earlier, i spoke to the president of the royal college — dr adrianjames — who said it was a worrying ability to work. so it has a huge effect on all of us. when you talk about problem drinking in this context, how much of that is serious heavy drinking, but how much of it is actual alcoholism do you think? is it difficult to tell? well, there is a sort of grey area between the two. the most important thing is that these are people who are getting into a pattern of drinking both in terms of the amounts, the frequency, the effect it has on their lives where they really do need to take action, and some of those people will be able to take action themselves, they will have an honest discussion with themselves, maybe with those around them, say, look, i've got to cut down the amount of drinking, the frequency that i'm drinking and take action, but many people won't be able to take that action themselves and may need additional help which is why we feel that the government needs to invest at this time in addiction services that are so badly needed. and if they don't invest now, people will

dreaming of being a medical doctor within 3 years she was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the royal college of surgeons in ireland. i think of the libyan and somalian refugee doctors who offered their medical skills the moment the pandemic stuck in france and last year i told you of the story of morris whom i had the honor to meet he is studying physics today in europe honorable members if we think about what they have overcome and what they have achieved then we simply must be able to manage the question of migration together. the images of the morea camp are a painful reminder of the need for europe to come together. everybody has to take a step up here and take responsibility and the commission will just do that the commission is now working on a plan for joint tyler with the greek authorities for a new camp unless those we can assist with asylum and return proces and significantly improve the conditions for the refugees but i want to be clear if we step up then i expect all member states to step up to migration as a european challenge and home of europe. we must rebuild the trust among

mental health care for all, which was supported by the royal couege which was supported by the royal collegechiatrists. this morning, i spoke with professor alan young from king's college london, who raised with me real concerns with regards to the reduction in mental health care provision for those with severe mental health issues during covid—19. willie prime minister please urgently look into this matter and the representations that i will forward to his office from experts such as that professor? i look forward to those representations and the government is spending £12 billion more on mental health provision, plus, throughout this pandemic, extra cash to mental health charities, but i will certainly look at the kc raises. at the start of the pandemic, there were concerns that people were gatherings are gathering and this happened again last weekend. local dance in wales now require people to remain within their local authority area, except for essential reasons stop no such requirement exists in england. in those unfortunate situations where people face local lockdown is, will he give c

dangerous amounts of alcohol has almost doubled during the pandemic — that's according to the royal college in england were drinking at what are considered to be high—risk levels. 0ur health correspondent, michelle roberts, is here. what else has it shown? they looked at survey data from england and people were asked about drinking habits. when you scale that up and look at the population, they believe as many as 8.4 million may now be drinking far too much for their health. that does not mean each one of those is addicted, but during lockdown particularly, sales of alcohol went up, people were drinking at home, certainly lots of people use it as a stress reliever and that is really not a good idea. many people warning about this, including some charities. what do they say about how we deal with this? they agree, they have had many calls, the british liver trust had a rise of colds from people concerned about how much they all loved ones we re about how much they all loved ones were drinking. charities are worried that has been a backlog. the nhs has been prioritising coronavirus treatments

the royal college of gps is calling for a national network to be set up of post—covid clinics. afternoon. good afternoon. we seem to be talking about long cove road, where not long ago very few people seemed to know anything about it. -- people seemed to know anything about it. —— long covid—i9. while we suddenly accepting this exists when many people have known all this time? initially we thought this was a respiratory disease, we thought it would be over and done with quite quickly and people would be unwell and then they would recover but as time has gone on we have realised that actually this is a disease of the blood vessels and it can affect any organ in the body, it can affect the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and of course if it involves many different organs and actually the combination of that disability can be worse, even though each individual disability is quite mild, so it's a very diverse classification we get from this and we have to be able to have rehabilitation services to deal with all of that variety of presentation. in terms of the cause, we now have a much

