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| UK coronavirus live: Tory MPs call for Dominic Cummings to resign as he goes to No 10 | |
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| Conservative MPs call for advisor to resign amid revelations of further breaches of lockdown rules | |
| An unnamed Bournemouth player has tested positive for Covid-19, the Premier League club announced on Sunday, becoming the eighth case involving an English top-flight club. | |
| Bournemouth added the player’s identity would not be disclosed due to “medical confidentiality” and that he would self-isolate for seven day, according to AFP. | |
| “Following strict adherence to the Premier League’s return to training regulations, the club’s training ground remains a safe working environment for players and backroom staff, who will continue to be tested for Covid-19 twice per week,” Bournemouth said in a club statement. | |
| The Premier League announced on Saturday that there were positive tests at two clubs out of 996 tests conducted on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. | |
| The other positive was at a different club that has not been named. | |
| That followed a first round of testing that produced six positive findings announced on 19 May at three Premier League clubs from a total of 748 players and staff tested, | |
| Those positives included Watford’s Adrian Mariappa and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan. | |
| The SNP’s Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, told Sky: “[Cummings] has to go and the prime minister has to sack him.” | |
| Cummings had broken lockdown regulations, he said, and broken advice everyone had been given by the government. | |
| “He is the architect of much of what the prime minister says and delivers,” Blackford said, adding it would be “a failure of leadership and a failure of judgment” if Boris Johnson does not ask for Dominic Cummings’ resignation. | |
| The Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood has called on Boris Johnson to show personal leadership in a “formal address”. | |
| Simon Hoare, the Conservative MP for North Dorset, told Sky there is now “growing disquiet amongst ministers at all levels” over Cummings’ rule breaching. | |
| This just in from ITV’s Paul Brand: | This just in from ITV’s Paul Brand: |
| This from the Times’ head of news, Katherine Faulkner: | This from the Times’ head of news, Katherine Faulkner: |
| This is an interesting point by Sky News’s Joe Pike: | This is an interesting point by Sky News’s Joe Pike: |
| A Belfast hospital is ready to contend with a potential second surge of the coronavirus pandemic, a senior official told PA Media. | A Belfast hospital is ready to contend with a potential second surge of the coronavirus pandemic, a senior official told PA Media. |
| The Mater hospital is caring for a number of patients as they recover from Covid-19, a process that can take weeks to months. | The Mater hospital is caring for a number of patients as they recover from Covid-19, a process that can take weeks to months. |
| There have been 4,469 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Northern Ireland so far, with numbers of patients in hospitals dropping at the end of the first surge. | There have been 4,469 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Northern Ireland so far, with numbers of patients in hospitals dropping at the end of the first surge. |
| According to Department of Health figures on Saturday, there have been 505 deaths of patients with Covid-19. | According to Department of Health figures on Saturday, there have been 505 deaths of patients with Covid-19. |
| As lockdown measures begin to be relaxed, Liz McAlea, interim co-director of unscheduled care at the Belfast trust, said officials are prepared for a second surge if it comes. | As lockdown measures begin to be relaxed, Liz McAlea, interim co-director of unscheduled care at the Belfast trust, said officials are prepared for a second surge if it comes. |
| “Now that everything has calmed down quite a bit as in numbers wise, we are still in preparedness for a second wave if another surge was to come,” she said. | “Now that everything has calmed down quite a bit as in numbers wise, we are still in preparedness for a second wave if another surge was to come,” she said. |
| “Although we have turned some of our wards into non-Covid wards, within the Mater we’re still prepared in case there is a second surge. | “Although we have turned some of our wards into non-Covid wards, within the Mater we’re still prepared in case there is a second surge. |
| “I think we did really well, we had up to 105 patients with Covid-19 within the Mater Hospital, with 16 ventilated, and coped very well. Those numbers have gone down but we’re reassured that we’re prepared and the Nightingale is ready to step up again.” | “I think we did really well, we had up to 105 patients with Covid-19 within the Mater Hospital, with 16 ventilated, and coped very well. Those numbers have gone down but we’re reassured that we’re prepared and the Nightingale is ready to step up again.” |
