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Hello, you are watching afternoon live. The city of glasgow wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years leading the fight against Climate Change. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. How h ow exa ctly how exactl...

This is the Business Briefing. Im sally bundock. As tensions over a us china trade war are easing, will the next trade battleground be europe. The smartwatch is no threat to switzerlands luxury watch makers. We hearfrom the president of the most prestigeous of them all, patek philippe. Financial markets have started a brand new year. Well japan is closed for a public holiday, elsewhere you can see there are gains. Well go to our Asia Business hub shortly for the reasons why. We begin with the us...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im rebecca jones. The uk government urges people to stay at home as the death toll from coronavirus in the uk rises by 700, including a five year old boy. Our thoughts today are also with the family of the five year old child with Underlying Health conditions whos tragically died. So again, you must stay at home to protect the nhs and to save lives. As china delivers 300 ventilators to nhs hospitals, the strai...

The former king of spain, juan carlos, has left the country, weeks after he was linked to an investigation into alleged corruption. His destination is unknown. He made the announcement in an open letter to his son, felipe, who became the monarch, six years ago. President trump has insisted the coronavirus outbreak in the United States is receding, and criticised one of his top medical advisers, for saying the disease is now a greater threat than when the outbreak first began. The us has the bigg...

It may include messages to the family such as good night mum and dad, and in the morning they might receive a good morning message. Lovely messages like that. Professor dempsey, how many mothers and babies are currently separated at your hospital and whats been the reaction to this technology from those whove been able to make use of it . I guess right now we do not have any covid i9 positive mums so were using it in our unit as a way of ensuring the dad s and partners remain in contact with her...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A five year old becomes the youngest victim of coronavirus in the uk, as people are urged to stay at home, amid a large rise in deaths. The queen will praise the countrys self discipline in response to the crisis, when she makes a Rare Television address on sunday. Markets reopen in parts of italy as hopes rise that theyre over the worst. And sir keir starmer becomes the new Labour Party Leader and commits to ...

H a fi itafi fi ituie if t a ii if ui i le 33 our heroes. I think the dress up aspects emphasises to get out of the pyjamas feel fast, but the suits are not something a bit smarter, whatever it is, just have fun. What will you be wearing then . Im not going to give away anything that i am for fancy dress. I dont know what im wearing because it is not planned for way. None of the family know what theyre going to be wearing, ido, but know what theyre going to be wearing, i do, but im not giving i...

This is bbc world news. The headlines. Donald trump has spent a second night in hospital, being treated for coronavirus. He said in a video message that he had made substantial progress but was not out of the woods yet. 18 people are missing in france, and at least two people have been killed in italy, following the worst storm for more than 60 years. The equivalent of six months of rain fell in just a few hours. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned the coronavirus pandemic could mak...

Today at six a furious political row, as Greater Manchester refuses to accept the highest covid alert level. The citys mayor and other local leaders say no 10s plans are flawed and unfair, sacrificing jobs in the region. This is an important moment. Greater manchester will stand firm. We are fighting back for fairness and for the health of our people. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, ministers say any delay will cost lives. So that we can deal with this virus. ...

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 il...