the front of the daily mail, which says people who fail to answer repeated phone calls from the nhs testld now face a knock on the door. the i features the results of a poll which shows two thirds of families in the uk are worried about sending their children back to school next month. prime minister borisjohnson has vowed all english pupils will return to school when the new term starts. well, the start of the school year in the united states has been "marked by chaos". that's according to the washington post, which reports plans are changing so fast that students and parents can hardly keep up. the times writes secondary school pupils are likely to transmit coronavirus as easily as adults, with scientists at public health england saying tougher rules might be needed for older children. the japan times covers the arrest of hong kong media tycoonjimmy lai. the prominent democracy activist was detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces under a new national security law. and the metro features a story about a mob of anti—mask activists who told shoppers in a london supermarket t

it is strongly tied to the nhs test and tray system. boost engagement with the test and trace system. the big driver behind this is to make sure people do stay at home if they need to make sure they have the money to do that. hurricane laura is making landfall on the southern coast of the united states battering parts of louisiana and texas with winds exceeding 150—miles—an—hour. officials are expecting a storm surge, which they describe as "un—survivable. " more than half a million people have been told to leave their homes. simonjones reports. residents in a rush to make their properties safe and then get out of harm's way. a sign of what's to come. the wind whipping up in texas, heralding the arrival of laura, a category four hurricane, expected to bring winds of 170 miles an hour and a wall of water that could be two storeys high. it's going to be real bad. we are leaving. we don't want to go, i don't want to go, but my children want to go. 0thers though have decided to stay put. all we can do is hope for the best and prepare for th

the front of the daily mail, which says people who fail to answer repeated phone calls from the nhs test—and—traceld now face a knock on the door. the i features the results of a poll which shows two—thirds of families are worried about sending their children back to school next month. prime minister borisjohnson has vowed all english pupils will return to school when the new term starts. the times writes secondary school pupils are likely to transmit coronavirus as easily as adults, with scientists at public health england saying tougher rules might be needed for older children. the guardian reports ministers are under immense pressure over the handling of english a—level results after scotland announced a dramatic u—turn and research showed high—achieving pupils from poorer backgrounds are likely to be the hardest hit. the paper also has an image of clashes in lebanon as the entire government resigned following last week's explosion in beirut. and the metro features a story about a mob of anti—mask activists who told shoppers in a london supermarket to remove their face coverings and to resist w

what nhs test and trace is doing is allowing us to identify areas where the virus is spreading more freelytly what you have seen us be able to do in leicester, in blackburn. but the uk was late to start building up a widespread network. germany, for example, already had a testing and tracing system in place when the virus struck, one reason why case numbers and deaths have been lower than in many other countries. hugh pym, bbc news. the bbc has obtained rare footage from inside china's secretive system of mass incarceration in the far western region of xinjiang. in a self—shot video, a formerfashion model, who is from the uighur ethnic group, can be seen handcuffed to a bed. his relatives say he was taken away for what china has called re—education and that nothing has been heard from him since. the uighurs are muslims from the central asian region. the majority of them live in china's autonomous xinjiang region. current estimates suggest there are around 10 million uighurs living there. but up to 1 million uighurs have been detained in secure "educational training' centres". and there is

part of the household infection survey run by the office for national statistics, separate from nhs testing of people who have volunteered to estimate the levels of infection gci’oss estimate the levels of infection across the population. it's the most accurate indicator of infection levels in england. now it is being extended to also include households in scotland, wales and northern ireland. the number of people being tested every two weeks is being increased from 28,000 to 150,000. quickly identifying local outbreaks such as those in leicester is seen as vital in combating covid—19 and the ons as vital in combating covid—19 and the 0ns believes extending its testing will show what is going on in much greater detail right down to city levels. helping government and local authorities to quickly identify any outbreaks and impose restrictions and lockdowns. these police helicopter pictures show how the local restrictions currently in place in manchester were broken at the weekend. the organiser of this party was fined. testing, tracing and combating covid relies on people sticking to the rul

sunday telegraph reports today that the organisation's pandemic response work was to be merged with nhs testlled the institute for health protection. the department of health says it's important to "learn the right lessons" from coronavirus for the future. 0ur health editor, hugh pym has more. public health england were strongly criticised for its involvement in a very controversial decision back in march to suspend community testing and tracing and focus capacityjust on hospitals. not long after that, ministers realised they really did need to build up a big testing network which then arguably happened too little too late. it is understood that in the next couple of days the government will announce a big shake—up, moving responsibilities from public health england for the pandemic, surveillance and testing and so on, over to the test and trace team that is there. pag will hang on to for a little longer some of its responsibilities on prevention, like obesity strategies and so on. criticism is that this is response to mistakes made, but we should bear in mind phe is an executive agency, it

