emma glasbey, bbc news, doncaster. worry that this longed—for breath of fresh air could carry with it a new wave of the virus. but the government has met its target of vaccinating 20 million people by mid—may, and the infection rate is falling. sara monetta reports. after a long winter lockdown, france is dusting off, it is time to reopen. paintings are hung once again in the musee d'orsay ready to welcome back visitors. this man's restaurant has been closed for six months but now his customers can return to enjoy meals on the terrace, with an evening curfew pushed back from 6pm to 9pm, and the excitement is palpable. translation: my cellphone has not stopped ringing. _ i have a lot of regular customers who are very nice and were the first ones to make reservations. they were impatient, like us, to come back to this establishment and to our terraces. theatres and cinemas are also fully booked. to maintain social distancing, they can only fill one—third of the seats, so some are now scheduling matinee sessions, starting

a bbc news investigation has found that the critical report into services at doncaster royal infirmary and bassetlaw nhs foundation trust said the provision of high quality maternity services was their number one priority. faye kirkland, who is also a working gp, reports. a little bit of surprise. last year, dan and iteeth _ a little bit of surprise. last year, dan and beth were _ a little bit of surprise. last year, dan and beth were looking - a little bit of surprise. last year, l dan and beth were looking forward a little bit of surprise. last year, - dan and beth were looking forward to welcoming their first baby. after a day of labour two attempts were made to deliver their baby, clay, by a junior doctor as there was no consultant on site. when this didn't work there was a further delay, they say, before their son was delivered by c—section. it say, before their son was delivered by c-seetion-_ say, before their son was delivered by c-section. it was probably about 20 minutes — by c-section. it was probably about 20 minutes after— by c-section. it was probably about 20 minutes aft

emma glasbey, bbc news, doncaster.e ready to make that change, say the mps on the public accounts committee, unless the price of electric vehicles is reduced significantly and charging infrastructure is installed much more quickly. as well as the cars themselves being expensive, only a handful being under £30,000, there is the cost of charging them. while electric charging is cheaper than petrol and diesel, there is a big difference between charging in public places and charging on your driveway, and lots of people don't have space to charge their vehicles at home so the infrastructure and the cost of that has got to be thought about as well, and we are concerned the government is behind the curve if it is going to hit its target. the public accounts committee says the government needs to do more to develop the skilled workforce and electric power infrastructure needed to support the transition. but the government told the bbc today it was on track to meet its target and says it is investing £2.8 billion to help the ca

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st leger four times, this is him winning the gold cuphe was awarded an 0be. he went on to become a successful trainer. and finally tonight, he's called it the biggest sporting event to take place on planet earth. tyson fury offering his assessment of his world heavyweight showdown tyson fury offering his assessment of his world heavyweight showdown with anthonyjoshua, having confirmed today it will take place in sauldi arabia on the 14th august. boxing promoter steve bunce told sally nugent what we can expect. i'm certain now, i wasn't certain lastjune, in november, december, january february, six weeks ago when people were talking about saudi arabia, suddenly, three orfour of the key players in this fight have talked about it. someone might have said, "hold on a minute, isn't it going to be hot?" yes, it's going to be boiling and at midnight it will still be boiling! it's a controversial location for them to choose for many, many reasons. actually, it's a promoter�*s dream, because of the time difference it will be and 9pm saturday nigh

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times.hat a night for britain's ax100m relay team as they took gold at the european championships for the first time in 9a years. lucy hope, anna hopkin, abbie wood and freya anderson were able to hold off the team from the netherlands to set a new british record of three minutes 3a.17 seconds in the opening night of swimming in budapest. i'm so happy. i knew it was going to be a relatively quick turnaround after the 50, and i'm not always the best at doing that. it's just about facing on the 50 to start with and prepping ahead for the 100 after. the whole team did a greatjob, and we all pulled our weight. and i don't think any of us expected to get the gold, but it's an amazing feeling. and adam peaty also looked in fine form producing the tenth quickest time of his career to win the 100 metres breaststroke semifinal. no other swimmer has gone quicker. great timing with just two months to go until the start of the olympic games in tokyo. britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the t

doncaster elected a labour mayor overnight. scotland, where the snp are hoping to secure a majority in the scottish parliament. and in wales, labour will continue their run in power as votes are now counted for the 60 seats in the senedd. from elections held in the shadow of a pandemic, the renewed political picture slowly emerging. as we've just heard, counting in the scottish parliamentary election has just begun. voters were choosing 129 msps to be elected to the scottish parliament — but covid restrictions meant there was no overnight vote counting this year. the final results are expected on saturday. counting has also begun in the last few minutes in the welsh elections to the senedd. 60 seats are up for grabs and some voters reported queues outside polling stations. most results are expected this afternoon and into the early evening. results in four wales police and crime commissioner elections are due on sunday. we'll find out today how international travel will restart for england. the transport secretary grant shapps

