To a fine point at the end. Good morning. Paying for the pandemic well look at who could be the winners and losers when the chancellor sets out his Spending Review later this week. 64 league games unbeaten at anfield a new record for liverpool. Victory over leicester puts them back towards the top of the premier league, sitting just behind tottenham on goal difference. And from racism, to star wars, and his new role as a pioneering policeman in the met we hearfrom the actorjohn boyega. Good morning. It is a cold start to the date. For some, a frosty one as well. Try it with sunshine. Cloud building in from the west but rain in the north west. Details in ten minutes. Good morning. Its monday november the 23rd. Our top story. Gyms and non essential shops are expected to be allowed to re open in all parts of england when the lockdown ends next week even those facing the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. Pub closing times will also be relaxed, and there are indications that limited
We are going above and beyond what they ask us to do. Then the goalposts change the following day. The chancellor says hes had to make tough choices as he defends his decision to freeze the pay of many Public Public sector workers. Ive had to make some tough choices, and what i couldnt do was justify an across the boa rd rise in Public Sector pay. Global firms amazon and apple are accused of dodging their environmental responsibilities by failing to recycle old tech products. And, people mourn across argentina after the death of the footballing legend Diego Maradona. Details of which tier of coronavirus restrictions will be imposed on the different regions of england when the National Measures are lifted a week today have been announced by the Health Secretary. More than 23 Million People will be under the most severe restrictions tier 3 in areas including manchester, newcastle, leeds, kent and bristol. Most of the country will be in the middle tier 2 including london and liverpool. Th
Journey back to normality. And the Health Secretary will be leading todays government Coronavirus Briefing hell be joined by chief medical officer chris whitty, and professor kevin fenton, from Public Health england. That is at six oclock this evening. Also coming up thats it, scratch coronavirus vaccinations are under way in care homes in scotland, and in gp surgeries in england. Both the European Union and the uk say progress is being made in negotiations over the future trading relationship, but warn the talks could yet fail. Hello. A new variant of coronavirus has been detected to be growing faster in some parts of england. Its one of the reasons the government has decided to place london and parts of the south east into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions, tier 3, in order to slow rising rates of infection. It means that a further 10 Million People willjoin the 23 Million People aleady living under the most stringent level of measures. The restrictions will be brought in
By the court of arbitration for sport, but russian teams will still be banned from the Tokyo Olympics and dozens of other global competitions. More former Rugby Union Players havejoined legal action against the games authorities, accusing them of negligence over head injuries. And coming up the west end performers staging virtual Christmas Concerts in care homes. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. Two thirds of the population of england or 38 Million People will be living under the tighest coronavirus restrictions by this weekend. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps that following a review, most of the areas already in the toughest tier 3 level will remain there. He said a 46 increase in covid i9 cases in the past week in south east england and cases up by two thirds in the east of england meant it was necessary to apply tier 3 measures across a much wider area. Bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, berkshire and hertfordshire will be subject to tier 3 rules, as will parts of surrey,
And colleges not opening to all pupils injanuary. The Coronavirus Vaccine developed by astrazeneca and Oxford University becomes the second vaccine in the uk to receive regulatory approval. Boris johnson signs the post brexit trade deal with the European Union after Britains Parliament approved it. He says its not the end of their relationship with europe. We will be able to have a Wonderful Partnership with the eu in which we are able to do our own thing, and we will be able to be supportive, friendly, and i think that actually it is a great deal also for our european friends. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. Millions more people across england willjoin the toughest tier of covid restrictions from thursday. The midlands, north east, parts of the north west and parts of the south west are among those escalated to tier four. It means that three quarters of the population of england will be under the highest level of restrictions, where people are asked to stay at hom