have happened this winter aren t above what you would normally see in the winter. some surprise among experts about bringing this date forward. it was march 24th that self isolation was going to end. and that is because infection levels remain pretty high. peter 0penshaw is professor of experimental medicine at imperial college london, and a member of nervtag the group that advises the british government on new and emerging threats from respiratory viruses. do support this? i think this is a tolitical do support this? i think this is a political decision, do support this? i think this is a political decision, i do support this? i think this is a political decision, i think - do support this? i think this is a political decision, i think what i do support this? i think this is a i political decision, i think what the scientists advising government have done is to present a number of different scenarios, but i quite appreciate that our elected representatives are those who actually
term. 0k, great to speak to you. thank you very much. 15 people have been arrested in india following protests against a ban on wearing the islamic headscarf in college. the controversy began when hijab wearing students were denied entry to their schools in the state of karnataka. the state has now shut down all high schools and colleges for three days. the chief minister for the state has called for peace and harmony. anbarasan ethirajan reports. an act of defiance amid heckling by a group of young hindu men. the video of this muslim student standing against a crowd taunting herfor support on a ban on the hijab has gone viral. muslim women in parts of karnataka state say they are not being allowed to attend classes because of the hijab. they argue the headscarves are part of the religious faith. it s not a part of a uniform, but it is part of our culture. we have been following this since a very long period of time. it was a college known for respecting all of the cultures, but now
premise of fewer patients in hospital, seeing fewer infections being recorded, so he can say, if this directory continues, there be comeback after the half term, for many schools, and for parliament, we can lift the reigning restrictions. equally, this is against the backdrop of where his onlyjob is on the line. we know various mps in his party have called for him to go, and some others are considering whether to call for him to go. there has been a section of the party s been very, very sceptical to say the least about the restrictions that were imposed, notjust a plan b restriction, but then also the line restrictions, thinking is bad for the economy. a group of conservative mps called the covid i9 recovery group that have been pressing the prime minister and the logic behind keeping these going to be my construction is going. some others have been quite critical of how the premise to s handled the so called partygate. if you can say to them,
the care of the rspca. gdpr. the mayor of london says the metropolitan police commissioner has days or weeks to restore public trust in her leadership. sadiq khan told the bbc he wants to see an urgent plan from dame cressida dick on how to deal with cultural problems within britain s biggest police force. it comes after the publication last week of a series of racist, mysoginist and homophobic messages exchanged by a group of her officers at charing cross station. my expectation is, the next time i see her, i want to see what her response is to the examples, not of one officer, of 14 officers being involved in racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic, anti semitic, islamophobic and the like behaviour, nine of whom are still serving. and secondly, what her plans are to win back the trust and confidence that has been both knocked and shattered as a consequence of these cases.
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