vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ated today that in dealing with the pandemic, his government has at all times followed the scientific advice. our health editor hugh pym looks at what we learned from dominic cummings today, about the scientific and health assessments that were available to the prime minister through the crisis. some will contest it, but today's dramatic evidence shines new light on the government's handling of the biggest peacetime crisis in modern times. dominic cummings' account of the first covid wave in 2020 is highly critical of ministers and officials. british people back from wuhan in china were quarantined in late january, but until the end of february, he said, there was no attempt to get on a war footing. some key players even took skiing holidays. all this as italian hospitals were being overrun with seriously ill covid patients. mr cummings argues there should have been tough restrictions by early march. but big sporting events like the cheltenham racing festival went ahead. he said expert

our deputy political editor vicky young reports.all been told to stay at home, but dominic cummings didn't. he, in fact, travelled to his parents' home in durham. before setting off, he was seen rushing out of downing street after discovering his wife had covid. weeks later, in the rose garden at downing street, he was forced to explain. i was worried that if my wife and i were both seriously ill, possibly hospitalised, there was nobody in london that we could reasonably ask to look after our child and expose themselves to covid. but today he revealed another version of events. my wife called saying, "there's a gang of people outside saying they're going to break into the house and kill everybody inside." so it was actually repeated security threats which prompted the move to durham. but when the story erupted, mr cummings decided not to mention that. now, at this point i madejust a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake, which i'm extremely sorry about. so i ended up giving the whole rose garden thing where what i said was true, but

vicki young, many thanks. let's take a look at the latest government covid figures.coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period — which means that on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 2,211. the latest daily figure for the number of people across the uk in hospital with coronavirus is 932. seven deaths were reported in the latest 2a hour period, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, nine deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 127,691. as for the vaccination programme — the number of people who have had a firstjab has risen above 36.8 million, and more than 20.5 million people have had both doses. one of the most significant factors in developing severe covid—19 is being overweight. the scale of the public health challenge has become clear today as figures from the nhs revealed that in the year before the pandemic, there were more than a million hospital admissions in england related to obesity. 0ur health correspond

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. let's now look at the latest data on coronavirus.d in the past 2a hours, with 11 deaths recorded — all of them in england. more than 35.7 million people have now had their first dose of a vaccine. that's over 67% of the uk's adult population. from 7am tomorrow, 38 and 39—year—olds will be able to go online to book their firstjabs. almost 18.5 million people have now had both jabs, so 35% of all adults are now fully vaccinated. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is here. the variant first identified in india is of increasing concern says the prime minister today? yes, b.i.617.2, yes, b.i.6i7.2, one of three indian variants, and there have been more than 5000 cases identified in the uk, a sharp rise over the previous week, and a lot in the bolton area and many of those linked to travel back from india before it was put on the red list for hotel quarantine. we know it is at least as transmissible as the kent variant which is the dominant version of coronavirus in the uk and the key question is, will it render vaccines ineffective? it doesn

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is here. identified in india and said it was of increasing concern? , , ., ., ., concern? yes, this variant of concern. _ concern? yes, this variant of concern. new _ concern? yes, this variant of concern, now more - concern? yes, this variant of concern, now more than - concern? yes, this variant ofj concern, now more than 500 concern? yes, this variant of - concern, now more than 500 cases identified _ concern, now more than 500 cases identified in_ concern, now more than 500 cases identified in the uk, many in the bolton _ identified in the uk, many in the bolton area, and many linked to travel_ bolton area, and many linked to travel for— bolton area, and many linked to travel for india before it was put on the _ travel for india before it was put on the red — travel for india before it was put on the red list for hotel quarantine. we know it is at least as transmittable as the kent variant, _ as transmittable as the kent variant, the dominant variant here, but the _ variant, the dominant v

