this is bbc news. the headlines at six... a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to every adult in england is gathering speed, with queues forming outside pop—up vaccination centres. if it wasn't for the vaccine, we would definitely be seeing a wave that is going to be even bigger than the wave we had in winter but because of the vaccine, that is doing the heavy lifting, that is what is doing as much as possible to protect us at the moment. it comes as scientists repeat their warnings that a third wave of infections is under way: i certainly believe it is the third way. we are seeing the number of cases going up quite consistently now. and the beginnings of a rise in hospitalisations. i think we are all very optimistic that this will be different from the previous waves.

the son of the private investigator daniel morgan — whose murder remains unsolved more than three decades later — says he does not accept the metropolitan police's apology for their handling of the case. more turmoil at the top in northern ireland — new first minister paul givan has been told he must resign as his party looks for another leader. a hard—line cleric linked to political executions wins iran's presidential election. and coming up in half an hour — all the latest from the euros and todays' other sporting action in sportsday. good evening. 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 because of a rise in the number of cases. here's our health correspondent katharine da costa. chelsea football stadium is used to hosting large crowds. now a pop—up vaccination centre. people packed in, ready to roll up their sleeves. for the first time, those aged 18—20 were eligible. for many, their turn couldn't come soon enough. my entire family is vaccinated so it is nice to finallyjoin them, and feel quite safe, be able to see my grandparents and not feel i will potentially infect. i'm really happy, i feel a lot safer and better. | elsewhere in the capital, london's olympic park welcomed 10,000 of those who had booked as well as those who turned up on the day. i think it's a fantastic effort by the nhs working with all our organisations.

this is about getting all our residents vaccinated, so pop—up campaigns like this are crucial tojust get more people vaccinated. a bumper weekend here, two, at manchester royal infirmary. more than 30 walking sites are being set up across the north west. it's the region with the highest rates of infection is in the country. first jabs 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 suppose at the moment i'm 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 in january. everyjab 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 9109 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 219,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, 42.6 million people have now had their firstjab, that's 81 percent of uk adults. nearly 189,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a hour period. more than 31 million people have now had both doses —that�*s 59 % of uk adults 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 ——weighting 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. 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 10 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? 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticasjoins me now. so what would happen instead of quarantining? the system at the ministry as they

have someone test positive or has symptoms the —— all their co—symptoms are meant to isolate for ten days. what this trial is looking at is whether anyone who is double vaccinated, that is the key thing here, can be exempted from that. but what they would have to do instead is take a daily rapid test every morning. if that test is clear, you can go free that they, you don't have to isolate the next day, another test for a week and after a week are exempt from isolation. it only would apply in england. this is a trial at the minute. to give you an idea of how mutable it might affect, last week we thought there might be something like 60,000 people isolating in england, so it could affect quite a lot of people. you find out some of the key points, daily test could be expensive if you're looking at pcr test, you mention lateral flow, you're looking at pcr test, you mention lateralflow, but you're looking at pcr test, you mention lateral flow, but we know they're not as reliable. it says it get is fraught with potential pitfalls and difficulties. how realistic how far off would be from

being introduced, even if the trials are successful?— are successful? what government sources are _ are successful? what government sources are saying _ are successful? what government sources are saying is _ are successful? what government sources are saying is they - are successful? what government sources are saying is they like - are successful? what government sources are saying is they like the i sources are saying is they like the idea, they think there are possibly real benefits to it, but they have to see the results of the trials. there are about 40,000 people taking part in those trials at the moment. some preliminary results may come in the next few weeks, but the poll results until the end of the summer. and at that point, they will evaluate, obviously, what they see. you point out exactly that issue, rapid lateral protests, whether they think those are accurate enough —— lateral flow test. that is the reason for limiting to people double vaccinated but ultimately it would have to be signed up by the chief medical officer, i would have to be signed up by the chief medical officer, iwould be have to be signed up by the chief medical officer, i would be a medical decision at the end of the day. medical decision at the end of the da . . ~' , ., , medical decision at the end of the da . . ~ , ., , . medical decision at the end of the da. . , . ., medical decision at the end of the da. .~g , . ., ., the son of a private investigator whose murder has remained unsolved for more than three decades has criticised the metropolitan police's response. earlier this week, an independent panel accused scotland yard of "a form of institutional

corruption" over daniel morgan's case — a claim that was later rejected by the force's commissioner. sanchia berg reports. daniel morgan pictured here with his children, just months before his death. his son, also called daniel, wasjust four years old when he was brutally killed. earlier this week, an independent panel found a form of institutional corruption in the metropolitan police helped explain the failure to solve daniel morgan's murder in a pub car park in south london 34 years ago. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, apologised to the morgan family and said she would take time to consider the panel's report. but she said she did not accept that the force was currently institutionally corrupt. i don't accept their apologies. 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 have said, the right institution or the right organisation to get to the bottom of the seriousness

