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Next week will see the start of a coronavirus inoculation programme after it was approved for use in the uk. At the four chief medical officers are urging caution saying it will only have a marginal impact on the numbers in hospital this winter so it must testing is likely to be key to containing the virus. But there are concerns as well after the rapid turnaround tests used in a test in liverpool mist half of the cases. Council staff here in wolverhampton are preparing to roll out mass testing ...

But the nations four chief medical officers are urging caution, saying it will only have a marginal impact on the numbers in hospital this winter. So, mass testing is likely to be key to containing the virus. But there are concerns here too, after the rapid turnaround tests used in a pilot in liverpool missed half of all cases. Katherine da costa reports. Council staff here in wolverhampton are preparing to roll out mass testing from monday. Nose and throat swabs are taken but instead of being s...

The police in edinburgh it turned out to be a rare weather phenomenon thundersnow. We start with breaking news on the brexit trade talks in london. Within the past hour, they have been paused after eu and uk negotiators failed to reach agreement. British Prime Minister borisjohnson and European Commission president ursula von der leyen are to discuss the state of the talks on saturday afternoon. This is what uk negotiator david frost tweeted a short while ago after one week of intense negotiatio...

And coming up after 7. 30 click explores the latest developments around accessibility and inclusion in tech for International Day of persons with disabilities. 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 ...

Getaway preparing for the great christmas getaway as roads, railways, ferries and flights planned for this years rush. A very special night, says the arsenal boss, as they become the First Premier League club to let fans back in since march. Two thousand watched them thrash rapid vienna in the Europa League some of us waking up to snow this morning and this was edinburgh earlier. Snow and heavy rain in places. A wet and cold friday on the way for many. Its friday, december the 4th. Our top story...

Councils in Greater Manchester have become the latest to pause Rapid Testing for care home visitors because of concerns the tests dont detect enough infections. Figures suggest lateral flow tests which can produce a result within 30 minutes miss about a third of the most infectious cases picked up by conventional laboratory tests. The government says Rapid Testing is a way of reducing, rather than eliminating, risk and can quickly identify people who are carrying the virus. Our Health Correspond...

Country baselessly fighting the election results, he has tested positive for covid19. Hes in a d. C. Hospital being treated for what were told are mild symptoms but says hes recovering quickly. Rudy is one of the more than 101,000 americans who are waking up in hospital beds this morning. And they are just some of the 14 million americans who have had the virus. I am now one of those americans. After testing positive for covid19, i have spent the better part of the last two weeks in bed isolatin...

During the latest demonstrations against a proposed new security law. And venice lights up some of its best known sights but this year, it looks as if only locals will be allowed to visit them. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Brexit negotiations will re start tomorrow, although after a lengthy phone call between Prime Minister borisjohnson and the president of the European Commissi...

Surrounding counties. Reporter thats right, andrea. Youre really getting a sense of how creative these medical professionals are having to be to deal with the surge that youre seeing across the state of indiana and really across the country. Yesterday the United States hit more than 100,000 people who are in the hospital fighting with this virus. When you look at things in indiana, 80 of icu beds are full. Most of the hospitals are at critical capacity. Listen to how the Vice President of this h...

In the past thirty minutes, the us state of californias Electoral College has given its votes tojoe biden. The result means that mr biden now has three hundred and two votes, taking him over the two hundred and seventy needed to confirm him as president of the United States. Before californias announcement, forty eight states had already declared only one, hawaii, is still to do so. This was the moment the formality was confirmed. Thank the formality was confirmed. You secretary lima. I announce...