Thats risky. Because the previous three tier system didnt work. Parts of the new system will be tougher, but gyms and shops will reopen and a closing time curfew for pubs and restaurants will be eased. Still no firm plans for christmas rules on gatherings, household mixing and travel restrictions over the festive period are yet to be confirmed. Spectators will also be allowed into sporting events with a maximum attendance of 4,000 permitted in the lowest risk areas. The news comes as Oxford University announces that its Covid Vaccine works. Overall the vaccine is 70 effective and, in some dosages, 90 . Its just gone five oclock. In the last hour the Prime Minister has made a statement outlining his post lockdown plans for england. Boris johnson announced the Current National lockdown restrictions will end on december 2nd. From next wednesday people will be allowed to leave their home for any purpose and can meet up to six people from other households in outdoor spaces. Collective worsh
On a certain day, we do it. And then the goalposts are changed the following day. As 498 more deaths are reported in the uk, Coronavirus Infection rates in england are continuing to show signs of levelling off but the picture across the nations is mixed. Concerns about the impact of yesterdays Spending Review on some of the poorest households, as the chancellor defends his decision to freeze the pay of many Public Sector workers. Ive had to make some tough choices and what i couldnt do is justify an across the boa rd rise in Public Sector pay. Welcome to this bbc news special. Details of which tier of coronavirus restrictions will be imposed on the different regions of england when the National Measures are lifted next week have been announced by the health secretary. More than 23 Million People will be under the most severe restrictions tier 3 in areas including manchester, newcastle, leeds, kent and bristol. Most of the country will be in the middle tier 2 including london and liverp
Control and it is notjust the fact that people suffer financially and wont isolate themselves, it is that the central system is so slow at getting the information out to people that they need to isolate, but by the time it has got there the £22 billion or whatever we have spent on it has been wasted. It is gone, information is useless. And weve also seen Evidence Public Health england have withheld information from a local Public Health authorities. If we want when we come back in two months time to get it right we must decentralise the expenditure and get it into Public Health systems. What i was going to say before the right honourable gentleman spoke was there is not a way forward where people dont die in the situation, that is tragic and everybody in this house wa nts to tragic and everybody in this house wants to minimise the number of deaths but sometimes because though if we have the most restrictive measures, which will undoubtedly stop people contracting covid, that will be f
And the rain band pulls away to the continent, some sunshine behind, but then our focus is to be wintry showers and further north. Lower levels across england, northern wales and then likely to become particularly heavy into the early hours of monday morning. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines millions of people in the uk face tougher covid restrictions, as rule changes come into force. As the uk grapples with a new strain of coronavirus, france, spain and sweden confirm their first case of variant. Former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died aged 98 in moscow. Now, ben thompson reflects on how the uk economy, businesses and jobs suffered throughout the coronavirus pandemic and how things changed, from the ways we work and travel to how we shop, in review 2020 the business year. Ive struggled getting out of bed some days, because what do you do with yourself when your whole world is turned upside down . We lost 90 of our revenue overnight. 2020 was the year that changed
A hazard on the roads with the damp surfaces leading to ice. Even in southern and eastern areas, we pick up a few more showers, so the widespread frost meaning it will be icy. Quite harsh again in the north, perhaps a little lighter, the frost, further south, but nevertheless a frost, a cold start. Slightly changing the distribution of the showers for tomorrow because we are picking up more of a north easterly compared with the northerly today, and a bracing north easterly as well which will accentuate the chill. More showers in central and eastern areas. But cold wherever you are. The warnings are on the website. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines pressure grows to shut more schools. Unions are demanding an immediate two week closure of all primaries and secondaries in england. A new warning over hospitals in parts of the uk. The president of the Royal College of physicians says some are now facing a worse situation than at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic. The governmen