pressure on health services because of the rapid increase in omicron cases. the prime minister will make a televised address this evening, focusing on the booster programme. it's as the first people in the uk have been hospitalised with omicron. new cases of the variant have increased 65% on yesterday's figure. there is concern inside the nhs about the level of hospitalisations that we might see but we really need to wait for a bit longer to really see exactly how severe the symptoms of people who catch this new variant are. meanwhile, days before an expected backbench rebellion, boris johnson faces fresh questions about christmas gatherings at downing street a year ago, after a photo emerges of him taking part in a quiz. he can't deliver the leadership that this country needs and we have got a very important vote coming up next week and he can't even discharge the