hello. this is bbc news. in a few minutes the tea—time news with martine croxall. but first, pop—up vaccination centres and walk in clinics are opening in england this weekend, in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. it comes as surge testing is being rolled out in areas of south london and cumbria amid a rise in cases. i've been speaking to professor adam finn of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, about the latest rise in infections and how it compares to previous waves. so, i certainly believe it's the third wave. we're seeing the number of cases

going up quite consistently now and the beginnings of a rise in hospitalisations. but in terms of the second part of your question, i think we're all very optimistic that this will be different from the previous waves, and the early signs are that, indeed, it will be different. the age distribution of the hospitalisations is much more even over the different age ranges without that very large waiting towards the very elderly, which is a clear pointer that the vaccination programme is making a difference. and that's important because people... there was concern that variants of the virus may pose a challenge to the effectiveness of the vaccines. but from what you're saying, it suggests that those who've been double vaccinated are not ending up in hospital, evenif they do come into contact with the latest variant. yes, the figures we've got at the moment suggest that if you've had two doses of the vaccine and get this infection,

you're 20 times less likely to end up in hospital, and if you've had one dose of the vaccine at least a couple of weeks ago, you're about four times less likely to end up in hospital. so, the vaccines are very definitely improving the risks when it comes to the risk of getting seriously ill. but also, to some extent, reducing down the risks of you infecting somebody else if you get the infection, but the exact degree to which they do that is less certain. where there have been pop up vaccination centres, walk—in clinics set up across england this weekend, do you think measures like that will help to stem this third wave, or do we need to go even further? well, what's happening at the moment with these walk—in centres will influence what happens in middle, latejuly and august time.

what's influencing what's happening right now is what happened up until the end of may. so, vaccines do have a built—in delay to their effects, but you are always gaining yourself ground for the future by doing this. so, the more people come in and get immunised now, the better position we're going to be later in the summer as this third wave lays itself out. there is this question about when is the right time and if there is a right time to start vaccinating children. we're at the point in the uk now where increasingly, we're almost at the point where the vast majority of adults will have had both doses before long. what in your view is the right point at which we start weighing up the risk versus the benefit of vaccinating under—18s? well, rememberthejcvi, because this is under intense discussion at the moment, we've all been asked quite firmly

to avoid discussing this in media interviews because anything that i say will be taken somehow to represent the view of the committee. so, i think all i can say at this point is that we're very carefully weighing up the pros and cons of doing this. clearly, the benefits of children, if they are to be immunised, need to be evaluated carefully. in particular, we need to identify children who are at high risk in the way that some adults are so that they can be protected with vaccination without delay. but beyond that, i can't really comment at this point.

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country. firstjabs won't stop a third wave overnight. it takes a few weeks to build immunity, but it's hoped the extra push to offer second shots which provide much better protection should avoid overwhelming the nhs. i protection should avoid overwhelming the nhs. , , ., ., �* the nhs. i suppose at the moment i'm cautiously hopeful _ the nhs. i suppose at the moment i'm cautiously hopeful that, _ the nhs. i suppose at the moment i'm cautiously hopeful that, whilst - the nhs. i suppose at the moment i'm cautiously hopeful that, whilst we - cautiously hopeful that, whilst we probably will expect some sort of wave of hospital admissions over the next few weeks, it won't be the same scale we saw back injanuary. eaten; scale we saw back in january. every 'ab in scale we saw back in january. every jab in every — scale we saw back in january. every jab in every arm — scale we saw back in january. every jab in every arm brings _ scale we saw back in january. every jab in every arm brings us - scale we saw back in january. every jab in every arm brings us closer i scale we saw back in january. every jab in every arm brings us closer to the so—called freedom day. hundreds of thousands of people across the country are expected to turn out for another super saturday. katharine da costa, bbc news. the latest government figures show that in the past 2a hours 1a deaths were reported, and 10,321 new infections were recorded. that means an average of 9,109 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 219,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine

