Testing capacity by opening two new megalabs. Talks to agree a post brexit trade deal resume in brussels today, with both sides calling for compromises to be made. A new pilot, giving family members access to regular testing, starts at a number of care homes in england. What impact will this have on you . Are you hoping to visit loved ones in care homes this christmas . Do get in touch you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. Three, two, ten. Ignition and coming up this hour. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservative mp lee anderson whos since tested positive for covid 19. Mrjohnson said in a video message that he felt great and was bursting with anti bodies
Of sulawesi has killed dozens and left thousands homeless. The uk economy shrank by 2. 6 in november as the second lockdown hit economic output after many businesses were forced to close. And celebrities, including the footballer Marcus Rashford, join campaigners demanding the government review its policy on Free School Meals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Researchers say the latest variant to emerge, the one in brazil, could be contributing to soaring covid infections there. Its thought the new variant is more infectious that the original one that started the pandemic. Brazil has struggled to contain the virus, and has the second highest number of deaths after the United States. In a grim reminder ofjust how deadly this virus is the global deaths recorded has almost reached 2 million. In response to the new variant a travel ban on arrivals from south america into the uk has come into force this morning because of concerns about the covid variant di
Dale Holloway, 41, was sentenced Monday on several charges, including attempted murder, for opening fire at a New Hampshire church in 2019 in what the authorities called a revenge shooting.