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england. at the same time, after some sunny spells, showering rain pushing its way south were sending i developing breeze tomorrow across the eastern half of the country, and that will limit the temperatures. 14 or 15 degrees for some. there will be sunny spells around the english channel. 20—21. through sunday night, though showers across scotland will push their way a little bit further south. at the same time, another batch of rain worked its way out to france and towards southern england. a cooler night to take us into the summer solstice across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. same high we had the other week, but it still north of us. the big uncertainty is health far north this will get. it could get into the midlands at times. away from that, should be a dry and bright day. with the

northerly breeze, it is going to be a cool one. temperatures for some only 13 to 16 degrees. what will follow will be a distinctly chilly night. a night that could bring a touch of frost across some sheltered valleys and the grampian �*s, and the highlands. tuesday compared to monday, much brighter. a lot more sunshine around. that will east through the day, so gradually becoming less chilly and temperatures climbing back up to around 20 or 21 degrees. into the end of the week, a bit of a flip. northern areas likely to see some rain, southern areas a bit dry. this is bbc news with blue burak. ——

lukwesa burak. 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 underway: wave of infections is under way. if it wasn't for the vaccine, we would definitely be seeing a wave that's going to be even bigger than the wave we had in winter. but because of the vaccine, that's doing the heavy lifting, that's what is doing as much as possible to protect us at the moment. as much as possible 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.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, the uk politics reporter at bloomberg, and sian griffiths, of the sunday times. a bit look —— look through the front pages. matt hancock kept the prime minister in the dark overjabs success is the sunday telegraph's headline, which goes on to say the health secretary sat on positive data for three days ahead of a meeting that ruled the unlocking of restrictions must be delayed. the sunday times features a picture of four—year—old ella harris signalling the £100,000 bill her father has received to repair the cladding on their one—bedroom flat in salford. the paper says it's just one example

of families receiving ruinous bills in the cladding scandal. the express says more than 50 conservative mps are backing plans to step up a lockdown fight with plans for a new �*pandemic law' to block future lockdowns. the independent�*s main picture story is of thousands of people queuing at coronavirus vaccination centres. above it, the main story that �*record demand at a&e is putting patient lives at risk�* with a spike in pressure on hospital emergency departments. the mail on sunday claims prince charles "won�*t let archie be a prince" in a slimmed—down monarchy after he becomes king. the paper says it�*s the issue that increased the sussexes and led to a row culminating in comments on the oprah winfrey show. let�*s begin. very good evening to you both. we�*re

going to start with the telegraph. sian, hancock kept pm in the dark. your thoughts on the story. yes. your thoughts on the story. yes, it's a continuation _ your thoughts on the story. yes, it's a continuation of— your thoughts on the story. yes, it's a continuation of an - your thoughts on the story. yes, it's a continuation of an attack i your thoughts on the story. yes it's a continuation of an attack on it�*s a continuation of an attack on matt hancock, which has been rambling for quite a few days. it was first raised by dominic cummings. he suggested that boris johnson had branded his health secretary�*s handling of the pandemic last year as "hopeless." the story alleges that matt hancock didn�*t tell the prime minister about a public health england study which was very, had very positive data, and that showed that both the astrazeneca and pfizer vaccines were more effective at preventing hospitalisations against the india delta variant than they were against previous strains. the story suggests that if that data had been made

available to borisjohnson and other ministers at the same time as matt hancock had it, which was about three days before a crucial meeting at which ministers decided whether or not to lift the covid restrictions. then the decision that they did make, which was not to lift they did make, which was not to lift the restrictions and to wait until july the 19th, might have been a different decision and we might have had freedom day that we had long been promised. it�*s quite a speculative story, but i think it also signals just how divided the tory party is about matt hancock�*s handling of the pandemic. it quotes steve baker, a tory mp, who raises questions about this data and why it wasn�*t made available more quickly. apparently it was sent before that crucial meeting, but only a few

hours before and in an e—mail, and it wasn�*t sent for three days before, which is when apparently the health secretary had it. jae. before, which is when apparently the health secretary had it.— health secretary had it. joe, you asked the question _ health secretary had it. joe, you asked the question why - health secretary had it. joe, you asked the question why would i health secretary had it. joe, you| asked the question why would he health secretary had it. joe, you - asked the question why would he do that and today, we hear that we�*re in a third wave definitely. yes. that and today, we hear that we're in a third wave definitely. yes, and the story doesn't _ in a third wave definitely. yes, and the story doesn't have _ the story doesn't have an explanation from matt hancock as to why that _ explanation from matt hancock as to why that happened. we do have the department of health thing matt hancock didn't deliberately do this to alex— hancock didn't deliberately do this to alex borisjohnson into delaying the restrictions, but we don't have answers _ the restrictions, but we don't have answers. we are in this third wave. it's really— answers. we are in this third wave. it's really quite strange the deveined... but we do know is that the government felt that was necessary to the labour and restrictions because it was concerned about rising cases. would noise _ concerned about rising cases. would noise of— concerned about rising cases. would noise of this — concerned about rising cases. would noise of this information change? it does say— noise of this information change? it does say the government says we did have equivalent data, so they say this hasn't— have equivalent data, so they say this hasn't had an impact, but who knows? _ this hasn't had an impact, but who knows? , , , this hasn't had an impact, but who knows? , , w' , this hasn't had an impact, but who

