This is bbc news. The headlines the talking continues as the noon deadline to agree a financial package for tier 3 restrictions in manchester passes. The Prime Minister will hold a News Conference later. Health is about more than controlling the virus. If we leave people in a tier 3 lockdown that could go on through the winter, where people cant go to their normal place of work, i think we could end up with a Mental Health crisis. The number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus across england and wales rises by a third in just seven days. Some passengers flying from heathrow will be the first to have the option of paying for a 20 minute covid test before checking in. Healthy volunteers in the uk will be infected with coronavirus to help the search for a vaccine the first study of its kind
in the world. And coming up, the care home residents taking to tiktok to help pass the time during lockdown. Good afternoon. A deadline passed at noon for local leaders in Greater Manches
Who were kidnapped last friday have been handed over to Government Security forces. The Katsina State governor said they were all alive and in good condition. The uk has warned that progress seems blocked and time is running out to strike a post brexit trade deal with the eu. The president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, says big differences remain and that resolving them would be very challenging. The court for arbitration in sport has upheld the doping ban on russia competing at global events, including the olympics and footballs world cup. But the punishment has been reduced from four to two years. A court in france has jailed a moroccan man for life after finding him guilty of a terror attack on a paris bound train in 2015. Ayoub el khazzani was overpowered by passengers after opening fire. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are former fleet street editor eve pollard and the uk trade and economics correspo
This is bbc news. Im ben brown. The headlines. A momentous day in the global fight against coronavirus. 90 year old Maggie Keenan is the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Vaccine outside trials. The moment marks the start of the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs. Well have the latest on the roll out from across the uk, as hundreds follow margarets example. I say go for it. Go for it because its free and its the best thing thats ever happened. Please go for it, thats all i say, you know . If i can do it, well, so can you. Ijust urge people to contain their impatience. Its a very, very exciting moment, but theres still a lot of work
to be done and a lot of discipline to be maintained. After months of disruption for schools and their pupils, the Scottish Government says next years higher and advanced higher exams will be cancelled. We will adopt the new model that has been developed and base awards on teacher judgement of evidence of learner attainment.
This is bbc news. Our latest headlines the british man linked to 11 coronavirus patients has been discharged from hospital. Steve walsh, who is no longer contagious, contracted the virus in singapore before unwittingly infecting his friends whilst on a skiing break in france. How to police the internet. As media regulator 0fcom is to get new powers to force social Media Companies to remove harmful content, questions are raised about how effective they can be. The veteran senator Bernie Sanders narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary, a key stage of the contest to decide the democrats president ial candidate. Sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. Another sporting event affected by the coronavirus . It was expected that the chinese grand prix would be postponed because of the coronavirus
outbreak. Confirmation came just a few hours ago from formula 1 hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. That it would be postponed. Today at 2pm. The race was scheduled to be held i
This is bbc news. The headlines further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus this is bbc news with the latest in both england and scotland. Headlines for viewers in the uk in england, the Prime Minister has and around the world. Warned of tough weeks to come. Im rebecca jones. What we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus. The roll out of the oxford it is a bit unclear at the moment, astrazeneca jab begins in the uk this morning but if you look at the numbers the government describes it as a Pivotal Moment in the pandemic. There is no question that we are going to have to take the vaccine means everything to me. Tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. I mean, to my mind, its the roll out of the the only way of getting back Oxford Astrazeneca jab has begun to a bit of normal life. The Prime Minister says tens you know, this virus of millions of doses will have been is terrible, isnt it . Administe