A warning to borisjohnson relaxing coronavirus restrictions this christmas will lead to a third wave of infections all schools in greenwich told to close from tomorrow as coronavirus rates in the South East London borough reach the highest level since march. Police in lincolnshire have arrested two teenagers on suspicion of murder after the discovery a school boys body. And, how are trips to see santa changing, as we prepare to celebrate christmas in a pandemic . Well be finding out at eight thirty in the travel show. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The brexit trade talks will continue beyond the deadline set for today after the uk and the eu agreed their negotiators should keep talking. Major issues are still unresolved but after a telephone call this morning Boris Johnson and ursula von der leyen they said they would go the extra mile. The Prime Minister repeated that a no deal scenario was most likely. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. Are there still barriers
A breakthrough with a british Covid Vaccine and its cheap, easily stored and the governments pre ordered 100 million doses. The Oxford University vaccine is shown to be on average 70 effective up to 90 if the dose is adjusted. I can definitely see a future beyond the pandemic. I think that we will be able to roll out vaccines in the first half of next year and have a big impact here in the uk. Well be looking at when we might get the vaccine and when next year we can return to normality. Also tonight. The National Lockdown will End Next Week and england will be divided into three tiers. Well learn which tier will be where on thursday. Across all areas in england, shops, gyms, leisure centres and hairdressers will reopen and up to six people will be allowed to meet outdoors. Mass testing will be introduced in tier 3, the areas with the tightest restrictions, to try to being infections down. And, for the First Time Since march, spectator sports can start again, indoors and outdoors, with
Will become windier. Showers will be here on thursday for another spell of wider and milder air on friday. This is bbc news, the headlines at seven. Another deadline extended brexit talks will now continue as both sides agree to carry on after being unable to come to an agreement. Lam afraid i am afraid we are still very far apart on some key things that where there is life, there is hope. We will keep talking in the uk certainly wont be walking away from the talks. I think people expect us to go the extra mile. We have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the talks and see whether an agreement can be reached, even at this late stage. Following the decision, the Prime Minister held a conference
call to brief the cabinet on their options in the event of a no deal outcome all schools in greenwich have been told to close from tomorrow after the Council Leader said coronavirus rates in the South East London borough have reached its highest level than any time since march. A war
This is bbc news, the headlines at five. Another deadline extended brexit talks will now continue as both sides agree to carry on after being unable to come to an agreement. Lam afraid i am afraid we are still very far apart on some key things, but where there is life, there is hope. We are going to keep talking to see what we can do. The uk certainly wont be walking away from the talks. I think people will expect us to go the extra mile. We have accordingly mandated our negotiators to continue the talks and to see whether an agreement can be reached, even at this late stage. Following the decision, the Prime Minister held a Conference Call to brief the cabinet on their options in the event of a no deal outcome. A warning to borisjohnson relaxing coronavirus restrictions this christmas will lead to a third wave of infections Angela Merkel announces tighter coronavirus restrictions in germany to run through christmas until january the 10th. And in formula one, Max Verstappen wins the ab
Out about his own struggles. Good evening. The government says its confident that children and teachers will be safe under its plans for schools in england to open to more pupils next month. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove said that while it was impossible to guarantee nobody would catch coronavirus, it was extremely unlikely that a school would be the source of an outbreak. It came as the latest figures showed the number of people who have died in the uk after testing postive for the virus has risen to 3a,636. The deaths of 170 people were reported for the last 2a hours thats the lowest figure since the uk lockdown began in march although there is generally a lag at the weekends in the reporting of deaths. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports. Could this be what primary schools in england look like in a fortnight . In denmark, pupils are put into small groups with one teacher and kept apart. It is a model the government is suggesting here but many teachers an