high and they were dramatically exceeded. thousands of adults in england are self isolating. the vast majority don t have covid, many though have been pinged by the trace and track app. and it may have come as a surprise to some of them to see this report from the times. it told us that investment minister,lord gerry grimstone, the bbc has confirmed this too. that s right an advisory tool. then this morning the business minister paul scully did a series of interviews. he told times radio that self isolating after being pinged was a decision for individuals and employers. and that the app is there to allow you to make informed decisions. in a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this: we are encouraging people to isolate but they need to make their own informed decisions. the legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. not everyone has the app for example and so it i
of restrictions across england will depend on the efficacy of the roll out. there were more than one million bookings for a covid 19 vaccine through the nhs website yesterday a new record as the vaccination programme opened up to people in their 20s. the high court rules the government acted unlawfully when the cabinet office minister, michael gove, awarded a covid contract worth half a million pounds to a company run by friends of dominic cummings. and carry on camping pubs, farms, and stately homes call for rules to be relaxed so they can open temporary camping sites for longer. hello, good afternoon. after months of preparation, borisjohnson prepares to play host to world leaders flying in for this weekend s g7 summit in carbis bay in st ives in cornwall. it s the first time the leaders have met face to face in two years. presidentjoe biden has left joint airbase andrews and will arrive in cornwall this evening. tomorrow, the prime minister, borisjohnson, will hold h
we begin with the news that a uk india free trade agreement is one step closer that s the promise from downing street as the prime minister announces new trade and investment deals with india worth £1 billion. trade between the uk and india is already worth around 23 billion pounds a year and supports more than half a millionjobs, according to the government. but these latest new deals will bring in a further 533 million of new investment from india into the uk, which is expected to create about 6,000 newjobs. let s go live to mumbai now for the details from our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar. what more can you tell us? the focus of the what more can you tell us? tie: focus of the headlines, here at least, are very much under £214 million investment into the uk. this is of course the world s last world s biggest manufacturer of vaccines. they are really the centrepiece of this $1 billion trade deal that has been announced. as we move closer to that virtu
a warning that the nhs is facing the most difficult winter in its history. and why the crew of the international space station had to take cover when russia blew up one of its own satellites with a missile. the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has given harrowing evidence to mps about how he was bullied and racially abused at the club. he says he and others of asian heritage were told to sit near the toilets with racial slurs used constantly . he was close to tears as he told the commons culture, media and sport committee that he felt isolated and humiliated, and that the club treated him in an inhuman way. azeem rafiq said there s institutional racism across english cricket. a warning this report from laura scott does contain some offensive language. azeem rafiq said today was the time for truth, as the focus of cricket s racism crisis moved yorkshire to westminster, those troops from the man whose allegation said the scandal in motion proved uncomfortable. ijoine