one care home in county durham has lost 25 residents from the disease.t michael buchanan reports. a survivor of covid—i9 in a care home where many have perished. her family gather outside, in part to clap the carers who have had much to deal with. no one blames them for what has happened, so we have an anonymized them, but we have discovered at least 25 people have died at melbury court, thought to be the highest single death toll in a care home in britain. samuel wilson became a victim of coronavirus in early may. his family believe he became infected after the home insisted he go to hospital for day treatment. in a statement they told us... the home was relentless for a family member to take my grandad into hospital for a non—essential procedure in the middle of full lockdown. in my opinion, they took an unnecessary risk, a risk that cost grandad his life. the owners of the care home say their sympathies are with all of the families who have lost a loved one and say that the place is now in recovery and that many of the residents have returned to good

coronavirus has killed more people in care homes in county durham than anywhere else in england.not to discharge u ntested officials in march not to discharge untested or covid—19 positive patients from care homes into hospitals and were ignored. financial funding was at one point explicitly linked to them taking people with the virus. cup of tea and a slice of cake? the owner of this care home which has not had covid—19 is appalled by what has happened. we do feel that this was neglect. they knew how vulnerable the sector was and i thinkjust with a little bit of forethought, collaborative work, we could have easily gone through this without the number of deaths we have had. more than half of the care homes in cou nty than half of the care homes in county durham have had coronavirus, a consequence of both nationwide problems on testing and ppe and local decisions. in a letter seen by the bbc, the county durham care home association said that the council has pursued a policy which has caused and or increased covid—19 infections and deaths within care homes in county durham. 96—yea

but we don't use the army every day but it is there as a resource, locally we have had issues in county durhamhave asked the secretary of state to look at that as we roll that o out to ensure we don't have those problems in the future. my future. my right honourable friend is absolutely right, to raise the importance of having that testing capacity there, but i would also say to all of these constituents, in durham, and people right across the country, that if row have those symptoms, then get a test, because the tests are available and it is so important for tracing the disease. does my right honourable friend agree that as the virus increasingly comes under control, it is vital that we begin to plan for the swift resumption in full of local and urgent health care? such as the minor injuries unit at victoria hospital, and other important service provided there at dover buckland hospital. the restoration of nhs services is critical. it is important it is does done in a covid critical way, it is important people know the nhs is there for them, so if you need it or are told to go to hospital, pl

poornima nair was a 56—year—old gp from county durham. a wife and mother.actice manager said. "her heart was with the nhs and what she could do to help. "she will be so missed." steve lynham from burnham—on—sea was 44. he and his wife denise would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary next year. she was also in hospital with covid—19, and recovered. "steve was loving, caring and fun," she said. "please take this seriously. stick to the rules. "don't go through our heartache." alan little, bbc news. there has been some encouraging news today in the pandemic. new figures suggest coronavirus infections in the community are falling substantially. the office for national statistics says the number of cases in england is down to 5,600 a day, from 8,000 a day, last week. however, one study suggests that in the north west and south west of england, the rate at which the virus is reproducing, could be near one, suggesting infections may rise. with more, here's our science editor, david shukman. with people out and about across the uk over the past week or s

poornima nair was a 56—year—old gp from county durham. a wife and mother.actice manager said. "her heart was with the nhs and what she could do to help. she will be so missed." steve lynham from burnham—on—sea was 44. he and his wife denise would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary next year. she was also in hospital with covid—19, and recovered. "steve was loving, caring and fun," she said. "please take this seriously. stick to the rules. don't go through our heartache." alan little, bbc news. new figures suggest coronavirus infections in the community are falling substantially. the office for national statistics says the number of cases in england is down to 5,600 a day, from 8,000 a day last week. however, one study suggests that in the north west and south west of england, the rate at which the virus is reproducing could be near 1, suggesting infections may rise. with more, here's our science editor david shukman. with people out and about across the uk over the past week or so, what do we know about the virus and whether it is under control?

