hello. by this time tomorrow, omicron will most likely have overtaken delta to become the dominant covid variant in london. roughly speaking, the number of cases here is doubling every two and half days. the uk has now recorded the first death from omicron, we don't know the particular circumstances behind that case, but the prime minster said today people needed to dispel the notion that this is a milder variant. ourfreedoms, he says, will depend on the success of the booster programme and how willing people are to get vaccinated. tomorrow, there will be four votes in the house of commons on facemasks, social distancing rules, covid certificates for larger venues, and compulsory vaccinations for all nhs staff. on the conservative benches, there will be a sizable rebellion, but the leader of the opposition sir keir starmer said tonight they will be backing the governments tighter measures. of the scientists are clear. our best defence is the boosterjab. the vaccine is safe and effective, it protects us and those around us. that is why labour supports the plan. and personally i want to go to a walk in centre or book your booster as soon as you can. the government has set a target that every eligible adult in england will be offered a booster vaccination by the end of the year. that amounts to a million vaccinations a day, which is a tall order given that the mostjabs the nhs has ever done in a single day, is 844,000. so the race to get boosted didn't get off to the rosiest of starts today, the sudden rush for appointments this morning, crashed the nhs app. and then there was news the government website, offering free lateral flow tests, is not operating. although the health secretary assured the country it is not down to a shortage of tests. the issue, the limiting factor because _ the issue, the limiting factor because of the hugely increased demand, — because of the hugely increased demand, and i'm sure members can understand— demand, and i'm sure members can understand why demand has suddenly surged. _ understand why demand has suddenly surged. is_ understand why demand has suddenly surged, is the ability to deliver the tests. _ surged, is the ability to deliver the tests, and having enough capability to deliver the tests, because — capability to deliver the tests, because the current arrangements with royal mail alone are not enough _ with royal mail alone are not enou:h. ., , ., enough. some important news from the health secretary — enough. some important news from the health secretary for _ enough. some important news from the health secretary for those _ health secretary for those travelling over the christmas period. sajid javid confirmed that finally children aged 12—15 will have theirjabs registered on the nhs app for international travel. but the question is, will there be capacity in the system to ramp up the booster programme? it is going to put huge pressure on gps around the country. let's go to keighley, yorkshire, and speak to dr matt curtis. lovely to have you with us. when did you find out that the booster roll—out was being ramped up? well. roll-out was being ramped up? well, like yourselves. _ roll-out was being ramped up? well, like yourselves, we _ roll-out was being ramped up? well, like yourselves, we found _ roll—out was being ramped up? -ii like yourselves, we found out from borisjohnson on sunday. thankfully, we've had the technical details sent to us this evening by nhs england so we are now scratching our heads and working out how we can deliver this massive undertaking. we got fantastic enthusiastic staff, we are part of a really good organisation across the country, our partnership, we look after almost half a million patients and we've got a fantastic appetite for patients to come forward for these boosters. that is aood to forward for these boosters. that is good to hear _ forward for these boosters. that is good to hear but _ forward for these boosters. that is good to hear but where _ forward for these boosters. that is good to hear but where are - forward for these boosters. that is good to hear but where are you - forward for these boosters. that is good to hear but where are you at| forward for these boosters. that is i good to hear but where are you at at the moment, in terms of the number of vaccinations you are doing a month, and where do you need to get to? ., ., ., to? you are right, we need to increase _ to? you are right, we need to increase the _ to? you are right, we need to increase the numbers. - to? you are right, we need to increase the numbers. we - to? you are right, we need to| increase the numbers. we can to? you are right, we need to - increase the numbers. we can do 600 vaccinations per day normally. today, we did 800 vaccinations at our main site. we think that we can get close to doubling that capacity, but we need to do so. we got the vaccinations, got the building, but we need the workforce.— vaccinations, got the building, but we need the workforce. you're not caettin we need the workforce. you're not getting the — we need the workforce. you're not getting the number— we need the workforce. you're not getting the number of— we need the workforce. you're not getting the number of volunteers l getting the number of volunteers that you might have had to help you out in the first wave?