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, despite the recent surge in coronavirus cases here. it is a beautiful scene, you can still have a d

an nhs trust. my membership of the party to lapse -- chairing an nhs trust. which means that you can be more open than perhaps before. absolutely. i do not come at this from a party political perspective now. 0bviously, come at this from a party political perspective now. obviously, i have that in my background, i have seen how difficult and challenging it is, but i see this as a significant challenge for our country and one that the political parties have to result together and i think, actually, there is another reason why this is the right moment. the conservatives have a clear and strong majority. they have got 4.5 yea rs left in strong majority. they have got 4.5 years left in office. and i was the moment, with that political headwind behind them, to try to bring the new labour leader on board. he needs to demonstrate that he is a statesman. i think he could persuadable to come on board. i know that liz can double, who i have worked closely with ynys —— liz kendall. she would be very supportive of the cross— party be very supportive of the cross—

we protected the nhs during the peak of this crisis and we will protect the nhs in the future. and evenjust la st nhs in the future. and evenjust last week we put another 1.5 billion in the. so, we are constantly ensuring that the nhs has what it needs and just the sums of money that the treasury have put into the nhs over the last few months have been unprecedented. the labour party have said more support from the state is needed now for private care providers on which the system heavily relies. we certainly need to see much, much more responsibility from the government for that sector, no question, but in the short term what we need to see from the government as a stepping up to the plate to protect those different large swathes of the social care sector that look like they could be set to go bust unless action is taken. on wednesday the chancellor will set out his plans to help the economy recover from the coronavirus crisis, the comments of simon stevens may help ensure that social ca re reform stevens may help ensure that social care reform is not forgotten, even in amidst

but of course, everybody wants more money and the nhs, just shows that the nhs follows the ups and downs of the nhs follows the ups and downs of the economy like any other institution and it is suffering like everything else. dawn, let's have a look at the sunday telegraph. like most of the papers, they have a picture of everybody on super saturday outside the pubs. just in terms of the easing of the lockdown, which we are obviously now starting to see, there‘s been so much debate about the timing of it. do you think the government has got the timing about right? perhaps. ithink it the government has got the timing about right? perhaps. i think it was very clear that it was time so it came on the 4th ofjuly to the government could push it as an day narrative. i think that a lot of people in britain would have rather seen other things opening up sooner. pubs may have been good for the government to have a good headline, it might have been designed to boost the morale of the public but a lot of people throughout britain and northern ireland want to be able to see doctors face to face. th

as a private patient, treated in an nhs setting, i've had everything. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy — to enable me to live with cancer. but when covid—i9 hit, i counted myself lucky that my treatment continued. right, there you go... you just mucked it up. no, ididn‘t. yeah, you did. and lockdown has me given precious family time. 0k, cool. i'm happy with that. high—five! since my diagnosis, i've shared my story on social media — where i'm bowel babe — and on a podcast i co—host. it's been strangely cathartic, and it's meant i've met some incredible people, also living with cancer. this is my friend, kelly. she was diagnosed with bowel cancer soon after me — also sharing her story on social media, where she's kick—ass kell. it's in my lung, it's in my liver, it's in my brain, it's in my lymph nodes, up and around my body, so... yeah, chemotherapy, we'll see what it does. when we met, kelly was just 28 and mum to little finn. she's become notjust my friend, but a friend to all the team in the "you, me and the big c" podcast family

and the nhs could be overwhelmed. i mean, our projections of the potential health impact of the pandemic were known from about the 5th of march onwards and were, i think, actively discussed within government. professor ferguson says he told sage the findings were his best estimate of what was most likely to happen. he says other scientists had reached similar conclusions too. but there was scepticism within sage so the professor had to accept that his findings wouldn't be used as a forecast of what might be to come. if that result was known on march 5th, that's devastating. that means we wasted over two weeks when the virus was exponentially growing through communities up and down the country. this information should have been publicly available to be scrutinised by other scientists and experts, so that we could have had a public discussion and built public support for an early lockdown. meanwhile for the uk, it was business as usual. most big events went ahead as planned. what are the chances of catching coronavirus

