But getting closer to double figures across parts of scotland and northern ireland. This High Pressure is still with us on wednesday. Its not going anywhere at all. Last time we saw such a lengthy dry spell was back in september. But it will be introducing some quite moist air. So for the middle part of the week, once again, quite a bit of cloud around. Best chance of any sunshine will be for eastern counties of scotland and england. Temperatures starting to come down by day to 8 9 celsius the high on wednesday. So to sum up the week, a dry spell for many, some frosty nights at first gradually turning a little bit milder, but also further mist and fog by. Hello. This is bbc news with lukwesa burak. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines the queen says she hopes harry and meghan can now build a happy new life after the agreement on theirfuture. They will end official royal duties which means less scope to champion causes and projects. World l
Sport, and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. Good afternoon. Britains tyson fury has promised theres more to come after becoming heavyweight World Champion for a second time following a seventh round stoppage of Deontay Wilder in their hugely anticipated rematch in las vegas this morning. Tyson fury was carried to the ring on a throne, having promised to knock wilder out early, who himself was adding to the occason in an equally extravagant outfit. Fury made a blistering start, knocking him down in the the third and the fifth before the fight was stopped in the seventh, wilders camp throwing in the towel, as fury underlined his status as the leading heavyweight in the division to cap a remarkable comeback from drink, drugs and depression following a two year period away from the sport. I am my own worst critic and even though it was a fantastic performance and i got a great win, i know i can do better. I have only just started with the style. We have had seven we
In the city as being grave and that it worsens with each passing day. The Prime Minister said he would resist another National Lockdown if at all possible. The government has come under pressure to impose a short Circuit Breaker across the country, but mrjohnson said he wanted to continue with taregted local action in order to avoid damaging health, economic and social effects. The government also said that there had been a further 15,650 cases of coronavirus in the uk. A further 136 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid 19. Lets listen to what the Prime Minister said about manchester in his News Conference a few minutes ago. Now, we have not yet reached an agreement with Greater Manchester. I com pletely agreement with Greater Manchester. I completely understand the reluctance
of the mayor and his colleagues to ta ke of the mayor and his colleagues to take manchester into the very high alert level. It is far from a pain free course of action and it will mean a
Joe bidens given details of his plan to sharply increase the number of americans being immunised against covid 19 in the face of a sustained rise in cases and deaths. The president elect, who takes office on wednesday, said the priority was to inoculate everyone over the age of 65. The number of people around the world who have died with covid 19 has now passed the two million mark. Thats more than the combined total of deaths for hiv, malaria, flu and cholera in the past year. After the united states, brazil and india are the worst affected countries. Police in guatemala have arrested 600 migrants accused of entering the country illegally. Theyre part of a group of about 3000 people who set off from honduras hoping to walk several thousand kilometres to the united states. Most say they are seeking a better life in the us. Ever since the new variant of covid emerged in the uk thereve been questions about its impact on children and whether they are more likely get it or help spread it.
This is bbc news. Im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines Boris Johnson is preparing to announce tough new local coronavirus restrictions in england as medical advisers warned of the dangers of failing to act. If we do not take measures to control the spread of the virus, the death toll will be too great to bear. The Liverpool City Region is expected to face the toughest restrictions with pubs, gyms and bookies closed. And the Prime Minister will address mps at 3 30pm this afternoon. Well bring that to you live and have full reaction on bbc news. As three nightingale hospitals are put on standby, its revealed there are now more people in hospital with covid 19 than when a National Lockdown was imposed in march. An anxious wait for businesses to hear whether they will be in the most restricted zones, and how theyll cope if they are. Most gcse and a level exams in england next year will be delayed by three weeks, the education secretary has confirmed. And controversial plans to shake up the