sarah caulker, bbc news in county durham., ben thompson, is at ashford designer outlet in kent. there is a lot of demand? yes, simon. welcome to ashford in kent and you can see some of the cues that have been forming since it opened at ten o'clock this morning, stretching right the way back down there to get into some of these stores. don't be fooled, it might be busier than it is. take a look, the queue outside and they are limiting how many can get in there. half of the car park is still closed and limiting the amount of people who can shop so they can abide by their social distancing rules as much as possible. an important day in england, the british retail consortium estimates it has cost £1.8 billion a week for nonessential retailers to stay close. the question is, do people feel confident coming back here? a study suggested 43% of us feel confident to get back out and shop again. but retailers are worried about the impact it could have on them. we have missed you, they say and the doors are open. they want to get the me

the coastal fog we have had in county durham is going to be slower to clear away.rts of scotla nd i was coming through across parts of scotland and northern ireland but fairly isolated. contrast in temperatures from 12—13 on the north sea coast to 23—2a in 0ban. the showers and thunderstorms rumble on into this evening, dying away through the night, picking up more cloud and rain, on and off coming into northern ireland, east of scotland, cloud drifting back inland. monday morning, another warm night and inland. monday morning, another warm nightand a inland. monday morning, another warm night and a great and cool start near the north sea coast again. the fla bby near the north sea coast again. the fla b by area near the north sea coast again. the flabby area of low pressure, repeats the performance monday through tuesday. sitting to the west of us tomorrow, subtle differences as to where the showers will be in the coming days. the congregation of the heaviest ones across the western side of the uk tomorrow. we have the low cloud to clear further east. for all of u

this is county durham.s the northern ireland, look at the blue sky. as we go through this week, the weather is similar to yesterday with sunshine and heavy thundery showers. yesterday, this area was the waiters. 80 millimetres in the first hour and in the second ten millimetres so there was some flash flooding and we could see similar through the course of this week. a lot of mist and fog in parts of the uk. most of it will lift across the north—east, it will hang onto it. further south, through the afternoon, a lot of dry weather triggering showers. most of them across part of the midland, in and across part of the midland, in and across wales, in the west and a few in the east as well. a real difference in the temperatures. 14 in aberdeen. through this evening, many of the show was fading. a repeat performance. mist and fog across parts of scotland and northern england. temperatures similarto northern england. temperatures similar to the nightjust gone. dominating our weather. you can see here just about,

poornima nair was a 56—year—old gp from county durham, a wife and a mother. what she could do to help. she'll be so missed." steve lynham from burnham—on—sea was 44. he and his wife, denise, would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary next year. she was also in hospital with covid—19 and recovered. "steve was loving, caring and fun", she said. "please, take this seriously, stick to the rules, don't go through our heartache. " allan little, bbc news. with me now is our health correspondent, lauren moss. allan little they are talking about some ofjust allan little they are talking about some of just —— just allan little they are talking about some ofjust —— just some of the 40,000 deaths we now know have happened, very grim figure to be reporting today. yes, a grim milestone nobody wanted to reach. 347 further deaths reported, and 47,000 -- 347 further deaths reported, and 47,000 —— people —— 40,207 people have died in all settings, care homes, the community and hospitals, after testing positive for coronavirus. in fact, we can show you a graph now of

they were then pressured into taking in hospital patients that had not been tested, and now, in county durham northeast and cumbria, there are more than 1300 care home residents who have lost their lives. who is responsible for these deaths? clearly, first of all, it's absolutely heartbreaking and i think we all know people now who have been affected. and the care homes are an interesting situation because, for example, people won't have been aware that the care homes procured their own ppe for example up until their own ppe for example up until the disaster. most care homes are privately owned and by their own ppe and the government stepped in and delivered millions and millions of pieces of ppe to care homes in order to plug that gap. and it is, of course, heartbreaking that anybody has passed away in a care home from coronavirus at all. we do know this is the same issue that everybody has been tackling and that our rate of ca re been tackling and that our rate of care home infection in terms of the overall number of deaths in care homes in the overall number of care homes in the overall nu

counties. mecklenburg, wake, durham, johnston, guilford, forsyth, lee, and duke lind. as we track our trends closely, we know there will be other counties added to that list. it is important that people get tested. unfortunately we have heard that some are having trouble getting tests because of conflicting criteria. we are reaching out to providers, urgent care facilities, pharmacies, to remind them of expanding testing criteria and our desire to ramp up testing of those who don't show symptoms. we have appreciated their partnership and this is going to be key in our ongoing strategy to help slow the spread of this virus. those who may have been exposed but do not have symptoms, especially people from historically marginalized populations who are disproportionately impacted by covid-19, should get tested. people who live or work in high settingsings, or in where they are at higher risk for exposure should get tested. and anyone who has attended a mass gathering, including a protest, should get tested. if you are not sure, you can visit the check my symptoms tool on our

