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that was andy preston, elected mayor of middlesbrough. if they haven't already been so and they are having to suspend visits at a couple of local health sites from today. case numbers are still a lot lower than where they were back injanuary, but it is where they go from here into august and all of the other pressures on a&e and staff having to self—isolate which is really worrying people. self-isolate which is really worrying people.— self-isolate which is really worrying people. self-isolate which is really wor in: --eole. . , worrying people. thank you very much, worrying people. thank you very much. hugh _ worrying people. thank you very much. hugh pym. _ worrying people. thank you very much, hugh pym, our— worrying people. thank you very much, hugh pym, our health i worrying people. thank you very i much, hugh pym, our health editor. the government is publishing a strategy for radically cutting carbon emissions from transport in the united kingdom. it's the latest move to banish almost entirely emissions from every sector of the brit

the elected mayor of middlesbrough told me, if he had the power, he'd keep it compulsory. you are going to be on public transport, if you're in a taxi, wear a mask. if you don't care about it, do it out of respect for others. london's mayor, sadiq khan, has said masks will remain mandatory on public transport in the capital after restrictions are eased on july the 19th. 0ther mayors in england don't have the same powers. today, some called for legislation requiring face coverings to continue after that date. ministers in wales, like scotland, say masks will remain compulsory in most indoor public places and public transport, with most other covid rules due to end on august the 7th. we will not abandon those simple but effective and successful measures that have helped to keep us all safe. hospitals in england, meanwhile, are waiting with some concern to see the full impact of the ending of legal restrictions on monday. hugh pym, bbc news. the england footballerjadon sancho has made his first public comments following the online racist abuse he received after missing a pena

captain at middlesbrough and other teams. that a thoughtful person, gareth.ferent roads and different backgrounds and how we have got to hear, no one has done it the same way. culturally, he understands that even though we are all english we have backgrounds that are totally different to each other but we are together, we are here for one thing. we are representing the country and i think he recognises that, yes, there has been, you know, issues over the years and still are. you know, i'm not going to stand here and say that there is in. there still are but, you know, he understands, he wants to learn because as he has always said to me consistently, i have never experience of the things that you have so i need to know, i need to learn. , , ., ,, ., ~ have so i need to know, i need to learn. , , ., ,, .,~ ., have so i need to know, i need to learn. , , ., ,, ., ~ ., ., learn. deep to speak to him about that? you may — learn. deep to speak to him about that? you may guess. _ learn. deep to speak to him about that? you may guess. he - learn. deep to speak to hi

the mayor of middlesbrough says the virus is "spreading like wildfire", and urged people to be cautiouspraying for peace is probably the best way of describing it. facing up to the third wave, dr catherine monaghan, who is a respiratory consultant, has worked right through the pandemic. now she and her colleagues at this hospital on teesside know the bleak reality. they will have to cope with another covid surge. just absolutely gutted. it�*s really hard, i know the whole country wants this to be over, but the reality is that that�*s not what�*s happening in the hospitals. people are still critically unwell with it, and i almost can�*t quite believe that we are back at this stage again. there were six covid patients here a week ago. since then, that�*s nearly quadrupled. two of those who are seriously ill are in their 30s and haven�*t had jabs. the fear is that covid hospital admissions will carry on rising and lead to other work being postponed. we're coping, but i would say we're just coping. and as things get more serious, i think we will be... it will be more difficult to deal with

he even got sacked as middlesbrough manager but he still kept going.e this england job in 2016, literally, and it was— england job in 2016, literally, and it was only— england job in 2016, literally, and it was only when his colleague the welsh _ it was only when his colleague the welsh manager actually said, southgate washed an interview with him saying you should go for things in life. _ him saying you should go for things in life, don't hold back, that southgate actually stepped up and thought, i am going to do this. it is a date — thought, i am going to do this. it is a date with destiny. people in his squad. — is a date with destiny. people in his squad, raheem sterling, to use the technical bbc turn, sean, raheem sterling _ the technical bbc turn, sean, raheem sterling is— the technical bbc turn, sean, raheem sterling isjust a good bloke. what kind of— sterling isjust a good bloke. what kind of person goes out to his old school _ kind of person goes out to his old school and — kind of person goes out to his old school and gives 550 fa cup semifin

add in middlesbrough has had one jab. —— adam. i'm alsojoined by sharnie in coventry.is unvaccinated. your question first. g , ., , , she is unvaccinated. your question first. g ,., , _., she is unvaccinated. your question first. g ,., , ., first. my question is why should a healthy individual _ first. my question is why should a healthy individual like _ first. my question is why should a healthy individual like myself - first. my question is why should ai healthy individual like myself who has had _ healthy individual like myself who has had covid and experienced nothing — has had covid and experienced nothing except flu—like symptoms, should _ nothing except flu—like symptoms, should need to take a back saying we don't know— should need to take a back saying we don't know the long—term effects of at the _ don't know the long—term effects of at the moment? —— take a vaccine. we at the moment? -- take a vaccine. we certainl at the moment? —— take a vaccine. certainly know at the moment? —— take a vaccine. - certainly know that long—term covid has effects on people and

