no, you're not, at least that is what matt hancock says now. because we know they are keeping under review whether masks, making them mandatory will have to be extended to workplaces and other public places. mr hancock was pretty categorical this morning that they had looked at the workplace option and just decided that it isn't necessary because in a workplace the argument goes you are in contact with people for seven or eight hours, therefore the really important thing is social distancing, masks will not make such a big difference. he didn't actually talk about other public places, and thatis talk about other public places, and that is being kept under review. and certainly in other countries, they insist on masks in other public places beyond just shops and public transport. so that would appear to still be in the mix but he was pretty categorical this morning, i thought, that we will not have to wear masks at work. when you are in close proximity with somebody who you have to work closely to, then if you are there for a long time with them

the nhs in england will get whatever funds it needs according to the health secretary, matt hancock. we protected the nhs during the peak of this crisis and we will protect the nhs in the future. as the formula one season opening race gets under way, lewis hamilton says some drivers‘ reluctance to take a knee before the austrian grand prix is down to a lack of understanding of racism. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. donald trump has declared the united states to be the "greatest and most virtuous nation in the history of the world", in a speech marking the country's independence day. president trump said the us is on its way to a "tremendous victory" over covid—i9, despite a big surge in the number of coronavirus cases in several states. mr trump also lashed out at china over the pandemic. our correspondent david willis has this report. on an independence day unlike any other, americans were urged to celebrate freedom by staying indoors. some ignored the call, desp

we should say we are talking to matt hancock at 7:30am. yes, health secretary will be live on breakfast this morning. scotland has begun its most significant relaxation of its coronavirus lockdown measures. hairdressers, bars, restaurants, cinemas, tourist attractions, and places of worship can now all reopen. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, has described it as the riskiest stage of the process so far. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon has the details. it is the latest kit for hairdressers heading back to work. scotland's salons are the last in the uk to reopen. in this one they are already booked up weeks ahead, when things will be very different to before. here we are, a small salon, so wejust to before. here we are, a small salon, so we just want to really ta ke salon, so we just want to really take every measure that we could to make things safe. so, the screens, obviously, will give each workstation safety. it is different, but i think it is a workable, fun space. it is safe. it is notjust hairdressers that are reopening. a

matt hancock says that from midnight people living in greater manchester and parts of east lancashire and west yorkshire will be banned from going to other people's houses — they cannot meet inside or in private gardens. he says the sudden move is part of immediate action to keep people safe. the details are still emerging, but it appears that shops, pubs and restaurants in the affected areas can remain open. sophie hutchinson has the latest. old ham, where cases of coronavirus have more than tripled in the past week. people here and across greater manchester will be banned from visiting each other indoors as part of new restrictions to curb the sudden surge in cases. the same measures will apply to blackburn with darwen and in other parts of east lancashire, and in some areas in west yorkshire. the health secretary said the decision had been reached after high—level meetings with local officials today. we take this action with a heavy heart but u nfortu nately this action with a heavy heart but unfortunately it's necessary, because we've seen that households meeting up and a lack

and now matt hancock not wearing a mess what that really need some clear messaging. when it comes to whether we should be wearing mask. completely. you can lose track of all of this. it stemmed from the fa ct all of this. it stemmed from the fact that the government wants now for us to have compulsory masks when one inside shots so the question goes 0k where are the exceptions then. of course public transport is not compulsory, offices, and when people have been seen, ministers going into shops to buy their sandwiches, some have been wearing mask. rishi sunak. some have not been like michael gove. a minister who says it is diminished to make sure you are wearing the mask. and so sure you are wearing the mask. and so there's all sorts of theories and spin off you can have about why do you not have to really wear a mask and not this and matt hancock said reps to the idea that it will be compulsory in offices. is it because you are regularly exposed to them? all in all i think it is the basic fa ct all in all i think it is the basic fact that you made to remember is tha

speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show this morning, the health secretary, matt hancock, was asked why the same hadn't happened in england. actually, the whole uk went into lockdown essentially together and is coming out essentially together and the difference of a few days makes very little difference, so i would look at the substance of what's happening rather than necessarily what the first minister always says. professorjason leitch is the scottish government's clinical director, and says that relaxing the social distancing rules for children under 12 in scotland is a risk worth taking. there is no risk—free route out of this pandemic, not one. there is no path that we can take. so actually, the public health advisers like me, deep in our hearts, we'd say lock everyone up, send food with drones, send people their medicines, but do not let anybody out until we have got rid of this thing, there is no virus at all and then we can all go back to normal. that is preposterous. i mean, we have had people out working 30, 40% of the population running our public transportation, oui’ eme

