Agreed by politicians. The latest in the but theres some hope on the horizon brexit negotiations regulators are on the brink borisjohnson says the talks of authorizing a second are in a serious situation Coronavirus Vaccine and the president of the Eu Commission says inching closer . Big differences remain. Britains Prime Minister and the eu chief speak again by phone. They say progress but no deal yet. Also in the programme. And coming up, the west end performers staging virtual christmas a december snowstorm concerts in care homes. Hits the east coast of the United States bringing more snow to new york than the city had all of last winter and weve made it to ourfinal programme of the year. The impressionistjohn culshaw joins us to review 2020 good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than two thirds of englands population will be living under the toughest coronavirus restrictions from saturday, when a number of counties in east and south east england go into tier three. Bedfordshire
The difficult winter ahead. A phone call with brussels tonight, downing street warns that post brexit trade talks are in a serious situation and an agreement is looking unlikely. Remember, the show will go on. Short, sharp and hopeful celebrities and key workers with their message in just six words, at the end of a year like no other. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Manchester united are looking to move into the top six as they travel to Sheffield United in the premier league. Good evening. Millions more people in the east and south east of england are being moved into tier three the toughest coronavirus restrictions from saturday. It means 38 Million People in england will be in the highest tier the areas shown here in red. Thats more than two thirds of the country. Bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, berkshire and hertfordshire are the latest to be subject to the strictest rules, along with most of surrey, and parts of east sussex, cambridgeshire and hampshire. The only parts of the c
By the court of arbitration for sport, but russian teams will still be banned from the Tokyo Olympics and dozens of other global competitions. More former Rugby Union Players havejoined legal action against the games authorities, accusing them of negligence over head injuries. And coming up the west end performers staging virtual Christmas Concerts in care homes. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. Two thirds of the population of england or 38 Million People will be living under the tighest coronavirus restrictions by this weekend. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps that following a review, most of the areas already in the toughest tier 3 level will remain there. He said a 46 increase in covid i9 cases in the past week in south east england and cases up by two thirds in the east of england meant it was necessary to apply tier 3 measures across a much wider area. Bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, berkshire and hertfordshire will be subject to tier 3 rules, as will parts of surrey,
Great western rail changes its timetable and stops selling advance tickets, sport now, and a full round up after a covid outbreak among staff. From the bbc sport centre. The level of new Coronavirus Infections in wales could be twice good afternoon. What was previously thought after a delay in reporting more former Rugby Union Players thousands of positive tests. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities more former Rugby Union Players for alleged negligence. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities its after nine recently retired International Players came forward accusing them of negligence to say theyre suffering permanent brain damage over head injuries. Caused by repeated blows to the head. 0ur sports news correspondent Chris Mclaughlin has more. This is something we were expecting, these nine former players and the legal firm representing them sometimes we didnt even have a loaf of bread in the house. Its have today officially embarrassing to say, but we