Heres stav da naos. Thanks, simon. Good afternoon. A much brighter day than yesterday. Pretty typical use of the skies gcioss pretty typical use of the skies across the country from this weather watcher in perry vale. Today, you will not is cooler and fresher than yesterday and quite breezy with a few showers around and that is because we still have yesterdays low pressure affecting our weather from the Norwegian Sea from this weather watcher in perivale. You will notice from the eyes of ours particularly in the northern half of the country, pressure building. The country, pressure building. The isobars. Wind gusts. Lots of showers, wet and windy for the Northern Isles and most of the showers affecting western parts of the country. A few getting in towards the east as well. But a better chance of staying dry through the afternoon. Mid to high teens celsius, so again it will be cool for this time of year. Through tonight, that cool air and winds a little lighter. It stays windy and quit
British supermarkets say they do have enough stocks for now, despite the chaos, but they are worried about the longer term effects on some supplies. So what is this new variant of the virus, and is it more dangerous, orjust more easily transmitted . Well have the latest medical analysis. Two men have been found guilty of manslaughter after 39 migrants died in the back of a lorry in essex last year. The Prime Minister is chairing a meeting now of the governments Cobra Emergency Committee, as more countries suspend travel links with the uk to stop the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. Borisjohnson will lead a televised briefing from downing street well have that live here on bbc news. India, canada and germany are the latest of about countries are the latest of about a0 countries to stop flights from britain. France has closed its border with the uk for 48 hours with no lorries or ferry passengers allowed in from dover though there are hopes that ban may be reversed soon. Superma
Because of concerns about the spread of a new variant of coronavirus. European Union Officials are trying to agree coordinated, strengthened, Health Protocols for people travelling from britain. The president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has described the approval of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine, by the eus medicine regulator, as a european success story. Inoculations should start, across the continent, within a week. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, the us has announced that terrorism charges have been brought against a Libyan National involved in the bombing of the pan am jumbo. Us president Electjoe Biden has publicly received an injection of the covid 19 vaccine, in an effort to boost confidence in its safety ahead of its wide distribution next year. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are giles kennigham political commentator and former conservative party press chief and author and journalist, Ya
Martina Navratilova has advised Iga Swiatek to “suck it up”, after the world No 1 complained of exhaustion following last week’s defeat by Coco Gauff in the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open.