and then the third person who was critical to helping to exonerate captain mcveigh was the captain of the namesake submarine, uss indianapolis. his name is captain bill toady. we are lucky enough to have captain bill toady with us today. (applause) >> we mentioned in harm's way. that was written in 2001. when that was written, none of the exoneration had really happened. it was underway, but there was not a conclusion at the time that doug wrote his book. we have the privilege to tell the story of what takes place between 1998, from 1960 when the earnest effort began all the way through 1998, where it really started to take ground. and then into present day, where they did exonerate captain mcvay in 2001. but that was really a huge effort in part by bill to a t, and senator warner, senator bob smith, a lot of back and forth. and it was not smooth sailing. forgive the pun. it was an effort by many to get to this point where the captain's name could be cleared. >> and talk about back and forth. it was decades. it was decades of fighting because every time an exoneration effort would be

ashling mcveigh reports. will no longer have to stay indoors. around 130,000 people with underlying health conditions had been advised not to leave their homes after lockdown measures were announced. the welsh government now believes that risk is much lower. at the moment, we are seeing very new few cases in wales and that means we have scope now to say to those people who have been in the most vulnerable group and who have been shielding, that they can now come out of shielding, that they can start to re—engage with society, get back, start to get back to their normal lives. as with the rest of the uk, support has been available to those who have not been able to venture out but some of it, like the direct food delivery service, will come to an end. despite that, some charities are advising patients to continue to shield. people who continue to be clinically extremely vulnerable deserve to have all the protection they can get from the government and people who've been lucky enough to have a transplant, for t

. >> now, were you questioned or did you take part in captain mcveigh's court marshal? >> oh, yeah. that was a big -- you see, when the bridge was blown out, and secondary khan, and i was in secondary con, takes over control of the ship, so i blew the hat off of the -- and i said, you're trying the wrong man. i was in charge of the ship. i was the only one person left in secondary con. in the navy, of course, they -- i don't know what you call it. they took a brief break in the court martial and they came back and the captain was in command. how the hell could he be in command. he was in the water. so i maintained that all the way through until 19 -- no, until 20 -- center smith heard my story. i went to him finally. i think it was in 2000 or 2001 and he a hearing and i'll never forget senator, after we had the hearing, came down and put his arm around my shoulder and he said coming into this room i felt one way and coming out i felt another and i knew that i had won and the captain had been exonerated. >> that is when congress passed the resolution. >> yeah. i think it was 2001, i'

interviewer: most of the survivors thought that mcveigh had been railroaded? harlan: i think everybody did. interviewer: he was the only ship captain in the ward to be court-martialed for losing his ship? harlan: yeah. stories as to why he was court-martialed. [indiscernible] interviewer: did you have any trouble after the war with nightmares or what we now know is post-traumatic stress? harlan: well, i do not. i cannot tell you. so many years ago. thing i coulder not handle. . was with my wife she was a fabulous woman. when did you get off active duty? harlan: when did i get off active duty? the second time? interviewer: no, the first time. , jesus, ithink it was cannot remember the dates. 1948 or 1949 been the first time and the second -- jesus, i do not know when the second time was. interviewer: what rank were you when you finally retired? harlan: 1953 was the second time. . was a full lieutenant interviewer: after you left the service and left active duty, did you have any trouble transitioning back to civilian life? harlan: no. interviewer: were you able

interviewer: most of the survivors thought that mcveigh had been railroaded? harlan: yeah, i think everybody did. interviewer: i mean, he was the only ship captain in the ward to be court-martialed for losing his ship? harlan: yeah. well, there is all kinds of stories as to why he was court-martialed. [indiscernible] interviewer: did you have any trouble after the war with nightmares or what we now know is post-traumatic stress? harlan: well, i don't know. i cannot tell you. so many years ago, i presume i did, but that was not anything i could not handle, and i was with my wife. she was a fabulous woman. interviewer: when did you get off active duty? harlan: when did i get off active duty? the second time? interviewer: the first time. harlan: i think it was -- jesus, i cannot remember the dates. it could have been -- 1948 or 1949, the first time, and the second time was -- i do not know when the second time was. harlan: 1953 was the second time. i was a full lieutenant. interviewer: after you left the service and left active duty, did you have any trouble tran