dido harding, the head of the nhs test and trace scheme. lord hutton, who led the public inquiry into the death of the weapons expert dr david kelly, has died at the age of 88. the bar council of northern ireland said lord hutton would be greatly missed by the many colleagues who continue to hold him in the highest esteem. the headlines on bbc news: borisjohnson sets out his plans for re opening england — outlining a timeline for back to work plans. the government will give a detailed update on the first of august. the prime minister says local authorities will get more powers to bring in lockdowns in their areas to contain future outbreaks. the nhs in england will get an additional £3 billion to prepare for a possible second coronavirus wave this winter. tourist attractions across the world that rely on foreign visitors have found themselves particularly badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. visit britain, which represents the uk tourism industry, says that since lockdown, there has been a near total shutdown in international tourism t

and the nhs could be overwhelmed. i mean, our projections of the potential health impact of the pandemic were known from about the 5th of march onwards and were, i think, actively discussed within government. professor ferguson says he told sage the findings were his best estimate of what was most likely to happen. he says other scientists had reached similar conclusions too. but there was skepticism within sage so the professor had to accept that his findings wouldn't be used as a forecast of what might be to come. if that result was known on march 5th, that's devastating. that means we wasted over two weeks when the virus was exponentially growing through communities up and down the country. this information should have been publicly available to be scrutinised by other scientists and experts, so that we could have had a public discussion and built public support for an early lockdown. meanwhile for the uk, it was business as usual. most big events went ahead as planned. what are the chances of catching coronavirus

saffron cordery is deputy chief executive of nhs providers, which represents hospitals and other nhs trusts in england. she says clarity is needed over where the money will be spent. if you think about the nhs as a whole, its annual budget is around £120 billion a year. so that might give you some idea. it is a little under 3% of its annual budget. perhaps that helps in terms of putting it in some kind of context. but i think what we need to say is that any additional funding for the nhs is obviously welcome, but i don't think we are clear yet what this money will be used for and what it will cover. i think that is what nhs trusts on the front line really want to hear. because they are facing a triple whammy of pressures coming up. they have got the pressure obviously of winter itself, plus the possibility of a flu epidemic alongside coronavirus. they are dealing with this ongoing pandemic and need to be ready for a surge. and also, finally, they have got to start getting usual services up and running. so they are dealing with a lot of ongoing pressures. so whilst £3 billion sounds

in the nhs thinking those in the nhs in the nhs thinking those in the community — we have great faith in the nhs, we do believe they are doing their best by us. and i think we might start to lose a bit of confidence, the general public might start to lose confidence in the nhs if we felt that it was under a government dictatorship, if there was an arm of the conservative government's policy rather than doing the right thing and being led by people who have the expertise rather than the political will to do things. could there be some gains in this overhaul that is being suggested here? i think that depends on your perspective. 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 empowe

an nhs gp. the american rapper kanye west has announced he is running for president of the united states in 2020. he is an unlikely challenger, perhaps, to donald trump and joe biden and chose american independence day to make the surprise announcement on twitter, triggering a social media storm. but with just four months to go before polling day in november, it's not clear whether any official paperwork has been filed for him to appear on election ballots. this is not the first time that west has suggested he would run for the white house, and he has been a vocal supporter of president trump in the past. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. part two of the weekend looks very windy indeed — gales across much of the country. but on the plus side, there will be more sunshine today than what we had yesterday, and we've also lost that humidity. the reason for it — a deep area of low pressure for the time of year moving to the north of the uk. lots of isobars on

well, where would we be without the nhs? ijust think perhaps if we can all collectively say a big thank you, a tangible thank you to them for all they have done and all that they continue to do. i am just doing a call out. anyone who would like to join us and pledge, go to the website. thank you for being with us. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. an unusually deep area of low pressure for the time of year is sweeping to the north of the uk. that is bringing unseasonably strong winds across the uk. we will expect to see gains across central and northern areas but on the plus side, there should be more sunshine this afternoon than we had yesterday. but also some heavy showers. that low pressure will continue to push towards norwegian sea. lots of isobars on the chart on its southern flank, which is why we are seeing those strong winds, particularly across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. lots of showers here through the afternoon. those winds are really a featu

