news--2020-04-27--Coronavirus: F1 chief confident season can start in July despite COVID-19

Formula One is planning to start its 2020 season on 5 July in Austria - despite news of the French Grand Prix becoming the 10th race this year to be postponed or cancelled .
The decision to cancel the Circuit Paul Ricard event on 28 June follows an announcement by president Emmanuel Macron to ban mass gatherings in the country until at least mid-July due to the coronavirus pandemic .
However , F1 chief Chase Carey is optimistic about beginning the campaign a week later at Austria 's Red Bull Ring and holding between 15 and 18 races before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Although this morning it was announced that the French Grand Prix , due to take place in late June , will not be going ahead , we are now increasingly confident with the progress of our plans to begin our season this summer , '' he said on the F1 website .
`` We 're targeting a start to racing in Europe through July , August and beginning of September , with the first race taking place in Austria on 3-5 July weekend .
`` We will publish our finalised calendar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All of our plans are obviously subject to change as we still have many issues to address and all of us are subject to the unknowns of the virus .
: : Listen to Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker '' We expect the early races to be without fans but hope fans will be part of our events as we move further into the schedule .
`` The health and safety of all involved will continue to be priority one and we will only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have reliable procedures to address both risks and possible issues . ''
For the moment , the British Grand Prix will go ahead on 19 July but Silverstone 's owners said that a race `` under normal conditions is just not going to be possible '' in announcing a decision to keep supporters away .
So far three Grands Prix have been cancelled - Australian , Monaco , French - and seven postponed - Bahrain , Vietnamese , Chinese , Dutch , Spanish , Azerbaijan , and Canadian .
Meanwhile , Arsenal have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first team players for individual training as the Premier League club continued to observe social distancing protocols .
The players trained separately while keeping their distance from each other on the pitch .
The Premier League has been suspended until at least 30 April while lockdown measures are in place until at least 7 May , when the government is set to review the current restrictions .
Clubs expect to return to full training next month while Sky Sports reported the league is looking at a potential restart in June with an eye @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fixtures in July - all behind closed doors .

Formula One is planning to start its 2020 season on 5 July in Austria - despite news of the French Grand Prix becoming the 10th race this year to be postponed or cancelled.
The decision to cancel the Circuit Paul Ricard event on 28 June follows an announcement by president Emmanuel Macron to ban mass gatherings in the country until at least mid-July due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, F1 chief Chase Carey is optimistic about beginning the campaign a week later at Austria's Red Bull Ring and holding between 15 and 18 races before the final event in Abu Dhabi in December.
"Although this morning it was announced that the French Grand Prix, due to take place in late June, will not be going ahead, we are now increasingly confident with the progress of our plans to begin our season this summer," he said on the F1 website.
"We're targeting a start to racing in Europe through July, August and beginning of September, with the first race taking place in Austria on 3-5 July weekend.
"We will publish our finalised calendar as soon as we possibly can. All of our plans are obviously subject to change as we still have many issues to address and all of us are subject to the unknowns of the virus.
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"We expect the early races to be without fans but hope fans will be part of our events as we move further into the schedule.
"The health and safety of all involved will continue to be priority one and we will only go forward if we are confident we have reliable procedures to address both risks and possible issues."
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For the moment, the British Grand Prix will go ahead on 19 July but Silverstone's owners said that a race "under normal conditions is just not going to be possible" in announcing a decision to keep supporters away.
So far three Grands Prix have been cancelled - Australian, Monaco, French - and seven postponed - Bahrain, Vietnamese, Chinese, Dutch, Spanish, Azerbaijan, and Canadian.
Image: Arsenal players have returned to training under strict social distancing rules
Meanwhile, Arsenal have reopened their London Colney training ground to first team players for individual training as the Premier League club continued to observe social distancing protocols.
The players trained separately while keeping their distance from each other on the pitch.
The Premier League has been suspended until at least 30 April while lockdown measures are in place until at least 7 May, when the government is set to review the current restrictions.
Clubs expect to return to full training next month while Sky Sports reported the league is looking at a potential restart in June with an eye on finishing the remaining nine rounds of fixtures in July - all behind closed doors.


news--2020-06-04--BAFTA TV Awards 2020: The full list of nominations

BAFTA have announced their nominations for the best of British TV 2019 .
Despite the ceremony being postponed due to coronavirus , the annual celebration of television will go ahead in July , albeit with a virtual ceremony .
Sky Original mini-series Chernobyl leads the way by a hefty measure , with Netflix 's The Crown and BBC 3 's Fleabag following suit .
Here are all the stars and shows up for an award across 25 categories : Naomi Ackie , The End of the F***ing World - Channel 4 Lee Mack , Would I Lie to You - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World - Channel 4 The Left Behind - BBC Three When They See Us - Netflix The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan - BBC Two David Harewood : Psychosis And Me - BBC Two The Last Survivors - BBC Two Our Dementia Choir With Vicky McClure - BBC One Race Across The World - BBC Two 8 Days : To The Moon And Back - BBC Two Seven Worlds , One Planet - BBC One Victoria Derbyshire : Men Who Lost Loved Ones To Knife Crime - BBC News/BBC Two Anywhere But Westminster - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chronicle - BBC Four : : Listen to the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker Must-see moment ( voted for by the public ) Gavin and Stacey , Nessa proposes to Smithy - BBC One The virtual TV BAFTA ceremony will take place on the 31 July , hosted by Richard Ayoade and broadcast on the BBC One .

BAFTA have announced their nominations for the best of British TV 2019.
Despite the ceremony being postponed due to coronavirus, the annual celebration of television will go ahead in July, albeit with a virtual ceremony.
Image: Chernobyl picked up the majority of nods. Pic: Sky Atlantic/HBO
Sky Original mini-series Chernobyl leads the way by a hefty measure, with Netflix's The Crown and BBC 3's Fleabag following suit.
Here are all the stars and shows up for an award across 25 categories:
Leading actress
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve - BBC One
Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth is Missing - BBC One
Suranne Jones, Gentleman Jack - BBC One
Samantha Morton, I Am Kirsty - Channel 4
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Image: Stephen Graham in The Virtues. Pic: Channel 4
Leading actor
Jared Harris, Chernobyl - Sky Atlantic
Stephen Graham, The Virtues - Channel 4
Takehiro Hira, Giri/Haji - BBC Two
Callum Turner, The Capture - BBC One
Image: Helena Bonham Carter got a nod for her Princess Margaret turn. Pic: Netflix
Supporting actress
Naomi Ackie, The End of the F***ing World - Channel 4
Helen Behan, The Virtues - Channel 4
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown - Netflix
Jasmine Jobson, Top Boy - Netflix
Image: Stellan Skarsgard is up for best supporting actor
Supporting actor
Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl - Sky Atlantic
Joe Absolom, A Confession - ITV
Josh O'Connor, The Crown - Netflix
Will Sharpe, Giri/Haji - BBC Two
Entertainment performance
Frankie Boyle, Frankie Boyle's New World Order - BBC Two
Mo Gilligan, The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan - Channel 4
Lee Mack, Would I Lie to You - BBC One
Graham Norton, The Graham Norton Show - BBC One
Male performance in a comedy programme
Jamie Demetriou, Stath Lets Flats - Channel 4
Ncuti Gatwa, Sex Education - Netflix
Youssef Kerkour, Home - Channel 4
Guz Khan, Man Like Mobeen - BBC Three
Image: Phoebe Waller Bridge - creator and star of Fleabag. Pic: BBC
Female performance in a comedy programme
Sarah Kendall, Frayed - Sky One
Sian Clifford, Fleabag - BBC Three
Gbemisola Ikumelo, Famalam - BBC Three
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag - BBC Three
Drama series
The Crown - Netflix
The End Of The F***Ing World - Channel 4
Gentleman Jack - BBC One
Giri/Haji - BBC Two
Single drama
Brexit: The Uncivil War - Channel 4
Elizabeth Is Missing - BBC One
The Left Behind - BBC Three
Responsible Child - BBC Two
Image: Giri/ Haji spans London and Tokyo. Pic: Netflix
Mini-series
Chernobyl - Sky Atlantic
A Confession - ITV
The Victim - BBC One
The Virtues - Channel 4
Soap and continuing drama
Casualty - BBC One
Coronation Street - ITV
Emmerdale - ITV
Holby City - BBC One
International
Euphoria - Sky Atlantic
Succession - Sky Atlantic
Unbelievable - Netflix
When They See Us - Netflix
Image: His Dark Materials, based on Philip Pullman's novel. Pic: BBC/Bad Wolf/HBO
Entertainment programme
The Greatest Dancer - BBC One
The Rap Game UK - BBC Three
Strictly Come Dancing - BBC One
The Voice UK - ITV
Comedy and comedy entertainment programme
The Graham Norton Show - BBC One
The Last Leg - Channel 4
The Ranganation - BBC Two
Taskmaster - Dave
Scripted comedy
Catastrophe - Channel 4
Derry Girls - Channel 4
Fleabag - BBC Three
Stath Lets Flats - Channel 4
Image: Taskmaster Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne
Features
Joe Lycett's Got Your Back - Channel 4
The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan - BBC Two
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - BBC Two
Snackmasters - Channel 4
Current affairs
Growing up Poor: Britain's Breadline Kids (Dispatches) - Channel 4
The Hunt for Jihadi John - Channel 4
Is Labour Anti-Semitic? (Panorama) - BBC One
Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag (Exposure) - ITV
Single documentary
The Abused - Channel 5
David Harewood: Psychosis And Me - BBC Two
The Family Secret - Channel 4
The Last Survivors - BBC Two
Image: Shone Romulus and Ashley Walters in Top Boy. Pic: Chris Harris/Netflix
Factual series
Crime and Punishment - Channel 4
Don't F**K With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer - Netflix
Leaving Neverland - Channel 4
Our Dementia Choir With Vicky McClure - BBC One
Reality and constructed factual
Celebrity Gogglebox - Channel 4
Harry's Heroes: The Full English - ITV
Race Across The World - BBC Two
RuPaul's Drag Race UK - BBC Three
Image: Sex Education has got four nods. Pic: Netflix
Specialist factual
8 Days: To The Moon And Back - BBC Two
Seven Worlds, One Planet - BBC One
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution - BBC Two
Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story - BBC Four
News coverage
Hong Kong Protests - Sky News
ITV News At Ten: Election Results - ITN/ITV
Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal (Newsnight) - BBC News/BBC Two
Victoria Derbyshire: Men Who Lost Loved Ones To Knife Crime - BBC News/BBC Two
Sport
ICC Cricket World Cup Final - Sky Sports Cricket
2019 Rugby World Cup Final: England v South Africa - ITV
Fifa Women's World Cup 2019 Semi Final: England v USA - BBC One
Wimbledon 2019 Men's Final - BBC One
Image: Richard Ayoade will host the virtual awards ceremony
Live event
Blue Planet Live - BBC One
Election 2019 Live: The Results - ITN/ITV
Glastonbury 2019 - BBC Two
Operation Live - Channel 5
Short-form programme
Anywhere But Westminster - The Guardian
Brain In Gear - BBC iPlayer
Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle - BBC Four
Toni_With_An_I (Born Digital: First Cuts) - BBC Four
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Must-see moment (voted for by the public)
Game of Thrones, Arya kills the Night King - Sky Atlantic
Coronation Street, the death of Sinead Osborne - ITV
Fleabag, Confessional scene - BBC Three
Gavin and Stacey, Nessa proposes to Smithy - BBC One
Line of Duty, John Corbett's death - BBC One
Love Island, Michael recouples after Casa Amor - ITV2
The virtual TV BAFTA ceremony will take place on the 31 July, hosted by Richard Ayoade and broadcast on the BBC One.


