Has been affected by the hurdles of 2020. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. As a new year begins, the uk is starting a new relationship with the European Union, following the end of the brexit transition period a couple of hours ago. The agreement between westminster and brussels has brought an end to a partnership that lasted almost 50 years, with historic changes to rules on travel, trade, immigration and security. Brexit continues to divide British Public opinion, four years after a closely fought referendum paved the way for the uks departure. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Its almost five years since this moment the date set for a referendum that would change the countrys course. One of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes. Fast forward through what came next. There were campaigns, promises, heated protests. Chant democracy now prolonged negotiations, high profile resignations. The country i love. Behave your
Music lets dance by david bowie music firework elements by on the sly in the year of 2020, a new virus came our way. We knew but must be done and so to help, we hid away. Old habits became extinct and they made way for the new, and every single act of kindness was now given its due. The nightingale hospital, based at the excel Exhibition Centre in london, was constructed injust nine days. Buildings were lit up in blue, the colour of the nhs. I will leave the light on if you look into the distance, theres a house upon the hill guiding like a lighthouse to a place where youll be safe to feel our grace and if youve lost your way if youve lost your way i will leave the light on. Music take care of you by Ella Henderson 0h, ill take care, take care of you and ill do the things that no one else will do. Thousands of people opened their windows and doors to applaud nhs staff who are working on the front line of this coronavirus crisis. In residential streets across the uk, people have come on
Hello and welcome. The uk has fully left the European Unions Single Market and Customs Union after the transition period ended exactly two hours ago at 11 oclock local time. It brought an end to a partnership that lasted almost 50 years. With historic changes to rules on travel, trade, immigration and security. Brexit continues to divide public opinion. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. Its almost five years since this moment the date set for a referendum that would change the countrys course. One of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes. Fast forward through what came next. There were campaigns, promises, heated protests. Chant democracy now prolonged negotiations, high profile resignations. The country i love. Behave yourself parliament paralysed as westminster wrangled. Then another public verdict, and after this testing year, a last minute trade deal, a political win for the Prime Minister. The central purpose of this bill is to accomplish so
In the city as being grave and that it worsens with each passing day. The Prime Minister said he would resist another National Lockdown if at all possible. The government has come under pressure to impose a short Circuit Breaker across the country, but mrjohnson said he wanted to continue with taregted local action in order to avoid damaging health, economic and social effects. The government also said that there had been a further 15,650 cases of coronavirus in the uk. A further 136 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid 19. Lets listen to what the Prime Minister said about manchester in his News Conference a few minutes ago. Now, we have not yet reached an agreement with Greater Manchester. I com pletely agreement with Greater Manchester. I completely understand the reluctance
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This is bbc news im aaron safir with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Donald trump says his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. A day of last ditch talks between the uk and the eu but still no breakthrough in a possible trade deal. Firefighters in australia tell people to leave a popular Holiday Island as bushfires burn out of control. As batches of the Coronavirus Vaccine arrive in hospitals in england, one official calls it the beginning of the end of the pandemic. Hello and welcome. Donald trumps personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is reported to be in hospital after contracting covid 19. The us president announced the news in a tweet, writing there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the recent president ial election. Heres our washington correspondent lebo diseko. Hes one of Donald Trumps closest allies. Now, Rudy Giuliani is the latest in the president s inner circle to be diagnosed with the coronavirus. This was him on