of all these allegations. i just don't see the metropolitan police as a credible organisation, and what they say makes it to me feel even less credible. frankly, it makes me angry. the home secretary, priti patel, told parliament the report was devastating. she has asked the independent body that assesses the police whether it can look into the issues raised. it is the kind of independent oversight the morgan family are calling for. the dups paul givan has been told that he will have to resign as first minister after a new party leader takes over. he is northern ireland's youngest first minister and before long he will also be the shortest serving leader to hold the post. mr givan was informed of the news after the resignation of the dup leader, edwin poots on thursday night. sirjeffrey donaldson, who is favourite to be

the next dup leader, has made it clear he plans to lead the party from stormont as first minister. a little earlier i spoke to our ireland correspondentjulian fowler, who told me more about today's developments sirjeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currently he is the favourite, and it was thought he would keep paul givan in position, as his removal will create some political instability. but edwin poots stepped down afterjust 21 days as dup leader over his decision to agree a deal with sinn fein to introduce irish language legislation, in order to nominate his close political ally paul givan as first minister. but with that decision for edwin poots to go, it means paul givan will have to go, too. jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a first minister. what that will mean when paul givan

does step down, michelle 0'neill as deputy first minister will also have to go, which will lead to a seven—day period again when the dup and sinn fein will have to nominate to those positions. it could lead to more negotiations with the government, more demands, and that will mean more instability and itjust shows really once again how precarious power sharing can be at stormont. this might be a simplistic question but, given edwin poots was leader of the dup, why was he not himself first minister? that was his decision. it did cause some surprise. but when he stood in the leadership contest following the ousting of arlene foster as party leader and first minister, he made it clear if he became leader he wanted

to remain as agriculture minister. part of his reasoning was as the agriculture minister he has some control over the ports and has a part to play in terms of the implementation of the northern ireland protocol. that is the big issue facing unionism at the moment in northern ireland, the brexit irish sea border. edwin poots wanted to stay on as agriculture minister and so he decided to split that role. a majority of the party voted for him as leader and went along with that idea. three weeks on, many of those who sided with him are now having second thoughts. the headlines on bbc news... a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to every adult in england is gathering speed, with queues forming outside pop—up vaccination centres. it comes as scientists repeat their warnings that a third wave of infections is under way:

criticism of the metropolitan police by the son of a private investigator whose murder remains unsolved more than three decades later. northern ireland's first minister paul givan has been told he will have to resign once a new leader is elected by the democratic unionist party. let's get more now on that rise in the number of people testing positive for covid—19. professor markjit is a vaccine epidemiologist at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. he's been explaining that the number of cases is a cause for concern. i think we are already seeing a third wave, the proportion of people who are getting positive when their tesco up. we are seeing the number of cases go up. we are starting to see the number of hospital admissions and deaths go up, sadly. these are always a few weeks after they cases go up and now we are

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against a variant that the spreading much faster. if it wasn't for the vaccine, we would definitely be seeing a wave that is going to be even bigger than the wave we had in winter. but because of the vaccine, thatis winter. but because of the vaccine, that is doing the heavy lifting, that is doing the heavy lifting, thatis that is doing the heavy lifting, that is doing the heavy lifting, that is doing as much as is possible to protect us at the moment. 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 18.4 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. senior conservatives have responded to the party's shock defeat in thursday's by—election in chesham and amersham, by warning the government not to "drift away" from its core voters. the conservative co—chairman, amanda milling, described the result as a "warning shot" by voters — over the hs2 high—speed rail link and reforms of the planning system in england, which critics fear could reduce local influence over planning decisions. a little earlier our political correspondentjess parker explained

what the by—election could mean for the conservatives. it's parts of the south and south—east particularly, where there are concerns that the reforms the government is putting forward could see more green spaces built on, in areas who feel they have already had to take a lot of housing. so he was warning he wouldn't want to see the party drift away from its core voters as he said has happened to the labour party in parts of the midlands and north, traditional territory the conservatives took off labour to some extent in the last general election. you mentioned amanda milling, co—chair of the conservative party, i think in an effort to calm some nerves this morning, she has released a piece in the daily telegraph saying that the party is listening and that it is a warning shot, and trying to send a signal that they will pay attention to these concerns. but of course we will have to wait and see what the government comes out with in terms of planning reforms. we expect some firmer proposals later this year. 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 explains the background. 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 40—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? it's very early stages. the company is yet to make a formal offer. that has to come in the next 28 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, in 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. twenty million people watched scotland play england on tv yesterday, as well as 22 and a half thousand 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. 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. now it's 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, with queues forming outside pop—up vaccination centres. it comes as scientists repeat their warnings that a third wave of infections is under way. if it wasn't for the vaccine, we would definitely be seeing a wave different from the previous waves. but because of the vaccine, that's what's doing the heavy lifting, that's what's doing as much as possible to protect us at the moment. the son of the private investigator daniel morgan, whose murder remains unsolved more than three decades later, says he does not accept the metropolitan police's apology for their handling of the case. more turmoil at the top in northern ireland — new first minister paul givan has been told he must resign as his party looks for another leader. a hard—line cleric linked to political executions wins iran's presidential election.