and we pray that he will be lovingly embraced by the heavenly father and given that place in the kingdom of heaven for which we pray for everybody. let s get more now from ruth gledhill. she s assistant editor at the tablet, which is a catholic weeklyjournal. thank you forjoining us. this is a good time to remind people that this is an unprecedented situation, the first time a sitting pope will bury his predecessor. we might expect, mightn t we, that the funeral will be a bit different to what we have seen from the funerals of popes before. figs seen from the funerals of popes before. , . ., before. as we had, the funeral will before. as we had, the funeral will be on the 5th before. as we had, the funeral will be on the 5th of before. as we had, the funeral will be on the 5th ofjanuary before. as we had, the funeral will be on the 5th ofjanuary in - before. as we had, the funeral will be on the 5th ofjanuary in the - be on the 5th of january in the morning and pope francis wi
lot of people dying with covid, but not of covid. all this comes back to the criteria on the way china measures covert cases and the people that die of the virus, and the numbers continue to be low in terms of this outbreak, and washington, dc, the government in london, just don t believe them. so dc, the government in london, ust don t believe themi don t believe them. so that uncertainty. don t believe them. so that uncertainty, lack don t believe them. so that uncertainty, lack of - don t believe them. so that - uncertainty, lack of transparency, we have just got a line from reuters confirming saying that from the 5th of january, confirming saying that from the 5th ofjanuary, people confirming saying that from the 5th of january, people flying from mainland china to england will be asked to take a predeparture test. i don t know if that will put people off or not. how easy is it to adhere to the rules? it off or not. how easy is it to adhere to the rules? to the rules? it is e
15th of january, the about to see. from tomorrow, the 15th ofjanuary, the move about to see. from tomorrow, the 15th of january, the move from 50 to 500 people at outdoor events and from the 21st of january, friday next week, all outdoor activities will move to alert level zero. there will move to alert level zero. there will be no limits on the number of people who can take part in outdoor activities, crowds will return to outdoor sporting events and indoor hospitality, i beg your pardon, outdoor hospitality will be able to operate without additional measures and the covid pass will continue to be required for entry to larger outdoor events. on the 20th of january we will move to alert level 04 all indoor activities and premises. nightclubs able to reopen, working from home strongly advised that no longer a legal requirement
this follows an investigation that was launched on saturday morning, that s when frida woke up osma body was discovered and ken walker who was discovered and ken walker who was also discovered with her was still in a critical condition in hospital. it was the launch of this investigation. the man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and of attempted murder. as you can see there is still a lot of police activity here, even five days after the incident was first discovered and today we had an update on the progress of that investigation including the arrest from the assistant chief constable. i including the arrest from the assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank you assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank you to assistant chief constable. i would like to say thank you to everyone | like to say thank you to everyone who has like to say thank you to everyone who has helped us so far and also ask for
preparations into disarray. all nonessential shops will be close nonessential shops will be close to nonessential shops will be close to 5am and they want to reopen close to 5am and they want to reopen until at least the 15th ofjanuary, 2022. the dutch prime ofjanuary, 2022. the dutch prime minister said this was in response prime minister said this was in response to the omicron variant response to the omicron variant. they ve been watching the cases variant. they ve been watching the cases in london especially across the uk. they say the health across the uk. they say the health services, the hospitals here health services, the hospitals here simply don t have the capacity here simply don t have the capacity to deal with an influx of omicron cases. yet the government s critics say this is partly government s critics say this is partly their own doing. also, is partly their own doing. also, the slow roll out of the booster also, the slow roll out of the booster p