— out in the first wave? we've been uuite out in the first wave? we've been quite lucky. _ out in the first wave? we've been quite lucky, we've _ out in the first wave? we've been quite lucky, we've got _ out in the first wave? we've been quite lucky, we've got some - quite lucky, we've got some fantastic volunteers, but their ability to keep on going and keep on going mustn't be taken for granted, and i think now is the time for us to draw on the core general practice staff as well to help deliver this extra surge that's going to be needed over the next month. you are a family practice. _ needed over the next month. you are a family practice, i _ needed over the next month. you are a family practice, i dare _ needed over the next month. you are a family practice, i dare say _ needed over the next month. you are a family practice, i dare say space - a family practice, i dare say space is limited where you are, would it make a difference to you if they scrapped the 15 minute waiting time for observation?— scrapped the 15 minute waiting time for observation? yes. we understand the reasons — for observation? yes. we understand the reasons for _ for observation? yes. we understand the reasons for the _ for observation? yes. we understand the reasons for the 15 _ for observation? yes. we understand the reasons for the 15 minute - the reasons for the 15 minute waiting time, but it creates a huge bottleneck in notjust our sites but i think across all the vaccination sites, and if we can do away with the 15 minute wait, that will massively increase our capacity and also, really importantly, our ability to deliver vaccinations to people who are housebound. they are very, very vulnerable and it is very difficult to get vaccinations in sufficient quantities when you have to wait 15 minutes after each one. are you going to have to cancel your triage appointments to be able to cope with this? this triage appointments to be able to cope with this?— cope with this? this is the really difficult thing, _ cope with this? this is the really difficult thing, because - cope with this? this is the really difficult thing, because if - cope with this? this is the really difficult thing, because if we - difficult thing, because if we reduce general practice capacity at a time when the public needs general practice perhaps more than ever, there will be consequences elsewhere in the health service, so we don't want to overload the a&e department and the out of hours service or which are already running very, very hot, so we have to think carefully about what things we can safely reduce, but it's very clear. we have to increase our vaccination. the government _ to increase our vaccination. the government supplies of natural flow tests weren't available today on the government website. do you have them available locally at your pharmacy, and how do people get them? we use the same suoply _ and how do people get them? we use the same supply chains, _ and how do people get them? we use the same supply chains, so _ and how do people get them? we use the same supply chains, so when - and how do people get them? we use the same supply chains, so when it i the same supply chains, so when it is difficult for the public, it is difficult for ourselves to get lateral flow tests. we hope and we expect that supply to start coming again very quickly. we are fortunate that our appointments, we have a great number of ways of booking appointments for our vaccination centres, so we don'tjust rely on the national booking service, we have our own. but the national booking service, we have our own-— the national booking service, we have our own. �* ., �* ., ., have our own. but you don't have at the moment— have our own. but you don't have at the moment a _ have our own. but you don't have at the moment a ready _ have our own. but you don't have at the moment a ready supply - have our own. but you don't have at the moment a ready supply of- have our own. but you don't have at| the moment a ready supply of lateral flow tests? ~ �* ., , , flow tests? we've got plenty in stock, flow tests? we've got plenty in stock. but _ flow tests? we've got plenty in stock, but like _ flow tests? we've got plenty in stock, but like everybody - flow tests? we've got plenty in stock, but like everybody else, i flow tests? we've got plenty in i stock, but like everybody else, we order our lateral flow tests from the same website as the public. right, ok, and there does at the moment at least appear to be a problem with delivery. it is not a shortage of tests, it is the delivery, getting people out —— getting them out to the people that need them, correct?— need them, correct? that's right. how do your _ need them, correct? that's right. how do your staff _ need them, correct? that's right. how do your staff feel, _ need them, correct? that's right. how do your staff feel, because l need them, correct? that's right. i how do your staff feel, because they have been at it a year, is morale a problem? we have been at it a year, is morale a roblem? ~ ., ., .,, . have been at it a year, is morale a problem?