let's speak to the health secretary, matt hancock. good morning to you, mr hanckel, live from central london this morning with blue skies there. i look to get through this morning. cani look to get through this morning. can i ask you first of all, there is a suggestion that there is to be a change in the self—isolation rules, the timetable which is appropriate there. can you explain what is happening? welcome the chief medical officer is going to set more details later today on the question of for those who test positive, how long they need to self—isolate for? as they need to self—isolate for? as the science on this has been developing, and also because we want to ta ke developing, and also because we want to take a precautionary approach, to make sure that we can keep people in this country as safe as possible. and we can see sadly a second wave of coronavirus that is starting to roll across europe with many european countries whose number of cases is going up again, and we want to do everything we possibly can to protect peop

matt hancock, the health secretary, has a piece in one of the newspapers this morning. he is in the daily telegraph. some interesting detail in this, saying that since track and trace was launched in england, just over a month ago, trace was launched in england, just overa month ago, it trace was launched in england, just over a month ago, it has reached 144,000 people, who have since had a period of self isolation. the vast majority of them will not have had the disease themselves. he said that with this more targeted action, it means that plenty of other areas of the economy and society can start opening up as has been happening in the last week or so. and then crucially, towards the tail end of the article, he says that each week there has been more than 100 local actions taken across the country. some of these will make the news, as we've just been hearing, some of these will make the news, as we'vejust been hearing, but some of these will make the news, as we've just been hearing, but many more are dealt with swiftly and silently. this is thanks, in large parts, to

some breaking news in the uk — let's take you to westminster, where the health secretary matt hancock has just been speaking. (sot) we are constantly vigilant and we been looking at the data and u nfortu nately, we been looking at the data and unfortunately, we see across parts of northern england an increase in the number of cases of coronavirus. so today, i held a meeting of the government's gold committee and working with local leaders, including andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester. we decided we need to take action across greater manchester, east lancashire and parts of west yorkshire. from midnight tonight, we are banning household meeting up indoors. we take this action with a heavy heart, but unfortunately, it's necessary because we seen that household meeting up and a lack of social distancing is one of the causes and we'll do whatever is necessary to keep the country safe. interesting developments there. the uk was in full lockdown, which has been easing and we have seen first in leicester atan and we have seen first in leicester at an instance of local lockdown mea

matt hancock, thank you very much for your time. we have been explaining throughout the programme who is affected and how many are affected. can you tell us how you came to this decision? what is the process involved for you to make that announcement yesterday evening? did morning. we have been looking at the rate of transmission, the number of new cases right across the country and we had been working with parts of lancashire, west yorkshire and greater manchester over the last few weeks. we had talked on this programme about the measures that had been taken, for instance in blackburn, in bradford and in oldham. it is increasingly clear that the rate of transmission, the number of new cases was going up and not just number of new cases was going up and notjust in their specific areas that we had been working with, but across the board in the areas affected. and the other piece of information that we found is that most of the transmission was happening between households visiting each other and people visiting each other and people

earlier, health secretary matt hancock clarified that members of different households can meet in public outdoor spaces like parks but not in pub or private gardens. meeting people from another household in hospitality, in a purple restaurant, is against the guidance, for exactly the reason that i set out. —— in a sage or restau ra nt. that i set out. —— in a sage or restaurant. you can go to a restau ra nt restaurant. you can go to a restaurant also red with people in your own household, or the support bubble, where people have a support bubble, where people have a support bubble with a single household. but this is all about trying to stop the spread from one household to another, which is at the heart of the increase we had seen across this area. we had said that two households can meet at a social distance in a public place outdoors, because the evidence is that altoe transmission is much lower. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, said he supported the government's decision to implement stricter lockdown measures as cases of the virus across the area continue to ri

as nail bars and beauty salons re—open for business today in england, health secretary matt hancock says authorities are dealing with more than 100 coronavirus outbreaks a week. one of those outbreaks is at a farm in herefordshire, where there are 73 confirmed cases of covid—19. and where do you stand on masks? if you're wearing one, why? and if you're trying to avoid wearing one, i'd be really interested to know your reasons. @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. after ten when we switch to bbc two, we're going talk to the owner of lifestyle store in scotland where some customers have said they wont be coming back because wearing masks in shops is mandatory. the government is releasing adverts encouraging you to prepare for the end of the brexit transition period at the start of next year. the conservative andrzej duda has been re—elected as president of poland by a narrow margin. actor kelly preston has died from breast cancer aged 57. her husband john travolta said she fought a courageous fight. good morning. targeted action is being taken against local outbreaks of coronavi

the health secretary, matt hancock, has called for an urgent review into how data on coronavirus deaths is compiled in england. the figures include everyone who has ever tested positive — other parts of the uk include only those who've died within 28 days of a positive result. i've been getting more details from our head of statistics robert cuffe. it doesn't change the overall numbers that much, public health england looked at data and said of the 40,000 deaths in england, coronavirus deaths, only about 4000 of those happen outside that 28 day window and even half of those ended up having coronavirus registered as the cause of death on the certificate so it doesn't really change england from having one of the leading epidemics in europe to untouched by coronavirus. it's more important to identify what has been changing over recent times. as i speak to you i'm getting today's coronavirus death figures and the daily number of covid—i9 deaths in the uk is "it, i'm just seeing. 114 additional deaths. what would you say generally about the death rate at the moment? it is downward. maybe