news--2020-06-04--Coronavirus: Ask and Zizzi owner explores sale amid downturn

The owner of the ASK Italian and Zizzi restaurant chains is exploring a sale of the company as Britain ’ s hospitality industry battles to survive the effects of the coronavirus pandemic .
Sky News has learnt that advisers to Azzurri Group , which is owned by the private equity firm Bridgepoint , have begun contacting prospective bidders for the business in recent days .
The process is at an early stage , and is said to be only one of the options that Bridgepoint is considering for the future of the company , which employs about 6,000 people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ chain , and in total traded from roughly 300 restaurants prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 .
The entire casual dining sector has been rocked by the virus , with thousands of sites facing permanent closure and potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk .
Sources said that KPMG , which is advising Azzurri , was inviting offers for part or all of the business , which was created in 2015 when Bridgepoint paid £250m for the ASK and Zizzi chains .
While the restaurant industry has been afforded some respite from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scheme , there remains grave uncertainty among executives about its recovery prospects when sites are allowed to reopen .
A combination of weak consumer confidence and restrictive social distancing measures mean that many outlets are unlikely to make money again .
This week , the Wagamama-owning The Restaurant Group told managers it would permanently shut scores of sites , potentially threatening 3,000 jobs , the BBC reported .
In recent weeks , Sky News has revealed that Casual Dining Group , which owns Café Rouge and Bella Italia , was in talks about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sought for the business .
Pizza Express , Prezzo and Wahaca are among the other chains contemplating their financing options , while the burger business , Byron , is using KPMG to undertake a formal sale process .
Meanwhile , Carluccio 's and Chiquitos , which is owned by Restaurant Group , have found themselves unable to avoid insolvency proceedings .
Last month , part of Carluccio 's was salvaged from administration when it was bought by the owner of the Giraffe chain .
The deal saved 30 of its restaurants and about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were lost .

The owner of the ASK Italian and Zizzi restaurant chains is exploring a sale of the company as Britain’s hospitality industry battles to survive the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sky News has learnt that advisers to Azzurri Group, which is owned by the private equity firm Bridgepoint, have begun contacting prospective bidders for the business in recent days.
The process is at an early stage, and is said to be only one of the options that Bridgepoint is considering for the future of the company, which employs about 6,000 people.
Azzurri also owns the Coco di Mama chain, and in total traded from roughly 300 restaurants prior to the outbreak of COVID-19.
The entire casual dining sector has been rocked by the virus, with thousands of sites facing permanent closure and potentially hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk.
Image: Sky News has previously revealed that CDG's franchise restaurant brands faced an uncertain future
Sources said that KPMG, which is advising Azzurri, was inviting offers for part or all of the business, which was created in 2015 when Bridgepoint paid £250m for the ASK and Zizzi chains.
While the restaurant industry has been afforded some respite from the extension of the government's furloughing scheme, there remains grave uncertainty among executives about its recovery prospects when sites are allowed to reopen.
A combination of weak consumer confidence and restrictive social distancing measures mean that many outlets are unlikely to make money again.
This week, the Wagamama-owning The Restaurant Group told managers it would permanently shut scores of sites, potentially threatening 3,000 jobs, the BBC reported.
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In recent weeks, Sky News has revealed that Casual Dining Group, which owns Café Rouge and Bella Italia, was in talks about a restructuring, with offers now being sought for the business.
Pizza Express, Prezzo and Wahaca are among the other chains contemplating their financing options, while the burger business, Byron, is using KPMG to undertake a formal sale process.
Meanwhile, Carluccio's and Chiquitos, which is owned by Restaurant Group, have found themselves unable to avoid insolvency proceedings.
Last month, part of Carluccio's was salvaged from administration when it was bought by the owner of the Giraffe chain.
The deal saved 30 of its restaurants and about 900 jobs, although about 1,000 more were lost.
Bridgepoint and Azzurri declined to comment.


news--2020-06-04--George Floyd death: Meghan speaks out about racism in video message to her former school in LA

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken out about racism after the death of George Floyd , apologising to students of her former high school that they are having to `` grow up in a world where it is still present '' .
Meghan described the 46-year-old 's death in Minneapolis as `` absolutely devastating '' in her recorded video address for their graduation .
Mr Floyd died last week in Minneapolis after police officer Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on his neck for at least eight minutes while arresting him for allegedly using a counterfeit $ 20 note in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Heart , the Los Angeles Catholic school where she studied as a teenager , the duchess said that George Floyd 's life `` mattered '' .
She said she was `` nervous '' about speaking out , but soon realised that `` the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing '' .
`` Because George Floyd 's life mattered and Breonna Taylor 's life mattered and Philando Castile 's life mattered and Tamir Rice 's life mattered , '' she added , referring to other black people killed by police officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` The first thing I want to say to you is that I 'm sorry .
I 'm so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is still present . ''
She said that racism should be a `` history lesson '' for students in 2020 , not their reality , adding : `` I am sorry that in a way we have not gotten the world to the place that you deserve it to be . ''
The duchess , 38 , then recalled growing up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sparked by the arrest of Rodney King .
She said : `` I was 11 or 12 years old and it was the LA Riots , which were also triggered by a senseless act of racism .
`` I remember the curfew and I remember rushing back home and on that drive home , seeing ash fall from the sky and smelling the smoke and seeing the smoke billow out of buildings .
`` I remember seeing men in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles .
I remember pulling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tree , that had always been there , completely charred .
And those memories do n't go away . ''
Meghan , Prince Harry and their one-year-old son Archie moved to California to see out the coronavirus pandemic .
She said that one of her teachers at Immaculate Heart , a woman called Miss Pollia , told her : `` Always remember to put others ' needs above your own fears . ''
`` That has stuck with me throughout my entire life and I have thought about it more in the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
The duchess then called on the students to be `` part of a movement '' saying : `` I know that you know that black lives matter . ''
Meghan urged them to `` come together '' as people did in 1992 , and praised two police bosses - Michigan Sheriff Chris Swanson and Virginia Police Chief William C. Smith - who have expressed their solidarity with protesters .
She asked pupils to `` use their voice '' and vote in the upcoming US election , echoing the words of Mr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to remain peaceful and use the November vote to trigger change .

