our political correspondent jessica parker has the latest. but not everyone is enjoying the sunshine, with so many ordered to isolate because of covid. and after the health secretary tested positive, borisjohnson and rishi sunak were traced. but this morning number 10 announced instead of full isolation, the pair would take part in a daily testing pilot instead. a workplace scheme, it was said, being used by other public sector organisations, not just politicians. downing street is part of that pilot as well, and it ensures the pm, the chancellor can conduct the most essential business but at other times of the day, they won't be mixing with people outside of their own household. then, within an hour of that, this — a statement from downing street. it is one rule for them and another for the rest of us. and they have only u—turned because they have been caught out by this. there's lots of questions as to what this trial is, how you access it and i hope a minister will come to the house of commons tomorrow and explain. it was a fast, fairly lo

let's get more from jessica parker. it can happen to anybody.to anybody. yes, those alwa s the it can happen to anybody. yes, those always the symbolism _ it can happen to anybody. yes, those always the symbolism when - it can happen to anybody. yes, those always the symbolism when a - it can happen to anybody. yes, those always the symbolism when a senior| always the symbolism when a senior figure such as the prime minister as we know, last year got very ill with coronavirus, and the health secretary matt hancock had hit haswell, health secretary from the time, when a seniorfigure like haswell, health secretary from the time, when a senior figure like this gets coronavirus, there is a witty bit of a reality check, —— always a bit of a reality check, —— always a bit of a reality check, he has tested positive following a lateral flow test, now waiting for the result of a more reliable pcr test, so i would imagine we would hear about the results of that once he gets it, and like anybody else who test positive, he will now have to go through that p

jessica parker, bbc news. underground's metropolitan line had to be suspended because a number of staff were pinged by the nhs app. let's speak to finn brennan, london underground organiserfor aslef — the train drivers union. finn, on this occassion it wasn't drivers contacted by the app — but if they were then drivers, would they have to adhere to the rules? will it be more disruption to the travel service going forward? tomorrow is supposed to be freedom day, but do you see more difficulties ahead? . the day, but do you see more difficulties ahead? . the reality is the will difficulties ahead? . the reality is they will be _ difficulties ahead? . the reality is they will be a _ difficulties ahead? . the reality is they will be a lot _ difficulties ahead? . the reality is they will be a lot more _ difficulties ahead? . the reality is they will be a lot more difficulties ahead because the real problem is people are being pinged, that is simply a symptom but there is a huge amount of covid spreading in the comm

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earlier on, i spoke to our political correspondent jessica parker who explained the current situationhe health secretary possibly having to be in self isolation on the day that legal restrictions are lifted in england. now he is waiting for his pcr, the more reliable test to come back, so we will wait for news in terms of what that brings. we know he has tested positive on a lateral flow test, one of those rapid tests, but pending that result there will be questions notjust for where and what sajid javid might be doing on monday but where he has been in the last few days, the last week. we know on tuesday he was on a visit to a care home, there will be questions as to whether he has recently met the prime minister. i haven't been able to draw downing street on that, but if the pcr test was to come back positive, you would imagine there will be some sort of test and trace process for the health secretary, including his contacts, likely to include senior members of government. 46.2 million people had theirfirst dose, 35.7 million people have had their second dose of vaccine. watching bb

traffic light system was designed to do away with the uncertainty that we saw last summer —— jessica parkerut last—minute changes to travel from france. so it does rather have the feeling of the summer, that is despite of course the fact we now have this vaccination programme. what ministers are saying, what we have heard reported is that they always said they wouldn't hesitate to act rapidly if they thought they needed to, if they thought there was a particular problem, but as you have been reflecting, some real dismay from the travel industry who were probably hoping to get going to some extent this summer. it does create that air of uncertainty around travel going forward and it is interesting because for a cup —— we are a couple of days away where most legal restrictions in england are going to be lifted, mask wearing despite local exceptions, will not be legally required any more, so a loosening of controls domestically but a tightening of them internationally. i thought it was interesting this morning hearing the former health secretaryjeremy hart who was sort of suggesting that what

jessica parker, bbc news.further flooding in southern germany and austria overnight, as the clear—up continues for those devastated by floods in the west of germany and belgium. at least 180 people are now known to have died and risks to life remain. the steinbachtal dam near the town of german town of euskirchen remains at risk of breaching. our europe correspondent jenny hill is there now. yes, i think the damage in this town speaks for itself. they have no power, no mobile phone signal, no shops. they are relying on volunteers to help clear up and bring food and drink. there are scenes like this going on all over western germany. the number of dead is confirmed at 150 and people are still missing. in one town alone, they are looking for 59 people who are unaccounted for. angela merkel is visiting the region today, she's gone to a particularly badly hit village where a number of houses were simply swept away completely and destroyed. ostensibly she is here to have a look at the situation for herself. water l

we're joined now by our political correspondent, jessica parker.that thatis positive for covid. we imagine that that is sajid javid. we've been told that is sajid javid. we've been told that they will be participating in the daily contact testing pilot to allow them to continue to work from downing street. they will be conducting only essential government business during this period. so it does appear, although they are not specific about it, that the high minister and chancellor came into contact with sajid javid. we know that he had a meeting with the health secretary on friday. they are going to use this contact tracing a pilot, which michael gove incidentally used back injune. becoming a little bit clearer in terms of those implications. but of course, the backdrop to this is that we are heading into what some are calling freedom day tomorrow in england when legal restrictions and social contact are lifted, and when we head into that... find social contact are lifted, and when we head into that. . ._ we head into that... and it looks like we've