opposition politicians. hello, you are watching bbc news. a further 1,200 daily coronavirus testing sites are being set up in england for workers in vital roles to avoid disruption caused by the need to isolate, the government has announced. prisons, waste collection and defence will be among the areas prioritised for the newest sites. they will operate in addition to 800 testing sites that have already been announced. the department of health said lateral flow tests ta ken daily would allow workers who ve been pinged by the nhs covid 19 app, or contacted by nhs test and trace, to continue working. the latest government figures show 24,950 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, which means an average of 36,125 new cases per day in the last week. 1a deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours, meaning on average 64 deaths were recorded every day in the last week. and according to the latest figures, more than 5,200 patients are in hospital with covid 19. you can see
we ll have the latest, live from westminster. also this lunchtime. gps in england say they re facing a tsunami of patients as the country emerges from lockdown. hundreds of children are rescued during operations against county lines drugs gangs. scientists believe at least one of the next five years could be 1.5 celsius hotter than pre industrial levels, smashing climate change targets. and a very special reunion the friends get back together for the first time in 17 years. and coming up on the bbc news channel marcus rashford reveals he received at least 70 racist messages after manchester united s defeat to villarreal in the europa league last night. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has denied allegations made by his former top advisor, dominic cummings, that poor handling of the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. he was speaking on a visit to a hospital in essex, and said an incre
the prime minister says that he will be examining the data on easing of restrictions in england onjune 21st. i don t see anything currently in the data to suggest that we have to deviate from the road map, but we may need to wait. gps in england say they re facing a tsunami of patients, as the country, emerges from lockdown. manchester united s marcus rashford suffers racial abuse on social media with at least 70 slurs after last night s europa league final loss to villarreal. and, a very special reunion. the friends get back together, for the first time in 17 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has denied allegations made by his former top advisor, dominic cummings, that poor handling of the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. he was speaking on a visit to a hospital in essex, and said an incredibly difficult series of decisions, none of which we ve taken lightly, had to be made at the star
police, police! more than 1,000 arrests after a week long operation to crack down on gangs who use children to transport and sell drugs across britain. and pop out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. and eric carle has died the man who wrote and illustrated the very hungry caterpillar, adored by millions of children over the decades. hello, a very good evening to you and welcome if you justjoined us. i m shaun ley. the health secretary matt hancock has denied lying to his colleagues and to the public about dealing with covid in care homes, saying he s been straight with people throughout the pandemic. yesterday, the prime minister s former special adviser dominic cummings said mr hancock should have been sacked for lying on multiple occasions, but he has hit back, saying the allegations are unsubstantiated and untrue. tonight, he came under more pressure over accusations that he falsely claimed hospital patients were being tested for covid before they