this is bbc news. the headlines at four... pressure on health secretary matt hancock to resign after pictures emerge of him kissing his aide in his office in breach of covid guidelines. it's been revealed that concerns were raised three years ago about the structure of the apartment building that collapsed in miami. adults across england are being urged to "grab a covid jab" this weekend, with walk—in clinics open across the country. sirjeffrey donaldson becomes leader designate of the democratic unionist party — and pledges to tackle the issue of the northern ireland protocol. authorities in australia impose a two—week covid lockdown on sydney and surrounding areas — after a rise in cases of the delta variant. and, a big day for gareth bale

and his team, as wales prepare to take on denmark in the knockout stages of the euros — with kick off in just under an hour's time. good afternoon. the health secretary, matt hancock, is facing calls to resign after pictures emerged of him kissing an aide in his office — in breach of coronavirus guidance on social distancing. mr hancock said he was "very sorry" for letting people down. downing street has said borisjohnson has accepted his apology and considered 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 was on many more. matt hancock has apologised for breaking the social distancing guidance he helped set and promote. but families who've lost loved ones in the pandemic have accused him of undermining government messaging. this man was 68 when he died in february. he'd spent a0 years working in the nhs. you know, 150,000—plus people have died, so there are countless bereaved families around the country who had to socially distance at funerals, were unable to hug their loved ones. we only had five people at my dad's funeral. and matt hancock's having a jolly with this lady, who the taxpayers�*s paying her wages, as well. it adds insult to incredible injury. sorry i'm late. the fear among some conservatives is that this could become

another barnard castle — a reference to the significant public backlash when the prime minister's former aide, dominic cummings, kept his job after travelling to county durham during lockdown. on matt hancock, most tories are staying silent. but a couple have made public calls for him to resign. social distancing rule—breaking when you're a leader, certainly of the secretary of state, you expect as all mps to lead by example. that has been broken. but, equally, ithink sometimes the standards in public office also, in this case, we need to question them. questions are still being asked about whether mr hancock could have broken the ministerial code of conduct, and about the appointment of gina coladangelo to a role on the board at the department of health. downing street sources reiterated today that the prime minister considers the matter closed. matt has apologised. he's clearly said that he made a mistake. 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, us all 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. it's been revealed that concerns were raised three years ago about the structure of the apartment building that collapsed in 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 its base. the number of people listed as missing remains at 159, with four people known to have died. our correspondent in miami, will grant, has been giving us more details about the survey. well, 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 pool deck. that part of that platform

was basically horizontal and it should have been at a slope so that water could run off more easily and that that was causing a problem. he also said there was abundant cracking of the columns, beams and walls in the parking garage, which is also extremely concerning. there are pictures in this report of metal rebar poking 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 work against the sea spray, the tropical sun here, the hurricane seasons, of course, and the engineer involved had called for this work to be carried out in a timely fashion. his report didn't specifically say the building was at risk of collapse and a lawyerfor the building's owner said that, you know, if there was any suggestion the building was at risk they would have acted sooner. the building was due to have a major refurbishment this year,

a multi—million—dollar refurbishment, 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 knowing exactly what caused this, but to even hear of 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 is so very high, will. that's right. i mean, the first answers they want are what has happened to their loved ones. are they alive somewhere in the rubble? can 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. i've been speaking tojosh macabuag, an engineering managerfor �*search and rescue assistance in disasters�*, which deploys to missions across the world. he says the work at the site has to be a very careful process. (sot their primary focus at the moment is, obviously, in locating people that are trapped in the building. so, they originally would have surveyed the building, turned off the gas and electricity so it's safe to work, and then carried out what's called a primary surface search, going over the structure, listening for sounds, looking for voids, looking for ways into the building, and then they'll be exploring those voids and getting into the building, and i think that's the stage they're in now. so you'll see pictures of teams and rescuers inside the building looking for ways further

