Lets cross now to the scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who is making a virtual statement to msps she is set to reveal whether her government will lift most legal Covid Restrictions. I will set out a number of mitigation conditions. I will summarise the key points from new guidance being published today on arrangements for the start of The New School year. Let me start by summarising todays statistics. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1016 which is 8. 1 of all tests. There are 406 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Intensive Care which has won more than yesterday. Sadly nine further deaths were reported over the last 24 hours taking the total number of registered is death and the daily definition to 7952. As always i want to convey my sincere condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. I can also report that 4,014,000 212 people have now received a first dose of v
Scotland. A bit warmer than yesterday after the cool start in england, it will top out at around 22 degrees stop the showers will continue into the evening before slowly fading. It has been very dry in scotland so far this summer and the rain maybe welcome. In rural spots dipping down to single figures stop a fine start almost again a case of waiting for the shallows to develop. There will be a feeling Northern Ireland tomorrow, northern and western scotland, a few in the north of england and if you dotted about elsewhere in england and wales. Thursday, friday and into the weekend it is all about the low pressure system. Not as windy as it was last week. Bands of rain and showers will move in. The chance for heavy downpours not raining all the time, there will still be bright and sunny spells around. A breezy picture across the uk and it will turn cooler. On friday that the heavy showers. There could be disrupted downpours around that are thundery on friday and showers will continue in
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since then, at least 78 bodies have been recovered and up to 500 people are still missing at sea. the greek coastguard had claimed that the boat was keeping a steady course towards italy and not in need of rescue. but the bbc s own research suggests that the overcrowded vessel could have been in difficulty hours before it it sank. the greek authorities have yet to respond to those findings. our europe correspondent, nick beake is in kalamata in greece, investigating the ship s final movements. last tuesday morning from the air authorities spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. civilian boats in the area. coastguard and military vessels do not appear. pin shows where it eventually goes down. at around 1500 gmt, a ship called the lucky sailor which gave us its logbook turned sharply and is asked by the coastguard to supply food and water to the migrant boat. soon after, says the coastguard, its helicopter finds the migrant boat to be on a steady course. but tw