from hospitality venues. the authorities in the indian capital, delhi, have imposed a weekend curfew as covid cases continue to surge. staff have been told to work from home and businesses must operate at limited capacity. and later this afternoon, we are expecting the uk prime minister to give a downing street briefing alongside the chief medical office for england, professor sir chris whitty, and the uk government s chief scientific adviser, professor sir patrick vallance. that s at 5:00pm uk time. a recap of our top stories. prince andrew s lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. pupils across the uk head back to school this week amid concerns about staff shortages. with only a month to go until the opening ceremony
together, but, yes there is uncertainty, but when i booked this there was nowhere near as much uncertainty as there is now. my mum and dad are 85 and 86, so it would be nice to go. under the new rules, from 11:00pm uk time tomorrow travellers will have to give a compelling reason for coming to france. they will have to provide a negative covid test result less than 2a hours old and isolate for at least two days upon arrival until they receive a second negative result. the move is being blamed on the uk s high number of 0micron cases. tourism businesses were already worried that the uk s travel testing requirements were making some customers rethink their winter plans. many people will have been preparing to go to france for christmas, including on the eurostar from london st pancras, so the announcement by france comes at a really bad time for the travel industry. we really needed the boost of a good christmas season to carry
week whether to release the alert level to zero. but they say masks will still be required by law on public transport and in health and social care settings, for as long as covid remains a threat. sir richard branson is preparing to fly to the edge of space today. the businessman and his virgin galactic crew will take off from new mexico at around 2:00pm uk time. it comes just nine days before another high profile entrepreneur, the amazon founderjeff bezos, is planning his own space launch. tim allman has more. that is one way to take your mind off the football! billionaire entrepreneurs heading into space are a bit like bus. you wait ages and then to come along almost at once. buses. first up, so richard branson, and his unity rocket plane, taking off from the spaceport in new mexico, the virgin