And coming up well be answering your questions on the change in christmas restrictions, as well as the new coronavirus variant good afternoon. Almost 18 Million People are today living in tougher tier 4 restrictions in parts of england because of what the government says is a variant of coronavirus which is spreading rapidly. All previous tier 3 areas in the south east and east of england including london, kent and most of essex have moved into tier 4. The public is being asked to stay at home and there will be no christmas bubbles for gatherings. Get togethers will be restricted to meeting one other person outside in an open public space. Non essential shops have closed along with gyms, beauty salons and hairdressers. For those living in tiers 1 to 3 in england, christmas bubble gatherings can now only take place on Christmas Day itself. Meanwhile, all of wales is now in lockdown restrictions only easing for Christmas Day. And scotland is also only relaxing its rules on Christmas Day,
Tonight at ten, the plight of millions of children in yemen they could be pushed to the brink of starvation, according to the un. It says a huge drop in aid because of coronavirus means that, without urgent funding for this war torn state, many children will die. Well have a special report on the toll the yemen crisis is taking on its very youngest citizens. Also tonight Police Shoot Dead an attacker after six people are stabbed at a hotel in glasgow. Terror is ruled out as a motive. In the us, an easing of lockdown, but the country sees a record daily high of 40,000 new coronavirus cases. Yeah
and the sweet taste of victory fans savour liverpools first title win in 30 years. I dont feel the pressure too much before it happens, but when it happens, the amount of relief shows me how big the pressure was and coming in the sport on bbc news, liverpool managerjurgen klopp says everything is possible as he looks to the future after the clubs First League Title in 30 years. Good evening. Th
Scotlands first minister says its time to have a grown up conversation over when to relax rules on social distancing. In south korea, no new reported deaths from covid 19 in a 2k hour period for the first time in over a month. And the bbcs big night in raises more than £27 million for those affected by the pandemic, with the return of some much loved comedy characters and a very familiar face. Have you seen anything good on tv . Its hell without eastenders. They tell me tiger king is rather good. Yes, i tend to avoid shows on royalty. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in the uk and globally. First to england, where teachers, supermarket workers and delivery drivers are among up to ten million essential workers and their households, who will be able to book a test from today, to tell them whether they have the coronavirus. All key workers will be able to register for a test on the governments websit
Alive, they are isolating, we cannot necessarily be one of them and say thank you in the way that we will would have hoped today. thank you in the way that we will would have hoped today. I think its very harder generation finds itself in harms way again on this anniversary. I talk to a 99 year old sas veteran. He is isolating at home, he told me 75 years ago, he met up with the soviets trying to get him to think petrol from their engines to celebrate. I spoke to him, he was talking about it being another challenge he has faced over his long life. Its pretty remarkable. Thank you for bringing that alive. Thank you very much for joining us here on the 75th anniversary of ve day. We will have plenty of coverage and we will have more remarkable people to sweetie over the course of the afternoon on bbc news. To speak to over the course of the afternoon. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon is giving her daily government briefing. Lets get all the very latest details from edinburgh. Iam
Press briefing, just a short time ago, police said that six civilians have been killed and that three male attackers have been shot and killed, as well. There are 20 people who were injured. They did not go over the severity of their injuries. We know they were taken to some six local hospitals and we do not know what nationalities they are. We also just received a photo of what appeared to be a suspect in the attack being held on the ground by police. Its very unclear at this time if the person in the video is one of the three that were killed by police but remember police did say they believe there were three attackers and they got all three of them. If you are just now joining us tonight the timeline as we know it right now is as follows just after 10 00 p. M. London time when is say a white van traveling around 50 miles an hour swerved up on the sidewalk and a plowed into a group of pedestrians. We do not know how many. Some said 20, some say between fourseven. The London Ambulance