sunday telegraph reports today that the organisation's pandemic response work was to be merged with nhs teste department of health says it's important to "learn the right lessons" from coronavirus for the future. earlier i spoke to professorjohn ashton, who is a former regional director of public health in the north west of england. i asked him if he thinks public health england has been a failure. i think the fact that public health england is in the line of fire is no surprise to those of us who are familiar with this territory. i mean, we were very excited when it was created in 2013 but it has not lived up to its promise. it has made a whole series of bad mistakes over the last seven years, and it really has had a very poor pandemic, but it's not alone in that. and, you know, we're seeing now the scapegoating of all sorts of organisations. you know, you don't deal with the problem of than overcentralised, dysfunctional organisation by creating another overcentralised, dysfunctional organisation, which is what's being proposed. so the real problem over the last few months has been the wea

if you test positive, nhs test untraceable if you test positive, nhs test u ntra cea ble contact if youtem. england's test and trace programme to tackle coronavirus. and now it is changing. dozens of call handlers are being cut in favour of a closer relationship with local health teams. since its launch in may, the programme's efficiency has been questioned. around one in five people testing positive still are not being reached. one call handler told the bbc has often had nothing told the bbc has often had nothing to do. i'm the person calling the contacts to do. i'm the person calling the co nta cts of to do. i'm the person calling the contacts of somebody who has tested positive for covid. since the end of may i've had a grand total of four holes, only one of which was successful. the others went through to voice mail did not pick up. so the rest of the time i've been literally doing nothing. the new approach will be more targeted. tracers will use local knowledge to reach out to communities and knock on doors if needed. it's already been used in so—called hotspot areas in leicester a

the department of health has also announced that 5,000 dna test machines — which analyse nose swabs for the virus — will be rolled out across nhsh the health secretary matt hancock saying the latest testing innovations will help "to break chains of transmission quickly". as our correspondent charlotte gallagher reports. in the fight against coronavirus and stopping people passing it on to others, testing is vital. but during the pandemic the government has been repeatedly challenged about its capacity to do so, and was sometimes unable to say precisely how many people had been tested. just yesterday, officials admitted there was a limited number of test kits for care homes, meaning the july target to routinely check all asymptomatic staff and residents has been pushed back to september. now the department of health has announced a deal with two companies based in oxford and london to roll out kits that will provide results in 90 minutes. almost half a million tests will be available from next week across adult care settings, and hospitals are expected to receive them from september. millions more of the tests will be rolled out

the uk government has defended the nhs test and trace system in england after it was announced that 6000reach more infected people and their contacts. the centralised call centre system has been criticised for not tapping into local knowledge. the health minister edward argar insisted test and trace in england was a "successful system". in the past ten weeks, our teams have made contact with a quarter of a million different people. that's a significant effort, starting this from scratch and getting it up and running. what we are doing now is flexing it, on the basis of what we have learned from local lockdowns and how they work, we have always worked in close partnership with local authorities and this is about taking that partnership a step forward and strengthening it further. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh is in central london. a huge challenge for the government? right, the minister saying that test and chase is a success, it‘s a bit like saying that a test and trace system that nearly works like a spanner system that nearly works like a spanner that nearly fits, it‘s no good

you have had a positive coronavirus test, or you have been told to self—isolate officially by the nhs testhere will be checks. but on the specific amount of money, £13 a day, the health secretary matt hancock told us why they had come to that figure. it's set at the level of statutory sick pay in order to make sure people don't lose out from doing the right thing. we are introducing it in 0ldham, pendle and blackburn with darwen in the first instance. these are the areas of the country where the rates are the highest and we have the highest level of intervention, the strongest, local lockdown, if you like. and we'll roll it out from next week and then obviously monitor it very closely. now, he said this measure had been introduced after feedback and it would strengthen the test and trace system, which he said had come under scrutiny, but is now working well. that is why they have introduced it but there are those who are concerned about the level of money saying it isn't enough and among them, the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, who says this move doesn't go far enough and the g

it is separate to nhs testing. ow it has been extended to also include households in scotland, wales and northern ireland. the number of people being tested every two weeks is being increased from 28,000 to 150,000. quickly identifying local outbreaks, such as those in leicester, is seen as vital in combating covid—19. the ons believes extending its testing will show what is going on in much greater detail, down to city levels. helping government and local authorities to quickly identify any outbreaks and impose restrictions and lock times. —— lockdowns. these police helicopter pictures show how the local restrictions currently in place in manchester were broken at the weekend. the organiser of this party was fined. testing, tracing and combating covid relies on people sticking to the rules. the new increased levels of testing will be in place by october and the results will be published every week. keith doyle, bbc news. let's speak now to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, in westminster. these are ambit

