luxmi gopal, bbc news, blackburn.leased its latest uk coronavirus figures. 18 more people have died with the virus, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 41,423. the government also said that there have been a further 1,288 lab—confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 324,601. the governor of california has appealed for assistance from canada and australia, as hundreds of wildfires continue to spread across the state. six people have died and hundreds of thousands have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the fires, which started after a number of lightning strikes hit the state in recent days. daniel berlant from california's fire department, said emergency services were struggling to contain the blazes. over 13,000 firefighters from across our state. many other states within the united states have sent assistance. we have activated our national guard, our military, all providing additional resources, but it's very challenging. to have this number of fires

luxmy gopal reports.arly every aspect of her life — at home, at work, evenjust sitting down for a chat. i have to put cream on, which is a barrier which enables me to come out. it protects me from the germs. as well as fears around contamination, her symptoms involve repeatedly checking, for example, that the door is locked. come out, lock the door, go to the gate, go back to the door, go to the gate, cos it's always three times. and then if i set off to, say to work, and i get to the end of the street, if someone has parked a car that i know shouldn't be there, then i have to go back gate, start again. things deteriorated after her daughter died of sepsis. my eldest daughter passed away in 2004 of septicaemia, which, i know, is something to do with germs in the blood. and that made it worse. then i got depressed. i started to clean at two o'clock in the morning because i thought germs would get into the house. when my grandkids come, when my daughters come, they have to strip off at the door so i can put

know any other plant or any other cultural property that is such a powerful metaphor of new tougher gopal. on the slopes of the river mosel the heart of germany's oldest wine region the connection between church and wine is tangible even today the history of tree cathedral has always been linked to wine growing. historical documents show that members of the archdiocese used to be released from their religious genes his jury in the great harvest and the medieval tradition of parishes and monasteries producing wind is still alive and well today. the vineyards belonging to the tree archdiocese are among the most admired in germany in fact they set the benchmark for the entire moselle region. these vineyard stretch of 130 hecticness an area almost 3 times the size of vatican city but they haven't always been they speak in 19663 large estates each of them centuries old or amalgamated the archbishop's vineyard the vineyard of the diocesan seminary and the cathedral vineyard. most of the diocese in vines are planted on the steep slopes of the mosul valley they include world famous and prestigiou

indoors and outdoors in 0ldham, blackburn and parts of pendle in lancashire. 0ur correspondent, luxmy gopalts from blackburn. new rules here in blackburn in a very localised lockdown. different households here are already banned from meeting in their homes and gardens but, from today, they are not allowed to meet in public spaces either. it's left some residents confused. you hear rumours that this and that is happening and you are not sure which is the truth. i've heard about them but i don't know where they are. i don't know how you police it. if you live in one area, how do you stop somebody travelling to another area 7 how do you stop somebody travelling to another area? in blackburn, different wards aren't a different restriction so, on a boundary, people on that side can meet friends ata people on that side can meet friends at a pop but people on that side can't. it's the same down the road in kendal, lancashire. this is splitting up communities and confusing residents who live on the same road. —— kendal, lancashire. the government should work with the community to eradicate this pan

our reporter luxmy gopal is on st anne's beach in lancashire. it looks like a rather lovely day. beautiful day. beautiful looking beach. like many beaches across our country, blighted by the sight of letter. we have a team of volu nteers sight of letter. we have a team of volunteers here. they have been hard at work since this morning gathering itself litter. part of a keep britain tidy campaign. they are trying to raise awareness of when we go to the beach, we take all of this plastic beach toys, buckets and spades, but the issue is too many of us arejust spades, but the issue is too many of us are just leaving them there and adds to piles and piles of rubbish causing harm to see life and makes the seaside look a bit messy. to give you an idea, context, the plastic there takes a50 years to decompose. if that was around at the time of william shakespeare, that still would not be fully decomposed. quite a stark thought. emily is from the charity keep britain tidy. how big an issue is this? a huge issue. litter on the beach itself is one problem, but i being left behind which shoul

