Tonight at 10pm. The policy of social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year, according to the governments chief medical advisor. The forthright message is that highly disru ptive social distancing will need to be in place for really quite a long period of time. I think we have to be very realistic that if people are hoping that it suddenly going to move from where we are now, in lockdown, suddenly into everything is gone, that is a wholly unrealistic expectation. Well have more on the impact of the pandemic in care homes, and the immense pressures on the staff involved. And the governments experts warn there is only an incredibly small chance of a vaccine or treatments being ready for use this year. Also tonight. Cancer charities are warning that
thousands of new cancer cases could be going undetected every week because of the ongoing crisis. Because of the lockdown, victims of Domestic Abuse are unable to seek the help they need, unable to flee abusive partners.
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This is bbc news. The headlines. The Prime Minister says the coronavirus pandemic must be a catalyst to speed up social and economic change in his Party Conference speech. After all weve been through, it isnt enough just to go back to normal. A damning report says the church of england failed, for decades, to protect children from sexual abuse preferring instead to protect its own reputation. President trump urges americans not to be afraid of covid, after leaving hospital. Dont let it dominate you. Dont be afraid of it. Youre going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines. Figures obtained by the bbc show that firms planned to cut nearly half a million jobs during the first
five months of the pandemic. And coming up well hear how red nose day will be plastic free after schoolchildren persuaded comic relief to switch to a natural alternative. Borisjohnson has delivered the closing speech of the virtual conservative Party Conference, adopting an upbeat
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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Theres a huge rise in the number of people claiming Unemployment Benefits in the uk an increase of almost 70 in april. The uks approach to coronavirus testing has been inadequate throughout the pandemic, according to a committee of mps. President trump says hes taking an anti malaria drug to ward off coronavirus despite Health Officials warning it is unsafe. What do you have to lose . 0k, what do you have to lose . I have been taking it for about a week and a half. Every day . At some point. Every day, i take the pill every day. The president also issues an ultimatum to the World Health Organisation reform within 30 days or lose all us funding. Deaths from coronavirus in uk care homes fall for the second week running, according to new data from the office for National Statistics. And the differences in lockdown regulations between the uks four nations continues to widen. From today, groups of six peo