hywel griffith, bbc news, aberdare.s on coronavirus show 2,064 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 2,309 new cases per day in the last week. there were 1,781 people in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to last thursday. six deaths were recorded in the past 2a hours of people who'd had a positive covid test within the previous 28 days. these figures are often lower on a monday. the average number of deaths per day in the past week is 23. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,434. and a total ofjust over 33,750,000 people have now had theirfirstjab. that takes the overall number who've had their second jab to nearly 12,900,000. now, vaccines are being offered to all those aged 44 or older in england from today. the nhs hopes to roll out the offer to all adults over 40 in the coming days, if supplies are available. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson has more details. a large vaccination centre at wimbledon football club, in southwest london today. staf

hywel griffith, bbc news, aberdare.f former postmasters. paula vennells is stepping down from the boards of morrisons supermarket and home furnishing shop dunelm. she's also withdrawing from her work as an ordained minister in the church of england. a case brought by the serious fraud office against two former executives at the private security firm serco has collapsed, after the sfo declined to offer evidence against them. it's the latest in a series of cases where the sfo hasn't been able to secure a conviction. a judge ordered that nicholas woods and simon marshall be acquitted. they had been accused of concealing £12 million in profits from electronically tagging criminals. two former paratroopers have gone on trial for the murder of a man in belfast nearly 50 years ago. joe mccann, who was 24, was a member of the group known as the official ira. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. well, the prosecution of former british soldiers who were stationed here in northern ireland during the 30 years of conf

hywel griffith, bbc news, aberdare.ormer postmasters. paula vennells is also withdrawing from her work as a minister in the church of england. 0ur correspondent colletta smith sent this update from morrisons headquarters in bradford. it certainly was an avalanche of pressure this weekend after the overturning of those convictions. paula vennells has now announced she's stepping down, not only from the board here of morrisons and the retailer dunelm, but also from her duties as an ordained minister in the church of england. the companies are obviously very keen to distance themselves from that scandal that's swirling around the post office at the moment and doing considerable damage the reputation of the brand. especially as, over the coming weeks and months, paula vennells will have to answer questions from the government's inquiry about what exactly she knew about flaws in the it system that was used in the unlawful convictions of potentially hundreds of sub—postmasters right across the uk. in a statement, the reverend