and i felt sorry for the nhs. it must've been blessed to park right by your hospital.m the nhs. it must've been blessed to park right by your hospital. itjust seem iniquitous. nurses, porches, everybody paying, people visiting, sick relatives were cancers. hours and hours, 350, £431] hour. sick relatives were cancers. hours and hours, 350, £4 an hour. yes. i wouldn't be surprised if we sought number ten do a sharp u—turn on this policy. another one! averaging about one every two or three days. exactly. it feels as though the public will be so disappointed and confused by why on earth the government would do this and in the same way was how the government u—turn over free school meals after a very high—profile football i got involved, you can just a very high—profile football i got involved, you canjust imagine a very high—profile football i got involved, you can just imagine the story running out over the few next days, ministers coming under sustained pressure and number ten realising it is just not worth it, not worth the cost and particularly today we have seen th

there will be more resources for the nhs and a big increase in testing by the end of october. in leicester, where the entire city had to go back into lockdown, the local council demanded more data and more powers from central government. today the prime minister gave all english councils more responsibilities. from tomorrow, local authorities will have new powers in their areas. they will be able to close specific premises, shut public outdoor spaces and cancel events. these powers will enable local authorities to act more quickly in response to outbreaks where speed is paramount. but the prime minister dispensed carrot as well as wielding six and set out a road map for the further lifting of restriction in england pulled up next month most leisure facilities and casinos will reopen, weddings of up and casinos will reopen, weddings of up to 30 people will be allowed but nig htclu bs up to 30 people will be allowed but nightclubs and soft play areas remain closed. indoor performances could restart in october and there could restart in october and there could be more close conta

simon stevens and his fantastic team within the nhs. they lose trust in what they been told by the health service. i think the much more sensible idea for all of us as citizens that the nhs is one step removed from ministerial control, andi removed from ministerial control, and i think it's in the interest of the government as well. if you have that degree of independence. the government as well. if you have that degree of independencem the government as well. if you have that degree of independence. if i canjust quickly that degree of independence. if i can just quickly bring anna and, the timing of this. as the pandemic have anything to do? we have heard about increasing frustration that they haven't had the ability to issue urgent... immediate action there was a lot of frustration in the collection of statistics. there's been general frustration about the devolved nature of different health services and part of the different guidance we seen from scotland and wales. it seems to be part of a move to centralise. to centralise that powe

sunday marks the seventy—second birthday of the nhs, sunday marks the 72nd birthday of the nhs, and across the uk this evening, millions of people are being encouraged to take part in a nationwide clap to commemorate the occasion. our home editor mark easton reports. at 5:00 on the 72nd birthday of the national health service, the country is being encouraged to stop what it‘s doing and take a moment to give thanks with a huge round of applause for all those whose actions have helped save lives during the pandemic. applause. in a video message released today, the prince of wales recognises the selfless nurses, doctors, paramedics and countless other staff whose gentleness has made us great. despite all that has been endured, there is deep cause for gratitude and a true reason for pride in the way we care for all members of our society, our greatness truly is in gentleness. so, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for what you have done, more than i can possibly say. a spitfire will tip its wings above eight hospitals as well as the homes of fundraisers and volunteers. the words "thank u, n

the nhs in england will get an additional £3 billion to prepare

so will he ensure that the nhs staff —— the nhs and social care sector get the nhs and social care sector get the funding it needs to prepare for a local wave? the funding it needs to prepare for a local wave ? people the funding it needs to prepare for a local wave? people want to do the right thing, modelled messaging end as that. as george osborne said yesterday, people just want answers. can you give our constituents as it is today? mr deputy speaker, i can certainly answer some of the genuine questions that were under there, but just before that i think that the tone of constructive engagement that the honourable gentleman used to engage with was a better one for him. after all, on engage with was a better one for him. afterall, on this engage with was a better one for him. after all, on this points of face coverings, we clearly follow the evidence on face coverings and i set out some of the reasons why now is the right moment introduces policy, trying to turn it into a party political football ill behoves the gentleman, not only because his colleague, the member for the gentleman, n

