For three more weeks at least but children could return to schools there after the february half term. Exhausted. The Duchess Of Cambridge talks candidly about the challenges of both Home Schooling and Home Hairdressing her children. The rspb launches its Big Garden Birdwatch where members of the public are asked to spend one hour counting and recording the birds they see from their home and coming up this hour well meet a nurse who gave birth nearly three months ago while seriously ill with covid 19 who has held her daughter for the first time after being discharged from hospital. Good morning and welcome. A new Coronavirus Vaccine has been shown to be 89. 3 effective in large scale uk trials. The novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against both the uk and South African Variants of the virus, as you can see from this graph. The uk has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in stockton on tees. The doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of t
Beyond mid february. Buy now, pay laterfirms face stricter controls following fears over young shoppers debts. A Court In Moscow is due to decide shortly whether to jail president Vladimir Putins leading critic, Alexei Navalny. Also coming up heavy snow hits parts of Northern England with the met Office Warning some Rural Communities are at risk of becoming cut off. This morning. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant and find every case. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 people over the age of 16 will be swabbed to find the true extent of the new variant. Theres no
Scientists say the coronavirus has mutated again in the uk. New strains have been discovered in liverpool and bristol Scientists Say vaccinations remain crucial. As long as we manage to roll out the vaccine effectively to all vulnerable people, it shouldnt have too much of an impact going forward. And in the last half hour scientists from Oxford University theirjab may reduce transmission. We will have the latest. Back to the classroom this month scotlands first minister announces a phased return. Calls for a re think of Brexit Border checks at ports in Northern Ireland after threats against staff. Whats the real cost of all our buying and spending . A new report says the effect on the Natural World should be part of the calculation. And coming up in sport on bbc news. All systems go for the six nations after france approves covid rules that relax travel restrictions around their matches. Good evening. Captain sir tom moore the 100 year old veteran who caught the nations imagination la
There were misunderstandings from the beginning but we should forget about them and focus on our vaccine being one of the best. Donald trump is accused of summoning a mob and aiming them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol according to pre trial documents from democrats were pushing for his impeachment. And tributes are pouring in for Captain Sirtom and tributes are pouring in for captain sir tom moore who has died at the age of 100. He is remembered for raising tens of millions for Coronavirus Workers in the uk. We begin in russia, where a court has ruled that Alexei Navalny will go to jail. A three and a half year suspended sentence for fraud from 2014 has been converted to a custodial sentence. Hes expected to spend over 2. 5 years in prison that allows for time previously spent under house arrest. This is Alexei Navalny arriving in court to hear the verdict he used his appearance to castigate President Putin, and said hed go down in history as someone who poisoned people. This was