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken out about racism after the death of George Floyd, apologising to students of her former high school that they are having to "grow up in a world where it is still present".
Meghan described the 46-year-old's death in Minneapolis as "absolutely devastating" in her recorded video address for their graduation.
Mr Floyd died last week in Minneapolis after police officer Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on his neck for at least eight minutes while arresting him for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 note in a shop.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:14 Thousands on London streets to protest racism
Speaking to students of Immaculate Heart, the Los Angeles Catholic school where she studied as a teenager, the duchess said that George Floyd's life "mattered".
She said she was "nervous" about speaking out, but soon realised that "the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing".
"Because George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's life mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered," she added, referring to other black people killed by police officers in America.
Meghan began by saying: "The first thing I want to say to you is that I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is still present."
She said that racism should be a "history lesson" for students in 2020, not their reality, adding: "I am sorry that in a way we have not gotten the world to the place that you deserve it to be."
The duchess, 38, then recalled growing up in Los Angeles during the 1992 riots sparked by the arrest of Rodney King.
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She said: "I was 11 or 12 years old and it was the LA Riots, which were also triggered by a senseless act of racism.
"I remember the curfew and I remember rushing back home and on that drive home, seeing ash fall from the sky and smelling the smoke and seeing the smoke billow out of buildings.
"I remember seeing men in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles. I remember pulling up to the house and seeing the tree, that had always been there, completely charred. And those memories don't go away."
Meghan, Prince Harry and their one-year-old son Archie moved to California to see out the coronavirus pandemic.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:41 John Boyega's passionate speech
She said that one of her teachers at Immaculate Heart, a woman called Miss Pollia, told her: "Always remember to put others' needs above your own fears."
"That has stuck with me throughout my entire life and I have thought about it more in the last week than ever before," she said.
The duchess then called on the students to be "part of a movement" saying: "I know that you know that black lives matter."
Meghan urged them to "come together" as people did in 1992, and praised two police bosses - Michigan Sheriff Chris Swanson and Virginia Police Chief William C. Smith - who have expressed their solidarity with protesters.
She asked pupils to "use their voice" and vote in the upcoming US election, echoing the words of Mr Floyd's brother, who asked protesters to remain peaceful and use the November vote to trigger change.


news--2020-06-04--Coronavirus: We can supply two billion potential vaccine doses, AstraZeneca says

British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says it now has capacity to deliver two billion doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine over the next two years .
The number is twice what the company had originally promised , an increase due to new deals with the Serum Institute of India and two Bill Gates-backed organisations .
AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday that the firm would consider more partnerships over the next few months , with the potential to expand production beyond two billion doses .
It is all , however , dependent on proof a vaccine is effective in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University have been working together on a possible vaccine and are thought to be among the front runners in a global race .
Mr Soriot said he expected to know by August whether the vaccine works , adding : `` We are dependent on the infection rates in the vaccinated group and in the control group in the trials . ''
: : Listen to the Daily podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker There have been concerns raised by scientists that as the number of new cases falls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people in the trials being exposed to the virus might not be enough to prove its effectiveness .
Trials of the vaccine - officially known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - began earlier this year , with an initial phase of testing on 160 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55 .
The study is due to progress to a second and third phase , testing up to 10,260 people and expanding the age of participants to include children and the elderly .
Mr Soriot said : `` You ca n't spend your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ? '
We have to commit .
`` That 's what we do in the industry , we bet on something .
We are completely committed to the vaccine programme to deliver . ''
Some 300 million doses have already been claimed by the US and another 100 million by Britain .
The new deal with the Serum Institute , the world 's largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume , would supply one billion doses to India and low and middle-income countries .
A £750m deal with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda , would see a further 300 million doses distributed around the world .
Some 300 million more doses would be kept as spare capacity , Mr Soriot said .
So far , COVID-19 , the illness caused by the coronavirus , has killed almost 400,000 people worldwide , around 40,000 of them in the UK .

British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says it now has capacity to deliver two billion doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine over the next two years.
The number is twice what the company had originally promised, an increase due to new deals with the Serum Institute of India and two Bill Gates-backed organisations.
AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said on Thursday that the firm would consider more partnerships over the next few months, with the potential to expand production beyond two billion doses.
Image: Pascal Soriot says the company will know by August if the vaccine works
It is all, however, dependent on proof a vaccine is effective in protecting against coronavirus.
AstraZeneca and Oxford University have been working together on a possible vaccine and are thought to be among the front runners in a global race.
Mr Soriot said he expected to know by August whether the vaccine works, adding: "We are dependent on the infection rates in the vaccinated group and in the control group in the trials."
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There have been concerns raised by scientists that as the number of new cases falls in the UK, the number of people in the trials being exposed to the virus might not be enough to prove its effectiveness.
Trials of the vaccine - officially known as ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 - began earlier this year, with an initial phase of testing on 160 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55.
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The study is due to progress to a second and third phase, testing up to 10,260 people and expanding the age of participants to include children and the elderly.
Mr Soriot said: "You can't spend your time wondering 'is it going to work?' We have to commit.
"That's what we do in the industry, we bet on something. We are completely committed to the vaccine programme
to deliver."
Some 300 million doses have already been claimed by the US and another 100 million by Britain.
The new deal with the Serum Institute, the world's largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume, would supply one billion doses to India and low and middle-income countries.
A £750m deal with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and GAVI vaccines alliance, both created by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, would see a further 300 million doses distributed around the world.
Some 300 million more doses would be kept as spare capacity, Mr Soriot said.
So far, COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, has killed almost 400,000 people worldwide, around 40,000 of them in the UK.


news--2020-06-03--After the Pandemic: Bring back the 'old normal' says author Lionel Shriver

The coronavirus pandemic has killed tens of thousands and forced people across the world to re-evaluate what they think is really important .
Sky News has been canvassing opinion on what will happen in the future .
Here , award-winning author Lionel Shriver explains why she thinks the countrywide lockdown should never have happened and the sooner things get back to how they were before , the better .
No expression sends a chill down my spine like `` the new normal '' .
By inference , we 're going to permit a pandemic with relatively mild lethality , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to utterly transform our daily lives until the end of time - and largely for the worse .
If we end up conducting more jobs efficiently from home , fine .
If we become more independent from a constrained China , even better .
Otherwise , I read that we ca n't have high-rises anymore ( so what are we going to do , blow them up ? )
.
We ca n't have public transport anymore .
We ca n't fly anymore .
We 're to expect that we will never again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homes , never again eat out in financially viable restaurants , never again jostle in crowded pubs .
We 're meant to say goodbye to the performing arts altogether , because large groups of people will never again be allowed to gather in one place .
So unless West End theatres , jazz clubs like Ronnie Scott 's , and venues like the Albert Hall can improbably remain solvent by spacing the audience two metres apart , wearing masks , and preferably plastic visors , with hand sanitiser in every aisle and perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I ca n't wait to buy a ticket ) - this country 's storied cultural institutions are finished .
: : Listen to the Daily podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker Meanwhile , we 're also meant to keep regarding one another as walking contagions .
If you 're foolish enough to go to someone 's garden party , you have to bring your own chair .
So what guarded socialising we allow in future is to be conducted with a hyper-awareness at all times of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease .
But we 've always been capable of communicating disease , and as recently as this last January we lived with that hazard as the cost of doing business .
Can we return to that insouciance , please ?
I 've not been shy about sharing my opinion that this lockdown nonsense has been one of the gravest mistakes ever made .
At-risk populations could have easily been identified and protected ( and they were n't ) , leaving the rest of us who are at very low risk of dying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we 've all been co-opted into a mass hysteria .
The `` new normal '' proposes to extend that hysteria forever .
One of the purposes of continuing to queue for half a mile to get into Tesco long after this pantomime fails to make the slightest epidemiological difference , if it ever did , is to justify the grotesque overreaction of the original lockdown .
We have to keep acting fearful to make it seem as if the utter devastation of the UK economy was worth the price .
By observing elaborately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subsided , we will spread the government 's propaganda for them .
Some of the primary victims of this outsize anxiety are children , whose medical risk of serious infection is virtually zero .
( For pity 's sake , 47 % of Britons were recently polled as wanting homeschooling to continue indefinitely .
That 's tantamount to the end of public education . )
The lengths schools are already going to in order to appear `` safe '' are so absurd that very little real learning could conceivably be taking place .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand washing , whirling their arms to ensure no one comes near them , standing all by themselves in isolated chalk circles , and relinquishing any toys or materials that ca n't be bleached every five minutes .
These kids are learning something , all right - to be neurotic .
To avoid making friends , who are mere sources of contamination .
To be so obsessed with safety at the expense of any sense of adventure or enjoyment that they 're no longer children , but worrywart old biddies and geezers who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'd think nobody had ever got sick before .
Get a grip .
London is expected to have virtually extinguished this virus by the end of this month .
Sod `` the new normal '' .
Give us back the old normal , and as fast as possible .
This week , Dermot Murnaghan is hosting After the Pandemic : Our New World - a series of special live programmes about what our world will be like once the pandemic is over .
We are being joined by some of the biggest names @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , economics , science and technology .
You can watch the exclusive interview with the Prince Charles in full at 8pm on Thursday .