hancock had to say. with those numbers creeping up our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake pedal squeeze that brake pedal in order to keep the virus under control on saturday the 1st of august you remember we had hoped to reopen in england a number of the higher risk settings that had remained closed last night the health secretary announced new restrictions on household contact in the northwest specifically greater manchester and in parts of east lancashire and west yorkshire what we've seen is that one of the causes of this increase is households gathering together ignoring the social distancing roles so we're having to bring in action and say that 2 households cannot meet indoors because that way we can help to stop the spread of the virus i know that the steps that we're taking will be a real blow to many people everyone obviously whose wedding plans have been disrupted or who cannot now celebrate eades in the way that they would wish and i'm really really sorry about that but we simp

as we've heard from lance, this story makes this point about matt hancock cosmic frustration that although he is person who was elected and put in charge by the prime minister of health care at a time of a national emergency, he feels he needs to get approval from simon stevenson, the head of nhs england, before decisions can be made and and acted upon. so you could make the argument on the one side, that will add to the pace of decision—making if he is empowered, if you cut out a level of bureaucracy. you could also make the case that that layer of bureaucracy asa case that that layer of bureaucracy as a shield for the nhs against political interference to ensure that stuff is done on a value for money and safety basis. so it speaks of that real friction you get at a time of national emergency between the need to move quickly and to protect institutions. it is quite similar in some regard to the situation you saw quite recently where you had a very senior civil servant saying that rishi sunak's policies of giving people £1000 if they take a worker back from furlough, that that might no

the health secretary matt hancock said the spread of the virus was largely due to a failure to observe social distancing rules. new figures show england has had the highest level of excess deaths in europe becuase of coronavirus. while cities in spain and italy were harder hit — the virus was more widespread in england. donald trump has defended his suggestion to postpone november's election despite its date being enshrined in law. he claims there will be massive fraud in postal voting. the us economy has suffered its worst contraction since records began. gdp shrank at an annual rate of 32—point—nine per cent between april and june. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. to what the the papers will be with me are claire cohen — women's editor at the daily telegraph, and martin bentham — home affairs editor at the evening standard. the times leads on the news that the lockdown is being tightened in parts of northern england, amid coronavirus flare—ups. "north in lockdown 2", that's the splash in the mirror — which says tha

we will go to the house of commons and matt hancock giving a statement on the uk response to the pandemic, an update. lindsay hoyle the speaker is on his feet. with permission i would like to make a statement on our action against coronavirus and the decisions we have been taking today to determine the future of the action needed in leicester. we continue ourfight action needed in leicester. we continue our fight against this invisible killer. the number of new cases yesterday was 642, lower than when lockdown began. according to the latest figures, the number of deaths in all settings is down to 66. we are turning the tide. part of this success lies in our ability to ta ke this success lies in our ability to take action locally whenever we see it flare up. 0ften, take action locally whenever we see it flare up. often, this is on a small scale, swiftly and quietly, like an individual farm small scale, swiftly and quietly, like an individualfarm orfactory. when needed, we also act on a broader basis as we have done in leicester and today i want to update the situation in leicester. at the

but they are also the executive on matt hancock. if i were to blame public health england, ultimate directly responsible for them. —— as he is blaming them forthem. responsible for them. —— as he is blaming them for them. —— as he is blaming them for them. —— as he is blaming them. it is a shifting blame to anonymous civil servants in some respects but it is also it does not hold lives all the government for what is trying to do. —— holy absolving government. local to the front page of the times. there is a story here about peerages. boris johnson will be marking its first anniversary as prime minister by rewarding brexit loyalists. is that your read on this? it is one possible read. surrey ian botham is getting a peerage, the famous england cricketer. he is one of 13 new peers we learn here. but he should be stated that it is notjust conservatives, effectively conservatives, effectively conservatives who lost the whip interesting who are going to be getting peerages because ken clark, philip hammond and ed vasey

in the commons, matt hancock updated mps. today, oxford published a very encouraging report in the lancet showing that its phase one and two trials are proceeding well. i can report to the house that the trial showed that the oxford vaccine produces a strong community response in patients in terms of both antibody production and t—cell responses. and that no safety concerns have been identified. this is promising news and it takes us one step closer to finding a vaccine that could potentially save lives all around the world. he said another solution was to develop treatment to combat the virus‘s effect. and he had news there as well. we have preliminary results from a clinical trial of another treatment known as sng—ooi, created by a southhampton based biotech firm. initialfindings based on a small cohort suggested it may reduce the chance of developing severe disease substantially and could cut hospital admission time by a third. the data still needs to be peer—reviewed and we are supporting a further large—scale t

