the health secretary faces criticism for saying that people shouldn't "cower" from coronavirus. sajid javid's words were called insensitive by bereaved families — he's now apologised and said he did not mean to minimise the impact of covid. ministers are to meet tomorrow to discuss how exemptions from isolation will work, as businesses say there is still too much uncertainty. and as another fall in new infections is recorded, we'll be looking at the latest data. also tonight. police warn of the dangers of open water after three people, including a nine—year—old, drown in loch lomond. and in tokyo, chelsie giles becomes team gb's first medallist with her bronze injudo. while adam peaty is nowjust hours away from the race which he hopes

will bring him olympic gold again. i'm the best racer in the world, i think. so i'm looking forward to it. good evening. the health secretary sajid javid has apologised for saying that people shouldn't "cower" from the coronavirus, after being criticised by opposition parties and families bereaved during the pandemic. he had used the word in a tweet posted after recovering from covid himself and was accused of insensitivity and causing hurt. meanwhile, it's emerged that ministers are considering whether double vaccination should be required of football fans attending premier league matches. here's our political correspondent ben wright. good morning. he has been health secretary forjust a month.

nice to meet you. my first visit to a hospital on thejob. but in a tweet announcing his own recovery from coronavirus yesterday, sajid javid said people should get vaccinated and learn to live with covid rather than cower from the virus. the rebuke from opposition parties and bereaved families was swift. we're very disappointed at yet another barbed comment from a minister of the government. we find that the comments are distasteful, disrespectful to our loss, and insensitive, quite frankly. labour said sajid javid had insulted the many people still shielding from covid and trying to stay safe and this morning, the health secretary deleted his original tweet and said he was wrong to say cower.

but mrjavid's bullish tone reflects a government pushing on with opening up england in the face of very high infections. about 70% of adults have now had both jabs and ministers want to put pressure on younger people to get vaccinated. earlier this week, the prime minister announced that proof of vaccination would be required at night clubs in england from the end of september, and a similar plan is being considered for premier league football matches too. no decision has been taken, and talks between ministers and the league are at an early stage. i think our members are reflective of the wider society, _ so there will be some who feell that this will give them the kind of reassurance they need in order to return safely to games. - equally, there will be others - who are opposed to it in principle. some events, like this weekend's latitude festival, require tests or proof of vaccination for entry.

making that mandatory for other large—scale indoor and outdoor events would be strongly opposed by some tory mps. at the start of the year, ministers said they had no plans for people in england to show proof they'd had both jabs. but it's now clear some freedoms will come with that condition. ben wright, bbc news. the latest daily figures on coronavirus show a fall in the number of new infections for a fifth day. our health correspondentjim reed is here to go through the data. what are the numbers, jim? good evening. the uk reported 29,173 further cases over the last 24—hour period, meaning the average of new cases over the last week was 38,268. you can see on the graph, a further 28 deaths in the last 2a hours. looking at the graph you can see the

effect of the vaccine on reducing hospital admissions as well. you can see on the right—hand side, far below infections. in terms of vaccines, more than 46 million people have had their first vaccines, more than 46 million people have had theirfirstjab vaccines, more than 46 million people have had their firstjab and more than 37 million people have had the second dive and fully vaccinated.— the second dive and fully vaccinated. .,, , , ., ., vaccinated. those figures showing a dro in the vaccinated. those figures showing a dmp in the new _ vaccinated. those figures showing a drop in the new daily _ vaccinated. those figures showing a drop in the new daily infections, - drop in the new daily infections, how much can we read into that? trier? how much can we read into that? very encouraging — how much can we read into that? very encouraging news. _ how much can we read into that? - encouraging news. one scientist i spoke to described the decline as remarkable. five days in a row now of falling cases across the uk. the last time we saw that was in february. you always have to be cautious about reading too much into these daily figures but looking at scotland, we started to see a fall in cases their earlier about three weeks ago. scientists there putting it down to perhaps the scottish national party team being knocked out earlier of the european football championships, perhaps the school term in scotland finishing earlier.