they held doncaster, liverpool, salford amongst others.rge chinese space rocket are due to plunge back through the atmosphere in the next few hours. us and european tracking sites are monitoring the uncontrolled re—entry of the long march rocket, which was used last month to carry into orbit a section of the permanent chinese space station currently being built. the monitors say the chances of damage from a ground impact are low, and the chinese foreign ministry say it expects the debris to burn up during re—entry. earlier, professor joanne irene gabrynowicz, from thejournal of space law, spoke to the bbc. she was asked if it was allowed to just let things uncontrollably fall from space. well, it's not a question of whether it's allowed or not. china is a signatory to what's called the outer space treaty and therefore is responsible, internationally responsible, for its object and any harm it may cause. so, since we know this object was launched by a single nation and since there's no dissension about whether somebody else could be respons

there has been some low cloud mist and fog around is depicted beautifully by these patient sheep in doncasterthe cloud was, and in some areas it was thick enough for early morning drizzle, but the sunshine nibbling away at it quite nicely. into the afternoon there will be more sunshine coming through, temperatures will start to climb and that may well trigger the sunshine and the warmth in east anglia and south—east england. if you are out with friends and family this afternoon, don't forget uv levels, the son is very strong so we are expecting it to be high fairly widely across the country. the clear skies continue, the sunshine and the warmth continuing into the early evening, so if you are planning a barbecue, it should be fine and dry. through the night we could see a little bit of low cloud rolling in of the north sea. temperatures will hold off, ranging from 6—10 , but potentially a murky start once again along exposed coasts, but high pressure remains with us, slowly drifting eastwards, not that much in the way of wind around on sunday, but a good deal of dry weather once again in the

they held doncaster, liverpool, salford amongst others.ral seat from the conservatives. reeta chakra barti there. let's go live to westminster and our political editor laura kuenssberg. questions about the union coming to the fore again now?— the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line — the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line that _ the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line that stretches - the fore again now? certainly, there is a fault line that stretches from - is a fault line that stretches from london to edinburgh and back again. borisjohnson and nicola sturgeon are at odds over whether or not they should be another referendum on scottish independence. nicola sturgeon will point to her pro—independence majority in the scottish parliament and is making accusations that borisjohnson is anti—democratic for suggesting it cannot happen. on the unionist side they will point to the fact she did not make the high bar majority on her own. they said it would be once in a generation when it happened seven years

the online giant will open a parcel centre in doncaster and four new warehouses.online giant. it already has 24 fulfilment centres across the uk. and they are adding more stock this is one of their new sites in gateshead. the business secretary dropping in for a tour. as amazon announced its latest plans for expansion. announced its latest plans for exoansion-— announced its latest plans for exansion. ., ., ., ., . expansion. today we are announcing 10,000 new — expansion. today we are announcing 10.000 new jobs _ expansion. today we are announcing 10,000 new jobs across _ expansion. today we are announcing 10,000 new jobs across the - expansion. today we are announcing 10,000 new jobs across the uk - expansion. today we are announcing 10,000 new jobs across the uk this | 10,000 newjobs across the uk this year, we are here at gateshead, building here, 1300 newjobs, that we are creating this year. last year we are creating this year. last year we opened in durham last september, and that will mean we will have 4000 jobs in the north—east in the last 18 months. jobs

a bbc investigation has found that the critical report adds doncaster infirmary was written in 2016 but. a little bit of surprise. last year, dan and beth were looking forward to welcoming their first baby. after a day of labour two attempts were made to deliver their baby, clay, by a junior doctor as there was no consultant on site. when this didn�*t work there was a further delay, they say, before their son was delivered by c—section. it was probably about 20 minutes after that they told us he had died, he hadn�*t made it, so they brought us, brought him over to us. i was giving him a cuddle. the family say a later postmortem showed clay died of multiple skull fractures. in a statement the hospital said, we wish to offer our deepest sympathies to the family of baby clay. we made a referral to the health care safety investigation branch. as an inquest will soon be held we are unable to comment at this time was white bbc news has discovered that five years ago there had been an independent review into the hospital�*s maternity care. it�*s never been made public. it showed safety concern

