this is bbc news. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases . this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support, and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. a leading internet delivery service is investigating an outage on its platform which may have taken

dozens of major websites offline. and after ollie robinson, a second england cricket player is now under investigation for posting offensive material in the past. hello, a very warm welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has announced extra testing with military support for parts of greater manchester and lancashire to help with rising cases of the delta variant, which first emerged in india. the move comes with the same travel guidance currently in place for bolton, which warns people to "minimise" travel in and out of the area. working with local authorities, we are providing a strengthened package of support based on what's

working in bolton to help greater manchester and lancashire tackle the rise in the delta variant that we're seeing there. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. we know that this approach can work. we've seen it work in south london and in bolton in stopping a rise in the number of cases. this is the next stage of tackling the pandemic in manchester and in lancashire. and of course, it's vital that people in these areas, as everywhere else, come forward and get the jab as soon as they're eligible, because that is our way out of this pandemic together. the health secretary, matt hancock there.

our health correspondent dominic hughes is in manchesterfor us. so, the health secretary has described these measures as a strengthened package of support that has been extended to areas in the north—west that have seen a real spike in cases linked to the delta, or indian, variant of covid—19, and that basically means that the whole of greater manchester and all of the areas covered by lancashire county council. now, what this means for people in these areas is they've been asked to minimise travel in and out of affected areas. they've been asked to meet outside whenever possible rather than inside, and everyone is being urged to get a covid—19 test. i think people in the north—west will greet these measures with a weary sigh of resignation, but also of recognition because some of these areas haven't been out of some kind of restrictive measures for weeks and weeks, almost since the pandemic began. just a few weeks last summer, areas were free of restrictions. but the government will point to what has happened in bolton

where surge testing and a real push on vaccinations does seem to have brought infections down, and their argument is if it can happen in bolton, it can happen in these areas too. a health correspondent, dominic years. —— our health correspondent dominic hughes. our health editor hugh pym explained what this means for the lifting of restrictions later this month. another issue for ministers and officials to consider before they make the big decision for england byjune the 14th, next monday, as to whether all remaining restrictions should be lifted the following week, beginning onjune the 21st. i'm told this move in greater manchester and lancashire has been on the cards for a little while. it follows, as dominic was saying there, what's already happened in communities like bolton and leicester and bedford and hounslow in london with this big push to do surge testing. and they will argue, ministers, that it has worked up to a point in cutting cases and that it can work again and that it shouldn't necessarily affect the big decisions

that have to be made for england. but clearly, this variant, first identified in india, is spreading in greater manchester and lancashire and needs to be tackled, but the really important factor is to what extent it increases the numbers of people getting seriously ill and needing hospital treatment. we heard yesterday that of 126 hospital admissions caused by this variant, only three had had two doses of the vaccine. the rest either had one dose or, in many cases, hadn't had it at all. so the argument is the vaccine roll—out needs to be pushed on. but at the moment, hospital numbers remain pretty low, and that and pressure on the nhs is one of the big factors that will be considered. the health secretary has also announced there'll be more "supervised in—school testing" in greater manchester and parts of lancashire. it's not yet clear if it will be mandatory for all secondary school pupils in the affected areas to wear

masks in class. let s talk now to glyn potts, head teacher at newman rc college in oldham, one of the areas affected. welcome to bbc news, we have said we're not quite sure what the implications are for masquerading in schools, what are your learning about what could change as a result these restrictions —— mask wearing? the greatest source of education at the moment and knowing what is going on is often twitter built up a local authority and public health experts in the locality have been fantastic and have pre—empted the rise covid cases and have been taking steps locally to try to mitigate that but also keep parental confidence and a students performance and attendance at school as high as we possibly can. it at school as high as we possibly can. , ., y at school as high as we possibly can. , ., , . at school as high as we possibly can. . can. it is only a few weeks since schoolchildren _ can. it is only a few weeks since schoolchildren were _ can. it is only a few weeks since schoolchildren were told - can. it is only a few weeks since schoolchildren were told they i can. it is only a few weeks since | schoolchildren were told they did not need to wear facemasks in school, just explain where you are on that and what you're doing in school they are and what are the implications for teaching and a general everyday life in the school?

when face coverings and lessons that was removed as a mandatory item, we still allowed out shouldn't the opportunity to continue to wear them if they wish to —— our students. teachers removed mask because it was a barrier to teaching, particularly for special needs students or if they spoke another language. our local authority and healthy were on jenny third that masks a return all communal areas, which has never really been removed from us a —— june three. we have been any period of restriction for such a long time and we have welcome the opportunity for a voluntary wearing of masks in classes for children who wish to do so. we have also taken steps for special needs children having see—through masks and teachers, where they need to, have the opportunity to adjust their teaching to better serve our children. interesting in a few minutes we are expecting to hear from the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham. as you have touched on, many parts of

the north—west have been under some form of restriction but a significant period of time. what would the new restrictions mean for your? how frustrating is it for finding yourself once again at the centre of this? i finding yourself once again at the centre of this?— centre of this? i think the real frustration, _ centre of this? i think the real frustration, for _ centre of this? i think the real frustration, for me, _ centre of this? i think the real frustration, for me, as - centre of this? i think the real frustration, for me, as we - centre of this? i think the real| frustration, for me, as we saw centre of this? i think the real - frustration, for me, as we saw this coming before half—time. perhaps they could have been something said before the children all departed and we all took a deserved break. i think my next concern would be september. i understand that the parents and guardians of our children have done a fabulous job of doing home education, but also in supporting schools any very difficult time. they want stability and their children safe and at the hope back that education brings. if we are still facing these difficulties in the september with the children in and out and isolating, it will be an incredibly difficult yet again. the only way i can see for it is voluntary vaccination of children at skating preschool age so we can get back to what will they need to do, supporting a young pupil. i wanted to ask ou supporting a young pupil. i wanted to ask you and _ supporting a young pupil. i wanted to ask you and your _ supporting a young pupil. i wanted to ask you and your touched - supporting a young pupil. i wanted to ask you and your touched on - supporting a young pupil. i wanted to ask you and your touched on it, | to ask you and your touched on it, the extra —— children of secondary

school age. what are the implications are for those parents and particularly the teachers at your school?— and particularly the teachers at our school? ., ., w your school? from at the teaching side of things. _ your school? from at the teaching side of things, i _ your school? from at the teaching side of things, i am _ your school? from at the teaching side of things, i am blessed. - your school? from at the teaching | side of things, i am blessed. every educator in my building is the hardest working educator in the country. i'm convinced. they have moved heaven and earth to do the best many children we serve, but it comes at a cost. that cost is at the increased pressure canned anxiety. we are managing that and working with her team, but they do not do this by the money, but they do it for believing in the future of our children. for parents and carers, it is difficult for them to truly understand the difficulties we are facing with the advice changing so often. schools are often found to be the meat in a sandwich and it is more the gristle because it is really chewed over by parents who want to have a reassurance that child will be safe, but also their child will be safe, but also their child is getting very, very best opportunity. what we have got to acknowledges that manchester, particularly greater manchester in its backing is difficulty again and school are doing all they can do, we

want our children in schools, we want our children in schools, we want them moaning, but we have got to find a way to get out of this difficult position of covid —— we them learning. . i difficult position of covid -- we them learning.— difficult position of covid -- we them learning. . i wish you well with it. glen — them learning. . i wish you well with it. glen potts. _ them learning. . i wish you well with it. glen potts. thank- them learning. . i wish you well with it. glen potts. thank you l them learning. . i wish you well. with it. glen potts. thank you for extending some of the implications there. we can cross over to greater manchester now where the region's mayor, andy burnham is holding a virtual news conference on the new restrictions being imposed there. this we have just had a meeting of the greater manchester covid committee so that is ourselves, our council leaders and public health experts and others, and obviously, there is obviously significant developing today which we want to talk to you about. first, i think it is important to get the context very clearly so i'm going to hand over, as i normally do, to sir richard to

take you through the latest slides and data for great is manchester. richard, overto and data for great is manchester. richard, over to you.— richard, over to you. thank you, and . richard, over to you. thank you, my sorry. _ richard, over to you. thank you, my sorry. i— richard, over to you. thank you, andy. sorry, i lost— richard, over to you. thank you, andy. sorry, i lost my— richard, over to you. thank you, andy. sorry, i lost my screen - richard, over to you. thank you, andy. sorry, i lost my screen forj richard, over to you. thank you, i andy. sorry, i lost my screen for a second _ andy. sorry, i lost my screen for a second but— andy. sorry, i lost my screen for a second but i— andy. sorry, i lost my screen for a second but i am back, no. we will start— second but i am back, no. we will start as _ second but i am back, no. we will start as always with the prevalence rates _ start as always with the prevalence rates of _ start as always with the prevalence rates of cases per 100,000 population. you can see that for greater— population. you can see that for greater manchester, overall, a very significant — greater manchester, overall, a very significant increase over the past seven— significant increase over the past seven days. bolton is now, we are delighted — seven days. bolton is now, we are delighted to say, going down and going _ delighted to say, going down and going down quite rapidly. it will be relevant _ going down quite rapidly. it will be relevant to something i'm going to be saying — relevant to something i'm going to be saying later because of the measures that bolton have been taking _ measures that bolton have been taking to — measures that bolton have been taking to bring that rate down. everywhere else is going up quite significantly and at that rate does vary, _ significantly and at that rate does vary, but — significantly and at that rate does vary, but we are now beginning to

see quite — vary, but we are now beginning to see quite high prevalence rates across— see quite high prevalence rates across the whole of greater manchester. there are only a couple of places _ manchester. there are only a couple of places now under the 100 cases per 100,001 of those more than doubled — per 100,001 of those more than doubled over the last seven days as weii _ doubled over the last seven days as weii -- _ doubled over the last seven days as weii "100 — doubled over the last seven days as well. —— 100 cases per 100,001 of those _ well. —— 100 cases per 100,001 of those more — well. —— 100 cases per 100,001 of those more than doubled over the last seven — those more than doubled over the last seven days. older people are far more — last seven days. older people are far more likely, if they get covid, to be _ far more likely, if they get covid, to be hospitalised, far more likely to be hospitalised, far more likely to end _ to be hospitalised, far more likely to end up — to be hospitalised, far more likely to end up in intensive care. we are, again. _ to end up in intensive care. we are, again. seeing— to end up in intensive care. we are, again, seeing an increase in the rate _ again, seeing an increase in the rate for— again, seeing an increase in the rate for over 605. it does not follow — rate for over 605. it does not follow the _ rate for over 605. it does not follow the same pattern as you will see for— follow the same pattern as you will see for the — follow the same pattern as you will see for the whole population. that is because — see for the whole population. that is because a relatively small number of cases— is because a relatively small number of cases can — is because a relatively small number of cases can make a large difference so the _ of cases can make a large difference so the change you see in manchester, for example _ so the change you see in manchester, for example is basically five cases per day, _ for example is basically five cases per day, so — for example is basically five cases per day, so five cases per day can

make _ per day, so five cases per day can make almost a 300% increase in that rate _ make almost a 300% increase in that rate you _ make almost a 300% increase in that rate you can — make almost a 300% increase in that rate. you can see there is a lot of fluctuation — rate. you can see there is a lot of fluctuation in those rates as well, something — fluctuation in those rates as well, something we have been predicting a week on _ something we have been predicting a week on. even so, there is an increase — week on. even so, there is an increase in— week on. even so, there is an increase in rates there. if you add those _ increase in rates there. if you add those two — increase in rates there. if you add those two things together, the overall— those two things together, the overall rate and the rate increase in over— overall rate and the rate increase in over 60s, _ overall rate and the rate increase in over 605, it does give us, of course, — in over 605, it does give us, of course, because for quite a serious concern _ cour5e, because for quite a serious concern if— course, because for quite a serious concern. if we turn to the next slide. — concern. if we turn to the next slide. this— concern. if we turn to the next 5lide, this is really, really 5tark. it 5lide, this is really, really 5tark. it does — 5lide, this is really, really 5tark. it does a — 5lide, this is really, really 5tark. it does a show absolutely where there _ it does a show absolutely where there was — it does a show absolutely where there was ca5e5 it does a show absolutely where there was cases are falling. pretty much _ there was cases are falling. pretty much acr055 there was cases are falling. pretty much across the board, it is in the 16-29 _ much across the board, it is in the 16-29 age — much across the board, it is in the 16—29 age group. so this is older secondary— 16—29 age group. so this is older secondary school pupils are going into higher education and younger working _ into higher education and younger working ages. some increase in 30—44

-year-otds~ _ working ages. some increase in 30—44 —year—olds. again, still any working a-e —year—olds. again, still any working age population. we're also seeing some _ age population. we're also seeing some increase in the under 15 is, the school— some increase in the under 15 is, the school age population, so that prevalence of it is being very, very much _ prevalence of it is being very, very much driven— prevalence of it is being very, very much driven by younger people, quite often asymptomatic, certainly the level of _ often asymptomatic, certainly the level of sickness within that age range _ level of sickness within that age range is— level of sickness within that age range is relatively small. the number— range is relatively small. the number of people being hospitalised is still— number of people being hospitalised is still a _ number of people being hospitalised is still a relatively small, but of course, — is still a relatively small, but of course, there is a direct connection between _ course, there is a direct connection between the rate, even for younger people _ between the rate, even for younger people and — between the rate, even for younger people and who does end up in hospitat — people and who does end up in hospital. there is a relationship between — hospital. there is a relationship between vaccination that most of the cases— between vaccination that most of the cases are _ between vaccination that most of the cases are in — between vaccination that most of the cases are in age groups that would not have _ cases are in age groups that would not have had access to vaccine and in some _ not have had access to vaccine and in some cases some her onlyjust now getting _ in some cases some her onlyjust now getting access to vaccine, which is again— getting access to vaccine, which is again something i will refer to a little _ again something i will refer to a little bit — again something i will refer to a little bit later. i think it is very. _ little bit later. i think it is very, very clear if you look at

these — very, very clear if you look at these heat _ very, very clear if you look at these heat maps, who is contracting these heat maps, who is contracting the virus. _ these heat maps, who is contracting the virus, and it is pretty consistent across the whole of later manchester, including bolton, which is clearly— manchester, including bolton, which is clearly ahead of everywhere else and we _ is clearly ahead of everywhere else and we still have reasonable expectations that we are not going to end _ expectations that we are not going to end up — expectations that we are not going to end up with everywhere having the same _ to end up with everywhere having the same sort _ to end up with everywhere having the same sort of coloured map as fulton has at _ same sort of coloured map as fulton has at the _ same sort of coloured map as fulton has at the moment, but that depends what we _ has at the moment, but that depends what we do _ has at the moment, but that depends what we do about it. —— bolton. turning — what we do about it. —— bolton. turning to — what we do about it. —— bolton. turning to the next one, this is the good _ turning to the next one, this is the good news — turning to the next one, this is the good news slide amongst all of these because _ good news slide amongst all of these because this is what is happening in care homes — because this is what is happening in care homes. this has remained constant — care homes. this has remained constant for a number of weeks. very, _ constant for a number of weeks. very, very— constant for a number of weeks. very, very low rates within care homes, — very, very low rates within care homes, no _ very, very low rates within care homes, no new cases coming through. although _ homes, no new cases coming through. although this is the week ending the seven, _ although this is the week ending the seven, it _ although this is the week ending the seven, it looks like it will continue _ seven, it looks like it will continue into future weeks and i think— continue into future weeks and i think we — continue into future weeks and i think we do have a lot of confidence that the _ think we do have a lot of confidence that the position in care homes is under— that the position in care homes is under control with a very high

levels — under control with a very high levels of— under control with a very high levels of vaccination and increasingly high levels of vaccination amongst care home staff as wett— vaccination amongst care home staff as well as _ vaccination amongst care home staff as well as residents. if we turn to the next — as well as residents. if we turn to the next slide... this is what is happening _ the next slide... this is what is happening in our hospitals. this is when _ happening in our hospitals. this is when we _ happening in our hospitals. this is when we need to treat with a little bit of _ when we need to treat with a little bit of care — when we need to treat with a little bit of care. certainly, if we can look— bit of care. certainly, if we can look at — bit of care. certainly, if we can look at the _ bit of care. certainly, if we can look at the number of admissions and inpatient _ look at the number of admissions and inpatient diagnosis compared to what happened _ inpatient diagnosis compared to what happened with a similar prevalence tevets _ happened with a similar prevalence levels back in waves two and three, it is not— levels back in waves two and three, it is not as — levels back in waves two and three, it is not as severe as we had at that— it is not as severe as we had at that time, _ it is not as severe as we had at that time, that is undoubtedly the case _ that time, that is undoubtedly the case. although the number of people and i case. although the number of people and i see _ case. although the number of people and i see you is going up, it is not going _ and i see you is going up, it is not going up— and i see you is going up, it is not going upat— and i see you is going up, it is not going up at any rate we saw in the previous— going up at any rate we saw in the previous waves. i am delighted to say that— previous waves. i am delighted to say that the mortality rate is remaining very, very low. really, rcatty— remaining very, very low. really, really important. but alongside this, _ really important. but alongside this, there are other impacts, our entire _ this, there are other impacts, our entire health system at the moment

