professor sian griffiths and paul hunter, thank you very much for your time.layed at wembley in front of 21,000 fans, following the relaxation of restrictions on fpectators attending sports events. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks was there to watch it. it's another momentous day in the history of this football club. four finals in the past, they've lost. they haven't been in an fa cup final for 52 years. what a way to win it. how fitting that it was in front of fans. this goal will go down in leicester folklore. humans fans. this goal will go down in leicesterfolklore. humans bursting leicester folklore. humans bursting through leicesterfolklore. humans bursting through chelsea's defence, and the strike, what an absolute wonder strike, what an absolute wonder strike it was. sending fans into absolute eruptions ofjoy. it's not to say chelsea didn't have their chances. there was absolute drama with just minutes ago, when former leicester player ben chill well burst down leicester's right and was deflected into the goal. chelsea fans went crazy. then drama

professor paul hunter.ocratic unionist party has accused the european union of playing "fast and loose" with the peace process in northern ireland. edwin poots said checks on goods entering northern ireland from great britain were having a "devastating impact", and leading to violence on the streets. the european commission says it rejects any suggestion that it no longer cares about the peace process. from belfast, louise cullen reports. the northern ireland protocol has caused political and practical problems since its inception. it creates a trade border in the irish sea, by keeping northern ireland in the eu single market for goods, enforcing eu customs rules at the ports, to prevent a hardening of the land border. and unionists view it as a threat to their place in the united kingdom. that fear was blamed for trouble on the streets at easter. the uk has delayed introducing some food checks until october, a move the eu has gone to court over. technical talks continue. the new dup leader edwin poots clai

professor hunter, we have a question from birmingham. paul it gets into people's cells more easily. one of the mutations that isn't discussed very often is p681r, and that's a a point in the protein that you need to break those proteins apart to help the virus get into the cells. the suggestion is that that actually helps that, and that means if it's easier for a virus to get into our cells, it's probably more infectious. in a way, that was probably how the kent variant became more infection as well, in that it was easier to get into cells. so you don't have to have quite as much virus in the body for it to take hold. can i ask a question on my own? the indian variant was identified in october of last year. how is it that our scientists are saying we don't know yet how transmissible it is? they've been tracking it, haven't they? professor hunter? they have and we heard chris whitty say yesterday that it is more infectious than the kent variant. i think the evidence is very clear because all we have to do is look at the fact that the kent vari

professor paul hunter, i'm so sorry we can't - older people now. professor paul. long before they are going to open up the borders. they've indicated that it would be around mid june, that they are looking to open up the borders to produce people. right, so herflight is at the end of may. so that is the thing ofjuggling your flights, move them, get refunds, all of those issues that we have talked about so much in recent months. lyn, a really personal question from laura in durham who asks particularly about the us. we haven't really talked a huge amount of the us in all of this. she says, "it is my understanding is that the us government still has a total ban on all european citizens going there will stop any clarification would be really helpful because my daughter is in the us and i am desperate to go and see her." oh, it is so tough, isn't it? to be kept apart from family. i think, although, as you said, the us hasn't been talked about much, there is huge pent—up demand, and there has been a lot of pressure to open up again, at least some sort of corridor betwee

professor paul hunter.—hour period. much more on all of that coming up at 6pm. right now, let's pause and look at the weather with chris fawkes. the cold and wet weather we have enjoyed for the last few weeks has gone and we have high pressure in charge, and it's been delivering some lovely sunshine for a nice change. it's been pretty warm, temperatures have climbed to 23 degrees in liverpool, 22 in abilene in aberdeenshire, north—east scotland, inverbervie also in aberdeenshire, eight celsius. why the difference across the north—east of scotland? it came down to sun or cloud, in the sunshine it was warm but where we had the cloud trapped underneath our area of high pressure coming onshore, it kept things cool and dull and misty, scenes like these were repeated notjust across parts of england but across parts of eastern scotland as well. 0vernight some of the low cloud and mist and fog will reform over the east and central parts of england late in the night and eastern scotland are turning murky with some p

professor paul hunter is a professor of medicine at the university of east anglia. hejoins me now.se, i think, listening to nadhim zahawi for the government that he was very much trying to say during the 21st is not set in stone. we still have a lot to consider. do you think that is a wise approach, to tell the public that? �* , ,., , wise approach, to tell the public that? �* , ~ wise approach, to tell the public that? ~ y a ,�* , that? absolutely. we can't be raising hepes _ that? absolutely. we can't be raising hopes that _ that? absolutely. we can't be raising hopes that might - that? absolutely. we can't be raising hopes that might not i that? absolutely. we can't be i raising hopes that might not be achieved but it has to be said that the evidence at the moment is still very uncertain. case numbers are going up, hospitalisations are going up going up, hospitalisations are going up but only slowly, but come on the other hand, deaths are not yet rising and it seems to be the case that people even if they are admitted to hospital and saying in hospital as long as they would have

