Flags are lowered over Downing Street and borisjohnson describes captain sir tom as a National Inspiration, and a beacon of hope for the world. The uk variant of coronavirus has mutated again the Health Secretary says hes seen cases of concern in bristol and liverpool. Meanwhile, 80,000 people in england are tested to stop the spread of the Virus Variant from south africa. Scotland is to introduce Travel Quarantines for overseas arrivals and plans are put in place to open scottish schools later this month. Travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland as heavy snow brings chaos. Good afternoon. In the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. Captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. The army veteran, originally from keighley in West Yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the First National lockd
Prices. Out of intensive care british Prime Minister valas johnson remains in hospital with coronavirus britains death toll is nearing 8000 and. The economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak continues to be felt in the u. S. Another 6600000 americans claimed Unemployment Benefits last week alone 87000000000 people have filed for unemployment in the past 3 weeks that 10 percent of the workforce the countrys economy has been crippled as businesses were forced to shut down in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not seen since the Great Depression forecast
Occupied in lockdown. Boxerjoseph parker tries out his hugh grant love actually impression. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has tested positive for the coronavirus. He says he has mild symptoms and will self isolate in downing street, but will still lead the governments response to the crisis. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, is also having to work from home, after testing positive. Boris johnsons diagnosis came amid growing concern that nhs hospitals may be overwhelmed by coronavirus patients as early as this weekend. Well, a total of 759 people in the uk have now died of the illness thats an increase of 181 in the last 2a hours. Theres particular pressure on hospitals on the outskirts of london, where some Health Bosses have warned that intensive care units face whats being described as a tsunami of demand in the coming days. Globally, the us has overtaken china as the country with the most confirmed cases more than 85,000. And here, police have started issuing f
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More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland walk out in an unprecedented strike over pay and patient safety. Relatives of four british soldiers killed in the hyde park bombing win a civil case against convicted ira member, john downey after his criminal trial collapsed in 2014. And coming up in sport, liverpool through to the final of the Club World Cup after beating mexican side monterrey. Historic scenes coming to us from the united states, members of congress are getting ready to vote on whether to impeach donald trump. Impeachment is the two stage procedure which can lead to the removal of a sitting president. In the first stage today, a majority in the house of representatives would need to support the move. ani if that passes a trial would be held in the us senate dominated by republicans next month. Thats unlikely to happen. But if it did donald trump would be forced from the white house 0ur north america editorjon sopel has this report. Merciful god, we pause in your presence a