Tens of thousands of Small Business owners celebrate as the Supreme Court rules insurers must pay them for covid lockdown losses. Insurers who had said the cover was never intended for such unprecedented restrictions now say all valid claims will be settled as soon as possible. A really good day for thousands and thousands of insurants who were left with very little clarity until now. Well have reaction to the ruling from business owners. Also this lunchtime the uk economy shrank by 2. 6 in november when england was in lockdown for a second time. A ban on flights from south america has come into force, as ministers try to prevent a new variant of coronavirus which was first seen
in brazil coming here. Joe root has scored his first test century in over a year as england tightened their grip on the first test against sri lanka in galle. Ok, so, here we go. And its one of the oldest tricks in the book how magicians are celebrating a century of sawing someone in half. And coming up on bbc
Brazil’s central bank has slashed rates as inflation subsides. The boost to consumers and corporate borrowers should juice earnings of listed companies.