but first, let‘s hear from health secretary matt hancock, who earlier clarified those new rules. meeting another, people from another household in hospitality, in a pub or restaurant, is against the guidance. and for exactly the reason that i set out. so you can go to a restaurant or a pub with people in your own household or the support bubble where people have support bubble with a single household. but this is all about trying to stop that spread from one household to another, which is at the heart of the increase that we‘ve seen across this area. now, we have said that two households can meet at a social distance in a public place outdoors, because the evidence is that outdoor transmission is much lower. earlier the labour mp for manchester central lucy powell said the guidance was unclear. my understanding was, this was just about not going to other households or family and household gatherings. yet, the guidance, as it‘s come out, goes much further than that. and that‘s why it‘s causing people a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty. what does that mean for attendin

hancock and no.10 appearing to give conflicting advice. the international edition of the ft says eu judges have quashed a european commission order for apple to pay back 14.3 billion euros in taxes to ireland in a landmark ruling that hands a big legal victory to apple. the new york times says china and the united states are drifting towards a new cold war. it comes after the trump administration took new measures to suffocate chinese innovation by cutting it off from american technology and pushing allies to look elsewhere. the strait times says china and the united states are locked in an ugly showdown after us president donald trump revoked hong kong's special status and legislated sanctions, bringing further uncertainty to the region. and the guardian says the uk labour party is poised to make a formal apology to anti—semitism whistle—blowers as part of a settlement designed to draw a line under allegations made during thejeremy corbyn era. so, let's start off with our guests. lovely as always, polly and asa, to see you both. we st

here he is wearing a mask, but the health secretary, matt hancock, is not. where are we with these masks? there are examples, we've seen michael gove several times going to buy a sandwich in the shops, not wearing a mask. of course, he said it's good manners to wear a mask, the day before boris johnson confirmed that masks would become compulsory. mandatory. not just on public transport, but in indoor spaces. then, of course, that example reading surfaces and the government says, " not necessarily impressed, " because the implication is you are zipping in and out with very limited contact with people. i think it's as simple as this, if you're going to impose compulsory mask to people, you really do need to get your story straight. otherwise, people will raise lots of question understandably with ministers having their own interpretation. you also have, thanks for the clarification, but you also have the situation with schools and offices. potentially all schools and offices. potentially all schools returning in september, people being encouraged to go back i

when matt hancock made that announcement ten or 11 days ago, there was a real sort of sense of relief that finally we're going to get somewhere. and we're going to be able to see mum after all this time, with the appropriate sort of ppe and the appropriate sort of health and safety measures put in place. but since then, there's been complete silence. in wales, visits have been allowed to care homes the first ofjune, providing social distancing and hygiene measures are followed. in scotland, homes that were virus—free for 28 days were able to accept visitors from july 3, and in northern ireland, homes that are virus—free can allow one person to visit, with a second person allowed where possible. in the absence of official guidance in england, many homes are making their own arrangements for safe visiting. care home providers say they need the promised guidelines immediately. once you have made a statement, you raise expectations for families, loved ones, and therefore, you have to have the follow—throughs. it's unfair for the providers, it's unfair for the families who are desper

it goes even further back when in april we heard from matt hancock that face masks, there was no science for it. but looking across the world, face masks had been made mandatory in places like spain and south korea from the month of may. this week we have not been cleared again what the messages to the public and this is very serious because it leads to confusion and it makes it more difficult to enforce new measures that are also very important. going with the telegraph, d you know why it has been delayed untiljuly 24, why not tomorrow or wednesday? i think a lot of people are asking that question, especially when there is a strong economic argument for asking people to wear face masks as well as the primary reason of protecting people and —— preventing the spread of coronavirus. economically, if you encourage people to feel safer going out, that will encourage them to go back to shops and restaurants and therefore starts the consumer spending that is needed to get the economy going again. your reporter in the segment before this said shops need time to prepare signage perhaps. do t

let's hear now from the health secretary matt hancock announcing the decision in the house of commons a little earlier. in recent weeks, we have reopened retail and want to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protection for those who worked in shops. both of these can be done by the use of face coverings. sadly, cells and systems, cashiers and security guards have suffered disproportionately in this crisis. the death rate of sales in retail assistance the 75% higher among men and 65% higher among women than in the general population. as restore shopping, we must keep our shopkeepers safe. there's also evidence that it increases confidence in people to shop. they said that with other social distancing measures, face coverings can make shoppers view even more confident about returning to the high street and that the chair of the federation of small businesses and separate small firms know that managerface and separate small firms know that manager face coverings have a part to play in the nations recovery both physically and financially and that he is sure that this w