soaring rates of alcohol abuse are placing too much pressure on addiction services, according to the royal collegeand since the start of the pandemic and the college says deep cuts made to addiction services mean patients could miss out on treatment. the government says it has increased public health spending by 3.2 billion pounds this year. it's nearly four months since boris johnson promised track and trace covid—19 cases. but — as we've been hearing — a lack of testing is causing growing fear and frustration. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been to a test centre in 0ldham to see how people there are coping. covid rate arising once again 0ldham in. at this walk in test centre tempers are rising as well.|j in. at this walk in test centre tempers are rising as well. i have a child with a cough and high temperature. he supposed to be at school, what you want me to do? leave him out of school indefinitely? this father. they have been turned away because they do not have capacity. have you tried other means? i have been trying since the last two days. the system is currently unavailable, that has been

with me is martin marshall — chair of the royal college of gps.tracted coronavirus symptoms in mid—march, and is still feeling the effects of the virus six months on. thank you both for talking to us. sandra, tell us how you are feeling, six months on. well, i am obviously still suffering long—term effects. it is mainly burning chest pain, back pain, i get a gruff voice, very, very tired. i havejust returned to work, but i'm finding it quite difficult on a phased return. the tiredness just takes over, i come home and all of the symptoms that started to live ago i started with seem to flare up again, although not as an intense level. i feel like there is something inside my feel like there is something inside d feel like there is something inside my body that is hot, and burning, like a burning heart and lungs, my body that is hot, and burning, like a burning heartand lungs, and i feel like they could do with some covid clinics for somebody like me to go to, because the doctors don't know where to send you or what to do with you. i feel in the near

mike adams is director for england at the royal college of nursing.out their concerns around capacity? yes, i think we can be confident that there is a growing concern again around testing capacity. we have seen within our call centres that the numbers of enquiries coming into us over the last week around testing specifically has gone up by around 10% and there is clearly growing concern and just personally i know ofa concern and just personally i know of a couple of cases where collea g u es of a couple of cases where colleagues have had to travel a decent amount of mileage to get a test when it really that is not idealfor anyone. it test when it really that is not ideal for anyone. it is certainly a growing concern at the bottom line here is our focus has to go into patient safety. we know we are short of staff going into this pandemic and if we do not have staff available because they are awaiting available because they are awaiting a test, we are putting people at risk. we can alljoin the a test, we are putting people at risk. we can all join the

dr adrian james is the president of the royal college of psychiatrists, which has conducted the researchves, maybe with those around them, and say, i have got to cut down the amount each time i drink, the frequency that i am drinking, and take action, but many people will not be able to take that action themselves and they need additional help, which is why we feel that the government need to invest this time and addiction services that are so badly needed and if they do not invest now, people will actually find themselves in general hospital, costing money and have a poor outcome for them. why not invest in services now that can actually help people to make the changes that actually most people wa nt to changes that actually most people want to make? the figures are pretty startling, pretty worrying, a doubling almost as i say. what do you think other factors driving it. is it you think other factors driving it. isita you think other factors driving it. is it a combination, depression, loneliness, a lack of structure in people‘s day because of lockdown? is it anxiety about the future? u

soaring rates of alcohol abuse are placing too much pressure on addiction services, according to the royal college has almost doubled in england since the start of the pandemic — and the college says deep cuts made to addiction services mean patients could miss out on treatment. the government says it has increased public health spending by £3.2 billion this year. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. emma is back for another day? eight is, indeed. the best of summer continues for many today. our the channel islands, said possible summer between london and east anglia. rain in eastern parts of northern ireland and parts of scotland. for much of england and wales, dry and sunny, mid to high 20s, low 30s for many parts. motson china is developing, staying very cloudy in the north of scotland, outbreaks of heavy rain will turn lighter and a patchy later. 0ne outbreaks of heavy rain will turn lighter and a patchy later. one or two isolated showers, could not rule out a rumble of thunder, most will be dry, misty and places, another warm night with temperatures in the mid to high tee

it's part of the royal military college 2nd six tennis team. name there, and you'll spot him there.es. this is one of the earliest pictures i've ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20 at this point. back home, he became a husband and father. and as war broke out, india began to play a central role. newsreel: no praise is too high for these fine men who are doing so much forthe empire. when britain went into the war, it was an imperial endeavour and the imagination was that everybody around the empire would come to help and to serve and save the motherland. so what was india's contribution within that? so india's contribution is mainly manpower. there are vast numbers of men recruited, but it also produces raw materials, uniforms, timber goods, cotton. there's a lot of drive to build up factories, munitions factories, in india itself. from december 1941, the conflict came closer to india as japanese offensives threatened british strongholds in asia. shahid was ordered to burma, his ship arriving in rangoon as an air strike was taking place. you would land up in a harbo