this ward in middlesbrough is getting ready for a surge in patients. university of oxford. thank you forjoining us and we heard the prime minister in that report, the clip used, saying scientists say this is the right day to do this, ease restrictions on the 19th ofjuly. you would beg to differ with that date, wouldn't you? i think most scientists would disagree that now is the right time. i think the government itself, boris johnson himself, only a couple of weeks ago had a slogan data not dates and now he's gone right back on that and he's saying scientists agree on this day, how can they agree on this day, how can they agree on this day, how can they agree on the date? we don't know what's going to be happening on the 19th ofjuly but he is firmly tied into that. i think probably for political reasons he is under a lot of political pressure from his own backbenchers in particular to take away the mask mandate, the distancing, so that people can feel free, actually we are going to be a lot less free from the 19th ofjuly, as he set when you introduce t

this ward in middlesbrough is getting ready for a surge in patients. a delicate balancing act. aruna iyengar, bbc news. dr chaand nagpaul, council chair of the british medical association, who was featured in that report, joins me now. thank you forjoining us today. i think it's fair to say, putting it simply, you are pretty dismayed by what the prime ministers said yesterday?— what the prime ministers said esterda ? , ., ~ ., yesterday? yes, we are. we think the prime minister _ yesterday? yes, we are. we think the prime minister 's _ yesterday? yes, we are. we think the prime minister 's announcement - yesterday? yes, we are. we think the prime minister 's announcement goes against their own criteria for easing restrictions. we are seeing significant increases in hospitalisation, we were dismayed to hear the government expects us to see about 2000 admissions a day, 20 fold more than the middle of may. we saw last week one hospital in leeds having to turn down patients with cancer because of the influx of covid patients. and i think the message from t

the mayor of middlesbrough says the virus is "spreading like wildfire", and urged people to be cautious describing it. facing up to the third wave, dr catherine monaghan, who is a respiratory consultant, has worked right through the pandemic. now she and her colleagues at this hospital on teesside know the bleak reality. they will have to cope with another covid surge. just absolutely gutted. it's really hard, i know the whole country wants this to be over, but the reality is that that's not what's happening in the hospitals. people are still critically unwell with it, and i almost can't quite believe that we are back at this stage again. there were six covid patients here a week ago. since then, that's nearly quadrupled. two of those who are seriously ill are in their 30s and haven't had jabs. the fear is that covid hospital admissions will carry on rising and lead to other work being postponed. we're coping, but i would say we're just coping. and as things get more serious, i think we will be... it will be more difficult to deal with and we might have to make difficult decisions about

this ward in middlesbrough is getting ready for a surge in patients.rtainty about how the virus will spread in coming months. this will be a delicate balancing act. aruna iyengar, bbc news. we're joined now by our political correspondent chris mason. so much to talk about. good morning. if anybody watched the news conference from the prime minister yesterday there is a slight change in tone ahead ofjuly the 19th. goad in tone ahead ofjuly the 19th. good morninu. in tone ahead ofjuly the 19th. good morning- a — in tone ahead ofjuly the 19th. good morning- a huge — in tone ahead ofjuly the 19th. good morning. a huge change _ in tone ahead ofjuly the 19th. (13mm morning. a huge change in tone. there was no sense of imminent liberation, nojubilation at liberation, no jubilation at throwing liberation, nojubilation at throwing off the shackles of the rules. instead every syllable, every paragraph, was etched with caution and what was striking, as well, is that a couple of hours later the government published a document to supplement what we heard at the new

let's bring in adam in middlesbrough, who's had one jab, and also shani in coventry, who is unvaccinatedth covid. it may well be that, in the future, it's going to be more and more difficult to access certain venues and to go on holiday without having been vaccinated. adam, let's turn to you, you have had one jab, you've had coronavirus as well. you say you lost your sense of smell for six months. what is your question and what are your thoughts, listening to the professor there? yeah, hi. my question is in regards to, i i live in the northeast of england and covid seems to be| spreading like wildfire. my question is, i know so many- people who have been double jabbed and still cutting covid. so i'd like a bit of clarity around the purpose of the vaccine i and what's actually designed to do, is it designed to stop people - actually catching covid or is it i designed to limit the side effects if people do catch covid? because, like i say, - and in my region especially, there's been a lot of people i who have actually been double jabbed already and still seem to be catching covid. - so, th

. - simon clarke is mp for middlesbrough south and east cleveland. good afternoon. good afternoon.ting with the government this evening and doing so pleased that a very sensible policy has been set out which will allow us to know exactly how we will return to spending is your .7% of gdp on international aid as soon as the economic circumstances allow anything that is something that people across the country will warmly welcome. we want to make sure that the uk continues with our incredibly strong record on international development assistance but that also we balance that against the really difficult circumstances which the prime minister set out. the worst recession in 300 years, borrowing at over £300 billion or 15% of gdp, i think most people think it is absolutely right that we have adjusted our international aid spending until such a time that are economic to have stabilised and i think that is right. but economic to have stabilised and i think that is right.— economic to have stabilised and i think that is right. but many people in our think that is right. but many people in