this is bbc news with the latest headlines. pressure remains on the health secretary matt hancock to resign — after pictures emerge of him kissing his aide in his office, in breach of covid guidelines adults across england are being urged to "grab a covid jab" — with walk—in clinics open across the country. sirjeffrey donaldson becomes leader designate of the democratic unionist party — with a pledge to tackle the issue of the northern ireland protocol. our priority, as well, will be to right the wrong that has been done by the imposition of this protocol and to restore northern ireland's place inside the uk's internal market.

there is a two—week cave lockdown in sydney in australia after a rise in cases of the delta covid vaccine. —— delta covid variant. a big day for gareth bale and his team — as wales prepare to face denmark in the knockout stage of the euros. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary, matt hancock, remains under pressure to resign after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide in his office, in breach of coronavirus social distancing guidance. mr hancock did apologise for breaching the guidelines and the prime minstier said he considers the matter closed. but one conservative mp is now openly telling the government that the health secretary should go.

our political correspondent helen catt reports. yesterday, it was on one front page. today, the image of the health secretary kissing his aide in his departmental office is on many more, but matt hancock has apologised for breaking the social distancing guidance he helped set and promote, but questions are being raised. he may stay in office, but can he do hisjob? and i think it is fatally compromised in a situation where he does not seem to abide by the evidence that he wants us to follow, which is critical to our safety and making sure that this third wave isn't much bigger than we fear. sorry, i'm late. the worry among some conservatives is that this incident could become another barnard castle, a reference to the public backlash to dominic cummings who travelled to durham during lockdown last year. he kept hisjob, which led

to accusations of a one rule for them, another for everyone else culture within government. it is such a disrespect - to these people, you know? 150,000 plus people have died and there are families- around the country who had to social distance at funerals and were unable to help their loved ones. i we only had five people at my dad's |funeral and matt hancock is havingl a jolly with this lady and the taxpayer's i paying her wages as well. it adds insult to incredible injury. questions are still being asked about whether matt hancock could have broken the ministerial code of conduct and about the appointment of gina coladangelo to a role on the board of the department of health. downing street sources reiterated today that the prime minister considers the matter closed. matt has apologised. he regrets that and the prime minister's accepted that, considers the matter closed. very clearly, there is still a huge

task for the country and matt as health secretary and all of us in cabinet, we need to get on with thatjob. questions continue this weekend about whether these revelations make it possible for matt hancock to do so. helen catt, bbc news. duncan baker has become the first conservative mp to openly tell the government that mr hancock should resign. the mp for north norfolk told his local newspaper the eastern daily press... he went on to say... we will keep you up—to—date with that story over the course of the afternoon. adults in england are being invited to "grab a jab" this weekend at hundreds of walk—in centres offering coronavirus vaccinations.

people can just turn up without booking an appointment. it comes as the latest covid figures show cases across the uk rose by nearly a third in the week to the 19th ofjune. our health correspondent catherine burns has the details. in normal times, this weekend would be the glastonbury festival. we'd be seeing huge crowds crammed together in front of the pyramid stage. this year, though, it's looking emptier. in the country, you can actually get a jab... instead of queueing to get into a festival, the lines at this weekend are a less muddy part of the government push to get people vaccinated. so, more masks, not quite so many wellies. it's being called the "grab a jab" weekend. any adult in england can get their injection without booking. it's happening in stadiums, shopping centres and other venues up and down the country. these people turned up in york earlier. getting my vaccine so that i can be protected and, obviously, my family and friends are all

protected as well and i can live some normality. ijust think it's really important that everyone gets it done so we canjust get out of this whole thing, really. it's getting a bit boring. same, same. it's my second jab now, and obviously i want. to be vaccinated like everybody else so that we can _ try and get everything back . to normal as soon as possible. and that message, getting a jab to get back to normal, is exactly what the government wants. it's set itself a target — to offer a first injection to all adults byjuly the 19th, so they are making it as easy as possible because, as the number of people being vaccinated is rising, so too are cases. more than 90,000 people have tested positive in the last week, and it's being driven largely by the delta variant. that's a bit more transmissible, and because it's more transmissible, it's causing more cases to crop up more often and more quickly, so that's why we are seeing an acceleration of the cases, but the reassuring thing here

