Paid £21 million of taxpayers money for acting as a go between to secure ppe for nhs staff. And a new era in commercial space travel begins, the first fully operational private flight takes astonauts to the International Space station. Large parts of scotland are being put into effective lockdown from friday until just two weeks before christmas to try to reverse worryingly high infection rates. More than 2. 5 Million People will be affected in glasgow, as well as east and south ayrshire, renfrewshire and east renfrewshire, west and east dunbartonshire, north and south lanarkshire, stirling and west lothian. Nonessential shops, bars, restaurants, hairdressers and Visitor Attractions will close, nonessential travel outside local Council Areas is now against the law in tier 4. Anyone flouting the rules could be arrested. But schools, nurseries and essential shops can stay open. Our scotland editor sarah smith is in glasgow. Maryhill road in glasgow, the city where scotlands infection ra
And tony blairs biggest mistake. Members of labours ruling National Executive will meet this afternoon to considerJeremy Corbyns suspension from the party last month. And coming up on the programme well speak to 12 year old chef omari mcqueen, whos landed himself his own cooking show on cbbc. Were expecting very shortly the first minister of scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, to stand up and announce whether parts of scotland will be moved into the countrys highest tier of covid 19 restrictions level 4. The first minister is to address parliament at holyrood, but she has previously said it is likely that some regions will face tougher restrictions for a limited period. Lets refresh our memory of the 5 level tier system in place in scotland. Level 0 nearly normal. Allows up to eight people to meet indoors, and 15 people outdoors. Level 1 medium. Lets six people from two households meet indoors or outdoors. Lets go live to glasgow and our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie. Weve had strong hints
Were going to be behind by weeks Prince William has tentatively or months being able to put together welcomed an independent investigation by the bbc into how the whole initiative relating Martin Bashir secured to the biggest promise we have, an interview with his mother, Princess Diana in 1995. With two Drug Companies coming along and, the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, and finding 95 effectiveness, says hell make a visit efficiency in the vaccines, which is an enormous promise. To the Israeli Occupied Golan Heights, as both countries and how can we stop thanksgiving and christmas becoming super spreader events . Reaffirm their close ties. Just ask yourself, at this time, is it really worth having an accumulation of people that would be coming from different parts of the country, going through crowded airports, on aeroplanes, coming into your home . Hello and welcome if youre watching and to end on a sobering note, remember at the moment, in the uk or around the world these restr
And a closing time curfew for pubs and restaurants will be eased. We will be in downing street as soon as that News Conference gets under way. The Prime Minister is, of course, self isolating right now so he will be appearing by video link in the News Conference. Then in the news c0 nfe re nce in the News Conference. Then in the News Conference itself, we will be expecting to see professor chris whitty and Andrew Pollard from the oxford vaccine group. They have been rightly proud of what they have been able to announce today. That is coming up, as able to announce today. That is coming up, as soon as able to announce today. That is coming up, as soon as it starts we will be there but to set the scene, letsjoin will be there but to set the scene, lets join vicki young, our deputy Political Editor at westminster. Vaccine today and then you tier regime, what do you expect the Prime Minister to be outlining . regime, what do you expect the Prime Minister to be outlining . I think it will b
Questions here. What does this tell us about the efficacy and the safety of the vaccine . What can we learn in the shortterm from the United Kingdom . Why did they go first . What does the president think of that . We have new information this morning on who in the u. S. Will get this vaccine first. Plans approved overnight for front line workers and nursing homes. At this moment, the pandemic is at its worst stage in the u. S. Record hospitalizations overnight. Nearly 2,600 deaths reported. Thats the second highest day since the pandemic began. There is also a lot of breaking news out of the white house this morning. Cnn has learned in the past month, President Trump has discussed preemptive pardons for several people close to him, including his own children, his soninlaw, and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. This is in addition to potentially pardoning himself. Were also learning unsealed Court Records reveal that the Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related t