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 this

morning a country struggling to breathe

india registers a record-breaking number

of new coronavirus cases for a fifth day

in a row

questions grow for the prime minister

about the refurbishment of his downing

street flat as

labour demands a formal inquiry

a very good morning from the england

scotland border open for non-essential

travel for the first time since

christmas

what does it mean for hotels hospitality

and those hoping

to get hitched here in gretna manchester

city win the league cup for a fourth

year in a row and it all happened

in front of 8 000 spectators at wembley

the sport gradually welcomes the fans

back

it was a good night for the brits at the

oscars as anthony hopkins and daniel

kaluya take home big prizes

we've got celebrate life man we're

breathing we're walking it's incredible

it's incredible like it's incredible my

mum met my dad

they had sex it's amazing like i'm

saying i'm here

but nomad land scoops best picture best

director and best actress for francis

mcdormand

good morning the weather this week's

turning more unsettled with eventually

all of us

seeing some rain today the rain's in the

northern half of the country

drier and brighter in the southern half

i'll have all the details

in about 10 minutes or so

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good morning it's monday it's the 26th

of april top story for you this morning

india has recorded another global record

of new coronavirus cases for a fifth day

running

with more than 352 000 infections

reported in the last 24

hours hospitals in delhi have completely

run out of beds and some are missing

critical supplies

including oxygen the uk along with

others is now sending medical aid to the

country

our india correspondent yogis

the capital is being ravaged at a

frightening speed

with every fire that burns india's

self-belief

is dying

each funeral is a story of personal loss

and national shame charanjeev malotra

has been helping to cremate the dead for

decades

now he barely ever stops working

i've never seen such a terrifying

situation i can't believe that we're in

the capital of india

people aren't getting oxygen and they're

dying like animals

organizing oxygen for the hospital she

works in

nothing nothing is being done i don't

know government is sleeping or what they

are doing i

am totally disheartened in the situation

which i am seeing

government is a literal failure a person

cannot live

here in a person cannot even die

peacefully in delhi

she's waiting to cremate her grandfather

who died

she says because there wasn't enough

oxygen

this small hospital in north delhi is

facing a daily struggle

man we have been spending sleepless

nights since last one week

i mean at times we feel like crying

because we are not able to help the

patient properly every day this is the

same scenario we are left only with two

hours of of the year three hours

and so families are being told to

organize oxygen

at one medical shop we found people with

empty cylinders

waiting to buy their own supply for

loved ones

who urgently need it

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for many here the government's promises

of rushing in

oxygen are coming too late families left

asking why something so

basic is unavailable every crematorium

we've been to we've seen body after body

being brought

in it's hard for anyone to keep count

but what workers

have been telling me is that the real

scale of deaths caused by covet 19 in

india

is a lot higher than what official

numbers

reflect and a lot of those who've died

right now

have done so because they couldn't get

oxygen

even young people are dying it's a very

bad situation

if it keeps getting worse we'll have to

burn bodies by the side of the road

he says

there is a sense of abandonment in this

country

citizens are stepping up to do what a

government should

left to fight a vicious pandemic on

their own yogurt

bbc news delhi

the uk's most senior civil servant will

be questioned by mps later on lobbying

rules

simon case is also expected to be asked

about allegations of impropriety made

against the prime minister

by his former advisor dominic cummings

meanwhile labour has written to the

electoral commission to demand a formal

inquiry into the funding of

refurbishments to boris johnston's

downing street flat

our political correspondent in watson

has this report

when dominic cummings left downing

street last year summon government

worried about what secrets might emerge

from that box he's now claimed that

boris johnson planned to ask

conservative donors to pay for the

refurbishment

of the downing street flat and that this

was unethical

labour plans to keep up the pressure in

number 10 their lawyers have written to

the party of political watchdog

the electoral commission they say

following dominic cummings claims

it's now incontrovertibly in the public

interest that the electoral commission

commends a formal

investigation the commission says it's

still gathering information

and downing street says electoral laws

haven't been broken and no codes of

conduct have been breached

labour is seeking to broaden their

attack by demanding the publication of

all contacts and links

between ministers and firms given

government contracts during the covert

crisis

the government said that while contracts

had been awarded at speed

due diligence was carried out but

ministers had no role in awarding them

and today a committee of mps will

question the country's top civil servant

about another of dominic cummings

allegations

simon case was due to talk about

lobbying rules

but will now also be asked about the

claim that the prime minister considered

halting a leak inquiry

in case it put a friend of his fiancee

carrie simons in the frame

down street had said that this is

absolutely false

and now that he's out of downing street

dominic cummings seems keen

for others to join him ian watson bbc

news

around half a million 44 year olds in

england will be invited to book their

first dose of a corona

coronavirus vaccine from today 40 to 43

roles are expected to follow later this

week

it comes as a new tv ad campaign is

being launched to encourage

all under 50s across the uk to say yes

when they are offered

a shot it's important to remember that

younger people are still at risk

of getting covered they're still at risk

of severe disease

and of course we know there are other

side effects such as long covet

that can be a consequence of this virus

so it's really crucial that everybody is

vaccinated

when you get your text make your booking

come forward

get the jab protect yourself protect

others

now scotland will see the biggest easing

of restrictions today since it went into

nationwide lockdown more than four

months ago

shops bars and restaurants are reopening

and people can travel across the border

for non-essential travel

our scotland correspondent alexandra

mckenzie is at a pub outside glasgow

forest this morning

it's a big day isn't it morning

good morning yes it is a very big day

there's quite a lot happening in

scotland today

things are going to feel much more

normal

from today hospitality like here is

going to open up and

there will be some restrictions but

scotland is the only place in the uk

where you're going to be able to have a

meal inside

but you can't have alcohol inside and

closing

will be early at 8 00 pm but if you want

to have a drink or have a drink with

your meal

you can come to a beer garden like this

one there will be

one meter social distancing you can see

the tables are

quite spread out here and you everyone

will have to

give their contact details and there's a

new app that you can download

onto your phone it's called check in

scotland and you can meet in slightly

larger groups from today

if you're outside like here in the beer

garden you can meet with

up to six people and that's with up to

six different households if you are

inside you can still meet with

up to six people but that's going to be

with only

two households and another big thing

that's going to happen

today that's going to be retail is

opening so if you want to hit the shops

you can do that from today

also if you want to go to the gym you

can

do that from today and you can also

go to the beauty parlor as well if

you're needing anything done so

a lot of things happening from today

here in scotland

with us throughout the morning alexandra

thank you very much

and hospitality venues in wales can

start serving people outside from this

morning as well

organized outdoor activities will also

be allowed for up to 30 people

as well as outdoor wedding receptions

for the same

number the former chief executive of the

post office has said she is truly sorry

for the suffering cause to

subpost masters who were wrongly

convicted of criminal offences

reverend paula reynolds issued the

apology as she announced she would be

stepping back from her public roles as

well as her regular church duties in the

wake

of the scandal on friday judges quashed

the convictions

of 39 former subpostmasters

who due to an i.t flaw had wrongfully

been found guilty

of theft and fraud ten fire engines are

dealing with a huge blaze on marston

moore near huddersfield in west

yorkshire

the flames are covering an area

equivalent to five football pitches

two specialist wildfire units have also

been sent to the scene there

this comes about two years to the day

since the devastating fire destroyed

over 700 hectares of land in the same 

area