Actors are having to come up with new ways to ensure the show does go on this christmas one company has even started staging performances from long running west end shows in peoples front gardens as our arts correspondent david silito has been finding out. This is normally the busiest time of year in theatreland. But this year, its not going to be so much, its behind you, more, its on your doorstep. Theyre coming up the road now. Hey, guys, im elder cunningham. Weve got a surprise for you come to the door theres a song in the air. Bert and mary poppins are in the front garden of number 1a. Meet doorstep productions. This is the real west end, real west end performers, coming to doorsteps. Thats right. I mean, look at this theatre, its closed. The palladium. I mean, its heartbreaking. All the shows are shut. All my friends are unemployed. Some of them have lost their homes. And i thought, hang on a minute, i could get some people some work. Supercalifragalisticexpialidoc ious even thoug
Translation i had jotted down the dates when the probe adjusted its orbit. If there is a hayabusa 3 or 4 or even 5, id like to be involved in the mission. That next mission on this mothership, having launched its first capsule, will boldly go examining near earth asteroids where no one has gone before. Mark lobel, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. It is going to be another chilly day especially across the south and south east of the country, frost outside of town mainly. Frost is still what is across much of the uk and parts of central and western through the night she was a scattering of showers but primarily a dry night. The frost on the fog, the freezing fog across southern areas of the uk. The temperature to between 2 and plus two. The Weather Forecast tomorrow, fog may linger through the morning and afternoon gcioss through the morning and afternoon across southern through the morning and afternoon across southern areas through the morning
Workers at Windsor Castle to thank them for their work this year. Windsor was the final stop on the duke and duchess of cambridges tour of britain which has provoked some criticism from ministers in scotland and wales. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchells report contains flash photography. It is the season to say thank you, most particularly if youre a member of the royal family charged with expressing a nations gratitude to all of those whove made the difference in this most difficult year. And so, on the quadrangle of Windsor Castle, the queen was joined by members of her family for some festive cheer seasonal music from the salvation army, and gratitude, widely sprinkled to people whove done so much during the pandemic. The cambridges, william and kate, were there. Theyve spent the past 48 hours on the royal train, meeting key workers in different parts of great britain. A simple enough idea, you might think, except that england, scotland and wales all have slightly different
Two women have been describing how they were surrounded by police in derbyshire, read their rights and fined 200 pounds after they drove 5 miles for a walk by a reservoir. Current guidance says you can travel for exercise in england as long as it is in your local area. Derbyshire police said they are reviewing the fines issued in this period. Phil mackie reports. Eliza moore and jessica allen, friends whose businesses have shut because a lockdown, decided to brave the cold and go for a socially distanced walked to try to keep their spirits up. U nfortu nately, their trip to a nearby reservoir has earned them each a £200 fine. Derbyshire police have been stopping people who were driving to beauty spots because they say it is a breach of government regulations. Jessica says she thought they were following the rules to the letter. We take these guidelines really seriously. My brother is a doctor who works on a covid ward. My parents have both had it was not we are trying to follow the ru
Rates in the country across North Western areas, is in surrey, where every where well have some rain, and persistent Hospital Mortuary is now full rain in scotland. And almost 200 bodies are being stored in a temporary morgue. Well, northerly winds feeding into this weather front. Our home editor mark easton well start to see and cameraman James Anderson the rain turn were given access to to snow across the highlands the emergency surrey site and the grampians, located at a former with accumulations above around 200 300 metres elevation. Could be some pretty heavy snow, military hospital. Too, but otherwise, its mild 8 10 degrees celsius. This is the cold conclusion for tuesday, weve got pressure building to the north of a pandemic out of control. Of the uk, and thats going to send colder an emergency body storage north northwesterly facility has been assembled winds across scotland and across northern and some eastern areas in woodland in surrey. Of england, too. Might be colder, but