three's death has reignited anger in current state where there's been decades of unrest barber and gopal reports. anger on the streets of neutral in myanmar's northeast protesters march for justice after a 38 year old mother from the ethnic karen community was shot dead by soldiers the men then stole her jewelry members of the community accuse the military of rights abuses and want them out or you die. we want for you in communities you have the power to put pressure on the minima government to stop the use of violence to care in all of the groups in myanmar stop raping killing and treating the villages like animals. karen community leaders say the army is using coronavirus lockdown measures as an excuse to attack villages. your come in and have no care in villages have a problem of finding food they can't leave the village as movement is limited they can people can't move freely with them in my army can hold. up. karen rebels were among the last ethnic groups to sign a cease fire deal with me and most government in 2012 after more than 6 decades fighting for self rule many current villa

luxmy gopal reports.e compulsive disorder affects nearly every aspect of her life — at home, at work, evenjust sitting down for a chat. i have to put cream on, which is a barrier which enables me to come out. it protects me from the germs. as well as fears around contamination, her symptoms involve repeatedly checking, for example, that the door is locked. come out, lock the door, go to the gate, go back to the door, go to the gate, cos it's always three times. and then if i set off to, say to work, and i get to the end of the street, if someone has parked a car that i know shouldn't be there, then i have to go back gate, start again. things deteriorated after her daughter died of sepsis. my eldest daughter passed away in 2004 of septicaemia, which, i know, is something to do with germs in the blood. and that made it worse. then i got depressed. i started to clean at two o'clock in the morning because i thought germs would get into the house. when my grandkids come, when my daughters come, they have to st

our reporter luxmy gopal is on st anne's beach just south of blackpool.nd you are building sand castles and you get one of these, what do you do with it afterwards ? these, what do you do with it afterwards? do you take it with you or throw it away? the reason i'm asking is because the charity keep britain tidy say far too many of us leave them behind and it builds up with other piles of plastic beach toys which cause damage to the life and make our seaside look messy. let's speak to emily who is a volunteer and who works for keep britain tidy. how big an issue is it? it is a huge issue, unfortunately our beaches are littered with rubbish which should be ina littered with rubbish which should be in a bin but this is becoming a real significant problem, plastic toys that have plenty of life left with them that are just being left behind after a day at the beach. and you want to think —— you want people not to throw them away, because they are in perfect working life. because there are so cheap, people may be don't value them but we are trying to encourage

luxmy gopal, bbc news. what a very special day. a real inspiration for those men and women.k: we'll meet the 3—year—old who is thought to be the youngest person to reach the top of a 3,000—metre mountain. ami am i the only one looking at those images and just... am i the only one looking at those images and just. .. feeling a little bit... sweaty palms! we will be discussing that shortly, bringing you the latest news. we know it is already a beautiful day out there this morning, isn't it? we can have a look at doors. i think it might not be so beautiful now, going outside our beautiful. this morning asi outside our beautiful. this morning as i came in it was an absolutely stunning sunrise, a beautiful red sky. it was something really rather special. and it is a good time of year, not everyone's cup of tea. if you ever get up at four o'clock, five o'clock in the morning, this is the time to do it. it is six weeks it is like that. let's get the weather for everyone. mixed fortunes of weather for tuesday. it looks like low pressure moving in to northern and western parts of uk.

our correspondent luxmy gopal is at a beauty salon in south manchester.t night. at the moment, you can get treatments in beauty salons across england that include rings like letting a pedicure, you can get your nails done to stop you can get hair treatments like hair extensions, but what you can't get, as you said, is a close contact treatments and that includes things like getting your eyebrows done, getting your eyelashes done. it is a real setback to business owners like this lady who owns this beauty salon. you may recognise her from the tv show the real housewives of cheshire. we have had so many can't selections. people we re had so many can't selections. people were expecting to have their eye brows were expecting to have their eyebrows done. botox, fillers, a lot of people are angry because they don't understand that difference between why you can still come in to have your nails done or a body massage and yet you can't have a facial treatment done? from our point of view, if the therapist is fully pped up, why you can't do someone's eyelashes or