It comes as ee is fined for overcharging Tens Of Thousands of customers who called its Customer Service number. Well have more details on that shortly. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our Political Correspondent tom bateman has more. Theresa mays Brexit Speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations. She told ministers and european diplomats she wanted ambitious trade deals with the rest of the eu, but she confirmed britain would leave the unions formalf
7,000 newjobs at amazon yet another sign of the Online Shopping surge. The great books bonanza why the pandemic means even greater competition for that christmas best seller. And coming up on bbc news, johanna konta, dan evans and andy murray all feature in second round action at the us 0pen british number one evans hoping to reach the the third round for the fourth time in his career. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. Time and time again were told that testing is the key to keeping the coronavirus pandemic under control. But theres growing concern tonight that the uks Testing Capacity is falling short of demand. The bbc has been told of people being sent hundreds of miles for a test. A Government Official is quoted as saying that testing labs are maxed out. The health secretary, matt hancock, has announced details of a £500 million fund to boost capacity by finding quicker and more efficient ways to test people. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Test results delivere
Job support schemes. Ive always said that we will adapt and evolve our support as the Health Situation changes and thats clearly whats happened. Over the past few weeks we are seeing areas move into tier 2 restrictions and thats having a particular impact on hospitality businesses which is why we are keen to support those businesses with extra cash grants and a more generous job support scheme, helping them keep those employees in work. Thejob support scheme announced a month ago helps firms who cut the hours staff work, rather than letting them go, by topping up wages. Previously the government paid a third of the hours not worked. Now the government will pay 62 of hours not worked with employers only paying 5 . Under the scheme announced a month ago staff would have to work at least a third of their normal hours. Now they will only have to work a fifth of normal hours or one day a week. The governments critics say it should have happened much sooner. Last quarter we saw a record rise