and also on the front of the telegraph, there is a lot on the telegraph monday morning, matt hancock, the self —— health secretary, there are more than 100 outbreaks of coronavirus happening each week, even as we see figures dropping. all of which feeds into the big question, which is going to bea the big question, which is going to be a second wave of this virus? in europe, we have experienced a wave in most european countries, which has come right down now. no more people are dying in britain than you would expect at this time of year. and yet, there are all these premonitions that it could get out of control again. if people don't have immunity, beyond a few months, then that is not looking good for then that is not looking good for the winter when obviously you have got flu circulating as well. all a bit worrying, and the uptick... i mean, there has obviously been a big increase in cases in the us, but the deaths from covid have started to go up deaths from covid have started to go up now deaths from covid have started to go up now as deaths from covid have started to go up no

the daily mail front page they're talking about quote from matt hancock, and concerns that people might go out way too much tomorrow, the first time any some people have been more than three months and he is warning people if you go out and misbehave and you'll end up lockdown again behind bars.” think the one thing we can probably agree on is that recovery would not be simple. thank you so much for joining me. that's it for the papers. if you're in the uk, john and susie will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. goodbye for now. hello. whilst for many of us, the day turned windier, cloudier, much wetter as well, there are always exceptions — and for kent today, well, the skies stayed broken even into the afternoon. there were some sunny spells around, but even here, we are likely to see a bit of rain before the day is done, slipping its way southeastwards to those areas that have stayed dry for much of the day. into the weekend, this flood of moist air coming in from the south west with plenty of cloud aroun

but the daily mail headlines a warning from the uk health secretary matt hancock ahead of ‘super saturday‘ — warning that people will be arrested if they break the law. so let's begin... if they break the law. but if they break the law. start with the look at the papers. but start with the look at the papers. thank you both forjoining me. let's start with the holidays getting the green light on the eye newspaper. 3a destinations are still restricting uk arrivals but there is no need to quarantine when you return to england from 59 countries and 1a territories. susie come does this mean summer rae save?“ and 1a territories. susie come does this mean summer rae save? if you've already paid for your holiday are you have a really reason to want to go somewhere, because you have family perhaps, or work or someone that you are desperate to see because you have been unlocked after a long time i don't doubt you will be very glad of being able to get away. but if you are looking to perhaps have a holiday in the tourism industry would like to sell you a holiday, the chances are this will not

matt hancock set a couple of months ago and by the summer we would all have this app on her phone that will be tracking and alerting if you've come into close contact with someone who's tested positive for covid—19. our app is gone completely out the window and we have no idea when it's going to come. might be the end of the year may be the end of the pandemic. or maybe never at all. at 11 and a half million pounds. if i may, let's move on to metro because we've got a few to get through. even those people who are in quarantine, where is the threat to them that they are going to be penalised with these large fines if they break it? according to the metro the figures are strong, are they. this, hasn't been a lot of thought put into how quarantine policy, people coming back from countries, if they may need to quarantine how it will be enforced. maybe fine people for 14 quarantine againi maybe fine people for 14 quarantine again i think this gets to the real issue at the heart of the pandemic which is it's kind of impossible to employees every aspect of the lockdown. in the government ha

onjuly nine, matt hancock said he would be issuing guidance within a few days on how care homes could reopen to visitors. but since then there has been nothing. matt fleming used to see his mum in her nursing home on a daily basis, but because of coronavirus, he hasn't been able to visit her in months. matt hancock made that announcement ten or 11 days ago, there was a real sense of relief that finally we will get to be able to see mum after all this time with ppe and health and safety measures put in place. but since thenit measures put in place. but since then it has been complete silence. in wales, visits have been allowed ca re in wales, visits have been allowed care homes the first ofjune, provided social distancing and hygiene measures are followed. in scotland, care homes were able to accept visitors from july three, and in northern ireland, one person can visit if a second person doesn't make any second person allowed where possible. in the absence of official guidance in england, many homes are making their own arrangements for safe visiting. care home providers say they need

not long before matt hancock made that statement, the uk's chief scientific adviser was being questioned by mps on britain's handling of the crisis in general. this was his response. it's very difficult to know exactly where we stand at the moment. it's clear that the outcome has not been good in the uk, i think we have been absolutely clear about that. when patrick vallance says the outcome has not been good, this is what he's talking about. the uk has reported more cases and more deaths than any other country in europe. that's almost 300,000 infections, and 115,000 deaths. globally, only the united states and brazil have a worse death toll. the opposition here is now asking the question, "did the uk lock down early enough?" they've drawn attention to this statement from patrick vallance today. when the sage sub group on modelling, spi—m, saw that the doubling time had gone down to three days — which was in the middle of march. that's when the advice which sage issued was the remainder of the measures should be introduced as soon as possible, and that advice, i think, was given on t