is that the number of people who are going into hospital and staying in hospital or becoming casualties appears to stay low at the moment. that's very encouraging. even so, it's too late for glastonbury, but the hope is that everyjab in every arm will give us a more normal summer over the next few months. catherine burns, bbc news. let's turn to the latest in miami. it's been revealed that concerns were raised 3 years ago about the structure of the apartment building that collapsed in that town just outside miami. a survey, which has now been made public, pointed to an error in the original design of the building which prevented water draining from the base of the building. the number of people listed as missing remains at 159, with four people known to have died. we'll talk to an engineer that the moment. just like in a moment. let's speak to our correspondent

in miami, will grant. explain a little bit more about what this report is what it is saying. i have some specific quotes for you from the report which was carried out three years ago by a structural engineer and he said that there was major structural damage to the concrete platform beneath the swimming deck and that part of that platform was basically horizontal and it should have been at a slope so that was a good run off more easily and that was causing a problem and he also said there was abundant cracking of the columns, beams and wolves in the parking garage which is also extremely concerning. there are pictures in this report of metal rebirth pointing out from parts of the concrete facade of the building. things that can happen, of course, in a sea facing front of the building, which was the part that came down, but would presumably need a constant process of war against

the sea spray, the tropical sun here, the horror canes season of course. —— constant process of work. the engineer involves had called for this work to be carried out in a timely fashion. it didn't specifically say the building was at risk of collapse under a lawyer for the building was my owner said that if there was any suggestion the building was at risk they would have acted sooner. the building was due to have a major multi million refurbishment this year but of course that hasn't been possible before this terrible event occurred. and, i mean, we are still, of course, a long way from doing exactly what caused this but to even hear this report will be further distress for a very large number of families still waiting for news. i mean, it seems extraordinary that the number of people still unaccounted for it so very high, well. that's right. i mean, the first answer is they want out what

has happened to their loved ones. are they alive somewhere in the rubble? had you reach them if they have died? how can we get the remains? the very, very basics of the tragedy of this nature but after that they do want answers to these questions and this information has really heaped more stress and distress on their shoulders, you're right. i think the first focus will remain the search and rescue operation but these questions about this report will start to emerge very, very soon. we'll grant now in miami. thank you very much indeed and we are going to stay with the story because, as i suggested, we can talk to someone who is a very experienced in dealing with these sorts of disasters. josh macabuag volunteers as an engineer for the search and rescue assistance in disasters which deploys to search and rescue missions across the world.

josh, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. before we talk generally about the work that the rescue teams will be doing right now, can ijust ask rescue teams will be doing right now, can i just ask you for your response to what we're hearing about that report? i appreciate it is just one report from three years ago but suggestions of structural deficiencies and i am interested in what you make of that. i deficiencies and i am interested in what you make of that.— what you make of that. i mean, i think the question _ what you make of that. i mean, i think the question of _ what you make of that. i mean, i think the question of why - what you make of that. i mean, i think the question of why the - think the question of why the building collapsed is obviously a really, really important question but my opinion as an engineer is the city is way too early to answer that question and the specific cases that you put forward about water drainage etc will form one of the pieces of the puzzle that will be put together by the structural assessments that are definitely going on from now onwards but that is a process that takes some time so that is why it is just too early to say exactly why the building collapsed and why the photographs of the rescuers is entirely on finding people trapped in the building at the moment. {iii in the building at the moment. of

course. for malay perspective, it feels as if everything is very, very slow, and i am interested in, given your experience, what stage will be rescue teams be at? what are their absolute priorities in trying to find people or to assess whether anyone could still be alive? i can understand _ anyone could still be alive? i can understand that _ anyone could still be alive? i can understand that it _ anyone could still be alive? i can understand that it may _ anyone could still be alive? i can understand that it may externally look like it is a slow process because it is a careful process, and the stage that they will be in all, rather, their primary focus at the moment is obviously in locating people that are trapped in a building so they originally would have surveyed the building, turn off the gas and electricity so it is safe to work and then carried out what is called a primary surface search going over the structure, listening for sounds, looking for voids, looking for ways into the building and then they will do might be exploring those boys and getting into the building and that is the stage they were now see will see pictures of teams and rescuers inside the building looking for ways further into the structure and what they are trying to do is look for

