tonight at ten, the north east of england is facing even tougher restrictions following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. the region, with some two million people, has already been under restrictions for the past ten days, but ministers say more action is needed. we do not take these steps lightly, but we must take them and take them now, because we know that swift action is more likely to bring the virus under control. the new measures mean it would be unlawful for people to meet in a pub or restaurant with anyone outside their household. we ll also have the latest on growing demands to review the 10pm closure times for restaurants, bars and pubs. also tonight. food deliveries for students who are self isolating some a0 universities have now reported cases of coronavirus.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: eleven council areas will be placed under scotland s toughest coronavirus restrictions for a three week period from 6pm on friday. our would inject it objective in taking this action now is to protect the nhs and create the prospect of seeing some of the one at christmas and completing the journey to next spring with as few restrictions as possible and with the minimum impact of life and health. the health secretary says he can t confirm which restrictions will be in place once the lockdown in england ends at the beginning of next month, amid reports the tier system could be strengthened. mr speaker it is too early to do the analysis that the honourable gentleman requests but of course we remain
vigilant. well soon he has to make a decision on the future of the lockdown so the earlier we get that information the better. a decision is expected soon as members of labour s ruling national executive meet to consider jeremy corbyn‘s suspension from t
this is bbc news. i m ben brown. the headlines. 12,000 jobs likely to disappear from the high street, as debenams goes out of business. it comes just hours after topshop owner, arcadia, collapsed into administration, putting another 13,000 jobs at risk. devastating for all those employees, and no easy time, but coming up to christmas, the uncertainty now for 2021, i really do feel for all the individual employees and their families. mps are debating plans to introduce a new tiered system of coronavirus restrictions across england tomorrow. this is the scene live from the house of commons. we cannot afford to relax, especially during the cold months of winter. police in germany have arrested
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this is bbc news the headlines at six. calls for more support for the uk s travel and tourism sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. a further 1,295 people have died in the uk according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. the world s biggest vaccination programme gets underway in india. the country hopes to inoculate three hundred million people byjuly, with priority being given to frontline healthcare workers. senior police officers in the uk says their investigations have been compromised after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were deleted from the police national computer. president electjoe biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the united states
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this is bbc news, i m reeta chakrabarti. the headlines. nearly two million people across most of the north east of england are set for tougher coronavirus restrictions from midnight, after a rise in cases. we do not take these decisions lightly. we agree with the local councils that we must follow the data and act, and the data says that we must act now. a similar story in south wales where almost half a million people in rhondda cynon taff will have stricter lockdown rules from 6pm this evening. meanwhile a sharp decline in the turnaround time for testing as the system struggles to keep up with demand. the british people honoured their side of the bargain. in return, the government was supposed to deliver effective testing and tracing. the government failed.
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