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Today at six. The uk drugs regulator approves a Coronavirus Vaccine. The first doses will be here next week. The uk is the first country to approve the pfizer vaccine. The Prime Minister praises the scientists but hes got a warning, too. As we celebrate this scientific achievement, were not carried away with overoptimism or fall into the naive belief that the struggle is over. Its not. Jabs at racecourses and conference centres they could all be used in one of the biggest logistical operations t...

Weve got to get control of this the warning from the countrys top scientists as britain enters a second wave of coronavirus. Failure to act, they say, could lead to 50,000 cases a day by the middle of next month. You cannot in an epidemic just take your own risk. Unfortunately, you are taking a risk on behalf of everybody else. Its important that we see this as something we have to do collectively. All eyes are now on the politicians and asking them what happens next . Also this lunchtime. The s...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Boris johnson will announce new measures on monday to tackle coronavirus in england, with some areas of the north warned they are likely to face tougher restrictions. Donald trump will return to the campaign trail later with a speech at the white house but wont confirm if hes covid free. Armenia and azerbaijan agree to a humanitarian ceasefire, following two weeks of intense fighting over the disputed territor...

This is bbc news, im joanna gosling. The headlines at 11. Borisjohnson is to announce new lockdown restrictions for specific areas of england under a new three tier system. Were expecting to hear about the latest covid 19 data from the deputy chief medical officer, professor Jonathan Van Tam in the next few minutes. Liverpool is expected to face the toughest restrictions with pubs, gyms and bookies closed. The regions mayor says agreement on it has not yet been reached. The chief executive of Br...

The first female Radio Operator to be sent into nazi occupied france. They were losing Radio Operators like flies. The Life Expectancy was six weeks, so noor was crucial to this. And they flew her in undercover. She is transformed into madeline, the secret agent. After months of dangerous work, she was betrayed, arrested by the gestapo, imprisoned and tortured. She died after being shot in a concentration camp in september 1944. Her plaque marks the return of the blue plaque scheme after a brief...

Evidence that britains coronavirus epidemic is spreading again as the uk records its highest daily number of new cases since the middle of may. Government data shows the r number which measures how many people each patient infects has moved above 1 for the First Time Since march. But deaths and hospital admissions remain low. It comes as new local lockdown measures are announced. More than 1. 5 Million People in birmingham, sandwell and solihull are told they can no longer socialise with other h...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Hours to do a deal post brexit trade talks resume today but are said to be on a knife edge. It would have been great to have got this nailed down sooner, but ultimately its not the Biggest Surprise in the world that its going right to the last minute. Final preparations are being made for the uks Mass Vaccination Programme against coronavirus, which is due to begin tomorrow. Snowy winters could come to an end ...

Get time, back in time as to how we get to where we are, you could go all the way back to january. I would like to go back to the ebola crisis. This is bbc news. The headlines in the ebola west african crisis the Prime Minister will fly to brussels later in what could be which i was heavily involved in as the final attempt to salvage talks pa rt of on a post brexit trade deal. Which i was heavily involved in as part of the department of international, one of the things cabinet minister michael g...

This is bbc news. Ifjoe biden has a very good night on november the third, the jewel in his new crown would be georgia. The Southern State is changing, becoming less republican and more democratic. Once a bastion of the old south, the state is younger, more diverse and more urban. The peach state is turning purple. Manchester is placed under the highest level of covid restrictions despite pushbacks from local leaders. Business owners there say they may not survive. Also in the programme. Scienti...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines at two. Borisjohnson calls his cabinet ahead of announcing tougher restrictions as ministers reject claims political leaders in the north have been left out of the decision making. You say that there is anger in the north. There is. But the measures we are bringing in here are universal, these apply across the whole of the United Kingdom and there is nothing that we would ever do that penalises one part of the country over another. I havent felt anger l...