i'd like to show you this lovely photograph of your grandfather as part of the royal military collegem there. yes! this is one of the earliest pictures i've ever seen of him, cos he would only have been about 20 at this point. back home, he became a husband and father, and when war broke out, india began to play a central role. archive: no praise is too high for these fine men who are doing so much forthe empire. when britain went into the war, it was an imperial endeavour, and the imagination was that everybody around the empire would come to help and to serve and save the motherland. from december 1941, the conflict came closer to india, as japanese offensive threatened british strongholds in asia. shahid was ordered to burma. his ship arrived in rangoon in the middle of an air strike. it was the first of many searing experiences which have been pieced together by my uncle, ali. when the japanese surrounded rangoon, they blocked the road, and he writes that there was a column of over 40 miles long. where is the water coming from? where is the food coming from? what is happening to t

also when there is guidance came out for the royal college of child health and paediatrics, it said notand my boys were in the category that did not have to do. so that definitely allayed my fears, and now lam not definitely allayed my fears, and now i am not worried that they will be particularly affected. i am just carrying the jenna legg is it that we allare. carrying the jenna legg is it that we all are. —— the general anxiety. my consent for the return to school, and the same for my daughter, is more generally about my well—being. they have been isolated for five months and they are out of their routines, how will they feel about going back. how has it been? three weeks on, it's been absolutely fine, i must say. we are all going to have to live with some uncertainty because this is a movable feast and the guidance has already changed into remix, at first they did not have to wear a mask on the school bus but as of monday, they do and they are rolling with it and being incredibly resilient, children, and they deserve a lot of praise for how they've coped in the situation. but yes, t

the royal college of gps said it was "an insult" to imply that doctors are not doing theirjobs properlyarrived in russia for talks with vladimir putin, who has offered support in the face of mass protests. there is speculation moscow will push for closer bilateral ties in exchange for its continued support. tens of thousands of people have been marching in the capital, minsk, and other cities, in the latest of several weeks of mass protests against the embattled president. police said they arrested about 400 people ahead of and during the protests, described as the march heroes. the former prime minister david cameron has added his voice to those concerned about legislation which would enable the government to over—ride parts of the brexit withdrawal deal. it comes as borisjohnson‘s former attorney general, geoffrey cox, condemned the government's plans. in a newspaper article this morning, mr cox said going back on the deal would be "unconscionable". the internal market bill is due to have its second reading in the commons today. let's get the thoughts now of our political corresponden

in response the royal college of gps said it was "an insult" to imply that doctors are not doing theirjobsed and reported yesterday and takes the total number of cases to 22,749. let me give the context immediately. today's numbers, but the overall result is reported to the uk wide system and the number of positive cases, are lower than they have been in recent days and we believe they are not yet complete. we understand that other parts of the uk are experiencing similar issues this morning and we are seeking to resolve these urgently. however, it is important that i am frank that we now have a very serious concern that the backlog of test results being faced by the uk lab network, which the glasgow lighthouse lab is part of, are starting to impact on the reporting of scottish results. we have been raising these concerns with the uk government in recent days. 0ver with the uk government in recent days. over the weekend the health secretary managed to resist a move to limit access to testing slots, mobile testing units and regional testing centres, however this apparent delay in turnaround

london's royal college of gps has told the bbc that much more nhs support is needed for people who remainsaid it's "rapidly expanding new rehab centres." the widow of thames valley police constable andrew harper is pushing for cross—party support over her campaign for life sentences for those who kill emergency services workers. lissie harper is meeting politicians this week after her 28—year—old husband died last year when he was dragged behind a car in berkshire whilst on duty after investigating a burglary. three men were covicted of manslaugher. the pandemic has caused live music to suffer as gigs across london have been cancelled overnight for nearly six months now. so a musician from east london has found a way of drawing attention to herself in a bright yellow van and take her music on the road. she says it may have also helped lift the gloom of the past few months for people who may have been struggling day—to—day. i wanted this truck to be the sunshine truck and bring some light and flower power and positivity into people's life so when they see it, ijust want people to smile lik

