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And, as i said before, until all the rules are actually specifically dont go in, or do go in, we need more clarity. the affected areas are bolton, which is already subject to surge testing, and the remaining nine boroughs of greater manchester. and also to the north of the city, blackburn and darwen, as well as most of lancashire, including burnley, preston and rossendale. in response, a big campaign of surge testing and vaccinating now under way to try to bring the situation under control, incl...

Continue with that approach but try to do everything we can to make it as easy as possible for people in greater manchester to get to the vaccine centres or indeed to go to these mobile vaccine buses that will be out and about throughout the region over the course of the next few days and weeks. lets speak now to our correspondent david guest whos outside a vaccine centre in manchester. how busy is it likely to be? well, it is not open _ how busy is it likely to be? well, it is not open at _ how...

England will continue to take the knee at euro 2020. when the tournament begins in two days time. doctor, doctor, you have to help me out. certainly. which way did you come in? the grandma celebrating her 100th birthday with 100 jokes to raise money for her local hospital. ain a in the north and west more cloud and drizzle. heavy rain in the far north—west. central and eastern areas seeing sunshine. wherever you are, it will feel humid. more details coming up. its wednesday the 9th ofjune. our...

Thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... "no breakthrough, but no breakdown" — says brexit minister lord frost. but the eu warns its patience is "wearing thin" over northern ireland trade arrangements. surge testing and a push to get people vaccinated is stepped up in north west england after a rise in cases of the delta variant, first found in india. the high court rules the government acted unlawfully over a covid contract worth half a million pounds given to a company run by friend...

This is bbc news. im reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... the prime minister borisjohnson is en route to cornwall, where the uk is to host the g7 summit. "no breakthrough, but no breakdown" says the brexit minister lord frost after talks with the eu. but the bloc warns its patience is "wearing thin" about the northern ireland trade arrangements. of course, as you would understand of the fact that i mentioned that we are at a crossroads means that patients really is wearing very thin, and therefor...

This is bbc news. the headlines... "no breakthrough, but no breakdown" says the brexit minister lord frost after talks with the eu. but the bloc warns its patience is "wearing thin" about the northern ireland trade arrangements. of course, as you would understand of the fact that i mentioned that we are at a crossroads means that patients really is wearing very thin, and therefore, we have to you assess options that we have at our disposal. surge testing and a push to get people vaccinated is st...

Like, nice weather. we just dont really want to be indoors all the time. _ like we want to get out and do stuff. i and this student, meeting a friend for the first time in nine months, hopes this isnt the prelude to more restrictions. its been lockdown after lockdown, so this bit of freedom that were tasting, if that was also taken away, i dont know how people would cope. mentally, physically — its just exhausting. surge testing will help identify cases but its vaccinations that are the key to...

To reach communities. this isnt about asking for more than greater manchesters fair share, it is about saying weve got an opportunity now, with the resources on the ground and the extra support that weve got from the military, to go much faster in the next three weeks. on a sun—soaked afternoon in manchester, students at aidan and liv believe people are reaching the end of their tethers. i know think a lot of people are getting fed up, especially now its, like, nice weather. we just dont reall...

Brought infections down, and their argument is if it can happen in bolton, it can happen in these areas too. dominic years in manchester there. —— dominic hughes. our health editor hugh pym explained what this means for the lifting of restrictions later this month. it is certainly another issue for ministers and officials to consider before they make the big decision for england byjune the 1ath, next monday, as to whether all remaining restrictions should be lifted the following week, beginn...

Been out of some kind of restrictive measures for weeks and weeks, almost since the pandemic began, just a few weeks last summer, areas were free of restrictions. but the government will point to whats happened in bolton, where surge testing under real push on vaccinations does seem to have brought infections down. their argument as if it can happen in bolton, it can happen in these areas as well.— in bolton, it can happen in these areas as well. . , areas as well. dominic use reporting there....