The coronavirus pandemic has killed tens of thousands and forced people across the world to re-evaluate what they think is really important.
Sky News has been canvassing opinion on what will happen in the future.
Here, award-winning author Lionel Shriver explains why she thinks the countrywide lockdown should never have happened and the sooner things get back to how they were before, the better.
No expression sends a chill down my spine like "the new normal".
By inference, we're going to permit a pandemic with relatively mild lethality, in the context of historical infectious diseases, to utterly transform our daily lives until the end of time - and largely for the worse.
If we end up conducting more jobs efficiently from home, fine. If we become more independent from a constrained China, even better.
Otherwise, I read that we can't have high-rises anymore (so what are we going to do, blow them up?). We can't have public transport anymore. We can't fly anymore. We're to expect that we will never again be able to dine at others' homes, never again eat out in financially viable restaurants, never again jostle in crowded pubs.
We're meant to say goodbye to the performing arts altogether, because large groups of people will never again be allowed to gather in one place. So unless West End theatres, jazz clubs like Ronnie Scott's, and venues like the Albert Hall can improbably remain solvent by spacing the audience two metres apart, wearing masks, and preferably plastic visors, with hand sanitiser in every aisle and perhaps large Perspex screens between seats (gosh, I can't wait to buy a ticket) - this country's storied cultural institutions are finished.
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Meanwhile, we're also meant to keep regarding one another as walking contagions.
If you're foolish enough to go to someone's garden party, you have to bring your own chair. So what guarded socialising we allow in future is to be conducted with a hyper-awareness at all times of the capacity of our fellow humans to communicate disease.
But we've always been capable of communicating disease, and as recently as this last January we lived with that hazard as the cost of doing business. Can we return to that insouciance, please?
I've not been shy about sharing my opinion that this lockdown nonsense has been one of the gravest mistakes ever made.
At-risk populations could have easily been identified and protected (and they weren't), leaving the rest of us who are at very low risk of dying to get on with our lives.
Instead we've all been co-opted into a mass hysteria. The "new normal" proposes to extend that hysteria forever.
One of the purposes of continuing to queue for half a mile to get into Tesco long after this pantomime fails to make the slightest epidemiological difference, if it ever did, is to justify the grotesque overreaction of the original lockdown.
We have to keep acting fearful to make it seem as if the utter devastation of the UK economy was worth the price. By observing elaborately apprehensive protocols long after the virus has subsided, we will spread the government's propaganda for them.
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Some of the primary victims of this outsize anxiety are children, whose medical risk of serious infection is virtually zero. (For pity's sake, 47% of Britons were recently polled as wanting homeschooling to continue indefinitely. That's tantamount to the end of public education.)
The lengths schools are already going to in order to appear "safe" are so absurd that very little real learning could conceivably be taking place.
Instead, children are memorising ditties about hand washing, whirling their arms to ensure no one comes near them, standing all by themselves in isolated chalk circles, and relinquishing any toys or materials that can't be bleached every five minutes.
These kids are learning something, all right - to be neurotic. To avoid making friends, who are mere sources of contamination. To be so obsessed with safety at the expense of any sense of adventure or enjoyment that they're no longer children, but worrywart old biddies and geezers who just happen to be short.
You'd think nobody had ever got sick before. Get a grip. London is expected to have virtually extinguished this virus by the end of this month. Sod "the new normal". Give us back the old normal, and as fast as possible.
This week, Dermot Murnaghan is hosting After the Pandemic: Our New World - a series of special live programmes about what our world will be like once the pandemic is over.
We are being joined by some of the biggest names from the worlds of culture, politics, economics, science and technology.
You can watch the exclusive interview with the Prince Charles in full at 8pm on Thursday.


news--2020-06-04--Michael White: American detainee freed after two years in Iranian prison

A US Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been freed , his family and American officials have said .
Michael White was released from an Iranian prison in mid-March but held in Iran under Swiss custody on medical furlough as the coronavirus outbreak swept the country 's prisons .
Due to a number of health conditions , Mr White 's family feared for his life in the prison system .
He is now travelling home , with the first leg of his journey on a Swiss government aircraft .
Switzerland looks after US interests with Tehran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over , and my son is safely in American custody and on his way home , '' his mother , Joanne , said in a statement .
President Donald Trump said Mr White would be back with his family `` very soon '' .
`` I will never stop working to secure the release of all Americans held hostage overseas !
Thank you Switzerland for your great assistance , '' he said .
Tensions between Tehran and Washington have been increasingly bitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed US sanctions on Iran 's economy .
But both countries have called for the release of prisoners due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The United States has the highest number of deaths and infections from the virus worldwide , while Iran is the worst-hit country in the Middle East .
Speaking to Fox News , a White House spokesperson said Mr White 's release could hopefully lead to an opening between the two nations .
On Tuesday , Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari was flown back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from both Iran and the US have denied this was part of a swap with Mr White or anyone else .
Mr White , from Imperial Beach in California , was detained by Iranian authorities in July 2018 while visiting a woman he had met online and fallen in love with .
: : Listen to Divided States on Apple podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , and Spreaker He was sentenced to a decade in prison after being convicted of insulting Iran 's supreme leader and posting private information online .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release of American hostages and detainees to be a priority , and recently stepped up pressure on Iran .
It has also called for the release of other Americans including Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz .
In December , Iran released Chinese-American scholar Xiyue Wang , who was held for three years on widely-disputed espionage charges , in exchange for detained Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani .
On Saturday , British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told there would be another delay on a decision over her freedom from a Tehran jail .
The mother-of-one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since mid-March .

A US Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been freed, his family and American officials have said.
Michael White was released from an Iranian prison in mid-March but held in Iran under Swiss custody on medical furlough as the coronavirus outbreak swept the country's prisons.
Due to a number of health conditions, Mr White's family feared for his life in the prison system.
Image: Mr White is travelling back to the US
He is now travelling home, with the first leg of his journey on a Swiss government aircraft.
Switzerland looks after US interests with Tehran because America and Iran lack diplomatic relations.
"I am blessed to announce that the nightmare is over, and my son is safely in American custody and on his way home," his mother, Joanne, said in a statement.
President Donald Trump said Mr White would be back with his family "very soon".
"I will never stop working to secure the release of all Americans held hostage overseas! Thank you Switzerland for your great assistance," he said.
Tensions between Tehran and Washington have been increasingly bitter after Mr Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed US sanctions on Iran's economy.
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But both countries have called for the release of prisoners due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image: Donald Trump has hailed the US detainee's release
The United States has the highest number of deaths and infections from the virus worldwide, while Iran is the worst-hit country in the Middle East.
Speaking to Fox News, a White House spokesperson said Mr White's release could hopefully lead to an opening between the two nations.
On Tuesday, Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari was flown back to Iran from the US - but officials from both Iran and the US have denied this was part of a swap with Mr White or anyone else.
Mr White, from Imperial Beach in California, was detained by Iranian authorities in July 2018 while visiting a woman he had met online and fallen in love with.
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He was sentenced to a decade in prison after being convicted of insulting Iran's supreme leader and posting private information online.
The Trump administration has said it considers the release of American hostages and detainees to be a priority, and recently stepped up pressure on Iran.
It has also called for the release of other Americans including Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz.
In December, Iran released Chinese-American scholar Xiyue Wang, who was held for three years on widely-disputed espionage charges, in exchange for detained Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani.
On Saturday, British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told there would be another delay on a decision over her freedom from a Tehran jail.
The mother-of-one has been out of prison on furlough since mid-March.


news--2020-06-04--Coronanvirus: Aston Martin plans to cut 500 jobs under turnaround plan