vicky young at westminster. covid infections remain low with 2,193 in the past 24 hours, with 17 deaths recorded. looking at vaccinations, more than 36 million people have now had their first dose of a vaccine. that's 68.6% of the uk's adult population. more than 19.3 million have had both jabs, so that's nearly 37% of all adults now fully vaccinated. i'm joined now by our medical editor fergus walsh. so overall infections are very low, but the concern about the new variant is about how transmissible it is? that is right. we are in a much better place than we were at christmas when the kent variant swept in because we now have the vaccine and it is breaking the link between cases on the one hand and deaths on the other. 0nce between cases on the one hand and deaths on the other. once people are fully immunised, even if they get reinfected, they are unlikely to get seriously ill. it is thought that still holds true for the new indian variant. nearly all the over 50s have had at least one dose of vaccine and by cu

here's our deputy political editor vicky young. home in durham. before setting off, he was seen rushing out of downing street after discovering his wife had covid. weeks later, in the rose garden at downing street, he was forced to explain. i was worried that if my wife and i were both seriously ill, possibly hospitalised, there was nobody in london that we could reasonably ask to look after our child and expose themselves to covid. but today he revealed another version of events. my wife called saying, "there's a gang of people outside saying they're going to break into the house and kill everybody inside." so it was actually repeated security threats which prompted the move to durham. but when the story erupted, mr cummings decided not to mention that. now, at this point i madejust a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake, which i'm extremely sorry about. so i ended up giving the whole rose garden thing where what i said was true, but we left out a kind of crucial part of it all. and just the whole thing was a complete disaster, an

vicki young would _ we will be talking about. vicki young would like _ we will be talking about.starmer has got to— some are saying no, keir starmer has got to ditch _ some are saying no, keir starmer has got to ditch that and do something different — got to ditch that and do something different. are you clear what the message — different. are you clear what the message is going to be from now on in? bf— message is going to be from now on in? : :, , message is going to be from now on in? . :, , . message is going to be from now on in? _, , . ., in? of course, the pandemic and covid-19 has _ in? of course, the pandemic and covid-19 has had _ in? of course, the pandemic and covid-19 has had an _ in? of course, the pandemic and covid-19 has had an impact - in? of course, the pandemic and covid-19 has had an impact but i | covid—19 has had an impact but i will not pretend the problems within the labour party do not run a lot deeper than that. there is a sense people are willing to talk to us now, they are much warmer on the doorsteps than they were. we have a long journey ahead in wi

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ek we saw they were able to write out a number of political storms, how do we assess this when? number of political storms, how do we assess this when? is number of political storms, how do we assess this when?— number of political storms, how do we assess this when? is the kind of indictment that _ we assess this when? is the kind of indictment that if _ we assess this when? is the kind of indictment that if we _ we assess this when? is the kind of indictment that if we just _ we assess this when? is the kind of indictment that if we just finish - indictment that if we just finish off any normal government prime minister, the evidence suggests that borisjohnson may minister, the evidence suggests that boris johnson may write this minister, the evidence suggests that borisjohnson may write this one out as well. for two reasons, really. the first is this is a profoundly polarised country where people have made up their minds about boris johnson and about 50% of the country think borisjo

here's our deputy political editor vicki young.d all been told to stay at home, but dominic cummings didn't. he in fact travelled to his parents' home in durham. before setting off, he was seen rushing out of downing street after discovering his wife had covid. weeks later, in the rose garden at downing street, he was forced to explain. i was worried that if my wife and i were both seriously ill, possibly hospitalised, there was nobody in london that we could reasonably ask to look after our child and expose themselves to covid. but today he revealed another version of events. my wife called saying, "there's a gang of people outside saying they're going to break into the house and kill everybody inside." so, it was actually repeated security threats which prompted the move to durham. but when the story erupted, mr cummings decided not to mention that. now, at this point i madejust a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake, which i'm extremely sorry about. so, i ended up giving the whole rose garden thing where what i said was true, bu