is under— entire health system at the moment is under almost unprecedented levels of pressure. not from covid—19, particularly, but whether it is the ambulance service, gp practices, order— ambulance service, gp practices, order hospitals, —— or our hospitals there _ order hospitals, —— or our hospitals there is— order hospitals, —— or our hospitals there is pent—up demand which has been _ there is pent—up demand which has been suppressed so pent—up demand seems _ been suppressed so pent—up demand seems to— been suppressed so pent—up demand seems to be bursting out. we are certainly— seems to be bursting out. we are certainly getting more calls for appointments to gps, more attendances at a&e as we were having pre-covid _ attendances at a&e as we were having pre—covid. at the same time, our hospitals — pre—covid. at the same time, our hospitals have developed an extensive catch—up programme for the electives _ extensive catch—up programme for the electives that have been suspended because _ electives that have been suspended because of covid and we are talking about _ because of covid and we are talking about over — because of covid and we are talking about over 300,000 elective backlog of cases— about over 300,000 elective backlog of cases so— about over 300,000 elective backlog of cases so a massive backlog that we need _ of cases so a massive backlog that we need to— of cases so a massive backlog that we need to catch up on and we have to took— we need to catch up on and we have to look at— we need to catch up on and we have to look at this covid pressure

although— to look at this covid pressure although it is not what we saw back in the _ although it is not what we saw back in the autumn or february or january. _ in the autumn or february or january. it _ in the autumn or february or january, it is adding to existing pressure — january, it is adding to existing pressure that exists within the system — pressure that exists within the system. we are also seeing absenteeism from school, probably something like five times at the national— something like five times at the national rate, so again, there is an impact _ national rate, so again, there is an impact of— national rate, so again, there is an impact of those cases amongst younger— impact of those cases amongst younger people self—isolating aware that as _ younger people self—isolating aware that as an— younger people self—isolating aware that as an impact on other education that as an impact on other education that is— that as an impact on other education that is not— that as an impact on other education that is not being necessarily seen elsewhere. so don't see this is purely— elsewhere. so don't see this is purely a — elsewhere. so don't see this is purely a north — west of england issue _ purely a north — west of england issue andy— purely a north — west of england issue. andy and i will only call with— issue. andy and i will only call with other— issue. andy and i will only call with other leaders and ministers this morning looking at proposals for an— this morning looking at proposals for an enhanced response provision for an enhanced response provision for greater— for an enhanced response provision for greater manchester and lancashire and we are beginning to see that _ lancashire and we are beginning to see that in — lancashire and we are beginning to see that in the west of london and other— 5ee that in the west of london and other parts— see that in the west of london and other parts in the south—east, and at the _ other parts in the south—east, and at the south—west, also very significant increases in cases

there — significant increases in cases there it _ significant increases in cases there. it looks like this is a pattern— there. it looks like this is a pattern that has been repeated elsewhere and this does appear to be entirely— elsewhere and this does appear to be entirely driven by the delta variant _ entirely driven by the delta variant. probably the last thing to add before we move into the final stide _ add before we move into the final slide is _ add before we move into the final slide is also the concern that whilst — slide is also the concern that whilst we _ slide is also the concern that whilst we have got to that level of prevalence in younger people, whilst it might _ prevalence in younger people, whilst it might not be leading to hospitalisation, it increases the risk of— hospitalisation, it increases the risk of new variants being developed and a _ risk of new variants being developed and a new— risk of new variants being developed and a new indigenous variants being developed _ and a new indigenous variants being developed that may have higher transmissibility and may be more vaccine _ transmissibility and may be more vaccine resistant. that takes me to the last— vaccine resistant. that takes me to the last slide here which is looking at vaccination. we are clearly on 70 plus, _ at vaccination. we are clearly on 70 plus, who _ at vaccination. we are clearly on 70 plus, who have 91% with their second dose, _ plus, who have 91% with their second dose. very— plus, who have 91% with their second dose, very high levels of protection. we are creeping up on

the 50-69 — protection. we are creeping up on the 50—69 —year—olds and there is a to go— the 50—69 —year—olds and there is a to go there — the 50—69 —year—olds and there is a to go there. the rules have been changed — to go there. the rules have been changed now that we are now looking at an eight— changed now that we are now looking at an eight week gap for second doses— at an eight week gap for second doses rather than the 12 week gap. something we have been seeing every week, _ something we have been seeing every week, i_ something we have been seeing every week, i would urge when you get any call for— week, i would urge when you get any call for your— week, i would urge when you get any call for your second dose, go get your— call for your second dose, go get your second dose. a5 call for your second dose, go get your second dose. as far as the evidence — your second dose. as far as the evidence goes, in terms of the delta variant, _ evidence goes, in terms of the delta variant, the — evidence goes, in terms of the delta variant, the evidence is that basically, _ variant, the evidence is that basically, the second dose doubles at the _ basically, the second dose doubles at the amount of protection that you -et at the amount of protection that you get from _ at the amount of protection that you get from the delta variant. and that is absolutely true for the astrazeneca vaccine as well. four people _ astrazeneca vaccine as well. four people have had their first dose of aza vaccine, we have relatively good supplies— aza vaccine, we have relatively good supplies of— aza vaccine, we have relatively good supplies of the nz vaccine, so go and get _ supplies of the nz vaccine, so go and get your second dose —— astrazeneca vaccine. we are clearly expecting _ astrazeneca vaccine. we are clearly

expecting to go to start vaccinating under— expecting to go to start vaccinating under 29 _ expecting to go to start vaccinating under 29 is — expecting to go to start vaccinating under 29 is in the next week or so and have — under 29 is in the next week or so and have already been doing so in targeted — and have already been doing so in targeted areas and, again, the point made _ targeted areas and, again, the point made about the impact of transmission on a new variants, we would _ transmission on a new variants, we would urge — transmission on a new variants, we would urge all young people, as soon as they— would urge all young people, as soon as they have the opportunity, to get their vaccination. as they have the opportunity, to get theirvaccination. clearly, as they have the opportunity, to get their vaccination. clearly, the news today— their vaccination. clearly, the news today is— their vaccination. clearly, the news today is about us becoming an enhanced _ today is about us becoming an enhanced response area, something that we _ enhanced response area, something that we have had discussions with at official— that we have had discussions with at official level and a political level with government around and something that we _ with government around and something that we broadly welcome. this is something that is taking what was already— something that is taking what was already the case in blackburn and bolton _ already the case in blackburn and bolton and applying it to the whole of greater manchester and lancashire. they are measures that we welcome. i will run through them.

it we welcome. i will run through them. it includes _ we welcome. i will run through them. it includes a _ we welcome. i will run through them. it includes a rapid response team deployed — it includes a rapid response team deployed to support local authorities to plan and coordinate their ground campaign and the ability— their ground campaign and the ability to— their ground campaign and the ability to request military aid to the civil— ability to request military aid to the civil authorities, something that we — the civil authorities, something that we have had very successfully in bolton — that we have had very successfully in bolton. supervising school testing. _ in bolton. supervising school testing, waste water testing of samples — testing, waste water testing of samples prioritised for sequencing, specialist _ samples prioritised for sequencing, specialist support to increase awareness, particularly focus on engagement with disadvantaged groups — engagement with disadvantaged groups. this one, really important, although— groups. this one, really important, although the wording is a wonderful driver— although the wording is a wonderful driver vaccine uptake across eligible _ driver vaccine uptake across eligible cohorts by operating resources for operational delivery of the _ resources for operational delivery of the vaccine programme. we literally— of the vaccine programme. we literally translate that into surge vaccination and again, our officials have _ vaccination and again, our officials

have greatly programme for surge vaccination, a three week programme in targeted _ vaccination, a three week programme in targeted areas, as well as an exhilarated programme free vaccination across greater manchester. clearly, —— accelerated programme — manchester. clearly, —— accelerated programme. forthe manchester. clearly, —— accelerated programme. for the age groups were talking _ programme. for the age groups were talking about, it is particularly important we get adequate supplies of the _ important we get adequate supplies of the pfizer vaccine in order to be able to— of the pfizer vaccine in order to be able to do— of the pfizer vaccine in order to be able to do that surge vaccination. this director is a public health will be — this director is a public health will be able to recommend additional control— will be able to recommend additional control measures in educational settings — control measures in educational settings and most of them have already— settings and most of them have already asked schools to require pupils— already asked schools to require pupils and staff to start wearing facemasks again, basic precautionary measures— facemasks again, basic precautionary measures we can get enhanced support for compliance and enforcement as well _ for compliance and enforcement as well. probably the last thing i will mention— well. probably the last thing i will mention around this is what is described _ mention around this is what is described as enhanced guidance. i have to _ described as enhanced guidance. i have to say, this can be overstated. the enhanced guidance is basically

what i _ the enhanced guidance is basically what i think both myself and andy had been — what i think both myself and andy had been seeing every week for a large _ had been seeing every week for a large number of weeks, we are not out of— large number of weeks, we are not out of the — large number of weeks, we are not out of the woods yet, the figures clearly _ out of the woods yet, the figures clearly say — out of the woods yet, the figures clearly say were not out of the woods, — clearly say were not out of the woods, so _ clearly say were not out of the woods, so behave sensibly, adequate precautions. it does not mean that four people have planned trips that they have _ four people have planned trips that they have to cancel the trips or if they have to cancel the trips or if they have — they have to cancel the trips or if they have planned family parties, they have planned family parties, they have — they have planned family parties, they have to cancel those family parties — they have to cancel those family parties. go ahead, it is what the leader— parties. go ahead, it is what the leader bolton has been saying very clearly _ leader bolton has been saying very clearly for — leader bolton has been saying very clearly for the last few weeks because _ clearly for the last few weeks because they have been under the same _ because they have been under the same guidance that we are still under— same guidance that we are still under the — same guidance that we are still under the national system as far as controls _ under the national system as far as controls are — under the national system as far as controls are concerned and it is still very. — controls are concerned and it is still very, very clear that we do not support local lockdown is different controls in different parts — different controls in different parts of _ different controls in different parts of the country. this is guidance _ parts of the country. this is guidance that says behave sensibly and, again, that is what we want people _ and, again, that is what we want people to — and, again, that is what we want people to do, we want people to behave _ people to do, we want people to behave sensibly. so we are in, as i

have _ behave sensibly. so we are in, as i have said. — behave sensibly. so we are in, as i have said, certainly a position where — have said, certainly a position where there is undoubtedly a strain on the _ where there is undoubtedly a strain on the system. the measures that have _ on the system. the measures that have been— on the system. the measures that have been taken in bolton have been shown _ have been taken in bolton have been shown to _ have been taken in bolton have been shown to be — have been taken in bolton have been shown to be relatively successful in reducing _ shown to be relatively successful in reducing the prevalence fairly quickly — reducing the prevalence fairly quickly. we hope that by taking similar— quickly. we hope that by taking similar measures across greater manchester, first of all, we will not get — manchester, first of all, we will not get into the same position bolton — not get into the same position bolton did and we are able to bring down _ bolton did and we are able to bring down prevalence a very, very quickly — down prevalence a very, very quickly. and reduce the risk to individuals, reduce any risk of a new— individuals, reduce any risk of a new variants and allow our health system _ new variants and allow our health system to — new variants and allow our health system to get on with the recovery. the last _ system to get on with the recovery. the last thing i would say, and although— the last thing i would say, and although it is not a health thing, is that— although it is not a health thing, is that none of this stops our economy— is that none of this stops our economy functioning in exactly the way it— economy functioning in exactly the way it is— economy functioning in exactly the way it is functioning now. really, really _ way it is functioning now. really, really important we are able to keep people _ really important we are able to keep people in— really important we are able to keep people in work. really important we are able to keep people in work-— people in work. thanks very much, indeed, richard. _ people in work. thanks very much, indeed, richard. i— people in work. thanks very much, indeed, richard. iwill— people in work. thanks very much, indeed, richard. iwilljust- people in work. thanks very much, indeed, richard. i willjust add - people in work. thanks very much, indeed, richard. i willjust add to l indeed, richard. i willjust add to what you have said before i introduce them to speak to everyone

on the policing front —— before i introduce bev. as a richard watson, we have been in discussions with the government at a political level over the last few days and the... i'm grateful to the health secretary and other colleagues for the joint approach that has been taken to date, although we do have one big point on which we would like them to go a little further. richard touched on it, vaccination. i will come back to that. in a moment. overall, what i would like to say at the beginning is it is very important to keep a sense of proportion about what has been announced today. as richard said, this is guidance. it is advisor to the public, it is not a lockdown, it is not a ban and we

would obviously be grateful to you all on this call for reporting it accurately because by reporting it in a different way, it is then perceived in a different way by the public. it is very important that we are clear about what they say is. this is not about telling people to cancel their plans, it is asking them to be careful in setting any new ones, to minimise nonessential travel and, you know, that is, in our view, a sensible approach given the rise in cases that we have seen so it is about asking people to be cautious, to be more vigilant, given the rise cases, but at the same time, it is about saying that people can go about living their lives and we think it is very important that is properly understood by the

public. the encouraging news is that obviously bolton has had a similar measures to the ones that are being announced today for the other nine bodies in greater manchester and lancashire, and the signs are —— the other nine boroughs. the signs are encouraging. that gives everybody else hear encouragement. i believe that we are seeing a situation where intervention in the other nine boroughs is coming earlier than it we saw in bolton so we have every reason to believe that this, the rise were seen, can be brought under control quickly and at the situation can be turned around. we have got a very good grounds to believe that because of the way greater manchester is working, the efforts that are going in across our communities. we have every reason to

believe that what has been announced today will work. that said, we understand the fatigue amongst the public about any changes in advice. we also know that there will be concerns in our businesses. of course, what we are saying today is if we are, all of us, a little more cautious, more cognizant of the risks that are out there, they need to maintain distancing and all the sensible measures that we have been following, we will of course and then protect ourselves from things are deteriorating and we will, of course, by doing that protect our economy as well. we have been grateful for by the government, but the one point...— grateful for by the government, but the one point... andy burnham there, the one point... andy burnham there, the ma or the one point. .. andy burnham there, the mayor of— the one point... andy burnham there, the mayor of greater _ the one point... andy burnham there, the mayor of greater manchester - the one point... andy burnham there, the mayor of greater manchesterjust | the mayor of greater manchesterjust bringing us up—to—date with some of the new proposals are for those new restrictions outlined by the health

secretary, matt hancock, within the last couple of hours. we were looking at figures showing the rates of infection in bolton falling quite sharply, but the reason that the extra restrictions have been put into place is because we have healing from the region's health leader, infection rates are rising everywhere else but it rapidly across greater manchester. andy burnham saying, this is not about cancelling plans, it is about being cautious when making new ones. he says he is very keen to make sure the people of greater manchester and parts of lancashire can go about living their everyday lives, he wants this brought under control quickly, he says. he also points out this is guidance and advice, he said it is not a lockdown and it is not a band. you will know parts of greater manchester have been under some form of restriction for much of the last 12 months —— not a ban, so very keen to point out that this is not a further lockdown and the region is not being plunged into further restrictions but none the less, urging people to be cautious while going about their everyday lives. we

will take us that and if there is any more to bring you from that press conference from andy burnham, we will bring it to you right here. let's pause and have a look at the weather with matt taylor. over the next few days and nights you will notice it turns more humid. at the moment we have a fair bit of sunshine across most of england and wales, albeit hazy at times, more cloud into cumbria and north—west wales could produce some drizzle. it will be a fairly muggy night tonight. partly clear skies through much of england and eastern scotland. more cloud to the west and some of the rain and heavy into tomorrow morning. notice the temperatures though, most towns and cities in double figures. a lot more cloud across the whole of western uk tomorrow. rain or drizzle on and off through northern ireland and into scotland. a greater chance of some damp weather across parts of northern england and western parts of wales. the best of the sunshine

tomorrow in the central and eastern parts of england. temperatures again into the mid 20s. it's going to be warm and humid for the next few days. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. a leading internet delivery service is investigating an outage on its platform which may have taken dozens of major websites offline.