into the structure, and what they're trying to do is look for signs of life and people trapped within voids, which means survivable spaces inside that building. and there'll be a whole range of techniques that they'll be using for that, from their own eyes and ears to search dogs which are trained to indicate on the scent of live people, through to specialised listening equipment, which is really highly sensitive sound devices which are placed over the structure listening for sounds of survivors, and then moved to triangulate on the locations of people trapped, so the stage they're in 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, well, structurally... collapsed in parts and the remainder of the building presumably structurally unsound 7 that's absolutely right. so, when you have collapsed building like this it's perhaps more... it's perhaps easier to think of it no longer as a 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 things that they'll be doing is assessing the ability of that structure to continue to collapse, and then doing things to try to prevent that. so, that would generally be what's called shoring, which is temporary structures, either metal or timber — you'll see those in the photos of the rescuers, where you'll see metal struts and other bits of temporary structure. they're stabilise the structure and prevent any further collapse, and that's, of course, for the safety of the rescuers themselves, but also for the people trapped inside. and that's one of the key reasons, to go back to your first point about the rate or the pace of the rescue, is that it's 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, trust me, they're moving as fast as they can safely to get to those survivable people. of course. very briefly, given your experience,

could some people still be brought out alive, do you feel? i would say absolutely. i obviously don't know the specifics of this particular collapse in this particular building, but for the rescue of people in collapsed buildings there are many cases globally of people being rescued quite some time after the collapse. that's why rescuers and international rescue exists. 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 believe, more than 90 hours after the initial collapse. there are many cases of this. so what they're looking for are called survivable voids, spaces that people can survive within. if they are in those spaces and relatively uninjured there's a very good chance of getting to them, so there's absolutely still hope.

that is an engineering manager for a search and rescue charity. all adults in england are being invited to "grab a jab" this weekend, as hundreds of walk—in centres are offering covid vaccinations without the need to book. the latest figures from the office for national statistics, show cases across the uk rose by 30 % in the week to the 19th ofjune, mainly due to the delta variant. our health correspondent, catherine burns has more 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, founder michael eavis is looking slightly lonely. in the country, you can actually get a jab... instead of queueing to get into a festival, the lines 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 can just get out of this whole thing, really. it's getting a bit boring. same, same. it's my second jab now, i and obviously i want to be vaccinated like everybody else so that we can, kind of, - 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. we've already seen, in the last six months, a tremendous response to this vaccine campaign. of course, we are in a final drive now to get as many people vaccinated byjuly the 19th, particularly our younger people and of course those in older age groups who, for whatever reason, haven't come forward. so, we know that putting walk—in, easy to access vaccine centres close to local communities makes a real difference.

as the number of people being vaccinated is rising, so, too, are cases. more than 90,000 people have tested positive in the past week. and it's being driven largely by the delta variant. 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. as to bring you the latest coronavirus figures they are on the screen now. the uk recorded an increase in the day before. more than 18,000 further cases recorded. in terms of the death figure you can see that on the screen there as well. 23 deaths have been recorded in the latest 24—hour period and, of

sf, that is a death of someone who has had a positive covid test within 28 days of dying, so 23 deaths in the last 24—hour period. up slightly, it was 18 the previous 24—hour period. sirjeffrey donaldson has become dup leader designate. he received 32 of the 36 votes available in the party's electoral college. sirjeffrey is northern ireland's longest serving mp and will replace edwin poots, who is standing down after only a few weeks in the post. our ireland correspondent chris page has the details. sirjeffrey donaldson is the fifth leader of the democratic unionist party, but also the third since april. after arlene foster and then edwin poots were toppled by internal revolts, sirjeffrey is the only candidate this time. he says he wants a new start and notjust for the dup. he says he wants a new start —

and notjust for the dup. our priority would be to put northern ireland back on track and ensure we have political stability. the stability that i know the vast majority of people in northern ireland want to see. it is six weeks since he narrowly lost the dup's first—ever leadership contest, but now he's taking on the top job after all. his first task will be to unite the party after a turbulent two months. his early career was forged during the years of conflict. he decided to stand for election after relatives were killed the ira. i have two members of my family murdered by the provos! but the politics of protest have long since given way to the politics of power. as northern ireland's longest—serving mp,

he had a key role in the dup's deal to keep theresa may's minority governments in office. he is planning to leave westminster to become first minister in the power—sharing devolved government. he'll need the support of the main irish nationalist party that says the dup needs to deliver on previous commitments. it's quite simple and i think it's a fair enough request of any party you signed up to do government with that you agree to the agreements you signed up for. sirjeffrey donaldson thought he had lost the leadership, but being leader could be tougher still. 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. the headlines on bbc news... pressure on health secretary matt hancock to resign — after pictures emerge of him kissing his aide in his office — in breach of covid guidelines. it's been revealed that concerns

