they could now face imprisonment. in deep water a warning many of our swimming pools could close by the end of the decade without urgent modernisation. and coming on the bbc news channel. england netballers beat world champions new zealand to level their three match series in christchurch, with just one game left to play. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news at one. boris johnson s hopes of a post brexit free trade deal with the united states appear to be fading. the prime minister met president biden at the white house last night, but mr biden played down the chances of an agreement and the british government has admitted it s just not a priority for the us administration. the uk may now try instead to join the existing north american trade arrangement between the united states, canada and mexico. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this was borisjohnson s this was boris johnson s first trip to the white house as prime minister, only the second time h
we report from one of the worst hit places. hello, and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden is expected to announce new measures later today to combat a surge of covid infections, driven by the 0micron variant. officials say, 0micron accounts for 73% of all new cases recorded in the country. 1,000 military, medical personnel are being mobilised to help increase vaccination capacity. the federal government will distribute 500 million free covid tests, and set up federal covid testing sites in new york city. more on that in just a moment. in france, the government is to fast track a covid vaccine passport law they expect that to be adopted by the middle ofjanuary. in germany, federal leaders are meeting now to decide on new measures there. in the last hour in the uk the government has announced measures to help businesses dealing with mass cancellations, a drop in footfall on the high street and staff absence, because of covid. here
for a not so miniscule sum of money. hello and welcome, borisjohnson says the british government is reviewing the rise in omicron cases, hour by hour and reserves the possibility to implement further covid restrictions. after almost two hours of cabinet discussions today, the prime minister emerged to tell us things would be left as they are for now, but the current situation he says is extremely difficult . here s our deputy political editor, vicky young. the decorations are up, and some of the presents are wrapped. the streets of bristol were busy today, but christmas during a pandemic comes with huge uncertainty. at the back of everyone s mind, will ourfestive plans again be thrown into disarray? after a two hour meeting with his cabinet, borisjohnson said the arguments were finely balanced. we agree that we should keep the data from now on under constant review, keep following it hour by hour, and unfortunately, i must say to people, we will have to, to reserve the, th
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface alongside ali miraj, columnist at the article. tomorrow s front pages starting with. let s take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages already in, starting with the mirror. it reports cabinet secretary, simon case the man tasked with investigating whitehall christmas parties steps down, after allegations that his own office held a virtual festive bash. the telegraph also leads with this, saying the prime minister s bid to move on from the tories by election defeat has been derailed by the fresh leaks. the times says the inquiry into those parties is now in disarray as simon case steps back from the investigation. former ethics chief at the cabinet office, sue gray will take over. the i reports that omicron cases are getting out of control with variant cases doubling every one and a half days in london, the north east, west mid