sport now and let's get a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. just days before they start their euros campaign, england manager gareth southgate has said he's "never believed we should just stick to football". his comments come after england players were booed for �*taking a knee' ahead of their warm up matches. he added that he and the players have a responsibility to use their voice, with it being their "duty to interact with the public on matetrs such as equality, inclusivity and racial injustice". defender luke shaw says their stance is clear. it’s defender luke shaw says their stance is clear. �* , . , defender luke shaw says their stance is clear. �*, . , , , defender luke shaw says their stance isclear. v . _ , ~ �* is clear. it's really simple. we've had discussions _ is clear. it's really simple. we've had discussions about _ is clear. it's really simple. we've had discussions about it, - is clear. it's really simple. we've had discussions about it, we've l had discussions about it, we've chosen— had discussions about it, we've chosen what we wanted to do and we agreed _ chosen what we wanted to do and we agreed it— chosen what we wanted to do and we agreed it was the right thing to carry— agreed it was the right thing to carry on— agreed it was the right thing to carry on taking the knee and it's a simple _ carry on taking the knee and it's a simple as— carry on taking the knee and it's a simple as that. we will keep doing that and _ simple as that. we will keep doing that and we believe in that and we won't _ that and we believe in that and we won't stop — wales defender connor roberts says

they're convinced they can at least match their performance five years ago in paris at the upcoming european championship. they're in baku, ahead of three group games in nine days, starting against switzerland on saturday. they also have italy and turkey to come. they had a fantastic run at euro 2016, reaching the semi—finals and roberts know this will be a tournament like no other. obviously, it is a lot different compared to last time, there were fans here, it was all in one place kind of thing. there was only a handful of players in the squad who were there and there are plenty of players, including young ones, who want to make their own memories and the only way we can do that is taking it almost by the scruff of the neck and enjoying it and doing everything we can to make the tournament a good one. former england batsman mark ramprakash says political intervention in the suspension of bowler ollie robinson is "unwelcome". robinson was dropped by the ecb after racist and sexist tweets he posted 8 or 9 years ago came to light, as he was making his england debut in the first test

against new zealand. prime minister borisjohnson backed the culture secretary oliver dowden, who said the suspension was "over the top" but ramparaksh believes england had no choice. i think it's a very sensible move by the ecb. to give themselves time to think about, well, first of all, to investigate, and to come up with a balanced and fair, appropriate punishment for ollie robinson. because clearly, this is a tricky situation. ideally, the ecb would have done some due diligence on the players that they want to select and represent, notjust the ecb, but the country, and represent society. all—rounder sophia dunkley has been given her first england women's central contract for this season. she made her international debut at the twenty20 world cup three years ago, and she's already scored a century this season for surrey and south east stars. dunkley is one of 17 players to receive a deal, ahead of a busy summer which begins

with their first test against india in more than seven years, starting a week tomorrow. one of the surprise successes at the french open, tamara zidansek, is through to the semi—finals. the slovenian had never made it past the second round at a grand slam before and she was the outsider in the last 8 line—up, ranked 85th in the world. but she beat paula badosa in three sets, winning the decider 8—6. english golfer danny willett has revealed he's had surgery for appendicitis. he played at the memorial tournament in ohio over the weekend and today he tweeted a picture of himself in a hospital bed with the message: "so the pain that kept me awake most of saturday night turned out to be appendicitis! operation went well, also removed a hernia, add it to having covid in march, wisdom tooth out in april. all in all, been a great year!" that's all the sport for now.

a metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping sarah everard, the 33 year old who vanished after walking home in south london in march. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford, kent. wayne couzens also accepted responsibility for killing sarah everard, but he was not asked to enter a plea to her murder, as the court is awaiting medical reports. members of sarah everard's family were in court to witness couzens enter his plea. here's our correspondent helena wilkinson. sarah everard had been walking home one night last march when she vanished from the street in clapham. she'd spent the evening at a friend's house. extensive searches were carried out. a week later, her body was found in woodland near ashford in kent.

today, met police officer wayne couzens admitted kidnapping the 33—year—old, unlawfully and by force or fraud. he also admitted raping miss everard. "guilty, sir," he said when asked to enter pleas on the two charges. the police officer also accepted responsibility for killing the marketing executive, but wasn't asked to enter a plea to a charge of murder, pending medical reports. members of miss everard's family were in court today to hear the pleas the police officer entered. sarah everard's death sparked an outpouring of shock and grief across the country. several cities across the uk held vigils in memory of the 33—year—old. pc wayne couzens is due back in court next month for a further plea hearing. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the us government says it has managed to recover £1.6 million

worth of cryptocurrency which had been paid to hackers who shut down a major fuel pipeline last month. the colonial pipeline was hacked by a group called �*darkside' which the usjustice department believes is based in russia. the cyber attack caused petrol shortages and price hikes across the eastern united states. here's the fbi explaining what it did and why it matters. today, the fbi successfully seized criminal proceeds from a bitcoin wallet that darkside ransomware actors used to collect a cyber ransom payment from a victim. we deprived a cyber criminal enterprise of the object of their activity, their financial proceeds and funding. for financially motivated cyber criminals, especially those presumably located overseas, cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. glen goodman is a bitcoin expert and author of �*the crypto trader'. hejoins me now.

what you don't really get a sense of from that press conferences how they did it. there is still a bit of secrecy about how they got the money back. , , . ~ secrecy about how they got the money back. , , ., ~ ., ., , back. yes. they talk about how they not hold of back. yes. they talk about how they got hold of the _ back. yes. they talk about how they got hold of the private _ back. yes. they talk about how they got hold of the private key - back. yes. they talk about how they got hold of the private key which - back. yes. they talk about how they got hold of the private key which is. got hold of the private key which is effectively a password that allows you to get into a bitcoin wallet. but how did they get that password because of the beauty of bitcoin actually is that it's not very good for doing ransoms because it's not completely anonymous like a lot of people think. when money was transferred from the wallet of the colonial white —— pipeline into the wallet of the hackers that can be traced by the fbi, by me, by anybody, you just go online and you can see the money going from one bitcoin wallet to another and then to another. so what it usually takes

is a slip—up somewhere along the line. if the fbi were watching carefully for example they might have been able during one switch from one wallet to another to intercept information, get hold of an e—mail address for the hackers, and then e—mail them and say we are the fbi, we don't know where we are but we have a particular set of skills and if you don't give us the money back now then we will hunt you down. orsomething money back now then we will hunt you down. or something along those lines. 50 down. or something along those lines. . , down. or something along those lines, ., , , ., down. or something along those lines. . , , ., lines. so many things to unpick there and _ lines. so many things to unpick there and we _ lines. so many things to unpick there and we will— lines. so many things to unpick there and we will get _ lines. so many things to unpick there and we will get to - lines. so many things to unpick there and we will get to them l lines. so many things to unpick| there and we will get to them in lines. so many things to unpick. there and we will get to them in a second. first of all, so much confusion about crypto currencies and whether they are traceable and part of a dark web and what they are used for. so much misinformation. just clarify that for us. people think you can't trace crypto currency but you can.- think you can't trace crypto currency but you can. you can't trace some — currency but you can. you can't trace some of _ currency but you can. you can't trace some of them, _ currency but you can. you can't trace some of them, there - currency but you can. you can't trace some of them, there are | currency but you can. you can't - trace some of them, there are some that are very difficult if not impossible to trace and that is what is confusing about this. if you are

a hacker and are able to hack into colonial pipeline systems and shutter the eastern seaboard's oil supply, then why would you make such a rookie mistake of using bitcoin because when the use bitcoin it meant one tiny error and the fbi can track you down. so they probably just handed over the password to the fbi, that's the impression i get. if they had used a crypto currency like mineiro which darkside themselves when they made the software they made it to be used with bitcoin or mineiro and that is much more difficult to track and trace and it's my view that at some point in the future of the fbi and the us authorities might get wise to that and start saying we are going to make it really hard for anybody in america to buy or sell mineiro because that way in future hijackers ask for currency in an un—trackable

form like mineiro then a us company can say we can't do mineiro because the us government has banned it. that'll probably be the way around that. �* , ., , that. i'm interested in what this means for _ that. i'm interested in what this means for publicity _ that. i'm interested in what this means for publicity of _ that. i'm interested in what this means for publicity of crypto . means for publicity of crypto currencies. does this reinforce the view they are traceable and trackable and mainstream and we should all be thinking about them? or does it say they are being used for ransoms and therefore it further, there is more murkiness and unease about using them. it further, there is more murkiness and unease about using them.— unease about using them. it was interesting _ unease about using them. it was interesting to — unease about using them. it was interesting to see _ unease about using them. it was interesting to see the _ unease about using them. it was interesting to see the price - unease about using them. it was interesting to see the price of. interesting to see the price of bitcoin fell, not a huge amount, but several percent after the announcement by the fbi. that did make me wonder, some people think it might be bad publicity for bitcoin. i am not entirely convinced because i am not entirely convinced because i think sooner or later everybody will get their heads around the idea that actually it's not a great idea

to ask for your ransoms and bitcoin. if you ask for a suitcase full of cash obviously you've got the problem if you are a criminal of not being seen while you pick up the suitcase but once you've got the suitcase but once you've got the suitcase and the money you can take it anywhere in the world and nobody can track it. with bitcoin if you get paid in bitcoin it can be traced through the internet everywhere it goes. i think in the long term we are not going to worry too much about that kind of thing, ransoms. terrorism financing, that is a bit of a worry that it's easier for terrorists to get paid in bitcoin than some other methods. they won't easily have access to dollars. there are various reasons why the us authorities might look darkly on bitcoin in the future. i don't think ransomware will be top of the list. it's been fascinating to talk to you and i've learnt a lot. thank you so much for being with us.

over 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after falling victim to an fbi—run operation which involved secretly distributing customised phones which included an encrypted messaging app. the operation, jointly set up by australia and the fbi, allowed police to monitor the criminals' chats about drug smuggling, money laundering, and even murder plots. our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. gunshots. a major australian police operation with an international reach. this has been a three—year collaboration between the country's federal police and the fbi in the united states. to give you an idea of the magnitude of our penetration, we were able to actually see photographs of hundreds of tonnes of cocaine that were concealed in shipments of fruit, we were able to see hundreds of kilos of cocaine that were concealed in canned goods.

the scale of what is known as operation ironside has been so massive it involved more than 4,000 officers in australia alone. today the australian government, as part of a global operation, has struck a heavy blow against organised crime — not just in this country, but one that will echo around organised crime around the world. this is a watershed moment in australian law enforcement history. authorities say 21 attempted murders were stopped, as well as a mass shooting in one of australia's suburbs, potentially saving many lives. hundreds of firearms, three tonnes of drugs and $35 million were seized. more than 200 people were arrested. at the heart of this operation is an encrypted app that key figures in australia's organised crime gangs were tricked into using. a drug trafficker unwittingly distributed the app, known as anom,

to many of his associates after he was given a device by undercover agents. officers were then able to read millions of messages in real—time, openly discussing murder plots, drug—trafficking and money—laundering. the investigation has allegedly exposed criminals linked to south american drug cartels, as well as asian, middle eastern and european criminal syndicates. for nine months, we have been receiving intelligence to build criminal cases and we have also had information that has helped us to prevent more than ten planned murders within sweden. this is a major hit to international organised crime — one that will shake the confidence in the use of technology to evade detection. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. earlier we heard from our security correspondent, gordon corera, who explained how

the operation became so widespread. based on the idea that criminals need to communicate and they were looking for something that they could trust. what they didn't realise is that a person who is developing this anom secure encrypted app had become an fbi informant and basically offered it to the fbi. and then what they did was clever because they they first gave about 50 devices to people in australia who they thought were involved in the criminal underworld and then relied, if you like, on word of mouth, on recommendations, on influences within the criminal underworld to spread the word about this encrypted app until it reached 90 countries, nearly 10,000 users all around the world all the time, with the fbi and others being able to read those messages in near real time, 20 million messages, which stopped a huge array of crimes. now, clearly, that did come to the end. perhaps it had been rumbled or someone had some questions about the security, but still a huge triumph for law enforcement internationally in breaking up this network.

there were some cases, we understand, in the uk involving the national crime agency, which which are being investigated, but it was less used here than in other countries. some breaking news, we have been told that borisjohnson will meet the us president in cornwall on thursday ahead of that g7 summit. they are discussing the response to the global pandemic amongst other things and the impact it's having around the world. we are told within the last few minutes the prime minister will meet the us president in cornwall on thursday will stop stop the uk government's website was temporarily down in a global internet outage which also affected

amazon, the guardian and the new york times sites. (our technology correspondent rory cellan jones explained what happened this was a pretty serious outage. vast range of sites. a lot of newspaper sites, amazon, there was a message saying error 503 service unavailable. it appears to be all down to a company called fast leaf which provides all sorts of essential services to websites. think of it as a traffic management system guiding traffic to them in a smooth way. it had a major problem and has put out a statement saying we identify the service configuration that triggered disruption globally and have disabled that consideration. it was not a hacking attack, it was some issue with this company. what that has highlighted isjust how issue with this company. what that

has highlighted is just how few companies we depend on to basically run the internet and if they go wrong everything falls apart. the children's charity unicef has warned that millions ofjabs could be wasted if poorer nations get them "in one go". lily caprani, the charity's vaccine lead, said developing countries didn't have the resources to distribute and administer massive stock—piles. she's been speaking to sima kotecha. with some countries ordering millions of covid vaccines, there are those who have very limited supplies. according to the world health organisation, less than 1% of afghanistan's population has been vaccinated, whilejust10,000 people have had theirfirstjab in south sudan, a country with a population of 11 million. fewer than 2% of the hundreds of millions of vaccine doses administered globally have been in africa. several high—profile celebrities have waded in on the debate.

they've signed a letter calling on g7 nations to donate 20% of their vaccines by the end of this august. signatories include david beckham, orlando bloom and olivia colman. in herfirst uk interview, the lead on covid vaccines at unicef told bbc newsnight there was no time for procrastination. the unintended consequence of saving all these vaccines up till christmas time is that countries won't be able to absorb them and roll them out, and therefore they could end up going to waste. we could see millions of doses of vaccine is not used and expiring, and that would be a tragedy. the uk government told us it will share the majority of any future surplus vaccines when they are available. i asked miss caprani, "should the vulnerable in developing countries be prioritised over the young in the uk?" now at some point, no doubt, we will need to vaccinate under—18s,

but the priority at this moment has to be making sure that all of the vulnerable and priority groups around the world get vaccines. so is unicef saying that vulnerable people abroad should be vaccinated before british children? we are saying that the priority for all of every country, the uk and all of the g7 nations, is to find a clear pathway out of the global pandemic, and the clearest pathway to do that is to make sure that every vulnerable group in every country is vaccinated. all governments are obliged to look after their people, and leaders at the g7 summit in cornwall will weigh up how to do that while not shying away from what unicef is calling a global responsibility. sima kotecha, bbc news. around 3% of adults have a stammer. that's according to the british stammering association. and one of those with the condition is the former scotland rugby union

captain kelly brown. he has been speaking to our reporter lydia campbell, who also has a stammer, about how sport can help to build communication skills. commentator: applause from the crowd, it's - all scotland can do. kelly brown is through. i'm kelly brown, former scotland rugby captain, and i've got a stammer. like me, kelly is one of the estimated 1.5 million adults in the uk who have a stammer, a neurological condition that makes it physically hard to speak. but kelly also rates the highest level of his sport, and having a stammer was never an issue when playing rugby. i started playing when i was about five, every sunday i'd go down to the club and all my mates were there, and we got to go out and throw a ball around and have fun, and so it was never even an issue, it wasn't even a part of the conversation. it was just a part of me and no one cared, and everyonejust accepted it. when i was growing up, really struggling with my speech,

i found sport was the safe spot. do you think that sport, with it being so communication based, can really help kids with stammers? i think it's brilliant for all sorts of life skills, but especially communication, because it teaches you how to be a part of a team, and a part of that is having to communicate with your team—mates. you know, good team—mates, you've got to support each other. and so it was just an amazing environment, i believe, for anyone that's got a stammer. many people with a stammer find the idea of sport daunting, but anything that can help to bring confidence can bring benefits. anything that gets them mixing with other people and having to talk and converse and building their confidence and potentially pushing themselves

out of their comfort zone as well is a positive thing for young people to do, to realise they can do these scary things. now a patron of the british stammering association, kelly has a strong message for those struggling because of their stammer. it's a part of you, it's just how you speak, but never let it hold you back. i fully believe that any stammerer, they can do whatever they want. lydia campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. it's been a pretty warm day for england and wales but over the next few days we continue with a warm theme across the board. it will turn increasingly humid and the cloud will produce more rain in the north and west. this is the rainfall chart for the rest of the week and it's mainly across western scotland. elsewhere a bit more patchy. at the

moment we have seen some light rain and drizzle across western areas. through the rest of today it stays very cloudy across much of scotland and northern ireland. further south and northern ireland. further south and east, temperatures remaining in the 20s into the early part of the evening. through the night, more rain and drizzle will come and go in western areas. if you heavy burst it in northern ireland and the far west of scotland. temperatures creeping up of scotland. temperatures creeping up night night at the moment and they will creep up further through they will creep up further through the rest of the week. high—pressure drawing in airfrom the the rest of the week. high—pressure drawing in air from the atlantic but with low pressure by iceland we will take up more of a breeze and more of —— and the way of rain. we could see patchy rain or drizzle across parts of northern and western england as well as west and wales. the sunniest conditions on wednesday in the

midlands and eastern england. temperatures still in the mid 20s. but with that humidity as we go through wednesday night into thursday temperatures are going to drop and these are the lows to take us into thursday morning. it is going to be a pretty humid start and that's because we've still got that south—westerly wind coming from the atlantic. more weather fronts will push into parts of north—west scotland and that will bring further rain at times. patchy drizzle and extensive cloud elsewhere. not expecting huge amounts of sunshine on thursday. but even with the cloud temperatures are still widely in the low to mid 20s. whilst we will still see the cloud on friday, by the weekend increasing amounts of sunshine and it's going to turn hot, especially for england and wales. some spots across england in particular could get close to around 30 degrees.