— problem? we got fantastic staff. the are problem? we got fantastic staff. they are tired. _ problem? we got fantastic staff. they are tired. we _ problem? we got fantastic staff. they are tired. we entered i problem? we got fantastic staff. they are tired. we entered the l they are tired. we entered the pandemic with depleted numbers, with vacancies. the pandemic has brought its toll on people's reserves of enthusiasm, and also, on any given day, we have staff members who are unable to come to work because of themselves testing positive, or looking after people who are testing positive. so workforce is our biggest challenge in this. find positive. so workforce is our biggest challenge in this. and i've not to ask biggest challenge in this. and i've got to ask you _ biggest challenge in this. and i've got to ask you about _ biggest challenge in this. and i've got to ask you about hesitancy. i l got to ask you about hesitancy. i know your neck of the woods very well, i'm from up there, i mean, obviously there is a bigger asian population in west yorkshire and east lancashire. it is a younger population as well. are you confident that they are going to come forward? are you meeting any hesitancy at all? in come forward? are you meeting any hesitancy at all?— hesitancy at all? in some respects, this has been _ hesitancy at all? in some respects, this has been one _ hesitancy at all? in some respects, this has been one of _ hesitancy at all? in some respects, this has been one of the _ hesitancy at all? in some respects, this has been one of the successes| this has been one of the successes of the terrible pandemic. we've had the courage and the incentive to do things in a different way. as i say, there is an organ at —— as an organisation that is national we have been able to take ideas from elsewhere. we really pioneered the use of pop—up clinics and vaccination centres where we have never had them before, in community centres, in mosques, and that's a great way of overcoming that hesitancy that you mention. brilliant news. best of luck with it all. dr matt curtis, thank you for sparing us the time.— anne sacoolas, the american woman accused of causing the death of harry dunn by dangerous driving, will now face a court hearing here in the uk. harry dunn was killed in august 2019 when his motorbike was hit by a car driven by anne sacoolas near a raf base in northamptonshire. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here with me now. just take us back first of all to 2019, and to what happened, to remind people of the case. it was au:ust remind people of the case. it was august 2019. _ remind people of the case. it was august 2019, and _ remind people of the case. it was august 2019, and outside - remind people of the case. it was august 2019, and outside the i remind people of the case. it was| august 2019, and outside the raf base where anne sacoolas's husband worked, her car hit harry dunn's motorbike, and he died. within 90 days of that happening, she was allowed to leave the country, because the us government said she had diplomatic immunity. the british government accepted that and she was able to flee the country. it looked like there was no possibility of the court process. but in december 20 19, two years ago, the crown prosecution service said they were going to charge anne sacoolas with death by dangerous driving, and since then, there has been a long, protracted, diplomatic negotiation first with president trump's team, then with president biden's team, it got to this summer, borisjohnson said he felt thatjoe biden was personally engaged, and we seem to have got to a point where the crown prosecution service said today, with some confidence, that there would be a court hearing onjanuary 18, but that anne sacoolas would appear by video link from the united states. foreign secretary liz truss welcome the fact there was going to be a court hearing that there is a bit of a sting in the tail, because actually in the last couple of hours, anne sacoolas's american legal firm, hours, anne sacoolas's american legalfirm, arnold hours, anne sacoolas's american legal firm, arnold and hours, anne sacoolas's american legalfirm, arnold and porter, said what we have always been willing to discuss a virtual hearing, there is no agreement at this time. so there is a little bit of uncertainty now as to whether the agreement is as solid as the crown prosecution service felt it was.— solid as the crown prosecution service felt it was. ok, that's a turn u -. service felt it was. ok, that's a turn uo- let's— service felt it was. ok, that's a turn up. let's suppose - service felt it was. ok, that's a turn up. let's suppose that i service felt it was. ok, that's a turn up. let's suppose that it l service felt it was. ok, that's a i turn up. let's suppose that it does take place, how would that work? well, it is pretty opaque at the moment, not clear, not something thatis moment, not clear, not something that is ever really happen before, nobody has stood trial by video link from another country. people have appeared by video link during the pandemic while in the jurisdiction but not from another country. the charge she was charged with two years ago was death by dangerous driving. that would go to the crown court for a jury trial. the fact that there is clearly a negotiation going on might suggest there would be other possibilities, may be different charges are possible. that may there is some kind of possibility of a custodial sentence, if it were to lead to that, being served in the united states or may be some kind of agreement that there wouldn't be a custodial sentence, but i have to say that is all completely opaque at the moment, and we don't really know, and i have to say that is all completely opaque at the moment, and we don't really know, and honestly there there is an agreement. know, and honestly there there is an aareement. ., know, and honestly there there is an agreement-— agreement. yeah, which probably answers my _ agreement. yeah, which probably answers my next _ agreement. yeah, which probably answers my next question, i agreement. yeah, which probably answers my next question, and i agreement. yeah, which probably. answers my next question, and that is what is going on in the background, because it is notjust a legal case, is it, politics mixed up in this as well.