the interesting thing we've seen, the trend continuing in scotland and also now being reflected elsewhere in the uk. in england there is a note of caution. we saw this relaxation of some rules last monday, for instance allowing nightclubs to reopen again and we are unlikely to see the impact of that until sometime next week. jinn. that until sometime next week. jim, thank ou. at the same time, some business sectors have been calling on the government to give more clarity about the new schemes for some workers to be exempt from the rules on self—isolation. ben wright, whose report you heard earlier, is back with us from westminster. will they get that clarity, ben? the schemes for _ will they get that clarity, ben? tie: schemes for testing key will they get that clarity, ben? ti2 schemes for testing key workers who have been pinged or contacted by test and trace are meant to be up and running tomorrow. i understand supermarket distribution centres will be testing their employees then, with hundreds of other sites opening during the week. there certainly have been complaints that

this has been jacked certainly have been complaints that this has beenjacked up in quite a hurry and some critical workers have been left out. ministers will meet tomorrow to review the list of exemptions and it's possible some other workers maybe added. council refuse collectors for instance. no decisions have been taken yet. what is clear that is despite the slight drop in infections, the current rules around self isolation for everyone else will remain in place until august 16. there have been calls from businesses, tory mps, the labour mayor of london, to end that isolation sooner, for people who have received both jabs about the government thinks cases could easily rise again and this is one of the only lines of defence that they have. . ~ only lines of defence that they have. ., ~ i. extreme caution is being advised for people considering swimming in lochs and rivers after several deaths in scotland in the last 48 hours. they include a nine—year—old boy and two adults who drowned at loch lomond. another child is in hospital. police scotland are warning that open water swimming can be extremely dangerous,

with the risk of deep water and hidden currents. alexandra mackenzie reports. an idyllic location. loch lomond was busy as usual today, with many enjoying the scorching weather. but yesterday evening, it is believed two adults and two young children got into difficulty in the water near ardlui. a nine—year old boy, a man and a woman died at the scene. police said a seven—year—old boy was taken to hospital. this followed the death of a teenage boy also at loch lomond on friday. those who run this stunning national park said this has been one of the worst weekends in its history. police scotland said the number of deaths is hard to comprehend and urged people to take care. as many of us have been enjoying the recent heatwave, one charity said more than 30 people have drowned in the uk in the last two weeks.

deep bodies of water rarely get above 18 degrees and if you compare that to a swimming pool where people learn to swim, which is normally regulated at around 30 degrees, we can see that there is a huge gap in people's knowledge compared to swimming in the swimming pool and swimming in deep bodies of cold, open water. also this weekend, in two separate incidents, an 11—year—old boy drowned in south lanarkshire and the body of a 13—year—old boy was recovered from a river in lanark. scotland's first minister said it was heartbreaking. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, loch lomond. in other news today, two london hospitals, newham and whipps cross, have declared major incidents and redirected ambulances after torrential rain caused them to be flooded. thunderstorms moving across the south east of england brought flash floods to many parts of london, affecting train stations, shops and homes. a yellow weather warning for more thunderstorms remains in place until midnight for a large area,

stretching from plymouth to norwich. mps have called the armed forces' complaints process for sexual harassment or assault at work "wholly inadequate." a report from the defence select committee said 60% of female personnel had faced bullying, harassment and discrimination during their careers. the ministry of defence says many improvements have been made, but admits women's experience isn't yet equal to men's. the home secretary, priti patel, has said she remains "determined" to stop migrants crossing the english channel in small boats after 378 arrived in england today. the french authorities said they'd intercepted a further five boats. so far this year 8,500 migrants have made the sea crossing to the uk. team gb won their first medals of the tokyo olympics today, a bronze for chelsie giles injudo and then a silver for bradly sinden in taekwondo. there was disappointment, however, forjadejones in the same sport. twice an olympic champion,