this is bbc news, i'm ben thompson. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support, and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape. a un tribunal in the hague has begun delivering its verdict on the appeal by the former bosnian serb military leader, ratko mladic, against his genocide conviction. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured

them into police hands. a leading internet delivery service is investigating an outage on its platform which may have taken dozens of major websites offline. and after ollie robinson, a second england cricket player is now under investigation for posting offensive material in the past. hello to you, a very warm welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has announced extra testing with military support for parts of greater manchester and lancashire to help with rising cases of the delta variant, which first emerged in india. the move comes with the same travel guidance currently in place for bolton,

which warns people to "minimise" travel in and out of the area. working with local authorities, we are providing a strengthened package of support based on what's working in bolton to help greater manchester and lancashire tackle the rise in the delta variant that we're seeing there. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. we know that this approach can work. we've seen it work in south london and in bolton in stopping a rise in the number of cases. this is the next stage of tackling the pandemic in manchester and in lancashire. and of course, it's vital that people in these areas, as everywhere else, come forward and get the jab as soon

as they're eligible, because that is our way out of this pandemic together. that is the health secretary, matt hancock. mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he's confident the guidance will bring the spread of the delta variant under control. bolton has had similar measures to the ones that are being announced today for the other nine boroughs in greater manchester and for lancashire, and the signs are that it is working and credit to all colleagues in bolton for their efforts because that gives everybody else here encouragement. i believe that we are seeing a situation where intervention in the other nine boroughs is coming earlier than we saw it in bolton, so we've every reason to believe that this, the rise that we're seeing can be brought under control quickly and the situation can be turned around. we've got very good grounds

to believe that because of the way greater manchester is working, the efforts that are going going in across our communities, we've every reason to believe what's been announced today will work. that said, we understand the fatigue amongst the public about any changes in advice. we also know that there will be concerns in our will be concerns in our businesses. of course, what we are saying today is if we are, all of us, a little more cautious, more cognizant of the risks that are out there, the need to maintain distancing and all of the sensible measures that we've been following, we will, of course, then protect ourselves from things deteriorating and we will, of course, by doing that, protect our economy as well. andy burnham there. what are the implications if you live in those affected areas?

our health correspondent dominic hughes is in manchesterfor us. so, the health secretary has described these measures as a strengthened package of support that has been extended to areas in the north—west that have seen a real spike in cases linked to the delta, or indian, variant of covid—19, and that basically means that the whole of greater manchester and all of the areas covered by lancashire county council. now, what this means for people in these areas is they've been asked to minimise travel in and out of affected areas, they've been asked to meet outside whenever possible rather than inside, and everyone is being urged to get a covid—19 test. i think people in the north—west will greet these measures with a weary sigh of resignation, but also of recognition because some of these areas haven't been out of some kind of restrictive measures for weeks and weeks, almost since the pandemic began. just a few weeks last summer, areas were free of restrictions. but the government will point to what has happened in bolton where surge testing and a real push on vaccinations does seem to have

brought infections down, and their argument is if it can happen in bolton, it can happen in these areas too. dominic years in manchester there. —— dominic hughes. our health editor hugh pym explained what this means for the lifting of restrictions later this month. it is certainly another issue for ministers and officials to consider before they make the big decision for england byjune the 1ath, next monday, as to whether all remaining restrictions should be lifted the following week, beginning onjune the 21st. i'm told this move in greater manchester and lancashire has been on the cards for a little while. it follows, as dominic was saying there, what's already happened in communities like bolton and leicester and bedford and hounslow in london with this big push to do surge testing. and they will argue, ministers, that it has worked up to a point in cutting cases and that it can work again and that it shouldn't necessarily affect the big decisions that have to be made for england. but clearly, this variant, first identified in india,

is spreading in greater manchester and lancashire and needs to be tackled, but the really important factor is to what extent it increases the numbers of people getting seriously ill and needing hospital treatment. we heard yesterday that of 126 hospital admissions caused by this variant, only three had had two doses of the vaccine. the rest either had one dose or, in many cases, hadn't had it at all. so the argument is the vaccine roll—out needs to be pushed on. but at the moment, hospital numbers remain pretty low, and that and pressure on the nhs is one of the big factors that will be considered. hugh pym there. joining me now is the labour leader of bury council, eamonn o'brien. welcome to bbc news. we have been hearing from our correspondence giving us a sense of what the restrictions could rid look like what they could mean. and you can

get any sense of what they will mean where you are?— where you are? most people will continue to _ where you are? most people will continue to go _ where you are? most people will continue to go about _ where you are? most people will continue to go about their- where you are? most people will i continue to go about their business as they have been doing. all we are asking, really is that people do acknowledge there is a greater risk at the moment, there are more cases out there and so some sense of common sense and being sensible about how often you meet with people, where you meet with them and in what numbers. some of thatjust needs to be taken into account now, but i think most people will still feel they can go about their daily lives, their plans, supporting our economy, which has reopened and ultimately, looking after each other and keeping each other safe at the same time. and keeping each other safe at the same time-— and keeping each other safe at the same time. ., �* ., , ,., , same time. you're absolutely right. we were listening _ same time. you're absolutely right. we were listening in _ same time. you're absolutely right. we were listening in to _ same time. you're absolutely right. we were listening in to that - same time. you're absolutely right. we were listening in to that press l we were listening in to that press conference held by the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who was very keen to point out that this is guidance, advice, not a lockdown, not a ban. one would wonder whether that is enough to curtail these infections? if it is not a lockdown, not a ban, will it

serve its purpose to help bring down that rate of infection? i serve its purpose to help bring down that rate of infection?— that rate of infection? i think, by itself, it will— that rate of infection? i think, by itself, it will not _ that rate of infection? i think, by itself, it will not do _ that rate of infection? i think, by itself, it will not do that. - that rate of infection? i think, by itself, it will not do that. and - itself, it will not do that. and thatis itself, it will not do that. and that is why it is so important that the government does bring in that extra support for testing and, crucially, backs it up with additional vaccinations. we have seenin additional vaccinations. we have seen in bolton some success so far in reducing the numbers are from a very, very high peak. much of that has been down to testing and vaccination hand—in—hand targeted at the areas most at risk so this advice and guidance, you know, it will not be enough by itself, but with people being sensible at the same time, we also have to do the hard work of getting people vaccinated and finding the people with who have got it as early as possible to surge a mass testing, especially in our younger age groups as well. , ., ~ ., as well. yes and we know there will be military — as well. yes and we know there will be military support _ as well. yes and we know there will be military support to _ as well. yes and we know there will be military support to make - as well. yes and we know there will be military support to make that. be military support to make that testing happen. you mention vaccinations, what we did not hear from the health secretary was

whether there will be more vaccinations offered to those affected areas. do you have any information on that? where you told whether you would get more in your area? irate whether you would get more in your area? ~ ., ., , ., ., area? we have not been told that, but our experience _ area? we have not been told that, but our experience locally, - area? we have not been told that, but our experience locally, both i area? we have not been told that, but our experience locally, both in j but our experience locally, both in bolton, has been more vaccination makes a difference so in my borough of bury, we actually used as a manchester supply, got some pop—up targeted testing in the last couple of weeks, so we can move it around the system, but really, andy burnham as eddie mair was right, we need to see that supply nationally being driven more towards greater manchester —— as the mayor. ultimately, that will make probably the biggest difference in all of this, testing will help, you know, more advice and guidance about people being sensible will help, but it is the vaccination that is key, i think, to unlocking a world where we are not under potential further restrictions.—

are not under potential further restrictions. and on that note of restrictions. _ restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite _ restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite clear - restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite clear here, i restrictions. and on that note of| restrictions, quite clear here, as we said again, not a lockdown, not a ban, but the travel advice is such that people should not be entering or leaving. is that something you would echo that people should be very cautious about travelling in or out of bury, for example? ida. very cautious about travelling in or out of bury, for example?- out of bury, for example? no, i think that _ out of bury, for example? no, i think that a _ out of bury, for example? no, i think that a extreme _ out of bury, for example? no, i think that a extreme than - out of bury, for example? no, i think that a extreme than we i out of bury, for example? no, i - think that a extreme than we would really interpret the advice at the moment. it is thing to minimise at that travel, being more sensible when you're travelling so one example would be, if you're going out to a restaurant or for a family meal or catching up with friends, book a table outside, or find space when it is more open, more ventilation. i think it is that, thatis ventilation. i think it is that, that is how i would interpret this and this is how most people will continue to interpret it. we have beenin continue to interpret it. we have been in restrictions, you know, about this time last year, people were having flights cancelled, celebrations and get—togethers cancelled because we were told, you know, these restrictions are legally enforceable, you should not be

travelling outside of the area. we are in a very different space right now. i think that has a positive and i think we just have to encourage people again to be a bit more sensible, think how they are going to travel, but it is not a case of this is a no—go zone, we still want people to come to bury and greater manchester, we have some lovely weather at the moment, we do want people to be out there enjoying it and supporting our local economy. yes, absolutely. even, it is great to get your thoughts there —— eamonn. some you tighter restrictions and are very keen to point out it is guidance and advice, not a return to a lockdown. elsewhere today... a metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping sarah everard, the 33—year—old who vanished after walking home in south london in march. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford, kent. wayne couzens also accepted responsibility for killing sarah everard, but he was not asked to enter a plea to her

murder, as the court is awaiting medical reports. members of sarah everard's family were in court to witness couzens enter his plea. here's our correspondent helena wilkinson. sarah everard had been walking home one night last march when she vanished from the street in clapham. she'd spent the evening at a friend's house. extensive searches were carried out. a week later, her body was found in woodland near ashford in kent. today, met police officer wayne couzens admitted kidnapping the 33—year—old, unlawfully and by force or fraud. he also admitted raping miss everard. "guilty, sir," he said when asked to enter pleas on the two charges. the police officer also accepted responsibility for killing the marketing executive, but wasn't asked to enter a plea to a charge of murder, pending medical reports. members of miss everard's family were in court today to hear the pleas

the police officer entered. sarah everard's death sparked an outpouring of shock and grief across the country. several cities across the uk held vigils in memory of the 33—year—old. pc wayne couzens is due back in court next month for a further plea hearing. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the uk government's website was temporarily down in a global internet outage which also affected amazon, the guardian and the new york times. our technology correspondent rory cellan jones explained what happened. people visiting them got a message saying error, 503, service

unavailable. it appears to have been all down to a company called fastly, all down to a company called fastly, a cloud computing company, think of it as a traffic management system guiding the traffic to them any smooth way. it had a major problem, put out a statement saying, we identified a service configuration that disrupted things globally and have a fix that. it was not a hacking attack, it was an issue with this company. what it has highlighted isjust this company. what it has highlighted is just how few companies we depend on to basically run at the internet and if they go wrong, everything falls apart. the democratic unionist party leader edwin poots has announced he will be nominating paul givan to be the next first minister of northern ireland. mr givan will be proposed for the position in the northern ireland assembly on monday, when arlene foster is set to resign as first minister. it will be put to a vote and will require the support

of sinn fein in order to pass. our correspondent in belfast, chris page, gave this update. it was one of those worst kept secrets in politics moment, a long—standing ally of edwin poots so had been tipped to be the man who mr pitts would nominate to take over as a first minister at stormont. he is relatively young, he is 39 and has been a member of the stormont assembly for ten years. he has held some senior positions in that time, most recently chair of thejustice most recently chair of the justice committee. a few years ago, he was communities minister, meaning he was in charge of everything from the welfare system to grassroots sport. so he does have ministerial experience does not like mr boots, he has a socially conservative views —— mr boots. he has been stealing a

conservative members bill —— mr poots. and effectively ban abortions in cases where an unbound child is diagnosed with a serious disability. likewise with mr poots, he says his faith as part of his politics, he is a member of the free presbyterian church, the church that the dup's founder, ian paisley, set up decades ago. speaking in the great hall at stormont this afternoon, confirming mr poots... he said he had a great response ability and policy issues, he said he would bring down hospital waiting less in northern ireland and suggested it would be a priority for him. he will be proposed as first minister in the stormont assembly on monday, which is when arlene foster will resign as first minister. that proposal will be put to a vote and

it will have to be voted through any cross community basis, so the dup's main perishing partners in the assembly, sinn fein, —— power shading partners, will have to agree in orderfor him to ta ke take up office. a line a baking is cominu take up office. a line a baking is coming into _ take up office. a line a baking is coming into us _ take up office. a line a baking is coming into us at _ take up office. a line a baking is coming into us at the _ take up office. a line a baking is coming into us at the bbc. -- i coming into us at the bbc. —— breaking news. the trial in the hague has given its verdict on the former bosnian serb ratko mladic leader who was appealing a genocide conviction in 2017, that tribunal, itjailed him in 2017 for life. he had been appealing against that conviction. the court, within the last few minutes, confirming the life sentence and conviction for ratko mladic. this all relates to

the accusation and conviction for overseeing the massacre of 8000 bosnian muslim men and boys. that war crimes tribunal finding bosnian muslim men and boys. that war crimes tribunalfinding him war crimes tribunal finding him guilty war crimes tribunalfinding him guilty of that in 2017 in sentencing him to life. within the last few minutes, we have had at the verdict of the appeal, that appeal has upheld the genocide conviction and at the life sentence. i the former bosnian serb military leader, ratko mladic. we will speak to our correspondent in the hague within the next few minutes, butjust confirmation of what you can see there, that life sentence confirmed after that appeal in the un war crimes tribunal. over 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after falling victim to an fbi—run operation which involved secretly distributing customised phones which included an encrypted messaging app.

the operation, jointly set up by australia and the fbi, allowed police to monitor the criminals' chats about drug smuggling, money laundering, and even murder plots. our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. gunshots a major australian police operation with an international reach. this has been a three—year collaboration between the country's federal police and the fbi in the united states. to give you an idea of the magnitude of our penetration, we were able to actually see photographs of hundreds of tonnes of cocaine that were concealed in shipments of fruit, we were able to see hundreds of kilos of cocaine that were concealed in canned goods. the scale of what is known as operation ironside has been so massive it involved more than 4,000 officers in australia alone. today the australian government, as part of a global operation, has struck a heavy blow against organised crime —

not just in this country, but one that will echo around organised crime around the world. this is a watershed moment in australian law enforcement history. authorities say 21 attempted murders were stopped, as well as a mass shooting in one of australia's suburbs, potentially saving many lives. hundreds of firearms, three tonnes of drugs and $35 million were seized. more than 200 people were arrested. at the heart of this operation is an encrypted app that key figures in australia's organised crime gangs were tricked into using. a drug trafficker unwittingly distributed the app, known as anom, to many of his associates after he was given a device by undercover agents. officers were then able to read millions of messages in real—time, openly discussing murder plots, drug—trafficking and money—laundering.

