judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.re 43,738 new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period, which means there were almost 115,000 cases on average per day, in the past week. the number of people in hospital with covid is rising again — it's now 7,749. there were another 223 deaths — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, and that's the highest daily figure since the middle of march. on average, there were 130 deaths per day in the past week. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here. fight make those death figures are climbing, highest since the middle of march. —— and those death figures are claiming the stop how much concern? mil are claiming the stop how much concern? �* , _ '::f ., ., concern? all rising by 1096 or more, hospitalisation _ concern? all rising by 1096 or more, hospitalisation figures, _ concern? all rising by 1096 or more, hospitalisation figures, debt - hospitalisation figures, debt figures, and that is why downing street came out today and said it was keeping a close eye on ra

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.former wife's phone as well as her lawyers' phones as part of a "sustained campaign of intimidation and threat" during a custody battle over their children. our security correspondent, frank gardner, reports. together no longer. dubai's ruler, sheikh mohammed al maktoum, and his ex—wife, jordan's princess haya, now fighting a custody battle in the high court. it's been revealed today that sheikh mohammed ordered illegal phone hacking during a crucial phase of the hearings. princess haya's phone was hacked. so were those of her personal assistant, hersecurity and legal team, and even that of baroness shackleton, her barrister and a member of the house of lords. princess haya, in white, fled dubai two years ago after learning of her husband's abduction and mistreatment of two of his daughters. she applied for court orders to prevent her children from being returned to dubai. thejudgment, published here today, revealed the extraordinary lengths that one middle eastern ruler and a close al

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the time is 6.17pm. our top story this evening. a mass scale. and coming up, a giant puppet of a syrian girl arrives in the uk to highlight the plight of migrants. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: there's a big night of action in the champions league — jurgen klopp's liverpool are in the spanish capital to take on atletico madrid with top spot in the group up for grabs for the winner. for months, questions have been asked about professional footballers and how mnay have had the coronavirus vaccine. the issue has until now remained shrouded in secrecy with several high profile players deciding not to reveal their vaccine status. but today the premier league has finally given details revealing that 68% of their football players are now double vaccinated. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. the premier league season may be in full flow, but persuading footballers to get vaccinated has proved a challenge, with rates trailing behind other top sports. professorjonathan van tam has led the fight against covid, and today her

judith moritz reports. before he got professional medical help. ambulances raced to the scene, but most paramedics stayed outside the building and it was decided that casualties should be lifted downstairs to the station next door for treatment. but there were no stretchers and john atkinson was dragged along this bridge on a display board, which broke. a police officer asked for help but the paramedic in command said he should be left where he was, and last week apologised to mr atkinson's family. all the paramedics, all the emergency responders that went to that scene wanted to do their very best, and i am truly sorry if any decision that i made, any decision, impacted on his survivability. john atkinson's father, his mother and sisters have listened to days of heartbreaking evidence and say they believe mistake after mistake was made in his case. this should never have been allowed to happen. john had so much more to give. we heard the apology last week from mr smith from the north west ambulance service

this judith moritz has been in court. what has been happening?, we have learnt _ what has been happening? as you said, we have learnt that - what has been happening? as you said, we have learnt that john - said, we have learnt thatjohn atkinson died as a result of severe bleeding from his leg injuries. a member of the public tried to help, gave him a tourniquet he had made from a belt but no paramedics were with mr atkinson for nearly an hour and it was more than an hour and a half before he was taken to hospital. there had been problems lifting him out of the poyet where the explosion happened, there were not any stretchers and there were difficulties getting him onto a display board —— out of the foyer open to a police officer asked the operational commander, darren smith, for help but mr smith said to him he should leave mr atkinson where he was four now and blanket him up. today, the chairman of the manchester arena public enquiry, sir john saunders, said to dan smith, how did that happen but at what went wrong? this happened at a time when n

