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Lockdown will be extended beyond mid february. And coming up this hour storm orlena hits americas north east coast heavy snow and high winds bring New York City to a near standstill. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, a...

his comments come ahead of tonights penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid�...

i dont think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise well have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasnt the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with...

and thats bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two with kirsty wark. 0n bbc one, its time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are. goodnight. tomorrow the covid inquiry will hear from a man who was saved by the nhs. how will borisjohnson respond under oath to questions about the uks late lockdown and criticism from some of his closest aides about his leadership? how contrite should the former prime minister be about what his critics in government believe...

Campaigners said they were not satisfied with Boris Johnson's answers at the Covid inquiry.

Patrick Vallance, Chris Witty and others reflect on advising the UK government during the ongoing investigation into the country’s pandemic response. Patrick Vallance, Chris Witty and others reflect on advising the UK government during the ongoing investigation into the country’s pandemic response.

‘Curveballs,’ ‘snowballs’ and ‘boomerangs.’ These are all examples of how people are generally terrible at nonlinear thinking.

Ministers’ communications with their scientific advisers have been revealed, shining a light on how such relationships work, but will wide-ranging exercise change how research informs policy in the future?

The HPV vaccine can effectively prevent a range of cancers if administered at the right age. But boys still can't access it in most countries.

High street retailer Boots is selling lateral flow tests online at £17 for a pack of four, despite free tests still being available for more than month.