offered to them. that was kind of something monumental for me in my career, because i ve never been in the limelight. i think it s a really big responsibility as well, from my side to actually represent the nurses, the doctors, the health care workers that, you know, work in the nhs, that we do a lot of great things, but we don t kind of normally shout about. and the day before that, we had to, i had to plan maggie s wardrobe because i didn t want her coming down in her gown. is this where the t shirt came from? yes. i had a letterfrom somebody which i thought was really i lovely. the words she s written at the bottom of the letter was, what a courageous lady , and that is what she said. and i thought, well, she thought i ve done something really good, i didn tjust do it for me, why would i do it for me? i did it for everybody around. both of you will know there ll be people watching this, thinking, that s great but i don t want to have the jab. do you have a message for them, who mi
maintenance and repairs. the issue is thought to have been factor in the conservative s losing the previously safe seat of cheshire and amersham, to the liberal democrats, in a by election last week. the government says the policy has been misunderstand and will give communities a say in the planning process. communities a say in the planning process. the woman who received the world s first covid vaccine outside of clinical trials has urged others to follow her lead. margaret keenan, who is 91, had the first dose of the pfizer vaccine in coventry in december of last year. she s given her only interview to bbc breakfast and said getting the jab was a moment of hope. this was the whole meaning. this was the whole meaning, that s what i said a thousand times over, you know. i hope, i hope that it has got the ball rolling, this wonderful injection that s been
let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson. what are ministers doing to prepare for this booster programme? according to matt hancock, we will get a plan for this programme in just a few weeks time. he is looking at some of those questions raised and he is, for example, looking at how effective it would be to mix and match the vaccines, and perhaps it would be more effective and people get more protection if they have two astrazeneca jabs followed by different jab. they have two astrazeneca jabs followed by differentjab. those are what they are concentrating on and there will be a booster programme in there will be a booster programme in the autumn. some of the question still haven t been answered though, especially vaccination of children. the medical regulars as it is fine and safe above the age of 12, but thejoint and safe above the age of 12, but the joint committee and safe above the age of 12, but thejoint committee on and safe above the age of 12, but the joint
health leaders call on ministers to speed up plans for a coronavirus vaccine booster programme this autumn. the health secretary says a pilot scheme is under way that would allow those who have received a double covid 19 jab not to isolate. organisers of the tokyo olympics will allow up to 10,000 japanese fans, or 50% capacity, at events. israel s prime minister has called on the us and its allies to wake up to the threat of iran. the warning comes as diplomats meeting in vienna report progress on reviving a landmark deal to limit the country s nuclear programme a deal the us withdrew from under president donald trump. there are though, still gaps between the sides as mark lobel reports. world powers have been negotiating with iran since april to stop it from being able to build
and i m just feeling that bit more confident now. aducanumab is suitable only for those with mild alzheimer s, when damage to brain function is still limited. it could take more than a year before uk regulators decide whether to approve the drug. if they do, demand here will be enormous. fergus walsh, bbc news. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening, 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are harriet line, the chief political correspondent at the daily mail, and george eaton, who s the senior 0nline editor at the new statesman. from tomorrow, anyone aged between 25 and 29 in england will be able to book a coronavirus jab. the head of nhs england said the country was on the home straight of the biggest vaccination programme in its history, which launched just six months ago.