the health secretary for england, matt hancock, says there are no plans to make people wear face coverings in offices, but he said for the foreseeable future people in england will have to wear face coverings in shops, hospitals and on public transport. the republic of ireland is to delay reopening pubs and nightclubs until the 10th of august after a rise in coronavirus cases. plans to allow large crowds to gather both indoors and outdoors from monday have also been delayed. the country's infection rate — the so—called r number — is estimated to be somewhere betweeni.2 and 1.8. that means there's a serious risk of the virus spreading. scotland has embarked on its most significant relaxation yet of the lockdown measures announced in march. pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, libraries, cinemas and museums can now open, but visitors will have to leave contact details on arrival. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, confirmed that there have been no new deaths related to coronavirus for seven days. our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. good evening, welcome back... it's been a

matt hancock and which is we re right. matt hancock and which is were served yesterday and they have been given seven days to look at this. i wrote to sir peter soulsby two weeks ago and i asked him to roll his sleeves up and fight for business in our city and what he would do about it. i don't see much happening in the response. i was referred to the website. we are looking for answers, there is a lack of clarity and there is confusion. there is quite a lot of lies here in leicester i just feel, there is quite a lot of lies here in leicester ijust feel, the eyes of the world are looking at our city and not in a good way. it is negative pr and, you know, people are making a mockery of the city. it is terrible but that the city was struggling previously before this happened and now we find ourselves in this situation, you know, where do we go from here? the government had to answer. thank you very much and we wish you well in the weeks and we wish you well in the weeks and months that lie ahead. let's cross now to the mayor

health secretary matt hancock warns new countries could be added to the quarantine list in coming days, as parts of europe see a resurgence in case numbers. this graph shows the average number of cases per million people. spain's figure is shooting up, which is why the u.k. government decided to force people arriving frpain to quarantine for 1 e u.k.'s second largest tour operator says it is notto feasie send jetliners to the spanish canary islands to pick up passengers do to return next week. hundreds of british policy aine akers are being asked to cut short their holidays and come home. next, belgium, the government says a second lockdown may be needed to prevent a resurgence. recorded in a day.673 new here is bbcrussels. >> antwerp makesp lf the new cases in belgium. that's why they introduced a vecurfewight. no one is allowed on the streets unless they are going to work. it is something they haven't taken lightly. it is the first side there has been a curfew since the second world war. they are also bringing in new social distancing measures. some things have been relaxed in aa cou

i the end of may, the health secretary matt hancock said ts , nhs testing trace will be vital for preventing of the disease. he is how that effort has been going. >> boris johnson promised a world beating tray system, but of the reality is that few experts wouldescribe it as such as it stands now. let's take the government out. ntthe government said it to develop its own app by nhs england. at the time, many technology experts question that inset they should be flowing the lead of other countries, and talking to the tech giants. ministers were bullish about their own app, and it was launched with great fanfe as a trial on the south coast.im asticked on, miniatures -- and esthut seem to talk at less and less, and in early june, it was described as just the cherry on the cake. then in an embarrassing new term, the nhs app was stitched and ministers announced it would embrace the framework provided by google and apple, but we have already been warned this app won't be appearing until the autumn at least. ros: let'continue the look on how the u.k. has handled the pandemic. when the lockdown was

the health secretary matt hancock speaking to mp5 this afternoon. the latest number of coronavirus deaths has been released. the government said on monday a further 110 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the uk. in separate figures published, 445 lab confirmed cases were recorded in the 24—hour period up to this morning. that is the number of cases where covid—19 was mentioned on the death certificate in the uk, but may not have been the cause of death. so, the total number of people who have died after testing postiive for coronavirus stands at 45,422. the actress amber heard has been questioned at the high court about injuries she claimed were caused by her former husband johnny depp. she's been giving evidence for a second day at the libel case brought by the hollywood actor against the sun over a report which claimed he was a wife—beater. he strongly denies the allegations. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been in court. what has been said today? this is

hancock when he said that he believes people will just want to comply with this new rule. we will see. christopher, from masks to tuxes, the front page of the times newspaper has just come m, the times newspaper has just come in, soi the times newspaper has just come in, so i haven't gone through it all in great detail, but there's a picture of pry mr borisjohnson with a director ofan picture of pry mr borisjohnson with a director of an energy company that made donations to conservative mps. "ministers bankrolled by donors linked to russia." tell us more about that story. this is day three of these russia report stories. the intelligence and security committee finally published its report on tuesday into russia, having given it to borisjohnson tuesday into russia, having given it to boris johnson on 17 tuesday into russia, having given it to borisjohnson on 17 october last year, and the work started back in 2017. so there's been some while before we've seen this report. this is about the influence which is worrying the government, worrying the security services about russi

