I think people want us to defeat this virus and they want to see us doing it together. A warning from a leading Cancer Charity that almost a million women have missed vital breast screening appointments because of the pandemic. Full steam ahead the zero emissions train powered by Hydrogen Coming down the track. A lifeline for the National League clubs are told they will receive emergency grants to enable them to start the new season on saturday. Good afternoon. Boris johnsons government has been strongly criticised by the house of Commons Speaker for what he called its totally unsatisfactory treatment of parliament in bringing in new covid restrictions. Sir Lindsay Hoyle said giving mps little or no notice about them was a total disregard for the house. Later this afternoon, the Prime Minister will host the latest news briefing alongside his chief scientific and medical advisers. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. As of today, nearly 2 Million People in towns like newcastl
And theres just hours to go in transfer deadline day in the premier league. Everton sign defender ben godfrey from norwich city in a £25 million deal. Hello, good afternoon. Number 10 says an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. Public Health England has blamed what it described as a technical issue, and the investigation will look into why the problem wasnt discovered sooner. Although those testing positive were informed, their details were not passed on to the test and trace system to alert those theyd been in contact with. The bbc has been told by Senior Public Health officials a significant proportion of the unreported cases are from the north west of england. Phe says the issue has now been resolved, but labour has called the situation shambolic. The Health Secretary matt hancock is to make a statement to mps this afternoon. Heres our Health Correspondent cichard galpin. Test
Of tighter restrictions will be in bringing the number of cases down. On twitter, its Annita Mcveigh or bbcyourquestions. The other headlines. The two us Vice President ial candidates clash over coronavirus, Climate Change and health care during a televised debate in salt lake city. Prince william and Sir David Attenborough join forces to launch what they hope will become the nobel prize for environmentalism. The bbc sees evidence that livestock from the uk is being shipped to the middle east for slaughter in abattoirs described as dreadful and terrifying. And the boeing 7a7 is noticeably absent from the British Airways fleet here at heathrow. We have just watched the last two planes fly off one last time. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Ministers are expected to tighten the coronavirus restrictions in parts of england on monday as they struggle to contain the surge in new infections. Pubs and restaurants could be forced to close in the worst affected areas in another blow to the hard p
Describes devolution as a disaster in scotland, and tony blairs biggest mistake. A bbc investigation into the awarding of ppe government contracts shows £21 million of taxpayers money was paid in consulting fees to a recently formed firm in miami, florida. Easyjet reports its first annual loss in the airlines 25 year history as the Coronavirus Crisis continues to bite. Now the work begins. After the first succssful docking with a commercial rocket, astronauts get down to business on the International Space station. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, an exciting afternoon ahead at the atp tour finals as rafa nadal prepares to take on Dominic Thiem in london. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Are we in for a particularly bleak mid winter . After the euphoria over news of potential vaccines, the harsh reality that covid restrictions are still with us and could be about to be strengthened. Englands lockdown is supposed to end in just two and a half week
Paid £21 million of taxpayers money for acting as a go between to secure ppe for nhs staff. And a new era in commercial space travel begins, the first fully operational private flight takes astonauts to the International Space station. Large parts of scotland are being put into effective lockdown from friday until just two weeks before christmas to try to reverse worryingly high infection rates. More than 2. 5 Million People will be affected in glasgow, as well as east and south ayrshire, renfrewshire and east renfrewshire, west and east dunbartonshire, north and south lanarkshire, stirling and west lothian. Nonessential shops, bars, restaurants, hairdressers and Visitor Attractions will close, nonessential travel outside local Council Areas is now against the law in tier 4. Anyone flouting the rules could be arrested. But schools, nurseries and essential shops can stay open. Our scotland editor sarah smith is in glasgow. Maryhill road in glasgow, the city where scotlands infection ra