Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu
tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so called islamic state group when she was just 15, so called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covenant decision to deprive her of british citizenship. it means she remains stuck in a camp in northern syria, and is barred from returning to the uk. in 2019, the then home secretary sajid javid stripped ms begum of her british citizenship after receiving advice that she was a threat to national security. shamima begum is now 23. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. in february 2015, eight y
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon faces growing calls to resign after a committee of msps concluded that she misled them. the army s new specialist unit designed and equipped to fight the wars of the future. sunday is census day, the compulsory survey painting a picture of the population. for the first time sexuality is included. and coming up in sport on bbc news: rachel blackmore makes history as the cheltenham festival s top jockey, but she s beaten in the gold cup by minella indo. good evening. continental europe is preparing for a third wave of coronavirus amid a surge in new cases and a shortage of vaccines that can reduce the spread of the disease. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight amid a sharp rise in cases. only 8% of the population has been vaccinated. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland, where the surge is being driven by the variant from southern england, is going into partial lockdown. the german chancellor angela m
at a0 years 207 days, anderson is the oldest bowler to hold top spot since australian clarrie grimmett in 1936. anderson returned match figures of 7 54 in the first test win in new zealand earlier this week to end australia captain pat cummins four year reign at the top. the england seamer has has 682 test wickets, third on the all time list behind sri lanka spinner muttiah muralitharan and late australia great shane warne. that s all the sport for now. we will talk more about grass roots support but before we do that there is a lot of news this afternoon about strikes so let s bring you another date that has just come through from unison. we are hearing from the union its members are to out across england on march the 8th. so that as health staff such as ambulance workers, some nurses, blood collection workers, categories of stuff like that. a fresh date
that has come through, two weeks today, march the 8th. all part of their long running dispute over pay. there are talks ongoing this afternoon in relation to health strikes and those are talks between the government and members of the royal college of nursing. so members of that union have posed their strike which was due to be next week because of the talks that are taking place but this is a different union, this is unison, so they will be strikes by members of that union in two weeks time. that is an england on march the 8th. unison accusing the government of failing to hold proper talks to resolve this long running row. quite a lengthy statement has come through in the last few moments from the union. that is the essence of what they are saying. so talks on the one hand but