the health secretary matt hancock said the spread of the virus was largely due to a failure to observe social distancing rules. australia has reported a record number of new infections and its deadliest day since the start of the pandemic — following a spike in cases at elderly—care homes. thirteen deaths and over 700 positive tests were reported in the southeastern state of victoria alone, well now on bbc news... the travel show. this week airlines, anger, and still no answers. the people fighting a four—month battle to get their money back. hello and welcome to this week's travel show, coming from venice. now, if the smile on my face looks bigger than normal, that's because at last we are able to go on ourfirst foreign trip since coronavirus put a stop to almost everyone‘s travel plans around four months ago. but it's early days, and we are being very cautious. but you know what? it feels so good to be back on the road. coming up on this week's show... refunds and your rights. why are some passengers still out of pocket for the flights that never took off? canals without the

he says the sudden move is part of immediate action to keep people safe — here's matt hancock with that statement. we have decided that we need to take action across greater manchester, east lancashire, and parse up west yorkshire, so from midnight tonight, we are banning households meeting up indoors. from manchester, our correspondent judith moritz explained why these areas of the england are facing new restrictions. the data has been perhaps pointing this way for some time. the majority of those places on the list of the areas most affected by the coronavirus at the moment are in the north of england, but we are now talking about greater restrictions across a large part of the north, greater manchester, all of its ten boroughs from stockport to bolton, rochdale and all around this conurbation across in lancashire, blackburn, also burnley, hyndburn, pendle and rossendale, and in west yorkshire in bradford and kirklees and calderdale, the areas around huddersfield and halifax, so this is a sudden announcement tonight. people will find it hard to deal with, i think, not least because ma

the health secretary, matt hancock, has said there are certain conditions that need to be met for huawei's involvement in the uk's 5g network. a warning from authorities in the australian state of victoria that a coronavirus outbreak in melbourne has "genuinely explosive potential" as thousands of residents are told not to leave their homes for at least five days. despite a surging number of coronavirus cases in the united states, donald trump has used his independence day speech to attack those he accuses of seeking to erase america's history. now on bbc news, foreign correspondents look at events in the uk through outsiders' eyes and at how the issues of the week are being tackled around the world in dateline london. hello, welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: beijing's birthday gift to hong kong.

the health secretary matt hancock said the spread of the virus was largely due to a failure to observe social distancing rules. the us economy has suffered its worst contraction since records began. gdp shrank at an annual rate of 32—point—nine per cent between april and june. and another one—point—four million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. in ireland, all the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake, a radical nationalist party sinn fein won the most votes in ireland's general election. they promised to his smash the status quo. well, so much for that, in fact, ireland's two oldest parties formed a grand coalition and they are guiding the country through a global pandemic and brexit. my guest today is mary lou mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. has her party missed their moment? mary lou mcdonald, in dublin, welcome to hardtalk.

we had matt hancock today pledging that their great work in recent months would be rewarded. he has already had, did he use the word guarantees? she was using the words rishi in a very telling way, i think it isa rishi in a very telling way, i think it is a nod and a wink to the statement, and it's time to remind ourselves of everything the nhs is done to look after us in recent times. interesting how they would use a spitfire for something like this, because the nhs formed after the battle of britain, of course, in the battle of britain, of course, in the second world war. yeah, that does seem a bit incongruous, doesn't it? it is shaping up to be a really big event, isn't it? on wednesday, the government has been downplaying the government has been downplaying the announcement, everything points to the announcement being a budget in all but name. your back in half an hour, thank you both very much for taking us through the first editions of the papers. welcome to click. i hope you're doing ok. and, i don't want anyone to panic, right, but lara has left the building. she's go

two days later, health secretary matt hancock denied herd immunity was government policy. herd immunity is not our policy. it's not our goal. our goal is to protect life and our policy is to fight the virus and protect the vulnerable and protect the nhs, and that's what we're doing. it seems strange to me that one wants to re—write the history of the way this epidemic has been managed to erase herd immunity from the story. ministers have now said herd immunity was not our goal, it was not our policy. well, i think it really came down to a public backlash where it was publicly unacceptable to say to people, you know, kiss goodbye to granny. it was a huge gamble and it was an unnecessary gamble, it was a gamble that we had no right to take with the british public. the government has said herd immunity is the natural by—product of an epidemic. it told panorama, "it is categorically wrong to suggest herd immunity was the government's aim." by the middle of march, there had been 43 deaths in the uk. in italy parts of the health service were already becoming overwhelmed. the

the nhs in england will get whatever funds it needs according to the health secretary matt hancock. we protected the nhs during the peak of this crisis and we will protect the nhs in the future. despite a surging number of coronavirus cases in the united states, donald trump has used his independence day speech to attack those he accuses of seeking to erase america's history. the uk government is to announce a doubling in the number of staff working in frontline job centres to help deal with rising unemployment because of the pandemic. now on bbc news, how covid—19 triggered the spread of a 56 conspiracy theory. at first i did believe there was a virus, but when they start taking away your rights it doesn't make sense. the coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced for decades. if you don't follow the rules, the police will have the powers to enforce them. you must stay at home. conspiracy theories about 56 have been spreading since the beginning of lockdown. there is no virus. it's 56 radiation poisoning. this is all a big part of the eventual goal, which is control