counties. hackenbergra, wake, durham, johnston, À la, skilled furred, no one in duplin. s we continue to track our trends closely we note there will be other counties added to that list. it is important that people get tested to help us slow the spread of the virus. unfortunately we have heard that some are having trouble getting tests because of conflicting testing criteria. we are reaching out to providers, urgent care facilities, pharmacies to remind them of dhs expanded testing criteria and our desire to ramp up testing of those who don't show symptoms. we have appreciated their partnership increasing access to testing as this will be key in to our ongoingms strategy to hep slow thed spread of the virus. as a reminder, those who may have been exposed to covid-19 but do not have symptoms, especially people from historically marginalized population who we know are disproportionately impacted by covid-19, should getst tested. in addition, people who live or work in high-risk settings like long-term care facilities, correctional facilities or in settings where they are at

we live in county durham and we have three children aged five and under. in the of england. you are watching bbc news. now, it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. the weather where you are may have started the day on a fine note but you can't rely on it staying that way because yet again for the day ahead, although there are some warm sunny spells to be had at times, big clouds developing and you may catch a shower, thunderstorm and maybe even a torrential downpour. the reason why it's another day of this weather pattern, quite a large area of low pressure sitting across the north—west of europe at the moment. the isobars, white lines, these are not close together, these are not strong, gusty winds. winds are fairly light and is not a broad area of heavy rain and lots of weather fronts but there is instability in the atmosphere because of low pressure and look at this, as we get deeper on through the day, more showers and thunderstorms developing and they are possible just about anywhere. away from them, some sunny spells but could we

white working—class communities from liverpool to council estates in dorset to east london to even county durhamasons, wasn't it? there were other reasons given to do with your experience but it was clearly one of the ones they marked out. since you received that letter made clear to them that you were unhappy with it, what happened ? them that you were unhappy with it, what happened? i made it clear and they basically said that we are really sorry you feel that way. this remains a backhanded apology and they said they have done unconscious bias training and they champion discrimination if it is discrimination if it is discrimination against anyone based upon any characteristic. but for me that was not good enough. i think that was not good enough. i think that what they need to do is actually repent and part of the christian narrative is that we have forgiveness and we need to repent of what we do so that means how do we do something with these structural things that is going on because part of the christian narrative is also that we are made in the image of god so the colour of your skin does

sunderland county council and durham county council, newcastle city council have allowed this, but london have the fly in the ointment and its entire industry. it's the problem of misclassification of employment in the industry that is because a real problem because what we have is nobody taking responsibility. so, we go back to the supreme court next month against cuba to fight for our worker rights. with those rights, with proper employment rights supreme court next month against cuba. —— matt uber. there is a quarter of a million people work in the industry carrying out millions of journeys every the industry carrying out millions ofjourneys every day without proper protection or safety inspection and that's negligence, in my view, the pa rt that's negligence, in my view, the part of the government and local authorities. just returned to the question of masks, we note that it is only the most high—quality masks that actually prevent aerosols, the tiny particles that come out when you speak or breathe, from being transmitted and yet, and a moment in britain and other places, we are only

sarah caulker, bbc news in county durham.bout that very issue, how this will affect the high street in the months and years ahead. so what has the impact been on the retail sector and how can it move forward post lockdown? let's get more on this from entrepreneur and former dragons' den investor theo paphitis. thank you for being with us. first of all, is this a day you welcome, then on essential shops reopening, shoppers able at last to get back into the shops? we need to reopen britain. we have been close now for such a long time retail has been devastated, but walking out on the streets today and seeing the number of people out there, my god, i was so of people out there, my god, i was so pleased. were you surprised how many people were out there? some people have said in opinion polls they are nervous to go back out to they are nervous to go back out to the shops. we have all been waiting for the day with trepidation, we really didn't know, nobody knew, but they are out there, voting with their feet, they are out there, v

sarah corker, bbc news in county durham.ashford designer outlet in kent. where have they all gone?” where have they all gone? i have skilled them off, simon. welcome to as hford skilled them off, simon. welcome to ashford in kent, we are at the mcarthur glen outlet and it has been pretty steady all day. it might look a lot busier in some of these places but that is because they are giving customers outside to maintain social distancing inside. let's take this shot, for example. good afternoon, monica. she is on charge on the front door are limiting how many people are in and out and let me show you over here, were all the usual things you might expect, all the social distancing measures, that sort of thing. after you. please, go on through. a reminder to let you stay away from people, use a card where necessary, things that you will get increasingly used to. we put ina will get increasingly used to. we put in a lot of work to getjust to this point. you opened at 10am, how are you getting on? it has been very good. the custom