she did not make it into the last 16 of her event in tokyo. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching. at the makuhari messe hall, britain's taekwondo players were chasing a place in the record books. bradly sinden is the reigning world champion at 68 kilos. he was desperate to become the first british man to win an olympic title. but 19—year—old outsider ulugbek rashitov from uzbekistan wasn't here to play. and there is a kick to the head. two of them in a row. the match swung back and forth, but sinden was leading with just seconds of the match remaining. a rashitov trunk kick meant sinden had to go for it, and as his last—gasp spin failed to connect, he knew the game, and gold, was up. from tashkent to tokyo, he claims the olympic title. my coach always said silver's the first loser, the best loser. but maybe eventually i'll get over it, but for now it's got me

that i didn't win gold. disappointment, too, back home in doncaster. but from mum sheryl, huge pride for her son on his olympic debut. can't believe he's got a silver medal. it's an absolute massive achievement on top of obviously winning the worlds. but i know he went for gold so i know how disappointed he's going to be. but this wasn't the only upset here today. double olympic championjadejones was vying to become the first british woman to win gold at three different games, but today ended in tears. last—minute reassurance before starting her bid for history. well, they don't call her the headhunter for nothing. but the refugee team's kimia alizadeh was the rio bronze medallist and had beatenjones in the past. and she's had the better of this second round. in the final round it was close, but with seconds left... it could be that the double olympic champion is going out. jones' camp couldn't bear the tension, and as her dreams crumbled in round one... what an upset.

..jade's team—mate and housemate bianca walkden was left just as devastated. i felt scared, i felt just too much pressure, and then the whole tournament has just been obviously different to what i'm used to. i'm used to having my family there. so when i am scared, coming out, just them cheering for me gives me that extra push to go for it. over in thejudo, though, chelsie giles was handed a medal lifeline in the repechage after losing in the earlier rounds. a bronze was still up for grabs for the world number ten, and boy, did she grab it. it's all over, it's all over... britain's first medal of the games, at the spiritual home of her sport. the bronze medal. two medals, then, on day two for britain. what will day three bring? natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. meanwhile, andy murray has had to pull out of the tennis singles competition because of injury. our sports editor dan roan is also in tokyo, where he's been assessing how japan sees these delayed,

and pandemic—affected games, and watching some of the new additions to the olympics. it's images like these that organisers hope will attract younger audiences to the games. that was incredible. and on its olympic debut, skateboarding has already provided one of the stories of tokyo 2020. the tokyo local! amazing. at a scorching skate park, hometown favourite yuto horigome making history by winning the sport's first gold medal in the men's street competition, just a few miles from where the 22—year—old world champion grew up. everyone has, like, helped me, everyone texted me, like, you've got it, go for it. i'm just so happy to bring the gold to my hometown. meanwhile, how is this for an overachieving family? on a fantastic day for the hosts, japan's uta abe winning gold in the judo before older brother hifumi did exactly the same just hours later in the same sport.

although tunisian ahmed hafnaoui provided one of the games�* biggest shocks... how has he done that? ..the teenager winning gold in the men's 400 metres freestyle after qualifying slowest, a result that stunned the sport. and as if that wasn't enough, for the first time since 2004, the us men's basketball team lost in the olympics, france pulling off a famous victory in a blow to the americans' hopes of a fourth consecutive gold medal. after so much opposition to these games, organisers will now be hoping that public enthusiasm is ignited by the gold medals that the hosts have won this opening weekend. team gb have also opened their account now, but elsewhere today, they experienced mixed fortunes. andy murray will not defend his tennis singles title here. the two—time champion was forced to withdraw with a quad strain before playing his first round match. the 34—year—old choosing instead to focus on the men's doubles

alongsidejoe salisbury, having been advised not to compete in both events. there had been hopes for lizzie deignan in the women's road race, but the british cyclist could only manage 11th as austrian outsider anna kiesenhofer... we've got the biggest upset we've ever seen in women's cycling in the olympic games! ..launched a remarkable solo breakaway to claim gold. adam peaty remains on course to become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title, as he breezed into the 100m breaststroke final. the world record holder qualified fastest and will go for gold in the early hours of tomorrow morning. i'm the best racer in the world i think, so i'm looking forward to it. i wanted to be a little bit quicker this morning, but it's a morning swim, you never know what you're going to get. few dominate in their sport like peaty, and after a day of surprises, it would need a huge one for the overwhelming favourite to be denied. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. and before we go, take a look at this.