think it is important to notice the important job that they are doing and the importance of the nhs testder to avoid a second pandemic wave. we are the first study that has quantified the numbers of where we need to get with the testing level and the tracing level in order to avoid a second pandemic wave in the uk. 0ur political correspondent nick eardlyjoins me now from westminster. there seems to be a bit of a disparity between what the report authors are saying about where test and trace is currently and what the government minister being interviewed this morning was saying. what is the actual situation? that's right. there does seem to be a different way of calculating these figures. the reporting the lancet was suggesting that only 50% of people who should be are being traced. ministers are saying they think the number is actually quite a bit higher stop it seems to be that the calculating it in slightly different ways. i think the broader concern at westminster is one that we have heard for a few weeks now which is the test and trace system, which is the test and trace system, whic

and we are also utilising additional nhs testing capacity. for example, nhs testing capacity. the local area. in the medium term, but this is work that has already been in process, we are establishing 11 local walk—through testing centres. the first of these will be housed in the victory memorial hall in saint andrew. together, they will help to increase sampling capacity by more than 3000 tests per day. we'll continue to implement these plans to further increase capacity as we head into winter, as we have always been preparing to do. but we will also continue to work to ensure appropriate contingencies are in place for periods when we have higher than expected demand for testing. which is likely to happen as we go into winter, but at any point, if there perhaps is another virus circulating, a cold which is leading to children having symptoms similarto leading to children having symptoms similar to code, we will know we will see these spikes in demand, and thatis will see these spikes in demand, and that is why we need to have these contingencies in place to deal with them. let

returned within 2a hours, but a quarter can take up to two days. 450,000 new tests will be made available to care homes and nhsories from next week. millions more have been promised by the end of the year. here's charlotte gallagher. in the fight against coronavirus and stopping people passing it on to others, testing is vital. but during the pandemic, the government has been repeatedly challenged about its capacity to do so. and with sometimes unable to say precisely how many people had been tested. just yesterday, officials admitted there was a limited number of test kits for care homes, meaning the july target routinely check all asymptomatic staff and residents has been pushed back to september. now, the department of health has announced a deal with two companies, based in oxford and london, rollout kits that will provide kits in 90 minutes. almost 500,000 tests will be available from next week across aduu be available from next week across adult care settings. and hospitals are expected to receive them from september. millions more of the tests are said to be rolled out later in the year. meanwhile, 5000

symptoms are a new cough, high—temperature, loss of or change in sense of taste and smell, tests can be booked through the nhso disband public health england — and create a new health protection agency which will take over many of its functions. phe has come under intense scrutiny of its response to the coronavirus crisis — but labour say the changes in the middle of a pandemic are "irresponsible" and "risky". let's get more from our health correspondent anna collinson. welcome. we have been expecting this because it was in the newspapers of the weekend. what is the difference with the remit of public health england and this new body? public health england was created in 2013 as part of an overhaul of the nhs and had a really wide remit when it came to public health, responsibilities ranging from nova choc poisoning in salisbury, health issues like obesity and tobacco. and of course coronavirus. —— novichok. if we go back to march, a real demand for testing. how important we know now that testing is. to detect and understand the virus. the decisions made initially when it came to testing, it was restricted to

testing. on march the 11th nhs england with phe announced plans to boost testing from 2000 per day to 10,000 but testing and chasing was to be halted with capacity focused on hospitals. on march 26th, the deputy chief medical officer said that community testing was not an appropriate mechanism as we go forward. but in early april the government set a higher new target of 100,000 tests per day. failing to have enough labs and virus testing facilities ready at the start of the crisis has been laid partly at the door of phe, although supporters say it was never meant to have that role and is now being made a scapegoat. 0ne health analyst was sceptical about the new policy. i think the announcement today from the secretary of state is frankly astonishing, i think we are in the middle of a pandemic and what is being proposed is a structural reorganisation of the public health system. i think now is not the time to do that. public health england has also been responsible for promoting good health including measures to tackle obesity. that will carry on for a short time but it is not clear where the wo

testing. much the 11th nhs england with ph ea announced plans to boost testing from 2000 per day to 10,000 butommunity testing and chasing was to be halted with capacity focused on hospitals. in much the 26 the deputy chief medical officer said that community testing was not an appropriate mechanism as we go forward. but in early april the government set a higher new target of 100,000 tests per day. failing to have enough labs and fires testing facilities ready at the start of the crisis has been laid partly at the door of pag although supporters say it was never meant to have that role and is now being made a scapegoat. 0ne health analyst was sceptical about the new policy. 0ne health analyst was sceptical about the new policylj 0ne health analyst was sceptical about the new policy. i think the announcement today from the secretary of state is frankly astonishing, i think we are in the middle of a pandemic and what is being proposed is a structural reorganisation of the public health system. i think now is not the time to do that. public health england has also been responsible for promoting

