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Donald trump accepts a formal transition should begin forjoe biden to take office. He says the agency overseeing the handover must do what needs to be done but he doesnt concede and says the fight goes on well have the latest, live, from washington. Also this lunchtime. As the Health Secretary confirms that things should get back to normal after easter were still waiting for news on the four nations plans for christmas test negative and well reduce your quarantine the new rules for people travel...

The government says theres no reason schools in england will not be ready to roll out mass testing of pupils for coronavirus. It follows criticism by unions of another delay in returning secondary School Children to classes. Making sure that we do everything we can do to root out this virus, making sure that schools are safe, pupils are safe, staff are safe, but also communities are safe as well. Well be assessing the growing pressure on hospitals. Also on the programme. People are being urged t...

This is bbc news. The headlines. A cobra meeting with the four nations of the uk is getting underway right now to try to agree a common approach to relaxing coronavirus restrictions over christmas. It is hoped we will agree a common framework, albeit some details on the precise definition of household might differ to reflect the different circumstances in each nation. The bbc understands the governments may allow up to three households to meet indoors over a five day period. A further 608 people...

No change in covid rules before mid february but the Prime Minister says he will be looking to relax the rules as soon as the numbers allow. With the Vaccination Programme in full swing, borisjohnson says he doesnt want to risk a surge in covid infections. Thejcvi groups one to four are going to be vaccinated by the 15th of february. Before then, well be looking at the potential of relaxing some measures. As the government considers tougher measures for travellers, well be getting the latest liv...

Tonight at ten, borisjohnson introduces his rule of six, the strict new laws on social gatherings in england from next monday. Alarmed by the sharp rise in new cases of coronavirus, especially among young people, the Prime Minister and his senior advisers want to avoid another total lockdown. In england from monday, we are introducing the rule of six. You must not meet socially in groups of more than six, and if you do, you will be breaking the law. People should see this as the next block of ti...

More warnings about the pressure on hospitals across the uk as the new variant of coronavirus spreads. Londons hospitals are particularly stretched. Leading doctors talk of wall to wall covid and warn people not to underestimate the virus. European ambassadors back the post brexit trade deal that was agreed between the uk and the eu on christmas eve. And how scientists have discovered 12 new species in the Atlantic Ocean good afternoon. There are further warnings today of the pressures faced by ...

This is bbc news. These are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. The speaker of the house of commons rejects mps� demand for an urgent government statement on whether schools in england will fully re open before easter. What i want the government to do is to set out a route map and what i mean by that is set out what the conditions need to be before children can go back to school more fully. Its the start of the fourth week in lockdown in england and how are doing . Let me know...

This is bbc news, im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 7 thejustice secretary defends the government potentially breaking International Law over changes to the brexit Withdrawal Agreement. This is a collective will on the part of the government not just to prepare for the worst, but also to protect the internal workings of our united kingdom. That is responsible government. Concern from care home providers over access to the governments Coronavirus Testing Programme as infections rise. A stretch o...

None of this work to roll this term. None of this work to roll this term. None of this work to roll this out is going to be wasted. Regular testing will take place of staff and students in school and in due course help us to reopen schools as soon as possible. Testing will be the centre of our plans to return children back to school, back to the classroom, back to college as soon as possible. I never wanted to be in a position where we had to close schools again. I believe that schools should al...

Nightingale hospital. The excel centre is about to become the biggest hospital in the country, potentially in europe. It is 100,000 square metres. It could fit the entire of terminal five at heathrow into its footprint and it is becoming the model for three other centres in cardiff, birmingham and manchester, all being prepared for the wave of cases to come. Hoping for the best, but training for the worst. The car parts of the xl and incident command centre. Specialists staff and paramedics prep...