The drive to get more laptops to children to help them with Home Schooling. And how all these lockdown video calls from home have prompted an unexpected boost in business for books. And coming up on bbc news. West bromwich albion Contact Police over alleged online racist abuse of romaine sawyers. Hes the Third Premier League player to receive abuse this week. Good evening. Yet another new vaccine has been shown to be effective in major trials in just 2a hours. The latest is the janssen vaccine. Its 66 effective overall and only needs a single dose. And crucially its 85 effective against severe disease. Last night novavax announced uk trials had shown its vaccine to be 89 effective. And crucially that vaccine protects against the new more contagious uk variant. If approved the uk has millions of doses of both vaccines on order though they wouldnt be available until later in the year. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Covid Vaccine Trials keep delivering results beyond all expecta
Charities say its bad timing. In december we saw that 2. 1 Million People were behind on their bills. Thats 600,000 more than february last year. An outstanding 100 by an outstanding player. Scoring a hundred at his 100th test joe root s special day. This is a meeting called by two councilors. Illegally who may now elect a chairman. Not they cant, because the vice chairs here i take charge and, when Online Meetings go wrong. The Parish Council session thats gone viral. And coming up on bbc news, the only two male brits in the Australian Open have been drawn against each other. Dan evans will play Cameron Norrie in the first round. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Covid infections are continuing to fall in most parts of the uk, with one in 65 people testing positive in england in the last week of january. New figures from the office for National Statistics show a drop in scotland and Northern Ireland with infections remaining level in wales. It comes amidst calls for t
Over his treatment escalates. Edelweiss, edelweiss. Tributes to the actor Christopher Plummer star of The Sound Of Music who has died at the age of 91. No, they cant, because the vice chair s here. I take charge. And the perils of parish politics. Read them and understand them meet Jackie Weaver the woman who went viral after their rather heated zoom meeting in cheshire. And coming up in sport on bbc news a fairy tale in chennai. Joe root scores a century in his 100th test appearance, as england take control in india. Good evening. Almost half the uk population 32 Million People should receive their first dose of Coronavirus Vaccine by may. The government says it expects all adults over the age of 50 as well as the clinically vulnerable and those working in health and social care to be offered their first jab by then. Almost 11 Million People have now had their first injection. The uks medicines regulator says the latest Research Shows side effects from all the approved vaccines are mi
in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.