however, we have worked with the royal colleges, with the nhs and others, to develop a better, quickerke nhs111 a gateway to the emergency care system, providing a first port of call to patients. in the future, instead of having to queuein in the future, instead of having to queue in an emergency ward, we are telling people to call rhondda cynon taf at first to book an appointment with whoever can give them the most appropriate care, whether it is a gp, specialist consultant, pharmacist, nurse or community services. —— macro two. “— pharmacist, nurse or community services. —— macro two. —— nhs111. we wa nt services. —— macro two. —— nhs111. we want to see this approach leads to shorter waiting times and better availability of appointments for patients. we will consult on how its performance is best measured, and with successful pilots, we will roll out nhs!!! with successful pilots, we will roll out nhs111 to all trusts from september. finally, iwanted briefly to update the house on our work to protect care homes. one of the worst things we know about this virus is that it reserves its

students from imperial college and the royal college of art claim to have found a way to substantiallycts over half of all airborne particles which are released as the tyres wear through use. britain's first female special agent, who was called winston churchill's favourite spy, has been remembered with a blue plaque in kensington. christine granville's successful missions included smuggling microfilm evidence across europe to prove hitler's plans to invade the soviet union. the plaque is on the shelbourne hotel which was her home after the war. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the trains — there are delays throughout the thameslink network following yesterday's electrical problems. turning to the roads — traffic is building northbound on the blackwall tunnel southern approach from blackwall lane in camberwell, dog kennel hill is blocked northbound at champion hill following an accident near denmark hill station. finally in barking — longbridge road is closed by aldersey gardens following a collision. now the weather wi

i am looking at the response from the royal college of gps.t care in the nhs and face an incredibly difficult winter ahead. with regard to that winter ahead. with regard to that winter ahead, we know that infection rates are at least going up. have you seen that reflected in your surgery? we are certainly seeing more patients and i think it is inevitable as people are going out more, people going back to work was not last week, schools went back so the last couple of weeks, we will see the impact of that. we are seeing more people with coughs and colds which is normalfor this seeing more people with coughs and colds which is normal for this time of year but of course this time, the query is could it be covid? we don't get to do any test results but we get to do any test results but we get the results coming back to us and we are seeing more positive results coming back so yes, we are seeing numbers are starting to increase, certainly more than they we re increase, certainly more than they were a couple of weeks ago. and how are people doing wi

we can discuss this now with dr jeanette dickson, who is president of the royal college of radiologistsl not have their small la cancers diagnosed and will come and present when the cancers are larger and less treatable and potentially not as curable. what difference does time make in the early stages of breast cancer detection? that is a difficult one to pin down completely, but generally, smaller cancers mean that you can have less damaging to cancer and there is less treatment used and also that the chances of a qr higher. earlier is better. breast cancer now has calculated on the basis of statistics that based on those almost million women missing their scans, 8600 of them could have undetected breast cancer. that will cause real fear undetected breast cancer. that will cause realfear among undetected breast cancer. that will cause real fear among those women. what would your advice be?” cause real fear among those women. what would your advice be? i think my advice to any person, woman or man who has symptoms that are worrying them, come to their gp and seek an appointment and go f

we're joined now by dr katherine henderson, consultant in emergency medicine and president of the royal collegentain a functioning emergency service. what can you say about the people who are admitted, are they similar age people who are admitted, are they similarage group people who are admitted, are they similar age group demographic value soarin similar age group demographic value soar in the surge? at the moment they are only small numbers of coronavirus admissions. what we can see from the data we get from something called the syndromic survey, the biggest positive group we are seeing in emergency departments are in the 15—aa age group and those patients are often not needing admitting. we are not seeing the large numbers of the elderly, but we are seeing an increase in attendances in the over 65 is and an increase in all respiratory infection diagnosis which is what you would expect in winter and it is part of the issue. we are going to see lots more respiratory virus. we have the issue with blue and therefore we have got vulnerable patients coming into emergency departments and it is inc