signs of life and people trapped within the voids which mean survivable spaces inside the building and it will be a whole range of techniques that they are using for that from their own eyes and ears to search dogs which are trained to indicate on the scent of life people to specialise listening equipment which is really highly sensitive sound devices which are placed over the structure listening for sounds of survivors and then moves to triangulate on the nature of the people trapped so the stage their own at the moment is very much about trying to breach and break further into that structure to continue to look for signs of life. and they have to keep themselves safe at the same time and they are dealing, by definition, with something that is structurally unsound, collapsed in parts and the remainder of the building presumably structurally unsound? that remainder of the building presumably structurally unsound?— structurally unsound? that is absolutely — structurally unsound? that is absolutely right. _ structurally unsound? that is absolutely right. so, - structurally unsound? that is absolutely right. so, when i structurally unsound? that is. absolutely right. so, when you structurally unsound? that is - absolutely right. so, when you have collapsed building like this it is perhaps... it is perhaps easier to think of it no longer the building

butjust as a pile of really heavy things that are highly unstable so you mentioned about the safety of themselves as well and also the safety of people inside so one of the really important thing is that they'll be doing is assessing the ability of that structure to continue to collapse and then doing things to try and prevent that, so that would generally be what is called shoring, which is temporary structures, either metal or timber and you will see those in the photos of the rescuers where you will see metal struts and other bits of temporary structure to stabilise a structure and prevent any further collapse for the safety of the rescuers themselves but also for the people trapped inside and that is one of the key reasons, to go back to your first point about the rate or piece of the rescue that it is incredibly important not to destabilise the structure any further because any movement would be very, very dangerous for the rescuers but also the people inside so, just me, they are moving as fast as they can safely to get to those survivable people. flit

as they can safely to get to those survivable people.— as they can safely to get to those survivable people. of course. very briefl , survivable people. of course. very briefly. given _ survivable people. of course. very briefly, given your— survivable people. of course. very briefly, given your experience, - briefly, given your experience, could some people still be brought out alive, do you feel? i could some people still be brought out alive, do you feel?— out alive, do you feel? i would say absolutely- — out alive, do you feel? i would say absolutely- i— out alive, do you feel? i would say absolutely. i obviously— out alive, do you feel? i would say absolutely. i obviously don't - out alive, do you feel? i would say absolutely. i obviously don't know| absolutely. i obviously don't know the specifics of this particular collapse on this particular building block for the rescue of people in collapsed buildings there are many cases globally of people being rescued quite some time after the collapse and that is why rescuers and international rescue exists and and international rescue exists and a good example, actually, would be the greece — turkey earthquake of last year where there was a two—year—old girl rescued from the rubble i believed more than 90 hours after the initial collapse. there are many cases of this. so what they are many cases of this. so what they are looking for at what they are called survivable voids, spaces that people can survive within and if they are in the spaces and relatively uninjured there is a very good chance of getting to them so there is absolutely still hope. bier? there is absolutely still hope. very aood to there is absolutely still hope. very good to talk _ there is absolutely still hope. very good to talk to _ there is absolutely still hope. very good to talk to you _ there is absolutely still hope. very good to talk to you this afternoon. banks were much expertise. thank you. he is engineering manager at search and rescue assistance and disasters which is a charity which

provides precisely that sort of help in disasters right around the world. it is a little after quarter past two. let's turn to the situation in northern ireland. the dup�*s electoral college has endorsed sirjeffrey donaldson as the party's next leader. he was the only candidate to put his name forward for the position after edwin poots resigned last week — only three weeks in the job. sirjeffrey received the backing of 32 votes out of 36 votes from the party's stormont assembly and mps. his leadership will now need to be ratified at a meeting of the dup executive, next week. let's speak to our ireland correspondentjohn campbell. it has been a torrid time for the party, john. wedgesjeffrey donaldson start with this? what are his priority is a time? i donaldson start with this? what are his priority is a time?— his priority is a time? i think she talked about _ his priority is a time? i think she talked about this _ his priority is a time? i think she talked about this being - his priority is a time? i think she talked about this being a - his priority is a time? i think she talked about this being a very i talked about this being a very pleasing experience of the party because, remember, he is now the third leader injust because, remember, he is now the third leader in just 50 because, remember, he is now the third leader injust 50 days because, remember, he is now the third leader in just 50 days are one of the things he is going to have to