the investigation has allegedly exposed criminals linked to south american drug cartels, as well as asian, middle eastern and european criminal syndicates. for nine months, we have been receiving intelligence to build criminal cases and we have also had information that has helped us to prevent more than ten planned murders within sweden. this is a major hit to international organised crime — one that will shake the confidence in the use of technology to evade detection. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. we can speak now to bill goodwin, investigations editor at computer weekly. welcome to bbc news, nice to have you with us. we were hearing in that reportjust you with us. we were hearing in that report just about what happened, but i wonder how they manage to do it? we talk about the encrypted messaging app, just explain a little

bit more about what the police managed to do here.— bit more about what the police managed to do here. well, it really is very clever- _ managed to do here. well, it really is very clever. so _ managed to do here. well, it really is very clever. so the _ managed to do here. well, it really is very clever. so the police - is very clever. so the police actually managed to create and run at their own encrypted phone network so it was used by thousands of organised criminals worldwide and they were using devices that supposedly sent secure messages and claimed to be impregnable by law enforcement. and yet, everything they dead was monitored by the fbi and the australian police and all of their messages were read, almost as they sent them. the their messages were read, almost as they sent them-— to do that in itself is quite significant. what does it tell us about the tools at the disposal of the law enforcement authorities, but also the way they were managed to be one step ahead of the criminals here. ., ., . �* , here. indeed, law enforcement's tools are getting _ here. indeed, law enforcement's tools are getting increasingly - tools are getting increasingly sophisticated and we have seen in

recent months and years quite a number of these encrypted for networks being hacked or broken into. this one was slightly different in that the fbi had a person on the inside who developed the software and became an informant and agreed to distribute it through his network of distributors and that is how it came into the organised crime a community. they were specifically targeted with a software that had holes are built—in. it was designed to be unacceptable by the fbi and police. —— incorruptible. it unacceptable by the fbi and police. -- incorruptible.— -- incorruptible. it seems that is the successful— -- incorruptible. it seems that is the successful outcome, - -- incorruptible. it seems that is the successful outcome, but - -- incorruptible. it seems that is the successful outcome, but it i -- incorruptible. it seems that is l the successful outcome, but it was not all plain sailing. uber reporting in march that perhaps that operation had been rumbled. yes, thatis operation had been rumbled. yes, that is true. —— you were reporting.

someone wrote a blog post in march exposing the system, called anom, as a compromise a system. and they looked at the software and technology, the servers that were linked to it and they were able to work out and present mighty credible argument that it was so insecure it almost certainly had been penetrated by law enforcement. mysteriously, that blog post was taken down and did not seem to affect the confidence of people using this technology. i guess if it was you and me and we wanted a secure conversation, we would probably use whatsapp or signal or an app we can download on our mobile phones, but they do sort of a status symbol amongst criminal groups in buying these very expensive phones that are perhaps not that much more secure than an app we could use ourselves. but they buy it from people they

trust, they know any people who are selling it and therefore they trust it to be secure and, of course, that is a way that went along for the criminal groups involved. how much of a setback will this be for those criminal groups?— of a setback will this be for those criminal groups? absolutely huge setback. 800 _ criminal groups? absolutely huge setback. 800 people _ criminal groups? absolutely huge setback. 800 people have - criminal groups? absolutely huge setback. 800 people have been l setback. 800 people have been arrested so far, but that is just within the first day. so police in 16 countries will have intelligence on criminal operations and according to the australian police, these are really people at the top of organised crime groups, they are not the minnows, so i think there will be a huge amount of intelligence to go through and to analyse that will give a lot of information about other crime operations all around the world. �* . other crime operations all around the world. �* , ., ., ., other crime operations all around the world. �* , ., ., the world. bill, it is good to have our the world. bill, it is good to have your insight. _ the world. bill, it is good to have your insight. it — the world. bill, it is good to have your insight, it is _ the world. bill, it is good to have your insight, it is a _ the world. bill, it is good to have your insight, it is a fascinating i your insight, it is a fascinating story. bill goodwin, computer editor

at computer weekly. the arrest of criminals around the world after falling victim to being tricked into using that app. the police have confirmed the life sentences and conviction against the former bosnian serb leader, ratko mladic. i'm joined now by anna holigan in the hague. please just expend some of the context, a significant drilling. abs, context, a significant drilling. significant drilling, i am holding a copy of the final appealjudgment, ratko mladic, nicknamed the butcher of bosnia was in this court. he was the military leader at the time presiding over this killing machine that swept through the territory, trying to ethnically cleanse on bustling maintenance from parts of

the country —— claims that the bosnian muslims. the appeals chamber, the finaljudgment, means that ratko mladic, 78—year—old now, and many fear this moment would never come, that he would die before this finaljudgment. they have found that he was indeed guilty of committing genocide, persecution, examination, murder, deportation, unlawful attacks on civilians, and that this was a really systematic campaign. it started in the early 19905 campaign. it started in the early 1990s with persecution, then in sarajevo sniping and shelling of the capital, a four—year siege. pictures at any time showed ratko mladic ordering his men to shell the civilian population until they were on the edge of madness and then, of course, is that the biggest crime committed on european soil since the

holocaust —— srebenica. 800 men and boys killed, separated from their wives and daughters, hunted through the forests, a un designated safe gun, the un peacekeepers aware of a run. some of the survivors inside, one survivor says he continues with his life, but days like that he is transported to that moment witnessing his friends being executed. another woman lost her 17—year—old son in that genocide, 22 otherfamily members as 17—year—old son in that genocide, 22 other family members as well. for them, it has been a long road to justice, but this represents a portion of that. one other thing to say, though, is that in this final appealjudgment, upholding at the life imprisonment given to ratko mladic, onejudge gave a dissenting opinion and there is a risk now that could reopen the old winds and lead to some who still consider ratko

mladic to be a war hero in the region to continue to deny the genocide. region to continue to deny the uenocide. . region to continue to deny the uenocide. , , region to continue to deny the genocide-— region to continue to deny the uenocide. , , ., ., , ,., , genocide. yes, it is an absolutely astonishing _ genocide. yes, it is an absolutely astonishing chargesheet, - genocide. yes, it is an absolutely astonishing chargesheet, isn't i genocide. yes, it is an absolutelyj astonishing chargesheet, isn't it? genocide. yes, it is an absolutely. astonishing chargesheet, isn't it? i wonder, people watching this will have known ratko mladic�*s name but also another who went through a similar process trying to appeal against his sentence. that was ultimately turned into a life sentence. some parallels here. and none the less, many came to draw a line under a very awful, a horrendous periods of history. precisely. and one of the things that was being said was after the second world war, never again they said but then there was a srebenica. there was a political leader at the time, he was sentenced to life and will be serving that a life sentence in the uk. there is a yugoslav tribunal, though, it is celebrated as a success story, a rare success

story, in internationaljustice so of the 161 people who were indicted in connection with these atrocities, all of them have been accounted for, but one, the former president, slobodan milosevic, he died while in custody here in the hague and that there are so many involved in those who feared that ratko mladic would die to before reaching this moment. he is 78 years old, we have been following this process since the start. he is compared to the burly bolshie general on the battlefield, he liked to talk to journalists, show what he was doing, but now he is a very frail man, had a series of strokes and his defence team tried to have this feeling delayed a number of times. citing health issues, but it did not succeed. and now we have this, this final judgment which means ratko mladic, the former leader of the bosnian serb army will spend the last of his life behind bars because there is nowhere to go beyond this. there civilians in the finaljudgment now. and i, thank you for now. i know you

will keep us updated with all the developments there as they come in. anna in the hay, confirming as you can see on the screen that breaking news within the last few minutes. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape un judges in the hague have upheld the conviction and life sentences against former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, who had appealed against his genocide conviction. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. a leading internet delivery service is investigating an outage on its platform which may have taken

dozens of major websites offline. sport and let's get a a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england manager gareth southgate says he's never believed players in the national team should "just stick to football". england begin their european championship campaign on sunday against croatia after a couple of warm up matches where players taking the knee have been booed by fans. he says they have a responsibility to use their voice, and said it was their �*duty to interact with the public on matters such as equality, inclusivity and racial injustice'. defender luke shaw says their stance is clear. it's really simple. we've had discussions about it, we've chosen what we wanted to do and we agreed it was the right thing to carry on taking the knee and it's a simple as that.

we will keep doing that and we believe in that and we won't stop. wales defender connor roberts says they're convinced they can at least match their performance five years ago in paris at the upcoming european championship. they're in baku, ahead of three group games in nine days, starting against switzerland on saturday. they also have italy and turkey to come. they had a fantastic run at euro 2016, reaching the semi—finals and roberts know this will be a tournament like no other. obviously, it is a lot different compared to last time, there were fans here, it was all in one place kind of thing. there was only a handful of players in the squad who were there and there are plenty of players, including young ones, who want to make their own memories and the only way we can do that is taking it almost by the scruff of the neck and enjoying it and doing everything we can to make the tournament a good one. england bowlerjames anderson has

spoken in support of ollie robinson who was suspended after racist and sexist tweets he posted 8 or 9 years ago came to light. robinson was making his england debut in the first test against new zealand at the time. prime minister borisjohnson and culture secretary oliver dowden have both said his suspension is an over—reaction by the ecb. other former players have argued that the ecb needs to send the strongest message possible, but anderson says robinson has learned his lesson. he stood up in front of the group and apologised and you could see how sincere _ and apologised and you could see how sincere and _ and apologised and you could see how sincere and upset he was. i think as a group _ sincere and upset he was. i think as a group we — sincere and upset he was. i think as a group we appreciate he is a different— a group we appreciate he is a different person now. he has done a lot of— different person now. he has done a lot of maturing and growing since then and — lot of maturing and growing since then and he's got the full support of the _ then and he's got the full support of the team. all—rounder sophia dunkley has been given her first england women's central contract for this season. she made her international debut at the twenty20 world cup three years ago, and she's already scored

a century this season for surrey and south east stars. dunkley is one of 17 players to receive a deal, ahead of a busy summer which begins with their first test against india in more than seven years, starting a week tomorrow. one of the surprise successes at the french open, tamara zidansek, is through to the semi—finals. the slovenian had never made it past the second round at a grand slam before and she was the outsider in the last eight line—up, ranked 85th in the world. but she beat paula badosa in three sets, winning the decider 8—6. and britain'sjohanna konta has won her opening match at nottingham. she's the top seed at the wimbedon warm—up tournament, and breezed past the dutch qualifier lesley pattinama kerkhove in straight sets. and good news in the mixed doubles too withjoe salisbury through to the final thanks to a walkover in the semis with partner desirae krawczyk. details on that and all the tennis on our website and app. more from us a little later on.

health and social care staff in england are so exhausted that the situation is an �*emergency�* and could even put the future of the nhs at risk, that's the warning from a group of mps. the department of health and social care says it is doing everything to support their wellbeing. katherine da costa reports. lineremiah's been a nurse for 25 years, with experience of working under pressure in both critical care and a&e. but, like many in her profession, the intensity of the last 16 months has left them physically and emotionally exhausted. liz needed counselling when she hit breaking point. we talk about "it's ok to not be ok" — but actually it's not ok. we shouldn't be in that situation in the first place. i, myself, i'm not going to lie, i fell apart during the first pandemic, and had some intensive counselling and it required some certified time off work.

i've managed for the last year, but at what cost? a report by mps found the nhs was short of 50,000 nurses going into the pandemic. it said the covid crisis had exacerbated existing problems. the health service is still under significant pressure, dealing with emergencies and trying to clear a record backlog of operations. former health secretaryjeremy hunt, now chair of the health and care select committee which commissioned the report, says a longer term thinking is needed. we need a total overhaul of workforce planning, because there is a failure in the system. it takes seven years to train a doctor, three years to train a nurse, and it's never enough of a priority for the department of health and social care and the treasury when it comes to spending reviews, to spend this money on doctors and nurses that you're not going to see for many years hence. health unions have warned excessive

workloads across the nhs and social care risk staff leaving their profession early. if that happens, it would be catastrophic for our health service, at a time when we are facing the biggest backlog of care we've ever known. while unions back calls to boost recruitment, they want more to be done in the short term to tackle staff burn—out — something health leaders say is being addressed. we recognise the fact that people are going to feel tired, they are going to feel in a state of real exhaustion, so the health and well—being is critical and we've got a range of services in place. for some areas it is additional funding, like in general practice, for other areas it is counselling and talking therapies, mental health and well—being hotlines, text support which is 2a/7. the department of health and social care says it's doing everything to support the well—being of staff and that the government's backed the nhs every turn. but those on the front line fear

there's still no letup in sight. katherine da costa, bbc news. the creation of a central nhs digital database from gp records in england will be delayed by two months, the government has announced. the system was due to begin on 1 july, but the date has now been pushed back to 1 september. the nhs had been calling for a delay to allow patients more time to learn about the system. a british tourist fought off a crocodile three times as it attacked her identical twin during a holiday in mexico. 28—year—old twins georgia and melissa laurie were swimming in mexico when melissa was dragged underwater by the reptile. her sister georgia managed to get her sister to safety by hitting the crocodile repeatedly. both sisters are now in hospital in mexico. two men have been arrested after the french president emmanuel

macron was slapped in the face, during a visit to the southeast of france. in this video circulating on social media, mr macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to tain—l�*hermitage outside the city of valence. a man slaps mr macron in the face before officers quickly move in. the us government says it has managed to recover £1.6 million worth of cryptocurrency which had been paid to hackers who shut down a major fuel pipeline last month. the colonial pipeline was hacked by a group called �*darkside' which the usjustice department believes is based in russia. the cyber attack caused petrol shortages and price hikes across the eastern united states. here's the fbi explaining what it did and why it matters. today, the fbi successfully seized criminal proceeds from a bitcoin wallet that darkside ransomware actors used to collect a cyber ransom

payment from a victim. we deprived a cyber criminal enterprise of the object of their activity, their financial proceeds and funding. for financially motivated cyber criminals, especially those presumably located overseas, cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. earlier i spoke to glen goodman, a bitcoin expert and author of �*the crypto trader'. he told me there's still secrecy surrounding how the fbi got their money back. they talk about how they got hold of the private key which is effectively a password that allows you to get into a _ a password that allows you to get into a bitcoin wallet. but how did they get— into a bitcoin wallet. but how did they get the password? the beauty of bitcoin _ they get the password? the beauty of bitcoin actually is that it's not very— bitcoin actually is that it's not very good _ bitcoin actually is that it's not very good for doing ransoms because it's not— very good for doing ransoms because it's not completely anonymous like a

lot of— it's not completely anonymous like a lot of people think. when money was transferred _ lot of people think. when money was transferred from the wallet of colonial — transferred from the wallet of colonial pipeline into the wallet of the hackers, that can be traced by the hackers, that can be traced by the fbi. _ the hackers, that can be traced by the fbi. by— the hackers, that can be traced by the fbi, by me, by anybody. you go online _ the fbi, by me, by anybody. you go online and _ the fbi, by me, by anybody. you go online and you can see the money going _ online and you can see the money going from — online and you can see the money going from one bitcoin wallet to another— going from one bitcoin wallet to another and then to another. so what it usually— another and then to another. so what it usually takes is a slip—up, somewhere along the line the fbi were watching carefully and then they might have been able during one switch _ they might have been able during one switch from one wallet to another to intercept _ switch from one wallet to another to intercept information, perhaps a message — intercept information, perhaps a message or get hold of an e—mail address— message or get hold of an e—mail address for— message or get hold of an e—mail address for the hackers, and then perhaps— address for the hackers, and then perhaps e—mailthem and address for the hackers, and then perhaps e—mail them and say we are the fbi. _ perhaps e—mail them and say we are the fbi. we— perhaps e—mail them and say we are the fbi, we don't know where you are but we _ the fbi, we don't know where you are but we have _ the fbi, we don't know where you are but we have a — the fbi, we don't know where you are but we have a very particular set of skills _ but we have a very particular set of skills and _ but we have a very particular set of skills and if— but we have a very particular set of skills and if you don't give us the money— skills and if you don't give us the money back now then we will hunt you down _ money back now then we will hunt you down. something along those lines. so that— down. something along those lines. so that in— down. something along those lines. so that in itself is interesting. first of all, so much confusion about tiptoe currencies and whether

