As a heinous attack. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation. Coronavirus hits the fa cup. One game is off, and a significant outbreak at aston villa means theyre planning to play their kids, against liverpool tonight. Good morning. Another wintry morning throughout the uk, some heavy snow this morning especially in the Northern England. The full forecast details coming up on breakfast. Good morning. Its friday the 8th of january. Our top Story International passengers will have to provide a negative covid 19 test result from next week, before travelling to england or scotland. Arrivals, including uk nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country they are in. It come after months of pressure from the Airline Industry, as our transport correspondent Caroline Davies reports. Booths ready to test arrivals at heathrow airport. This scheme was ready to go, but never giv
Start for many, and given we have had quite a bit of snow in the last 24 had quite a bit of snow in the last 2a hours, ice is a concern this morning, as is freezing fog. More details for you in about 15 minutes. Its saturday, 9th january. Our top story people in england are being urged to behave like they are infected with coronavirus as part of a new Public Awareness campaign encouraging people to stick to the rules. The message, which will be shared on tv, radio and social media, comes as the uk reported the highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. Our correspondent dan johnson has more. Covid 19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country. This puts many people at risk of serious disease. A new campaign with a clear message. Once more, we must all stay home. These stark warnings come in response to the intense pressure on hospitals, which are getting close to capacity, especially in london and the south east. Londons mayor declared a Major I
Snow to the far north of scotland. Temperatures in the Northern Isles just above freezing as we speak. Some of the rain, fairly persistent across scotland and Northern Ireland and into north west england for the rest of the afternoon. We keep the cloudy skies, brief eclipses of sunshine perhaps across the far south east corner, if we are lucky. The wind will be from the west, mild, but gusting in excess of 40mph on exposed coasts. But temperatures, 911 on exposed coasts. But temperatures, 9 11 quite widely, just that colder source of air in the far north. Overnight tonight, some weather fronts come together to bring more persistent rain in Northern Ireland and into north west england and wales. But clearing skies in the far north mean temperatures yet again will be falling below freezing. So, a real contrast first thing tomorrow morning. This line shows where the cloud and showers will be, it then pushes into South West England in the afternoon. There will be sunshine for many of us, n
David wyeth and matthew rees were strangers on a street when rees told wyeth he could finish the london marathon, and made sure he did. Olympic games, 2016, new zealands nikki hamblin. American Abbey Dagostino fell, and then devoted the rest of their race to helping each other. Suddenly no longer opponents. It requires moments like these to prove that sport retains humanity. What happened in santander was a little thing, but in these days, lets be honest, it goes a very long way. Joe wilson, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather heres chris fawkes. I think it is fair to say we will be feeling the distant effects of a hurricane, but not as you might imagine. And the hurricane in question is a long way from our shores, here it is, hurricane teddy. You probably havent heard much because it has not been causing too many problems but it will bring rain
to east canada, what it will always do is push warm up up the western side of the atlantic, that changes the shape of the jet stream. We
This is bbc news. Im ben brown. Our latest headlines. France is expected to announce plans to lift the cross channel travel ban. There are now thought to be almost 3,000 lorries stuck in kent waiting to leave the uk. Theres severe disruption in dover, and more than 50 countries have now banned arrivals from the uk over fears of the new coronavirus variant. Behind me are some of those 3000 lorries in and around the port of dover. They are stuck here with absolutely no sign of when the gridlock will end. Retailers are warning of future Food Shortages of some products unless the border problems are resolved. The eus chief negotiator,
Michel Barnier, promises hell keep pushing for a post brexit trade deal, but the Prime Minister has ruled out extending talks into 2021. We are really in a crucial moment and we are giving it a final push. With a Record Number of infections recorded in the uk, scientists warn that inaction over the new coronavirus variant strain could costs tens of thousands