knows? , , ., knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian, — knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian. you _ knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian. you get— knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian, you get a _ knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian, you get a sense - knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian, you get a sense of- knows? just very quickly, mac want to -- sian, you get a sense of a - to —— sian, you get a sense of a political game, don�*t you? political game, don�*t you ? definitely. political game, don�*t you? definitely. there do seem to be people who are trying to pin blame on matt hancock for some of the very disastrous and tragic death tolls that we have experienced in the uk during the coronavirus crisis. matt hancock has visited virtually defended himself up to now, but there�*s and how —— has vigorously —— there�*s and how —— has vigorously —— there�*s and how —— has vigorously —— there�*s an attack. people are wielding knives against matt hancock now. joe, if you could take us to the independents. a scene from earlier today on theirfront independents. a scene from earlier today on their front page. we�*re jabbing our way out of this pandemic. jabbing our way out of this pandemic— jabbing our way out of this andemic. ., ~ , jabbing our way out of this andemic. . ~ , , pandemic. yeah, i think this is evidence that _ pandemic. yeah, i think this is evidence that many _ pandemic. yeah, i think this is evidence that many young - pandemic. yeah, i think this is i evidence that many young people pandemic. yeah, i think this is - evidence that many young people want to at their— evidence that many young people want to at their vaccine, which is good

news _ to at their vaccine, which is good news and — to at their vaccine, which is good news and means that protection of the whole — news and means that protection of the whole population is gradually more _ the whole population is gradually more and — the whole population is gradually more and more being achieved. i got my vaccine _ more and more being achieved. i got my vaccine this week and similar scenes. — my vaccine this week and similar scenes, lots of people wanting to be there _ scenes, lots of people wanting to be there we _ scenes, lots of people wanting to be there. we know with the delta variant— there. we know with the delta variant becoming so dominant in the country. _ variant becoming so dominant in the country, those two doses of vaccine to provide _ country, those two doses of vaccine to provide better protection against getting _ to provide better protection against getting the disease itself or being hospitalised. i think this is a picture — hospitalised. i think this is a picture of— hospitalised. i think this is a picture of the government would love to see, _ picture of the government would love to see, and _ picture of the government would love to see, and now the question is can we get _ to see, and now the question is can we get enough second doses in good time _ it's a good picture. front page of the telegraph. a piece on the by—election in chatham. telegraph. a piece on the by-election in chatham. yes, this is a story based _ by-election in chatham. yes, this is a story based on _ by-election in chatham. yes, this is a story based on an _ by-election in chatham. yes, this is a story based on an article - by-election in chatham. yes, this is a story based on an article written l a story based on an article written by peter fleet, the tory candlelit who was beaten in the by—election in cheshire. he�*s written a piece for the sunday telegraph in which he

says supporters want to return to the traditional tory values of physical discipline, and he says they fear a return to what he called a bloated public sector. it could be filled by higher taxes. quite a telling phrase, rishi sunak, who also likes fiscal discipline. mr fleet says the liberal democrats who overturned his 16,000 majority, they actually benefited from tory voters who were registered in the protest vote, not only against the fears that the tories are trying to spend their way out of the crisis, but they also wanted to register vote against hs2 rail line, planning reforms as well that would make it easier to build houses and counties like buckinghamshire. he says the appalling state of our local roads,