this was last night above southern norway, the sky lit up by an unusually large meteorite. there was a bright flash of light and also a booming sound as it came down, with some pieces of it thought to have landed west of oslo. quite a sight. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye.

hello, you're watching bbc news and i'm lukwesa burak. mps have described as "wholly inadequate" the complaints process for women in the armed forces who are sexually assaulted or harassed at work. the defence select committee found that 60% of female personnel had faced bullying, harassment and discrimination during their careers. the ministry of defence says many improvements have been made, but admits women's experience isn't yet equal to men's. jonathan beale reports. what's it like being a female soldier, i'm often asked. this is the army's latest recruitment campaign, aimed at women. i'm the one stitching them up! i'm not a miss or a mrs, i'm a sergeant. - it suggests gender is not an issue in today's armed forces. but this report by mps paints a very different picture with women suffering disproportionately from bullying, harassment, discrimination and even

sexual assault and rape. six out of ten women in our evidence said that they don't make complaints because of fear of reprisals and repercussions. and what we are finding is that women are subsequently leaving the military before their time. put some pressure on this for me. women make up around 12% of the regular armed forces. the report highlights practical issues for them, such as not being given uniforms and body armour that fit. but mps say they're gravely concerned that women are ten times more likely than men to experience sexual harassment. you're asking for it, that's the impression you get, you're not completely blameless in all of this. sophia, not her real name, was an officer in the royal navy when she was sexually harassed and then assaulted by her male boss. she left in 2017 after a five—year career, successfully taking her complaint to a civilian court after she felt let down by her chain of command.

it was such an effort to have anyone hear me. and why do you think they didn't want to hear you? it's a boys' club. they closed ranks. they wanted to make sure he was all right. they don't want it happening on their watch. it's bad press for them and it doesn't look good on their reports. that's definitely the impression i got. the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forces. it said it profoundly regretted the experience of some. but mps want the chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. in recent weeks, we've brought you a series of reports on how disabled people have been affected by the pandemic. one issue raised has been access to healthcare, in line with patient need and delivery of that care to their individual circumstances.

more than 1,500 disabled people told bbc news they feared going into hospital. hundreds said they'd avoid it at all costs. our disability news correspondent, nikki fox, has been speaking to the family of a man who was living with both learning disabilities and brain damage, who they say had �*no voice' to express his needs whilst in hospital, and died in pain. my uncle derek was really childlike, he was a lovely man. he liked the simple things in life. he was my brother and i loved him. this is derek when he was younger. the 59—year—old was taken to hospital after falling ill late last year. he was diagnosed with cancer, which the family was told was treatable. while he was there, he caught covid and died. it went from him feeling unwell to being dead in such a short space of time. becky cared for derek,

but covid restrictions around visitors meant she could not be there for him when he needed her. the family believe the treatment he received in hospital was different because derek had a learning disability. i told him i would be up soon. he believed me, with everything, and i let him down. why do you feel you let him down? because he didn't have a voice, he couldn't tell people what was wrong with him, and he could tell people through me, and i kept him safe. i didn't even have the chance to stand with him and tell them how he felt. i never spoke to one person that understood derek's needs, - actually knew he had learning difficulties or brain damage. there was never anything in place. for someone like derek in hospital. just before derek died, the family said they were told a do not resuscitate order was being placed on his medical records and that it was unlikely he would be given a ventilator.

he died before there was a need for critical care. becky saw him just before he passed. he was unconscious on the bed, naked, soiled himself, lying on the very part of his brain that was brain—damaged and that was painfulfor him to lie on. itjust broke my heart to see him, knowing that, even when he's unconscious, he's lying in pain, because we knew he couldn't lie on that side of his head. the hospital trust, walsall healthcare, said it's investigating the family's complaint and is extremely concerned about the issues raised. it said it is committed to improving the relationship between carers and healthca re professionals. there's constant memories everywhere i look in the house, everywhere i go, every picture i look at, every day, every song i hear, every film i see. sorry.