hello this is bbc news with vicki young.eadlines: nicola sturgeon warns the westminster government against using legal arguments to prevent a second independence referendum after a fourth consecutive victory for the snp. the labour leader sir keir starmer is preparing to reshuffle his team after the party's disappointing performance in the elections — he's already sacked his deputy angela rayner. police are granted more time to question a man arrested in connection with the murder of community support officerjulia james. disruption continues on some of britain's busiest rail lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show, we'll be finding out how tech could change the way we all travel in the future. glastonbury gears up for another online festival. and saving an underwater super plant in spain. and mike goes for a gentle afternoon bike ride in nairobi. this is a little bit crazy! hello and welcome to the travel show, with me, ade adepitan

we can talk now to our deputy political editor vicki young, who is at westminster for us.avel advice. basically it seems there is mounting criticism about there is mounting criticism about the messaging. t there is mounting criticism about the messaging-— the messaging. i think the government _ the messaging. i think the government has _ the messaging. i think the government has realised i the messaging. i think the| government has realised it the messaging. i think the - government has realised it has the messaging. i think the _ government has realised it has some explaining to do around all of this. the so—called traffic light system for international travel. you will remember if you go to big green country such as portugal, one of the view, you don't have to quarantine on your return but if you go to a number country, most other eu countries, you have to do 10 days in isolation but it is the reason why you can go to those countries that seems to be confusing even government ministers themselves. the day started with a cabinet minister saying you could go to an amber co

hello this is bbc news with vicki young. headlines: the labour leader sir keir starmer is preparing to reshuffle his team after the party's disappointing performance in the elections — he's already sacked his deputy angela rayner. when the leader of the party on friday says he takes full responsibility for the election result in hartlepool in particular and then scapegoats angela rayner, i think many of us feel that was unfair. nicola sturgeon warns the westminster government against using legal arguments to prevent a second independence referendum — after a fourth consecutive victory for the snp. disruption continues on some of britain's busiest rail lines, after small cracks are found in some high—speed trains. now on bbc news, click goes shopping on the high street to see how new tech may get us more interested in visiting retailers and to find out how shops are getting a makeover post covid. this week — bikes. boats. bots. and shops. hey, welcome to click. this week we're going to talk about locking stuff and keeping stu

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.aza into israel. some of them are striking the land inside israel. —— being fired from hamas. in the next half hour, we will get into a question a lot of people are asking. we know the long—standing tensions and divisions between israel and the palestinians, the question people are asking is why at this escalated to such a degree at this moment. we will go through some of the main reasons that had fed into the violence that seeing playing out today into wednesday evening. coming up today into wednesday evening. coming up in the next half hour. i will see you in a few minutes. hello there. the kind of weather we've had today and yesterday and over the last few days is the kind of weather we're going to continue to see over the next few days. the rest of the week will bring further heavy downpours, but some spells of warm sunshine in between. and it is all because of low pressure still sitting overhead providing those showers or even longer spells of rain at times. this little frontal sy

vicki young, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster.controversial? what still has to be ironed out that may cause the government problems, do you think? cause the government problems, do ou think? ~ . , cause the government problems, do ou think? ~ ., , ., you think? well as we heard in the re orts, you think? well as we heard in the reports. the _ you think? well as we heard in the reports, the timing _ you think? well as we heard in the reports, the timing is _ you think? well as we heard in the reports, the timing is the - you think? well as we heard in the reports, the timing is the most - reports, the timing is the most controversial factor at this stage, bill, seems the government and the prime minister has made up his mind that it prime minister has made up his mind thatitis prime minister has made up his mind that it is going to be spring of next year before this inquiry properly gets under way. sir kier starmer was trying to clarify whether that would be preparatory work or the actual hearings starting time and seem from borisj

i'm vicki young. our top stories. the labour leader sir keir starmer is preparing to reshuffle his team after the party's disappointing performance in the elections. he's already sacked his deputy angela rayner. the leader of the party on friday says he takes full responsibility for the election result in hartlepool, in particular, and then scapegoats angie rayner. i think many of us feel that was unfair. nicola sturgeon and the snp win a historic fourth term, as the party sets its sights on a second referendum on scottish independence. there is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for borisjohnson or indeed for anyone else seeking to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. ofa of a priority at the moment is not court _ of a priority at the moment is not court cases. — of a priority at the moment is not court cases, it's not independence legislation, — court cases, it's not independence legislation, it is recovering from the pandemic. labour did win a number of the mayoral contes

i'm vicki young. our top stories.nk many of us feel that was unfair. nicola sturgeon and the snp win a historic fourth term, as the party sets its sights on a second referendum on scottish independence. there is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for borisjohnson or indeed for anyone else seeking to block the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future.

