afternoon. we don t have the traditional figures for the afternoon. we don t have the traditionalfigures for the uk but what will you be looking for in the figures? well, we ll be looking to whether they are going up or down compared to the recent numbers. the last figures we have are from yesterday, 98,000 people testing positive in total. that s down from just before christmas, christmas eve, the 24th, about 122,000. try and put it in context, from last year we saw similar patterns, the highest peak on the 24th of december, 2020 and then a reduction in the number of cases recorded, followed by a peak on the 29th of december, a couple of days later. so
the daily data over the past few days, the last figures were on the 24th of december when we saw record cases but we ve not had any data for the last two days so today is a chance for the prime minister to meet with his top scientist, patrick vallance and chris whitty, to get an update on the cases and crucially the hospitalisations and that will be the key bit will look at because last time cabinet met to discuss whether or not there were any further restrictions needed for england, the big agreement across cabinet at the time was that they didn t want to introduce any further restrictions for england yet unless they saw data on hospitalisations and start to rise rapidly to the extent they could risk overwhelming the nhs. it ll be interesting to see where that data stands today although any further rise in cases tends to be seen in hospitalisation slightly later so it could still be a couple of days before we see that. we will be talking later in this hour about the scientific judgmen
ukraine, demands 300 votes, constitutional majority in the parliament of ukraine. i do not see those parliamentarians been suicidal to actually vote for that. because, ukrainian society would not accept it. it s a good point, of course, we shouldn t forget the 1994 budapest memorandum, where the russians gave security assurances, and they violated those. so lucky about congress this morning, the first leader to do that from a city under attack. how is a speech mean received back home, do you think your colleagues and parliament pushed the right point? we do support with the ukrainian authorities, at this particular moment, do. you have to understand that i represent an opposition party that was in a senior position to zelenskyy and his party before the 24th of december but february. at this particular point, we are all united around the defense of the country.
five remained negative and we were just unable to open the restaurant so we had to cancel all the bookings for the 22nd, 23rd, 24th of december. the government is saying they want businesses to have contingency plans in place. for a business like yours that relies so heavily on its staff, what can you do when you get to that position? i mean, is it easy to find other people? it s definitely not easy, no. we have struggled since opening in september to find a regular full time workforce. and when those waiters, chefs, bartenders, hosts, were falling like flies, we didn t have a sort of back up team of staff who were able to come in to fill those spaces. we were fortunate that a lot of the staff were able to pick up extra shifts but there isn t a massive workforce waiting in the wings, ready to come
around 3000 buildings have been destroyed. thousands of people evacuated in what has been the longest ever eruption in la palma s recorded history. this incredible footage shows just how far the river of lava flows stopping the platform and has left behind has expanded the size of the island by more than 48 hectares of. then there is the mountain of volcanic ash. the work ahead is undeniable. translation: the work ahead is undeniable. translation: ., ., translation: don t forget about us, even though translation: don t forget about us, even though the translation: don t forget about us, even though the volcano - translation: don t forget about us, even though the volcano has i us, even though the volcano has stopped, there is still a lot of work to be done and it will take years, decades even. scientists say if the lyle remains unchanged the eruption will be declared over on the 24th of december. locals now holding their breath for a christmas miracle. the american singer and so