In california. Civil servants in england are being urged by the government to return to work in their offices. In a letter seen by the bbc, the government wants 80 of Civil Servants to be at their workplace at least once a week by the end of the month. Unions have described the governments attitude as outdated. Our Political Correspondent chris mason has more. Usually vibrant, bustling, dynamic, and yet for much of the last six months many of our city centres have looked like this. Its time for that to change, says the government. The head of the civil service, sir mark sedwill, says the Prime Minister believes. This is whitehall, home to loads of government departments. Its actually relatively busy here today but still pretty quiet on weekdays. The government wants four in five Civil Servants in england to be back at their desks for at least some of the week by the end of this month, with more and more people worrying that unless public and private Sector Workers return to the office,
Now on bbc news, the travel shows in scotland amid concerns that the travel slump might mean trouble for some of its Historic Buildings. This week on the travel show, castles a nd this week on the travel show, castles and lockdown. He is walking like a man whos walked a very long time. One of new yorks messiest sandwiches. You can expect labour, you can expect the food will be made with love, and you can expect a little sass, because thats me. Social distancing lessons from medieval italy. And the ups and downs of scotlands wild canon search. This week, im in scotland, a country famous for its hundreds of incredible castles. Its only the second time ive been here but its a place that is close to my heart. Im canadian and my name is mike corry but my middle name is mcleod and thats a scottish name and thats a scottish name and thats what brought us here today. Corey. Im beginning my journey today. Corey. Im beginning myjourney in skye, scotlands second largest island. This is dunvegan c
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back into offices as quickly as possible following the coronavirus lockdown but unions describe the governments attitude as outdated. Several more areas of england including leeds and middlesbrough have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus theyll be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed. President trump declines to condemn russia over the poisoning of the Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny whos in a coma in a german hospital. Experts there say they have evidence he was attacked with a soviet era nerve agent. It is interesting that everybody is a lwa ys it is interesting that everybody is always mentioning russia. I think probably china at this point as a nation that you should be talking about more than russia. India confirms more than four million cases of coronavirus making it the third country in the world to surpass that
More likely we will see more showers across england and wales. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines a leading epidemiologist has warned the country is at a critical moment in the coronavirus pandemic, with many students preparing to travel to universities. Several more areas of england, including leeds and middlesbrough, have been added to the governments watchlist of places with high rates of coronavirus theyll be closely monitored, and restrictions may be re imposed. Government departments in england are told to get Civil Servants back into offices as quickly as possible following the coronavirus lockdown but one union has described the governments attitude as outdated. France records its highest rise in Coronavirus Infections since the start of the pandemic. In australia, tensions on the rise as anti lockdown protestors clash with police. Extinction rebellion activists have delayed the distribution of several National Newspapers after blocking access to three Printing Presses owne
More cloudy north, round about 16. Hello this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines a man has been killed and seven people are injured in stabbings in birmingham overnight Police Declare a Major Incident, but rule out terrorism. There is absolutely no suggestion at all that this is terror related. This is being treated as a homicide being investigated by West Midlands police. The stabbings occured at four or five different locations over a period of two hours last night. Police are still looking for a male suspect. Tougher coronavirus restrictions have come into force in bolton, the area which now has the highest infection rate in england. The uk foreign secretary dominic raab says this week is the moment of reckoning as the uk tries to strike a trade deal with the european union. Security forces in belarus have sealed off areas of the capital, minsk, ahead of further Anti Government protests. At the age of 82, the iconic photographer david bailey puts on a new exhibition in london