so long list of grievances. jae? appalling state of our local roads, so long list of grievances. joe? | so long list of grievances. joe? i think interestingly, the article talks— think interestingly, the article talks about planning. planning is perhaps— talks about planning. planning is perhaps the most important thing to take away— perhaps the most important thing to take away from this by—election and how so— take away from this by—election and how so many conservative mps are worried _ how so many conservative mps are worried they can face a similar dynamic— worried they can face a similar dynamic in _ worried they can face a similar dynamic in their own seats if the government presses ahead. we would see marry— government presses ahead. we would see many more new houses built in green _ see many more new houses built in green rural, — see many more new houses built in green rural, southern constituencies. local have less power — constituencies. local have less power to — constituencies. local have less power to oppose those development, so that's— power to oppose those development, so that's where many tories want to see the _ so that's where many tories want to see the government changed tack, and the labour— see the government changed tack, and the labour party is pressing this as weit~ _ the labour party is pressing this as weit~ i_ the labour party is pressing this as well. i suspect that to be a big battle — well. i suspect that to be a big battle coming up in this parliament. very quickly, your thoughts, joe. if mr fleet says the voters want to return to flight school discipline, will they get that with the lib dems —— fiscal discipline? that will they get that with the lib dems -- fiscal discipline?— -- fiscal discipline? that would be exactly right- _ -- fiscal discipline? that would be exactly right- a — -- fiscal discipline? that would be exactly right. a party _ -- fiscal discipline? that would be exactly right. a party that - -- fiscal discipline? that would be exactly right. a party that does i -- fiscal discipline? that would be | exactly right. a party that does not seem _ exactly right. a party that does not seem to _ exactly right. a party that does not seem to be — exactly right. a party that does not seem to be fiscally conservative thah _ seem to be fiscally conservative than the — seem to be fiscally conservative than the conservatives. it's a slightly— than the conservatives. it's a slightly odd claim, but the conservative party is faced with a

massive — conservative party is faced with a massive public health crisis and they— massive public health crisis and they have — massive public health crisis and they have to rack up this big beast time deficit in the economy —— peacetime _ the sunday times and their lead story. this is the battle between downing street and the treasury over taxes and public spending. there�*s growing alarm, according to the political editor, that borisjohnson keeps coming up with plans which are costing billions. there�*s not very much to pay for them. tim says all kinds of pleasantries have been made by borisjohnson recently. there is the £200 million bill for the royal yachts that has been promised. he made some pledges after g7. we know rishi sunak has already vetoed plans for an education catch up scheme,

which borisjohnson has been talking up which borisjohnson has been talking up until rishi sunak said he was not paying 15 billion for it. so, it does look as though there�*s a bit of a battle going on. borisjohnson very keen to announce these big headline grabbing initiatives and rishi sunak being very careful with the spending review. i think there�*s going to be a lot more of these tussles over projects that boris johnson has announced, but actually, he haven�*t actually agreed the funding to pay for them. the he haven't actually agreed the funding to pay for them. the article does mention _ funding to pay for them. the article does mention marshall _ funding to pay for them. the article does mention marshall plan. i funding to pay for them. the article does mention marshall plan. yes, | funding to pay for them. the article i does mention marshall plan. yes, the . lobal does mention marshall plan. yes, the global green — does mention marshall plan. yes, the global green growth _ does mention marshall plan. yes, the global green growth that _ does mention marshall plan. yes, the global green growth that the - does mention marshall plan. yes, the global green growth that the prime i global green growth that the prime minister— global green growth that the prime minister announced at 67, and as the article _ minister announced at 67, and as the article claims, the treasury was not told about— article claims, the treasury was not told about this before with an ounce — told about this before with an ounce a _ told about this before with an ounce. a sign of miscommunication. my sense _ ounce. a sign of miscommunication. my sense is— ounce. a sign of miscommunication. my sense is borisjohnson ounce. a sign of miscommunication. my sense is boris johnson very much a prime _ my sense is boris johnson very much a prime minister who wants to be loved. _

a prime minister who wants to be loved. and — a prime minister who wants to be loved, and he loves to be doing popular— loved, and he loves to be doing popular things and cutting back on spending — popular things and cutting back on spending is not so popular. it would be amazing — spending is not so popular. it would be amazing to see how the conservative party reconciles these tensions _ conservative party reconciles these tensions in — conservative party reconciles these tensions in balancing the books. gk, tensions in balancing the books. 0k, back to the tensions in balancing the books. ok back to the telegraph. judges may be freed from wright�*s ruling. judges may be freed from wright's rulina. , , .,, judges may be freed from wright's rulin. , ,., , .,y , judges may be freed from wright's rulina. , , .,y ruling. this is a story 'udges at detailed they i ruling. this is a story 'udges at detailed they may i ruling. this is a storyjudges at detailed they may not - ruling. this is a storyjudges at detailed they may not be i ruling. this is a storyjudges at| detailed they may not be bound ruling. this is a storyjudges at i detailed they may not be bound by european human rights rulings under a major review that�*s being considered by the government. it would be the first review of the human rights sector in 20 years, and its plan is to curb the influence of the court of human rights of the uk. this is something that was promised in the tory party manifesto a while back. it is something that tory mps will be keen to see. i think a lot of tory mps think the uk supreme court should have the final say on the law of the land, and not be

