Without the right experience. The prospect of a vaccine brings renewed hope that fans might return to watch live sport. For now, the government says there isnt a time scale on getting spectators back into stadiums. Good morning. Today we start with a lot of cloud, some mist and fog, and some showers. It should give way to sunshine and a dry afternoon. Detailed in ten minutes. Good morning. Its tuesday, the 10th of november. Our top story. Millions of doses of a highly effective new vaccine could be in use in the uk by the end of this year, but the Prime Minister has warned against any easing of social distancing measures for the time being. The pharmaceutical firms pfizer and biontech said their vaccine which is not yet licensed appears to protect nine in ten people from covid 19, but borisjohnson insists it is too early to start slackening our resolve. John mcmanus reports. Is it a game changer, or is it too early to be optimistic . The announcement by pfizer yesterday was greeted wit
This is bbc news. Lam iamjane i amjane hill. We had lines to be. The number of people whove died with coronavirus in care homes in england is thought to have doubled in five days figures suggest more than 2,000 deaths. In the first ever virtual Prime Ministers questions, the new labour leader strongly criticises the government over a lack of testing and supply of Personal Protective Equipment. Somethings going wrong, but there isa somethings going wrong, but there is a pattern emerging here. We were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment. I dont accept his premise that we have been slow. We have been guided by the scientific advice, the chief scientific adviser, the chief medical officer at every step along
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Its not going to be a bad day today many of us. Tomorrow however, it is going to be more cloudy with rain around. The weekend is a split and todayis around. The weekend is a split and today is the better day. We can see a window of whether at the moment. Clear skies but mist and fog in good morning. Welcome to breakfast places. These low pressure here with with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Its rain bearing cloud is heading in our headlines today our direction so all of the cloud closing in on victory you can see here will be bleak joe biden tells america that he is on his way will be in place across the uk to the white house. Tomorrow. This same area of low pressure is also scooping up some mild airfrom the the numbers tell us its clear, tell pressure is also scooping up some mild air from the southern climes. Low pressure is put in the air us the numbers tell us its clear, tell usa the numbers tell us its clear, tell us a clear and convincing story are northwards and you can see
Tributes are paid to the man thought to be the youngest in the uk to die from the virus craig ruston was 45 and had motor neurone disease. And the first people are turned away from the eu border under the blocs new travel ban for non eu citizens. All day long well be working to answer as many of your questions as possible. At 11. 30 well be answering your work and money related coronavirus questions with an employment lawyer and personal finance expert. The government is being urged to do more to help families and workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak, after announcing billions of pounds of help for companies. The chancellor, rishi sunak, made more than £300 billion in loans available to affected firms. But business groups said action had to be taken to pay workers wages, while labour said people struggling with their rent had been ignored. This morning, the government is expected to announce how they plan to protect millions of people who rent their homes. Here are the key mea
Still got to go to work. The Prime Minister wanted to avoid this step and put it off for as long as possible, but millions of children may now be at home for months. There is no end in sight. The bank of england hasnt ruled out handing money directly to businesses and households stuggling to cope, and urges firms to seek support before laying off staff. This is a message from the governments chief medical officer about coronavirus. A new government advert to ensure people know the symptoms as the government says it wants to increase testing to 25,000 people a day. Eastenders theme music. The bbc halts filming on eastenders, holby city and other big dramas as broadcasters are hit but lessons for children stuck at home are among new programme being brought in. And going virtual the online choirs springing up around the country to try to cheer people up. Later in the hour, we will have all of the sport on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features