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Tonight at 10pm. The policy of social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year, according to the governments chief medical advisor. The forthright message is that highly disru ptive social distancing will need to be in place for really quite a long period of time. I think we have to be very realistic that if people are hoping that it suddenly going to move from where we are now, in lockdown, suddenly into everything is gone, that is a wholly unrealistic expectation. Well have...

A breakthrough with a british Covid Vaccine and its cheap, easily stored and the governments pre ordered 100 million doses. The Oxford University vaccine is shown to be on average 70 effective up to 90 if the dose is adjusted. I can definitely see a future beyond the pandemic. I think that we will be able to roll out vaccines in the first half of next year and have a big impact here in the uk. Well be looking at when we might get the vaccine and when next year we can return to normality. Also to...

Tonight at ten, the world looks on as americas polling stations prepare to close in the stormy contest for the us presidency. Donald trump, seeking a second term, has struggled to defend his record, on fighting the pandemic. You know, winning is easy. Losing is never easy. Not for me, its not. The democratic challenger, joe biden, whos 77, has been taunted for months that he doesnt have the energy for thejob. It aint over till its over, and when its over, were going to win pennsylvania because o...

Its been run as a nine room boutique hotel. And the admiral fisher suite comes complete with its own fishing hole. Here, the gun emplacements have been modified for more peaceful pursuits. And the many Million Dollar question, of course, whos in the market for a sea fort, or three . A lot of the people weve had so far are people who have been incredibly successful, as the current owner was himself. Theyve sold a business, and they want to do something fun, but at the same time, something that wi...

Tonight at ten. Donald trump becomes the first president in us history to be impeached twice, after last weeks assault on capitol hill. Ten republicansjoined democrats in voting for the president to face trial for inciting insurrection. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. The formal charge comes after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the capitol its now surrounded by a ring of steel, with just a week left of the trump presidency. The other main sto...

The headlines Republican Leaders in congress have said there will be an orderly transfer of power should President Trump lose novembers election. He appeared to cast doubt on the transition on wednesday again raising questions about the probity of the vote with so many ballots likely to be cast by mail. The french Prime Ministers warned its a race against time to avoid a second coronavirus wave as bad as the first. It comes as the country records a Record Number of new cases since mass testing b...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The British Government considers plans for a month Long National lockdown across england in the hope that measures could be eased before christmas. A europe wide surge in coronavirus cases has spurred a wave of tighter restrictions with belgium the latest to announce a six week National Lockdown. Rescue teams search through the rubble for survivors after a powerful earthquake hits turkey and greece. At least 2...

Key measures to party. We have key measures to ensure transparency and accountability, to prevent corruption and bad practice and to implement the we have strategies to tackle poverty and sectarianism and a plan to put objective need at the heart of a programme for government. Finance has been committed to begin the job of repairing the damage done ofa the job of repairing the damage done of a decade of tory austerity and to help with the crisis in our Health Service, including a commitment to s...

A fictional authoritarian regime which has stolen power. The themes of protest and the power of the individual to spark change certainly resonate in todays climate. Its very reflective of the times and we as people need to be coming together, do you know what i mean . I kind of think they capture that perfectly in the sense of, like, your everyday person being more important than they probably realise. The rappers appearance in this title highlights that games will now often act as a reflection ...

Tonight at ten, the High Speed Rail link hsz, whose future has hung in the balance, will be given the go ahead by the government, the bbc has learned. Hs2 will link london to birmingham, manchester and leeds, with drastically cutjourney times. Today, we have our confirmation that we will build the railway that will close the north south divide and bring our country together again. But opponents are angry about the cost, the damage to the environment, and the disruption to residents near the rout...