Aston Martin Lagonda has announced plans to cut up to 500 jobs as the luxury carmaker gears up for a turnaround plan aimed at restoring profitability amid plunging sales .
The company , which secured new investment earlier this year after struggling since a flotation in 2018 , announced just over a week ago that it was replacing its chief executive under a new strategic plan .
It said then that the COVID-19 crisis had exacerbated its sales woes , with the number of vehicles sold almost halving in the first three months of the year .
Thursday 's statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ £10m in operating savings each year .
Aston Martin said : `` As communicated previously , the plan requires a fundamental reset which includes a planned reduction in front-engined sports car production to rebalance supply to demand .
`` The company 's first SUV , DBX , remains on track for deliveries in the summer and has a strong order book .
`` The measures announced today will right-size the organisational structure and bring the cost base into line with reduced sports car production levels , consistent with restoring profitability . ''
Shares @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time of its Initial Public Offering in 2018 , have collapsed since and were 10 % down at 55p-per share in early deals on Thursday .
The Warwickshire-based company , which has around 2,450 staff , did not say where it expected the planned job cuts to be made .
It has a state of the art manufacturing facility at St Athan in south Wales alongside operations at Gaydon and in Newport Pagnell .
It made the announcement at the same time as Lookers , which sells Aston Martin cars from its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cut 1,500 jobs under its own plan to navigate the wider crisis for car sales .
Industry figures released on Thursday demonstrated the extent of the pressure on the sector - already struggling before the pandemic .
The latest sales statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed only 20,000 new cars were registered in the UK last month - down 89 % on May 2019 - the worst May performance since 1952 .
`` Aston Martin will shortly launch a consultation process on proposals to reduce employee numbers by up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planned production volumes and improved productivity across the business , '' the statement continued .
`` Aston Martin continues to take decisive action in other areas to reduce cost and remove non-critical expenditure from the business at every level including in areas such as contractor numbers , site footprint , marketing and travel . ''
The company anticipated restructuring costs of around £12m this year .

Aston Martin Lagonda has announced plans to cut up to 500 jobs as the luxury carmaker gears up for a turnaround plan aimed at restoring profitability amid plunging sales.
The company, which secured new investment earlier this year after struggling since a flotation in 2018, announced just over a week ago that it was replacing its chief executive under a new strategic plan.
It said then that the COVID-19 crisis had exacerbated its sales woes, with the number of vehicles sold almost halving in the first three months of the year.
Thursday's statement said the new strategy intended to deliver £10m in operating savings each year.
Aston Martin said: "As communicated previously, the plan requires a fundamental reset which includes a planned reduction in front-engined sports car production to rebalance supply to demand.
"The company's first SUV, DBX, remains on track for deliveries in the summer and has a strong order book.
Image: Aston said it had a strong order book for its DBX SUV
"The measures announced today will right-size the organisational structure and bring the cost base into line with reduced sports car production levels, consistent with restoring profitability."
Shares, which were trading above £5 at the time of its Initial Public Offering in 2018, have collapsed since and were 10% down at 55p-per share in early deals on Thursday.
The Warwickshire-based company, which has around 2,450 staff, did not say where it expected the planned job cuts to be made.
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It has a state of the art manufacturing facility at St Athan in south Wales alongside operations at Gaydon and in Newport Pagnell.
It made the announcement at the same time as Lookers, which sells Aston Martin cars from its dealership network, revealed it was to cut 1,500 jobs under its own plan to navigate the wider crisis for car sales.
Industry figures released on Thursday demonstrated the extent of the pressure on the sector - already struggling before the pandemic.
The latest sales statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders showed only 20,000 new cars were registered in the UK last month - down 89% on May 2019 - the worst May performance since 1952.
"Aston Martin will shortly launch a consultation process on proposals to reduce employee numbers by up to 500, reflecting lower than originally planned production volumes and improved productivity across the business," the statement continued.
"Aston Martin continues to take decisive action in other areas to reduce cost and remove non-critical expenditure from the business at every level including in areas such as contractor numbers, site footprint, marketing and travel."
The company anticipated restructuring costs of around £12m this year.


news--2020-06-04--TV BAFTAs: Chernobyl leads the field with 14 nominations

Chernobyl is leading the field in this year 's British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations ( BAFTA ) , with double the nods of any other show .
The Sky Atlantic/HBO mini-series has earned a whopping 14 BAFTA nominations , including leading actor , mini-series and supporting actor .
It follows its success earlier this year when the five-part mini-series , which tells the story of the world 's worst nuclear disaster and its aftermath , took home 19 Emmys .
Set in and around the Ukraine power plant before , during and after the blast on 26 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ includes Emily Watson , Stellan Skarsgard and Jared Harris , with the latter two both received acting nods .
The intricate work replicating the injuries caused by the radioactive explosion has been rewarded with both a nomination for make-up and hair-dressing and special effects .
Second in line in the nominations tally was Netflix drama The Crown , which got seven nods , including best supporting actress for Helena Bonham Carter for her portrayal of Princess Margaret .
Bonham Carter 's approach to the role was left-field to say the least , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the late princess 's spirit in preparation .
It remains to be seen if her unusual approach will pay off .
This third season of the royal saga starred Olivia Colman as the reigning monarch , however Colman failed to get a nod for leading actress .
Fleabag received six nods , including comedy writer and scripted comedy for its creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge .
Waller-Bridge will also go head-to-head with her on-screen sister , played by Sian Clifford , for female performance in a comedy programme .
Alas , no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hot Priest .
Fleabag also received a nomination for Virgin Media 's Must-See Moment - the only award voted for by the public .
Giri/Haji - a thriller spanning London and Tokyo - got six nominations , including leading actor for Takehiro Hira and supporting actor for Will Sharpe .
His Dark Materials , based on the fantasy book by Philip Pullman , got five nods , matching Shane Meadow 's gritty Channel Four drama The Virtues , which will compete with Chernobyl in the mini-series category .
Other mini-series contenders in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based on a real-life police investigation around the murder of two women , and Scottish BBC thriller The Victim .
Killing Eve , which topped the nominations board last year , got four nominations this time around .
Sex Education and Top Boy also received four nods .
In the news category , Sky News ' coverage of the Hong Kong protests will go up against Emily Maitlis ' infamous interview with Prince Andrew over the Epstein scandal , the ITV coverage of election night and a Victoria Derbyshire special on knife crime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got nods including factual series and best factual director for filmmaker Dan Reed .
Disappointingly , the best entertainment performance is an all male event , albeit with two first-time nominees - Frankie Boyle and Mo Gilligan - up against Lee Mack and Graham Norton .
And EastEnders , which yesterday announced it would be coming off air for several weeks due to earlier filming restrictions caused by coronavirus , was snubbed in the soap category .
Usual suspects Coronation Street and Emmerdale made the cut , along with medical dramas Casualty and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on 17 May but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Nominees will be invited to accept their awards virtually in a socially-distanced ceremony hosted by Richard Ayoade and held in a closed studio .
The BAFTA Games Awards took place in the same way in March , hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain .
The British Academy Television Craft Award nominations - celebrating those behind the camera - were also revealed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take place on the 31 of July , and broadcast on BBC One .

Chernobyl is leading the field in this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations (BAFTA), with double the nods of any other show.
The Sky Atlantic/HBO mini-series has earned a whopping 14 BAFTA nominations, including leading actor, mini-series and supporting actor.
Image: The five-part drama tells the story of the world's worst nuclear disaster. Pic: Sky Atlantic/ HBO
Image: The ensemble cast includes Emily Watson who plays a nuclear physicist. Pic: Sky Atlantic/ HBO
It follows its success earlier this year when the five-part mini-series, which tells the story of the world's worst nuclear disaster and its aftermath, took home 19 Emmys.
Set in and around the Ukraine power plant before, during and after the blast on 26 April 1986, its impressive ensemble cast includes Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgard and Jared Harris, with the latter two both received acting nods.
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The intricate work replicating the injuries caused by the radioactive explosion has been rewarded with both a nomination for make-up and hair-dressing and special effects.
Second in line in the nominations tally was Netflix drama The Crown, which got seven nods, including best supporting actress for Helena Bonham Carter for her portrayal of Princess Margaret.
Bonham Carter's approach to the role was left-field to say the least, with the actress using a medium to commune with the late princess's spirit in preparation. It remains to be seen if her unusual approach will pay off.
This third season of the royal saga starred Olivia Colman as the reigning monarch, however Colman failed to get a nod for leading actress.
Image: Olivia Colman got no nomination for her portrayal of the Queen. Pic: Sophie Mutevelian/Netflix
Image: Bonham Carter's supernatural research could pay off. Pic: Sophie Mutevelian/Netflix
Fleabag received six nods, including comedy writer and scripted comedy for its creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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Waller-Bridge will also go head-to-head with her on-screen sister, played by Sian Clifford, for female performance in a comedy programme.
Alas, no nominations were forthcoming for Andrew Scott's Hot Priest.
Fleabag also received a nomination for Virgin Media's Must-See Moment - the only award voted for by the public.
Giri/Haji - a thriller spanning London and Tokyo - got six nominations, including leading actor for Takehiro Hira and supporting actor for Will Sharpe.
Image: The classic Fleabag look to camera did the trick. Pic: BBC
His Dark Materials, based on the fantasy book by Philip Pullman, got five nods, matching Shane Meadow's gritty Channel Four drama The Virtues, which will compete with Chernobyl in the mini-series category.
Other mini-series contenders in the running are ITV's A Confession, based on a real-life police investigation around the murder of two women, and Scottish BBC thriller The Victim.
Killing Eve, which topped the nominations board last year, got four nominations this time around.
Sex Education and Top Boy also received four nods.
In the news category, Sky News' coverage of the Hong Kong protests will go up against Emily Maitlis' infamous interview with Prince Andrew over the Epstein scandal, the ITV coverage of election night and a Victoria Derbyshire special on knife crime.
Image: Killing Eve led the nomination board last year, but this year got just four nods. Pic: BBC
Controversial Michael Jackson documentary Finding Neverland got nods including factual series and best factual director for filmmaker Dan Reed.
Disappointingly, the best entertainment performance is an all male event, albeit with two first-time nominees - Frankie Boyle and Mo Gilligan - up against Lee Mack and Graham Norton.
And EastEnders, which yesterday announced it would be coming off air for several weeks due to earlier filming restrictions caused by coronavirus, was snubbed in the soap category.
Usual suspects Coronation Street and Emmerdale made the cut, along with medical dramas Casualty and Holby City.
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The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on 17 May but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nominees will be invited to accept their awards virtually in a socially-distanced ceremony hosted by Richard Ayoade and held in a closed studio.
The BAFTA Games Awards took place in the same way in March, hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain.
The British Academy Television Craft Award nominations - celebrating those behind the camera - were also revealed.
The virtual TV BAFTA ceremony will take place on the 31 of July, and broadcast on BBC One.