hello this is bbc news with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines...land — it's the longest sentence in the country's history. hurricane laura makes landfall along the coast of louisiana. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes. £13 per day — the government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self—isolate in parts of england. a warning that complacency over getting the flu jab could lead to the nhs being overwhelmed. and top tier basketball and baseball teams in the us boycott their matches amid anger over the shooting of jacob blake by police in wisconsin. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. i know you are looking more now that the impact of this sporting boycott. of this sporting boycott. we start with huge developments from across america as various athletes and teams united in protest at the shooting ofjacob blake, a black man in wisconsin on sunday. in basketball all of the nba matches were cancelled. it's after milwaukee bucks, who are from wisconsin, decid

hello, this is bbc news with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines...cusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda and being weak on law and order. no—one will be safe in biden's america. my administration will always stand with the men and women of law enforcement. in the last half hour japan's prime minister shinzo abe has announced he will step down from the position due to ill health. the largest ever study of children with covid—19 has concluded it's "vanishingly rare" for young people to die from the virus. manchester united captain and england defender harry maguire says he feared for his life in his first interview about his arrest in greece. a new government campaign to encourage people to return to the office, amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre here's jane dougall. that interview with harry maguire generating a lot of conversation, isn't it? yes, and understandably so. yes, and understandably so. england defender harry maguire say

within 3 days they'd killed martin mcveigh who was murdered as he cycled home from work in the same town portadown a couple of weeks later they blew up a little cottage that was being renovated killing 2 brothers and a sister and the sisters unborn baby girl. and by the end of the month they'd also care. a man called when boyle who had been sitting at his kitchen table looking at photographs of his newborn baby girl so there in just one month in one small geographical area you had 4 separate attacks in which 7 people were killed in these attacks were remorseless and they ratcheted up the pressure until the end of 975 when a completely new development took place. as with previous attacks the modus operandi of the gang was to strike targets almost simultaneously. in a white cross country the revie family sat down to watch a popular t.v. show when gunmen entered the family home 24 year old john martin was hit as he sat in his chair while 22 year old brian was shot in the back trying to escape into a nearby bedroom. anthony the youngest brother dived underneath the bed for cover before the g

in comparison timothy mcveigh used to tends to blow up the oklahoma city federal building. >>> knew at 11, the california district attorney's association is asking the nfl to pull a new psa featuring stephon clark is saying it misrepresents the facts of his case .>> he is scared but he made it home. he was thinking he was safe but he wasn't. >> clark was shot eight times miook his cell phone ackyard. for a gun. >> narrated by clark's mother, the video is part of the legs ongoing anciraisenlice use of f e sacrament officers were cleared by criminal wrongdoing by state and local prosecutors. the city later reached a multimillion dollar settlement with clark's family.>>> tonight the nfl players association is waiting into the debate over a new coronavirus relief package along with their counterparts from the nba and nhl. major league baseball in major league soccer. on capitol hill senate republicans are insisting on a provision to shield businesses from lawsuits if employees or customers are exposed to the virus. tonight cnn has obtained a letter from the players association's opposing t

i am annita mcveigh.riving into the uk from belgium, the bahamas and andorra will have to quarantine for m days. transport secretary grant shapps said the changes start at 4 o'clock in the morning on saturday except in wales, where restrictions started midnight on thursday. the countries are the latest to have a change in rules, after quara ntines were reimposed for spain and luxembourg. up to 1.8 million british nationals visit belgium every year, while 150,000 visit andorra. the bahamas, meanwhile, saw more than 36,000 visits from the uk in 2018. people who do not self—isolate when required can be fined up to £1,000 in england, wales, and northern ireland and those returning to scotland could be fined £480, with fines up to £5,000 for persistent offenders. and coronavirus cases in france are being "closely monitored" by the british government, amid reports that the country is in danger of being added to the uk's quarantine list. new infections in france put the nation at levels not seen since late may —

