the drake rugby study _ rugby study led by imperial college london assessed 41 elite level nail rugbys in the shape of small tears and blood vessels. the study based on brain scans also found changes in volume of the so—called white matter. in effect, the wiring of the brain, the report authors say for the research is needed to work out whether there is any long—term impact on players health. taste impact on players health. we certainl impact on players health. - certainly don't have the full picture yet. what we need to establish is whether these abnormal changes progress and lead eventually to clinical symptoms. we don't know. there is enough there to raise significant concern about long—term brain health. thereby rugby football union which governs _ brain health. thereby rugby football union which governs the _ union which governs the sport and england supported the study and helps recruit players to take part. officials said they welcome any research which helped advance knowledge of the consequences of head injuries. in a separate report, and peace have called for the health and

a study led by imperial college london assessed 41 i really. a study led by imperial. level mail rugby union elite level players and three female. 22% had brain abnormalities in the shape of small tears and blood vessels. the study, based on brain scans, also found changes in volume of the so—called white matter, in effect the wiring of the brain. the scans were compared with those of athletes in a non—collision sports. organisers say more research is needed to back out if there are any long—term effects on players' health. the founder of the organisation which conducted the research says it is an important step forward. we research says it is an important step forward-— research says it is an important step forward. we certainly don't have the full— step forward. we certainly don't have the full picture _ step forward. we certainly don't have the full picture yet. - step forward. we certainly don't have the full picture yet. what l step forward. we certainly don't i have the full picture yet. what we need _ have the full picture yet. what we need to _ have the full pi

professor danny altman at imperial college in london thinks he may have found unique auto antibodies blood test that you could get from your gp. but professor altman adds a note of caution as a social distancing ends in the country reopens. one thing we know for absolute certain is that long covid can ensue from any form of infection, asymptomatic, mild, severe, so if we are heading into a phase of 100,000 cases per day in the coming months, and we are seeing 10—20% of all infections can result in long covid, i can see no certainty that we are not brewing those long covid cases despite having a vaccinated population. 16 months on, i am much improved but i still worry about whether i will ever get back to being who i was before covid. lucy adams, bbc news. and you can see lucy adams full report in panorama tonight on bbc one at 7.35pm and afterwards on iplayer. the demonstrations come after a fall in cuba's economy, the worse for a number of decades. criticism has also arisen over the vaccination programme. back to the football now and a record audience watched the england's defeat to

the react study by imperial college london tested more than 117,000 volunteers across england betweenwomen to test positive for covid. we get the latest out one covid—19 because uk residents who have had both doses of a coded vaccine will be allowed to travel to and bliss countries without needing to quarantine when they return to england. the transport secretary grant shapps has told the commons that the changes will take effect on july 19th. children under 18 will also not need to self—isolate. the other uk nations are yet to decide whether they'll introduce similar rules. here's our transport correspondent caroline davies. 0nejab, twojabs 0ne jab, two jabs common no jab. for the last few months it's made no difference to the rules you have to follow when you travel from another country to the uk. that depends on the traffic light system and whether the traffic light system and whether the country you are coming from his green, amber or red macro, but things are about to change. from the 19th ofjuly anyone fully vaccinated doesn't need to quarantine when they travel from amber list

danny altmann, is professor of immunology at imperial college london. hello to you. harder as we have these discussions a year— number? is become much harder as we have these discussions a year ago - have these discussions a year ago when we had the r number because it linked to hospitalisations have infections and deaths. now our discussions are much more nuanced that we think much more hard about it because of the it�*s not translating into the kind of numbers we saw injanuary or february. but it is filtering through, and it�*s because concern and we should be worried. ~ , , ., , ., worried. why should we be worried from the health _ worried. why should we be worried from the health secretary, - worried. why should we be worried from the health secretary, when . worried. why should we be worried i from the health secretary, when the chief vertical officer and prime minister has warned us to expect that cases will rise, that there will be some hospitalisations, albeit on a much lesser scale and will be some more deaths? the fact that they have _ will be some more de

scientists at imperial college london believe they've discovered the basis for what could be the firstudy will help develop improved treatments for the condition, which involves one or more coronavirus symptoms persisting for at least 12 weeks. our correspondent lucy adams, who has been suffering from long covid, reports. it is 11 weeks since i started with a fever and some of the symptoms of coronavirus. i started recording a video diary when i first got covid in march last year, thinking it would just be a few weeks' illness. i have been ill for... she sobs i have been ill for eight months now. and i'm getting really fed up of it. it's really taking its toll on my family and my relationships. door bell rings hey, guys, how was school? i'm one ofi million people in the uk suffering from long covid, an illness with a huge range of symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog. it has had a huge impact on me and my family. much about the illness is still unknown. i look fine on the outside, but, obviously, there is still a problem. i have been off work for almost a year. stil

elizabeth whittaker, senior clinical lecturer in pediatric infectious diseases and immunology at imperial college londonyou think the findings suggest?— children, what do you think the findings suggest? this is a great iece of findings suggest? this is a great piece of work. — findings suggest? this is a great piece of work, there _ findings suggest? this is a great piece of work, there are - findings suggest? this is a great piece of work, there are three i piece of work, there are three papers we have worked on to look at this data. because we have been talking about what we have seen on the ground in hospitals, having the real numbers to be really confident about that makes a huge difference to families, i think. what we found was very few children are admitted, so about 800,000 children were admitted with the covid test in the 12 months to the end of february this year and that probably include children who were admitted with things like a broken arm and a broken leg and had a positive covid test. the risk factors in those children, those children who have multiple and complex comorbidities, the one