thank you very much indeed for joining us, professor paul hunter.arlier this moment to work out on tackling child poverty. he is now taking time out to be treated for kidney cancer. he says while receiving a cancer diagnosis at the age of 58 is very shocking his prognosis is very good. he says was found when he went into hospital with a kidney stone and was diagnosed as cancer the following months. so keir starmer say the thoughts of the entire labour party are with wes and his family at this very difficult time. he says wes is a friend and a colleague and he will come back from the stronger and more determined than ever before. he says he cannot wait to see him back in parliament as soon as possible. his office will continue to cover his constituency work during his absence. so, we don't know how long that time out will be but he is taking time up to be treated for kidney cancer and we send him, obviously, best wishes and are hopeful return to health as soon as possible. holiday—makers hoping to fly to portugalfrom next week are facing uncertainty

earlier i spoke to paul hunter, professor of medicine at the university of east anglia.aign has been over the recent months. 0n the whole, how well do you think the public have done to get us to this point? the government will take some credit, but it has relied upon us being compliant? absolutely. i think the vast majority of people have followed the rules, done the best they can to minimise the risks to themselves or others. and that has been reflected in the success of the lockdown. and as the prime minister said only a few weeks ago, much of the early decline in the epidemic from its peak in early january was down solely to the lockdown measures and not the vaccination, but as we move out of that vaccination, out of restrictions, i think the vaccinations are critical to being able to relax at this point. there are concerns in some quarters that the fall in numbers, hospitalisations and cases generally, is beginning to stall. how much more important or continuing to be important is it that we follow the remaining guidance? absolutely critical. you are quite right. the

let's talk now to paul hunter, professor in medicine at the university of east anglia, who is a membert is going to get an the previous coronavirus problem of an international concern was the sars outbreak of 2003 and it ended up following a very different trajectory that was pretty much over within the year. but i think that what i have seen of comments of the report so far is that they are generally fair and i think the criticisms, particularly the criticisms, particularly the criticisms against many of the european countries, including the uk, in the slowness that we reacted even after it was declared an international emergency by the who, are certainly fair. is. international emergency by the who, are certainly fair.— are certainly fair. is, though, the delay from _ are certainly fair. is, though, the delay from the — are certainly fair. is, though, the delay from the who _ are certainly fair. is, though, the delay from the who originally i are certainly fair. is, though, the delay from the who originally to | are certainly fair. is, though, the i delay from the who originally to d

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paul's story was seen by a scottish philanthropist, sir tom hunter, who gave £1 million to two charitiess going to do good, and that's all that matters. i didn't do very little, exceptjust play four notes. music continues where the printed word stops, and it continues in a way that is magical, you know? paul is a remarkably gifted man, whose love of music will now help

paul's story was seen by a scottish philanthropist, sir tom hunter, who gave £1 million to two charitiesne of them, music for dementia, is distributing that money today. it's going to do good, and that's all that matters. i didn't do very little, exceptjust play four notes. music continues where the printed word stops, and it continues in a way that is magical, you know? paul is a remarkably gifted man, whose love of music will now help thousands of other people with dementia across the uk. graham satchell, bbc news. what a beautiful piece. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. a day of downpours today. in fact, it has been pouring across some parts of south—western britain in the last 2a hours or so. not everybody is getting the downpours today but there are many of them around. for example, in devon in the last 2a hours, we have had more rainfall than we get in the whole of may. you can see a whole line of heavy rain stretching from the london area, just north of the ma, clipping south—eastern parts of wales. furthershowers clipping south—eastern parts

paul's story was seen on this programme by scottish philanthropist sir tom hunter, who gave £1 milliong that money today. it is going to do good, and that's all that matters. i didn't do very little, exceptjust play four notes. would you give us four notes and we're going to take it off in our own direction? g, b, e, c. three members of the city of london sinfonia, another recipient of today's funding. they improvise tunes, connecting with people in care homes, who may have lost the ability to speak. what we are looking to do is really have a conversation in music. sometimes we're even doing this in situations where someone has had an operation. it might even be end of life. it is just the closest way of communicating with someone, where words are not going to really get there any more. i thought it was wonderful, very special. music continues where the printed word stops, and it continues in a way that is magical, you know? that's the word — magical. this is paul's latest tune. he writes and plays every day. paul is a remarkably gifted man, whose love of music will now help thousands

hunter biden? our country is in a place right now where the stock market is going to drop like a rock with what this guys doing. let's face it -- host: paul, you want party unity, that is what you want? caller: i want not only unity but honesty. the gentleman before said something about the election. as a reporter, do you not know that none of this stuff has been actually looked into? it has been looked over. how did 290,000 votes from new york city arrived in pennsylvania -- arrive in pennsylvania no one questions that? host: paul, the justice department under president trump with his attorney general found no evidence. caller: they found no evidence because they looked for no evidence! that is the problem. there is so much evidence, it was unbelievable, but nobody took it up because of the swamp. they are protecting the swamp. these people are people. look at where the country is going right now. aren't you worried as a reporter we have pipelines being shut down, we have inflation about to go through the roof. host: paul, we heard your points. this tweet was sent up this morning, "a senior gop member who has supported cheney told me he