and the health secretary matt hancock is warning new countries could be added to the quarantine list in the coming days as parts of europe are seeing a resurgence in case numbers. this graph shows the average number of confirmed cases per million people. you can see spain's figure shooting upwards. which is why the uk government says it made the recent decision to force people arriving from spain to quarantine for 14 days. well, nowjet2, the uk's 2nd largest tour operator, says it's not sustainable to send empty planes to spain's balearic and canary islands to pick up passengers who are due to return from next week. so hundreds of british holidaymakers are being asked to cut short their holidays and come home. next, let's look at belgium. the government there says a second lockdown may be needed to prevent a resurgence. the most recent data shows 673 new cases recorded in a day. nick beake is in brussels. antwerp makes up about half of all of the new cases in belgium and that's why they've introduced a curfew which came in overnight. it means that no one is allowed out in the street

health secretary matt hancock writing in the daily mail, saying that people should by all means go out and enjoy themselves, but don't break the law, because they could well end up behind bars. and the chancellor, rishi sunak, on the other hand encouraging people to go out and spend their money, saying they should eat out to help out. a big test for the government's response and a big step, really, the unknown. and we need to be mindful that today, we have been so familiar with the two need to distance guide, and now it is one metre plus. but also, when it comes to the number of people gathering, the number 30 is being touted. can you explain that? yes, it is worth dwelling on this, because as i was explaining just now, there are very few rules now, really, governing what people can and cannot do. the guidance from the government is that in england, you should only gather indoors with the one other household. while there is no limit on the number, necessarily, the guidance is to only meet with one other household indoors and groups of up to six people outdoors. but there is a law which

the health secretary matt hancock said the spread of the virus was largely due to a failure to observe social distancing rules. australia has reported a record number of new infections and its deadliest day since the start of the pandemic — following a spike in cases at elderly—care homes. thirteen deaths and over 700 positive tests were reported in the southeastern state of victoria alone, well now on bbc news... the travel show. this week airlines, anger, and still no answers. the people fighting a four—month battle to get their money back. hello and welcome to this week's travel show, coming from venice. now, if the smile on my face looks bigger than normal, that's because at last we are able to go on ourfirst foreign trip since coronavirus put a stop to almost everyone's travel plans around four months ago. but it's early days, and we are being very cautious. but you know what?

the uk health secretary matt hancock says "there are certain conditions that need to be met" for huawei's involvement in the uk's 5g network. it follows newspaper reports today that the uk government is about to end the chinese compa ny‘s role in developing the technology. it's claimed the government's communications headquarters, gchq, have reassessed the security risk that huawei poses. it's understood a study will be given to the prime minister this week. in defiance of president trump, a statue of christopher columbus has become the latest us memorial to be toppled. a rope was tied around the statue in baltimore, maryland, before it was yanked off its pedestal and thrown in the city's harbour. native american activists have long objected to honouring columbus, saying his expeditions to the americas led to the colonisation and genocide of their ancestors. the american rapper kanye west has announced he is running for president of the united states in 2020. the unlikely challenger to donald trump and joe biden chose american independence day to make the surprise announcement on twitte

hancock, is expectd to make a statement in the house of commons at five o'clock this afternoon. the statement is expected to be about the local lockdown in leicester. we'll be carrying that live here on the bbc news. there appear to be fresh tensions between the white house and america's top infectious diseases expert, anthony fauci. dr fauci, a key figure in the white house coronavirus task force, has given an interview to the magazine — the atlantic. in it, a journalist asks: "you are the government's top health adviser, and the government you're trying to advise is actively trying to discredit you. how do you work like that?" doctor fauci responds, "well, that is a bit bizarre. "i sit here and just shrug my shoulders and say, "well, you know, that's life in the fast lane." dr fauci has been the head of the governmental agency the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases for over 35 years, working under six different presidents. on wednesday, president trump was asked for his view on doctor fauci. we're all on the same team, including dr fauci. i have a very goo

health secretary matt hancock has warned that new countries could be added to the quarantine list in the coming days, after people arriving in the uk from spain were ordered at the weekend to isolate for two weeks. anna collinson reports. for many it had started to feel safe to do the things we'd missed. it wasn't the same as before, but this is our new normal. but with fears of coronavirus spikes appearing across europe, this morning a reminder the virus is still a danger. the uk's chief medical officers have increased the time people with coronavirus symptoms will need to self—isolate, from a week to ten days. scientists say people are most infectious during the first few days of the illness, but there is a possibility some may transmit the virus for up to five days after they become unwell. ten days provide a reasonable balance whereby we should hopefully, within that period, capture the vast majority of people, so that by the time they are released from isolation, they are no longer infectious. the change is said to help those who are shielding and to help the nhs prepare for w