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Today at five, drama in downing street as sajid javid resigns as chancellor. He goes after a power struggle with number ten and rejecting a demand to fire his team of advisers. Hed only been in thejob for seven months, which makes him the shortest serving chancellor in half a century. Hes replaced by rishi sunak, whos risen rapidly though the ranks and only recently was junior housing minister. How do you feel about taking over in these circumstances . Delighted to be appointed, lots to get on w...

Tonight at six. Trials for a second Coronavirus Vaccine bring yet more hopes of a way out of this pandemic as britain buys up 5 million doses. This one, also from america, has proved almost 95 effective. The boss of the Company Moderna is delighted. I broke into an ear to ear grin when i hear the numbers. It really exceeded our best hopes and it is an incredibly exciting moment for us. Its brilliant news, absolutely brilliant. Thats the second penalty now. That has also gone into the back of the...

Shes delivered posters to neighbours to put up in their windows and put poppies on all the lamp posts. I think we should be remembering the people who served us in the army because they risked their lives for us. Maisies dad james was medically discharged from the army in 2017. Its hard to describe the pride i have for her and the fact that its all come from her heart is just truly amazing. The Royal British legion is urging everyone to gather on their doorsteps at 11 oclock on sunday morning, t...

Today at six, growing pressure on ministers to change their minds about relaxing covid rules for christmas. Were all getting in the festive mood but leading medical experts say lives could be lost. Our Health System is not going to manage if we allow the current trend to continue on top of the super spread event that will be these five days at christmas. The decorations are up, and the presents are ready but what if it all falls through . The turkey is on order, 15 lb turkey, if theres onlyjill ...

Month arrived in australia over a month ago and have had to wait till day three to get this tournament started. Under the lights here in perth. One of the favourite to become world champions, they lost the toss. Early wickets cut them out and when captain Heather Knight fell, there were 43 for three. The wickets kept falling. Causing more south african delight. Some resista nce south african delight. Some resistance was offered with a half ce ntu ry resistance was offered with a half century bef...

Tonight at ten, every part of the United Kingdom now in lockdown, with more than a Million People infected with coronavirus. The message once again is to stay at home to slow down the alarming spread of the virus across the uk. With a record 60,000 new infections in the latest 24 hour period, the nhs needs the public to follow the rules. If people dont take the stay at home seriously, the risk at this point in time, in the middle of winter with this new variant, is extraordinarily high. Well hav...

Tonight at six china says its not sure if investing in britain is safe any more for chinese companies. Beijing says the uks decision to drop huawei from its 56 networks has severely undermined mutual trust between china and britain but President Trump has welcomed the move. We convinced many countries, many countries and i did this myself, for the most part not to use huawei, because we think its an unsafe security risk. Well be asking how serious chinas talk of retaliation could be. Also tonigh...

We we this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 90 year old grandmother, Margaret Keenan, becomes the first person in the world to receive the pfizer covid 19 jab, following its clinical approval. Applause. She was given the vaccine at her local hospital in coventry. 800,000 doses are currently available in the uk with up to four million more expected by the end of the month. It was fine, it was fine. I wasnt nervous at all, it was really good, yeah. ...

Today at six the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day since the pandemic began. Weve got patients on the third floor, fourth floor. This ward goes all the way round to the other side, its 29 patients. Sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor. Another covid patient in here. Ninth floor. No wonder some hospitals are all but overwhelmed and why doctors and nurses are physically and emotionally drained. How do you ever prepare for people just dying and dying and dying . Although its our...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 100 days, 100 million shots. President Electjoe Biden lays out an ambitious coronavirus vaccination plan, warning things will get worse before they get better. Countries in europe react angrily to a warning by the Drug Company Pfizer that it will reduce the number of Coronavirus Vaccines it delivers from next week. The number of people around the world who have died with covid 19 passes two million. Us preside...