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times.reya anderson were able to hold off the team from the netherlands to set a new british record of three minutes 34.17 seconds in the opening night of swimming in budapest. i'm so happy. i knew it was going to be a relatively quick turnaround after the 50, and i'm not always the best at doing that. it's just about facing on the 50 to start with and prepping ahead for the 100 after. the whole team did a greatjob, and we all pulled our weight. and i don't think any of us expected to get the gold, but it's an amazing feeling. and adam peaty also looked in fine form producing the tenth—quickest time of his career to win the 100 metres breaststroke semifinal. no other swimmer has gone quicker. great timing with just two months to go until the start of the olympic games in tokyo. britain's hugh carthy and simon yates remain in the top ten of the giro d'italia heading into the race's first rest day. peter sagan sprinted to victory on today's 139—kilometre tenth stage for his first win in this y

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st leger four times, this is him winning the gold cup as we've been hearing, the health secretary matt hancock has been updating mps about the indian variant of the covid—19 virus. he said there there are now 2,323 confirmed cases of the indian variant, known as b.1617, in the uk. cases have doubled in the past week and the latest scientific assessment is that the variant is spreading fast. the early evidence suggests that b.1.617 is more transmissible than the previously dominant variant, and we do not yet know to what extent it is more transmissible and while we also don't have the complete picture on the impact of the vaccine, the early lab data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant, and this of course is reassuring. but the high transmission poses a real risk. all this supports our overriding strategy which is gradually and cautiously to replace the restrictions on freedom with the protections fro

he won the oaks at epsom, as well as doncaster�*s st legerfour times. obe. and he went on to become a successful trainer. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. we bbc news channel later on. look forward to it. tha very we look forward to it. thank you very much. the ban on foreign holidays, for people living in england, scotland and wales, has been lifted, and replaced with a traffic light system, grading every destination according to risk. the green list currently includes these 12 countries and territories, from which people arriving in britain don't have to quarantine. portugal, always a popular destination with uk holiday—makers, has seen a surge in bookings. our transport correspondent, caroline davies, is in albufeira on the algarve. don't worry, she has been working. we're going to portugal! we're not all going on a summer holiday, but from today, going abroad for one is no longer illegal. this, after a long time of empty arrivals halls, will be a sight for sore eyes for many in the travel indust

dartford, gateshead, hinckley and swindon, as well as what they call a parcel receive warehouse in doncaster certainly entrenching its position in the uk. to put it bluntly, people have been doing lots of online shopping and that means companies like amazon are doing very well. it doesn't allow unionisation. there has been quite a lot of criticism publicly and in the media about the working conditions, and as you say, the poor pay here. do we know what sort of quality these jobs are? amazon has faced criticism is like that and they have denied any allegations of poor working conditions in the past. they have given us some information about what the pay will be for operations roles. that will be £9 70 per hour, or £10 80 in london. amazon is also trying to spin, trying to emphasise, it is also going to be investing in skills. it is going to be investing both in the skills of its own workforce and working with richard chambers of commerce to try and identify places in the country that have certain skills gaps to see if it can invest in their —— british chambers of commerce. kwasi kwarteng is t

the online giant will open a parcel centre in doncaster and four new warehouses.are announcing 10,000 newjobs across the uk this year, we are here at gateshead, building here, 1,300 newjobs, that we are creating this year. last year, we opened darlington in may, in durham last september, and that will mean we will have 4,000 jobs in the north—east in the last 18 months. this business is growing at breakneck speed, to meet the huge demand for online shopping. amazon created 10,000 jobs last year. now it is adding another 10,000 permanent roles across the business, meaning that its uk workforce will reach 55,000 by the end of this year. how powerful is amazon becoming? amazon is seemingly invincible at the moment, they are firing on all cylinders. their retail division has been strengthened due to the ubiquity of its offering and the fact that, during the pandemic, many shoppers made amazon their first port of call. but it is important to remember it isn'tjust a retailer, they are a technology company, and so, if you look at cloud computing, advertising, check—out—f

but there are a clutch of other seats like hartlepool such as doncaster, pontefract. easington.on earlier, talking about the impact this will have on the leader of the labour party. perhaps one of the first test. and looking at the repercussions. it is maybe not so much change in the picture of the seats, but the tone. the tone across the country and in westminster. we can speak to our political editor. chris mason was saying this is like an earthquake, but the tremors will be felt in the house of commons. ihla but the tremors will be felt in the house of commons.— but the tremors will be felt in the house of commons. no question about that. it is a thumping _ house of commons. no question about that. it is a thumping in _ that. it is a thumping in hartlepool. the tories did notjust take it from the labour party, they did not get it by a whisker, they romped home, just about doubled the vote. looking at the pictures, use or the piles of ballot papers on the table is piling up for the tory candidate. it looks like the table might collapse under the weight of the ballots. any by—e