— in this as well. there is lots of olitics in this as well. there is lots of politics mixed _ in this as well. there is lots of politics mixed up _ in this as well. there is lots of politics mixed up as _ in this as well. there is lots of politics mixed up as well, i in this as well. there is lots of politics mixed up as well, and| in this as well. there is lots of| politics mixed up as well, and i think the change of the presidency in the us from president trump to president biden did lead to a slight change in tone, and it does feel as if there has been more political willingness from president biden's team that there should be some sort of justice at the team that there should be some sort ofjustice at the end of this, because there was this terrible feeling in britain, and there was lots of sympathy within the government for harry dunn's parents, that there was just no justice at the end of it. he'd been apparently killed on a road, driving in a legal manner, and there was nojustice. so their reaction tonight? manner, and there was no justice. so their reaction tonight? well, - manner, and there was no justice. so their reaction tonight? well, his i their reaction tonight? well, his mother, charlotte _ their reaction tonight? well, his mother, charlotte charles, i their reaction tonight? well, his mother, charlotte charles, saysj their reaction tonight? well, his i mother, charlotte charles, says she feels emotional and overwhelmed and pleased that it has got to the stage, but, of course, that is assuming it has got to the stage and it is going to be some kind of a uk justice process. but certainly, given that little bit of uncertainty, they are very, very pleased. they have always said that all they wanted was for the uk courts to have a say in this case. we will wait for some clarity, thank you very much for the update. let's look at some of the day's other news. hundreds of women abused by former us national gymnastics team doctor larry nassar are to receive 380 million dollars after reaching a settlement with usa gymnastics. in 2018, nassar was sentenced to over 300 years in jail for molesting athletes including a number of olympic gold medallists. as part of the settlement, usa gymnastics and the olympic committee has agreed to give board seats to survivors. iran's ambassador to the uk has said his country will not be intimidated by warnings from britain that the current round of iran nuclear talks in vienna is the last chance to revive the 2015 deal. speaking to the bbc, the ambassador said iran was still committed to the deal but had completely lost trust in international promises, after the us pulled out of the agreement in 2018 and reimposed crippling sanctions. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the road to steer clear of, if you want to keep your car in good shape. britain's policing minister insists the metropolitan police is not institutionally homophobic, in the wake of the inquests into the victims of serial killer, stephen port. kit malthouse was speaking earlier in the house of commons. in my experience, while there have obviously been shortcomings in this investigation, which the met have admitted, and where they have expressed the present —— profound desire to improve, it is not my view that the metropolitan police is institutionally homophobic. however, obviously the commissioner... however, the commissioner and the mayor have commissioned baroness casey to look at the culture of the metropolitan police in all its aspects, following the awful killing of sarah everard, and i understand that her work will include examining whether there are prejudice such as she outlines exist within the force. you might have thought that the hottest place in the solar system is the sun. well, not any more — it's actually on an industrial estate in the south of england. or at least it is every time a nuclearfusion reactor there is fired up. fusion reactions power the sun, and scientists have been trying for decades to recreate them here on earth, to try and generate low—carbon electricity. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been along to see it. in this nondescript warehouse building, they have constructed a state—of—the—art reactor, designed to recreate the fusion forces that power the sun itself. nuclearfusion is the holy grail of low carbon energy, because it has the potential to generate so much power. industrial scale fusion would crack the energy challenge. we could solve climate change and transform the world economy. but harnessing the sun's power here on earth is not easy. it involves forcing atoms of hydrogen to fuse together, creating helium, along with huge amounts of energy. it means heating hydrogen to incredible temperatures, while using superpowerful magnets to hold the reaction in place. the technology is improving, and investment money is pouring into private fusion projects like this all around the world. so when i press this button, we arm and fire the reaction. ok, here we go, and arm on fire. st fire the reaction. ok, here we go, and arm on fire.