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. our top stories this evening.ng up. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel — we'll have the latest from las vegas with the wilder—fury fight week bubbling up nicely ahead of saturday's world heavyweight clash. the ruler of dubai organise the hacking of his former wife's phone as well as her lawyer's phones. as part of a "sustained campaign of intimidation and threat" during a custody battle over their children. a judge ruled that sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum gave his "express or implied authority" for the phone of his sixth wife princess haya bint al hussein to be infiltrated. our security correspondent frank gardner reports. together no longer. divide's ruler and his ex—wife, jordan's princess haya. it's been revealed today that sheikh mohammed ordered illegal phone hacking during a crucial phase of the hearings. princess haya's phone was hacked, her personal assistants, and her security team. and even that of baroness shackleton, her barrister and a member of the house of

judith moritz, live in manchester, thank you.following her overnight stay in hospital on wednesday for medical tests. it's thought she'll continue to carry out light duties. aged 95, she missed a two—day trip to northern ireland this week on medical grounds. 0ur royal correspondent nick witchell has the very latest. windsor, wednesday afternoon. a convoy of royal vehicles moving under police escort in the direction of london. was this the convoy taking the queen to hospital? at around the same time, at windsor castle itself, a very small royal standard was said to be flying, its presence giving weight to the palace's claim that the queen was resting at the castle. but that was not the case. in fact, the queen was here, at the private king edward vii hospital in central london. the palace clearly hoped her visit would go unnoticed. it did, until last night, when the sun led with the story that she'd spent the night in hospital. the palace was forced to issue this statement. buckingham palace insists that, like any citizen, the que

suspicion of preparing — or assisting others to prepare — acts of terrorism. 0ur correspondent, judith moritzier today at manchester airport on his way back into the uk, having left the country in april 2017, around a month or so before the attack here at the arena. tonight, he is in custody being questioned on suspicion of terrorist offences. we also know that he's from the fallowfield area of manchester, the same suburb south of the city where the bomber salman abedi lived. earlier this week, there was criticism of the bomber�*s brother, ismailabedi, who has left the uk in defiance of a court order requiring him to give evidence at the public inquiry into the attack. there has also been speculation over his whereabouts. well, i can tell you that the man arrested is not ismail abedi. greater manchester police say that four years after the attack here, they are still pursuing leads relating to the criminal investigation into the atrocity. scientists advising the government here in the uk, say plans for the reintroduction of stricter coronavirus measures, should be ready for "rapid deployment"

judith moritz live in manchester.to every household in the uk to pay for what it describes as "spiralling energy bills". the party's co—leaders say the money would come from a windfall tax on all landlords of private rented properties. here's our political correspondent ione wells. our new co—leaders — carla denyer and adrian ramsay! it's an opportune moment for the greens — a record number of councillors, their sister party in scotland's coalition government, and the uk gearing up to host the un's cop26 climate summit. rising energy bills have all parties talking about the need to move away from relying on fossilfuels, and the party's co—leaders have a proposal to help households with bills that would cost £9 billion. we are calling on the government to extend winter fuel payments with a one—off payment of £320 to every household to get us all through this winter. it's a costed proposal to be funded from a one—off 1% land—value tax on residential landlord properties. but there's still only one green mp on parliament'

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the welsh government says it hopes the rules will ease pressure on the nhs this winter. hywel griffith reports now from cardiff. rickets. — there's the tickets. upper circle. - and your covid passes. produce your pass, pick out your paperwork. and your lateral flow test, please. or proof of a negative test. there is no way into this concert without one. i don't see any issue with it at all, to be honest. it's very straightforward and, yeah, no problem at all. it rejected my identity, so i've done a lateral flow test instead. covid passes have already been used at some festivals and, ahead of this gig, not everyone got the message. it's a small venue, we're wearing masks and, yet, you know, they won't let us come in. so how do you get your hands on one? stephen is a double—jabbed student in swansea. so it's asking me to record a short video. a video? of my face while i tell... well, you tell it four numbers. two, one, seven, six. after all that, it arrived. stephen wouldn't mind the pa

tomorrow, it's expected that he will be brought to court from prison to face questions. judith moritzto £5,000 to install low carbon heat pumps to replace gas boilers would you be able to take up the offer of a heat pump? to answer your questions on all things heat pump and household related — with me is andrew shepherd, managing director at tophat, who build zero carbon homes and factories and also, i'm joined by laura bishop, chair at the ground source heat pump association. thank you both so much for your time tonight. we've got lots and lots of questions here. andrew if i canjust start off with one who says who can claim this grant? 0nly people on low income or all households with gas boilers? is there sort of a maintenance tester anyone have a? well so far the answer is currently unclear. what we do know is that they will be available from april 2022. there's a period of time where i'm sure will start to see more detail around the grant. what government have said is the funding support will be targeted to those who need it most. will be talking about in terms of total grants are