they are traceable and whether they are part of a dark web and what they are part of a dark web and what they are used for. so much misinformation. maybejust are used for. so much misinformation. maybe just clarify that for us. people think you cannot trace crypto currency but you can. you can't trace some of them, there are some _ you can't trace some of them, there are some that are very difficult if not impossible to trace. that is what _ not impossible to trace. that is what is — not impossible to trace. that is what is confusing about this. if you are a _ what is confusing about this. if you are a hacker— what is confusing about this. if you are a hackerand what is confusing about this. if you are a hacker and you are clever and are a hacker and you are clever and are able— are a hacker and you are clever and are able to — are a hacker and you are clever and are able to hack into colonial pipeline _ are able to hack into colonial pipeline systems and shut down the eastern _ pipeline systems and shut down the eastern seaboard's oil supply, why on earth _ eastern seaboard's oil supply, why on earth would you make such a rookie _ on earth would you make such a rookie mistake of using bitcoin? a5 rookie mistake of using bitcoin? as i say. _ rookie mistake of using bitcoin? a5 lsay. when — rookie mistake of using bitcoin? as i say, when the use bitcoin if they make _ i say, when the use bitcoin if they make just — i say, when the use bitcoin if they make just a — i say, when the use bitcoin if they make just a tiny error and the fbi then— make just a tiny error and the fbi then threatens them and says give us your password right now we are going to track— your password right now we are going to track you _ your password right now we are going to track you down, they probably 'u5t to track you down, they probably just handed over the password to the fbi is— just handed over the password to the fbi is the _ just handed over the password to the fbi is the impression i get. if they used _ fbi is the impression i get. if they used a _ fbi is the impression i get. if they used a crypto currency like mineiro which _ used a crypto currency like mineiro which dark— used a crypto currency like mineiro which dark side themselves when they made it— which dark side themselves when they made it to _ which dark side themselves when they made it to be used with bitcoin

mineiro. — made it to be used with bitcoin mineiro, mineiro is much more difficult — mineiro, mineiro is much more difficult to _ mineiro, mineiro is much more difficult to track and trace and it's my— difficult to track and trace and it's my view that at some point in the future — it's my view that at some point in the future the fbi and the us authorities might get wise to that and start— authorities might get wise to that and start saying we are going to make _ and start saying we are going to make it — and start saying we are going to make it really hard for anybody in america _ make it really hard for anybody in america to — make it really hard for anybody in america to buy or sell mineiro because — america to buy or sell mineiro because that way if future hijackers asked _ because that way if future hijackers asked for— because that way if future hijackers asked for currency in an intractable form _ asked for currency in an intractable form like _ asked for currency in an intractable form like mineiro the us company being _ form like mineiro the us company being hijacked canjust say we can't do mineiro — being hijacked canjust say we can't do mineiro because the us government has banned _ do mineiro because the us government has banned it over here. that would be the _ has banned it over here. that would be the way— has banned it over here. that would be the way around that. i�*m be the way around that. i'm interested _ be the way around that. i'm interested in _ be the way around that. i�*m interested in what this means for publicity of crypto currencies. does this reinforce the view they are traceable and mainstream and we should all be thinking about them or does it play the other way and it just means more of that murkiness and unease people might have about

you zone tiptoe currency? it and unease people might have about you zone tiptoe currency?— you zone tiptoe currency? it was interesting — you zone tiptoe currency? it was interesting to _ you zone tiptoe currency? it was interesting to see _ you zone tiptoe currency? it was interesting to see the _ you zone tiptoe currency? it was interesting to see the price i you zone tiptoe currency? it was interesting to see the price of. interesting to see the price of bitcoin— interesting to see the price of bitcoin fell, not a huge amount, but several— bitcoin fell, not a huge amount, but several percent after the announcement by the fbi. that did make _ announcement by the fbi. that did make me _ announcement by the fbi. that did make me wonder, some people think it would _ make me wonder, some people think it would be _ make me wonder, some people think it would be bad publicity for bitcoin. i am would be bad publicity for bitcoin. i am not _ would be bad publicity for bitcoin. i am not entirely convinced because sooner— i am not entirely convinced because sooner or— i am not entirely convinced because sooner or later i think everyone will get — sooner or later i think everyone will get their heads around the idea that actually it's not a great idea to ask— that actually it's not a great idea to ask for— that actually it's not a great idea to ask for your ransoms and bitcoin. the headlines on bbc news: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape un judges in the hague have upheld the conviction and life sentences against former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, who had appealed against his genocide conviction.

the children's charity unicef has warned that millions ofjabs could be wasted if poorer nations get them �*in one go'. lily caprani, the charity's vaccine lead, said developing countries didn't have the resources to distribute and administer massive stock—piles. she's been speaking to sima kotecha. with some countries ordering millions of covid vaccines, there are those who have very limited supplies. according to the world health organisation, less than 1% of afghanistan's population has been vaccinated, whilejust10,000 people have had theirfirstjab in south sudan, a country with a population of 11 million. fewer than 2% of the hundreds of millions of vaccine doses administered globally have been in africa. several high—profile celebrities have waded in on the debate. they've signed a letter calling on g7 nations to donate 20% of their vaccines by the end of this august. signatories include david beckham,

orlando bloom and olivia colman. in herfirst uk interview, the lead on covid vaccines at unicef told bbc newsnight there was no time for procrastination. the unintended consequence of saving all these vaccines up till christmas time is that countries won't be able to absorb them and roll them out, and therefore they could end up going to waste. we could see millions of doses of vaccine is not used and expiring, and that would be a tragedy. the uk government told us it will share the majority of any future surplus vaccines when they are available. i asked miss caprani, "should the vulnerable in developing countries be prioritised over the young in the uk?" now at some point, no doubt, we will need to vaccinate under—18s, but the priority at this moment has to be making sure that all of the vulnerable and priority groups around the world get vaccines.

so is unicef saying that vulnerable people abroad should be vaccinated before british children? we are saying that the priority for all of every country, the uk and all of the g7 nations, is to find a clear pathway out of the global pandemic, and the clearest pathway to do that is to make sure that every vulnerable group in every country is vaccinated. all governments are obliged to look after their people, and leaders at the g7 summit in cornwall will weigh up how to do that while not shying away from what unicef is calling a global responsibility. sima kotecha, bbc news. when the former us president bill clinton wrote a novel with the authorjames patterson three years ago, it became an instant best—seller. now the pair have teamed up again, to write "the president's daughter", a thriller about a former president who embarks on a dramatic mission to rescue his kidnapped daughter.

so how much of their fiction is based on fact? they've given their only uk interview to our arts correspondent, rebecca jones. ready? she wanted to laugh and joke at the thought of being kidnapped, but the hard look in that secret service agent's eyes, so much like dad's, kept her mouth shut. so, how did the writing process work? master patterson here would give me a list of assignments, which were basically, tell us how we're going to say this without screwing it up. he was so shocked that somebody would actually give him some things to do, some tasks. i loved it. i'm well aware that most people in the end found politics boring, if it takes you more than 15 seconds to say what you're doing. if a lot of people read this book, and like the thriller, they'll pick up some things about the presidency. the authenticity is the key thing for us.

how much of the plotline is inspired by real events? were there ever specific threats made against your daughter chelsea? well, if there were, i still wouldn't talk about them. my daughter, like other adult children of presidents, loses secret service protection when you leave the white house. and normally, that's fine, because there is no real danger. but when i left, 9/11 hadn't happened yet. bin laden still had me under a fatwa because i had tried so hard to kill him, or at least capture him. and so i was worried about anybody in my family being collateral damage. you look at things like the storming of the capitol, and you go, oh, my god, how can we write fiction that could compete with what's going on in the world? it was horrible, but if you want to live in a country where everything is about politics, everything is polarised,

you're 100% right, and if you're not, you're100% wrong, this is where we are going. and you might as well get used to it. in terms of advising joe biden, he's about to come to the uk for g7 summit. should he be pushing for those g7 countries to fund a global vaccination programme? i don't want to put it like that. he's got to take his own advice. i think the g7 has a big obligation to get this vaccine out as quickly as possible to poorer countries. look at all these variants that keep coming up. all this is going to come back to the uk and united states. your wife hillary is also writing a thriller. so how is that working? we're going to kick her butt! we are scared to death. this is highly competitive, and it's a good book. yeah, he's read it. he says it's terrific. i've read it, it's really good. but these two have set the bar high. their first book sold more

than 3 million copies. rebecca jones, bbc news. when world leaders including joe biden and angela merkel arrive in a cornish resort later this week, they'll be pressured to do more to address climate change and the environment. but could the g7 economies learn from cornwall�*s own "green" example? our environment analyst roger harrabin has been finding out. towering cliffs, crashing waves, cornwall is full of british gems, and borisjohnson wants to show them off to g7 leaders. take the seaside pool in penzance. most swimmers don't like the cold. so there's a new warm pool on offer, heated not by gas, but with clean energy from hot rocks underground. it's nice that you can harness something like that and use it for something like a pool, a relaxing touristy feature. yeah. it's good for the environment as well, i think.

you've got to use it. and here's a gull�*s eye view of other changes. cars will no longer dominate the penzance promenade, thanks to work over the past year. priority�*s being given to visitors on foot or on bikes, in a move supported by the government. the green revolution has seen strict traffic restrictions on the high street. some love it. i think it's a step at a time, all in the right direction. bring it on. others think road closures haven't been thought through. we have so much traffic, we're gridlocked. to do what they've done now in the summertime, is ten times worse. but the green trend is growing. cornwall�*s first smart wind turbine will vary energy production to meet changes in demand for power. at the g7 meeting, the uk will urge other nations to invest more in renewables. for the world leaders who come here, they will be able to see that cornwall is notjust talking shop.

we have started our actions. we've committed to working hard with our community, because it does need to be a partnership, and we all need to to do something to actually make a difference. the farmers and their cattle are doing their bit. cow dung produces a climate heating gas, methane. see the bubbles. the slurry will be collected in these tanks and the methane captured to power vans. g7 leaders take note. you know, making money from muck if you want to use it, you know? council vans will be running on the gas captured from cow poo. britain's not blameless on the environment, of course. it's cut down almost all its own ancient forests. it has no plan for insulating draughty homes. and, what's more, it's spending £27 billion on roads that will actually increase emissions. cornwall has its own controversy too. trees were felled at the hotel for the g7 leaders.

a new report says even in a county with such rich natural assets, wildlife is in decline. for local leaders and g7 leaders, it's a massive challenge. roger harrabin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. it's been a pretty warm day once again particularly for england and wales. over the next few days we continue with the warm theme across the border with more cloud and turning increasingly humid. this is the rainfall chart for the rest of the rainfall chart for the rest of the week. mainly across western scotland. elsewhere a bit patchy and many central and eastern areas hardly any rain. for the moment, we have seen some light rain and drizzle across western areas.

through the rest of today stays fairly cloudy across much of northern ireland and scotland. some more rain or drizzle here in the evening. furthersouth more rain or drizzle here in the evening. further south and east, temperatures remaining in the 20s into the early part of the evening. through this coming night, more rain and drizzle in western areas and heavy bursts for the west of scotland. more cloud turning up in western part of england and dance temperatures creeping up night on night at the moment. high—pressure south of us drawing a all the way from the atlantic but with low pressure to iceland we start to pick up pressure to iceland we start to pick up more breeze through scotland and northern ireland on wednesday and more in the way of rain. some heavy bursts and we might see patchy rain or drizzle across parts of northern and western england as well as western wales. the sunniest conditions in parts of the midlands. temperatures here still in the mid 20s. but with that humid day in place as we go through wednesday

night into thursday morning temperatures are not going to drop much. these are the lows to take us into thursday morning. it is going to be a pretty humid start and that's because we've still got that run of south—westerly wind coming all the way from the mid—atlantic. more weather fronts pushing all the way from the mid—atlantic. more weatherfronts pushing into parts of north—west scotland and that will bring further rain at times. patchy drizzle and extensive cloud elsewhere. not expecting huge amounts of sunshine on thursday but even with that cloud temperatures are still widely in the low to mid 20s across the country. some cloud on friday but by the weekend, more sunshine and it's going to turn hot, especially for england and wales. some spots in england in particular could get close to around 30 degrees.

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this is bbc news, i'm ben thompson. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support, and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape. a un court upholds life sentences against the former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, the butcher of bosnia for crimes of genocide. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked

into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. two people have been arrested in southern france after president emmanuel macron was slapped in the face during a walkabout in the region. low, a very warm welcome to the seniors. —— a very warm welcome to bbc news. the health secretary matt hancock has announced extra testing with military support for parts of greater manchester and lancashire to help with rising cases of the delta variant, which first emerged in india. the move comes with the same travel guidance currently in place for bolton,

which warns people to "minimise" travel in and out of the area. working with local authorities, we are providing a strengthened package of support based on what's working in bolton to help greater manchester and lancashire tackle the rise in the delta variant that we're seeing there. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. we know that this approach can work. we've seen it work in south london and in bolton in stopping a rise in the number of cases. this is the next stage of tackling the pandemic in manchester and in lancashire. and of course, it's vital that people in these areas, as everywhere else, come forward and get the jab as soon as they're eligible, because that is our way out of this pandemic together.

our health correspondent dominic hughes is in manchesterfor us. so, the health secretary has described these measures as a strengthened package of support that has been extended to areas in the north—west that have seen a real spike in cases linked to the delta, or indian, variant of covid—19, and that basically means that the whole of greater manchester and all of the areas covered by lancashire county council. now, what this means for people in these areas is they've been asked to minimise travel in and out of affected areas, they've been asked to meet outside whenever possible rather than inside, and everyone is being urged to get a covid—19 test. i think people in the north—west will greet these measures with a weary sigh of resignation, but also of recognition because some of these areas haven't been out of some kind of restrictive measures for weeks and weeks, almost since the pandemic began. just a few weeks last summer, areas were free of restrictions. but the government will point to what has happened in bolton

where surge testing and a real push on vaccinations does seem to have brought infections down, and their argument is if it can happen in bolton, it can happen in these areas too. mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, says he's confident the guidance will bring the spread of the delta variant under control. bolton has had similar measures to the ones that are being announced today for the other nine boroughs in greater manchester and for lancashire, and the signs are that it is working and credit to all colleagues in bolton for their efforts because that gives everybody else here encouragement. i believe that we are seeing a situation where intervention in the other nine boroughs is coming earlier than we saw it in bolton, so we've every reason to believe that this, the rise that we're seeing can be brought under control quickly

and the situation can be turned around. we've got very good grounds to believe that because of the way greater manchester is working, the efforts that are going in across our communities, we've every reason to believe what's been announced today will work. that said, we understand the fatigue amongst the public about any changes in advice. we also know that there will be concerns in our businesses. of course, what we are saying today is if we are, all of us, a little more cautious, more cognizant of the risks that are out there, the need to maintain distancing and all of the sensible measures that we've been following, we will, of course, then protect ourselves from things deteriorating and we will, of course, by doing that, protect our economy as well.