the family say they will only be at peace when they find out why derek died the way he did. nikki fox, bbc news. sorry. an 11—year—old boy has begun a 200—mile walk from his home in yorkshire to westminster to raise awareness of climate change. jude, from hebden bridge, wants to lobby ministers about the need for a carbon tax when he arrives in london. he's hoping to get a petition to 100,000 which would then trigger a debate on the issue in parliament. i'm worried about when they will take the necessary action because if they leave it too late, animal species could become extinct. of people could die. homes could be destroyed. i'mjust people could die. homes could be destroyed. i'm just hoping they act

quickly. people know, people need to know how climate change can be stopped and what governments can do to help stop it. stopped and what governments can do to help step it— time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. some of us have seen big changes in the weather through the weekend, from the heat to thunderstorms, and we'll all see something different in the week ahead, as the blue skies and sunshine are replaced with something cooler, frequent showers, but still some spells of sunshine, especially later in the week. and whereas last week the focus was on high—pressure, in the week ahead, it's all down to low pressure. and this has been generating plenty of showers and thunderstorms across parts of southeast and southern england through sunday afternoon. this is what's been happening. you can see this line of thunderstorms and showers developing really from east anglia all the way down to the isle of wight. the yellow and red flashes there indicating the frequent lightning strikes. and they'll be gradually fading away through the first half of the night, may keep going all night across the far southeast of england. elsewhere, it's mainly dry,

mist and low cloud pushing into northeastern coasts, also across parts of northern ireland, but elsewhere, some clearer skies. it's still a mild, and in places, muggy night, with temperatures across the southern half of the uk not much lower than 14—15 celsius. it's a fairly quiet start to the new week for many, plenty of cloud across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northeast england. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine. we should all see some sunshine through the day, but also the chance of seeing a thunderstorm as well. very well scattered, very hit and miss, not everyone will see them, in fact, where we miss them and get the best of the sunshine, we could see highs of 25—26 celsius across parts of england and wales. but those showers never too far away, and starting to gather in the west as we head through monday night and into tuesday. so this area of low pressure is very much the dominant feature, and we also see these showers pushing their way eastwards through tuesday, so tuesday is quite a messy picture in terms of showers, always hit and miss, but equally, they could begin to merge to give a longer spell of rain, and still the chance of some thunder

and lightning in those showers. cloud around on tuesday, some warm spells of sunshine coming through, and temperatures around 17—21 celsius, quite a drop from the 31 celsius that we saw last week. through wednesday and thursday, this area of low pressure begins to deepen. it also strengthens the wind, so, could start to see some wind gusts of 40—45 mph in some places on both wednesday and thursday, but the week ahead will bring some showers, also bring something cooler both by day and night. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: team gb have won their first medals at the end of the second day of action at the tokyo olympics. chelsie giles took bronze

in the women's judo before bradly sinden won silver in the men's taekwondo. three people, including a nine—year—old boy, have died at loch lomond after getting into difficulty in the water. a second boy was rescued and is in intensive care at the royal hospital for children in glasgow. the health secretary, sajid javid, has apologised for — and deleted — a tweet in which he said the nation should stop "cowering" from coronavirus. campaigners for people who've died during the pandemic had condemned the remark as "deeply insensitive" and "distasteful". british mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the government's coronavirus spending for decades. a report found £372 billion has already been spent, pushing government debt to a rate not seen since the early 1960s.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are disability consultant and comedy producer, simon minty, and annabel denham, director of communications at the institute of economic affairs. hello to both of you! we will chat in a moment. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the guardian features a picture of britain's first medallist at the tokyo olympics, chelsie giles, and carries a warning from doctors — that increasing numbers of young people with coronavirus are being admitted to hospital, including to intensive care wards. according to the daily mail, up to 50,000 dementia cases

were missed during lockdown because referrals to memory clinics