banned byjudging from... you the law of the land, and not be banned byjudging from... banned by 'udging from... you do have to banned byjudging from... you do have to ask. _ banned byjudging from... you do have to ask, what _ banned byjudging from... you do have to ask, what about - banned byjudging from... you do have to ask, what about the i banned byjudging from... you do i have to ask, what about the european convention on human rights? yes indeed, convention on human rights? yes indeed. and _ convention on human rights? yes indeed, and how should that interact with law— indeed, and how should that interact with law in _ indeed, and how should that interact with law in this country. the label or party— with law in this country. the label or party are — with law in this country. the label or party are making the claim —— labour— or party are making the claim —— labour party. i see this poke brexit tends _ labour party. i see this poke brexit lends the _ labour party. i see this poke brexit lends the government want to be delivering on that promise —— post—brexit. we shouldn't have any alternative — post—brexit. we shouldn't have any alternative power sources which could _ alternative power sources which could influence our democracy. the example here of ella harris, a bill of £100,000 for a warm bedroom flat. , , ., bill of £100,000 for a warm bedroom flat. , _, ., bill of £100,000 for a warm bedroom flat. , ., flat. this is a campaign that has been running — flat. this is a campaign that has been running very _

flat. this is a campaign that has been running very successfully. | flat. this is a campaign that has i been running very successfully. it's been running very successfully. it�*s tragic. fouryears been running very successfully. it�*s tragic. four years after the grenfell tower fire, we�*ve got now homeowners all over the uk who are facing ruinous bills to remove cladding from their homes. the government has said it will make some money available to get rid of this dangerous cladding, but not enough. and this story in the sunday times is two pages, and has a very effective, i think, times is two pages, and has a very effective, ithink, photo montage times is two pages, and has a very effective, i think, photo montage of residents holding up pieces of paper which have scribbled on them the amount that they are going to have to pay to get rid of the cladding from their homes. until they do that, they can�*t sell them, they have to pay for what are called fire watches, which is where people walk around the building at night to make sure there isn�*t a fire breaking out and everyone can stay in the building. some of the figures, this little girl ll, holding up this

card. she was with her father, matthew. he is an nhs lab assistant and he... she�*s holding up a piece of paper with a bill for £102,000, and that flat costs £88,000 in 2012. some people are even saying they will have to go bankrupt. it�*s really, really heartbreaking. will have to go bankrupt. it's really, really heartbreaking. we've run out of time, _ really, really heartbreaking. we've run out of time, joe, _ really, really heartbreaking. we've run out of time, joe, but _ really, really heartbreaking. we've run out of time, joe, but to - really, really heartbreaking. we've run out of time, joe, but to get i run out of time, joe, but to get your thoughts hopefully in the next edition. thank you very much indeed. and thank you for watching. like i said, another look at the paper is at 11:30 p:m.. goodbye for now. now on bbc news. ros atkins traces back the story of the delta variant, from its arrival in the uk to how it

became the dominant strain of covid—19, leading to a delay in the easing of restrictions. i think it is sensible to waitjust a little longer. i think it is sensible to wait just a little longer. well, let�*s go back to the start. in october, a new variant was detected in india. six months on, in april, india�*s cases were surging, and several mutations of the variant were causing concern. one was called b.1.617.2. this was delta, it was gaining international attention. the world health organization designated it a variant of interest on the 4th of april. 0n the 9th of april, borisjohnson�*s government expanded its

red list of countries, the ones facing the strictest travel restrictions. here�*s the press release. it went on... the delta variant wasn�*t mentioned, nor was india. it wasn�*t on the list, which begged the question — why? well, one possible explanation was politics, that borisjohnson had a trip to india in late april that he didn�*t want to cancel. weeks later, the sunday times reported... the theory goes, the trip would have helped. the government�*s never accepted that. what is beyond dispute, though, is that by mid april, the pressure on borisjohnson was building. 0ne leading public health academic said india being off the red list was "frankly insane".

