By Oxford University and astrazeneca has been temporarily halted worldwide after a volunteer falls ill. And. Back for one day only then back behind closed doors. The pilot scheme for crowds at doncasters st leger festival is halted over coronavirus fears. Good afternoon and welcome to our special coverage of the downing street coronavirus briefing, where the Prime Minister is due to give further details of the restrictions on social gatherings announced for england earlier today. He will bejoined by the uk governments chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, and chief scientific adviser, sir Patrick Vallance. We already know that social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in england from monday. The measures follow a steep rise in coronavirus cases, with more than 8,000 people testing positive across the uk since sunday. Larger groups will be banned from meeting anywhere socially indoors or out. The restrictions wont apply to schools, workplaces or events such as w
Brexit negotiators from the eu and uk meet today in london for the latest round of trade talks. Two australian journalists fly home from china after being questioned by Chinas Ministry of state security. Very disappointing to have to leave under those circumstances and it is a relief to be back in a country with genuine rule of law. And is italian fashion racist . We meet the designer urging brands to hire more black people. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Two of the uk governments scientific advisers have given warnings over the increase in coronavirus cases, saying that weve relaxed too much over the summer and must now re engage with social distancing rules. Englands depty chief medical officer, professor Jonathan Van Tam said the country faces a bumpy ride unless the virus is taken seriously again. And proffesorjohn edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory group f
Say official figures, but it remains far below pre pandemic levels. Thousands of migrants are still being left to sleep in the open after their camp on the greek island of lesbos burned down. And coming up. This years great north run will take place this weekend but with a very different look. Hello, good afternoon. Coronavirus infections have increased in recent weeks in the uk and are rising steadily, according to new estimates. Data released by the governments Scientific Advisory group has confirmed that the reproduction number, or r value, of coronavirus transmission across the uk has risen above 1, meaning the epidemic is growing. Meanwhile, the uks largest study of Coronavirus Infections has found the number of cases is now doubling every week. Tougher lockdown restrictions are expected to be announced for birmingham shortly following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. The city currently has the second highest infection rate in england. Meanwhile, wales will follow england and sc
Out its migration policy as more people continue to try and cross to europe. The sea conditions are deteriorating by the hour and we need to solve these problems as soon as possible. A stark warning from the World Health Organization for europe. It says the covid 19 situation is very serious. This is why. Cases have now exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in europe in march. Last week, the regions weekly tally exceeded 300,000 patients. Over the past two weeks, more than half of the countries in europe have reported a 10 increase in cases. Seven countries in europe have seen new cases go up by more than double in that same two weeks. This graph shows the number of new daily cases in those seven countries. You can see how quickly it has started rising again. Heres more from the who. In the spring and early summer, we were able to see the impact of Strict Lockdown measures. Our efforts, our sacrifices paid off. Injune, cases hit an all time low. The september case numb
Children and their upstairs asleep you could still just children and their upstairs asleep you could stilljust have two people over, that is in england. Time for a look at the weather. The weather for everyone to date turning much cooler than yesterday and a real change in fortunes. Yesterday we had sunshine in east anglia and temperatures of 26 but todayis anglia and temperatures of 26 but today is cloudy and wet. That covers a good part of england and wales. Brighter across scotland and Northern Ireland. Glorious this morning across parts of scotland, very still and sunny conditions. Through the rest of the date we have this band of rain pushing east across england. Turning increasingly heavy and persistent across eastern areas as we go through the afternoon. We could see showers for Northern Ireland and South West England and perhaps another area of rain developing across the midlands and running into east anglia for a time. Never really clearing away and also turning wendy this eve