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Morning to stand trial accused of failing to hand over his trophies to settle debts. the 54—year—old commentator was declared bankrupt injune 2017. its alleged he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds to other accounts, including to his former wife and his estranged wife. the trial is expected to last three weeks. he denies all 24 charges in connection with his conduct before and after his bankruptcy. hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in england can book an additional covid bo...

The metropolitan police says it has begun the process of interviewing witnesses about the so—called "partygate" allegations of gatherings in downing street that allegedly broke covid rules. the met says it has yet to issue any fixed penalty fines, but confirmed it has sent out over 100 questionnaires to people thought to have attended events. many vulnerable people in england, including the over—75s and care home residents, can book an additional covid booster jab from today. official figure...

But confirmed it has sent out over 100 questionnaires to people thought to have attended events. from today, physical punishment of children is illegal in wales. anyone who smacks a child in their care could be arrested and prosecuted for assault. the first minister of wales mark drakeford said it was an historic legislative achievement. but critics claim the new law was pushed through "by those who think they know better than parents." scotland became the first uk nation to make smacking illega...

Outcomes were less likely. theyve not been able to get vaccinated. maybe in may, we hope. what do you make of findings? should there be pressure to finally get these young kids approved? >> i really do think thats the line that needs to be coming out of this. this line tells the story going back into the variants and delta and on the far right of the screen, omicron. this is broken down by all age groups. look at what the spike has been for omicron in terms of hospitalizations overall for some o...

And hong kong there was quite a lot of reluctance to take the vaccine in the senior age groups, quite different to the west, so i think there is a cultural phenomenon there, elderly chinese people have got their own reasons for not wanting to take it, and therefore evenif wanting to take it, and therefore even if youve got a high vaccination rate, if those unvaccinated are the most vulnerable, then you need to wait until that is done. the other thing i think is the necessary surge, getting all t...

Risk of severe illness. and in that regard, the vaccines are holding up really well across all different age groups. and so should parents be concerned? well, i think they should know that the vaccines are not protecting against infection as well as we would like them to be, but they are protecting really well against that very serious illness. now, im still hopeful that well have similar types of data for younger kids, kids under the age of 5. hopefully well get those data sometime next month. ...

Fairly consistent across all age groups. so that does give us optimism that this latest wave of infection may now have peaked. 0f infection may now have peaked. of course, the daily numbers on their own need to be treated with a degree of caution but the result of waste water sampling, an important strand of our ongoing surveillance, also gives some cause for optimism. it is not yet indicating a fall in the level of infection but it does suggest that the situation has stabilised since mid—marc...

And response network. i asked him why china is still sticking to its zero—covid policy. no country has been able to keep 0micron out, and all countries, particularly in east asia, have one by one accepted endemicity. and i think the chinese health authorities are not fools, they will understand this, so i think it is really about positioning themselves for the necessary surge that would happen as they start to accept endemicity. i think some of the things they might be waiting for would be pro...

The regional level now, we are seeing all age groups see a rise in case notifications. in seeing all age groups see a rise in case notifications.— seeing all age groups see a rise in case notifications. in the uk, they are saying it _ case notifications. in the uk, they are saying it is _ case notifications. in the uk, they are saying it is time _ case notifications. in the uk, they are saying it is time to _ case notifications. in the uk, they are saying it is time to live - case notification...

Right, those over 50 became eligible this week, the president, the vice president got theirs. how quickly do you think that fourth shot could be opened up to other age groups or even, frankly, to everybody? >> well, i think its a real possibility. moderna originally looked to the fda to look at this for all adults, right now its been green-lighted for those 50 and up but i think, you know, we may have to broaden it over time and, you know, a lot of this is going to be driven by how much of a wav...