there have been considerable provocations timothy mcveigh was such a provocation. such a provocation. and you can go on and on and on. so the fantasy so use the word advisedly that the patriots would rise up to be the coming of the civil war which is a notion that is been with the militia right since the 1970s since the publication of a book called the turner diaries which outline that. to an apocalyptic end. but to the extent to which we know an answer to that, it hasn't happened. okay. >> host: somebody asked about the geography of the far right. other important states where they hang out? are there states where they are more concentrated or less concentrated? >> guest: certainly there are certain states that are really concentrated. in idaho and when they talk about an f no states. that is the general area. of course there's northern california which is had the quote unquote state of jefferson which takes in parts of his wells idaho in oregon. which has gone on for a very long time. what's really interesting about the trump constituency in my view, is that the m

for comparison timothy mcveigh used two tons to blow up the oklahoma city federal building. >>> california is understood counting cases because of a technical problem with the state's data system. technical glitch is causing counties like contra costa to post this disclaimer on its website stating that case testing and positivity rate data is temporarily incomplete. >> we've discovered some -- some discrepancies and we're working hard and immediate to reach out to the labs we work with to get accurate information and a manual process. >> so as a result, counties will not be moved on or off the watch list until the issue is resolved. >> still waiting for some of results to come back. and if you add it up, maybe it would look worse. >> santa clara county also added quote, without timely reports of all lab -- new lab results it is impossible for state and local health officials to identify the extent to which covid-19 is circulating in the community. doctors galley said the number of hospitalization and icu admissions has been accurately reported and the latest count shows a slight decline. a

i'm annita mcveigh.us pandemic has now officially pushed the uk into recession for the first time in more than a decade. figures published by the office for national statistics this morning show that economic output as measured by gross domestic product plunged by a record 20.4% between april and june. the ons says the economy bounced back injune as government restrictions on movement started to ease. but the data indicates the slump is one of the biggest among advanced economies, according to preliminary estimates. shadow chancellor, anneliese dodds, described the figures as a tragedy — the chancellor, rishi sunak, said the figures confirmed that hard hard times were here. what we are grappling with something thatis what we are grappling with something that is unprecedented. we don't have a playbook for how to deal with it. that's why i think we should have some humility about our ability to precisely predict the economy, or know exactly what the right policy responses. which is why i've been prepared t

often used by armed groups and was a primary ingredient in the 995 oklahoma city bombing timothy mcveigh used 2 tons of ammonium nitrate where the deadliest industrial accident in the u.s. was also due to ammonium nitrate it exploded at texas city's port in 1907 killing 581 people and that led to major changes in regulations for its storage and handling of dr myrna durham it is the president of the order of nurses in lebanon she says the situation in hospitals in beirut is catastrophic. hospitals are not on the over when we have 3 hospitals that are completely destroyed so we have evacuated patients to where in those that there's 2 other hospitals and this and we have 2 other hospitals that were partially destroyed so it was a catastrophe it was a big hit to the head. i was on or the hospital this time and lebanon is already bleeding so this situation it's get that's the topic and there is i say that we lost 3 nurses 3 nurses who were working at the hospital and they are dead so i don't find words to describe what happened if. we had never seen such a thing i was 1st on the road i saw th

used also by armed groups and this was a priming gradient in the 1995 oklahoma city bombing timothy mcveigh used 2 tons of ammonium nitrate when the deadliest industrial accident in the u.s. was also due to ammonium nitrate it exploded at texas city's port in 1947 killing 5 $181.00 people and that led to major changes in regulations for it storage and handling when earlier we spoke to mark dow he's a professor of communications at the american university of beirut he told us more about the warehouse where the explosion happened the material is stored it was in the have your number 12 which is one of the biggest and they store all flammable and it order material that is highly sensitive to explosions and otherwise and those who are stuck there by quote touring because they're not allowed to enter lebanon and they were basically trying to get them into lebanon using excuses off using them for fertilizers so the reports so far are saying and it seems that something terribly when drunk there and they were not stored properly there was a lot of flammables and that region and then there was a mas

