Face to face for the first time the covid patient and the trial donor whose plasma helped her to recover. And coming up on bbc news, the three most powerful men in english football are grilled by mps, as they look to find a solution over a financial rescues package for lower league clubs. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination, if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1,000 for the First Time Since june. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light of the tunnel. The uk may have its first jab by christmas, although unsure how long it will last. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. We have be
The us attorney general takes the unusual step of authorising federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in last weeks president ial election. The uk Unemployment Rate rises to 4. 8 in the three months to september compared with 4. 5 in august with redundancies reaching a record high. The education standards body for england ofsted warns that some children have regressed in basic skills and learning during the pandemic. And coming up this hour. Researchers say the discovery of a two million year old skull in south africa has uncovered a new chapter in the story of human evolution. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Well bring more on the vaccine news in a moment, but first our breaking news that the chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has died at the age of 65. He had suffered Serious Health problems for several years before contracting coronavirus la
Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour, the Health Secretary says hes asked the nhs to be ready to roll out the new Coronavirus Vaccine from next month. I know that they will rise to this challenge. Of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. Questions for ministers about the appointment of costly Public Relations consultants by the head of the Vaccine Task Force, kate bingham. There something we are not being told and are there undisclosed relationships at play here . And the head of the Football Association quits over outdated language he used at a commons committee. Would you want to withdraw that language, because it isnt that the sort of the exact language that means that inclusion is not a reality even though football is very diverse and has many people within it from ethnic minority backgrounds . If i said it i deeply apologise for it. But first, the Health Secretary says hes asked the nhs to b
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1000 for the First Time Sincejune. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light at the end of a tunnel. It still needs to be approved and there are questions about how long it will last. The uk may have its first jab by christmas. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. I know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. Early results for the first effective vaccine show it could prevent more than 90 of people from getting covid, with the main