In london in a bid to agree a post brexit trade deal. And a surprise discovery, a rare plant reappears, more than a century since its last confirmed sighting in the british isles. 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. One of the uks most senior politicians says hospitals in england could be overwhelmed, if the governments new coronavirus restrictions arent voted through by parliament next week. Some conservative mps are unhappy with the tougher tier system, which begins on 2 december. Meanwhile in the United States the number of coronavirus cases has passed 13 million as a further spike in the infection rate is expected, as millions have travelled for the thanksgiving weekend. And in france many shops are re opening today as the first step in a three stage process to ease lockdown conditions. Lets hear more first on the situation in england from our Political Correspondent jona
Dover this morning, as Truck Drivers realise they could be stuck for days, even though france lifts its ban on border movements. And coming up in sport on bbc news. A group of former footballers and politicians call for an urgent review into the possible link between heading a football and dementia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. Six million more people in england will now be moving into tier 4 covid restrictions from boxing day. This afternoon, the Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, said it was vital the government act, saying cases were continuing to rise at a dangerous rate, with hospital admissions now at their highest level since mid april. So tier 4 restrictions will be extended to sussex, oxfordshire, suffolk, norfolk and cambridgeshire, the rest of essex, waverley in surrey and hampshire, with the exception of the new forest. In tier 4, you have to stay at home unless youre travelling to work orfor education. You can meet one other person in an open p
One man has been arrested. I want to take this opportunity to say how sorry i am for my breach of rules that i ask all of us to follow every single day. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special, where were expecting at around 3 oclock a Coronavirus Briefing from downing street with the possibility that more parts of england could come under the toughest coronavirus restrictions in tier 4, and any changes could be as soon as boxing day this weekend. It is of course because of the new rapidly spreading variant of covid 19 thats already affecting large parts of the london, the southeast and east of england. The communities secretary Robert Jenrick says the strain is now prevalent outside these areas, and so more action may be needed. It comes as britains covid 19 r number the rate at which the virus is reproducing has increased again, to between 1. 1 and 1. 3. Meanwhile, borders have reopened in dover, but 5,000 lorry drivers in kent are facing more delays as they have to wait
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Watching in the uk there is increasing speculation that a trade deal between the uk and the European Union could be agreed in the next few hours. So far, the biggest stumbling blocks have been overfishing rights and business competition rules, and the two sides have until december 31st to come to a deal. Heres an update from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Most straightforwardly, theres hardly any time left. We left the European Union at the end of january, but we stayed in the status quo, the transition period. But that comes to an end whatever happens in the next few days on the 31st of this month. So, first and foremost, there just isnt very much time. It has to happen soon if its going to happen at all. But more pointedly, today, with conversations with ministers, conversations with people in and around the place, both here and in brussels, theres just a sense that this deal is now extremely close. There are
After testing positive. The highest figure since april. The talks in brussels continue withh suggestions a post brexit trade deal between the eu and the uk could be finalised within hours. In the first lorries are starting to leave after the borders have reopened with france. But thousands of drivers are still waiting for covid tests. The Health Secretary matt hancock has confirmed that more areas of england will move into tier 4 the highest level of restrictions. Under tier 4 people must stay at home, non essential retail is shut and movement in or out of the area is not allowed. He made the announcement at a press conference in downing street this afternoon. The Health Secretary said from boxing day, norfolk, suffolk, cambridgeshire and essex would move into tier 4 along with oxfordshire, waverley in surrey and hampshire including portsmouth and southampton, but excluding the new forest. More areas of england will move to tier 3, including bristol, somerset, gloucestershire, the isle