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
As Fallon Sherrock becomes the first woman to beat a man at the pdc World Championship at ally pally. Why dennis the Shetland Pony is in the front line in the battle against loneliness this christmas. Good morning. We have some dense fog and icy patches to watch out for this morning. Generally speaking, eastern areas will be drier and brighter in the west, it will be wet and increasingly windy stop i will have more details in 15 minutes. Its wednesday 18 december. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing a wait of months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines replaced. Whirlpool recalled 500,000 appliances yesterday because of a fire risk, but customers are struggling to get information because of problems with its website. The company was already dealing with problems with its dryers as dan johnson reports. More than half a million of these washers are at risk of sparking a fire if a part in the door lock overheats. It has happened to 79 machines already. Th
And were going to do things differently and better. Shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has confirmed he will not be part of labours next shadow cabinet following the partys crushing election defeat. Well all go now. The new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet. I wont be part of that shadow cabinet, you know, ive done my bit. We need to move on, at that stage, with that new leader. Faster journies, news routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Karthi Gnanasegaram and ben croucher. Your top stories this saturday evening. The gap grows wider at the top of the premier league as super salah flicks liverpool past watford. But its a bad day for chelsea, who are beaten at home by bournemouth, while second placed leicester lose ground at the top with a draw against norwich. And saracens show their strength as Mako Vunipola helps them to victory against munster in the euro
Hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines. The Prime Minister visits voters in tony blairs old constituency in north east england, promising to repay the trust of those whod broken the voting habits of generations. Our country has now embarked on a wonderful adventure. Were going to recover our National Self confidence, our mojo, our self belief. And were going to do things differently and better. Shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has confirmed he will not be part of labours next shadow cabinet following the partys crushing election defeat. Well all go now. The new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet. I wont be part of that shadow cabinet, you know, ive done my bit. We need to move on, at that stage, with that new leader. Police in new zealand name the first victim of the white island eruption as krystal eve browitt a 21 year old australian. 15 deaths have been now been confirmed from mondays eruption. Tens of thousands of people have rallied again
Freddie ljungberg. After a relatively dry start on the east, wet and windy weather in the west will move across all areas today. The strongest winds in the north and the west. I will have more inis north and the west. I will have more in 15 minutes. Remember the ice bucket challenge. Tributes are paid to the man who inspired it, raising more than £150 million for charity. It is tuesday 10 december. Our Top Story Police in new zealand are launching a criminal investigation into the deaths of 13 people after a volcanic explosion at a popular Tourist Destination. White island remains too dangerous to access, but aerial reconnaissance flights have detected no further sign of life there. Doctors treating the 31 injured fear some have suffered burns so severe they may not survive. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil has this report. The Prime Minister on the sight of where those who were affected by the devastation were first taken, praising those who jumped straight into helper. They worked ti