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Hello, a very good afternoon to you. Welcome to bbc news. Were expecting a downing street Coronavirus Briefing led by the Health Secretary, matt hancock. The National Medical director of nhs england, professor Stephen Powis, and the head of operations for the Community Testing programme, general sir gordon messenger, will also be there. We will bring thatjust as soon as they arrive in downing street, in they arrive in downing street, in the briefing room. First of all, lets talk about what has h...

Things will be able to start to get back to normal. Close contacts of people who test positive for covid 19 in england are to be offered the chance to take daily tests, instead of going into isolation. Its expected all shops in england will be allowed to open in the lead up to christmas, but pubs and restaurants could face tougher restrictions as part of new government measures to fight coronavirus. And lockdown, superspreader, furlough words associated with coronavirus dominate this years word ...

Than nine months away. Good morning. For england and wales today we are looking at rain or showers. In scotla nd looking at rain or showers. In scotland and Northern Ireland, sunshine and showers. Some of them will be wintry. It will feel cold. More in ten minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, the 3rd of december. Our top story. The first doses of the Pfizer Biontech Coronavirus Vaccine will arrive in britain within hours. A Mass Vaccination Programme will Begin Next Week, after the uk became the...

Out the pfizer vacine 800,000 doses should be in the uk ready to go next week. No customers to drink this beer as wales enters new tough coronavirus restrictions less than a month after it emerged from its last lockdown. And the explosive sound that prompted hundreds to call the police in edinburgh that turned out to be a rare phenomenon thundersnow. And coming up on bbc news. Well have the latest from cape town after englands opening one dayer is called off after a south africa player tested po...

Thursday it broke all records almost 3000 deaths recorded in almost 3000 deaths recorded in a single day. The equivalent of two deaths every minute. The mayor of San Francisco along with political leaders across the bay area are imposing new lockdown orders and business restrictions to try to contain the surge of covid 19 infections, saying it is time for action. The measures we have tried so farsimply the measures we have tried so far simply have not bent the curve the way we needed to. We have...

Spitting on yourfog lights. This weather front has been spitting on yourfog lights. This weatherfront has been producing spitting on yourfog lights. This weather front has been producing the problems in western scotland and Northern Ireland, more heavyweight this afternoon that it will start to ease this evening. Rain at times across scotland and into cumbria, much of england and wales will be dry, temperatures could peak at around 14. Quite a mild night for england and wales but turning right a...

Hanbury tenison describes how the healing power of nature helped save his life. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The uk and eu have agreed to return to the negotiating table to try to agree a post brexit trade deal with negotiating teams reconvening in brussels tomorrow. Prime minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president ursula von der leyen made the decision during a phone call on saturday and will speak again on monday evening to discuss the progress. A joint Statement Release...

Differences still remain. Whilst recognising the seriousness of these differences, we agreed that a further effort should be undertaken by our negotiating teams to assess whether they can be resolved. More Rapid Testing is introduced in areas in the highest tiers of restrictions in england but there are concerns about their accuracy. A large scale Coronavirus Vaccine roll out begins in russia but the sputnikjab is still undergoing mass testing. A 28 year old man has been charged with attempted m...

We are going above and beyond what they ask us to do. Then the goalposts change the following day. The chancellor says hes had to make tough choices as he defends his decision to freeze the pay of many Public Public sector workers. Ive had to make some tough choices, and what i couldnt do was justify an across the boa rd rise in Public Sector pay. Global firms amazon and apple are accused of dodging their environmental responsibilities by failing to recycle old tech products. And, people mourn a...

But in the south of the country, it should stay clear early on tuesday morning. So, lets have a look at the outlook, then, for the next few days. This is the summary. You can see those temperatures are into single figures. There isjust a gradual, gradual rise in those temperatures as we head towards the end of the week there, from four to eight in southampton. Bye bye. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment with Lucy Beresford and joe twyman first ...