the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, they are. our health editor hugh pym explained what this means for the lifting of restrictions later this month. it is certainly another issue for ministers and officials to consider before they make the big decision for england byjune the 14th, next monday, as to whether all remaining restrictions should be lifted the following week, beginning onjune the 21st. i'm told this move in greater manchester and lancashire has been on the cards for a little while. it follows, as dominic was saying there, what's already happened in communities like bolton and leicester and bedford and hounslow in london with this big push to do surge testing. and they will argue, ministers, that it has worked up to a point in cutting cases and that it can work again and that it shouldn't necessarily affect the big decisions that have to be made for england. but clearly, this variant, first identified in india, is spreading in greater manchester and lancashire and needs to be tackled, but the really important factor is to what extent it

increases the numbers of people getting seriously ill and needing hospital treatment. we heard yesterday that of 126 hospital admissions caused by this variant, only three had had two doses of the vaccine. the rest either had one dose or, in many cases, hadn't had it at all. so the argument is the vaccine roll—out needs to be pushed on. but at the moment, hospital numbers remain pretty low, and that and pressure on the nhs is one of the big factors that will be considered. our health editor, hugh pym. labour leader of bury council, eamonn o'brien, says all parts of greater manchester are working to tackle the spread of the delta variant. so in my borough of bury, we actually use greater manchester supply. actually use greater manchester supply, use pop—up to get testing,

so we can move it around the system but andy burnham was right, we need that supply nationally to be driven more towards greater manchester. bring forward the supply that we are already going to be getting and then, ultimately, that will make probably the biggest difference in oil this. testing will help, you know, more advice and guidance, but it is the vaccination that i think is key to unlocking a world where we are not under potential further restrictions.— are not under potential further restrictions. and on that note of restrictions. _ restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite _ restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite clear - restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite clear here i restrictions. and on that note of restrictions, quite clear here as| restrictions, quite clear here as we've said again, not a lockdown, not a ban, but the travel advice is such that people should not be entering or leaving, is that something you would echo that people should be very cautious about travelling in or out of bury, for example?— travelling in or out of bury, for examle? ., ~ ., , , example? no, i think that sense robabl example? no, i think that sense probably more — example? no, i think that sense probably more extreme - example? no, i think that sense probably more extreme then i example? no, i think that sense probably more extreme then we| example? no, i think that sense i probably more extreme then we would really interpret the advice at the moment. it is sane to minimise that travel, being more sensible when you are travelling, so one example would

be if you're going out to a restaurant or a0 family meal or catching up with friends, know, book a table outside —— a restaurant or for a family meal, book a table outside, stay somewhere with more ventilation so that is how people will continue to interpret it. we have been in restrictions. about this time last year, people were having flights cancelled, celebrations and get—togethers cancelled because we were told, you know, these restrictions are legally enforceable and you should not be travelling outside of the area. we are in any very different space right now and i think that has a positive and i think we just have to encourage people, again, to be a bit more sensible, think how they are going to travel but it is not a case of this is a no go zone, we still want people to come to bury and greater manchester, we have some lovely weather at the moment, we want people to be outside enjoying it and supporting our local economy. even a brine speaking to me a little earlier, the labour leader of bury

council,. —— eamonn o'brien. let me bring you up—to—date with the daily figures. the uk has a reported 60a8 new covid cases, up almost 6%, on the figures on monday. the latest figures suggesting 60a8. it comes as they were a further 13 deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test so another 13 deaths. that itself is up from just one death that was reported on monday. we should say that all of these coming from a low base compared to what we have seen in the past. the number of people who have now received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccination rising

to a0,000,570 that cunning as there is an increase in infections. —— a0,570,000. the former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic has lost his appeal against his conviction for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the former yugoslavia. a united nations tribunal in the hague upheld life sentences imposd four years ago on mladic for crimes including the massacre of nearly 8,000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica in 1995. the killings amounted to europe's single worst atrocity since the second world war — and the slaughter led him to be called the butcher of bosnia. i'm joined now by anna holigan in the hague. you have been looking at all of the detail of this ruling, just explain the significance of it, please? it is historic, but not unexpected. i have a copy of this final appeal judgment now, a summary at least. it

found what we expected, ratko mladic was found guilty of running the systematic killing machine. it did not happen by accident, it was part of a political campaign to ethnically cleanse at the land of the bosnian muslims, to try to create there is a bosnian serb republic after the bloody break—up of the former yugoslavia. it happened in phases, really, first of all with persecution in places and then the four—year siege of the capital sarajevo and the sniping and ratko mladic with it at the scene ordering his men to shell the civilian population until they were on the edge of madness. and then srebrenica, as you mentioned, the population had fled there. this was supposed to be a un protected zone. they had gone there seeking to save their lives. the women were separated from the men, the men were then hunted through the forests and

mountains and eventually executed. 8000 muslim men and boys were eventually buried in mass graves. such was the scale of this massacre that the bones are still being dug up that the bones are still being dug up and are reburied today. it is significant, it is the worst genocide committed on european soil since the holocaust, but one of the survivors says, as she was going into court, she lost her 17—year—old son and 20 other family members. into court, she lost her 17—year—old son and 20 otherfamily members. as she was going into court, she said, we said it would never happen again and then it did to us. —— 22 other family members. she is hoping the world will learn what from what happened to her and herfamily. those are dramatic experiences and giving out evidence and seeing that playing it again court. do you think this will help bring out any closure or line under this? it is this will help bring out any closure or line under this?— or line under this? it is a line under this? _ or line under this? it is a line under this? it _ or line under this? it is a line under this? it 1 _ or line under this? it is a line under this? it 1 billion - or line under this? it is a line under this? in billion euros, j or line under this? it is a line i under this? in billion euros, is underthis? it1 billion euros, is actually because the presiding judge

here gave a —— it is really nuanced. the life sentence was upheld, so a ratko mladic, will spend the rest of his life behind bars, he is 78 years old now. this dissenting opinion leaves some room and, in fact, one of the survivors said it is a bumper genocide deniers because they can point at thisjudgment genocide deniers because they can point at this judgment and it is supposed to give a historical record based on the evidence from the time analysed, dissected by thejudges and they, the people who try to deny genocide will say, look, there's a judge gave a dissenting opinion. there is a danger here that it will be used and it be potentially ignite and inflame tensions between those divide communities in the region. absolutely. good to get that update from you, and a holligan live from the hague.

a metropolitan police officer has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping sarah everard, the 33—year—old who vanished after walking home in south london in march. her body was found a week later in woodland near ashford, kent. wayne couzens also accepted responsibility for killing sarah everard, but he was not asked to enter a plea to her murder, as the court is awaiting medical reports. members of sarah everard's family were in court to witness couzens enter his plea. here's our correspondent helena wilkinson. sarah everard had been walking home one night last march when she vanished from the street in clapham. she'd spent the evening at a friend's house. extensive searches were carried out. a week later, her body was found in woodland near ashford in kent. today, met police officer wayne couzens admitted kidnapping the 33—year—old, unlawfully and by force or fraud. he also admitted raping miss everard. "guilty, sir," he said when asked to enter pleas on the two charges.

the police officer also accepted responsibility for killing the marketing executive, but wasn't asked to enter a plea to a charge of murder, pending medical reports. members of miss everard's family were in court today to hear the pleas the police officer entered. sarah everard's death sparked an outpouring of shock and grief across the country. several cities across the uk held vigils in memory of the 33—year—old. pc wayne couzens is due back in court next month for a further plea hearing. helena wilkinson, bbc news. it is for a 15 pm. —— four 15. the headlines on bbc news... areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape.

un judges in the hague have upheld the conviction and life sentences against former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, who had appealed against his genocide conviction. dup leader edwin poots has announced that paul givan is to replace arlene foster as northern ireland's new first minister. mr poots has been unveiling his new team during a series of announcements at stormont today. mr givan said it was a huge task to follow dup founder ian paisley, and his successors peter robinson and arlene foster, whom he referred to as "giants". there's a huge responsibility that comes with this position, particularly in serving the people of northern ireland as we come through the covid pandemic, the recovery that's needed in our economy, within our education system, and meeting the needs of the people. we have a huge task when it comes to tackling our waiting lists and we need to get to work, so what we now need is an effective

transition that needs to take place next week so that we have that smooth delivery of governance, and that is something that i look forward to doing. chris page is our correspondent in belfast. just explain the significance of this moment and transition, this handover of power. it is this moment and transition, this handover of power.— this moment and transition, this handover of power. it is a new era in unionism _ handover of power. it is a new era in unionism and _ handover of power. it is a new era in unionism and politics— handover of power. it is a new era in unionism and politics in - handover of power. it is a new era i in unionism and politics in northern ireland, givan nominated to take over from arlene foster at stormont. a few weeks now since arlene foster was ousted as at the dup. the plan is that on monday, mrs foster will stand down as a first minister and then paul givan will be nominated in then paul givan will be nominated in the stormont assembly to take over that role. when it comes to political allies, you cannot get to people more closer than paul givan and edwin poots. whenever mr givan

was still a teenager, he became mr poots's constituency assistant, his ministerial advisor then before he went into the stormont assembly and has been sitting in the assembly now for 11 years. in that time, he has been communities minister and he was in charge of everything from social welfare to grassroots sport. more recently, he has been chair of the assembly is a justice committee. he shares mr poots's social conservatism, for example recently he has been feeding a private members bill through the assembly tightening up abortion laws, in particular banning abortion where an unborn child has a non—fatal disability. mr poots and mr givan members of the free presbyterian church, which was founded by the reverend ian paisley. he also founded the dup. it does play a role in their politics. mr givan now set for the topjob in

in their politics. mr givan now set for the top job in at stormont executive, but it is not quite a done deal yet. his name will be put to a vote in the assembly and it is a cross community vote so that means that the dup's main power sharing partners, the biggest irish national party, sinn fein, have to approve mr givan for the topjob party, sinn fein, have to approve mr givan for the top job where he will share an office with the deputy first minister, sinn fein's michelle o'neill. there is no sign at the moment there is a particular problem of living there, but we know that politics at stormont can become to get it. that relationship between the dup and sinn fein is always uneasy, so over the coming days, we will see more indication as to how events are unlikely to unfold around this change at the top. yes. events are unlikely to unfold around this change at the top.— this change at the top. yes, and assumin: this change at the top. yes, and assuming it _ this change at the top. yes, and assuming it all— this change at the top. yes, and assuming it all goes _ this change at the top. yes, and assuming it all goes according i this change at the top. yes, and | assuming it all goes according to plan and that all happens next week, i wonder what mr givan will bring to the topjob? you i wonder what mr givan will bring to the top job? you talk about some of the top job? you talk about some of the similarities, but what any differences? what will change? you heard when differences? what will change? gm. heard when he gave a brief statement

at stormont this afternoon, mr givan highlighted cutting out the noun's particularly long hospital waiting list as being a priority. —— northern ireland's what will be foremost in the minds is that we're less than a year away now from the next stormont assembly election. a recent polls have suggested eddie dup has lost ground and that sinn fein could well emerge as the largest party which means that sinn fein would hold the first minister's job for the first time, rather than unionist. also, an interesting dynamic around the executive table, for the first time, the first minister is not going to be a party leader. edwin poots will still remain in the devolved government as agriculture minister, so around that executive table, paul givan will be chairing the meeting of the ministers. mr poots will have a more general to him in at the devolved government, but he will have a more senior role to him in the democratic unionist party, so it has a dynamic we have not really seen before and

will be interesting to see how it works out. it will be interesting to see how it works out-— works out. it will. chris, i know ou will works out. it will. chris, i know you will keep — works out. it will. chris, i know you will keep us _ works out. it will. chris, i know you will keep us posted. i works out. it will. chris, i know you will keep us posted. thank| works out. it will. chris, i know- you will keep us posted. thank you so much, chris page in belfast. over 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after falling victim to an fbi—run operation which involved secretly distributing customised phones which included an encrypted messaging app. the operation, jointly set up by australia and the fbi, allowed police to monitor the criminals' chats about drug smuggling, money laundering, and even murder plots. our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. gunshots a major australian police operation with an international reach. this has been a three—year collaboration between the country's federal police and the fbi in the united states. to give you an idea of the magnitude of our penetration, we were able to actually see photographs of hundreds of tonnes of cocaine that were concealed in shipments of fruit,

we were able to see hundreds of kilos of cocaine that were concealed in canned goods. the scale of what is known as operation ironside has been so massive it involved more than a,000 officers in australia alone. today the australian government, as part of a global operation, has struck a heavy blow against organised crime — not just in this country, but one that will echo around organised crime around the world. this is a watershed moment in australian law enforcement history. authorities say 21 attempted murders were stopped, as well as a mass shooting in one of australia's suburbs, potentially saving many lives. hundreds of firearms, three tonnes of drugs and $35 million were seized. more than 200 people were arrested. at the heart of this operation is an encrypted app that key figures in australia's organised crime gangs

were tricked into using. a drug trafficker unwittingly distributed the app, known as anom, to many of his associates after he was given a device by undercover agents. officers were then able to read millions of messages in real—time, openly discussing murder plots, drug—trafficking and money—laundering. the investigation has allegedly exposed criminals linked to south american drug cartels, as well as asian, middle eastern and european criminal syndicates. for nine months, we have been receiving intelligence to build criminal cases and we have also had information that has helped us to prevent more than ten planned murders within sweden. this is a major hit to international organised crime — one that will shake the confidence in the use of technology to evade detection.

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. two men have been arrested after the french president emmanuel macron was slapped in the face, during a visit to the southeast of france. in this video circulating on social media, mr macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to tain—l�*hermitage outside the city of valence. a man slaps mr macron in the face before officers quickly move in. the uk government's website was temporarily down in a global internet outage which also affected amazon, the guardian and the new york times sites. our technology correspondent rory cellan jones explained what happened. this was a pretty serious outage. we've seen, over the years, individual sites go down. a vaster range of sites — yes, the gov.uk site, if you were trying to upload a test

result, that wasn't available. a lot of newspaper sites, amazon, reddit, twitch. people visiting them got a message saying "error 503, service unavailable". it appears to have been all down to a company called fastly, which is a cloud computing provider which provides all sorts of essential services to websites. think of it as a traffic management system, guiding the traffic to them in a smooth way. well, it had a major problem. it's put out a statement saying, "we identified a service configuration that triggered disruption globally and have disabled that configuration". to translate that, it was not a hacking attack, it was some issue with this company. what that's highlighted is just how few companies we depend on to basically run the internet and if they go wrong, everything falls apart. health and social care staff in england are so exhausted

that the situation is an "emergency" and could even put the future of the nhs at risk — that's the warning from a group of mps. the department of health and social care says it is doing everything to support their wellbeing. katherine da costa reports. lineremiah's been a nurse for 25 years, with experience of working under pressure in both critical care and a&e. but, like many in her profession, the intensity of the last 16 months has left them physically and emotionally exhausted. liz needed counselling when she hit breaking point. we talk about "it's ok to not be ok" — but actually it's not ok. we shouldn't be in that situation in the first place. i, myself, i'm not going to lie, i fell apart during the first pandemic, and had some intensive counselling and it required some certified time off work. i've managed for the last year, but at what cost? a report by mps found the nhs was short of 50,000 nurses

going into the pandemic. it said the covid crisis had exacerbated existing problems. the health service is still under significant pressure, dealing with emergencies and trying to clear a record backlog of operations. former health secretaryjeremy hunt, now chair of the health and care select committee which commissioned the report, says longer—term thinking is needed. we need a total overhaul of workforce planning, because there is a failure in the system. it takes seven years to train a doctor, three years to train a nurse, and it's never enough of a priority for the department of health and social care and the treasury when it comes to spending reviews to spend this money on doctors and nurses that you're not going to see for many years hence. health unions have warned excessive workloads across the nhs and social care risk staff leaving their profession early. if that happens, it would be catastrophic for our health service, at a time when we are facing the biggest backlog

of care we've ever known. while unions back calls to boost recruitment, they want more to be done in the short term to tackle staff burn—out — something health leaders say is being addressed. we recognise the fact that people are going to feel tired, they are going to feel in a state of real exhaustion, so the health and well—being is critical and we've got a range of services in place. for some areas it is additional funding, like in general practice, for other areas it is counselling and talking therapies, mental health and well—being hotlines, text support which is 2a/7. the department of health and social care says it's doing everything to support the well—being of staff and that the government's backed the nhs every turn. but those on the front line fear there's still no letup in sight. katherine da costa, bbc news. the creation of a central nhs digital database from gp records in england will be delayed by two months, the government

has announced. the system was due to begin on 1 july, but the date has now been pushed back to 1 september. the nhs had been calling for a delay to allow patients more time to learn about the system. prince charles has said the birth of the duke and duchess of sussex's daughter as "happy news". the prince became a grandfatherfor the fifth time following the birth of lilibet diana windsor on friday. he made the comments while touring the mini production plant at cowley near oxford. the development of technology like electric— the development of technology like electric vehicles— the development of technology like electric vehicles or— the development of technology like electric vehicles or green _ the development of technology like electric vehicles or green hydrogenl electric vehicles or green hydrogen for heavy— electric vehicles or green hydrogen for heavy transport _ electric vehicles or green hydrogen for heavy transport is _ electric vehicles or green hydrogen for heavy transport is vital - electric vehicles or green hydrogen for heavy transport is vital to - for heavy transport is vital to maintain _ for heavy transport is vital to maintain the _ for heavy transport is vital to maintain the health - for heavy transport is vital to maintain the health of- for heavy transport is vital to maintain the health of our. for heavy transport is vital to i maintain the health of our world for heavy transport is vital to - maintain the health of our world for future _ maintain the health of our world for future generations. _ maintain the health of our world for future generations. something i- maintain the health of our world forj future generations. something i am too aware _ future generations. something i am too aware of— future generations. something i am too aware of today— future generations. something i am too aware of today having _ future generations. something i am too aware of today having recently i too aware of today having recently become _ too aware of today having recently become a — too aware of today having recently become a grandfather _ too aware of today having recently become a grandfather for - too aware of today having recently become a grandfather for the i too aware of today having recently become a grandfather for the fir5t| become a grandfather for the first time _ become a grandfather for the first time such — become a grandfather for the first time such happy— become a grandfather for the first time. such happy news _ become a grandfather for the first time. such happy news really- become a grandfather for the firsti time. such happy news really does remind _

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some of it should be heavy in the north and west. greater chance of some damper weather across parts of northern england, western parts of wales and towards the south—west. even though here, some will stay completely dry. best of the sunshine tomorrow — central eastern parts of england where temperatures again into the mid—20s and even with more cloud and some patchy rain in the west for the next few days, it will tend to be warm and very humid. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support, and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape.

