These are the markets, not as sharp as the selloff is yesterday, but markets seem on hooks accounting for new cases coronavirus, and what happens to quarantines and isolations, and what happens to the economy. European stoxx 600 flat. Fell 6 if not more, now down 0. 3 . The u. S. 10 year yield, a good litmus test when looking at risk, s p futures up, they were lower a short while ago. At 10652. Lets get to the first word news. We begin with u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson facing complaints of bad faith ahead of talks with the eu. Both sides are accusing the other of backing away from past promises. Johnson says it will take priority over a trade deal. Bernie sanders and Michael Bloomberg has escalated, mr. Bloomberg criticizing bernie control record, and sanders suggesting bloomberg could not win a debate against donald trump. Sanders is favored where bloomberg will be on the ballot for the first time. Michael bloomberg is the owner and founder of the Parent Company of bloomberg new
The National Medical director of the nhs in england warns that its critical that people get behind the new lockdown. Only by reducing restrictions infection rates, the public following the restrictions we have put in place over the weekend and in the weeks gone by that we will see those rates start to fall. That is what will take pressure off the nhs. But faced with another lockdown businesses across england say over potential damage. Johnny depp loses his libel action against the Sun Newspaper over an article which labelled him a wife beater. And the us president ial candidates spend the last day of campaigning crisscrossing the key Battle Ground states. Borisjohnson has told mps that failure to impose a National Lockdown in england could lead to a situation where the sick were turned away from hospitals because there would be no room for them. The Prime Minister has been speaking in the commons this afternoon, ahead of a vote about the forthcoming month long shutdown. The Prime Minis
That. That inevitably means there will be smaller quantities over shorter periods of time until individual ppe line stabilise. Is there anything further he would like to ask . Just on the reopening of schools, if i could . Is the timing of that dependent on you feeling that schools have an adequate supply of cleaning materials, hand sanitiser and that sort of thing . If so, what guidelines are being drawn up so, what guidelines are being drawn up to give to the schools and the trusts to make sure that schools can be as safe as possible for parents and children and staff when they do eventually reopen . Kit, we have already issued a lot of guidance on this and it is available on the gov. Uk website. If you want to be able to access, i can organise someone able to access, i can organise someone to send you a link in terms of how we have been advising schools in order to deal with the challenges. Because we must not forget, many thousands of schools have continued to remain open over the
Good afternoon. Well have the latest government briefing from downing street on the coronavirus pandemic, led today by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. That is in about half an hour. But first, ministers say theyre confident of hitting their target for the number of daily coronavirus tests, after the Prime Minister said the uk is past the peak of the outbreak. The government had pledged 100,000 tests a day by the end of april, with more than 81,000 taking place on wednesday. The target was 100,000 tests a day by the end of april. Its just under a month since the Health Secretary announced that deadline. Well find out later whether the ambition was achieved. Are you confident youll meet your testing target . More than 81,000 tests were carried out in the uk on wednesday, after more people became eligible including those over the age of 65 in england who have symptoms, and care home residents and staff who dont. Setting a challenging target was the right thing to do, because it galvan
But no action will be taken against the Prime Ministers chief advisor. Thousands ofjobs are at risk at easyjet, as the airline says it will cut up to 30 of its workforce because of the pandemic. The premier League Season is set to restart on 17th june, with two games. Aston Villa V Sheffield united and Manchester City v arsenal. Good afternoon, and welcome to viewers on bbc one. Borisjohnson is expected to give further details on how and when lockdown measures in england will be further eased, at todays downing street press briefing, in about half an hours time. It comes as coronavirus Contact Tracing programmes have begun in both england and scotland. Anyone whos been in close contact with someone whos tested positive for covid19 will now be contacted and asked to self isolate. Northern ireland has a version of the programme already up and running, while in wales the scheme is due to start in earlyjune. Heres sophie hutchinson. Pinpointing people with the virus and tracing those they