suspicion of engaging in the preparation of acts of terrorism. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritzas arrested at manchester airport earlier today on his way back into the uk having left the country in april 2017, which is a month before the arena attack. he's now in custody, and as you say, he's being questioned on suspicion of engaging in preparation for acts of terrorism and helping others to do the same. now, we know that he's from the fallowfield area of manchester, which is the same area of the city as the abedi family, and you may remember there was criticism earlier this week of that fact that ismail abedi, the bomber�*s brother, has been able to leave the country in defiance of a court order demanding that he gives evidence to the public inquiry. there's been speculation as to where he is. well, i can tell you that the man arrested today is not ismail abedi. greater manchester police say that four years after the attack, they are continuing to pursue lines of investigation relating to it. the man accused of murdering the mp sir david amess will face trial in march next year

questions from the inquiry in case he incriminates himself. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritzmining why salman abedi carried out his attack and how he was radicalised, and as part of that it wants to speak to his family, friends and associates. well, in the wake of the bombing, salman abedi's elder brother ismail was one of those who was arrested. he was found to possess extremist propaganda, but he was never charged with any offence. he and the parents have refused to co—operate with the enquiry. bbc news tracked ismail abedi down last year. we found him living in manchester. and at the time, greater manchester police said their investigation was continuing and they were still seeking to speak to him. and we were expecting ismail abedi to come and give evidence here at court this week, but this morning, we were told that he has left the country. it is not known when he will return and if he doesn't appear to give evidence, having been issued with a court order, by the way, to compel him to do so, if he doesn't appear, the public may infer from that that he had something to hi

judith moritz has more. bbc news, can we ask a few questions?week, but that now seems highly unlikely. haste week, but that now seems highly unlikel . ~ , ., ., week, but that now seems highly unlikel . ~ , . ., , unlikely. we understand that he is not unlikely. we understand that he is rrot currently _ unlikely. we understand that he is not currently in _ unlikely. we understand that he is not currently in the _ unlikely. we understand that he is not currently in the country - unlikely. we understand that he is not currently in the country and i not currently in the country and there's no indication as to when he will return. he clearly has important evidence to gives and the urchin to make contact with the inquiry legal team either directly or through his own legal representatives. he or through his own legal representatives.- or through his own legal reresentatives. . , ., , ., representatives. he was arrested on the day after — representatives. he was arrested on the day after the _ representatives. he was arrested on the day after the attac

paramedics to wrap him in blankets and leave him where he was. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritzg from his leg injuries. a member of the public try to help, but no paramedics were with john atkinson for nearly an withjohn atkinson for nearly an hour, and it was more than an hour and a half before he was taken to hospital. there had been problems lifting him out of the fourier where the explosion happened. there were not any stretchers and there were difficulties getting him onto a display board. a police officer asked one of the paramedics, the operational commander, for help. mr smith said to him that he should leave mr atkinson where he was to bring and blanket him up. today, the chairman of the manchester arena public enquiry said to that paramedic, dan smith, how did that happen? what went wrong? this happened at a time when north—west ambulance were at the scene, and dan smith replied, he said, "all the paramedics there wanted to do their very best," and he said to mr atkinson's families, "i'm very sorry." "i'm very truly sorry that if any decision i made impacted on his sur

answer questions from the inquiry in case he incriminates himself. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz is in manchester. judithis attack and how he was radicalised and is part of that, it wants to speak to his family, friends and associates. in the wake of the bombing, his elder brother ismail abedi was one of those who was arrested, found to possess extremist propaganda but he was never charged with any offence. he and fellow �*s parents refused to co—operate the inquiry. bbc news tracked down ismail abedi last year, we found him living in manchester and at the time greater manchester police said the investigation was continuing and they were still seeking to speak to him. we were expecting ismail abedi to come and give evidence here at court this week. this morning, we were told that he has left the country, it is not known when he will return. and if he does not appear to give evidence, having been issued with a court order by the way to compel him to do so, if he does not appear, the public may inferfrom to do so, if he does not appear, the public may infer from that that he has something to hide. some of