All sorts of people where a little bit of hope will do a lot of good. How is retail reacting to changes in the way we shop . Weve updates from next, john lewis and co op group later this morning. Its been a summer of International Cricket like never before, but australia win the one day series against england the first series defeat inside the bio bubble. And i have come to kent in search of the elusive animal, the red squirrel. A lot of dry and sunny weather in the next few days. It is all coming up here on breakfast. Its thursday the 17th of september. Our top story. More than 2 million more people across england and wales will face stricter restrictions in an attempt to halt the rise in coronavirus cases. New measures for the north east of england will be announced later today, while residents in south wales will face local lockdown from this evening. Greg mckenzie reports. The northeast is set to become the latest area in england to come under local restrictions as coronavirus case
The government promises to set out which groups will be given priority over testing. And a state of emergency has been declared in the states of florida, alabama and mississippi, after Tropical Storm sally causes devastating floods. Donald trump claims an effective Coronavirus Vaccine could be good to go within weeks, contradicting one of his own Top Health Officials. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Nearly two Million People in the north east of england are facing new local lockdown restrictions from midnight tonight, to try to halt a rise in coronavirus cases. Full details of the measures are still to be announced. They are likely to include earlier closing times for pubs, there may be tougher limits on households mixing, and this is expected to include sunderland, County Durham, newcastle, northumberland, north and south tyneside, and gateshead. Similar restrictions a
Were hearing from other nhs trusts where this is happening there as well, and our gp surgeries as well. Because people are unable to access the system, theyre panicking, theyre thinking, where can i go to get some certainty about whether my Family Member is struggling . Otherwise i cant go to work. They cant go to school. Well be getting the latest from the testingfront line, and gauging the political fall out in westminster. Also this lunchtime. Taking a bite out of inflation the eat out to help out scheme pushes uk inflation to its lowest level for nearly five years. Longer jail terms for serious offenders, as the government announces a shake up of sentencing powers. And a special report from india on the devastation caused to the countrys poor, as the number of coronavirus cases exceeds five million. And coming up on bbc news, england have a five year unbeaten record to defend in the deciding one Day International against australia at old trafford. Good afternoon and welcome to the
On a night Patrick Bamford says head teachers in england say theyre he will never forget. Bitterly disappointed that the number of laptops theyre good morning to you, and i think the given for deprived children has been cut by 80 . One school says it will receive 66 picture behind me gives a bit of a computers, rather than the 332 clue as to how this weekend is it was promised. The government says the devices shaping up. It is going to be very will be sent to the areas of greatest need and they should be reallocated as children go windy. A deep area of low pressure in and out of self isolation. Nearby means they will be gales for many of us and lots of rain, but they will also be some spells of plans to scrap tax Free Shopping at airports could cause wholly unnecessary job losses sunshine. In the aviation sector, according to a group of mps. Its saturday the 24th of october. Our top story wales begins its first full day from january, shops at airports of lockdown today, with residents
What effect would moving up a tier have on you . Should the government be reviewing the tiers at all . Do get in touch with me on twitter Annita Mcveigh and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. Across europe, governments are imposing stricter measures following a surge in covid cases. Well be getting the latest from our correspondents across the continent. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. And toy shops face stock shortages beause of delays at uk ports. Some orders will now miss christmas, costing business thousands of pounds in sales. Coronavirus appears to be spreading even more rapidly in wales than previously thought. Its emerged that thousands of positive test results have been left out from official figures. 11,000 covid test results were missing from official figures because of a computer problem with a system Recording Lab results which had been undergoing routine maintenance