do is trying to rebuild the unity of this party. really extraordinary period in the d's history, a party which has historically been known for very strong discipline but now you have open warfare between the members. —— dup history. he will have to try to hear the dough might heal those winds but what he wanted to talk about today was the northern ireland protocol which is the pass of the brexit deal which prevents a hardboard on but it does that by creating a new trade border between britain and northern ireland and he said it has to be the place is something which protects notjust the integrity of the eu single market but also a uk single market and he said he was going to be pressuring the irish government on this issue. if pressuring the irish government on this issue. , ,., this issue. if the irish government continues to _ this issue. if the irish government continues to support _ this issue. if the irish government continues to support the - this issue. if the irish government | continues to support the imposition of a protocol which harms our relationship with great britain.

then, by implication, it harms the relationship between dublin and belfast. i don't want to be in that position but i am very clear and i will be saying this clearly to the irish government, it is not acceptable for them to be on one side of this argument. it is not acceptable for them to simply listen from a nationalist perspective and not listen to the concerns of unionists. they say they are a guarantor of the agreement but that means guaranteeing the rights of unionists because that is what the agreement does as well as nationalists. it means respecting the principle of consent, which they enshrined in their own constitution as a result of the belfast agreement. the northern ireland protocol doesn't respect fully the principle of consent. talk us through what could happen from here on him if he is going to be first minister, if there is an area of complication as well? yes. area of complication as well? yes, because sir— area of complication as well? yes, because sirjeffrey _ area of complication as well? ya: because sirjeffrey donaldson is an mp and if he wants to be first minister at the northern ireland assembly he has to find some way to

get back from westminster to stormont and he would need a vacancy at stormont for that but that could arise if arlene foster, another former leader decides to give up her see thenjeffrey donaldson could just be co—opted into that position because there were no by—elections in stormont but that would trigger a westminster by—election for his seat which has traditionally been a very safe union in a statement at the last election the centrist alliance party made big inroads into the dp vote so you can expect that the alliance to throw everything at that by—election so it is potentially another tricky period for the db coming up. another tricky period for the db coming urn-— another tricky period for the db cominu u.-,, . ~' , coming up. john, thank you very much. coming up. john, thank you very much- john _ coming up. john, thank you very much. john f- — coming up. john, thank you very much. john f. with _ coming up. john, thank you very much. john f. with the - coming up. john, thank you very much. john f. with the very - coming up. john, thank you very i much. john f. with the very latest in sirjeffrey donaldson at the dp. ——john cambell with in sirjeffrey donaldson at the dp. —— john cambell with the very latest on the dup. an mp who moved herself to a safe house after receiving death threats says she wants more protection for women in public life. carol monaghan, the snp mp for glasgow north west,

says social media companies must take action. a man is awaiting sentencing after admittting causing fear or alarm. a coronavirus lockdown in parts of sydney in australia has been extended because of a sharp rise in cases driven by the delta variant. the restrictions will now cover all of australia's biggest city and surrounding areas, and will last for two weeks. people are being urged to work from home, and will only be allowed to go out for essential trips. from sydney, phil mercer reports. parts of sydney entered a lockdown on friday, but officials now believe even tougher measures are needed to contain the latest outbreak. they say the highly contagious delta variant is spreading quickly. if we are going to do this, we need to do it properly. there's no point doing a three—day lockdown and then having the virus continue to bubble away in the community. a few days ago, i said this was the scariest time that i felt since the pandemic started and that has proven to be the case.

