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And hope to avoid lockdown measures, or act now as a precaution and risk the wrath of many in their own party and beyond westminster? fergus walsh, bbc news. some countries across europe have already taken steps to try to prevent 0micron cases rising. france and germany have closed their borders to most british travellers, denmark has closed theatres, cinemas and amusement parks for the next month, and the netherlands has gone into lockdown. anna holligan reports from the hague. virtually silent...

Year, including closing indoor hospitality and limits on mixing of households. you dont have time to dither. this thing is coming at us like an express train. there is no evidence yet, to be clear, in suggesting its less serious, and if we wait, we could be in a real crisis. and that is the dilemma for ministers — do they wait until the threat from 0micron becomes clear and hope to avoid lockdown measures, or act now as a precaution and risk the wrath of many in their own party and beyond west...

Cases. its the first country in europe to embark on a month—long lockdown. non—essentialshops, bars, gyms, hairdressers and other public venues will be closed. all schools will be shut until at least january 9 while other lockdown measures will remain in place for longer as our correspondent anna holligan reports from the hague. virtually silent high streets. its online and window shopping only this year. last christmas, the dutch thought the pandemic would be over by now. instead, the nethe...

Took to the streets across the nation to denounce the military. 0fficialfigures from hong kong show turnout in elections on sunday hit a record low. just over 30% of voters cast their ballots. every candidate had been vetted for their loyalty to beijing before being allowed to take part, leading some activists to call for a boycott. the netherlands has taken the strongest measures yet to limit the surge in 0micron cases. its the first country in europe to embark on a month—long lockdown. non�...

The usual amount of hugs i get from my mum. you just take a little bit of caution and i think thats a sensible response. but the most important thing that anyone can do right now is to get boosted. ministers have been given a stark warning by sage, the scientific advisory group on emergencies, that without further intervention, the scale of hospital admissions due to omicron would almost certainly lead to unsustainable pressure on the nhs. the scenarios for curbing omicron are an echo of lockdow...

The scenarios for curbing omicron are an echo of lockdown controls from earlier this year, including closing indoor hospitality and limits on mixing of households. you dont have time to dither. this thing is coming at us like an express train. there is no evidence yet to be clear in suggesting its less serious, and if we wait, we could be in a real crisis. and that is the dilemma for ministers. do they wait until the threat from omicron becomes clear and hope to avoid lockdown measures, or act n...

Expected anyway. there was a meeting this afternoon between the devolved administrations and london, we were thinking signals might come from that but were hearing that was not really about restrictions but had to deal with the fallout of staff shortages in that kind of thing. nicola sturgeon tweeted afterwards saying she wanted urgent decisions to be made but the prime minister is under pressure from all sides. the health secretary says they need to take in many different things, not just the s...

Ministers have been given a stark warning by sage, the scientific advisory group on emergencies, that without further intervention, the scale of hospital admissions due to omicron would almost certainly lead to unsustainable pressure on the nhs. the scenarios for curbing omicron are an echo of lockdown controls from earlier this year, including closing indoor hospitality and limits on mixing of households. you dont have time to dither. this thing is coming at us like an express train. there is n...

The scale of hospital admissions due to omicron would almost certainly lead to unsustainable pressure on the nhs. the scenarios for curbing omicron are an echo of lockdown controls from earlier this year, including closing indoor hospitality and limits on mixing of households. i think the longer we wait, the more problematic this is going to be. we have learned from previous experience, surely, that if we dither and delay, we get ourselves into more trouble. the problem here is, of course, we do...

Shutter and "snl" scraps tonights live music and audience. and in europe, the mayor of london declaring a major incident as the netherlands enforces strict new lockdown measures. ♪ rising numbers and very real concerns tonight. americans can no longer ignore the surging pandemic looming over their holidays and intruding on their lives. president biden acknowledging the growing public concerns, will deliver a speech on tuesday focusing on the omicron variant. here in the u.s. omicron is exp...