Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. The Coronavirus Crisis deepens in china. This is Hubei Province, the centre of the outbreak and the death toll is up and officials are being sacked. Boris johnsons finance minister sajid javid has resigned after refusing to sack his advisers. Heres his account. I was unable to accept those conditions. I dont believe any self respecting minister would accept such conditions. So therefore i felt the best thing to do was to go. And Mike Bloombergs turning to memes to get him to the white house. The idea is to reach votes regular ads dont touch. Anthony zurcher will assess the new tactic. And the big bang is probably not what you think it is. Scientists have a new theory of how the planets in our solar system formed. The statistics around the coronavirus have been revised upwards. 254 more deaths have been recorded. Almost all of them were in Hubei Province where this outbreak began. There was also a huge increase in the number of cases there a
A sharp rise in the number of people admitted to hospital with covid as cities in Northern England call on the government to give them more powers to slow soaring infection rates. Manchester, liverpool, newcastle and leeds say the current restrictions are not working, theyre confusing and some are counterproductive. We are facing the worst of both worlds here. The infection rate is going up, the economy of our city is tanking. Almost 3,000 people with covid are now in hospital in england. Boris johnson tells the conservative partys First Virtual conference that the country will have a Bright Future after the pandemic. Even in the darkest moments, we can see the Bright Future ahead. Back in the white house donald trump is crititicised for again playing down the seriousness of the virus, falsely claiming its less deadly than flu. The church of england spent decades failing to protect children whod been sexually abused by clergy says a damning report. And hundreds of freelance musicians t
You, the retail and hospitality sectors have faced unprecedented challenges this year because of the pandemic, and todays announcement that all non essential shops will have to close in areas moving into tier 4, is a further blow to retailers, on the last weekend before christmas. Heres our business correspondent, katy austin. There were plenty of people shopping in londons Oxford Street this afternoon and shoppers queued to enter this Department Store in high wycombe while they still could. Nonessential stores in englands tier 4 areas must close from tomorrow along with beauty businesses and gyms. It is a blow for this mens clothes shop in kent. It is devastating, awful. Yeah, because we got another five days i think of trading up to christmas when, yeah, we would take a lot of money potentially. And we wont take a penny. This weekend, the last before christmas, would normally be one of the busiest if not the busiest
weekends of the year for retailers. Just today, more areas of englan
The uk to impose a ban on travellers arriving from south america and portugal. The Health System in the brazilian city of manaus is said to be close to collapse. Doctors in the uk are warning that the virus is having a catastrophic impact on the health service. Almost four and a half million patients are on waiting lists for non Covid Treatment including for cancer. President Electjoe Biden is set to unveil an economic stimulus package designed to jump start the us economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Its reported to have a price tag of 1 point 9 trillion dollars. Scientists from around the world have confirmed that the last decade was the warmest on record. Un chief Antonio Guterres says the planet is on course for a catastrophic rise in temperatures this century. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me is the editor of politics home, kate proctor. Tomorrows front pages starting with, sadly, pages starting with, we cannot ge
This is bbc news. The headlines. The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk has risen to 206. Milton keynes hospital is isolating people who came into contact with the man in his 80s who died from the virus on thursday. We currently have five patients who are isolated and have been tested and we are awaiting the results to come back. And we have asked nine staff to self isolate. 140 britons remain quarantined on board a cruise ship off the coast of california in which 21 people tested positive for coronavirus. There is a rush for me to get off the ship. I have stage four and a crying candour michael katz are my tumours are actively going. It will not be easy to off load this ship. Actively going. It will not be easy to offload this ship. At 8 30pm we will bring you a special programme on coronavirus, how it spreads on the action you can take. In other news, £360 million will be paid by Insurance Companies to clean up the damage from storms dennis and keir