by we are joined by by doctor agrawal, one of the gps here in stafford and we heard from dean in doncasteromplexity of the demand we have currentl . �* , , , complexity of the demand we have currentl. �*, , , ., ., currently. let's step over here and talk to emma. _ currently. let's step over here and talk to emma, the _ currently. let's step over here and talk to emma, the practice - currently. let's step over here and i talk to emma, the practice manager. do you recognise that picture of ever—growing demand? the phone ringing nonstop? ever-growing demand? the phone ringing nonstop?— ringing nonstop? constantly, the activi of ringing nonstop? constantly, the activity of the — ringing nonstop? constantly, the activity of the last _ ringing nonstop? constantly, the activity of the last 12 _ ringing nonstop? constantly, the activity of the last 12 months - ringing nonstop? constantly, the activity of the last 12 months hasj activity of the last 12 months has been _ activity of the last 12 months has been so — activity of the last 12 months has been so high, _ activity of the last 12 months h

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the country and thatis reach all parts of the country and that is why places like hartlepool or doncasterbs and wealth for all parts of the country, and that has to be central to what the labour party stands for and it is something we did not get right when we were in government all the time but it is something we have to address and look at going forward. you have been very generous with your time. thanks so much for answering all our questions. it is nice not to _ answering all our questions. it is nice not to be _ answering all our questions. it is nice not to be in _ answering all our questions. it is nice not to be in my— answering all our questions. it 3 nice not to be in my kitchen for once, to be honest, doing these interviews! i once, to be honest, doing these interviews!— once, to be honest, doing these interviews! i was going to say, it is a nice backdrop. _ interviews! i was going to say, it is a nice backdrop. she - interviews! i was going to say, it is a nice backdrop. she had - interviews! i was going to say, it is a nice backdrop. she had a - interviews! i was going to say

looking at some of the other contests, we had doncaster yesterday, and easy labour hold. get that in democratic contests never made britain or anywhere else. an enormous 23% swing from the labour party to conservatives. the huge swings we are seeing, we don't normally see swings of this size which shows politics is becoming much more forfebrile. the labour party does have some hope for this campaign. there was hopes this could become one of the few labour pick—ups. it was narrowly fought again back in 2017, 50 2% to a8%. another big one, the west midlands contest. it was very narrowly fought between labour and conservatives. after the second preferences were reallocated, 50.a%, i don't think anybody in labour realistically expects this to be anything close to being replicated again. i think the conservatives think they will have another strong result for andy street in the west midlands and he will be comfortable or returned as labour mayor. there's the hat—trick of areas, probably the west midlands mayoralty will be happy. the west midlands is going to be very tight betw

doncaster was the first result, a labour mayor elected overnight.rners of scotland, where the snp are hoping to secure a majority in the scottish parliament. but those who are pro—independence and against are keeping a close eye on how the results are stacking up. and in wales, labour will look to continue their run in power as votes are now counted for the 60 seats in the senedd. the pandemic has already made these elections unusual. with much more counting still to be done, it will be some time before the full picture of results is clear. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation has recommended that people aged under 40, as well as those under 30, should be offered an alternative vaccine to the astrazeneca jab, after concerns about blood clots. the age threshold is being raised as a precautionary measure. professor wei shen lin from thejcvi explained at a news conference in the last half hour building on our previous advice related to those aged 30 years and under, we now advised that unvaccinated adults... the astrazeneca vaccine is ver

there was some mist and fog earlier on in doncaster. the mist will lift.orth sea and temperatures will climb once again. we will see low 20s quite widely for many, above the average for the time of year, as we close out the month of year, as we close out the month of may. sunday into monday looks like a similar story as the high—pressure drift off into the north sea. the wind will push more to a south—easterly, so driving in warmer air, so temperatures could peek into the mid 20s. if that happens, we haven't seen temperatures like that since march, believe it or not. if we get 25 degrees, that would be very nice indeed. if that is too warm for you, and i understand for some it is, those temperatures will start to ease off, but we keep the sunshine for the bulk of the week, so whatever you are doing in your week ahead, you should not be too disappointed. there will be a lot of dry weather a warrant. a risk of more widespread showers towards the end of the week, but for the first week ofjune, not too bad at all. you know what you're saying about sale sharks,