the uk s health secretary sajid javid says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. i was feeling a bit groggy last night so i took a lateral flow test this morning and it s come out positive, so i m now self isolating at home with my family until i get the results of a pcr test. olympics organisers announce the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours switzerland, luxembourg and the netherlands. at least 160 people are so far known to have died across europe, some 140 of them in germany alone. hundreds remain unaccounted for, and thousands are now homeless. thousands of residents of wassenberg, an area west of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breached by floodwater overni
for the covid delayed year as uk city of culture 2021. radio jingle: bbc cwr! good morning, happy saturday! this is rachel new. i hope you ve had some caffeine in you already, because today is going to be a very big day. the start of a summer weekend in coventry but this is no ordinary saturday. today, the whole city will be become a giant stage, to mark the start of a big year. ..as the uk city of culture. stay with us all day, because we re going to make sure that you do not miss a moment of this. cove ntry. it s been a long time coming. coventry won the honour back in 2017. cove ntry! ..way before covid forced artistic directorjustine themen to change all her plans. you see the track? it s down here. because we can t be bringing audiences together in large numbers, or even participants, we have had to think very differently. for a start, what is about to take place on these streets has had to be kept a complete secret. there s one of you that isn t. ..to avoid large crow
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: leaders at the g7 summit are expected to agree a joint declaration to try and prevent another global pandemic. for the uk prime minister boris johnson, issues over northern ireland hang over his talks with fellow european leaders. the uk government is considering delaying the lifting of england s remaining coronavirus restrictions by up to four weeks, after a spike in cases involving the india or delta variant. and wales and england fans are gearing up for their team s chances this weekend in the euros last night in the opening game, italy beat turkey and a lobsterfisherman in the us describes how he just narrowly escaped being swallowed by a humpback whale. now on bbc news, the travel show. lucy hedges takes a look back at our some of our favourite travel show shimmies on the dance floor, with an energetic south african pantsula. this week on the travel show. yes! now, if you spent any part of lockdown dancing on your own in the kit
when he said he knows where the back of the net is. so he has been assisting, like we said he has been building up his match fitness and i think. he knows he is on the world stage as well in this tournament. we don t know if it is going to be his last tournament either, so i imagine he has probably got a few points to prove that he is good at doing that. well, good luck. i hope you enjoy it. thank you very much for talking to us. coverage on bbc radio 5 live. listen to it. now on bbc news. click. redesigning aeroplanes. ..the passenger pods hurtling people through tunnels. yes! yeah! woo! ..and fancy a flying car? coventry was once the heart of british automotive manufacturing, dubbed britain s motor city. but it s moved with the times. now hosting the institute for future transport and cities at coventry university, playing an important part in the future of autonomous, sustainable and connected transport. and in a city where the first ever british car was manufactured, rese
with fellow european leaders. meanwhile, the us president s focus will be on forming an alliance of countries to combat the growing influence of china. i m shaun ley the other main stories this hour. and wales begin their euro 2020 campaign against switzerland as england fans also gear up for their team s chances in their opening game tomorrow. and the man leading a team which trialled covid treatments in the early stages of the pandemic, is among those to be recognised in the queen s birthday honours. today is the second day of the g7 summit let sjoin ben brown, who is in cornwall. i m here at tregenna castle the resort in st ives, cornwall in the south west of england which is hosting world leaders for the g7 summit. the sun has come out so a fine blue sky and blue sea for the leaders to look out on as they continue their talks. today, they re agreeing a new plan to deal with future pandemics within the first 100 days of an outbreak. called the carbis bay declarati