but not everyone is celebrating. all: six, five, four, three. the moment they ve been waiting for for over a year. cheering. we speak to people who are immunosuppressed about how they view what some are calling freedom day. and, the uk and the eu have accused china of carrying out a major cyber attack earlier this year. the final stage of unlocking in england, with social distancing rules dropped. 1,000 people packed into this club in central london. no testing, contact tracing details orjabs required, with many more lining up outside. they ve waited 16 months. what s a little longer? there s so many people there, and we re just so, good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. so pumped to get in there. it s been a year and a half, and now 16 months after they were introduced, most legal restrictions we re alljust ready to dance. on social contact have been i ve had my vaccines. lifted in england. i want to have a good time, hun! there are now no limits on how many so excited. so
and that it would carefully consider any issues raised by the programme. darragh macintyre, bbc news. you can see panorama: the dark side of horse racing on bbc one tonight at 8.30pm. time for a look at the weather here s susan powell. the whole team is a sleep deprived in these temperatures, it is tricky. pretty unbearable now. today the heat has built again as the sun has come up and we will continue with the story of heat humidity and sunshine for a few days yet. look at the map closely. even with a high pressure there is a little bit of blue flag there. a little bit of blue flag there. a little bit of instability higher up in our atmosphere that could spark of isolated. slow moving, could be a lot of rain in a short space of time. the majority, though committees blue skies, the sunshine, some patchy cloud for the north west of scotland. these showers if they do get going could rumble on into the smaller hours of tuesday. i am afraid tonight does not look like will be ve
and australia sends in the army to enforce sydney s stay at home restrictions, as covid i9 infections continue to rise. the uk s biggest dairy company, arla, tells the bbc that it had failed to make 25% of its deliveries to supermarkets last weekend due to a shortage of drivers. nine years in prison for incitement to secession and terrorist activities. prodemocracy activist benny tai is the first person to be convicted under hong kong s new security law. and it s an epic battle between a star and her studio, as scarlettjohansson sues disney for streaming her latest movie. there s been a sizeable medal haul for team gb at the tokyo olympics. tremendous bmx racing by 22 year old beth shriever has won her gold. and kye white took silver in the men s event. for a full round up of the action at the olympics this morning, let s cross to mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. and call it a fabulous friday for team gb including that gold from beth shriever, what a story, she relied
and after the fire and fury, comes the landlside we ll talk to journalist michael wolff about his new book documenting the final days of the trump presidency. hello and welcome. big changes to covid restrictions have been made in england and scotland. wales relaxed some rules on 17july. northern ireland is set to ease rules on 26july. so, after well over a year of being in lockdown, what has changed? in england, facemasks are no longer mandatory but they are still required in some businesses and shops and on some public transport. the government suggests they should be worn in crowded indoor spaces. all social distancing is scrapped. there are no limits now on how many people can gather indoors or outdoors in any situation. the guidance to work from home is also lifted. though the government expects people to start returning to work gradually. people who ve had both vaccines can now travel to amber list countries without having to isolate on return. that does not include