American lawmakers return to work and in the last few minutes they have endorsed the new president , joe biden. The report we make is that joe biden and Kamala Harris will be the president and the Vice President , according to the ballots that have been given to us. Applause what do you think about the events that have taken place in america . Do get in touch. You can tweet me Annita Mcveigh using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. In the uk, hundreds of gp surgeries begin offering the new Oxford Astrazeneca covid vaccine. And, as millions of households get to grips with the return of online schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Four people are dead after hundreds of pro donald Trump Supporters some of them armed ransacked the us Capitol Building in washington. The us congress has now certified joe bidens victory in the president ial election. Protesters stormed congress, breaking into the S
Well bring you all the latest developments. The oxford Covid Vaccine is rolled out to gp surgeries in england but the Health Secretary visits a clinic that had not actually received any doses, because of a delay. Official figures show more than 311,000 people tested positive for covid 19 in england between Christmas Eve and december 30th up 24 on the previous week. Good afternoon. After a day of extraordinary and shocking scenes in washington when supporters of donald trump stormed the seat of Congress Lawmakers sat through the night to certinyoe bidens victory in the president ial election. Despite rhetoric which encouraged the rioters to try to overturn the lawful result of the election, mr trump this morning conceded that there should be an orderly transition of power on january 20th, the day scheduled for mr bidens inauguration. But he repeated his false claim that the facts pointed to a different outcome. The violence and anarchy, in which four people died, have shaken america to
In nhs history. As millions of households get to grips with the return of Online Schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn. Millions of school meals going to waste. Good morning. The last minute decision not to fully reopen schools means most meals have had to be given away or thrown out. Ill find out what can be done. Good morning. Manchester city are heading back to wembley. Theyre through to a Fourth League cup final in row, after beating city rivals Manchester United. Good morning. We have got a band of rain, sleet and snow moving out of southern scotla nd and snow moving out of southern scotland and ireland into Northern England and north wales through the day. Ahead of it, some ice and freezing fog. Behind it, further win three showers and the risk of ice roles. Good morning. Its thursday, january 7th. Our top story. Four people have died in violent clashes at the heart of americas democracy, where congress had been meetin
He was 55 years of age. He was so young and we had so much still planned and people need to take note and stop being selfish and ignorant. No mask no entry. Supermarkets say theyll crack down on people not following the rules amid concern about the spread of the virus in shops. Complaints about the quality of food parcels for those on Free School Meals ministers promise to investigate. A devastating report into so called mother and baby homes run for decades by the Catholic Church in ireland reveals around 9,000 children died over eight decades. Donald trump arrives in texas for his first live public appearance since the riots at the us capitol. This is the scene live near alamo in rio trump is expected rio grande donald trump is expected to use the appearance to talk about his achievements in building the wall. Good evening. Police forces are warning they will take tougher action against those who do not comply with the coronavirus restrictions. The home secretary, priti patel, held a
Good afternoon. Im joined today by drvin dawakarand martin good afternoon. Im joined today by dr vin dawakar and Martin Hewitt. The roll out of our fantastic Vaccination Programme continues to make good progress. The brilliant nhs is vaccinating people at the rate of 200 jabs a minute. As of today, four million 900 and 73,000 people have been vaccinated across the uk. The nhs are working as quickly, efficiently and as fairly as possible to get the vaccine to priority groups. I want to take this moment and opportunity to counter some of the disinformation about the vaccine. Especially any messages targeted to those from an ethnic minority background. This vaccine is safe for us all. It will protect you and your family. Safe for us all. It will protect you and yourfamily. It is our safe for us all. It will protect you and your family. It is our best chance of beating this virus. So i urge everyone across our wonderfully diverse country to get the vaccine when their turn comes, to keep us