that's for covid cases and other nhs work if needed. and there's a deal with private hospitals to help clear the backlog of nonurgent operations which were cancelled during the first months of the crisis. i'm glad you felt safe to come into the hospital today... here at london's royal free hospital more patients are coming back in for cancer clinics. they're being reassured there are strict infection control measures and it is both safe and essential they come in if required. but the chief executive told me that getting through the workload would be a major challenge. it's one of the biggest worries we have in the nhs, how we make sure that patients who have been waiting a long time get treated as quickly as we can. and, of course, we're bringing patients back for their treatment according to their clinical need. there will be an awful lot of patients who are still waiting. so, the independent sector capacity is really important. there will also be an expansion of virus testing. lower your window for me and i'll pass the test through to

that's four covid cases and other nhs work if needed. and there is a deal with private hospitals to help clear the backlog of nonurgent hospitals operations cancelled during the first months of the crisis. i'm glad you felt safe to come into the hospital today. crisis. i'm glad you felt safe to come into the hospitaltoday. here at london's royal free hospital more patients are coming back in for cancer clinics and being reassured there are strict infection control measures and it is both safe and essential they come in if required. but the chief executive told me that getting through the workload would bea getting through the workload would be a major challenge. it's one of the biggest worries we have in the nhs of how we make sure the patients who have been waiting a long time get treated as quickly as we can. and of course we are bringing patients back for their treatment according to their clinical need. but there will be an awful lot of patients who are still waiting. so the capacity is really important. there will also be an expansi

arise sir tom — captain tom moore, who raised millions for the nhs, is knighted by the queen. but britain's newest knight stays tight lipped, on what her majesty said to him. i don't think i'll tell anybody what she said. it was just the queen and i speaking privately, and it was a great honour for i speaking privately, and it was a great honourfor me i speaking privately, and it was a great honour for me to be able to speak to her at all. and also at windsor today, a secret wedding ceremony as princess beatrice ties the knot with property tycoon edoardo mapelli mozzi. —— a very private wedding ceremony. hello, good afternoon. the prime minister has announced a fresh timetable for the easing of coronavirus restrictions in england, saying he hoped there could be a "more significant return to normality" by november, in time for christmas. borisjohnson said that by august first the government will give employers "more discretion" in how staff can return to the workplace, instead of telling them to work from home. bowling, ice—skating, and beauty services will also be allowe

it can put a strain on the nhs and it can kill thousands. this year, it could come on top of a possible surge in coronavirus cases. which is why this winter the government wants more than half the people in england to get this — the flu jab or this — the nasal spray for children. the prime minister visiting a gp surgery in london. listen out for his slightly muffled view on people who don't believe in vaccination. because there's all these anti—vaxxers now, isn't there? they are nuts. nuts, he says. he couldn't be clearer though on why the vaccination programme is being extended. the reason for doing this is to protect the nhs in the winter months because obviously we have still got covid, we've still got the threat of a second spike of covid. and it is vital therefore to keep that pressure off the nhs by everybody getting a flu jab and i really hope everybody will. normally it is free to those who are pregnant, anyone 65 or older or people with certain medical conditions as well as pre— and primary school aged children. this winter,

and why haven't millions of test results been shared with the nhs? there is no transfer of data into a clinical record at the moment. i gather there's an aspiration to do that in the next few weeks. but we need it now. it would have been helpful to have it a few weeks ago. we're facing an invisible killer. so we need to see every road, every place, where covid is spreading. the only way to track the movement of the disease is to test. so we can follow the infections and trace those that may have it. now, after so many deaths, the uk is relying on this system to keep us safe as we come out of lockdown. i think it's a real worry that we are lifting the lockdown restrictions in a slightly sort of shambolic fashion, without a proper test, trace and isolate system. everyone wants to get out of lockdown but we need to get out of lockdown safely, otherwise we are going to see mini flare ups, epidemics, around in regions and people are going to die as a result. so far, the data suggests our testing hasn't been impressive. only detecting around one in four in

