Journey back to normality. And the Health Secretary will be leading todays government Coronavirus Briefing hell be joined by chief medical officer chris whitty, and professor kevin fenton, from Public Health england. That is at six oclock this evening. Also coming up thats it, scratch coronavirus vaccinations are under way in care homes in scotland, and in gp surgeries in england. Both the European Union and the uk say progress is being made in negotiations over the future trading relationship, but warn the talks could yet fail. Hello. A new variant of coronavirus has been detected to be growing faster in some parts of england. Its one of the reasons the government has decided to place london and parts of the south east into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions, tier 3, in order to slow rising rates of infection. It means that a further 10 Million People willjoin the 23 Million People aleady living under the most stringent level of measures. The restrictions will be brought in
Wed love to hear your thoughts on the tier review. Are you hoping your area is moved down a tier . 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. The french president Emmanuel Macron tests positive for covid 19 after showing symptoms and will isolate for seven days. The World Health Organisation is given the green light to visit wuhan in china to investigate the origins of the virus. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. And toy shops in britain face stock shortages beause of delays at uk ports. Some orders will now miss christmas, costing businesses thousands of pounds in sales. 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. Coronavirus appear
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A message to the British Public to stay indoors this weekend i fed the British Public to stay indoors this weekend ifed the uks highest daily death tolls so far in the coronavirus pandemic. We all share a responsibility to tackle this virus, first and foremost by staying at home. After weeks of criticism over a shortage of personal Protection Equipment the uk government says there should be enough. In new york, a mass grave as the city tries to deal with the rapidly growing number of dead. Queuing forfood in calais we report on the migrants in camp
there searching for supplies. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. We are covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. We will go first of all to the white house because there is talk at the moment of a meeting g20 nations are having over oil production. We expect some news on the discussions in the la
Asa as a sports person. Long way to go. As a sports person. So, ithink long way to go. As a sports person. So, i think we are going to see many, many more wins being celebrated on the front pages. And also using his voice for a lot of societal issues as well. Thank you very much. Good night. And thank you for staying with us for the papers this evening. Next on bbc news, it is the film review, back from us, cheerio. Hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home. Far and away my favourite film of the week is summer of 85, the latest from francois ozon, the french director behind such diverse fare as sitcom, under the sand and by the grace of god. A bittersweet saga of love and death, its a coming of age tale that moves the original setting of Aidan Chambers source novel from southend on sea to le treport in france, where the death obsessed alex looks back on his relationship with the beautiful da
Continues to improve and he has been taking short walks in hospital. In new york, a mass grave as the city tries to deal with the rapidly growing number of dead. Queuing forfood in calais we report on the migrants in camp there searching for supplies. And bringing the outdoors indoors, how charities are trying to connect people with nature using webcams to help Mental Health and in sport on bbc news, the head of the League Managers Association Says professional football should not restart in england until all players have been tested for coronavirus. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Almost 9000 people in the uk have now lost their lives to coronavirus in the past five weeks. The latest daily death toll has risen by a record 980 people thats higher than spain and italys worst daily death tolls. And that number does not include people who have died from coronavirus in care homes or in the community. It brings the total number of deaths in hospital to 8,958 at the end of a