testing. this week, the number of people coming back positive, in england, these figures are for nhs trust and. people on low incomes in parts of england where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to claim up to £182 — that's equivalent to 13 pounds a day — if they have to self—isolate. a trial for the scheme will begin on the first of september for those who claim universal credit or working tax credit and cannot work from home. the benefit will be trialled in parts of north—west england. in order to make sure that people don't miss out for doing the right thing. we are introducing it in 0ldham and thing. we are introducing it in 0ld ham and blackburn thing. we are introducing it in 0ldham and blackburn in the first instance. these are the areas of the country where the rates are the highest and we have the highest level of intervention. the strongest local lockdown, if you like. and we will roll that out from next week and then, obviously, monitor it very closely. the vice president of the united states, mike pence, has told the republican national convention that ‘violence and c

the nhs test and trace system has come under constant criticism for not being fit for purpose, with somend this week. this is a crucial time for schools to be preparing for the new term. one of those who has raised his concerns is the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham. hejoins us now. thank you forjoining us. i guess the question being asked again and again by parents is, is it safe for my child to go back to school yet? what do you say? we have got to make it safe, haven't we? i agree with the government. it has to be the top priority, to get kids back into school. they have had huge disruption this year, haven't they? ijust think we have got to kind of make every arrangement possible so that people can have that peace of mind. but it does point out the test and trade system. it isn't yet good enough. i and trade system. it isn't yet good enough. lam and trade system. it isn't yet good enough. i am saying to the government, we need to work together to get this system right or august, so we can to get this system right or august, so we can give the confidence to the parents. but

well, we need that timely collection of data and not only the test data, we need to also collect data from gb kohl's, nhsfrom gb kohl's, nhs 111, hospital a&e attendances and hospital admissions. 111, hospital a&e attendances and hospitaladmissions. now, 111, hospital a&e attendances and hospital admissions. now, we may find that the local data is not comprehensive enough, but to be honest, nationally, we are collecting this data and what is lacking is the timely sharing of that data locally. in fact, the data should be available at the same time locally as it is nationally, rather than have a built—in delay. doctor from the university of exeter, a lwa ys from the university of exeter, always good to get your perspective. thank you very much. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review with anna smith. hello and welcome to the film review with me anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. first up, a film that's on digital and in some cinemas now — perfect 10. a gritty british drama in the vein of andrea arnold's fish tank. it stars frankie box as a 14—year—old gymnast

communities best and the government has got to work much better with them, as well as fixed this nhs testagree on before we go any further into the rest of what will be a difficult year. professor, ifi may ask for a thought from you more widely. there has been a great deal of reassurance coming out from the scientific and medical community in relation to children going back to school. that starts next week in england. do you want to just remind us of what the science is telling us about the risk to children in a school environment? the science to kids ina school environment? the science to kids in a school environment is that it isa kids in a school environment is that it is a low transmission risk. if they do get sick, it is at low... the disease does not seem to be very serious for them. the risk of the infection are outweighed by the need for the social interaction, the psychological support of being at school, being part of their community, and of course their education. so the risk to the of infection in childhood are less than the risk of missing out on skill. professor sian griffit

anybody with those symptoms should book a test image only through the nhs and farm website. sts every day but we want to and are working to increase that to 65,000 tests per day and we are also continuing to work to improve the accessibility of test. overall the strategy seeks to give a concise and clear explanation of who we are seeking to test and why we are doing so seeking to test and why we are doing so and what our plans in the future art. the health secretary will see a bit more about that in a moment but it will be available to read on the scottish government website this afternoon for anyone who is interested. the final point i want to convert relates to media coverage yesterday and today about care home discharges, particularly the suggestion that in some cases who we re suggestion that in some cases who were thought to have covid were discharged from hospitals into care homes. let me be very clear as i have been many times before stop the proper scrutiny of all and every aspect of our response to covid including of course in care homes is really essential and that

loss of or change in sense of smell or taste, i need you to selflessly and energy to book a test by going to nhsge, you can still become infectious and spread the virus to other people later on. again, the first line of defence as the action we take ourselves. this is our responsibility. ensuring that we wear face coverings when we are enclosed spaces, especially public transport and retail shops where it is mandatory, avoiding places that are crowded, taking that decision that place looks too busy to be in, this virus especially love spreading and crowded indoor areas that make me look around the world and any outbreaks that they place in other countries, one of the common practice we continually see is that these have begun in crowded indoor spaces. making sure we clean our hands with warm water and soap, using sanitiser regularly and cleaning the service around us regularly to. keep your distance from others, two metres remains the default to reduce the chance device been committed and you been infected or contacted by test and face. as i've already mentioned, if you have symptoms of cough, f