the words thank you, nhs, painted on its underside. the flight nhs, painted on its underside. the flight part is a tribute to people across the uk who supported the health service and each other in the last few months. at five o'clock today when clapping for carers one final time, it is a chance for the nhs itself to say thank you to everybody who has played their part, including the public who, by going through this difficult lockdown period, have reduced the infections and helped save tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of lives. last night, candles were lit and dozens of public landmarks work eliminated in the blue of the nhs. a tribute to those whose lives have been lost in the pandemic was a 70, the prime minister will bejoining the prime minister will bejoining the club outside number ten, after which, people will be invited to raise a cup of tea or a glass with neighbours to reflect on the connections that have been made during the lockdown. millions came together for the regular thursday evening clap for carers during the height of the pandemic and the ho

that's the backdrop to basically there is a huge cost of the nhs. is this the right thing to do because ultimately, people need to change lifestyles as well. when it comes to issues around obesity. a bit more positive news on the front of the metro. about innovation. we've heard a lot of grumbles about rails ways trait delete not charging full fares during the pandemic and sometimes people can't buy a ticket they have to buy on the day and a cost more. they got the message it seems according to the metro. yes really welcome news for commuters. no surprise that it's on the front page of the metro, commuter paper. part—time is going to be offered season—ticket deals where they will be able to have a season ticket for three and seven days of the week. that means that workers will be able to return to work some days of the week was because people who have been enjoying aspects of working from home but want to get back to the house delete mac office as well will be able to do it on a more flexible basis. good for the economy because borisjohnson has

the daily telegraph, extra £3 billion to get the nhs ready for winter. boris johnson will announce an extra 3 billion in funding to keep the nightingale open until next march. it says he is connected —— expected to commit to have a million tested a by november. what do you make of the story? we are all very worried about the nhs and clearly, it does need more funding. as boris johnson and clearly, it does need more funding. as borisjohnson will say, it needs to be back already. there are huge worries about the fact that the winter season already, we see the winter season already, we see the nhs taken to the brink every single time winter comes. this time, there could be a second wave of made all of that. labour is warning tonight about childhood obesity and how experts say it's gotten worse during lockdown. i think lockdown has also had a huge impact on people's mental health. i've certainly seen that in people that i know. that's something that we won't fully see the impact of for quite some time. then those who have had covid and have recovered act

from above, it spells out a giant thank you to the nhs. it was all the creation of the nhs. it was all the creation of the ward family who own and run the farm, it was a family affair, the creation, starting off with a dad, steve, you came up with the concept? yes, morning. we generally had various mazes of animal themes throughout the last few years and we we re throughout the last few years and we were going to go with an animal theme again this year, but at the end of march when it was coming up to the time to plant eight, having seen to the time to plant eight, having seen all the thursday evening clap for carers at night, i decided to do a tribute to the nhs. it was my idea and that we have stated the rest of the family. it was a family affair. so used to just come along with a lower and create mazes over the past three years? and this is a slightly more hi—tech way of giving it, and we will find out from one of your sons. if we go over to sam, you put the design into effect? absolutely, we have upskilled a bit since dad and the lawn mower and we take the design, put

for nhs trusts in england. cani can i check these numbers with you? we are hearing enormous numbers in terms of finances. £3 billion of extra funding. can you put that in some kind of contact for us?” extra funding. can you put that in some kind of contact for us? i think actually that is a very, very good question because, if you think about the nhs as a whole, its annual budget is around £120 billion a year. so that might give you some idea. it's, you know, a little under 396 idea. it's, you know, a little under 3% of its annual budget. so perhaps that helps in terms of putting it in some kind of contact. but i think what we need to see is additional funding —— say is additionalfunding for the nhs is obviously welcome, but i don't think we are clear yet what this money will be used for and what this money will be used for and what it will cover. and that is what nhs trusts on the frontline really wa nt to nhs trusts on the frontline really want to hear, because they are facing a triple whammy of press

anniversary for the nhs, but a lot more needs to be donein the nhs, but a lot more needs to be done in terms of investment. of course. 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.

