Breaking news from here in the uk. Opposition mps in parliament have failed to block Government Plans to cut Winter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. A total of 348 mp5 backed the government, with 228 supporting the opposition motion. It means the government won the vote with a majority of 120. As a result, an estimAted 10 Million pensioners wont get the payments to help with their winter heAting. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, Vicki Young whos inside parliament in central lobby for us. In terms of the Reaction Youve had so far, and a breakdown of the numbers, is it any clearer who voted against or abstained here . No, it isnt quite the short answer. Here . No, it isnt quite the short answer. We know one mp did vote against. Short answer. We know one mp did vote against. We short answer. We know one mp did vote against. We think short answer. We know one mp did vote against. We think thAt| did vote against. We think thAt is the only labour mp. WhAt you cant tell fro
If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
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Ireland and southern scotland. Very mild for england and wales, as it was last night. A bit chilly ahead of that rain in central and northern parts of scotland, where we will see some early sunshine, but that wet weather is going to move northwards into scotland and continue to affect Northern Ireland. Whilst we will see some sunshine across england and wales, there will be bands of showers moving across from the west. Ahead of that with some sunshine, temperatures will be higher than today. 16 degrees in east anglia and the south east, possibly 17. It will be cooler in the north where we have rain. We have a southerly breeze tomorrow breaking up the cloud and bringing those higher temperatures. On friday, a northerly breeze will start to push into Northern Scotland and Northern Ireland. That wet weather will move into northern england. To the south, we will see some sunshine but heavy and thundery showers. It becomes a bit drier in scotland and Northern Ireland. It becomes colder in t
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