in the latest 24—hour period. 42.6 million people have now had theirfirstjab — that's 81% of uk adults. nearly 189,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24—hour period. more than 31 million people have now had both doses — that's 59% of uk adults. meanwhile, people in england who have had both covid jabs and come into contact with someone infected with covid could be spared having to isolate for ten days. that's if trials, currently under way, prove the idea is effective. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticasjoins me now. so what would happen instead of quarantining? well, what we understand is that these trials are happening and what they are looking at is whether for anyone who has had a double vaccination that requirement to isolate for ten days could be scrapped, and instead replaced with a need to do a daily test every morning for seven days, and if the test was negative you would be

allowed out that day. you would have to do another on the next day. this is what of course would reply delete may apply to anyone who is a close contact of any one positive for covid—19, or has symptoms. at the minute they would need to isolate, but the trial is looking at that alternative. government sources tell the bbc they find the idea attractive, but they don't expect the tests to return the data they need until later in the summer. but they do look at this as a possible route to take.— they do look at this as a possible route to take. damian, thank you very much- _ the son of the murdered private investigator daniel morgan says he does not accept the metropolitan police's apology for its handling of the case. earlier this week an independent panel said the met has been "institutionally corrupt" in the way it concealed or denied its failings over the decades—long investigation. 0ur correspondent sanchia berg joins me now. his son was only four years

old when his father was killed. his son was only four years old when his father was killed? you that's right. daniel morgan was found with an axe in his head in the car park ofan an axe in his head in the car park of an south london pub. there have been . of an south london pub. there have been ,. . , . been five police inquiries into the case and no _ been five police inquiries into the case and no one _ been five police inquiries into the case and no one has _ been five police inquiries into the case and no one has ever - been five police inquiries into the case and no one has ever been i case and no one has ever been convicted of it. this week the panel looking into the case for the last eight years produced its long—awaited report, and that was very critical, as you said, of the metropolitan police. it said it had been institutionally corrupt when it came to this case. now, the family were very pleased with that. the metropolitan police were not. while they apologised to the family again, they apologised to the family again, they said they didn't believe the force was currently institutionally corrupt. that so angered daniel morgan's son, also called daniel, that he decided to break a habit of a lifetime and do an interview with me.

i think we've heard enough apologies. i think it's time for action now, and i'm not sure whether they are, with what they've said, the right institution, the right organisation to get to the bottom of the seriousness of all these allegations. we've been let down. it's serious. this is a scandal. having to constantly relive it through the need to get something like this report, the need to have answers, the need to get to a truth, means that you have to get that emotional turmoil out of its box, bring it into the front and centre of your psychology that's going on for the day, and live with that. so you describe it as a personal tragedy for him and his family, but a national shame, and tragedy for him and his family, but a nationalshame, and he tragedy for him and his family, but a national shame, and he said that the metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick should consider her position. he said the culture of the net in his view was cancerous and it couldn't be trusted to follow up and it couldn't be trusted to follow up the recommendations in this report. up the recommendations in this re ort. . ., up the recommendations in this

reort. . ., ., ~ up the recommendations in this reort. . . . ~' , report. sanchia, thank you very much. report. sanchia, thank you very much- -- _ report. sanchia, thank you very much- -- the — report. sanchia, thank you very much. -- the culture _ report. sanchia, thank you very much. -- the culture of - report. sanchia, thank you very much. -- the culture of the - report. sanchia, thank you very l much. -- the culture of the met. 20 vmillion people watched scotland play england on tv yesterday, as well as 22,500 fans at wembley. it was the first time the two home nations have met in a one—off encounter at a major men's football tournament in 25 years. the game ended 0—0 but scottish fans were delighted, after their earlier defeat by the czech republic. frankie mccamley reports. the day after the night that gave scotland hope. arriving into glasgow, some very happy fans. went in as underdogs and came out fighting last night, so, aye, it was a great performance. delighted. trailing behind at london euston, some very tired fans, as the huge clean—up operation took place around leicester square. the square is starting to regain some sense of normality, but there is damage that's going to take some time to fix. this water fountain used to be surrounded by a flower bed. it's now caked in mud,