there will be more resources for the nhs and a big increase in testing by the end of october. in leicester, where the entire city had to go back into lockdown, the local council demanded more data and more powers from central government. today the prime minister gave all english councils more responsibilities. from tomorrow, local authorities will have new powers in their areas. they will be able to close specific premises, shut public outdoor spaces and cancel events. these powers will enable local authorities to act more quickly in response to outbreaks where speed is paramount. but the prime minister dispensed carrots as well as wielding sticks and set out a road map for the further lifting of restriction in england. next month weddings of up to 30 people will be allowed but nightclubs and soft play areas remain closed. indoor performances with live audiences will be piloted with a view to a wider reopening in the autumn. borisjohnson has talked about fighting a long hard fight against coronavirus but he also likes to strike an optimistic tone, notjust preparing for the wor

i was very lucky, i had fantastic doctors and nurses in the nhs. for me and for quite a few others, is, and this is an issue we're raising today, is the issue, frankly, of being overweight, and that is why we need to tackle our national struggle with obesity. typically our great country tends to be a little bit fatter than many other countries in europe. so you ask about my own personal circumstances, one of the lessons i drew from that is the need for us all to be fitter and healthy. what is your priority now? i mean, you have had this roller coaster year? the priorities are exactly what they always have been. except more so. we are doubling down. covid has taught me that for too long this country has moved too slowly sometimes, so we need to go faster, and when we look at some of the obstacles and problems that we have, as a government, and as a society, we need sometimes government, that's me, to be willing really to push and move things along fast, if we are to have any hope of delivering the infrastructure we need. yes, the country has been go

for as far as will do a great deal to the nhs. for as faras i'm will do a great deal to the nhs. for as far as i'm concerned, this story lacks a certain kind of constructive advice as to how people who are putting on weight during lockdown and who have a pre—existing problem with their weight, how they will solve it. it is not as easy as that. no, it's not possibly suggest we will all be encouraged to suckle more but again there are reasons why people are not —— overweight and we know that moving more eating less should work but some people really struggle with that. that is right. there were bury people out there for whom the fact that if you eat less and exercise more you will lose what will come as a surprise to some extent with the government needs to do having seemingly abandoned his previous libertarian approach these things is for the people with the opportunity to exercise and the frameworks for eating less. we note that the majority of people in this country have changed their behaviours when it comes to exercise asa behaviours when it comes to exercise as a result

they went for a cup of tea another ten before clapping for the 72nd birthday of the nhs. a stamp duty, don't know when or how much is tax threshold will be raised by, but the indications are, the lea ks a re by, but the indications are, the leaks are suggesting up to half £1 million. that is quite significant. yes, this is called a summer statement, but it is a budget by any other name. i don't think anyone could possibly have foreseen we would be giving quite some way out of his purse in his first year in the cabinet. but, yes, no stamp duty, possibly up to as much as £5,000, he is desperate to give a rocket fuel up the housing industry, but again, we are told to go into restau ra nts a nd but again, we are told to go into restaurants and spend money on meals, on drinks, go to the cinema, go to the theatre, support that your cultural industry, and while you are there, my house! we are told there is no guarantee that any of us will be in employment this time it here, so be in employment this time it here, so there is this desperate urge on the part of the government to

if you are a nurse or a porter having to pay 350 — £4 an hour, and you are working for the nhs, which we have all been clapping forever weekend recently celebrated the second birthday anniversary four, that is going to make life even tougher, isn't it eve? it's going to make life tougher, and if you have been working incredibly long hours and many of them have, and an incredibly difficult situations which the virus causes. you will feel that you've not been valued very much, and this is pretty ha rd valued very much, and this is pretty hard on you, but the trouble is hospitals make a lot of money out of parking. it's quite appalling in a way, because if you've got a child thatis way, because if you've got a child that is ill or you've got somebody in hospital for a long time with something very serious, you can run up something very serious, you can run up enormous something very serious, you can run up enormous bills. i'm always fascinated to know what hospitals do with this money because there are many managers and hospitals who run quite large salaries, and ijust wonder whether thi

that's for covid cases and other nhs work if needed. and there is a deal with private hospitals to help clear the backlog of non—urgent hospitals operations cancelled during the first months of the crisis. i'm glad you felt safe to come into the hospital today. here at london's royal free hospital more patients are coming back in for cancer clinics and being reassured there are strict infection control measures and it is both safe and essential they come in if required. but the chief executive told me that getting through the workload would be a major challenge. it's one of the biggest worries we have in the nhs of how we make sure the patients who have been waiting a long time get treated as quickly as we can. and of course we are bringing patients back for their treatment according to their clinical need. but there will be an awful lot of patients who are still waiting. so the capacity is really important. there will also be an expansion of virus testing. this is seen as essential for finding out those who have the virus and then tr