a un court upholds life sentences against the former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, �*the butcher of bosnia', for crimes of genocide. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted messaging app that lured them into police hands. two people have been arrested in southern france after president emmanuel macron was slapped in the face during a walkabout in the region. sport and let's get a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england manager gareth southgate says he's never believed players in the national team should "just stick to football". england begin their european championship campaign on sunday against croatia after a couple of warm up matches where players taking the knee have been booed by fans. speaking to the players tribune he added that he add the players

have a responsibility to use their voice, and said it was their �*duty to interact with the public on matters such as equality, inclusivity and racial injustice. we've also been hearing from the final man to be called up by southgate to the england squad. brighton defender ben white was initially left out of the 26 but replaced trent alexander arnold after the liverpool defender was injured last week. i don't think i have let it settle in yet — idon't think i have let it settle in yet it's— i don't think i have let it settle in yet. it's something - i don't think i have let it settle in yet. it's something i- i don't think i have let it settle in yet. it's something i have i i don't think i have let it settle i in yet. it's something i have never felt before — in yet. it's something i have never felt before. it's _ in yet. it's something i have never felt before. it's obviously- in yet. it's something i have never felt before. it's obviously very- felt before. it's obviously very different _ felt before. it's obviously very different. news _ felt before. it's obviously very different. news like _ felt before. it's obviously very different. news like that i felt before. it's obviously very different. news like that is. different. news like that is something _ different. news like that is something that _ different. news like that is something that doesn't i different. news like that is- 5omething that doesn't normally different. news like that is— 5omething that doesn't normally come something that doesn't normally come around _ something that doesn't normally come around i_ something that doesn't normally come around iwas— something that doesn't normally come around iwasjust _ something that doesn't normally come around. i was just speechless - something that doesn't normally come around. i was just speechless really i around. i wasjust speechless really and around. iwasjust speechless really and obviously— around. i wasjust speechless really and obviously it _ around. i wasjust speechless really and obviously it felt _ around. i wasjust speechless really and obviously it felt amazing. - wales defender ben cabango is confident they can at least match their performance five years ago in paris at the upcoming european championship.

they're in baku, ahead of three group games in nine days, starting against switzerland on saturday. they also have italy and turkey to come. they had a fantastic run at euro 2016, reaching the semi—finals. cabango says he's been learning from some of the more experienced players in the team. it's a surreal feeling for myself. it's a surreal feeling for myself. it's been — it's a surreal feeling for myself. it's been a _ it's a surreal feeling for myself. it's been a long and difficult season— it's been a long and difficult season but i'm here and it's what i've season but i'm here and it's what i've been— season but i'm here and it's what i've been aiming for for a long while — i've been aiming for for a long while and _ i've been aiming for for a long while and to be here is a great feeling — while and to be here is a great feeling i— while and to be here is a great feeling. i have been speaking to a lot of— feeling. i have been speaking to a lot of the — feeling. i have been speaking to a lot of the older players about their experiences and stuff and i have learnt _ experiences and stuff and i have learnt a — experiences and stuff and i have learnt a lot from them and so have the other— learnt a lot from them and so have the other boys from what i've gathered. we are here now and we have to _ gathered. we are here now and we have to make sure everything is right— have to make sure everything is right and — have to make sure everything is right and prepare for the game on saturday— right and prepare for the game on saturday which is the most important. england bowlerjames anderson has spoken in support of ollie robinson, who was suspended after racist and sexist tweets he posted 8 or 9 years ago came to light. robinson was making his england debut in the first test

against new zealand at the time. prime minister borisjohnson and culture secretary oliver dowden have both said his suspension is an over—reaction by the ecb. other former players have argued that the ecb needs to send the strongest message possible, but anderson says robinson has learned his lesson. he stood up in front of the group and apologised and you could see how sincere and upset he was. i think as a group we appreciate he is a different person now. he has done a lot of maturing and growing since then and he's got the full support of the team. one of the surprise successes at the french open, tamara zidansek, is through to the semi—finals. the slovenian had never made it past the second round at a grand slam before and she was the outsider in the last eight line—up, ranked 85th in the world. but she beat paula badosa in three sets, winning the decider 8—6. johanna konta had hoped to still be

in paris but after her first round exit at rolland garros has entered the nottingham open on the grass and made a good start too. she's the top seed for the wimbledon warm up tournament and and breezed past the dutch qualifier lesley pattinama kerkhove in straight sets 6—1, 6—3. and gloucester�*s game at worcester warriors in rugby union's premiership has been cancelled due to a covid outbreak in the gloucester squad. it's the second straight game gloucester have called off. more details on the website. more after 5:00pm. more now on one of our main stories and about the coronavirus situation in the north west of england. extra help is to be given to greater manchester and lancashire, to tackle a sharp rise in the delta variant of coronavirus. the health secretary, matt hancock,

has announced there'll be more "supervised in—school testing" in those areas. earlier i asked glynn potts, headteacher of newman roman catholic college in oldham, how challenging it was to deal with possible further restrictions. i think the real frustration for me as we _ i think the real frustration for me as we saw— i think the real frustration for me as we saw this _ i think the real frustration for me as we saw this coming _ i think the real frustration for me as we saw this coming before i i think the real frustration for mel as we saw this coming before half term _ as we saw this coming before half term perhaps _ as we 5aw this coming before half term. perhaps they— as we saw this coming before half term. perhaps they could - as we saw this coming before half term. perhaps they could have i as we saw this coming before half. term. perhaps they could have been something _ term. perhaps they could have been something said _ term. perhaps they could have been something said before _ term. perhaps they could have been something said before the _ term. perhaps they could have been something said before the children. something said before the children departed — something said before the children departed my— something said before the children departed. my next _ something said before the children departed. my next concern - 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the opening up of the return of our... i'm sure that we've all been cheered by the images that we've seen of so many eligible young people coming forward and lining up to get the jab, showing that the enthusiasm for the jab is notjust the preserve of older generations. in england, 76.a% of adults have had a first vaccine dose. in scotland it's the same. in northern ireland, where it's just over 75%, all over 18s can already book a jab. that's also the case in wales, where 86.5% have already received that first dose, one of the highest rates in the world.

the fact it's opened up to everyone, i think, just means we can get to a state of normality quicker, and it allows bars and clubs, and even libraries and universities, to get back to normal sooner. so we're really looking forward to kind ofjust being able to do what we want to and travel a bit more. in england, nhs leaders say the decision to extend the roll—out to over 25s, comes six months to the day after margaret keenan was the first person to receive a covid vaccine outside clinical trials. there's still a way to go, and that's why this latest opening up is so important. so for our younger adults, when you get that text message, when you get that invitation, it is really crucial that you take that offer up, book yourjab, come and get it. even with the vaccine roll—out, the government says extra vigilance is still needed. it's thought the india, or delta variant of the virus, can spread at least a0% more quickly than the older kent or alpha strain. of the 126 people admitted to hospital after catching it,

only three had received two doses of a covid vaccine. so the message from scientists is to turn up to that second appointment if and when you're offered it. jim reed, bbc news. the family of one of the schoolgirls killed by double murderer colin pitchfork says it will appeal against the parole board decision to release him from prison. pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 for raping and murdering lynda mann and dawn ashworth in leicestershire. dawn's uncle says they're devastated at the parole board decision to authorise his release and that a life sentence should mean life. there are some crimes that are just so horrendous that reprieve isn't appropriate. it's an affront to justice. there is no reprieve for doane or linda. he took the lives in

a way that is an absolute torment to those who cared for and loved these girls and who are left to imagine their suffering. they both had bright futures, they both had futures ahead of them which we denied them and ijust think there is another consideration for the parole board and that is the actual nature of these crimes. he is a double child rate this and murderer. the sheer nature of these crimes, i don't think parole is appropriate ever. i think it ought to be a life sentence and he ought to serve that life sentence. the us government says it has managed to recover £1.6 million worth of cryptocurrency which had been paid to hackers who shut down a major fuel pipeline last month. the colonial pipeline was hacked by a group called �*darkside'

which the usjustice department believes is based in russia. the cyber attack caused petrol shortages and price hikes across the eastern united states. here's the fbi explaining what it did and why it matters. today, the fbi successfully seized criminal proceeds from a bitcoin wallet that darkside ransomware actors used to collect a cyber ransom payment from a victim. we deprived a cyber criminal enterprise of the object of their activity, their financial proceeds and funding. for financially motivated cyber criminals, especially those presumably located overseas, cutting off access to revenue is one of the most impactful consequences we can impose. earlier i spoke to glen goodman, a bitcoin expert and author of �*the crypto trader'. he told me there's still secrecy surrounding how the fbi got their money back. they talk about how they got hold of the private key,

which is effectively a password that allows you to get into a bitcoin wallet. but how did they get the password? the beauty of bitcoin actually is that it's not very good for doing ransoms because it's not completely anonymous like a lot of people think. when money was transferred from the wallet of colonial pipeline into the wallet of the hackers, that can be traced by the fbi, by me, by anybody. you go online and you can see the money going from one bitcoin wallet to another and then to another. so what it usually takes is a slip—up. somewhere along the line, the fbi were watching carefully and then they might have been able, during one switch from one wallet to another, to intercept information, perhaps a message or get hold ofan e—mailaddress for the hackers, and then perhaps e—mail them and say we are the fbi, we don't know where you are

but we have a very particular set of skills and if you don't give us the money back now, then we will hunt you down. something along those lines. so that in itself is interesting. first of all, so much confusion about crypto currencies and whether they are traceable and whether they are part of a dark web and what they are used for. so much misinformation. maybe just clarify that for us. people think you cannot trace crypto currency but you can. you can't trace some of them, there are some that are very difficult if not impossible to trace. that is what is confusing about this. if you are a hacker and you are clever and are able to hack into colonial pipeline systems and shut down the eastern seaboard's oil supply, why on earth would you make such a rookie mistake of using bitcoin? as i say, when they use bitcoin if they make just a tiny error and the fbi then threatens them and says give us your password right

now or we are going to track you down, they probablyjust handed over the password to the fbi, that's the impression i get. if they used a crypto currency like monero which darkside themselves, when they made it they made it to be used with bitcoin monero, monero is much more difficult to track and trace and it's my view that at some point in the future the fbi and the us authorities might get wise to that and start saying we are going to make it really hard for anybody in america to buy or sell monero because that way if future hijackers asked for currency in an intractable form like monero the us company being hijacked canjust say, we can't do monero because the us government has banned it over here. that would be the way around that. i'm interested in what this means for publicity of crypto currencies. does this reinforce the view they are traceable and mainstream and we should all be

thinking about them? or does it play the other way and it just means more of that murkiness and unease people might have about you use crypto currency? it was interesting to see the price of bitcoin fell, not a huge amount, but several percent after the announcement by the fbi. that did make me wonder, some people think it would be bad publicity for bitcoin. i am not entirely convinced because sooner or later i think everyone will get their heads around the idea that actually it's not a great idea to ask for your ransoms in bitcoin. the headlines on bbc news: areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases . the death of sarah everard in march

— a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape. un judges in the hague have upheld the conviction and life sentences against former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, who had appealed against his genocide conviction. when the former us president bill clinton wrote a novel with the authorjames patterson three years ago, it became an instant best—seller. now the pair have teamed up again, to write "the president's daughter" — a thriller about a former president who embarks on a dramatic mission to rescue his kidnapped daughter. so how much of their fiction is based on fact? they've given their only uk interview to our arts correspondent, rebecca jones. ready? she wanted to laugh and joke at the thought of being kidnapped, but the hard look in that secret service agent's eyes,

so much like dad's, kept her mouth shut. so, how did the writing process work? master patterson here would give me a list of assignments, which were basically, tell us how we're going to say this without screwing it up. he was so shocked that somebody would actually give him some things to do, some tasks. i loved it. i'm well aware that most people in the end found politics boring, if it takes you more than 15 seconds to say what you're doing. if a lot of people read this book, and like the thriller, they'll pick up some things about the presidency. the authenticity is the key thing for us. how much of the plotline is inspired by real events? were there ever specific threats made against your daughter chelsea? well, if there were, i still wouldn't talk about them. my daughter, like other adult children of presidents, loses secret service protection

when you leave the white house. and normally, that's fine, because there is no real danger. but when i left, 9/11 hadn't happened yet. bin laden still had me under a fatwa because i had tried so hard to kill him, or at least capture him. and so i was worried about anybody in my family being collateral damage. you look at things like the storming of the capitol, and you go, oh, my god, how can we write fiction that could compete with what's going on in the world? it was horrible, but if you want to live in a country where everything is about politics, everything is polarised, you're 100% right, and if you're not, you're100% wrong, this is where we are going. and you might as well get used to it. in terms of advising joe biden, he's about to come to the uk for g7 summit. should he be pushing for those g7 countries to fund a global

vaccination programme? i don't want to put it like that. he's got to take his own advice. i think the g7 has a big obligation to get this vaccine out as quickly as possible to poorer countries. look at all these variants that keep coming up. all this is going to come back to the uk and united states. your wife hillary is also writing a thriller. so how is that working? we're going to kick her butt! we are scared to death. this is highly competitive, and it's a good book. yeah, he's read it. he says it's terrific. i've read it, it's really good. but these two have set the bar high. their first book sold more than 3 million copies. rebecca jones, bbc news. around 3% of adults have a stammer. that's according to the british stammering association. and one of those with the condition is the former scotland rugby union captain kelly brown.

he has been speaking to our reporter lydia campbell, who also has a stammer, about how sport can help to build communication skills. commentator: applause from the crowd, it's i all scotland can do. kelly brown is through. i'm kelly brown, former scotland rugby captain, and i've got a stammer. like me, kelly is one of the estimated 1.5 million adults in the uk who have a stammer, a neurological condition that makes it physically hard to speak. but kelly also rates the highest level of his sport, and having a stammer was never an issue when playing rugby. i started playing when i was about five, every sunday i'd go down to the club and all my mates were there, and we got to go out and throw a ball around and have fun, and so it was never even an issue, it wasn't even a part of the conversation. it was just a part of me and no one cared, and everyonejust accepted it. when i was growing up, really struggling with my speech, i found sport was the safe spot.

do you think that sport, with it being so communication based, can really help kids with stammers? i think it's brilliant for all sorts of life skills, but especially communication, because it teaches you how to be a part of a team, and a part of that is having to communicate with your team—mates. you know, good team—mates, you've got to support each other. and so it was just an amazing environment, i believe, for anyone that's got a stammer. many people with a stammer find the idea of sport daunting, but anything that can help to bring confidence can bring benefits. anything that gets them mixing with other people and having to talk and converse and building their confidence and potentially pushing themselves out of their comfort zone as well is a positive thing for young people

to do, to realise they can do these scary things. now a patron of the british stammering association, kelly has a strong message for those struggling because of their stammer. it's a part of you, it's just how you speak, but never let it hold you back. i fully believe that any stammerer, they can do whatever they want. lydia campbell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. it's been a pretty warm day once again, particularly for england and wales. over the next few days we continue with the warm theme across the board with more cloud and turning increasingly humid. this is the rainfall chart for the rest of the week. the rain mainly across western scotland. elsewhere, a bit patchy and many central and eastern areas will see hardly any rain.

for the moment, we have seen some light rain and drizzle across western areas. through the rest of today it stays fairly cloudy across much of northern ireland and scotland. some more rain or drizzle here in the evening. further south and east, temperatures remaining in the 20s into the early part of the evening. through this coming night, more rain and drizzle in western areas and heavy bursts for the west of scotland. more cloud turning up in western parts of england and those temperatures creeping up night on night at the moment. high—pressure south of us drawing air all the way from the atlantic, but with low pressure to iceland we start to pick up more breeze through scotland and northern ireland on wednesday and more in the way of rain. some heavy bursts and we might see patchy rain or drizzle across parts of northern and western england as well as western wales. the sunniest conditions in parts of the midlands. temperatures here still in the mid 20s.

but with that humid day in place as we go through wednesday night into thursday morning, temperatures are not going to drop much. these are the lows to take us into thursday morning. it is going to be a pretty humid start and that's because we've still got that run of south—westerly wind coming all the way from the mid—atla ntic. more weather fronts pushing into parts of north—west scotland and that will bring further rain at times. patchy drizzle and extensive cloud elsewhere. not expecting huge amounts of sunshine on thursday but even with that cloud, temperatures are still widely in the low to mid 20s across the country. some cloud on friday but by the weekend, more sunshine and it's going to turn hot, especially for england and wales. some spots in england in particular could get close to around 30 degrees.

this is bbc news. the headlines. areas of greater manchester and lancashire are to get extra testing and military support, after a rise in covid cases. this includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the test on offer. the death of sarah everard in march — a serving metropolitan police officer pleads guilty to her kidnapping and rape. un court upholds life sentences against the former bosnian serb military leader ratko mladic, the butcher of bosnia for crimes of genocide. hundreds of suspected criminals are arrested

worldwide after being tricked into using an fbi—run encrypted