bottles and cans, and bottles and cans. i think we probably could have done it a wee bit better, supporter—wise, for the mess. ijust hope it doesn't take too long to clean up. if there's fan zones, everybody's controlled, and that's kind of what you want. singing the lack of official space meant many stayed at home. glasgow's george square packed full of supporters. but thousands of other members of the tartan army went to london anyway, ignoring warnings not to come without a ticket. blue and white drenched every street corner. # yes, sir, i can boogie... #. and boogie they did — well into the night. it wasn't a win, but it was the result scotland needed. the dream stays alive on both sides of the border. frankie mccamley, bbc news. meanwhile, wales take on italy tomorrow in rome. they are hoping to repeat their success of their previous game — a 2—0 victory over turkey.

as things stand, wales are on track to go through to the knock—out stages of the tournament. hywel griffith is in rome for us. we canjoin him now. yes, thanks we can 'oin him now. yes, thanks ve we canjoin him now. yes, thanks very much- _ we canjoin him now. yes, thanks very much. wales _ we canjoin him now. yes, thanks very much. wales have _ we canjoin him now. yes, thanks very much. wales have landed - we canjoin him now. yes, thanks very much. wales have landed in | very much. wales have landed in italy having already done the job. that win against turkey on wednesday secured them four points which should really be enough to get them through to the next stage. by winning 2—0 they not only essentially qualify but really raise the spirits of welsh supporters, gave them the best performance in five years. at the task here in rome tomorrow is altogether tougher. they face an italy team which hasn't lost in 29 matches. and hasn't even conceded a goal in almost 1000 minutes on the pitch. now the italian manager roberto mancini has been talking about his team, saying they shouldn't be considered favourites, despite that incredible record. they will be taking wales seriously having watched that game against turkey. how do wales prepare? we think all their stars

are fit and well. they will be training here at the olympic stadium within the next hour, and they may have a little inside knowledge. aaron ramsey, who really start against turkey, and plays at juventus of course, he has been talking about his friendship with some of the italian national players. you can also tell his wales team—mates how potentially to break through, but it will be a gargantuan task for wales. it's almost 20 years since they last beat them in cardiff, and when they played a return match in milan wales lost 4-0, return match in milan wales lost 4—0, so not a great track record but essentially tomorrow's result won't much, both teams thinking they've already qualified for the next round of euro 2020. already qualified for the next round of euro 2020-_ already qualified for the next round of euro 2020. thank you very much, h el of euro 2020. thank you very much, hywel griffith _ of euro 2020. thank you very much, hywel griffith in _ of euro 2020. thank you very much,

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hello. this is bbc news, with me, ben boulos. more now on our top story — pop—up vaccination centres and walk in clinics are open in england this weekend, in a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to all remaining adults. it comes as surge testing is being rolled out in areas of south london and cumbria amid a rise in cases. cumbria's director of public health is colin cox — i spoke to him a little earlier

about how the testing will work. it is targeted but not at specific areas. cumbria has seen the case rate rising by a factor of ten since the beginning ofjune. about seven cases per 100,000 at the end of may and now about 70 per 100,000, so a fairly substantial and exponential rise. the biggest number of cases have been in the younger age groups, 12—13 —year—olds. we are not targeting by area but we are urging anyone between 12 and 30 to get a test. we are working with schools to see if we can maximise the uptake of testing in schools. any idea what has caused this spike in cases in cumbria? the delta variant is supposed to be more transmissible than the alpha variant. i think it is inevitable. we have seen a number of cases coming into the county from areas with higher rates but mainly

originally people who live in cumbria travelling for work or education or leisure. but inevitably it has become more widespread as wider community transmission within the county. as director of public health for cumbria, do you suggest people limit their travel into and out or are you not at that stage yet? it is important people think about the travel they are doing and whether it is essential or not. we have certainly been saying that ever since greater manchester and lancashire had advised to limit travel in and out of those areas and we have supported that advice. but clearly people have to go in and out of cumbria for work and education but we have tried

