Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the senate next week. In the memo they submitted, the nine Impeachment Managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. They say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. And quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. In the last few hours mr trumps lawyers have responded claim
Hours. And there is continued disruption in dover. The borders have reopened with france but thousands of lorry drivers are still waiting for their covid tests. Hello, welcome to bbc news. In the last half an hour matt hancock held a News Conference in downing street to confirm more areas of england will move into tier 4, the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. People must stay at home, non essential retail is closed and movement in or out of the area isnt allowed. Lets recap the main points. The Health Secretary said from boxing day, norfolk, suffolk, cambridgeshire and essex would move into ts four along with oxfordshire, waverly and surrey and hampshire, including portsmouth and southampton, but excluding the new forest. More areas of england will move into tier 3, bristol, somerset, gloucestershire, the isle of wight, the new forest, cheshire and warrington. Matt hancock also said two new cases of another new variant of coronavirus had been detected in the uk, both are conta
Theres mounting pressure on the British Government to close all schools in england for face to face teaching for two weeks after the christmas holidays. Teaching unions say a move to Home Learning for most children is necessary to curb the spread of coronavirus. 0ne union is advising teachers not to return to school on monday over safety fears. Figures released in the past hour show a further 57,725 positive coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours here in the uk the highest daily total. There have also been a further a45 deaths. Heres our education correspondent dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but there are more and more voices saying schools shouldnt reopen on monday. It seems to me just to be inexplicable that the government is getting this so badly wrong. We said all schools should be closed for the first two weeks, and we regret to have to say that. We dont want to have to say that schools will close, but our fear is, if we dont do
Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. You wont be too surprised to hear that there is yet more wintry weather in the forecast, especially over the next 2a hours. Eventually, things will turn a bit milder as we head into next week. For now, there we re head into next week. For now, there were scenes like this in staffordshi re were scenes like this in staffordshire a beautiful wintry weather there, but we have had icy conditions on any untreated surfaces, and freezing fog patches. For the rest of the day, it will feel cold wherever you are. There will be some sleet and snow, but we we re will be some sleet and snow, but we were not all be seeing it. We have had quite a bit of snow across parts of scotla nd had quite a bit of snow across parts of scotland and Northern Ireland overnight as this weatherfront pushed further south. It is now bringing outbreaks of snow across parts of Northern England and parts of wales as well. Some of that is falling as rain or sleet clos
Well look at the challenges healthworkers face in the royal london hospital. Also in the programme. One day comes we also in the programme. One day comes we ask also in the programme. One day comes we ask ourselves also in the programme. One day comes we ask ourselves where also in the programme. One day| comes we ask ourselves where can also in the programme. One day comes we ask ourselves where can we find delight in this never ending shade . And well be hearing from Amanda Gorman, the 22 year old poet who stole the show atjoe biden s inauguration. Its President Joe Biden s first full day in office and day one of his biggest task tackling the coronavirus pandemic. More than 400,000 people have died. And every day, around 4,000 more are dying. Among his First Executive orders he initiated a 100 he made it a legal requirement to wear a mask in federal buildings and also rejoined the World Health Organization. We are expecting to speak soon from the white house and we will bring that to