Also tonight. Lecture theatres will remain almost empty this autumn, as universities prepare for a return to campus. Students may have to live and study in small, socially distanced groups. All schoolchildren in wales will go back to their classrooms at the end ofjune, but only a third will be in school at any one time. Cooking up some Community Spirit the volunteers who signed up to help those shielding say theyll keep the new Community Spirit alive. And the moment an nhs medic was reunited with her daughters, after two months away, working on hospital coronavirus wards. And in the sport on bbc news. Borussia dortmund footballer jadon sancho and other bundesliga players will not face any further disciplinary action after antiracism gestures last weekend. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. From monday, anyone arriving in the uk will have to self isolate for m days. The home secretary has confirmed that the governments plans will go ahead, with people in england being fine
At the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up mps demand the government allow them to continue voting by video link. And say the new giant queuing system isnt working. It all looked more like exercise in a category c prison for white collar criminals rather than the mother of parliament. Labour hardens its attack the government over its handling of coronavirus, but borisjohnson reckons the country wants to see a united front. I really do not see the purpose of the endless attacks on public trust and confidence. I have supported the government openly and taken criticism for it but boy does he make it difficult to support this government. And an mp defends changes to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland. One reason why this house stood up for the rights of all women in the United Kingdom was because it was too difficult does not mean that their rights should be denied. Mps returned to westminster after their whitsun break with a government rebellion
After weeks of increasing attacks, taliban and Afghan Government forces agree a three day ceasefire to mark the eid holiday. The duke of cambridge has revealed how becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mothers death. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the main stories here in britain and globally. The uk Prime Ministers closest aide, Dominic Cummings, is facing further pressure and scrutiny, with new allegations he breached lockdown rules and, in the last few minutes, a Senior Member of the Ruling Conservative Party calling for him to resign. Both mr cummings and the government insist he acted reasonably and legally by driving from london to County Durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. Last night, the government dismissed claims that mr cummings broke the rules. But the leading brexiteer and conservative mp steve baker has said it is time for the aide to quit. Well speak to him in a moment. First si
Previous month in following social distancing have together helped us to bring this virus under control. I commend the statement of the house. Thank you and i thank the home secretary for her statement and advanced we have been calling for sensible, and we it is vital the uk has a plan for minimising the risk of infection is coming into the country but the home secretary must also realise there are a fundamental question she needs to realise she needs to answer. Why these particular measures and why now . From when the lockdown was imposed, only 273 people were formally quarantined from four flights, three from one hand, one from tokyo, when over 18 Million People into the country by air. The home secretaryjust said in her statement this was because domestic transmission was widespread, but this is what the government because my own chief scientific adviser said, and i quote a lot of the cases in the uk didnt come from china, and didnt come from the places you might have expected. They
Of may. What you can see the cars and four light goods vehicles is over that period, after the initial lockdown, a gradual increase over time in transport use. The heavy goods vehicles, the trend is the same but you can see it start from a much higher base line, reflecting the fact that many of the hgv journeys were essential, even at the point of initial lockdown. If you then turn to the lower part of the slide, you will see the data for national rail, transport for london and then for buses other than transport for london and you can see here, essentially very flat curbs indeed, showing that people have stayed away from public transport, are continuing to stay away from public transport and preserve at this for essential workers. Next slide, please. On testing, this is a recap following the delivery by the secretary of state. You can see that, as of the 27th of may, 117,000 tests were delivered in the previous 24 tests were delivered in the previous 2a hours, bringing us to a total o