were raised three years ago about the structure of the apartment block which collapsed near miami beach. 159 people are unaccounted for after that collapse. adults in england are being urged to �*grab a covid jab�* this weekend — with walk—in centres open across the country. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. we are just 45 minutes away from kick off now in amsterdam. wales versus denmark in the last 16 of the european championship the teams have arrived at thejohann cruyff stadium. wales aiming to emulate their run to the semi—finals five years ago. they go into the game as slight underdogs and will be outnumbered in the stands, too, with restrictions on travel due to covid.

the all—importa nt team the all—important team uses in. three changes from the team that lost to italy. defenders are the cold as someone else up front supported by gareth bale, allan ramsay and dan james from denmark ramsay and danjames from denmark and a couple of games you might recognise in there, leicester's goalkeeper and another at southampton in defence and the wales manager knows the quality that they'll be up against. we've planned, we are fully prepared. we know exactly what was going _ prepared. we know exactly what was going to _ prepared. we know exactly what was going to face, banning a formation which _ going to face, banning a formation which can— going to face, banning a formation which can change any time and they have they— which can change any time and they have they can play a four under with three _ have they can play a four under with three so_ have they can play a four under with three so barring that. whatever he puts on _ three so barring that. whatever he puts on the — three so barring that. whatever he puts on the pitch we will have to match _ puts on the pitch we will have to match that. coverage is already underway on bbc one, bbc radio 5 live and the bbc sport website... championship leader max verstappen will start from pole position for tomorrow's syrian grand prix

in austria — alongside lewis hamilton. verstappen's red bull was comfortably fastest at the red bull ring. both laps he set would have been good enough for pole at a track he's never started from the front at. lando norris will line—up a career best third. there's been a couple of big crashes on the opening stage of the tour de france — which has just finished in the last couple of minutes. one of the favourites, primoz roglic, was involved but got back up on his bike to finish third, behind the french world champion, julian alaphilippe. earlier, the dutch rider demi vollering claimed her first la course in a thrilling sprint finish in landerneau. britain's lizzie deignan was ninth. next year, the one—day race will be replaced by an eight—day tour de france for the first time since 1989. wimbledon gets under way on monday and jelena ostapenko has had the pefect preparation by winning the eastbourne international. the 2017 french open champion beat estonia's anett kontaveit in straight sets 6—3, 6—3 to claim her first grass court tournament and her fourth on the wta tour.

the world number 43 is not seeded for wimbledon. yeah, just to go again without any expectations, to not be hard on myself, recover as much as i can, and just to enjoy it, because i think i got some confidence and now it's time, probably, to show some good tennis at wimbledon. it's the final t20 international between england and sri lanka in southampton. england have already won the series and have set the touring side 181 to win. with jason roy missing with a hamstring issue, dawid malan opened and smashed 76 — sharing 105 withjonny bairstow for the opening wicket. sri lanka did well to restrict england to 180—6 with a flurry of late wickets. the british athletics championships are taking place in manchester this weekend with britain's best athletes bidding

for places at the forthcoming olympics. with the 100 metre semis taken place and 400 finals later. the final of the women's a—hundred metres hurdles was dominated jess turner who came close to a lifetime best . megan beesley was second so both have booked their ticket to tokyo. alun wyn jones and justin tipuric had to leave the pitch injured in the first half of the british and irish lions warm up match againstjapan at murrayfield. into the second half and the lions are comfortably ahead withjosh adams, duhan van der merwe, and robbie henshaw crossing the try line. it is currently 28—0 with about half an hour still to play. there's the premiership rugby final at 5:30 too at twickenham — defending champions exeter against harlequins. preview and build up can be found at bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more at 5:15.

