Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the broadcaster david davies and and katy balls the deputy Political Editor of the spectator. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. Christmas restrictions are dominating the headlines tomorrow. The sun calls it the fight before christmas. The mail reports that christmas gatherings have been given the go ahead but ministers will warn people to keep celebrations local. The times leads with the same story. The paper reports that borisjohnston has ruled out scrapping covid plans for christmas, but will discourage people from visiting elderly relatives. The news that families plans to bubble up for christmas could be in jeopardy is the metros choice of lead story. It reports that leading medical experts believe the decision could kill many more people. The guardian leads with the news that uk leaders are meeting tomorrow to decide if more more stringent measures are needed across the festive
But the Council Still says closing schools would have helped stop the virus spreading. Were not interested in a legal argument with the government about who is right and who is wrong, because i know that presented with the information that i had in front of me, from talking to greenwich head teachers, greenwich families and children who were in schools this would have been in everyones best interests. More than 800,000 fewer people are on the payroll now than at the start of the pandemic with hospitality and retail particularly badly hit the number of people dying in scotland from drug misuse has reached a new record high and is the worst in europe. And coming up in sport a 9 month driving ban for england and aston villa footballerJack Grealish. The 25 year old has also been fined more than 80 thousand pounds, after admitting to careless driving. Good afternoon. Theres growing pressure on the government and the leaders of scotland, wales and Northern Ireland to rethink their plans for
So, i see robin and jeremy here so change. And concussion substitutions it is one rule for one and one rule in football from january. Trials are expected to be approved for everyone else. Today following pressure on the sport to do more to protect players. Alison steadman willjoin us to tell us about her latest sitcom, singing carols on your doorstep set during lockdown. On december the 16th. Good morning. Some of us have seen some beautiful sunrises this morning rejoice, rejoice, emmanuel shall whilst others have had wet and windy come to the from israel and spreading some socially distanced cheer well be live conditions, and those conditions in on a street in shrewsbury to hear the west will move across all areas why we we should all sing carols on our doorsteps tonight. Through the day followed by blustery showers. More details in ten good morning for many of us a mild minutes. Start to the day but through the day what you will find is the rain in its wednesday the 16th december. Th
In everyones best interest. Workers in the Hospitality Business are the worst hit, as the jobless total rises to 1. 7 million. Protecting Children Online a new law could mean tech giants paying billions in fines. Rail investment should focus on existing services in englands regions, and not the birmingham to leeds leg of h52, says a government commission. A nine month driving ban for england and aston villa footballerjack grealish. The 25 year old has also been fined more than £80,000 after admitting to careless driving. And before 9pm, the duke and duchess of sussex sign a multi year podcast deal. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting pressure on the government and the devolved administrations to change the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions over christmas. Two of the countrys leading medical journals are warning that the easing of rules for a five day period would cost many lives. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, has also urged ministers to see where the rules n
32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing to charge a new suspect. Liverpool win the biggest game of the premier League Season so far. A late headerfrom Roberto Firminho, defeats tottenham, and sends liverpool, to the top of the table. Marcus rashfords mum mel talks for the first time about her familys struggle with poverty, and her pride about her sons campaigning work. I had threejobs, and iti i had threejobs, and it i didnt do that, one of the neighbours would cook a pot of food. It was a bit difficult, so marcus is only telling the story from how easy is it in the words he has been saying, they come from the bottom of his heart. The weather much quieter than yesterday with a lot more dry conditions, a few showers, some sunshine, but later strengthening winds and more rain coming into the west and i will have all the details in ten minutes. Its thursday december 17th. Our top story. Tens of millions of people across england will find