millions of australians in sydney and beyond must now stay home, although they can leave to go to work, buy essential supplies, or exercise. to be honest, i probably think that it should have happened a couple of days ago because there's been a pretty decent spread the last few days. it's hard to imagine how they can go further without completely - stifling everything. they've taken the view _ that they want to control the virus above everything else and they've been successful in that. _ australia has consistently maintained very low rates of coronavirus transmission. it has become a fortress in an attempt to keep the virus out. most foreign nationals have been banned since march of last year. but the lockdown has again exposed flaws in its defences at the border. that have allowed infections to escape into the community. this latest outbreak is linked to a limousine driver working with international aircrew at sydney airport. the vaccination roll—out

here has also been slow. there are complaints that the government's planning has been confused and there's been complacency as well. fewer than 5% of the population are fully vaccinated. the lockdown in australia's biggest city is a jolting reminder that the pandemic is far from over. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. just a few hours to kick off. wales are preparing to play against denmark later today, in the first of the knock out games in the european football championship later today. welsh fans aren't able to travel to the match, though. i can speak now to wales football fan victoria steffensen, who lives in copenhagen. just in case you went clear on that, she is making it very clear! a very

warm welcome to bbc news. this is a victoria who lives in copenhagen. that afternoon. how are you feeling? i am feeling absolutely fine and really positive about the match tonight. 0bviously were going to stop them, so! i tonight. obviously were going to stop them. so!— tonight. obviously were going to stop them, so! i should say, you have lived _ stop them, so! i should say, you have lived in _ stop them, so! i should say, you have lived in copenhagen - stop them, so! i should say, you have lived in copenhagen for- stop them, so! i should say, you have lived in copenhagen for a l stop them, so! i should say, you i have lived in copenhagen for a very long time and it means your children are well, i guess, i suppose, what are well, i guess, i suppose, what are they, have danish, half welsh, i suppose? so talk to about divided family loyalties.— suppose? so talk to about divided family loyalties. yes, they are half danish and — family loyalties. yes, they are half danish and half— family loyalties. yes, they are half danish and half welsh _ family loyalties. yes, they are half danish and half welsh but - family loyalties. yes, they are half danish and half welsh but they'vel danish and half welsh but they've grown up in denmark and they've been to school in denmark so i'm afraid there are a little bit more leaning there are a little bit more leaning the danish way. my daughterjust told me that she went out and she bought a danish football shirt and i am so gutted. i'm like, what about

wales! so, no. but am so gutted. i'm like, what about wales! so. no-_ wales! so, no. but you are originally _ wales! so, no. but you are originally from _ wales! so, no. but you are originally from cardiff, - wales! so, no. but you are originally from cardiff, i i wales! so, no. but you are - originally from cardiff, i should explain, so was tonight, the next few hours, is it a source of great pride to you that wales have got this far? ~ ,,., , pride to you that wales have got thisfar? ~ , , this far? absolutely, absolutely, and gareth _ this far? absolutely, absolutely, and gareth bale _ this far? absolutely, absolutely, and gareth bale is _ this far? absolutely, absolutely, and gareth bale is a _ this far? absolutely, absolutely, and gareth bale is a cardiff- this far? absolutely, absolutely, | and gareth bale is a cardiff man, this far? absolutely, absolutely, . and gareth bale is a cardiff man, so imean, of and gareth bale is a cardiff man, so i mean, of course, we are supporting him and i am so sad that the welsh fans can't travel. but everybody, the team needs to know that there are so many welsh people around the world, notjust in wales, who are really, really rooting for them tonight. really, really rooting for them toniaht. ., ., ., ., ., tonight. you gotta feel for them and an team tonight. you gotta feel for them and any team that _ tonight. you gotta feel for them and any team that goes _ tonight. you gotta feel for them and any team that goes out _ tonight. you gotta feel for them and any team that goes out on _ tonight. you gotta feel for them and any team that goes out on the - tonight. you gotta feel for them and any team that goes out on the pitch | any team that goes out on the pitch and just doesn't have that support in the stadium through no fault of their own. that could be really tough. it their own. that could be really

