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Im not sure the governor would have been delighted at getting her in this case. she went out of her way to compromise and give a bit to each side. i think an appeal, based on what ive seen, is going to be very difficult. this is bbc news. 0ur headlines... a record number of covid—19 cases are recorded in the uk — and a further 332 deaths are reported the uk health secretary sajid javid says the government will buy hundreds of millions more lateral flow tests, after days of supply issues (00v...

In london had covid — the highest in england. the uk also saw a new record high. scientists are warning there is real uncertainty about what the new year will bring. people currently who are very sadly dying of covid were probably infected on average something like 35 days ago, so, this was really before omicron started to transmit. its therefore too early to say what the impact of omicron is going to be on the more severe end of the disease, and its mostly been circulating in children, in peo...

The headlines: a record number of covid—19 cases are recorded in the uk, and a further 332 deaths are reported. the uk health secretary, sajid javid, says the government will buy hundreds of millions more lateral flow tests, after days of supply issues. a key witness speaks publicly after ghislaine maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. afghanistans former president defends his decision to flee the countryjust before the taliban take—over, saying ...

Killed 164 people. the afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal — is reunited with relatives. the duchess of cambridge at 40 — three new portraits will go on display in towns where kate has lived — to celebrate her birthday. and its a draw for england and australia in the fourth ashes test. england trail 3—0 in the series, with one test to play. now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. all hello, and welcome to a new year of the programm...

Well, i got lucky. the pharmacist here does have a box of tests. he says, in fact, he gets a delivery every day. but as soon as people find out he has got them, they can run out in half an hour, just because of the sheer size of the demand for them. eve burke, a teacher in berkshire, has covid along with her husband and two children. shes hoping to get back to work next tuesday, but cant find a ny lateral flow tests. ive been trying since yesterday, going on to the government website and refresh...

Meanwhile, coronavirus "surge" hubs are being set up at nhs at hospitals in england to deal with a potential increase in admissions, caused by record daily cases of the 0micron coronavirus variant. eight sites will be able to treat around 100 patients each. at the same time, the health secretary, sajid javid, says the supply of lateral flow tests will be tripled injanuary and february, in a bid to combat shortages. heres our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. st georges hospital in south w...

The government says 8 million lateral flow tests will be available by tomorrow. but mark burdon, who runs six pharmacies in north—east england, hasnt seen any extra supply. i tried ordering an additional supply this afternoon and that order was rejected. unfortunately, were going to have to start to turn people away once the current supplies are exhausted. its very frustrating when youve got people in front of you and youre unable to give them the tests that theyre asking for. and lateral flow...

Deal with staff shortages caused by workers isolating due to covid. that number doubled in london in the week before christmas. i do understand the argument, but as i say, we believe it is the right thing to do at present, to stick with the self—isolation period as it currently is, so that is seven days, and as i say, weve onlyjust made the change to bring it down to ten, so we want to make sure that that is working as we would expect it to be. but that brings us back to lateral flow tests. fo...

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