hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster john stapleton, and kate proctor, editor of politics home and the house magazine. welcome back to both of you, welcome back to both of you, happy welcome back to both of you, happy new year. the is headline daily tests for 100,000 key workers as prime minister sticks with plan b measures, at an announcement in downing street. the metro quotes borisjohnson, who insists england can ride out the 0micron wave as he brings no new covid restrictions. however, in the guardian, he admits parts of the nhs could be overwhlemed in the coming weeks, as hospital trusts declare critical incidents amid staff shortages and covid patients. the daily telegraph claims covid testing rules are to be relaxed, as part of efforts to shorten the isolation period and solve staff shortages. and the financial times pictures tech entrepreneur elizabeth holmes, who was found guilty of fraud, aft
also in the programme: we report from yemen as the war reaches a turning point. houthi rebels are gaining ground in the seven year conflict a war that s caused shocking levels of suffering and forced many into makeshift desert camps. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. and barbados has spent its first day as a republic with a president not the queen as its head of state. we ll be live from the capital. there s evidence the omicron variant of covid was present in europe days before international travel restrictions were introduced and before it was first reported by south africa. a lot to show you on the pandemic. let s start with bbc health correspondent laura foster. we had thought that the first cases came to the netherlands over the weekend, but it now transpires that there were two test samples between the 19th and the 23rd. why am i telling you those dates? that s because south africa reported its finding
rather than the roads. yorkshire are investigating a new racism allegation this time from a former academy cricketer. it comes after their new chairman said azeem rafiq should be praised for being a whistleblower on discrimination. this is poppies, an artwork that captured the nation back in 2014. i ll start to the day and a mild day generally. we have cloud and rain moving across england and wales and wales and showers in scotland and northern ireland with sunshine in between and wherever you are, it will be breezy. good morning. a man who was injured caving in the brecon beacons has been rescued after being trapped underground for two days. he is said to be in good spirits after 250 worked in shifts to bring him to safety. 0ur correspondence sent this report. mission accomplished. after more than two days of painstaking, exhausting work, relief all round. together, these volunteers carried the casualty through an underground assault course of boulders, streams and ledges,
i seen the body of the. they put the white sheet over him. i heard the gunshots when they shot the dog, and i seen everyone crying outside. more questions about mps standards as it emerges the former attorney general geoffrey cox earned hundreds of thousands of pounds working for an international law firm. tension grows as thousands of people camp at belarus s border with poland, hoping to gain access to the eu. and, going on sale the diamond studded bracelets worn by marie antoinette shortly before her execution during the french revolution. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s liam livingstone says the yorkshire county cricket racism scandal has been very troubling for the team. they face new zealand in the world t20 semifinals tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary sajid javid is expected to announce in the next hour that all front line nhs staff in england will have to be fully vaccinated against covid 19 by next s