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Tonight at 10 the uk records the highest number of covid deaths in a 24 hour period, as the pressure on hospitals reaches new levels. Weve got patients on the third floor, the fourth floor. This ward goes all the way around to the other side, its 29 patients. Sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor. Another covid patient in here. Ninth floor. We meet more staff and patients at the royal london hospital, sharing their powerful testimony of life in the pandemic. How do you ever prepare for people...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. A man has been killed and seven people are injured in stabbings in birmingham overnight Police Declare a Major Incident but rule out terrorism. There is absolutely no suggestion at all that this is terrorised. This is being treated as a homicide. The stabbings occured at several different locations over a period of two hours last night police are still looking for a male suspect. Obviously, nobody chased him because by the time the police were there he...

Today at six. Greater manchester is placed under tier three covid restrictions and thats without a deal with local leaders. After ten days of arguing there was no agreement over a Financial Support package borisjohnson said he couldnt wait any longer. Not to act would put manchesters nhs, and the lives of many of manchesters residents, at risk. The pub workers and taxi drivers, bookies and freelancers local leaders say its the poorest who will suffer most. Is this a government committed to level...

Its understood the governments Emergency Committee cobra has met to discuss the risks of flooding, with Major Incidents declared in South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester as storm christoph is set to bring extreme rainfall to parts of the uk. Parts of wales are expected to see around 200 millimetres of rain with 150 millimetres in the north of england. Amber weather warnings have been declared in yorkshire and the humber, the north west, east midlands and the east of england. Our correspondent d...

This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Parents in england should send their children to Primary School tomorrow, the Prime Minister says but he warns that tougher measures may be needed in the weeks ahead, and refuses to rule out further School Closures. It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I dont. | mean, im fully, fully reconciled to that and i bet the people of this country...

Hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uks leading specialist journalists with the foreign correspondents based here who file their stories with the dateline, london. Joining us from home Stefanie Bolzen is uk and ireland correspondent for germanys die welt. Michael goldfarb presents the frdh podcast thats the first rough draft of history. And, boy, what history is he reporting on now. And with me again at a safe distance the bbcs chief international cvorrespondent...

The government insists borisjohnson is still very much in charge despite being admitted to hospital with coronavirus. The Prime Minister, whos been ill for ten days and has worked while in self isolation, will be back as soon as possible, says a cabinet colleague. I hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and can get back to number 10 speedy recovery and can get back to numberio and take speedy recovery and can get back to number 10 and take charge in the way that he would want to. Well b...

Same have all been up against the same enemy, the same opponent, threatening everyone in much the same way but members of the un have still waged 193 separate campaigns as if every country somehow contains as if every country somehow contains a different species of human being. Across the world there has been an infinite variety of curfews and restrictions and closures and we thought in a spirit of, the pace has been so intense that each national government, democracy 01 been so intense that eac...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Pfizers vaccine has been approved by regulators for use in the uk and could be rolled out across the country next week. Well start with the most elderly, and with people in care homes, and of course their carers, to make sure that others dont catch it. The uk expects to have millions of doses of the Pfizer Vaccine against covid 19 available by the end of the year, and the first 800,000 coming next week. Englan...

Today at six a furious political row, as Greater Manchester refuses to accept the highest covid alert level. The citys mayor and other local leaders say no 10s plans are flawed and unfair, sacrificing jobs in the region. This is an important moment. Greater manchester will stand firm. We are fighting back for fairness and for the health of our people. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, ministers say any delay will cost lives. So that we can deal with this virus. ...