emergency care, i have been working closely with the royal couege been working closely with the royal collegen appointed time, just to deal with these problems. we are putting into place measures all the time, the amd measures i place measures all the time, the amd measures i announced place measures all the time, the amd measures i announced yesterday with an extra £2.7 billion of cash for the nhs for winter and then the social care winter plan for today and, especially, the infection control in social care to help protect people because, of course, as we well know, some of the most vulnerable to the disease are in social care. a couple of questions on testing. you spoke about ramping up on testing. you spoke about ramping up testing. how will you make that happen? this is obviously critical and we have all seen, especially this week, the challenges. we are on track to increase the capacity on testing to half a million a day from just over a quarter of a million now and we are doing that by getting more machines into the laboratories and we are installing those as we speak. we hire more peop

the royal college of surgeons has called on the welsh government to create hospitals that will be able health boards take responsibility for making the decisions about who will be treated and when, because they are much closer to those patients, and it's not a decision i think that needs to be made in a health minister past my office here in cardiff. what we are doing is creating within hospitals covid secure creating within hospitals covid secure areas where work can continue free of the risk of coronavirus or people who are suffering from the disease. at the moment, that seems a more effective and efficient way than creating her hospitals for that purpose. the decision continues to be under review. i have to be clear with people in wales — there is no quick way back to providing treatment on the scale and at the speed that we were able to while coronavirus is still with us. an operating theatre which before coronavirus could carry out a procedures a day now, when everything is working, is probably down to three procedures a day because of the way in which operating theatres have to b

the royal college of physicians surveyed its members and said that testing remains an "enormous probleme main headlines you can tell us about? main headlines are that one in15 about? main headlines are that one in 15 dock as i currently not at work because they are either off sick or they are waiting for tests themselves for family members, for covid—19. but as i headline finding. others are but most feel we are ready for a second wave, but two—thirds of hospitals are seeing an increase, and the second wave is happening. what are the biggest challenges for doctors at the moment when preparing for the second wave? i think we have been getting ready to restart the nhs, getting normal services back on—line. we are trying to get ready for winter, and then we have got the second wave coming along. so we have sort of got a three line thing that we have to deal with. getting everybody ready for that is the hardest bit. and do you know how lengthy delays are when waiting for tests and results for doctors? about half of people are getting test within 48 hours, and another half have to wait beyon

julie norman is at the university college london, with wonderful credit on the lavant, but she joins us now on the battle worry al in washington. -- the battle royaleshington. the twothis weekend, as candidates adapt and adjust to a debate four days away. right, so there is obviously a lot that is going to be going on this weekend. we expect tomorrow that trump will announce the next supreme court nominee, and that will set off a quite partisan battle in washington moving into the week of the debate, was really both parties trying to double down a lot of the key issues that will resonate for their voters. a lot of that coming on the backdrop of trump's recent comments this week about a potential non-peaceful transfer of power after the election. all of that is going to be on the table going into the debate. tom: forget about changing somebody's vote, just going after the undecideds versus getting the turn out of your base. weigh that balance right now. julie: this is going to be a challenge for both parties. right now, trump continuously has had a very strong following of his base, but trying to get other people beyond that into his coalition has b

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royal botanic gardens at kew. they say there aren't enough flowers to keep all honey bees fed. a new study by imperial collegecan be much worse, but covesity is a piece of research that we've carried out at imperial college that has shown that actually there is worse obesity because of covid. brixton has been selected as one of four locations around the country to install a special post box to mark black history month. this box in acre lane, was chosen for its proximity to the black cultural archives. each box feature a figure of significance to the black community. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube — a good service across all lines. in barking — it's very slow on the a13 into town approaching the beckton roundabout. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. one or two mist and fog patches around this morning, particularly towards the north of london and out into the home counties. elsewhere, we should get a bright start with a bit of sunshine but the end of the day is going to be different to the start. cloud increasing this morning and then the rain arriving through the afte