nhs officials. the pub‘s owners said some customers who visited last sunday have tested positive for the virus and arepublic health officials say there may be further cases linked to the cluster. residents in popular resorts in the south west have said they are "too scared" to go food shopping because of visitors pouring down narrow streets and ignoring social distancing. street marshals have been patrolling hotspots, giving social distancing tips. it comes as prime minister borisjohnson "squeezed the brakes" on easing lockdown restrictions across the country after coronavirus infections increased in the last month. let's speak to adam paynter, deputy leader of cornwall council. we have been hearing some reports that this is like been a —— benidorm on acid. how bad is it? is it —— benidorm on acid. how bad is it? isita —— benidorm on acid. how bad is it? is it a few bad apples or have people not got the message there?” think it is mainly a few bad apples causing the problem, but if you've got people on narrow streets, it is quite a problem. we are asking people please to follow the guidance and just b

coming in more pressures on the nhs, i think this will be welcome news across many quarters in terms of being able to really pinpoint where the virus may be happening, testst are quicker, more accurate at scale, to break the chain of transmission. i think it will be welcomed as well with schools, for example, going to be able to go back or protecting the vulnerable in, say, maternity wards. either you -- i think —— i think you can to have lots of good uses as we grapple with the virus. it is not to the extent we were, but it is potentially re—emerging again, and there is not really a ny re—emerging again, and there is not really any appetite in government andi really any appetite in government and i would imagine in the public to have a full national account again. talking of appetites, maya, the government's scheme starts on monday, some hope for those businesses in hospitality that have been so badly hit. these testing machines, if they can deliver those results in 90 minutes, this means they could actually be quite specific. this is one of the things that the world health organization has been saying for months, way back in february and march, the impo

nhs officials. the pub‘s owners said some customers who visited last sunday have since tested positive for the viruswing mild symptoms. public health officials say there may be further cases linked to the cluster. a conservative mp and former minister has been bailed by the metropolitan police after being arrested on suspicion of rape. a former parliamentary employee has accused the mp of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. our political reporter tony bonsignore is here. what do we know? what we know is these allegations are againsta what we know is these allegations are against a current mp, a former minister and they were made by a former parliamentary employee. according to the sunday times, she alleges the mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised, she had to go to hospital. she is accusing him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. we have had a statement from the metropolitan police and they say on friday the 31st ofjuly they say on friday the 31st ofjuly they received allegations relating to four separate incidents relating to four separate incidents r

familiar to anyone who has followed the story, hospitals discharging patients without testing, ppe being diverted to the nhsall of the necessary testing, but i think we have learned a lot, so, hopefully, infection control will be better going forward, but it has been a very difficult period for care homes. professor david bell, nandra ahmed, thank you. now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. thank you for staying with us or flicking over to the bbc news channel. what a good choice you have made. i think the weather is all right, we will not disappoint too much. i had taken a bit of a midpoint with this picture behind me because out to the western side of the british isles, pictures of virtually blue, blue skies, central parts of wales to the south—west, and in the east, some pictures from the east coast where it is great, great, still quite windy as well. —— grey, grey. sunny spells, feeling a bit cool because there is a breeze coming down through the eastern side of the high pressure. out towards the west, the high pressure is coming in, trying to settle things down nicely. but the wind is still noticeab

nhs care. we are so overwhelmed and dominated by coronavirus that, rachel, the usual, the kind of cancer tests,rder to not suffer rater stress and on health. this is doctors themselves saying the situation in lockdown, were non—coven care physically ceased, cannot be allowed to happen again. —— non—covid care. the governor of the college of surgeons. . . the governor of the college of surgeons... they had to adapt quickly and were keeping patients safe, in non—covid conditions. millions of people had their operations cancelled in their treatments postponed or cancelled while the —— health service turned its attention onto covid. there was a study looking at lockdown debts, not covid debts. there were issues with the figure, but there were... —— covid debts. i think cancer referrals are down 6%. that does not mean 60% fewer people have cancer or a risk at developing cancer. he means they were not able to get the test that they needed. 30—40,000 people, their cancer treatment was postponed, and honestly their host of other conditions. i know somebody who, his father, if he does i can really teste

offer for 5000n machines to test patients for the coronavirus at hundreds of nhs hospitals and deliversd could also identify the flu and other viruses. joining us is the dna nudge founder and imperial college london professor. thank you for joining us this morning. testing has become a sensitive situation in the u.k.. thousands of tests ordered last spring turned out to be flawed. how well does your machine hold up under scrutiny? advantagesof the key , it was almost a solution before the corona problem existed. i have always been keen on bringing standard genetics into the consumer world. for years, we have been looking demystifying the whole field of early detection and prevention, and we invented a cartridge. this cartridge has an entire laboratory inside. this has been working in the field of genetics, looking at things like risks for diabetes, risks for hypertension, cholesterol. things that are nutrition related, which we also know is epidemic. when it came to repurposed thing it for covid, it was almost effortless because it was so simple compared to what we had done before. befo

