Gathering over christmas. And all this follows a surge in cases believed to be caused by a new strain or variant of covid 19, thats seriously affected london and parts of the south east of england. Professor chris whitty, englands chief medical officer has already said the new strain of the virus does spread more quickly, and that its now more vital than ever that the public strictly follows guidelines to reduce transmission. The welsh and Scottish Governments have been Holding Cabinet meetings this afternoon and along with Northern Ireland they have been discussing their approach with westminster. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon will also be holding a News Conference and well bring you that here on bbc news. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is here. All this just before christmas, many argue that this could be done earlier but it is happening now. Just 72 hours ago borisjohnson said it would be inhuman to cancel the relaxation is christmas but it feels like a pretty b