ammonium nitrate this is the same agent ammonium nitrate that was used by domestic terrorist timothy mcveigh when he did this when he used that agent to blow up the federal building the alfred p. murrah building in oklahoma city killing by the way many many children who are nursery and get this this ammonium nitrate i'm talking about it's almost 50 percent as powerful as t.n.t. it's used as an agent to make fertilizer and it can go off with just a cigarette butt that's left on the ground so was it an accident or was it sabotage was it ignorance it was or a combination of all of these things that caused this explosion. we have team coverage of this story 'd for you today but i've got official michael maloof is an expert on this particular region r.t. correspondent paula slayer is a middle east correspondent for us and ron your colleague is an independent journalist who was on the ground there in beirut when the blast occurred and that's where we're going to begin with ron you know because she was there and she can share with those what's being felt there now and what it was like to be there w

timothy mcveigh used it to make a bomb why was so much left in the port officials say it was ceased fromgo ship six years ago they asked to get rid of it and it never happened. instead, this was the port area before and after like it was never there. the lebanese government says it is placing an unspecified number of porto officials under house arrest while the investigation continues apparently under concern they try to leave the country. reporting for nbc news london. >>> let's push on and talk about the united states. employment slowed sharply in july with 167,000 people that is well below the forecasted jobs amid the sharp decline. the rise in cases across the u.s. and the payment protection program were cited as reasons for the fall the forecasts suggesting growth of 1.48 million jobs fed vice chair is sticking with his view that u.s. economy will rebound. the rise in virus cases hadn't changed his outlook. >> the forecast is that we'll see the rebound of activity in the third quarter data including in our statement, the course of the economy will be in the course of the virus but m

or if bill clinton had decided not to head to oklahoma city after timothy mcveigh blew up a federal building because it wasn't a state in which he'd prevailed. or if president obama said newtown wasn't his part of the state of connecticut and he'd stayed away after the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. it hurts to even say those words out loud because it never would have happened. of course, it didn't happen. all of those men understood that it was their job to lead american, all americans, through her most painful days, and their most fundamental duty was to protect all citizens of this country from threats foreign and domestic. sometimes it's important to remind ourselves how utterly freakish it is that the current american president doesn't see the presidency that way. case in point, this weekend,

mcveigh the k. p. and g. investigation said there were significant irregularities in the stories of the secretary of marketing employee and the representative in mexico and said they were primarily responsible for the crooked arms deals there. what the auditors also overlooked with the purchase contracts with mexico on which the deals had been based. heckler and koch and the mexican ministry of defense exchanged dozens of purchased contracts. we have these original contracts. they explain. list the destinations of the weapons. including the banned mexican states such as get federal. unlike the end you certificate the company provided the government. the court in strict guard has refused to comment on the proceedings of the ruling. an answer to a written request the chicago public prosecutor's office said the cooperation with k p m g had been helpful. but it also points out that key p.m.g. findings had also been compared with the information gathered by the office and critically assessed. k p m g had also been

do get in touch at annita—mcveigh on twitter or use #bbcyourquestions.other news — investigators are working to identify what caused a train derailment in aberdeenshire in which three people died. coronavirus cases surge gci’oss much of europe, with germany, france and spain all registering a record number of infections. a major study suggests that almost 3.5 million people in england may have already had covid—19 — far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk — after record—setting high temperatures. good morning. a—level and vocational results in england, wales and northern ireland are being released this morning, amid continuing controversy about how they are being calculated. almost 300,000 teenagers will get their a—level results. grades have been estimated then standardised, after the coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of exams. a 2% rise in a* and a grades this year at a—level has been announced by the exam watchdog. that's close to record levels. about 40% of results will

an idea of how much that is, the bomb that blew up the federal building in oklahoma in the timothy mcveighlled 168 people was two tons. so a thousand times more that hit beirut. it is blown away the government but it doesn't seem to be offering much opportunity for the protesters who have been on the streets on and off now since october of last year to see any real genuine change. the concerns here therefore are that the once benign protests are getting more and more violent and more violence may follow, brooke. >> i think just hearing you put that in perspective, the blast there in beirut, a thousand times more ammonium nitrate than the oklahoma city bombing. we'll stay in close contact with you and our crews in beirut. thank you very much. >>> still ahead here, vaccine experts are weighing in on the race for a vaccine and saying there is no way it will be ready by election day. that is next. hope it doesn't cost too much. i hope my insurance pays for it. can you tell me how much this will be? - [cashier] 67. - sorry. - wait, have you heard about goodrx? goodrx finds free coupons to help