| The Mater was the first centre in Northern Ireland for coronavirus patients before the Nightingale facility at the City hospital opened with access to more than 200 ventilators. | The Mater was the first centre in Northern Ireland for coronavirus patients before the Nightingale facility at the City hospital opened with access to more than 200 ventilators. |
| McAlea said “thankfully” that level of capacity was not needed. | McAlea said “thankfully” that level of capacity was not needed. |
| Steve Baker just retweeted remarks Dominic Cummings made about him previously in a blogpost, in which he described Baker as “an honest man”. | Steve Baker just retweeted remarks Dominic Cummings made about him previously in a blogpost, in which he described Baker as “an honest man”. |
| Here a video of Grant Shapps on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning, where he said he didn’t speak to Cummings about details of his 260-mile trip from London to Durham. | Here a video of Grant Shapps on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning, where he said he didn’t speak to Cummings about details of his 260-mile trip from London to Durham. |
| This from the FT’s Sebastian Payne: | This from the FT’s Sebastian Payne: |
| This from my colleague Claire Phipps: | This from my colleague Claire Phipps: |
| ITV’s Robert Peston says ministers have told him Cummings’ resignation or sacking is only “only a matter of time”. | ITV’s Robert Peston says ministers have told him Cummings’ resignation or sacking is only “only a matter of time”. |
| Dominic Cummings has entered No 10 Downing Street a short while ago, reportedly without answering questions about his alleged second trip to north-east England and his attitude towards resigning. | Dominic Cummings has entered No 10 Downing Street a short while ago, reportedly without answering questions about his alleged second trip to north-east England and his attitude towards resigning. |
| This from the BBC’s Rob Powell: | This from the BBC’s Rob Powell: |
| One particular statement made by transport secretary Grant Shapps this morning is attracting quite a bit of attention. | One particular statement made by transport secretary Grant Shapps this morning is attracting quite a bit of attention. |
| Shapps told Marr: “We’ve never told people specifically where to locate themselves.” The government’s key message in the weeks between the beginning of the lockdown and 10 May was, as you may recall, “Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.” | Shapps told Marr: “We’ve never told people specifically where to locate themselves.” The government’s key message in the weeks between the beginning of the lockdown and 10 May was, as you may recall, “Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.” |
| This from my colleague John Harris: | This from my colleague John Harris: |
| This from HuffPost UK’s Paul Waugh: | This from HuffPost UK’s Paul Waugh: |
| This from political writer and campaigner Femi Oluwole: | This from political writer and campaigner Femi Oluwole: |
| It’s worth noting that although at least seven Tory MPs have called for Cummings’ resignation, at least 51 have either defended him so far or at least retweeted defences from other MPs, which has been nicely documented in one place by the political writer Edwin Hayward. | It’s worth noting that although at least seven Tory MPs have called for Cummings’ resignation, at least 51 have either defended him so far or at least retweeted defences from other MPs, which has been nicely documented in one place by the political writer Edwin Hayward. |
| Dominic Cummings left his home in north London with his wife and son shortly after 11am this morning, PA Media reports. | Dominic Cummings left his home in north London with his wife and son shortly after 11am this morning, PA Media reports. |
| After one journalist asked if he had returned to Durham in April, Cummings said: “No, I did not.” | After one journalist asked if he had returned to Durham in April, Cummings said: “No, I did not.” |
| Cummings, who was wearing a lanyard with an ID card, was carrying a notepad and what appeared to be a black bin bag. The family then got in the car and drove away. | Cummings, who was wearing a lanyard with an ID card, was carrying a notepad and what appeared to be a black bin bag. The family then got in the car and drove away. |
| A petition campaigning for Dominic Cummings’ resignation is gaining momentum and has reached over 33,000 signatures. | A petition campaigning for Dominic Cummings’ resignation is gaining momentum and has reached over 33,000 signatures. |
| While the pressure on Cummings and Boris Johnson keeps building, the government’s daily press conference is expected to start at 4pm, and to be fronted by the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick. | While the pressure on Cummings and Boris Johnson keeps building, the government’s daily press conference is expected to start at 4pm, and to be fronted by the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick. |
| Labour has called on the prime minister to make an appearance himself and answer questions about Cummings’ behaviour. | Labour has called on the prime minister to make an appearance himself and answer questions about Cummings’ behaviour. |