Civil war in Americas Republican Party as some senators challenge the results of the us election. Welcome. This is bbc news. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has warned that coronavirus restrictions in england are probably about to get tougher in order to bring the virus under control. But borisjohnson also insisted Primary Schools should open as planned this week except in london and some areas of the south east where the new variant of coronavirus is rising rapidly. Mrjohnson said there is no doubt in his mind that schools are safe. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Arriving in a hurry to deliver a difficult message. The Prime Minister gave his first interview of the year this morning and warned that life with coronavirus in england is likely to get worse before it gets better. He said the government may soon impose tighter restrictions in more areas. It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I dont.
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Mr Mullins (pictured left) told Good Morning Britain that there was a mystery Monday and Friday illness that people were feigning in order to get signed off from work by their GP.