as we've been hearing, wales kick off in under an hour's time against denmark — in the first of the knock out games in the european football championship. welsh fans have been told not to travel to see the match in amsterdam though — because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. fans are getting in the mood watching the preamble before the big game, watching the sunshine, having a few drinks ready for this big game. arguably it is the biggest game. arguably it is the biggest game of the weekend, isn't it? wales playing for a chance to progress further began in the euros, just like they did in 2016 when they made it all the way to the semifinals and red wall fans across the country were not able to make the journey across to amsterdam today because of covid restrictions. we'll be hoping that they can, well, sing all the way from wales and the noise will carry all the way over the arena to get in the spirit for the welsh players. it will be a tough today for the players out there today because of the lack of funds but also because there might, of course,

have been buoyed by the slightly unfortunate situation surrounding their star player. it has really boosted the morale and that team and momentum is behind them, as is the loss of world football, really, wales going into underdogs and the favoured team in this, really, wales have lost the previous two fixtures —— un—favoured. no doubt the fans will be in the street food outdoor arena today where there is no out for sure fans enter everybody has to watch it socially distanced in pubs and bars across wales and more, of course, just at home. absolutely. it is tricky because we all have to stick to the guidelines but if wales go you have to question how much social distancing will actually remain. the social distancing rules here are slightly stricter than across the border. they shouldn't really be any singing, spending, sharing too loudly, those are the rules on these outdoor hospitality venues that it,

of course, as you said, very difficult when the pride of a nation is on the line, especially if, as we hope, wales for those winning goals to take us through to the next stages of the competition. yes, that could be a challenge, thanks very much thomas and enjoys if you can. i will wales correspond in cardiff. quite tough sticking to all of that if there is a goal to? we will see in the next little while to kick off. we stay with coronavirus impact. in fact, in australia, i'm sure you will know there is no lockdown in sydney and, in fact, it's been extended because of a sharp rise in cases driven by the delta variant. 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're 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;s 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 for the last few days. it's hard to imagine - how they can go further without completely stifling everything. | they've taken the view that l 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.

the time is edging up to 27 minutes past four. june is pride month, which celebrates and shows support for the lgbtq+ community. but homophobic crime is still very much in evidence, even in 2021. liverpool has seen a spate of attacks in recent weeks — and police are concerned there may be more as lockdown restrictions are eased. josh parry reports. a show of strength as hundreds of people march against homophobia in liverpool. it's something greg has experienced first—hand. he was on a night out in liverpool city centre with friends when he was attacked at knife—point. he believes it was because of his sexuality. my left leg has been fractured, so that's led me to be... i had to be off work for 4—6 weeks, just waiting it for it to heal.

but as well as those physical injuries, the mental impact must be huge. yes, just the thought of — if we go for drinks again, is it going to happen again? something worse could happen, especially with, hearing other stories that have happened within liverpool in the short space of time — is it safe to go on a night out and be who we are? but while greg's story is shocking, it's just one of a series of high—profile attacks in the city. there'sjosh, tyler, curtis, all of whom believe their sexuality was part of the reason they were attacked. we have seen a general increase in crime as a result of lockdown restrictions easing. and alongside that, or as part of that, we have seen these incidents of hate crime occurring as well, and we are doing everything we can to try and support our lgbt community. the seriousness of these attacks, and the fact that they've happened during pride month has left the community here in liverpool reeling.

and the strength of feeling cannot be underestimated. we will not stand any form of hate in the city. - homophobia, racism, whatever it might be, we won't tolerate it. i think everyone being here today is proving that the community - here is, we're here for everyone and it is a safe space. _ while protests like these give hope to the community, there's still a long way to go to help them safer. josh parry, bbc news, liverpool. hello, there. quite a bit of dry weather out there for most parts of the uk, sunny spells lasting into the evening hours too — not everywhere, bit cloudy in the evening for north—east england and eastern scotland too, one or two isolated

showers for england and wales but more persistent heavy rain and thunderstorms pushing into the south—west of england and the channel islands through the course of tonight. and so as we start sunday morning, heavy rain in the far south—west, dry and fairly clear elsewhere, quite a bit of dry and sunny weather, though, making clear that i would at times, for much of the uk. away from the far south, though, lot of dry weather. that is because we have got this slow—moving area of low pressure pressure to the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... pressure on health secretary matt hancock after pictures emerge showing him kissing his aide in his office in breach of covid guidelines. it's been revealed concerns were raised three years ago about the structure of the apartment block which has collapsed near miami beach. 159 people are still unaccounted for after the collapse.