Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term, despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says its important their studies arent sacrificed because of the virus. But a member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic, says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predictable. Dan johnson reports now, from manchester. For the student in need, theres one Emergency Service that always delivers. Parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. Its just really rough at the moment, and were really disheartened by the whole entire situation. These first year Nursing Student say theyre already rationing food. People wanted to drop out, were not getting the right uni experience. And were not talking abou
Shooting of a Police Officer in south london on friday, say four crime scenes are being searched. Fresh Anti Government protests are expected in belarus, as president macron of france joins calls for alexander lu kashenko to step down. And Sir David Attenborough attends a private viewing of his new documentary at Kensington Palace, hosted by the duke of cambridge. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of students across the uk are being forced to self isolate after a rise in Coronavirus Infections. The Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, has refused to rule out a ban on students returning home for the christmas holidays. The government says its monitoring the situation closely. The bbcs Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake has more. It has been a hard start to University Life for many this year. Confirmed cases of coronavirus have meant many students are confined to their accommodation. There is a social side of university along with the educational side, and we are comple
Cardiff and swansea have gone into local lockdown tonight, the government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says its important their studies arent sacrificed because of the virus. But a member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predictable. Dan johnson reports now, from manchester. For now, from manchester. The student in need there i emergency for the student in need there is one Emergency Service that always delivers. Parents stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. We are not getting the right education. People are struggling, especially those with anxiety and depression, its hard for them to calm themselves down because they are being lock
To the National Audit office. A businessman from leeds linked to organised crime and gangsters agrees to pay almost £10 million to the National Crime agency. Facebook and instagram are banning all accounts linked to the far right qanon Conspiracy Theory group after classifying it as dangerous. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Scotlands first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is to announce a tightening of lockdown later to try and slow a surge in new covid cases. The plans are expected to include more restrictions for pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues. Travel restrictions could be put in place in parts of the country which have higher levels of covid. Across scotland, on average, around 730 people are testing positive and a half times higher than a fortnight ago, when 285 virus cases were recorded every day. Also this afternoon, scotlands education secretary, john
Effects of the illness, suffered by hundreds of thousands of people. Life in a warzone we report on the families trapped by fighting between azerbaijan and armenia. People here tell us this is the way its been for the last few days. Its become the normal routine to have indiscriminate shelling. And the new film about a group of black campaigners and their struggle against police, in the london of 1970. And coming up on bbc news. Gareth southgate reminds his england players of their responsibilities, with three set to miss thursdays international with wales for breaking coronavirus rules. Good evening. More than three Million People in scotland are facing a range of sweeping new restrictions, because of a rapid rise in rates of infection. The first minister warned that, without taking action, scotland risked returning to the peak level of infection within a few weeks. The toughest new rules will apply to all licensed premises across the central belt of scotland, including glasgow and ed