Would be leaving the eu. The other news this afternoon there are reports of fighting in syria despite turkeys agreement to suspend its military offensive against the kurds. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane dougall. Plenty of rugby to keep us occupied this weekend. Yes, and despite injury concerns for fly half yes, and despite injury concerns for fly half Dan Biggar Wales have named him ina fly half Dan Biggar Wales have named him in a full strength side for the quarter match against france in the robbie world cup, well be hearing from head coach. Thanks jane and chris has all the weather hows the weekend looking . The weekend is looking a bit better, lots of showers around on sunday, less on sunday. We will be looking at hailstorms that have hit cornwall recently. Good afternoon and welcome from westminster, where the Prime Minister is in a race to try to persuade mps to back his new Brexit Agreement before tomorrows vote in parliament. Borisjohnson says hes very con
And use the hashtag very soon indeed. And secondly, we believe it marks a point where bbc your questions. Everyone, each and everyone of us, bbc news learns that an elderly can take stop and go back to the patient with dementia was restrained on 19 separate occasions to allow social distancing measures that are staff at a hospital in kent vitally important. To forcibly treat him. The new three tier coronavirus the hospital has restrictions comes into force across england apologised unreservedly Health Officials are meeting to discuss whether further areas, as the eu prepares to discuss including lancashire british proposals on post brexit and Greater Manchester, fishing rights, we meet the french should be subject to fishermen worried theyll bear the toughest rules. The brunt of the changes. So disappointed. If we cant enter british waters, its practically the end of our profession. Large crowds gathered in the centre of liverpool last night, before the city region became and coming up
We need to know now. This has now got to be done and there has got to be compromise on both sides. The uk vaccine regulator says, the covid 19 vaccine will definitely be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. A large scale vaccine roll out begins today in russia, using the countrys sputnik jab. The makers say its up to 95 effective, but its still undergoing trials. And coming up in a week thats seen the collapse of uk household names including topshop and debenhams, whats next for the high street as we know it . Well be speaking to a Small Business owner in the next half an hour. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world im sean leigh do stay with me for the latest news from the uk and across the globe. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president ursuala van der leyen will seek to break the deadlock over a post brexit trade deal. Negotiators for the two sides called in the two leaders after saying significa nt divergences
Good morning. Its wednesday, the 30th of december. Our top story. Millions more people in england are expected to be moved into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, after a record rise in infections. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, will make the announcement in the house of commons this afternoon. Anisa kadri has more. The centre of southampton empty, after the toughest coronavirus restrictions came in on boxing day. Today, the government is expected to announce more areas of england will enter tier 4. And theres also talk of whether four tiers is enough. Yesterday, the uk announced another 53,135 covid cases, a record daily figure. Its partly down to a christmas lag in reporting, but also reflects the fast spreading new variant of the virus. And nhs staff say theyre at risk of becoming overwhelmed. The peak is not going to come for maybe two weeks from now, three weeks from now . And the big thing for us will be weve had the christmas social mixing. People will do the sa
Assured, they can come here and get vaccines safely. And so i would really encourage everybody, including the clinically vulnerable, to get a vaccine. That is the best way of keeping yourself safe from covid. Travellers coming to the uk must now test negative for covid 19, and self isolate for 10 days on arrival. A Court Hearing for the kremlin critic Alexei Navalny gets under way, as the foreign secretary condemns his detention as appalling. More than 70 players are confined to their hotel rooms as the Australian Open is hit by coronavirus nine positive cases have been registered in melbourne but australia says there will be no special treatment for tennis players and staff. And coming up this hour. Propelled by a rocket and launched from under the wing of an old jumbojet virgin orbit puts its first satellites into space. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. People in england aged 70 and over, and those listed as clinically vulnerable, will be invited to