Forecast. A reminder of our top story. Another new vaccine has been shown to be effective, the second and 2a hours. If approved the uk has millions of doses on order. Thats all from the bbc news at six, so its goodbye from me. On bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes, heres whats coming up tonight. Well look at two of the biggest issues in football west broms Romaine Sawyers the latest to be racially abused online, we speak to the chair of kick it out. Were also talking about concussion, as the Premier League takes further steps to protect players. Also coming up in the programme. Premiership rugby is back after an enforced break caused by the pandemic, well be with Northampton Saints to find out how theyre coping with covid. And Tracey Neville joins us on sportsday to tell us about her return to netball. So a busy sportsday for you tonight and were starting with more on the distressing story this week that se
There were essentially no hospitalizations or deaths in the Vaccine Group whereas in the Placebo Group there were. This tells us we have a valueadded additional vaccine cand candidate. There are other advantages. It is cheaper, only requires a single shot and only basic refrigeration. No vaccine has yet been authorized in the vaccine for use by anyone under 16 but theres more news. Today, dr. Fauci addressed when that could change and when kids could start to get vaccinated, the new variants of the virus are also causing potential problems as Athena Jones Now rep reports. Reporter another covid19 vaccine could be available in the United States. The results are very encouraging. Reporter Johnson Johnsons vaccine was 66 overall in a phase three trial, 72 effective in the u. S. And 85 effective against severe disease. The drug is delivered in a single shot and does not have to be stored frozen, making distribution ease her. There is real benefit to having a singledose vaccine and one that
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the author and journalist mihir bose, and former pensions minister, baroness altmann. Lets start with a look at some of those front pages for tomorrow. The metro leads with the vaccination programme. It says there are hopes that all over 50s could have covid jabs by the end of march. According to the daily mail, ministers are hoping to ease restrictions in may. But the guardian carries an interview withjeremy hunt, the former Health Secretary, who advises against lifting lockdown until coronavirus cases fall to 1,000 a day. When lockdown does ease, Outdoor Sport and Socialising Are Set to be among the first activities to return thats according to the times. The telegraph focus on the Hotel Quarantine plans, for people arriving from Coronavirus Hotspots it says ministers are racing to reserve more than 28,000 hotel rooms, in preparation for that Scheme Starting in mid february. The mirror l
As Chief Executive of amazon, the e commerce giant that he founded in his garage nearly 30 years ago. And captain sir tom moore The War Veteran who raised tens of millions for charity during the first lockdown has died at the age of 100. Hello to you. Women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured, according to firsthand accounts obtained by the bbc. Its estimated more than a million men and women have been detained in the camps, which china claims are Education Centres to De Radicalise Uighurs and other muslim minorities. 0ur correspondent, matthew hill, has spoken to severalformer detainees and workers. You may find some of their accounts distressing. Tursanay is Reliving A Story she can barely bring herself to tell. She was held one of xinjiangs so called Re Education Camps. These Satellite Images show the site were she says she was held, sharing a cell with 13 other women with a bucket for a toilet. And shes haunted by one image masked men
Now on bbc news Tuesday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Tuesday In Parliament. As the Health Secretary promises to come down hard on a new coronavirus strain. Our mission must be to stop its spread altogether and break those chains of transmission. But is there light at the end of the tunnel in scotland . We may be able to begin looking towards a careful and gradual easing around the start of march. And the death of a hero, tributes to captain sir tom moore. He brought joy to the nation. He was an inspiration to everybody in this country. But first, the Health Secretary has faced calls from mps for stronger Border Controls after the outbreak of the South African strain of coronavirus here in the uk. Amid concern that the new variant is spreading in the community, matt hancock said it was critical that people in areas singled out for enhanced testing stay at home. The Health Secretary did have some good news, more than 10 million doses of vaccines have been given in the uk, bu