. >> today is the 70 second anniversary of the nhs, appreciate the immense road the nhs in all the constituency particularly the royal hospital which put up with me and summer volunteers for the last we 10 years. the prime minister's launch of the uk new deal yesterday paves the way for exciting new project. can i highlight for his attention the proposed green energy park in gloucester which may be little of the chancellor's oil and should be approved, the shovel ready new -- which i hope might open with my honorable friend when it is ready. >> i thank my honorable friend for the question and congratulate him for what he is doing with the green energy department. i look forward to joining him in due course. >> the leader of the opposition. >> i celebrate the birthday of the nhs, the press conference on the eighteenth of june the health secretary said there is an outbreak of covid-19 in parts of leicester but it was only on monday this week the government introduced prescriptions, a delay of 11 days during which the virus was spreading, why was the government so slow to act? >> the government no

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. your body can't handle this new 56. it's not built for it. and lots more people are going to

flu places a burden on the nhs each winter. can clearly see the two combined, with a second wave of covid and a heavy flu season would possibly break the nhs. and the knock—on effect, unfortunately, health care workers are probably in the front line of being exposed to flu, so it is not only having additional patients in the clicks, it affects the ability to work of health care workers if they suffer from flu. it has a double effect for protection. what do you think of the groups it is offered over 50s, 11—year—olds, children starting secondary school, for free, 11—year—olds, children starting secondary school, forfree, are 11—year—olds, children starting secondary school, for free, are they the right groups to focus on?” think so. we tend to try to protect those most likely to suffer the worst from the disease which is obviously the older age groups, so the expansion to anyone over 50. when you get into the 50s you are at increased risk of suffering from the more severe forms increased risk of suffering from th

millions of us gathered to clap the nhs yesterday. this was pa rt clap the nhs yesterday. this was part of a weekend of anniversary events to show appreciation for the work of healthcare staff at a time of challenges, unprecedented in its history. mark easton has this report. this evening, the nation came together in gratitude. 0n pavements and doorsteps, mighty and humble, to say thank you to the nhs and all of those who do their bit to save lives during the pandemic. the hope is that everyjuly five, the health services birthday, the country will find a moment to remember britain's key workers, embedding what began as a social media post into the national calendar. what we have proven is that we can be there for each other in the last month, whether it is volunteering and looking out for one another, so if we can hold onto that we arejust stronger as another, so if we can hold onto that we are just stronger as a nation to go through any crisis that we are going to face. this afternoon, a spitfire took to the skies over east anglia to tip it swings above the region's hospi

this is the largest ever review of nhs services within the nhs. an investigation into care at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust is examining 1682 incidents where claims that children‘s mothers died oi’ claims that children‘s mothers died 01’ were claims that children‘s mothers died or were permanently harmed by failures at telford‘s princess royal and the royal shrewsbury hospital. an independent review was ordered in 2017, then 23 cases were being investigated, but the publicity meant many more families came forward wanting to ask questions about the care they receive. also hundreds of paper records were overlooked, which has led to this big increase and really huge with you. what sorts of cases? a large number did not involve death or serious permanent harm, however many, serious permanent harm, however any serious permanent harm, however many, many of them involve significant errors. failure to properly monitorfaecal significant errors. failure to properly monitor faecal heartbeats, and delays in deliveries, they were found to have c

the reason for doing this is to protect the nhs in the winter months. because, busy, we still have got covid—19, we still have got the threat of a second spike of covid—19 and which it is vital therefore to keep that pressure off the nhs by eve ryo ne keep that pressure off the nhs by everyone getting a flu jab and i really hope everyone will. he hopes they will, but will they? last year, 25 million people in england were eligible for the free vaccine. it was more like 50 million who actually had it. flu can be serious and it kills thousands of people every year. doctors say it is sensible to tackle it head—on, but they need more information on how they need more information on how they will vaccinate millions more people at a time when they are already under pressure to keep surgeries covid—19 secure. already under pressure to keep surgeries covid-19 secure. the 7000 which the practice had done, had to do normally, under the practice population of 20,000, it is going to have to be ramped up to about 10,000 people. it is going to be a logistics

