Hello and welcome to our second look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are former trade minister lord digbyjones and broadcaster henry bonsu. Good to have you both back. So lets start with some of the front pages we already have. Union vacc is the headline of the sun, reporting that 60 million more covid vaccines are set to be made in the uk by us firm novavax. The eus vaccine situation is at crisis point, according to the financial times. The metro says Nicola Sturgeon is siding with the eu in the row, by offering to help with supplies. The mirrors front page features its campaign to get teachers vaccinated in phase two of the roll out. The times reports that borisjohnson insists that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine does work for over 65s, after germany has decided not to use it for that age group. And the former Prime Minister tony blair writes in the independent that global co operation is needed as the vaccine row escalates. Once again, lovely to have yo
And also for Northern Ireland as we head into friday morning. Some mist and fog patches across southern parts of england and wales, they could be slow to clear tomorrow. We have still got that mix of rain around the coast and at low levels but heavy snow across central parts of scotland, so some disruption is likely. Heavy rain showers for parts of north east england and for Northern Ireland. But into the weekend thats when things will turn colder for all of us and there is further snow in places as well. So heading through the course of friday night into saturday, low pressure starts to drift away towards the south. We still got more snow across the Higher Ground of scotland, some of that snow on saturday falling to lower levels and it will start to snow across parts of Northern England as well. To the south of that mainly rain showers with the driest weather for parts of Northern Ireland and into wales on saturday but those temperature starting to come down, around 2 8 degrees but it
Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
If youd like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me vicderbyshire or email victoria bbc. Co. Uk. And the queen and Prime Minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, whos died at 100 years old after Testing Positive for Coronavirus Last week. The government says it will ensure hes officially remembered. I think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. Good morning. The health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine significantly reduces people passing on the virus. The research by oxford university, which has not yet been formally published, also found that the jab provides a high level of protection, even when theres a gap of 12 weeks between the two doses. Researchers believe that the vaccine remains 76 effective for up to three months after the first shot, while p
Today scotland has snowfall, in the days ahead colder air that spreads across the whole of the uk, the risk of snow move southwards. Here is thursday with the cold air to a north, by saturday and sunday it works right the way southwards into the north of france. Here are scotland this afternoon, still a pretty tricky travelling conditions, particularly for higher routes for the next few hours, Snow Piling Up. Rain at lower levels, central belt with a mixture of rain and sleet and snow. That persist this afternoon, snow. That persist this afternoon, Snow Piling Up in places, an easterly breeze. Feeling chilly in the wind. Towns and cities, 3 4 c, lower elsewhere. In the south, comparatively mild but thats set to change. This area of low pressure will move southwards in the coming days are bringing rain overnight insert northern ireland, Northern England or perhaps note for the pennines, persisting across scotland. Ice a consistent issue for the north of the uk to begin with on thursday.