The coronavirus clamp down the government urges people to report their neighbours if theyre seen breaking the new rules on socialising. From today anyone who breaks the new rule of six could be fined more than £3,000. But theres confusion. It is very difficult to understand because if i allowed to go into a pub with loads of people and i am a metre apart with my kids. Well be explaining the new rules all four nations are different. Also on the programme tonight. No queues, but the coronavirus testing system is under strain amid claims of a shortage of staff at government laboratories. I now call the Prime Minister. Prime minister. The Prime Minister defends proposed legislation giving britain the right to override part of the brexit
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This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. A sanitation worker becomes the first person in india to receive a Covid Vaccine as the country begins to vaccinate more than 1. 3 billion people. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. Our plan is as clear as it is bold get more people vaccinated for free. Germanys christian democrats elect Armin Laschet as their new leader a key moment in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. Calls for more support for the uks travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out
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This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk chancellor is expected to announce new support for businesses affected by coronavirus restrictions, after criticism that more needs to be done for those regions in the second highest level of meaures. Level of measures. People are filling mps inboxes with e mails of distress and concern, that is all being fed in, so, hopefully, this afternoon we will see the chancellor, as i say, tack a little bit, trim the sails, to make sure we are getting the right balance in terms of the support we are offering across the economy. A police chief in england is urging the government to make the three tier system easier to follow as more parts of the country prepare to enter the very high alert level. Geater manchester moves into tier 3 from midnight tonight. South yorkshire follows on saturday. The fbi says us Voter Registration
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Britains top Police Officer warns that those who break covid rules are now more likely to face fines. The metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says its preposterous for anyone to claim they dont know what the rules are. Where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. Well be getting reaction to the commissioners comments. Also this lunchtime the covid deaths that have led to the largest increase in deaths in a single year since the Second World War. A warning that core staff could leave the nhs after the Coronavirus Crisis due to the unsustainable workloads. Our colleagues are working right on the edge of what feels safe or sustainable to them. And that has been the case now for a number of weeks. Free school meals parents blast the woefully inadequate food parcels for children learning at home. Security is stepped up a
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Calls for more support for the uks travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. Stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland, with changes to takeaway and click and collect services. The worlds biggest Vaccination Programme gets under way in india. The country hopes to inoculate 300 Million People byjuly, with priority being given to Front Line Health Care workers. Feeling absolutely safe, absolutely fit, absolutely fine. Verijyous, very ecstatic. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States, promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. And coming up in half an hour, the worlds biggest tech show takes place online and click takes a look at whats on offer. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The government has insisted that its new travel measures will protect the public f