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June kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. the high court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it gave a contract worth more than half—a—million pounds to a company run by friends of dominic cummings, who was borisjohnson's chief adviser at the time. ministers have denied favouritism was shown towards the market research firm, public first, but the court found there was a real danger observers might assume bias, because no other companies were considered for the work. our special correspondent lucy manning is at the high court. what does the ruling mean? is it as labour puts, ...

Of course, as you would understand, the fact that i mentioned the protocol, that we are at a crossroads, means that patience 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 stepped up in north west england after a rise in cases of the delta variant, first found in india. the thing the government needs to do is also bring forward vaccine supplies in the high case areas, so over the next two to three weeks, have a surge vaccination programme. the high court rules the government acted unla...

Thatis on the help system. the problem with that is that, while the uk government say they have a stockpile of around 5 million doses, almost all of that is astrazeneca, and that is not the vaccine that is being offered to the under 40s. we import around 1.5 million doses of pfizer and moderna a week, but that wouldn't be enough to spread it around all the regions of the uk so the problem is if you surge vaccinations in one area, there possibly isn't the supply available to guarantee that wouldn't mean shortages in other regions. thank ou ve shortages in other regions. thank you very much. —...

18 plus, then you can cut the pressure on the health system. the problem with that is that, while the uk government say they have a stockpile of around 5 million doses, almost all of that is astrazeneca, and that is not the vaccine that is being offered to the under 40s. we import around 1.5 million doses of pfizer and moderna a week, but that wouldn't be enough to spread it around all the regions of the uk so the problem is, if you surge vaccinations in one area, there possibly isn't the supply available to guarantee that that wouldn't mean shortages in other regions. we will talk more about ...

That is being offered to the under 40s. we import around 1.5 million doses of pfizer and moderna a week, but that wouldn't be enough to spread it around all the regions of the uk so the problem is, if you surge vaccinations in one area, there possibly isn't the supply available to guarantee that that wouldn't mean shortages in other regions. let's bring you the latest coronavirus figures. in the latest 24—hour period, the uk recorded 7,540 cases, and there were six deaths — that's within 28 days of a positive test. more than 40.7 million people have now had the first dose of the vaccine. t...