Everyone watching parts of the economy shut down all at the same time is like nothing we have ever seen. Superlatives to compare past plunges, but everyone is trying to compare it to what experiences is this similar to. I have heard from people today, and no one had some obvious analogy, whether the cry natural whether the financial crisis, the wake of 9 11. Everyone of these past events was in some way a reminder of this, and that is what makes this so extraordinary. Scarlet and economic damages going to get worse. We heard from france that they are going to shut down all the schools and universities. New york is banning public gatherings a more than 500 people. It is only Getting Started in terms of the realworld effects. Romaine a lot of emotion, a lot of intangible things. Lets get back to some tangibles. Taylor riggs is going to look a little deeper. Taylor let me try to keep it tangible for you. I have three good charts. The first, lets just recap the day, because it has been a l
Dollar, Angela Merkel talking about Practical Solutions to the braggs story. That is sending the pound up to the brexit story. That is sending the pound up. Not a big move but may be sound signs of cracks appearing on the e. U. Side. The ftse trading at session low. Giuseppe conti saying in the last few minutes he is going to quit. He is going to see the president and there will likely be an election in italy. Where you would normally expect italian yield to shoot higher, they havent. They have gone negative. They are now at session lows on the day. Maybe they are the next indication that the ecb will step in. We are seeing bcp yields lower and prices rising across the board according to european bonds right now. France french, german, all bond yields get down to the lows. 70 today. The stoxx 600 trading near session lows down by. 6 . Vonnie wall street walks dogs overhauling the volcker rule. A ruling following and occ ruling over the currency is saying it approved the changes. It wou
People are being warned to stay vigilant about scams in which criminals offer covid vaccines for a fee. In one case, a pensioner was injected with a fake covid i9 vaccine and charged 160 pounds by a man pretending to be a health worker. People have also been sent Text Messages taking them to a fake nhs website with a booking link. The Bbcs Jayne Mccubbin reports. Moments before this image was captured, this man injected a 92 year old with a fake covid vaccine. He claimed to be from the nhs. And then administered a jab in the arm in what has been described as a dart like instrument, charged £160, took the money from the lady and then disappeared. And just to add insult to that injury, then re attended several days later to try to solicit an extra £100. So this has been a horrendous experience for the victim. Its not known what was injected into the pensioner but a hospital check found her unharmed. This was an absolutely disgusting crime, utterly unacceptable assault and fraud, and it
Start for many, and given we have had quite a bit of snow in the last 24 had quite a bit of snow in the last 2a hours, ice is a concern this morning, as is freezing fog. More details for you in about 15 minutes. Its saturday, 9th january. Our top story people in england are being urged to behave like they are infected with coronavirus as part of a new Public Awareness campaign encouraging people to stick to the rules. The message, which will be shared on tv, radio and social media, comes as the uk reported the highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. Our correspondent dan johnson has more. Covid 19, especially the new variant, is spreading quickly across the country. This puts many people at risk of serious disease. A new campaign with a clear message. Once more, we must all stay home. These stark warnings come in response to the intense pressure on hospitals, which are getting close to capacity, especially in london and the south east. Londons mayor declared a Major I
Than half a Million People over the age of 80 are invited to mass vaccination centres. Rescue teams in indonesia have found the black box flight recorders for the boeing passenger plane that crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff. 62 people were on board. President trump will face impeachment proceedings this week for the second time accused of inciting the storming of congress. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, we are tearing into 2021 at full pelt, but what technology wonders may it hold 7 well ask the experts. And no, you are not having a bad dream, but an Artificial Intelligence is. Hey, welcome to click. Happy new year . I hope you got some respite and a bit of a break recently. Lara lewington hello, how are you . I am good, thanks, all things considered. Any new years resolutions your end . Absolutely not. Dont do resolutions, that means i cant break them. I decided to stay at home more and watch more tv. Whats your plans for the next few weeks . I think ill hav