but the government held its line. 0n the 16th of april, the telegraph asked it about india�*s absence from the list. a number ten spokesperson said only... well, we got more detail on the government�*s thinking when health secretary matt hancock said this in may. when we put pakistan on the red list, and indeed, bangladesh, the positivity of those arriving from pakistan and bangladesh was three times higher that from india. that�*s why we took those decisions. but publicly available government data doesn�*t back that up. these are the covid infection rates for arrivals in late march and early april. india�*s above bangladesh and close to pakistan. then, injune, mr hancock argued that back in april, the government didn�*t have the full picture. we didn�*t have that data because there is a long lag from the cases, the data in which the case occurs,

to the date when the sequencing comes back. so, you have to act on the data that you have. his argument there is about sequencing, the process where individual variants are identified. but even without that information, the headline data from india didn�*t need much interpretation. by mid april, even after factoring in population size, india was recording far more new cases a day than bangladesh or pakistan, though the uk government says india�*s higher testing rate was a factor. what the uk definitely knew was that india had outbreaks of what were then called the kent, south africa and brazil variants, and covid in india was a huge and rapidly escalating crisis. and within days, the government had changed tack. this press release on the 19th of april announced... it noted... certainly, there was a high volume in april.

the sunday times estimates that 20,000 people arrived in the uk from india in the first three weeks of the month. but again, this week, borisjohnson has defended his government. we put india on the red list, mr speaker, on april the 23rd, and the delta variant was not so identified until april the 28th, mr speaker, and was only identified as a variant of concern on may the 7th. this is all true. but it�*s also true that the role of variants in india�*s crisis was known earlier in april, and that people in mid april were urging the prime minister to act. and whatever the rights and wrongs of the government�*s decision, borisjohnson was following a pattern. at the start of the pandemic, he locked down england later than many european countries. in the autumn, he locked down later than his scientific advisers suggested. in december, he resisted calls for more restrictions at christmas, then changed his mind.

and again here, he acted later than he might have. the question is — what was the impact of doing that? by mid may, the opposition was making these accusations. they should've put india on the red list at the same time as pakistan and as bangladesh. since then, we've had this three—week period in which thousands of people have returned from india, and that probably includes hundreds of the new variant covid cases. and, as the case numbers in england increased, so did the criticism of what happened in april. injune, george eaton of the new statesman tweeted... but does this add up? can we connect the timing of india going on the red list with what�*s happening now? certainly, delta is the problem right now. it accounts for more than 90% of new cases,

and one former adviser described what was happening this way. we are in the early grip of this virus. l it is this delta variant. we've got 7000 cases _ i would average at the moment and a doubling time around a week. but was the red list disk agent responsible for this? this is one current adviser. in other words, to some extent, the timing didn�*t matter because the timing did matter because if delta had been delayed, more people would have been vaccinated and we know the vaccine reduces the chances of getting delta and of getting seriously ill because of it. but timing isn�*t the whole story. look at this. the uae brought in extra

restrictions on the 22nd of april. france was the 24th, the us, the 4th of may. the uk, remember, was the 23rd of april. it wasn�*t out of sync with these countries. here�*s an american official telling us the delta variant is doubling every two weeks, so it�*s probably going to become the dominant strain here. more broadly, the who says delta is in over 60 countries, so why is the uk particularly affected? it may be the volume of people who came in. doctorjeffrey barrett is quoted in the independent and says... he also points out denmark had individual cases of delta at the same time as the uk, but not a huge volume of them, and delta�*s impact in

denmark is much smaller, all of which feeds into the of the timing into these arguments on the timing of the red list decision. arguments that have an urgency because delta is becoming more and more of an issue. the problem at the moment is that the projections that include a significant third wave, which is what the delay today is designed to try and prevent, also say that in one month�*s time, the situation is very unlikely to look any better. he makes a longer—term point, too. there�*s no question that we have this conversation of six months�* time, we will be talking about different variants. his point being that variants are a long—term challenges and how governments manage and will have a huge bearing on how much covid disrupt our lives. both of those points are borne out by the last three months,

because it is true that the delta variant would�*ve reached the uk anyway. but it�*s also true that decisions in april directly connected to the fact that england�*s covid restrictions will not be eased onjune the 21st. hello. 0vernight, cloud and rain across england and wales means it�*s going to be a chilly start to the morning, but it�*s going to be a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland, where there will be some clear skies around. not as chilly as it was on saturday morning, that said. only a few showers out to the west of scotland. much of scotland, northern ireland, the best of the morning brightness. england and wales, grey, damp, drizzly start. some heavy bursts of rain still in eastern counties in particular. slowly brightening up the skies. we could see the odd shower here and there, especially in the bristol channel towards east anglia, and sunshine into scotland and northern ireland. there will be some showers pushing through later in the day. later in the day, northern england out towards these western fringes and through the english channel will see some sunshine at times. winds not particularly strong,

but it�*s an east to northeasterly one, which will mean compared to last sunday, where we saw temperatures 25—26, only around 13—16 degrees along those eastern coasts. in any sunnier moments, temperatures could creep above 20 degrees. into monday, scotland, northern ireland, northern england stay dry. the southernmost counties of england and wales, there�*s a chance of some more rain returning.

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