let's get the picture on the contests across england and talk to our deputy political editor, vicki youngif the elections tomorrow across england are about the conservatives effectively trying to scatter to the four winds the bricks of this fabled red wall that have been scattered all over the ground since 2019, and labour trying to desperately redirect this red wall, is that really what we're talking about with these elections? i really what we're talking about with these elections?— these elections? i think there will be an awful _ these elections? i think there will be an awful lot _ these elections? i think there will be an awful lot of— these elections? i think there will be an awful lot of focus _ these elections? i think there will be an awful lot of focus on - these elections? i think there will be an awful lot of focus on those l be an awful lot of focus on those areas that the conservatives won in 2019 general election. there is no doubt about that. and this will be a matter of whether the conservatives are consolidating that, was itjust are consolidating that, was itjust a blip

vicki young is here with all the latest reaction from westminster.ta is at her touchscreen — to bring you each and every result. we have had a host of results from the english councils including in staffordshire cannock chase which has gone from no overall control to conservative, continuing the theme of a strong conservative performance in england. about two thirds of the way through that the council results are lots more to come including some close mayoral contests. fiur are lots more to come including some close mayoral contests.— close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence _ close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are _ close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at _ close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at all— close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at all the - close mayoral contests. our team of correspondence are at all the key . correspondence are at all the key contests. and professor sirjohn curtice — as always — will be crunching the numbers and identifying the key political t

so the gerrymandering has been going on there, going back to when me and vicky were young enough to beng back a long time. this is going on since ann richards. >> cluck, don't age vicky with you. and looking at the count of the new census, part of the trump administration push to include the citizenship question. projected population growth was lower than expected in arizona, florida, and texas. when i say arizona, florida and texas, all of our ears perk up because these are states with growing latino populations. vicky, what are the political consequences, if in fact these communities were undercounted. >> this is so serious, alicia. and it was the perfect storm, right? we saw from the outset the trump administration wanting to include the citizenship question. and that got a lot of people in our community scared. i think that probably had a very significant effect. and we had the pandemic, a delay in the schedule of getting out the census, and then an early end, and we saw not enough resources going to get communities of color to answer the census, and all of these things together re

investigative and consumer correspondent vicky nguyen is here with more on how asian-americans are experiencing with a new wave of activism with pretty inspiring young for many, it is the first time so what is behind this shift this morning we want you to meet some of the emerging leaders in a new movement for change. >> we are furious. >> south-asian hate, enough is enough. >> reporter: from new york to los angeles, houston to chicago, rallies to stop asian hate filling streets across the country. the aapi community activating after a string of unprovoked attacks targeting asian-americans. >> we have to stand up for our parents, for their grandparents. >> reporter: and a new generation is leading the way. >> thank you so much for coming out today and supporting this cause. >> reporter: ashlyn is just 13 but already using her voice. turning her focus from fashion design to stopping asian hate, after seeing attacking on elders in her san francisco area community. >> like the black lives matter protest, i told my mom i wanted to do a rally. she said, okay that's how i became an accidental activist. >> reporter: ashlyn's mom angela wu was born in hong

