International law the man accused of stabbing Jacob Billington to death and attacking seven others in birmingham over the weekend makes his first appearance in court. And coming up, the antarctic glacier the size of the uk and the discovery that explains why its melting at an alarming rate. Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in england from monday. The measures follow a steep rise in coronavirus cases, with more than 8,000 people testing positive across the uk since sunday. The new law bans larger groups meeting anywhere socially indoors or out. It wont apply to schools, workplaces or events such as weddings and funerals. 0rganised team sports will also be allowed. Anyone breaching the rules could be fined £100, and up to £3,200 for repeat offences. Scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are able to set their own coronavirus restrictions. Some parts of the uk will continue to have tougher restrictions to tackle local outbreaks. Heres our Health Correspondent, lau
What the current inside and outside numbers are off the top of my head, and im spending most of my time looking at these issues, so it is complex and in scotland, it is a maximum of eight people from three households for example, that may change. And indeed, we have had restrictions on that covering over a Million People in the west of scotla nd Million People in the west of scotland at the moment. So it is potentially confusing, but i think the public has gotten use to different messages from different devolved nations. We no longer have a four nations approach, and of course, if we are to avoid a bike approach to all of the uk in terms ofa approach to all of the uk in terms of a future lockdown, which i think all governments wish to avoid, then it is fair that each of the devolved nations look at what is happening in their communities and make policy based on that type of intelligence. I suppose you are saying a little earlier that these restrictions are very much on private gatherin