We we this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 90 year old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, becomes the first person in the world to receive the pfizer covid 19 jab, following its clinical approval. Applause. She was given the vaccine at her local hospital in coventry. 800,000 doses are currently available in the uk with up to four million more expected by the end of the month. It was fine, it was fine. I wasnt nervous at all, it was really good, yeah. Shes protecting herself, but shes also helping to protect entire country. Across the whole of the uk this morning, that is happening in scotland, Northern Ireland
and wales, in england, people are having the vaccine for the first time. Let us know your thoughts on the start of the Mass Vaccination Programme in the uk on twitter im geetagurumurthy or its bbcyourquestions. The rest of the headlines. Borisjohnson heads to brussels later this week for face to face talks saying a post brexit trade de
The few sunny spells around. The persistent rain will clear away north and east as we go away this evening. Some of these showers will be heavy and possibly thundery and accompanied by some gusty winds as well. Temperatures are continuing to head up and rising overnight across parts of scotland and north east england. It will be a mild start on monday. A day of some sunny spells. Showers will affect all parts as they push eastwards during the day that they will be some spots in the east with a couple of showers. The rest of the day will be dry with sunny spells. It will be windy tomorrow with gas around 60 mph. These are average speeds, blustery particularly as the showers move on through. It is a mild start to the week and it is looking fairly mild throughout the week but with further rain at times. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Another deadline extended brexit talks will now continue as both sides agree to carry on after being unable to come to an agreement. Im afraid were
This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. 100 days, 100 million shots joe biden sets out his coronavirus vaccination plan, warning things will get worse before they get better. Truthfully, we remain in a very dark winter. Infection rates are up 34 . More people are being hospitalised because of covid than ever before. The number of people around the world who have died india begins a mammoth regulation programme, aiming to inoculate 3 Million People by august. The number of people around the world who have died with covid i9 passes the 2 million mark. Thousands of people
set off from honduras heading to the United States, hoping a new president will give them a warmer welcome. And wayne rooney, england and Manchester Uniteds top goal scorer, brings his playing career to a close. Hello and welcome to the programme. 2 Million People worldwide have now died from covid i9, and nearly 400,000 of those deaths were in the u
This is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm. Calls for more support for the uks travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. A further 1,295 people have died in the uk according to the latest covid figures. But the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. The worlds biggest Vaccination Programme gets underway in india. The country hopes to inoculate 300 Million People byjuly, with priority being given to frontline healthcare workers. Senior Police Officers in the uk says their investigations have been compromised after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were deleted from the Police National computer. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States
promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. And coming up in half an hour, here on bbc news our world tells the story of the holidaymakers who found the
The european union, ending a relationship of almost half a century. The trade deal agreed by the two sides on Christmas Eve will avoid the need for import taxes or tariffs but there will be new customs rules and checks for countries to adopt. Nearly 56,000 daily cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours the highest on record. Several nhs hospitals in london and the south east say they are under extreme pressure due to increasing numbers of people falling seriously ill. Around the world, the new year has been welcomed with fireworks displays, despite coronavirus restrictions. But where covid 19 is the overriding concern, streets have been empty of the usual crowds with people told to stay home and watch on their televisions. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind how we balance self pr