that perhaps some of the demand is lessening but i would caution against thinking we are through the worst of this pandemic. we have a long way to go injanuary so we are planning very much for the worst and hoping for the best. the message to get vaccinated was also pushed again today by the prime minister. he said 61% of patients in intensive care units hadn t been vaccinated and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we ll hear from president biden who s appealed for more americans to get the vaccine as the 0micron variant surges. the labour leader has been setting out his party s vision for power if they win the next general election. in his new year s speech sir keir starmer accused the conservatives of losing voters
don t this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lawyers for prince andrew argue for the first time in court, that the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him, should be thrown out. they say he can t be sued, because of an agreement signed by his accuser. the us registers more than a million new coronavirus cases in the past 2a hours setting a new global record for daily infections. president biden has urged americans to get booster shots. the uk also sets a new record as it surpasses 200,000 new daily cases for the first time. borisjohnson had this message. we have a good chance of getting through the omicron wave without the need for further restrictions and
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and they can find me and seek me out and pardon me. the scheme became known as turing s law after alan turing, who killed himself after being convicted of gross indecency. launched in 2012, it was thought around 15,000 men might be eligible to have convictions disregarded, but almost a decade on, and almost a85 people have applied, of which only 198 have been officially pardoned. sadly, many men who have been affected by this will already have died, too late to receive a pardon and many thousands more will have retired and will no longer be in a position to benefit practically from this change. britain prides itself on the reforms it has made in normalising and celebrating same sex relationships, but today s proposals are a reminder of how the scars of past intolerance and prejudice still burn. mark easton, bbc news. if you own a blackberry or know someone who does you may
of faking it till you make it here, and until that changes, people worry that what happened in theranos could happen again. james clayton, bbc news. the ukjustice secretary has said victims of domestic abuse will get more time to report crimes to police to plug gaps in the law that risks offenders escaping justice. dominic raab confirmed a six month time limit in cases of common assaults involving domestic abuse will be extended, after the bbc revealed almost 13,000 such cases in england and wales had been dropped in the past five years. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. asa as a crime behind closed doors that too often goes unpunished. reports of domestic abuse went up but many cases never make it to court and last year, the bbc revealed thousands were dropped because there wasn t enough time to bring charges.