Sunshine and this beautiful view from scotland. Here and in Northern Ireland so far that there is some sunshine to be had but for england and wales there is a lot of cloud around and for some it is raining. You can see this on the radar picture but it is gradually edging further south as we go through the rest of the afternoon. Living Northern Ireland and scotland with showers and sunny spells. Some of us in northern england, things to brighten up by the cloud and rain still with us for the midlands, east anglia even at the end of the afternoon. These are the average wind speeds, feeling colder in north wales and the north of england but mild in the far south east with more sunshine to be had. Going through this evening and tonight this area
of cloud and rain is sticking around across many of the same areas. For north wales, north england, Northern Ireland and scotland quite a sharp frost to come in the colder rural spots but tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine. Starting to cloud over
This is bbc news, im simon mccoy. The headlines one in ten people across the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of december. Hospitals in the midlands are short staffed and care homes remain on the front line. The vaccine has been certainly the big thing that every provider is now desperate to get into their services and the roll out, it is happening, but it is not as quick as we would all like. Fortress washington as donald trump spends his last full day in office, america anxiously waits for the inauguration of his successor. Scotlands first minister Nicola Stugeon is to update the Scottish Parliament on covid 19 restrictions. Well bring you her statement live later this hour. The government is to set up a new regulator for the Construction Industry following evidence at the Grenfell Tower inquiry that manufacturers
covered up safety issues. Grave concerns over the future of the Justice System in england and wales as the covid pandemic creates a backlog of crown court cases. The b
Back to work, because there is a massive, massive Economic Cost to what were having to do Health Reasons. Back to school new guidance for england will see class sizes of 15 pupils, staggered break times and frequent hand washing. The Health Secretary matt hancock says the number of deaths in care homes from covid 19 is falling. Borisjohnson urges people to use common sense as he defends his plan to relax the lockdown in england. More than six Million People in the uk will hear today whether their wages will continue to be subsidised beyond june. The chancellor, rishi sunak, is to announce the future of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which is currently due to end on the 30th ofjune. In other developments, borisjohnson has defended his plans to relax the lockdown rules in england and has issued guidance to clear up some of the confusion. So, from tomorrow, people in england can go outdoors as often as they want and can meet with one person from another household in a public space a
Senior National Correspondent Chris Jansing tonight in new york city, where the trouble has been at a major landmark, macys herald square. Chris . Reporter were right here, brian, and it was only a couple of minutes ago that three suspects were taken out of the store. This is where it started. Police got a call because there was a fire in this garbage can, and then this store had been breached. So they got in there very quickly. I talked to an individual on the scene almost immediately. He said a couple of suspects got away. Then they were able to detain three more. They were in there for quite a while, maybe at least half an hour. I think we also have some aerial footage you may be looking at of the scene. But there are few places better known in the United States than macys, of the macys thanksgiving day parade. Its stood here since 1901, the big clock above the sign. And today its just one of many places where we have seen these signs of vandalism. We were at a breitling store wait.
On record. And its terrible news for the high street, as retail sales show their biggest ever monthly fall quarantine plans for entering the uk will be announced later with possible fines if people fail to self isolate for m days. Pro democracy supporters take to the streets of hong kong they say a new Chinese Security law could mean the end of the regions autonomy. President trump is seen without a facemask in a michigan factory, though he claims he did wear one, but took it off before speaking to reporters researchers begin a trial of an immuno therapy treatment to boost t cells in those with the most severe symptoms of covid 19. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Lets start with the uk, where new figures show government borrowing has soared to cope with the impact of the virus. The government borrowed £62. 1 billion in april, the highest monthly figure on record. It unde