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Arlington Public Schools is bringing athletics back early and reducing quarantine periods, despite more than a thousand Covid cases reported among students and

Northeast in places like the mid-atlantic. hospitals are likely to see a lot of sick people because many more people are unvaccinated. it will be a very rough four to six weeks across the country now and we need people to prepare for that. over the holidays coronavirus cases driven by the omicron variant has skyrocketed. some countries are now seeing the highest daily case counts of the entire pandemic. the british government is urging students to get tested before they return to school. franc...

Instagram or e—mail me. and coming up this hour.... the first "super—group" of whales seen in australia. how many whales make a supergroup? were going to talk to one of the people watching and studying them. good morning and welcome to the programme. health officials in north west england are stepping up coronavirus vaccinations and testing to tackle the surge in cases of the delta variant first identified in india. yesterday, the government announced extra support for greater manchester and...

Matt hancock, has announced extra help, including military support, to halt the spread of covid in greater manchester and lancashire. the aim is to tackle the rise in the delta variant of the virus. latest figures show that out of the top 20 hot spots in england, 17 are in the north west. we are providing a strengthened package of support, based on what is working in bolton, to help greater manchester and lancashire tackle the rise in the delta variant that we are seeing there. this includes rap...

The new package of support includes military assistance, and supervised in—school testing. new guidance recommends people "minimise travel in and out of the affected areas". residents are also being encouraged to get tested twice a week. our correspondent richard galpin has the story. in the warm summer sun, people here in manchester looking forward to the possibility of covid restrictions being lifted later this month. but, instead, they face new measures, including advice to avoid meeting in...

Lifted a week later. the new package of support includes military assistance, and supervised in—school testing. new guidance recommends people �*minimise travel in and out of the affected areas. residents are also being encouraged to get tested twice a week. 0ur correspondent richard galpin has the story. in the warm summer sun, people here in manchester looking forward to the possibility of covid restrictions being lifted later this month. but, instead, they face new measures, including adv...

But a lot more cloud across the whole of western uk tomorrow. rain or drizzle on and off through northern ireland, certainly into scotland. some of it should be heavy in the north and west. greater chance of some damper weather across parts of northern england, western parts of wales and towards the south—west. even though here, some will stay completely dry. best of the sunshine tomorrow — central eastern parts of england where temperatures again into the mid—20s and even with more cloud ...

Western fringes of england and wales. temperatures sticking in double figures for most of the towns and city centres at least. there will be some morning sunshine, particularly through england and wales. clouding over a bit more, though, compared with past few days with some rain and drizzle at times to the north and the west. scotland, northern ireland, its going to be slightly wetter at times compared with tuesday. especially in the morning. the afternoon should be a little bit brighter, espec...

To what has happened in bolton, where a surge in cases linked to the indian variant has been successfully tackled with a mixture of a big push on vaccinations and testing. the infection rate in bolton, part of greater manchester, is now following. but it took a concerted effort to reach parts of the community it found hard to access testing or vaccinations. local leaders say they now want to see these same efforts right across the region. this is not about asking for more than greater manchester...

This includes rapid response teams, putting in extra testing, military support and supervised in—school testing. i want to encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. we know that this approach can work. weve seen it work in south london and in bolton in stopping a rise in the number of cases. the us capitol police had specific intelligence that supporters of president trump were planning an armed invasion of the capitol at least two weeks before the january six ...