. >>> in 1995, timothy mcveigh got his hands on two ones of ammonium nitrate.ion of the alfred murrah building in oklahoma city and the death of 16 peop 168 people. i tell you this to understand what two tons can do. today in beirut, more than 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the city's port. look at that. at least 78 people have been killed. more than 4,000 have been injured. "the new york times" reports "hospitals were so overwhelmed that they were turning wounded people away." but perhaps the most shocking thing about today's explosion is the purported cause. the times reports tonight -- >> gross government negligence sticking an unfathomable amount of explosive material in a busy section of a city capital in any amount of time, but in this case keeping it there for years. to truly understand how bad this is, you have to understand what life was like in lebanon before today's horrific explosion. the power grid is functioning only two to four hours a day. there are no traffic lights in the capital. an incoming flight at beirut's airport had to abort

what you had seen exploding there. 2 tons were used in the oklahoma city truck bombing when timothy mcveigh parked that truck outside the federal center, so this is enormous. to me what's so striking about this and i think there's a parallel there when you talk about lebanon being the site of all these proxy wars, has seen tremendous amounts of damage from war, different kinds of war, from civil war. the u.s. is constantly the biggest military in the world and constantly thinking about terrorists and terrorist attacks. one of the lessons here is that bad governing, government neglect of the most basic functions, like where do you store this ammonium nitrate and who's looking after it, do you have enough tests for your coronavirus, are you listening to pandemic experts? that stuff can be more destructive to a population than even the most nefarious foreign actor. >> and that's exactly what we saw play out in lebanon because there's two components to this. there is, as you mentioned, the situation with ammonium nitrate. but there is also the problem with the government in the run-up to it and

ammonium nitrate this is the same agent ammonium nitrate that was used by domestic terrorist timothy mcveigh when he did this when he used that agent to blow up the federal building the alfred p. murrah building in oklahoma city killing by the way many many children who are nursery and get this this ammonium nitrate i'm talking about it's almost 50 percent as powerful as t.n.t. it's used as an agent to make fertilizer and it can go off with just a cigarette but that's left on the ground so was it an accident was it sabotage was it ignorance it was or a combination of all of these things that caused this explosion. we have team coverage of the story for you today but i've got official michael maloof is an expert on this particular region r.t. correspondent paula slayer is a middle east correspondent for us and ron your colleague is an independent journalist who was on the ground there in beirut where the blast occurred and that's where we're going to begin with ron you know because she was there and she can share with us what's being felt there now and what it was like to be there when it hap

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines...sident, accusing the democrats of having a far—left agenda, and being weak on law and order. japan's longest—serving prime minister, shinzo abe, announces his resignation due to ill health. i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. i would like to send my apologies to the people of japan. the world's largest study of patients with covid—19 has confirmed that children's risk of needing hospital treatment for the virus is "tiny". manchester united captain and england defender harry maguire says he feared for his life in his first interview about his arrest in greece. a new uk government campaign to encourage people to return to the office amid concerns that city centres are suffering as workers stay away following the pandemic. let's return to our top story now. president donald trump has formally accepted the republican nomination for november's presidential poll, describing it as the most important election in us history. in

longer hiding -- no longer hiding the -- his hatred of the other in the brown, so things that timothy mcveigh when he blew up the oklahoma city building back in the '80s would never have said out loud is being said out loud from the podium of the without. so not only are they getting permissions but a political structure is saying that they are the minority and they must fight to keep their world. donald trump pushes this world view. >> in terms of the views of the other folks in the administration, obviously, i think up we can say -- we have an idea of what donald trump thinks about black and brown communities based on the things that he says about them. but elizabeth, one of the things that you have said recently that stuck out to me is the fact that there may be folks inside of the administration, folks that you may have come into contact with, people in the white house frankly who have either -- you know, connections or associations with white nationalism or at least that world view. do you think that there are people who identify, at least self-identify as white nationalists inside of th

or if bill clinton had decided not to head to oklahoma city after timothy mcveigh blew up a federal building there because it wasn't a state in which he'd prevailed. or if president obama said newtown wasn't his part of the state of connecticut and he'd stayed away after the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. it hurts to even say those words out loud because it never would have happened. of course, it didn't happen. all of those men understood that it was their job to lead american, all americans, through her most painful days, and their most fundamental duty was to protect all citizens of this country from threats foreign and domestic. sometimes it's important to remind ourselves how utterly freakish it is that the current american president doesn't see the presidency that way. case in point, this weekend, donald trump praised his supporters and failed to condemn acts of violence and provocation in the tinderbox that is donald trump's america. joe biden today sounding all of the presidential notes that donald trump can't or won't on the raging pandemic and the unrest on american stre