to encourage people to think about whether they need to go for shopping trips into big cities are go out for evenings out in large towns and cities where we know the variant has been more prevalent recently. the other key issue is we are hurtling towards the school summer holiday season and with foreign travel being very limited, if at all possible, for many people, holidays in the uk are the option for many. the lake district and cumbria are a go—to option for many people and i'm sure businesses there will eagerly anticipate that. do you think that could be put in jeopardy by this or is it too soon to say? at the moment we haven't seen much in the way of evidence of case rates are rising because of tourism in the county, we haven't seen that as a major driver, and we didn't see that last summer either where we saw large numbers of people coming into the county.

0ur message at the moment to people who want to come and visit cumbria is please get tested before you travel. lateral flow tests if nothing else a couple of days before you come to cumbria and if you test positive then you need to self—isolate and not to travel up. our local tourism industry is desperate to see people back, so we are not telling people not to visit, but please get tested before you come. a private equity firm has confirmed it is considering a takeover bid for the uk's fourth largest supermarket chain morrisons. our business correspondent katie prescott is here with more details. what more do we know at this stage? it really is just a consideration. it really is just a consideration. it might seem a little bit out of the blue, but when you look at who is involved in this private equity

firm in this takeover business, it starts to make a little bit more sense. this is a ao—year—old private equity firm, they've made several investments in uk retail in the past, very successful investments, for example, the retail chain b and m from which they made more than £1 million. if you look at their board, it is made up of the former —— a former boss of tesco who used to work with the current management of morrisons, so there's lots of reasons why this firm in particular might go for morrisons, which is seen as an attractive proposition, particularly for a foreign firm. uk shares at the moment are quite cheap compared to businesses from abroad and morrisons is doing pretty well. its sales are up 5% in the first—half of this year and it owns a massive property portfolio as well, 85% up at shops owned by minor sins and one analyst i spoke to said they're worth about £7 billion —— owned by morrisons. you can see why a firm from the states might look at

morrisons and think it is an attractive company to look to buy. indeed. whenever there is talk of a takeover of the scale, there is always an element of concern for the people who work for the company. do we know what this would mean for morrisons workers? i5 we know what this would mean for morrisons workers?— morrisons workers? is very early sta . es. morrisons workers? is very early stages- the _ morrisons workers? is very early stages. the company _ morrisons workers? is very early stages. the company is - morrisons workers? is very early stages. the company is yet - morrisons workers? is very early stages. the company is yet to i morrisons workers? is very early . stages. the company is yet to make morrisons workers? is very early - stages. the company is yet to make a formal offer. that is to come in the next 20 days. morrisons can employ more than 120,000 people here in the uk and there will be a certain amount of concern hearing this. it is worth looking at the track record of the firm involved here, they have made long—term investments in uk businesses in the past, and uk retail, and they really do invest for the long term. looking at their track record they want to grow the business, so at this stage there isn't a sense of what might happen to the workers, if anything. a hardline ultra conservative will be iran's next president —— after winning most of the votes counted so far. ebrahim raisi beat three

other candidates — in a poll in which most would—be candidates were barred from standing. mr raisi is under us sanctions and has been linked to past executions of political prisoners. the bbc persian�*s kasra naji has been giving me the latest. he has won about 18.1; million votes, and the turnout apparently is about 48%, 49%, which is the lowest ever since the iranian revolution years ago. what does that tell us about political opinion in iran? it means he is not a very popular man, many people protested, they did not take part in elections, there was talk of boycotting the elections. now with the figures just published, if you do the calculations, you come to the conclusion that millions of people either did not go to vote, they boycotted the elections, or they spoiled their ballot