serving on the nhs front line. their own to covid—19 while serving on the nhs front linelj their own to covid—19 while serving on the nhs front line. i think it's offered some closure. we've been holding memorial services at our hospital over the last month but i feel like this has brought everything together for the organisation, so i find that it's really made me feel really honoured us really made me feel really honoured us well to have been able to provide the care that i did. we are a grieving world, a grieving city and we hope that this little offering to out we hope that this little offering to our community in greater manchester will be a sign of hope, a bite—size, if you like, in small measure, but we hope that this will make a difference to you spiritually, emotionally and otherwise. in coming together it was a way of bringing if not closure then at least some comfort to bereaved families. luxmy gopal, bbc news. pupils in scotland will not have to physically distance when schools return in august, b

now, the reason for doing this is to protect the nhs in the winter months. because obviously we have still got covid, we have still got the threat of a second spike of covid and it is vital therefore to keep that pressure off the nhs by everybody getting a flu jab and i really hope everybody will. today in england it is facemask day, where the regulations come in. how long can we realistically expect to be wearing face masks for? this is going to be in place for a year, for 18 months, for two years, isn't it? well, it depends, sam, the use of face masks, the use of all the social distancing measures it really does depend on our ability, collectively, to get the pandemic right, right down and to keep it down. i'm not going to make a prediction about when these various social distancing measures will come off. obviously we have been able to reduce some of them. you know, we no longer ask people to stay at home, we are trying to get back much closer to normal. but our ability to dispense with the social distancing measures will depend on our continued ability t

action, against hundreds of local outbreaks and thanks to nhs test and trace working well, nhs test and trace is now asked 180,000 people to self—isolates. that's up to 180,000 potential chains of transmission broken by this brilliant new service. what's more, for the hundreds of thousands of tests it delivers every single day, the vast majority tested negative, and that provides assurance to hundreds of thousands of people who can go back to work and sleep easy. nhs test and trace is a brand—new service, putting together a massive service of this kind and at this pace has been a remarkable job, of this kind and at this pace has been a remarkablejob, almost unprecedented. i'd like to thank the remarkable leadership of baroness harding for spearheading the programme and tom riordan who has driven our vital work with local authorities. everyone in this country who loves freedom should join with me in thanking all those who work in nhs test and trace in public health england and local public health operations for successfully delivering on our plan of moving from a national lockdow

thomas' hospital, an nhs hospital,e1 cad for by nhs workers, and whenfá released he said they saved my life, no question. so you can just see there is a great deal of gratitude in this country because, of course, the nhs, its doctors, nurses,é@ it medical staff have been on the front line of this pandemic now for months. dozens of their own ranks losing their lives to the virus. there has beene1 some controver over the government not providing adequate ppe to the nhs, not protecting particularly minority members of the healthcare community because they're disproportionately impacted by coronavirus. but today, it is aboute1 honori the sacrifice and the tireless effortsfá that they have madee1 perhapsi] in its seven decades history, this is the most -n8chapter in t. and everyone will be applauding the nhs and its work atjf 5:00 p.m. local time today. natalie? >> all right, so well deserved, of course. thank you, ladies, for bringing salma abdelaziz, we'll see you soon. >>> in e1october 2019, anlp international panel created a score card of sorts ranking countries by their ability to h

at the peak of coronavirus, 45% of all tests processed by nhs wales laboratories we re processed by nhs wales laboratories were positive. by the end ofjune, that had fallen to 3.5%. we look as well at new confirmed cases, the number of people dying from the disease and access deaths. we look as well at the number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus and the number of people treated and critical care units. when those figures are heading in the right direction, that creates new headroom for us to go on lifting lockdown restrictions. but having headroom is one thing and using it as another and there are a number of factors you have to take into account in deciding whether and how that headroom can be used. those factors include the ability of the nhs to respond to the virus. the nhs has to respond to many other important demands that come through its door every day and we have to find out how much room there is for the nhs to respond to coronavirus. we look at how our test, trace, protect system is working. we look at compliance with the regulations to date. the more we all sti