we have been told by nhs grampian that they are all displaying mild symptoms of coronavirus. the health board has said that the testre investigating this cluster and there is further tracing going on, people who were at the bar who may have then met up with other people later this week. so the health board say they have not ruled out that there could be further cases connected with this. the bar has gone under a deep clean and has been allowed to remain open. they have said that all precautions will be used to make sure that people are kept safe and they are asking that all customers do remain vigilant. because what the health board has said is that obviously when people are drinking, you may drop your guard, so just be extra careful when you are in places like pubs and restaurants. 0k, thank you very much indeed. the us general manager of tiktok has said the chinese—owned video—sharing app is "here for the long run", after president trump said he would ban it in the us. vanessa pappas told tiktok‘s more than 80 million us users in a video statement that its staff were building "the safest app" possible, amid us co

testing. one person was told by the nhs scotland healthline that there is currently no testing available in scotland evidence, understandably, i am not complaining about this, they will be people who say you should have done it earlier. but we are trying to make sure that all of our guidance is properly considered and informed by the best evidence that we have but also adaptable. the guidance for schools going back on the 11th of august was informed by the input of our scientific advisory group. we have been considering over the last few days specifically whether that guidance needed to be changed on face coverings over the weekend we have seen updated guidance from the world health organization, which is why we are in the final stages of consulting on the proposition that i have set out today. this is always going to be a case of making sure that our guidance on any particular issueis that our guidance on any particular issue is as up—to—date as possible, that it issue is as up—to—date as possible, thatitis issue is as up—to—date as possible, that it is responsive to changing circumstances but also

there is lots of access to appropriate antibody testing through the laboratories, through the nhs.bs but just antibody testing through accredited labs butjust don't buy them on the internet if they are being sold to you without any professional supervision. do not do it, it is not a good use of resources and it can be misleading. and a waste of money if nothing else. what do we know about immunity to covid—19? it is a virus that is still quite a mystery in many respects, isn't it? yes it is. we are learning more and more the whole time. we are learning about how the body reacts to the virus and it reacts in two different ways. it reacts to antibody reactions, which is one of the first signs but it also reacts through sales, t cells that come in and help defend you against viruses. we haven't been absolutely sure is about how long anyone's reaction can be detected and if you do produce an immune reaction whether it will actually defend you from the virus as well so both of the two elements, and there are some really good scientific work and research going on as we speak to try to an

we have been told by nhs grampian that they are all displaying mild symptoms of coronavirus. the health board has said that the testting this cluster and there is further tracing going on — people who were at the bar who may have then met up with other people later this week. so the health board say they have not ruled out that there could be further cases connected with this. the bar has undergone a deep clean and has been allowed to remain open. they have said that all precautions will be used to make sure that people are kept safe and they are asking that all customers do remain vigilant. because what the health board has said is that, obviously, when people are drinking, you may drop your guard, so just be extra careful when you are in places like pubs and restaurants. the headlines on bbc news... a former uk conservative minister — and current mp — is arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and coercive control. the australian state of victoria declares a state of disaster and imposes new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. classified documents released by the british military rais

it is not beating like they promised, world beating was not i going to test nhs care workers and stockpiling the house, down the street to the shops for the first time in month, they will have heard professor chris whitty yesterday saying in his view that we are right at the edge of what is possible and for people who might be very nervous a nyway for people who might be very nervous anyway about venturing out, hearing that could be frightening. well, it will be frightening because this is, to be frank, this is a very, very worrying time. some have felt that there will be a lull in the virus in some of it quite the opposite, the virus is on the increase. on a national level, we as a low party have to support what the chief medical officer is advising but for individuals watching the programme this morning who are understandably concerned, i would urge them to speak to their gp and discuss it with their gp and get advice on a local level. thanks for talking to us local level. thanks for talking to us this morning, we appreciate it. jonathan ashworth, the shadow health secretary. chris has fin

you can book a test at nhs website or by phoning the helpline. and the main point to take from this is that she said that scotla nd from this is that she said that scotland has recorded the highest number of daily covid—19 cases in almost three months. the figure given is that it is now up by 77 from 19,704 the day before... no deaths recorded. they are not adding to the next level, they are staying at level three rather than moving across to level four which would have allowed eight easing of certain measures. there is some other breaking news coming to us here, regarding the current concern over alexei navalny, the opposition in russia. he was taken ill on a plane, transferred to a hospital earlier today. the kremlin has now spoken, the suspect poisoning, not confirmed yet, but a spokesman has said doctors are doing everything they can to help the opposition politician, mr navalny.. they went on to add that they wish him a speedy recovery like any other citizen who finds himself in such circumstances and said that russian authorities would be r

