England wide lockdown, as borisjohnson warns of tighter coronavirus restrictions. I just want to find 11,780 votes. A recording has emerged of President Trump telling officials to find votes to overturn joe bidens election win. The new way of doing business the uks transition agreement with the eu has ended. Companies and consumers start the new year working out what it means for them. Ill take you through it. From professional rugby to world darts champion gerwyn price beats Gary Anderson to take the pdc title. He says its a dream come true. For most of us today it will be cold but sunny. There are still some wintry showers in the east, summer rain across the south east and gusty winds to boot but i will have all the details in ten minutes. Its monday the 4th of january. Our top story. The first doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine developed by Oxford University will be given to patients today just five days after it was approved. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says its a Pivotal Mom
Now on bbc news, adam fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and fergus walsh discuss the latest on the coronavirus crisis. Were going to start tonight with an e mail you got tonight, laura, from mo, whos been part of the brock park as family for years. Listens to us all the time. Part of the podcast family for yea rs. She got in touch with us to tell us about her mum eileen who died a couple of days ago of covid 19 in the care home, and mo has given us permission to read some of the e mails. She has. It starts, my mum was 93 on the 15th of april. We couldnt celebrate with her due to lockdown. The fantastic care home staff made a cake and gave her a party. We hadnt seen her for six weeks. On the 17th of april, we had a call to say she had a temperature and was a bit pearly. We thought it was a recurring infection. On the 19th, we were told she wasnt too bad and the worst place she could be was in hospital. She had alzheimers and vascular dementia. Our hearts were breaking as we felt she would think
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Large scale trials of a Coronavirus Vaccine developed by Oxford University and astrazeneca show it is 70 effective at preventing covid 19, rising to 90 depending on the dosage. It really looks as if there is a vaccine which has the potential to protect against the disease. And importantly, in anyone who had the vaccine, there were no admissions to hospital, no severe disease. The uk government has secured 100 million doses of the vaccine enough for most of the uk population. We hope to be able to start vaccinating next month. The bulk of the vaccine roll out programme will be in january, february, march. And we hope that sometime after easter, things will be able to start to get back to normal. Its expected all shops in england will be allowed to open in the lead up to christmas, but pubs and restaurants could face tougher restrictions as part of new government measures to fight coronavirus. Three pr
This is bbc news. Im simon mccoy. The headlines at 2pm. Oxford University Announces that its Covid Vaccine works. Overall the vaccine is 70 effective and in some dosages 90 . Its also cheaper, and easier to store than those already announced it really looks as if there is a vaccine which has the potential to protect against the disease, and importantly, in any one who had the vaccine, there were no admissions to hospital, no severe disease. With one more week of lockdown in england borisjohnson prepares to tell us whats coming next. Daily coronavirus tests will be offered to close contacts of people whove tested positive in england to reduce the current 14 day quarantine. We report from melbourne the australian city which accounted for 90 of the countrys covid
deaths on the success of its hard and fast lockdown. The hero of London Bridge tells us how he fought the attacker with a narwhal tusk. This has impacted me. Ive gone through bouts of depression. And sleep is the challenging one
The local and mayoral elections in england, due to be held in may, have been postponed for one year. The latest official advice self isolate for seven days if you have a cough or High Temperature. A top adviser says the tactic is to protect the nhs from overload. At the worst case scenario, the nhs would not cope with the number of ventilator beds that are required, fioi ventilator beds that are required, nor could any health care system. And, Keira Knightley stars in the true story of the womens rights protests that disrupted the 1970 miss world contest. Find out what mark kermode thinks of misbehaviour, and the rest of the weeks top cinema releases, in the film review at 5 45pm. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 5, im jane hill. Its been afternoon of fast moving developments in the spread of coronavirus. The number of people testing positive here in the uk hasjumped again, and sporting fixtures across the world are being postponed and cancelled. Lets bring you right up to d