Police break up a Wedding Party with 400 guests being held at a school in north london. Retail sales suffer their largest annual fall on record because of coronavirus with Clothing Sales particularly hard hit. And no time for release the latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. And coming up on bbc news, it is hard going for englands bowlers on day one of the second test against sri lanka, despite three wickets forJimmy Anderson. Good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. One in 55 people had coronavirus last week in england, according to figures released in the last hour. The infection rate has levelled off in scotland and wales, but has increased in northern ireland. The office for National Statistics says the new variant of covid 19 has spread across the uk and now accounts for 60 of new cases. Meanwhile, the government has played down the idea that anyone who tests positive for covid 19 could be given £500 to encourage them to isolate. The su
Life in such a brutal way. Debenhams is to disappear from the high street with the loss of 12,000 jobs. The fast fashion retailer boohoo has bought the brand and website, but not the stores. Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge as he pays the price for winning only one of their past five league matches. Borisjohnson says he wants to see schools reopen as soon as possible amid warnings children have become the forgotten victims of the pandemic. Hes coming under growing pressure from mps to name a date chair of the Education Select Committee, robert halfon, had asked for an urgent question in the house of commons but the speaker denied his request. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister said hes actively working on a proposal requiring travellers arriving in the uk to pay to quarantine in a hotel. It comes as the latest figures show that more than 6. 3 Million People have had a first vaccine dose. And in the last few moments moderna has said its vaccine does produce antib
In which 346 people died. In cricket england need 164 runs to lead the series 2 0 against sri lanka, after bowling the hosts out for 126. And coming up, well be speaking to janicejohnston, a mother of 4 macro, who was wrongly diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer and unnecessarily underwent chemotheraphy for 18 months. Hello, good morning. Mps are demanding clarity from the government on when schools in england willfully reopen after Health Secretary matt hancock refused to guarantee that it would happen before easter. The chair of the education select committee, robert halfon, has asked for a plan to be laid out in the commons, saying that the engine of government needs to work towards reopening. Meanwhile, senior ministers are preparing to discuss whether to require travellers arriving in the uk to pay to quarantine in a hotel. Thats an idea prompted by the new brazil and south african variants, of which there are currently 86 known cases in the uk. Scientists fear that vaccines
The latest bond film is delayed again, dealing another blow to ailing cinemas. We start with some breaking news this hour the reproduction number, known as the r value of coronavirus transmission has fallen slightly. Its now estimated to be between 0. 8 and one across the uk. Thats according to the Government Office for science and the Scientific Advisory group for emergencies, or sage as theyre better known. Its first time in over a month the r number has fallen below one and means that on average every ten people infected will infect between eight and ten other people. It comes as official figures also show Coronavirus Infections are still high but are decreasing in most of the country. London and the north east still have the highest rates of infection. Lets talk to robert cuffe, the bbc s head of statistics. Good afternoon. The latter are has emerged in the last little while. A significant drop since the last time we had these figures. What are your thoughts . It is we had these fi
Later today, chinese president xijinping will make the keynote address to open a virtual davos organised by the World Economic forum. The week of online discussions will focus on the economic, environmental and technological challenges facing the world amid the pandemic. One thing is already clear the crisis has worsened inequality. Today oxfam launches a report, the inequality virus, that says it could take the worlds poorest over a decade to recover. It states that half a billion more people could be living in poverty on less than 5. 50 a day in 2030, compared to the start of the pandemic. 0xfam also highlighted the worlds ten richest men have seen their combined wealth increase by 540 billion during the pandemic. Danny sriskandarajah is the chief executive of oxfam gb. Good to have you on the program. Youve also surveyed nearly 300 economists around the world what did you find . And what they say to you about the widening gap between the rich and poor . Rich and poor . Their message