshine, with so many is enjoying the sunshine, with so many order is enjoying the sunshine, with so many order to isolate because of covid~ many order to isolate because of covid. . Many order to isolate because of covid.
A Downsized Hajj Pilgrimage begins today in the Saudi Arabian city of mecca only 60,000 vaccinated saudi citizens can attend. And silverstone is preparing to host 140,000 fans at the britiish Grand Prix the nations biggest Sporting Event since the start of the covid pandemic. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Downing street has confirmed that the Prime Minister and the chancellor will not be self isolating after coming into contact with the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid who has tested positive for coronavirus. Both Borisjohnson And Rishi sunak are to take part in a Pilot Programme in which daily testing replaces self isolation. Mrjavid tested positive yesterday after a meeting at Downing Street on friday. The news comes a day ahead of most covid restrictions being lifted in england. 0ur political correspondent, Nick Eardly has this report. Downing street on friday. The Health Secretary outside number 10, where he held talks with the Prime Minister. Last night, though, Sajid Javid confirm
Scheme which allows people to test daily, but i think its far more important that everybody sticks to the same rules. And feelings run high In Tokyo, with protests against the Olympic Games as athletes and Staff Test positive for covid. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. Im martine croxall. The german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against global warming. After visiting some of the areas worst hit by last weeks deadly flash floods, she also expressed shock at what she called surreal destruction. More Heavy Rain has caused further flooding in Southern Germany and austria. Our Europe Correspondent Jenny Hill reports. We really need help here, she says. And outside the village shop, you can see why. As in so many other parts of western germany, people in Bad Munstereifel still cant quite believe what happened. We met gertrude here. Volunteers have brought food, water. She told us she spent the night alone, upstairs, as water flooded into her