protective uniforms to the government, the nhs, but other masks that they had which they supplied other commercial and private clients, they also failed compliance testsse and launch an investigation. so definitely, some of the firm is a government reason, some supplies they were getting, are not able to be used in the national health service, so you've got at least 50 million masks, worth around £150 million masks, worth around £150 million that now cannot be used in hospitals. lucy, thank you. time now for the sport. let's cross over to mike bushell. what have you got for us? the last time, there was a golf major played it was july 2019 at royal portrush, northern ireland all the ones this year have all been cancelled or postponed until today. the delayed us pga will start today at harding park, san francisco albeit three months late, because of the pandemic and without any fans. adam wild looks ahead. it's been well over a year since men's golf last crowned a major winner. the portrush story for shane lowry lives long in the memory but could scarcely feel further away from harding park, san francisco. a major return although not for the crowds. maj

nhs tracing system isn't reaching enough people. as a result, they're now planning their own local service alongside it. when someone testshasn't been able to reach them in 48 hours, we'll send them a text message and say, "hi, it's coledale friendly test and trace service." if we don't hear back from them, then we'll go out and we'll knock on the door, talk to them about what they need to do to stay safe. liverpool has kept infection rates low enough to stave off government restrictions and they want to keep it that way. the council is targeting taxi drivers who could unwittingly spread the virus as they travel to areas with rising rates. there's also driving test centres, you can book online. the cabbies are encouraged to get tested. it has been helpful. they've give us every bit of advice they can they can physically give you. so you think this will make a difference? i think it will make a difference, yeah. everyone i know on here is going to go and get tested. eight of the ten places in england with the highest rates of infection are in the north. how these communities deal with coronavirus will have an impact on how

tested and operations were simply not taking place. and some doctors and specialists i have been speaking to over the last few months have said the nhs standsital service not the national hospital service not the national hospital service not the national health service because those other areas were overbroad during this crisis. can we look onto the telegraph because we have quite a few to get there, olivia. ) and shops to reopen schools. this is a message from the children's commissioner and long feel that repeating the arguments that i think it was the chief scientific officer who said a few days ago that we are going to have to make some difficult decisions, economy versus education or whatever, where you stand on this? i think children really have to come first now, i care passionately that the economy can get up and running again and i'm terrified about the prospect of a very deep and long recession. but if children are back at school we don't know what we are doing to a whole generation of children's life chances. this is something that is unprecedented, i hate to use the word but it is an unprecedented situation seeing what happens

nhs has done for me. i'm getting upset now. they were so good. it is the antibodies against coronavirus which doctors want. they are found in plasma, this yellow liquid. i testedolunteered. so i'm about half way through my plasma donation. what happens is my whole blood is taken out, and then the plasma is filtered off, and then the red cells, white cells and platelets are fed back into my body. and this is the whole point of donation. to help patients like bernard, in hospital in chesterfield. he's part of a trial assessing whether antibodies in convalescent plasma can help covid patients like him get better faster. he is grateful to all the donors. they've done their bit, so i thought, well, all in all, i'll try and do my bit. the us has given emergency approval to convalescent plasma as a treatment for covid, but those running the trials here say that is premature. we really want this to work. we think there is good reasons why it might, but we don't know that yet from the data presented. so i think we need more data to show it is effective, and importantly, before we start giving this treatment to tens or hundreds of thousands of people, we need data to sh

testing and the reporting of death figures. what is understood to be happening is that a large part of public health england ‘s responsibilities will be transferred over to a new body, merging with nhsthe short term, it will continue working on things like tackling obesity but change, it seems, is afoot. peter, thank you. the president of belarus is facing another day of demonstrations over last weekend's disputed election result. aleksander lu kashenko is accused of rigging the vote and unleashing a violent crackdown against demonstrators. but for the first time today his supporters have taken to the streets to defend his re—election. the bbc‘s abdujalil abdurasulov in minsk. i'm at the main square in the capital, minsk. this is a rally in support of president lukashenko. the atmosphere here is rather different from what we have witnessed at opposition rallies earlier this week. it is quite subdued. what is interesting, we've been hearing reports that state police were forced to come to attend this meeting. we tried to talk to some participants here but most of them refused to speak to us and this is what those who agreed told us. translation: maybe at some polling stations there w

