schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term though the nationwide lockdown will continue. thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the vaccine roll out will be prioritised for a jab. and no glastonbury for us, but in new zealand music lovers can gather for concerts. we hear from what could be the biggest live act in the world at the moment. coming up in the sport on bbc news, a worry for tottenham and england after a double injury for harry kane. he only lasted half the match in their defeat to liverpool. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be more than 89% effective in trials, and is the first that has proven to be effective against the new variant identified as circulating widely in the uk. the novavax jab is made by an american company, and it still has to be approved by medicines regulators, but the government has already ordered 60 million doses, much of the manufacturing is being done in s
lockdown in wales will last for three more weeks at least but children could return to schools there after the february half term. around 300,000 people are expected to leave hong kong for britain using a new visa route which opens on sunday. investors respond with outrage after trading platforms halt the buying of shares in the us games firm gamestop and other companies. it follows days of frenzied trading that led to a massive increase in its value. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a new coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective in large scale uk trials. the novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against both the uk and south african variants of the virus. as you can see from this graph, the uk has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in stockton on tees. the doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of this year if approved for use by regulator. meanwhile, the european medicines ag
good afternoon. a conservative backbencher who has accused government whips of trying to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. that some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been in the end of attempts to intimidate them with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies. the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports of which i a
elsewhere some spells of sunshine. it stays windy and extraordinarily mild. and for sunday still unsettled with stronger spells of rain. a shift in the wind direction, coming in from the west and still very mild but not quite as mild as it is right now. a bigger change as we get deeper into next week. low pressure still close by so it will still be quite unsettled as the slow moves eastwards as we get into tuesday, it opens the door to this northerly wind with single digit temperatures. these temperatures stay low through the week and it stays unsettled. when we get there, happy new year s eve. 0urtop when we get there, happy new year s eve. our top story this lunchtime, the number of nhs staff off work in england because of covid went up by a0% during christmas week. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much every