news--2020-06-04--Coronavirus: Airlines among businesses given Bank of England bailouts

Airlines , transport and travel companies and car manufacturers are among the largest recipients of emergency funding under a Bank of England scheme that reveals the scale of the financial damage caused by coronavirus in the UK .
British Airways , easyjet , Ryanair and Wizz Air have all received hundreds of millions of pounds from the Bank 's Coronavirus Corporate Financing Facility ( CCFF ) .
Under the CCFF the Bank buys commercial paper from the companies in exchange for a short-term loan repayable at rates of between 0.2 and 0.6 % .
Ryanair and easyjet have both received @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to figures published by the Bank this afternoon .
All four airlines have announced plans to make almost 20,000 redundancies as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak .
Carmaker Nissan has accessed £600m , Toyota £365m and Honda 's financing arm £75m , while engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce , which began consultations on more than 3,000 redundancies this week , has received £300m .
In the hospitality sector Intercontinental Hotels has taken £600m , and pub operators and brewers Fullers and Youngs £100m and £30m respectively .
Other recipients of funds under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company , which received £175m ; John Lewis ( £300m ) , Marks & Spencer ( £260m ) ; Greggs ( £150m ) and the National Trust ( £30m ) .
The largest single recipient was chemicals company BASF which has taken the maximum £1bn offered by the Bank .
: : Listen to the Daily podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker The CCFF was set up to assist larger companies facing acute short-term cash flow problems as a result of the outbreak .
To be eligible , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make a `` material contribution '' to the UK , and in sound financial health prior to the outbreak .
The CCFF has paid £16.18bn to 53 companies and is in a position to lend £67.7bn in total if required .
There are few conditions on the commercial paper facility , though recipients are expected to show restraint in executive pay and the payment of dividends .
That companies making major job cuts are benefiting from the Bank-backed scheme may be controversial , and there has been criticism of the lack of environmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group Positive Money said : `` The fact so many household name brands are drawing on the Bank of England 's bailout scheme , to the tune of billions , reveals just how much big corporations are reliant on the state for survival .
In return for assistance on such generous terms , we the public can demand better .
`` We really need to ask ourselves whether we should be propping up climate criminals and bad bosses with public money .
The government must consider whether conditions which would stop firms laying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuelling the climate crisis , should be applied to these bailouts . ''

Airlines, transport and travel companies and car manufacturers are among the largest recipients of emergency funding under a Bank of England scheme that reveals the scale of the financial damage caused by coronavirus in the UK.
British Airways, easyjet, Ryanair and Wizz Air have all received hundreds of millions of pounds from the Bank's Coronavirus Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF).
Under the CCFF the Bank buys commercial paper from the companies in exchange for a short-term loan repayable at rates of between 0.2 and 0.6%.
Ryanair and easyjet have both received £600m while BA and Wizz got £300m, according to figures published by the Bank this afternoon.
All four airlines have announced plans to make almost 20,000 redundancies as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Carmaker Nissan has accessed £600m, Toyota £365m and Honda's financing arm £75m, while engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, which began consultations on more than 3,000 redundancies this week, has received £300m.
In the hospitality sector Intercontinental Hotels has taken £600m, and pub operators and brewers Fullers and Youngs £100m and £30m respectively.
Other recipients of funds under the CCFF include Tottenham Hotspur's stadium company, which received £175m; John Lewis (£300m), Marks & Spencer (£260m); Greggs (£150m) and the National Trust (£30m).
The largest single recipient was chemicals company BASF which has taken the maximum £1bn offered by the Bank.
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Online fashion retailer ASOS received £100m, while JCB has borrowed £600m.
The CCFF was set up to assist larger companies facing acute short-term cash flow problems as a result of the outbreak.
To be eligible, firms have to be investment-grade rated, make a "material contribution" to the UK, and in sound financial health prior to the outbreak.
The CCFF has paid £16.18bn to 53 companies and is in a position to lend £67.7bn in total if required.
Image: Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey
There are few conditions on the commercial paper facility, though recipients are expected to show restraint in executive pay and the payment of dividends.
That companies making major job cuts are benefiting from the Bank-backed scheme may be controversial, and there has been criticism of the lack of environmental conditions attached to the loans.
Campaign group Positive Money said: "The fact so many household name brands are drawing on the Bank of England's bailout scheme, to the tune of billions, reveals just how much big corporations are reliant on the state for survival. In return for assistance on such generous terms, we the public can demand better.
"We really need to ask ourselves whether we should be propping up climate criminals and bad bosses with public money. The government must consider whether conditions which would stop firms laying off workers, avoiding tax, and fuelling the climate crisis, should be applied to these bailouts."


news--2020-06-04--Coronavirus: Government admits 'gaps' in review into BAME deaths

The government has admitted a review by Public Health England into the effects of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities `` has n't gone far enough '' .
An inquiry was ordered by ministers to investigate why Black , Asian and minority ethnic ( BAME ) people appeared to be disproportionately dying from the coronavirus .
It found people from BAME groups were up to twice as likely to die with COVID-19 than those from a white British background .
However , it failed to publish any recommendations on the actions that could be taken to protect BAME lives as intended .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the minister for equalities , Kemi Badenoch , admitted there were `` gaps '' in the report .
`` The report is welcomed , but it has n't gone far enough and we will take it where it needs to get to , '' she said .
Responding to questions from MPs , Ms Badenoch acknowledged that : `` There was more I was hoping to see from this review . ''
`` But Public Health England could n't collect the data for morbidities , occupation and underlying health conditions .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this data was not possible to collect . ''
The shadow equalities secretary , Marsha De Cordova , told Sky News that Ms Badenoch 's `` performance was a shambles '' and a `` wasted opportunity '' .
`` PHE 's review is silent on how to reduce ethnic disparities from COVID-19 , '' said Ms De Cordova .
`` It fails to address the occupational discrimination facing BAME workers .
`` It does not make a single recommendation on ways forward . ''
Ms Badenoch said it was important time was now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We must make sure we carry out the right actions , we must n't rush to do things , especially if it turns out to be the wrong steps , '' she said .
`` We are not rushing and looking at all the studies not just the PHE one .
`` This is the beginning not the end of the process . ''

The government has admitted a review by Public Health England into the effects of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities "hasn't gone far enough".
An inquiry was ordered by ministers to investigate why Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people appeared to be disproportionately dying from the coronavirus.
It found people from BAME groups were up to twice as likely to die with COVID-19 than those from a white British background.
However, it failed to publish any recommendations on the actions that could be taken to protect BAME lives as intended.
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Speaking in the Commons on Thursday, the minister for equalities, Kemi Badenoch, admitted there were "gaps" in the report.
"The report is welcomed, but it hasn't gone far enough and we will take it where it needs to get to," she said.
Responding to questions from MPs, Ms Badenoch acknowledged that: "There was more I was hoping to see from this review."
"But Public Health England couldn't collect the data for morbidities, occupation and underlying health conditions.
"We were not able to make recommendations because this data was not possible to collect."
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The shadow equalities secretary, Marsha De Cordova, told Sky News that Ms Badenoch's "performance was a shambles" and a "wasted opportunity".
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"PHE's review is silent on how to reduce ethnic disparities from COVID-19," said Ms De Cordova.
"It fails to address the occupational discrimination facing BAME workers.
"It does not make a single recommendation on ways forward."
Ms Badenoch said it was important time was now taken to consider what should happen next.
"We must make sure we carry out the right actions, we mustn't rush to do things, especially if it turns out to be the wrong steps," she said.
"We are not rushing and looking at all the studies not just the PHE one.
"This is the beginning not the end of the process."