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines.d by the coronavirus pandemic is thought to be one of the worst among major economies. students in england may be able to use their mock exam scores if they're unhappy with their a—level grades, ahead of results being released tomorrow. senator kamala harris makes history after she's named asjoe biden's presidential running mate — the first black woman to be a candidate for vice president. as new zealand's largest city is put back into lockdown, experts investigate whether coronavirus could have re—entered the country through freight shipments. let's get more now on our top story — the uk officially moving into recession after figures published by the office for national statistics showed that economic output plunged by a record 20.4% between april and june. our economics editor, faisal islam, has been speaking to the chancellor, rishi sunak. when we were talking a few months ago i said that hard times were coming and what these numbers show is that hard times are here. hundreds of tho

your thoughts on this or any of our other stories with me — you can contact me on twitter at annita—mcveighe hashtag bbc your questions. hurricane laura makes landfall along the coast of louisiana — hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes. a warning that complacency over getting the flu jab in the uk, could lead to the nhs being overwhelmed. and top tier basketball and baseball teams in the us boycott their matches — amid anger over the shooting of jacob blake by police in wisconsin. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the man who opened fire on two mosques in new zealand last year, and killed 51 people, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. it's the first time the sentence has ever been handed down in the country. 29—year—old australian brenton tarrant pleaded guilty to charges of murder and terrorism. the judge described his actions as "inhuman‘ and said tarrant our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. for three emotionally—charge

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you can get in touch with me about any of this morning's stories at annita—mcveigh. 75 years on fromevastation — the people of hiroshima mark the use of the first nuclear bomb with silent prayers. and coming up this hour... beavers are given the right to remain in england — 15 family groups are given permisssion to stay, 400 years after the animals were hunted to extinction in the country. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. aid from around the world has started to arrive in lebanon after the devastating chemical explosion in the port area of beirut on tuesday. the death toll now stands at 137 people, but is expected to rise. more than 5000 people were injured in the explosion. the country is begining three days of national mourning as a two week state of emergency is declared in the region. and as leaders from around the world pledge their support for the relief effort, the french president emmanuel macron is due to meet his lebanese counterpart this morning. sean dill

do get in touch at annita—mcveigh on twitter or use #bbcyourquestions.re: more bad news for the travel industry as tui — the world's biggest travel company — says it's lost over a billion dollars from march tojune. coronavirus cases surge across much of europe — with germany, france and spain all registering a record number of infections. a major study suggests that almost 3.5 million people in england may have already had covid—19 — far more than the 270,000 confirmed cases. investigators are working to identify what caused a train derailment in aberdeenshire in scotland — in which three people died. and coming up this hour — warnings of severe thunderstorms are in place across much of the uk — after record—setting high temperatures. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a—level and vocational results in england, wales and northern ireland are being released, amid continuing controversy about how they are being calculated. almost 300,000 teen

aisling mcveigh has this report. weeks after the rest of the uk, people who are shielding in wales will no longer have stay indoors. around 130,000 people with underlying health conditions had been advised not to leave their homes after lockdown measures were announced. the welsh government now believes the risk is much lower. at the moment we see very few new cases here and that means we now have scope to say to those people who have been in the most vulnerable group and have been shielding, that they can now come out of shielding and start to reengage with society, start to get back to their normal lives. as with the rest of the uk, support has been available to those who have been unable to venture out but some of it, like the direct food delivery service, will come to an end. despite that, some charities are advising patients to continue to shield. people continue to be clinically vulnerable and they deserve all the protection they can get from the government and people have been lucky enough to have a transplant