baroness harding — executive chair of nhs test and trace — says the way to combat the virus is for everyoneor a test if they have symptoms. if you read the reports published in the lancet, what researchers have said is that we need to have an effective test and trace system. this percentage of people with symptoms that they are targeting and the percentage of people that are then reached and contacted are well within what our organisation can and is doing. so we are already contacting 75—80% of people who have been in close contact. and the one thing that i really need everyone in the country to do is to come forward if they have symptoms. the researchers state very clearly that they don't know the percentage of people with symptoms that are coming forward to nhs test and trace. it is incumbent on all of us that if we are reaching for the limb sip packets, get attest. ——are reaching for the limb sip packets, get a test. for the first time in history — thousands of students in scotland have been given their results without sitting any summer exams after they were cancelled because of coronav

test detects dna. from next month, 5,000 machines will be rolled out across nhs hospitals. , dnanudge, says it will provide millions of tests in the coming months. the small device is described as an entire laboratory. here is a demonstration of how it will work. a few rubs around the cheek and the tongue. that then goes into the cartridge. the cartridge then closes up with a bung, and the viruses contained and just in a few seconds we extract the viral rna and convert it into dna, and it is the dna, if you like, the fish, that needs to bite the bait, orthe genes, to see whether or not you have covid—19. but some within the scientific community are wary about the tests, particularly when they are described as game changers. these are using more miniaturised technologies than the full laboratory process that has been used up until now, and quite often, we see some decline in performance, when we see tests put on small platforms. so it is really important that we get good data to understand, are there compromises in accuracy. despite some concerns, it is hoped the tests will l

testing for coronavirus. we are hearing new figures from nhs england which show more tests for coronavirus are coming back positive% in the previous week. there was a slight drop in the overall number of people being tested but if you look at as a proportion, the crucialfact perhaps, the proportion of tests coming back positive increased from 1.296 coming back positive increased from 1.2% toi.5%. coming back positive increased from 1.2% to 1.5%. that's considered quite a big 1.2% to 1.5%. that's considered quitea bigjump 1.2% to 1.5%. that's considered quite a big jump in terms of coronavirus. the proportion of tests coming back positive increase from 1.2% toi.5%. coming back positive increase from 1.2% to 1.5%. those figures through from nhs england, to do with the test and trace scheme so it might be that our health correspondence are looking at those figures as we speak but those are the latest figures from nhs england. we will have more from nhs england. we will have more from our health correspondent. those figures go up to the week of the 12th of august so that has been an increase. it will be interesting to

scrap public health england and set up a new body which brings together public health england and nhs testen we had the job, particularly when we had the situation early on when medical professionals and those working on the front line could not get a covid—19 test. that was ludicrous and something needed to be done. public health england have clearly been stretched by this. they do not seem to take the leap that has been required and it is good that now action has been taken and that we will hopefully have a better body able to make decisions in a timely way. also only this week we had sudden decision about people suddenly needing to enter quarantine. we need better control of this and the public need better information so i think it is a very good idea. it has been a difficult time and everything changes daily so for anybody, any organisation it would difficult and they are bringing together test and trace protest a nd bringing together test and trace protest and trace itself has been wound down and more responsibility being given to public health officials in local councils. is this rea

nhs officials. the pub‘s owners said some customers who visited last sunday have tested positive for the virus and arewing mild symptoms. public health officials say there may be further cases linked to the cluster. india has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth consecutive day. the country's interior minister, amit shah, has tested positive for coronavirus. there have been 1.75 million cases over all in india, and there are now fears the country could overtake the us and brazil to become the country with the highest number of infections. many states are imposing individual lockdowns for 15—day periods to help control the spread, but the indian government is stressing that mortality rates are low, at roughly 2%. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and is introducing the country's toughest lockdown measures yet in the state capital, melbourne. residents of the city have been placed under a night—time curfew. a further 671 cases and seven deaths were confirmed in the past day. from sydney, phil mercer reports. a public health bushfire is how the au

nhs has done for me. i'm getting upset now. they were so good. it is the antibodies against coronavirus which doctors want. they are found in plasma, this yellow liquid. i tested plasma donation, what happens is my whole blood is taken out, and then the plasma is filtered off, and then the red cells, white cells and platelets are fed back in to my body. and this is the whole point of donation. to help patients like bernard, in hospital in chesterfield. he's part of a trial assessing whether antibodies in plasma can help covid patients like him get better faster. he is grateful to all the donors. they've done their bit, so i thought, well, all in all, i'll try and do my bit. the us has given emergency approval to plasma as a treatment for covid but those running the trial hearse say that is premise children. but those running the trial hearse say that is premature. we really want this to work. we think it is good reasons why it might, but we don't know that from the data presented. so i think we need more data to show it is effective and importantly, before we start giving this treatment to tens or hundreds of thousands of people we need to show it is safe. tho