And the rain band pulls away to the continent, some sunshine behind, but then our focus is to be wintry showers and further north. Lower levels across england, northern wales and then likely to become particularly heavy into the early hours of monday morning. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines millions of people in the uk face tougher covid restrictions, as rule changes come into force. As the uk grapples with a new strain of coronavirus, france, spain and sweden confirm their first case of variant. Former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died aged 98 in moscow. Now, ben thompson reflects on how the uk economy, businesses and jobs suffered throughout the coronavirus pandemic and how things changed, from the ways we work and travel to how we shop, in review 2020 the business year. Ive struggled getting out of bed some days, because what do you do with yourself when your whole world is turned upside down . We lost 90 of our revenue overnight. 2020 was the year that changed
A hazard on the roads with the damp surfaces leading to ice. Even in southern and eastern areas, we pick up a few more showers, so the widespread frost meaning it will be icy. Quite harsh again in the north, perhaps a little lighter, the frost, further south, but nevertheless a frost, a cold start. Slightly changing the distribution of the showers for tomorrow because we are picking up more of a north easterly compared with the northerly today, and a bracing north easterly as well which will accentuate the chill. More showers in central and eastern areas. But cold wherever you are. The warnings are on the website. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines pressure grows to shut more schools. Unions are demanding an immediate two week closure of all primaries and secondaries in england. A new warning over hospitals in parts of the uk. The president of the Royal College of physicians says some are now facing a worse situation than at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic. The governmen
Through as rain. Theyll be most frequent for eastern scotland and eastern good morning. Areas of england. Winning in a winter wonderland. Arsenals turnaround continues but ill have a full forecast coming with a confident victory at west brom thats three league up a little bit later on. Wins in a row for the gunners. Good morning. It is a day of its sunday the 3rd of january. Our top story sunshine and showers. And although some councils and Teaching Unions it is not going to feel at the air isa it is not going to feel at the air is a tiny bit less cold today so in england are continuing to pile many of the showers will come through as rain. They will be most pressure on the government, calling for primary frequent for eastern scotland and schools to be kept closed to the majority of pupils eastern areas of england. I will after the christmas holidays. Have a full forecast coming up a Teaching Unions have told little bit later on. Primary school staff it is unsafe to return to work beca
From the ways we work and travel to how we shop in review 2020 the business year. Ive struggled getting out of bed some days, because what do you do with yourself when your whole world is turned upside down . We lost 90 of our revenue overnight. 2020 was the year that changed just about everything. The coronavirus pandemic affected how we live and how we work. It upended our social lives, changed our Shopping Habits and impacted how and where we could travel. I think this is by far the biggest crisis we have ever faced and clearly requires us to take very quick and deep action. For the country, it led to the biggest economic slump in a generation causing thousands of people to lose their jobs across the uk. And so, as we grapple with its impacts on our lives and our livelihoods, we will assess how long it could take for the country to recover. And amid all of this turmoil, we wonder whether covid has given us reason to stop, to reassess, and perhaps to do things differently. People rea
From the ways we work and travel to how we shop, in review 2020 the business year. Ive struggled getting out of bed some days, because what do you do with yourself when your whole world is turned upside down . We lost 90 of our revenue overnight. 2020 was the year that changed just about everything. The coronavirus pandemic affected how we live and how we work. It upended our social lives, changed our Shopping Habits and impacted how and where we could travel. I think this is by far the biggest crisis we have ever faced and clearly requires us to take very quick and deep action. For the country, it led to the biggest economic slump in a generation, causing thousands of people to lose their jobs across the uk. And so, as we grapple with its impacts on our lives and our livelihoods, we will assess how long it could take for the country to recover. And amid all of this turmoil, we wonder whether covid has given us reason to stop, to reassess, and perhaps to do things differently. People r