news--2020-06-04--Coronavirus: Cost of COVID-19 response rises to £132.5bn - OBR

The cost of the government 's coronavirus policies has risen to £132.5bn , according to the Office for Budget Responsibility .
The cost had previously been estimated at £123.2bn but was revised after Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave details of an extension for the government 's coronavirus job retention scheme .
The cost of this scheme was revised down by 30 % , however , as its use suggested employers had concentrated furloughing among part-time and lower-paid jobs .
: : Listen to the Daily podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker '' Average pre-virus weekly pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much closer to median part-time than full-time earnings , '' the OBR said .
The figure includes emergency spending and tax cuts intended to soften the economic hit from the pandemic , which has killed almost 400,000 people worldwide and at least 39,000 people in the UK .
It has previously been estimated that the UK will suffer from a £300bn hole in its public finances this financial year .
This includes the loss of tax revenue due to most businesses having to close for the past two-and-a-half months , a move made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the virus .
The OBR said : `` The government 's economic policy response to the coronavirus crisis provides support for individuals and businesses through grants , loans and guarantees .
This will have substantial direct budgetary costs .
`` But the measures are designed specifically to support the economy through this temporary shock , and so they should help prevent greater economic and fiscal damage in the long term . ''

The cost of the government's coronavirus policies has risen to £132.5bn, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
The cost had previously been estimated at £123.2bn but was revised after Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave details of an extension for the government's coronavirus job retention scheme.
The cost of this scheme was revised down by 30%, however, as its use suggested employers had concentrated furloughing among part-time and lower-paid jobs.
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"Average pre-virus weekly pay looks to have been around £320 - much closer to median part-time than full-time earnings," the OBR said.
The figure includes emergency spending and tax cuts intended to soften the economic hit from the pandemic, which has killed almost 400,000 people worldwide and at least 39,000 people in the UK.
It has previously been estimated that the UK will suffer from a £300bn hole in its public finances this financial year.
This includes the loss of tax revenue due to most businesses having to close for the past two-and-a-half months, a move made in an effort to limit the spread of the virus.
The OBR said: "The government's economic policy response to the coronavirus crisis provides support for individuals and businesses through grants, loans and guarantees. This will have substantial direct budgetary costs.
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"But the measures are designed specifically to support the economy through this temporary shock, and so they should help prevent greater economic and fiscal damage in the long term."


news--2020-06-04--Hong Kong: Thousands defy vigil ban and light candles to mark Tiananmen anniversary

Last year protesters in Hong Kong burned universities , threw petrol bombs at police and were arrested in their thousands .
Tonight , though , in a quiet , socially-distanced , non-violent vigil , the city was perhaps at its most defiant .
Police had banned the annual candlelit commemoration of the Tiananmen crackdown , citing COVID-19 regulations , and fenced off Victoria Park .
The legislative council passed a bill making it illegal to insult the national anthem .
And Beijing is pressing ahead with its plans to directly impose a sweeping national security bill on Hong Kong .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands .
They toppled the fences , they lit candles and they remembered a massacre .
They chanted `` Hong Kong independence , the only way out '' - a statement of secession that will probably be illegal under the new national security law .
Hong Kong and Macau are the only places on Chinese soil where this sort of public commemoration is possible .
Some 31 years ago , the last peaceful mass protest in mainland China was brought to a brutal end .
Students and others asked the Chinese Communist Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bullets .
Hundreds , perhaps thousands , died in and around Tiananmen Square .
So this memory is defiance , and it is about the past but also about the future .
Many Hong Kongers fear that the vigil will be permanently and much more effectively banned next year , once the national security law is imposed .
The Hong Kong government has said that city 's special freedoms will be protected under the security legislation .
And tonight the police did not come out in force as they have already done this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hong Kong , and arrests were made , although they were pretty small scale by the city 's standards .
It seems certain that there will be another long , violent summer ahead .
Tonight , though , was a quieter reflection on what they are fighting for .

Last year protesters in Hong Kong burned universities, threw petrol bombs at police and were arrested in their thousands.
Tonight, though, in a quiet, socially-distanced, non-violent vigil, the city was perhaps at its most defiant.
Police had banned the annual candlelit commemoration of the Tiananmen crackdown, citing COVID-19 regulations, and fenced off Victoria Park.
Image: People hold candles as they take part in a memorial vigil in Victoria Park
The legislative council passed a bill making it illegal to insult the national anthem. And Beijing is pressing ahead with its plans to directly impose a sweeping national security bill on Hong Kong.
Still, they came, in their thousands. They toppled the fences, they lit candles and they remembered a massacre.
Image: They made sure to wear face masks during the evening
They chanted "Hong Kong independence, the only way out" - a statement of secession that will probably be illegal under the new national security law.
Hong Kong and Macau are the only places on Chinese soil where this sort of public commemoration is possible. Some 31 years ago, the last peaceful mass protest in mainland China was brought to a brutal end.
Students and others asked the Chinese Communist Party for more freedoms and were answered with bullets. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, died in and around Tiananmen Square.
So this memory is defiance, and it is about the past but also about the future. Many Hong Kongers fear that the vigil will be permanently and much more effectively banned next year, once the national security law is imposed.
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The Hong Kong government has said that city's special freedoms will be protected under the security legislation. And tonight the police did not come out in force as they have already done this year.
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Scuffles broke out elsewhere in Hong Kong, and arrests were made, although they were pretty small scale by the city's standards.
It seems certain that there will be another long, violent summer ahead. Tonight, though, was a quieter reflection on what they are fighting for.


news--2020-05-26--Coronavirus: Lufthansa lifted by €9bn German government bailout

Lufthansa has agreed a €9bn ( £8bn ) rescue deal with the German government , which gives it a 20 % share in the ailing airline .
The massive corporate bailout also gives Berlin a veto in the event of a hostile takeover bid for the German flagship carrier , as it seeks to safeguard thousands of jobs .
Lufthansa has been locked in talks with the government for weeks over the aid it needs to survive the travel turmoil caused by the global coronavirus pandemic .
Central to the negotiations was how much control the airline handed over in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government has spent decades offloading stakes in companies , but remains a large shareholder in former state monopolies , including Deutsche Post and Deutsche Telekom .
Berlin also still has a 15 % holding in Commerzbank , which it took on during the global financial crisis .
Other airlines including Franco-Dutch Air France-KLM and US carriers American Airlines , United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have also sought state aid after COVID-19 hit global travel .
Lufthansa 's shares closed up 7.5 % on news of the deal .
The Berlin government said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profitable , but had run into difficulties because of the pandemic .
`` The support that we 're preparing here is for a limited period , '' Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said of the bailout .
Berlin , which has set up a €100bn ( £89.5bn ) fund to take stakes in companies struck by the coronavirus crisis , said it plans to sell the Lufthansa stake by the end of 2023 .
`` When the company is fit again , the state will sell its stake and hopefully ... with a small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to finance the many , many requirements which we have to meet now , not only at this company , '' Mr Scholz added .
Conditions of the deal include the waiver of future dividend payments and limits on management pay , Lufthansa said .
The government will also take two seats on its supervisory board , with one becoming a member of the audit committee .
Under the package , the state 's holding could rise by 5 % to protect Lufthansa against a hostile takeover .
`` This ( bailout deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , '' economy minister Peter Altmaier said , pointing out it would help to save thousands of jobs .
Lufthansa will separately receive a €3bn ( £2.7bn ) three-year loan from state-backed KfW and private banks .
The government bailout still requires approval by shareholders as well as the European Commission .
Mr Altmaier said : `` We liaised with Brussels on all big rescue packages with which we avoided millions of unemployed and prevented a lot of companies from bankruptcy .
`` They were all approved at the end ... so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also find a solution in this case . ''
Germany is still discussing with Europe 's competition watchdog which airport slots it will have to give up to ensure the bailout does not hamper competition , according to insiders .

