They should have kept us locked down. The chancellor prepares to set out the british governments Spending Plans for the coming year. The Spending Review will give a boost to the health service, but expect a sting in the tail for Public Sector workers in england and private pensions. France gets a partial reprieve from its strict coronavirus lockdown, as president macron announces his country has passed the peak of the second wave. Britains spending watchdog says ppe stockpiles in england were inadequate for the covid pandemic, with a surge in price costing the taxpayer around £10 billion. Its late but its sincere. Us president Electjoe Biden says the Trump Administration is cooperating across the board with the transition of power. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The duchess of sussex has revealed she had a miscarriage injuly. Meghan markle said that prince harry was wi
In the uk ministers from england, scotland, wales and northen ireland agree on rules to allow families to Cross National borders. Lee in italy it reported its highest death toll since march as the Prime Minister warns against going skiing for their holidays. Jokina said america will confront its adversaries and not reject its allies. Mr biden said his administration would confront americas adversaries and not reject its allies. Here he is speaking a few minutes ago. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back. Ready to leave the world, not retreat from it. Once again sit at the head of the table. Ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies. Ready to stand up for our values. In fact, in calls from World Leaders that ive had over 18 or 20 am not sure the exact number, the week since we won the election, i was struck by how much they are looking forward to the United States reasserting its historic role as a global leader. Both in the pacific as well is the atla
And beyonce receives nine nominations for americas top music awards, the grammys, many for a track about the killing of george floyd. Hello, and welcome. This weekend, france will start relaxing its second lockdown, with non essential shops re opening from saturday. Then, from mid december travel restrictions will be lifted in time for christmas. The french president , emmanuel macron, said the country had passed the peak of the second wave. Paul hawkins has more. France has been under lockdown since the start of november. Non essentialshops, bars, and restaurants are shut, social gatherings banned. Here, you can only home for work, shopping, exercise or medical help. However, from this weekend. Translation all shops will be allowed to open in Home Services will be allowed to resume, within the framework of a Strict Health protocol. According to these rules they can remain open until 9pm at the latest. The relaxing of restrictions is because on monday france reported 4,452 daily infect
Are taken advantage of and misled by housing developers, says the competitions watchdog, which now says it is taking enforcement action. Weve covered this issue for many months, speaking to leaseholders whove found themselves with unexpected hefty bills to pay and unable to sell their homes because of the issue. I had to save for that deposit, like anyone buying a freehold property would, i pay my mortgage, exactly the same as somebody that would have a freehold, but im treated like a rental tenant. Companies could be taken to court if they dont comply with new regulations. Well bring you that story at 10. 15. Theres been a massive explosion in space, the largest since the big bang. Well explain where its happened and what it means. And why is the generation of South Africans who were born free to love who they want not embracing mixed race relationships . Being in south africa now, its a bit like a cappuccino nation. So you have like, your strong black society at the bottom, and then
There in front of the public eye. I think thats really important to show off what we can do, and i want to be a part of that. Here at the barracks, they are champing at the bit to get back out on parade with humans and horses ready to resume their official duties as soon as its deemed safe to do so. Sarah campbell, bbc news, woolwich barracks. Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. Hello. Weve already had a fair bit of rain around over the last 2a hours, particularly across parts of Northern England and for many of us, more rain on the cards over the next few days. This is the picture out there at the moment in surrey, cloud increasing during the morning and we could see some heavy showers later. Over the next few days, many of us, there will be a mixture of sunny spells, quite warm and as the humidity rises, thats going to spark some heavy and thundery showers. The areas most likely to see thunderstorms today across the south west of england come into south wales, to