our deputy political editor vicki young is keeping me company in the studio. there has been a lot of analysis of what went wrong in the 2019, many people blamejeremy corbyn and his leadership, saying it fractured the relationship with many traditional seats, fractured the relationship with many traditionalseats, but fractured the relationship with many traditional seats, but now it is how you rebuild that, one labour source saying we had to change or else we are on the precipice of never being relevant again. relevant or irrelevant has come up a lot, many labour mps say they do not have anything to say to the electorate. they understand that sir keir starmer's first year was really to talk about being under different management, now it is what happens next when it comes to policy and there is a fear among some labour mps that you will have to upset some party members and say things they will not like. they need to understand why people vote for boris johnson, many of them cannot understand that and until they do they cannot come up with the policies that will

nbc's vicky wynn talked to some of these people. what are you hearing from younge in their community? >> good to be with you. i am hearing they are sick and tired of being obedient, of being told to keep their head down and be quiet. you know what they are doing? they are harnessing social media. the platforms that are out, this wasn't available to you and me growing up. it's really inspiring to see how these young people are using social media to amplify their message. >> we are furious. >> stop asian hate. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: from new york to los angeles, houston to chicago, rallies to stop asian hate filling streets across the country. the aapi community activating after a string of unprovoked attacked targeting asian-americans. >> we have to stand up for our parents, for their grandparents. >> reporter: a new generation is leading the way. >> thank you for coming out here today and supporting this cause. >> reporter: ashlynn is using her voice. turning her focus from fashion design to stopping asian hate after seeing attacks on elders in her san

getting the shot as the number of young people inoculated is actually starting to ramp up kron four's rob fladeboe has that story. now live from san jose force iraq. >> hi, vicki, greg. yeah, that's a very busy day here at this a vaccination site in san jose run by stanford children's health when the day began, i was told that they had about 400 scheduled appointments for the newly eligible but that when the day was over, those actually closer to 500 who got the vaccine. let's take a closer look. >> young >> people ages 12 to 17 are now getting vaccinated against covid-19 at clinics across the bay area. this drive-thru clinic in a cisco systems parking garage san jose is run by stanford children's health. the cdc gave final approval on the use of the pfizer vaccine for kids in this age group on wednesday among the first in line, 14 year-old to look and 12 year-old willow boss to sisters from menlo park who are thrilled to get the vaccine and are feeling pretty good. but what that means to them, their families and friends. i was definitely looking forward to this because i'm graduating 8th grade in about a month. >> and i'm very, very excited to be able to spen

it's the people on the ground, often young, asian americans shocked and horrified by the violence that are making a big difference. let's bring in vickythe story from the beginning. this new generation of activists has been pretty inspiring. >> absolutely inspiring and uplifting. as difficult and infuriaing as it has been out of the dark comes light. it is a new generation of activists using their voices, seeking value darety -- slashed, beaten, even killed in broad daylight began flooding social media. >> will you help us? >> reporter: the #stopasianhate prompted new attention. >> to see people like my parents who have given their lives to this country, and to see that this is the reward for their hard work, for putting their heads down and believing in the american dream is hard. ♪♪ >> reporter: a new generation rising up. >> stop asian hate. >> reporter: high school students organizing for the first time. >> enough is enough. we have to stop this. >> the people that were being attacked looked like people that could be in my family or my relatives. >> hear about racism. we hear about a lot of hate in the news. then it's your communi

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vicki liviakis jonathan, thanks very much. here's what's coming up next on kron, 4 news at 9. >> just a horrible story. you're talking about a celebratory evening. suddenly that turns tragic and deadly to youngere killed. at least 5 others have been injured after a party bus. the shot up in the east bay remembering some of the victims tonight we're hearing from one of the victims. father's plus a dr ught emergency declared in lorain county. coming up, the water board explains why the situation is so dire. >> and with the declaration actually means those stories and much mor >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at noon. feeling or 2. that one for pair. >> theirs to lose when your kids. >> tonight at 9, a birthday party in the east bay turned suddenly into a soul crushing tragedy. 2 teenagers are dead, 5 others are injured after a pair of shooters opened fire on a party bus in oakland. good evening, everybody. thank you for being with us on kron. 4 news at 9. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. the chp says this. >> began shor a