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Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines pressure grows to shut more schools. A Teaching Union demands a two week closures of all primaries and secondaries in england. A new warning over hospitals in parts of the uk. The president of the Royal College of physicians says some are now facing a worse situation than at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic. India begins a nation wide mock drill to test its preparedness for mass immunisation against covid 19. The us Senate Delivers a rebuke to donald trump in the final days of his presidency, over riding his veto of a defence bill. And touching ...

Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton receives a knighthood in the queens new years honours alongside members of the public recognised for their efforts this year. In half an hour ill be looking back on some remarkable breakthroughs, from vaccine discoveries to a new era of private space flight. Thats a year in science, with me, rebecca morelle. Millions of people across the uk are being urged not to celebrate the new year with anyone outside their household, as the new variant of coronavirus continues to spread rapidly. Some 20 million more people have now moved into the top tier 4 restrict...

Correspondent dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but there are more voices saying schools should not reopen on monday. It seems to me to be inexplicable the government is getting it so badly wrong. We said all schools should be close for the first two macro weeks and we regret to have to say that. But our fear is if we do not do something now they will have to be closed for a longer period later this month. Secondary schools will phase the return from the 11th of january with year groups facing exams this summer in first. The government said the...

11 us senators say theyll refuse to certinyoe bidens victory in the president ial election, unless theres an investigation into alleged voter fraud. Courts in several us states have thrown out a series of challenges to the result. Meanwhile campaigning has intensified in georgia ahead of tuesdays special senate election. Paul hawkins reports. The inauguration stage is being built, yet with 17 days to go untiljoe biden becomes president , some are still challenging the result. On wednesday the upper house of congress, the senate, controlled by republicans, with officially certified the election...

Good afternoon. Theres mounting pressure on the government to close all schools in england for face to face teaching for two weeks after the christmas holidays. Teaching unions say a move to Home Learning for most children is necessary to curb the spread of coronavirus. One union has described it as, the only sensible and credible option. It comes after the education secretary said all london primaries would remain shut on monday, rather than only those in some boroughs. Heres our education correspondent, dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but t...