pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
zero covid policy. the move comes as china struggles with the virus ferocious spread after restrictions were lifted. now on bbc news it s time for review 2022 and it s been a year where health news has again dominated the headlines. our correspondent dominic hughes looks back now on some of the biggest challenges faced this year by the uk s health services. was 2022 the year we finally learned to live with covid? at the start of the year, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant, the virus still had us in its clutches. even as the new year s eve fireworks faded into the night, an estimated 1 in every 15 people in the uk would have tested positive for covid. it s because of the threat from omicron that i announced on wednesday that we will move to plan b in england. you must wear a face covering in indoor public spaces, and from tomorrow, work from home if you can. faced with a huge number of infections, in early december of 2021, the government had already been fo
support to give to ukrainians in the long term. with the former business and long term capital correspondent in the washington post anchor. hello welcome to the programme. for the past five years, the conservative party has at times, appeared to stray into labour territory. when theresa may came to power in 2016, the conservatives she said would be the party of the ordinary working class . the 2017 manifesto promised to stand up for the weak , restore fairness, there would not be, she said, untrammelled free markets . then came borisjohnson, nominally of the right, but with a plan to redistribute wealth to the north, and on the back of what became, post pandemic the highest tax take in 70 years. today, in her first prime minister s questions, liz truss returned to something that looked much more, like the conservative orthodoxy of old. i m on the side of people who work hard and do the right thing. that s why we will reverse the ni increase and why we will keep corporation
but in a classroom, there might be around 30 of them. there are between 500 2,500 people at smaller gigs or in a nightclub. but see how 21,000 fans can fill manchester arena. and the biggest events hold more than this. more than 73,000 at the principality stadium in cardiff, 90,000 at wembley, and see how around 100,000 people turned out for this climate change strike during cop26. and this crowd are not even all of the 135,000 people who buy tickets for glastonbury every year. but 150,000 people, that is everyone who lives in a city such as 0xford. 0ther covid waves came and went. in march, july and october. but that was the last time restrictions on socialising were put in place. and crucially, while the number of people admitted to hospital with covid did rise with each successive wave, they were nowhere near the peaks seen injanuary 2021. and the same is true of deaths due to covid, each wave saw an increase in deaths, although nowhere near what was seen in 2021, and lowe
An estimated one in every 15 people in the uk tested positive for covid. Its because of the threat from omicron that i announced on wednesday that we will move to plan b in england. You must wear a Face Covering in indoor public spaces and, from tomorrow, work from home if you can. Faced with a huge number of infections, in early December Of 2021 the government had already been forced to introduce what it called its plan b measures, facemasks, Compuslory Covid passes and working from home. And just a few days into the new year, a grim milestone, the uk reached 150,000 covid related deaths. To picture 150,000 people, it helps to start small. So this is one student, but in a classroom they might be around 30 of them. There is between 500 or 2,500 people at small gigs or in a nightclub. But see how 21,000 fans can fill manchester arena. The biggest events hold more than this. More than 73,000 in the principality stadium in cardiff, 90,000 at wembley. And see how 100,000 people turned out