papers when they did go to the polling stations. so there is quite a lot of protest votes there. it means a good chunk of the iranian population is disenchanted, seriously, discontented, and they feel left out of the political process and that is dangerous in iran. iran is reeling under the terrible economic crisis brought about by mismanagement in a big way and the us sanctions. there have been two rounds of serious nationwide protests in iran in the last few years in which hundreds, some say thousands, were killed in these demonstrations and protests. i suspect the result today is not going to give us assurances of stability, more stability in the years to come. iran's president—elect, the hardline cleric, ebrahim raisi,

last year, covid restrictions wiped out the uk's summer festival season. this year — despite many events being delayed or cancelled — some are going ahead. download festival at donington park near derby, is one of them. its taking place this weekend as part of the governments live event pilot scheme. the crowd is smaller and all those attending have had to have a negative covid test. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal reports. they seem like scenes from pre—pandemic times, rather than just this weekend. no masks and no keeping two metres apart. after all, you can't do social distancing in a mosh pit. the download festival pilot is a huge stepping up of the government's testing of live events. three days long, with capacity for 10,000 happy campers. to be back here isjust... it's incredible. i will go through every guideline and jump through every hoop they want me to to get back here like this.

live festivals are basically all i do with my spare time, and live music, so it isjust incredible to be able to be here again and experience that. strict measures are in place to allow this level of freedom at the site. the event will help guide government policy. people are going to be living on site so we are going to understand that kind of living and socialising interaction and also, we are going to have a large—scale stage type event and be able to look at the science and understanding of things like the mosh pits. we do the maximum in our power at events to reduce the risk. i think the question for the future is the one that you ask is what level of risk are we happy to take with the sort of events? i think we will be able to calibrate that through the research we are doing. data suggests cases are spreading mainly among the under—25s. around a fifth of people here are that demographic. that age group are gathering together wherever they are. what they are doing here is gathering together safely because they have all been tested before they came. limits on crowd sizes at outdoor events were set

to be lifted on monday, but rising infection rates have delayed that stage of the lockdown road map by a month. there will be further pilot events in the coming months to learn more about how crowds and covid safety can coexist. luxmy gopal, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. today has been a pretty cloudy day. we've seen a few cloud breaks, a little bit of sunshine coming through for some through the afternoon and a few showers in scotland, but my attention is now turning to the south, where we started to see some big thunderstorms break out again and these are going to be pushing northwards. the rain will be quite extensive, quite heavy with some thunder mixed in across south—east england, anywhere really from the isle of wight and hampshire eastwards, into east anglia too. now, the heaviest rain could bring some localised surface water flooding, especially given how wet the weather

has been over recent days. there will be some showers developing further west for south—west england and wales as well. temperatures overnight 10—14. tomorrow, this rain pulls away from eastern areas of england, then we will be left with a lot of cloud across the country again. showers in scotland developing through the afternoon, this time there will be one or two in northern ireland as well, and although most of us will keep the cloud all day, there will be some sunshine across northern ireland, north—west england, and the north—west of wales too. hello, this is bbc news with ben boulos. the headlines: a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to every adult in england is gathering speed, amid warnings that a third wave of infections is under way. if it wasn't for the vaccine, we would definitely be seeing a wave the we would definitely be seeing a wave beginnings oi hospitalisations. the beginnings of a rise in hospitalisations. i think we're very optimistic that this will be different from the previous waves. the early signs are it will be.

criticism of the metropolitan police by the son of a private investigator whose murder remains unsolved more than three decades later. hard—line cleric ebrahim raisi has won iran's presidential election in a poll where reformists were barred from standing. and rock fans from across the uk celebrate at the scaled—down version of the download festival as it goes ahead as a test event. now on bbc news, the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing has criticised the security at the venue, concluding actions could have been taken which would probably have meant that fewer people died. in a special programme, �*the manchester arena inquiry: security in the spotlight�*, the bbc�*sjudith moritz looks at the failings that enabled salman abedi to carry out his attack. a warning — you may find some of the details in her documentary upsetting. for the security industry, may 2017

was a watershed moment. the manchester arena broke the mould, really.