Lufthansa has agreed a €9bn (£8bn) rescue deal with the German government, which gives it a 20% share in the ailing airline.
The massive corporate bailout also gives Berlin a veto in the event of a hostile takeover bid for the German flagship carrier, as it seeks to safeguard thousands of jobs.
Lufthansa has been locked in talks with the government for weeks over the aid it needs to survive the travel turmoil caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Image: Economy minister Peter Altmaier said the deal will prevent Lufthansa 'being sold out'
Central to the negotiations was how much control the airline handed over in return for financial support.
The German government has spent decades offloading stakes in companies, but remains a large shareholder in former state monopolies, including Deutsche Post and Deutsche Telekom.
Berlin also still has a 15% holding in Commerzbank, which it took on during the global financial crisis.
Other airlines including Franco-Dutch Air France-KLM and US carriers American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have also sought state aid after COVID-19 hit global travel.
Lufthansa's shares closed up 7.5% on news of the deal.
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The Berlin government said the airline had been operationally healthy and profitable, but had run into difficulties because of the pandemic.
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"The support that we're preparing here is for a limited period," Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said of the bailout.
Berlin, which has set up a €100bn (£89.5bn) fund to take stakes in companies struck by the coronavirus crisis, said it plans to sell the Lufthansa stake by the end of 2023.
"When the company is fit again, the state will sell its stake and hopefully... with a small profit that puts us into a position to finance the many, many requirements which we have to meet now, not only at this company," Mr Scholz added.
Conditions of the deal include the waiver of future dividend payments and limits on management pay, Lufthansa said.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:56 'We've never faced this in airline industry'
The government will also take two seats on its supervisory board, with one becoming a member of the audit committee.
Under the package, the state's holding could rise by 5% to protect Lufthansa against a hostile takeover.
"This (bailout deal) will prevent Lufthansa from being sold out," economy minister Peter Altmaier said, pointing out it would help to save thousands of jobs.
Lufthansa will separately receive a €3bn (£2.7bn) three-year loan from state-backed KfW and private banks.
The government bailout still requires approval by shareholders as well as the European Commission.
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Mr Altmaier said: "We liaised with Brussels on all big rescue packages with which we avoided millions of unemployed and prevented a lot of companies from bankruptcy.
"They were all approved at the end... so this gives me hope that we'll also find a solution in this case."
Germany is still discussing with Europe's competition watchdog which airport slots it will have to give up to ensure the bailout does not hamper competition, according to insiders.


news--2020-05-26--Coronavirus: WHO suspends trials of drug that Trump is taking over safety fears

The World Health Organisation is removing hydroxychloroquine from its global study of potential COVID-19 treatments while it carries out a review of its safety .
Last week , Donald Trump said he was taking the anti-malarial drug , which he has promoted as providing possible protection from coronavirus , despite warnings from health officials that it could cause heart problems .
The decision by the WHO to temporarily suspend hydroxychloroquine from its study follows a paper published in The Lancet last week which suggested it might actually increase the risk for COVID-19 patients .
: : Listen to Divided States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Spotify , and Spreaker In a study of 96,000 coronavirus patients , almost 15,000 were given hydroxychloroquine - or a related form chloroquine - either alone or with an antibiotic .
It found that death rates for those treated with hydroxychloroquine were 18 % , compared with 16.4 % for chloroquine and 9 % for the control group .
Those treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine in combination with antibiotics had an even higher death rate .
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that , in light of the research , there would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hydroxychloroquine arm of its global clinical trial .
Other treatments in the study , including the experimental anti-viral drug remdesivir , which was originally developed to combat ebola , and an HIV combination therapy , are still being pursued .
In a television interview on Sunday , Mr Trump confirmed he had just finished a two-week course of hydroxychloroquine and that he was `` still here '' .
When asked about his use of the drug by Sinclair Broadcast Group 's Sharyl Attkisson , the president said : `` Well , I 've @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I 've heard tremendous reports .
Many people think it saved their lives .
Doctors come out with reports .
`` You had a study in France , you had a study in Italy that were incredible studies .
Look , if somebody else were promoting it other than me , call it a promotion because I want people to get better .
`` I do n't get anything .
I do n't gain anything other than if it 's something that helps , that 's a good thing .
That 's @ @ @ @ @

The World Health Organisation is removing hydroxychloroquine from its global study of potential COVID-19 treatments while it carries out a review of its safety.
Last week, Donald Trump said he was taking the anti-malarial drug, which he has promoted as providing possible protection from coronavirus, despite warnings from health officials that it could cause heart problems.
The decision by the WHO to temporarily suspend hydroxychloroquine from its study follows a paper published in The Lancet last week which suggested it might actually increase the risk for COVID-19 patients.
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In a study of 96,000 coronavirus patients, almost 15,000 were given hydroxychloroquine - or a related form chloroquine - either alone or with an antibiotic.
It found that death rates for those treated with hydroxychloroquine were 18%, compared with 16.4% for chloroquine and 9% for the control group.
Those treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine in combination with antibiotics had an even higher death rate.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that, in light of the research, there would be "a temporary pause" on the hydroxychloroquine arm of its global clinical trial.
Other treatments in the study, including the experimental anti-viral drug remdesivir, which was originally developed to combat ebola, and an HIV combination therapy, are still being pursued.
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In a television interview on Sunday, Mr Trump confirmed he had just finished a two-week course of hydroxychloroquine and that he was "still here".
When asked about his use of the drug by Sinclair Broadcast Group's Sharyl Attkisson, the president said: "Well, I've heard tremendous reports about it. Frankly, I've heard tremendous reports. Many people think it saved their lives. Doctors come out with reports.
"You had a study in France, you had a study in Italy that were incredible studies. Look, if somebody else were promoting it other than me, call it a promotion because I want people to get better.
"I don't get anything. I don't gain anything other than if it's something that helps, that's a good thing. That's what I want."


news--2020-05-26--Tony Hadley: Man from Singapore finally wins withheld $10,000 radio prize - after singer steps in

A man from Singapore has thanked singer Tony Hadley for helping him to finally win a radio competition cash prize - after it was initially withheld over claims he mispronounced the star 's name .
Muhammad Shalehan was playing Celebrity Name Drop , which carried a 10,000 Singaporean dollar prize ( £5,757 ) , and had to identify a number of stars from short clips of their voices when he called in on 21 April .
He was confident - but was told he had not won .
When another listener later went on to claim the prize with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been unsuccessful because quiz masters had deemed his pronunciation of Hadley 's name to be incorrect .
Contesting the issue , he called in the big guns , writing to the singer 's manager as a last resort .
To his surprise , Hadley responded , stepping in with a video to tell the station that no , Mr Shalehan had not got it wrong .
`` As far as I 'm concerned you pronounced my name correctly , '' Spandau Ballet singer Hadley said in his clip , describing the result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the injustice on social media , the story quickly made headlines .
Now , the radio station , Mediacorp 's Gold 905 , has apologised and awarded the prize .
In a new video message , Hadley thanked the station , saying Mr Shalehan was `` over the moon '' to be vindicated .
: : Listen to the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Spotify , Spreaker The singer is due to perform in Singapore in October , in a gig rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In a Facebook post about his `` victory '' , the winner said he was `` speechless '' and that it was `` the best news of my life '' .
Posting Mr Hadley 's video on Facebook , the station said : `` Thank you for this message Tony Hadley - we have heard back from Shalehan too , and we are grateful that he has accepted the prize… '' To everyone : Once again , we are very sorry . ''
Always believe in your soul , guys .

A man from Singapore has thanked singer Tony Hadley for helping him to finally win a radio competition cash prize - after it was initially withheld over claims he mispronounced the star's name.
Muhammad Shalehan was playing Celebrity Name Drop, which carried a 10,000 Singaporean dollar prize (£5,757), and had to identify a number of stars from short clips of their voices when he called in on 21 April.
He was confident - but was told he had not won.
When another listener later went on to claim the prize with the same answers, he was told he had been unsuccessful because quiz masters had deemed his pronunciation of Hadley's name to be incorrect.
Contesting the issue, he called in the big guns, writing to the singer's manager as a last resort.
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To his surprise, Hadley responded, stepping in with a video to tell the station that no, Mr Shalehan had not got it wrong.
"As far as I'm concerned you pronounced my name correctly," Spandau Ballet singer Hadley said in his clip, describing the result as a "misnomer".
Sharing the injustice on social media, the story quickly made headlines.
Now, the radio station, Mediacorp's Gold 905, has apologised and awarded the prize.
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In a new video message, Hadley thanked the station, saying Mr Shalehan was "over the moon" to be vindicated.
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The singer is due to perform in Singapore in October, in a gig rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and has invited Mr Shalehan to attend.
In a Facebook post about his "victory", the winner said he was "speechless" and that it was "the best news of my life".
Posting Mr Hadley's video on Facebook, the station said: "Thank you for this message Tony Hadley - we have heard back from Shalehan too, and we are grateful that he has accepted the prize…
"To everyone: Once again, we are very sorry."
Always believe in your soul, guys.