but the team led by imperial college london found that further research is needed to understand the long—termnumerous concussions. is about the concussions you have suffered and how they were dealt with at the time and talked about. with this scene as something serious but not something that would last as a long lasting issue? t but not something that would last as a long lasting issue?— a long lasting issue? i suffered a few concussions _ a long lasting issue? i suffered a few concussions over _ a long lasting issue? i suffered a few concussions over my - a long lasting issue? i suffered a few concussions over my career. | a long lasting issue? i suffered a| few concussions over my career. i had a long career. i pay for over 17 years. one of my concussions was quite significant. i had the concussive seizure. procedure for quite a few minutes. i was unbeknownst to the hospital where i had a scan to check for a brain bleed. —— i was taken in an ambulance to hospital. i have long—term effects for a season. i suffered from nausea, headaches, low moods. i didn't tell anybody at the time. i think

professor danny altman at imperial college in london thinks he may have found unique auto antibodiesic test is possible. i'm famously optimistic so i'd hope that within six months we would have a simple blood test that you could get from your gp. but professor altman adds a note of caution as social distancing ends and the country reopens. one thing we know for absolute certain is that long covid can ensue from any form of infection, asymptomatic, mild, severe, so if we are heading into a phase of 100,000 cases per day in the coming months, and we are seeing 10—20% of all infections can result in long covid, i can see no certainty that we are not brewing those long covid cases despite having a vaccinated population. 16 months on, i am much improved but i still worry about whether i will ever get back to being who i was before covid. lucy adams, bbc news. we will be hearing from the prime minister in a couple of minutes. let's speak to our deputy political editor vicki young. we expect him to confirm the lifting of restriction in england next week as we heard from the health secretary

dr viki male is a reproductive immunologist at imperial college london. shejoins me now.with us, what is your thank you for being with us, what is your view of the hesitancy that women have? a lot of people would say it is quite understandable if you are not sure when you are expecting. it you are not sure when you are exbetting-— expecting. it is naturalto be hesitant when _ expecting. it is naturalto be hesitant when you _ expecting. it is naturalto be hesitant when you are - expecting. it is natural to be i hesitant when you are pregnant because we are conditioned to think about what people enter our bodies when we are pregnant but you can say do we want to put covid—19 into our bodies when we are pregnant and the answer is really no. we know that although lots of people who get covid—19 when they are pregnant are just fine and their babies are fine there is an increased risk of term births and stillbirths and intensive care for you and the baby. we want to avoid that and one of the ways we can is by getting vaccinated.- can is by getting vaccinated. anyone who is afra

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the drake rugby biomarker study led by imperial college london assessed iii elite level mail rugby unionlp establish a national framework for reporting all sports injuries, with a long—term aim of passing on details of all events which might lead to brain injury. the digital, culture, media and sport committee said it was astounded that bought should be left to mark its own homework. hugh pym, bbc news. joining me now is dawn astle, the daughter of the late jeff astle who was a professional footballer playing for west bromwich albion, nottingham county and england, he died at age 59 from a degenerative brain disease caused by heading footballs. shes is the co—founder of the jeff astle foundation. how do you feel hearing about the research today?— research today? good afternoon, i think the report _ research today? good afternoon, i think the report makes _ research today? good afternoon, i think the report makes some - research today? good afternoon, i - think the report makes some sensible recommendations for a better concussion management. in the sport. and concussion research. what we

let's speak now to professor peter openshaw — professor of experimental medicine at imperial college londonhe pandemic but speaking to us in a personal capacity. thank you very much for your time. what do you make of these numbers? cases falling for the fifth day in a row. what do you attribute that to? i hope it is a genuine drop in infection and not a change in the testing or a delay in reporting. we need to be cautious, we need to see the figures reflected in hospitalisations and so far, the reports from the front line hospitals are a lot of cases amongst those who have not been vaccinated. i think a little bit of caution, still waiting for confirmation from the office for national statistics, there has been a hold—up in the confirmation, i think it would be wonderful if it is true. we all feel a little flutter of excitement when we see this decline in case numbers and we think, we are past the peak. i would also say that in the academy of medical sciences report from last week, we said there would be a peek at the end of this month, a peak in case numbers followed by a drop in hospitali

including ralf toumi from the imperial college of london. >> we have one of the richest countries in the world being caught out disturbing that it suggests no one is really safe. >> reporter: neighboring countries like belgium and the netherlands have also been badly affected with several villages still cut off by floodwaters and landslides. now here's the thing -- we know that climate scientists have long been warning that global warming would lead to this kind of extreme weather. but when we really think about what's happening in central europe and beyond, that's really just exceeded their expectations, and the real fear now is that the worst is yet to come. adriana? >> say it ain't so. thank you so much. imtiaz tyab in london. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo is due to be questioned tomorrow as part of the investigation of sexual assault harassment allegations. a source familiar with the state attorney general's probe tells cbs news this doesn't necessarily mean the inquiry is wrapping up. several women including former aides accuse the three-term democrat of harassment or iappr