Also in the programme we will hear about chinese pop music with a message. This is breaking a taboo by singing about Domestic Violence. Lets start with the new covid restrictions announced in england. 38 Million People will now be living under tier 3 thats the tighest restrictions by this weekend. Later we will look at how europe is dealing with the pressure in the run up to christmas. First of all, lets at england. Heres hugh pym. This is what tier 3 looks like bars, pubs, and some other venues closed. Its what many areas of england have experienced for some time and now, more parts of the south east are moving into, following others yesterday. The government said the tightening was required to bring cases down and help the nhs. Yesterday, the Welsh Government made the decision to tighten restrictions across the whole of wales. No one wants tougher restrictions any longer than necessary. But where they are necessary, we must put them in place to prevent the nhs from being overwhelmed
Irish director Jim Sheridan, Oscar-nominated for ‘My Left Foot’ and “In the Name of the Father", will head up a star-strewn team led by Oscar winner Colin Firth in a recreation of the terrible events surrounding the alleged Libyan bombing of a Pan American US flight which came down over Lockerbie Scotland in 1998.