tou~h. , ., ., , their own. that could be really tou~h. , ., .,, , ., tough. it is going to be, yeah, it is auoin tough. it is going to be, yeah, it is going to _ tough. it is going to be, yeah, it is going to be — tough. it is going to be, yeah, it is going to be hard _ tough. it is going to be, yeah, it is going to be hard but - tough. it is going to be, yeah, it is going to be hard but they - tough. it is going to be, yeah, it| is going to be hard but they have given some statements about that and they said we realise that that was not going to be difficult but they know they have got the support of their fans and we are the best fans, so... all right. i know you are and you are positive and that is brilliant but then i suggest if wales don't go through what happens your loyalties then?— your loyalties then? where do you go for the rest of — your loyalties then? where do you go for the rest of the _ your loyalties then? where do you go for the rest of the championship? - your loyalties then? where do you go for the rest of the championship? i i for the rest of the championship? i have to support denmark. i mean, we're both small nations and we are both kind of dwarfed by a neighbour who is much bigger in the case of denmark it's germany, of course, and in the case of wales it is england, so i have to do support denmark. but let's look on the positive side. how do you watch the match tonight was likely with and how you celebrate? what kind of snacks you have? tells been going on? i

what kind of snacks you have? tells been going on?— been going on? i am actually going to be supporting — been going on? i am actually going to be supporting and _ been going on? i am actually going to be supporting and watching - been going on? i am actually going to be supporting and watching at i been going on? i am actually going l to be supporting and watching at my workplace, which is here. it is called my beautiful gallery and it is a very beautiful building but unfortunately there are an awful lot of danes, as you can see, but luckily i have got a really big mouth so i think i can drown them all out, and i also have my friends from armenia, guatemala in germany and they are coming up and i think they're going to support wales as well just to give they're going to support wales as welljust to give me some help! excellent. well, enjoy it, victoria. if every wales fan is as passionate as you, clearly you're going to win, score many, many goals. it was not going to be a great night. thank you so much. all the best and enjoy with your children! thank you very much. victoria stefansson there, originally from cardiff, living in copenhagen. if only she was a little more enthusiastic, really! that would seal it, wasn't it? it was lovely to hear that and kick off is

five o'clock, of course, so she is gearing up for the big match as many people are. millions of us are missing out on exotic holidays this year but part of scotland's west coast has taken on a distinctly mediterranean look. the sea around the isle of arran has turned a stunning green—blue. 0ur climate change reporter harriet bradshaw has been investigating why. you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a tourist ad for the mediterranean, but welcome to arran. this extraordinary colour has attracted lots of speculation. in the absence of any known sea samples being analysed, there is one theory experts seem to agree on. over the past 50 years, we have seen changes in the phytoplankton. i have come inland, near 0ban, to meet professor paul tett to find out more. he's been studying microscopic algae since the 1970s, known as phytoplankton.

how rare is what we are seeing off the west coast, this turquoise colour? was back in the 1980s, so i guess more than 30 years ago. what we are looking at are billions and billions of microscopically smallalgae, phytoplankton, which have got little limestone plates on their cell bodies and these plates reflect the light, so when you've got these billions and billions of tiny limestone plates, then they scatter sunlight back through the water. is it something that we should be worried about? no, i would say this is undisputedly a good thing. they are helping to slow the rate of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and thus slowing global warming. scientists have been observing the phenomenon from satellites and up close and personal. tiny they may be, but insignificant they are not. the collection has around 3,000 strains of algae.

and protozoa. so much so, a special collection is studied here at the scottish association for marine science. coccolithophores and all the micro algae and macro algae produce about 30% of the oxygen we breathe, so in terms of thinking of how important forests are and trees are, equally the health of the ocean and all these organisms are massively important from that point of view too. with the pandemic putting many getaways on pause, this mightjust be the picture postcard we've all been needing. harriet bradshaw, bbc news, 0ban. now it's time for a look at the weather. sojoins me. i can sever. hi there, jane. we have got some fine and dry weatherfor much of jane. we have got some fine and dry weather for much of the uk and it is looking pretty decent in the skies will continue to brighten up the many but are also if you hit and

miss showers. you'd be unlikely to catch them but we are expecting the view that look few through the midlands and east anglia towards wales and also more persistent rain the channel islands and the far south—west. temperatures a little bit cooler for the north west and eastern scotland where we have got some drizzle. 0vernight tonight, most places looking dry but heavy rain means and in south—east of england and is going to be consistent first thing sunday and is going to last through much of the day so through the day this rain initially in the south—west will creep its way a little bit further north in that beast as well so i think they need to the south of the m4 corridor we are going to be saying that maine and perhaps a little bit into south wales late in the day but for the rest of the uk later a fine day, is today, and warmer as well, with temperatures around 17—23 .