Adults contact the nspcc with concerns about a child during lockdown. They urge the government to have a plan for helping children dealing with trauma. Clapping. Hundreds of people turn out in sussex for the funeral of Dame Vera Lynn. 0n the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of britain, the story of the 13 Year Old Girl who helped design the spitfire, which was crucial to the rafs victory. Travellers arriving in the uk from dozens of countries are no longer required to quarantine for two weeks. The rules are being relaxed for arrivals from more than 60 countries, but scotland still requires anyone travelling from spain to quarantine, unlike england, wales and Northern Ireland. Travel agents says the easing has led to an increase in demand forforeign holidays, though the Foreign Office is still advising against going on a cruise. John mcmanus has this report. Spains tourist industry is keen to say hola to british holiday makers as soon as possible. One of them, paul, is headin
By the court of arbitration for sport, but russian teams will still be banned from the Tokyo Olympics and dozens of other global competitions. More former Rugby Union Players havejoined legal action against the games authorities, accusing them of negligence over head injuries. And coming up the west end performers staging virtual Christmas Concerts in care homes. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. Two thirds of the population of england or 38 Million People will be living under the tighest coronavirus restrictions by this weekend. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps that following a review, most of the areas already in the toughest tier 3 level will remain there. He said a 46 increase in covid i9 cases in the past week in south east england and cases up by two thirds in the east of england meant it was necessary to apply tier 3 measures across a much wider area. Bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, berkshire and hertfordshire will be subject to tier 3 rules, as will parts of surrey,
Life in such a brutal way. Debenhams is to disappear from the high street with the loss of 12,000 jobs. The fast fashion retailer boohoo has bought the brand and website, but not the stores. Chelsea sack manager Frank Lampard after 18 months in charge as he pays the price for winning only one of their past five league matches. Borisjohnson says he wants to see schools reopen as soon as possible amid warnings children have become the forgotten victims of the pandemic. Hes coming under growing pressure from mps to name a date chair of the Education Select Committee, robert halfon, had asked for an urgent question in the house of commons but the speaker denied his request. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister said hes actively working on a proposal requiring travellers arriving in the uk to pay to quarantine in a hotel. It comes as the latest figures show that more than 6. 3 Million People have had a first vaccine dose. And in the last few moments moderna has said its vaccine does produce antib