— and arm on fire. st 14 arming full sto the and arm on fire. st 14 arming full stop the machine _ and arm on fire. st 14 arming full stop the machine will— and arm on fire. st 14 arming full stop the machine will pulse i and arm on fire. st 14 arming full- stop the machine will pulse 140,000 am -s of stop the machine will pulse 140,000 amps of electricity _ stop the machine will pulse 140,000 amps of electricity into _ stop the machine will pulse 140,000 amps of electricity into the _ stop the machine will pulse 140,000 amps of electricity into the gas. it i amps of electricity into the gas. it takes the temperature of the hydrogen to 50 million celsius, three times as hot as the heart of the sun. it three times as hot as the heart of the sun. , ., ., , ., ., the sun. it is not a question of if, it is a question _ the sun. it is not a question of if, it is a question of _ the sun. it is not a question of if, it is a question of when. - the sun. it is not a question of if, it is a question of when. we i the sun. it is not a question of if, it is a question of when. we will. it is a question of when. we will crack it. the answer is out there right now with mother nature, as we speak. what we have to do is find that key and unlocked the save to that key and unlocked the save to that solution. it will be found. he expects the first commercial reactors to be operational by early 2030, and says we could be making tea using electricity generated from fusion reactions here in the uk by the end of that decade. that would be a huge development for humanity. creating our own galaxy of tiny suns here on earth holds out the prospect of a virtually unlimited supply of clean, secure and very cheap energy. so here's hoping that the didcot industrial and state help solve this incredible challenge. —— industrial estate. the governor of kentucky says more than 100 people remain unaccounted for, after tornadoes ripped through 18 counties of his state at the weekend. the governor, andy bashear, said 64 people were now confirmed dead, but it may be weeks before they know how many were lost and how much property has been destroyed. he said president biden's prompt decision to declare an emergency in kentucky had releasing critical funding. the main twister is believed to have started its journey in arkansas, friday night, before moving across a further five states, but kentucky certainly took the brunt. and at his press conference just a few minutes ago an emotional andy beshear — recounted the ages of those who had died. we expect that this death toll will continue to grow. 109 kentucky and is now unaccounted for, but as i look at this broken down by county, it is way more, weigh more people unaccounted for, but as i look at this broken down by county, it is way more, weigh more people and accounted for than this. 81 of these are in hopkins county alone, 22 in warren, five in graves, and that can't be right, there are more people than that that we have got to identify and find —— in graves. hopefully find them safe in graves county was that the hopefully find them safe in graves county was tha— county was that the devastation is truly incredible. _ so what causes a tornado? bbc meteorologist ben rich explains for us. warm, moist air from the gulf of mexico _ warm, moist air from the gulf of mexico clashes with cold air digging down from the north, and that spawns ijil, down from the north, and that spawns big, violent _ down from the north, and that spawns big, violent thunderstorms, called super— big, violent thunderstorms, called super cells. given the right wind conditions. _ super cells. given the right wind conditions, the air inside these vicious — conditions, the air inside these vicious storms can start to spin, and if— vicious storms can start to spin, and if that— vicious storms can start to spin, and if that swirling air gets right to the _ and if that swirling air gets right to the ground and touches down, well, _ to the ground and touches down, well, that— to the ground and touches down, well, that a tornado, which can then move _ well, that a tornado, which can then move unpredictably across the landscape, wreaking havoc. scientists are confident climate change — scientists are confident climate change will mean more droughts and more _ change will mean more droughts and more floods, but it is much less clear— more floods, but it is much less clear what— more floods, but it is much less clear what effect it might have on these _ clear what effect it might have on these twisters.— these twisters. let's get a local view on this. _ let's get a local view on this. jim cantore is a meteorologist for the weather channel and joins us now. he is with us. lovely to have your thoughts. conversely it was more deadly because it was in the evening, just wonder why a sizeable number of tornadoes come at night? yeah, in this time of the year, it really doesn't matter what time of the day they happen. if the conditions are right in the atmosphere, which they were, you can get these tornadoes, especially in the night—time hours, and that's what makes them so deadly. so not only do they happen at night, where people couldn't see them, but a lot of people were unaware. these are the times when people are in their beds, they are sleeping, and so many towns were in the direct path of this tornado, which could be over 200 miles long, and, you know, the kind of tornadoes that we saw, especially in kentucky, in arkansas, in tennessee, was like a tornado that we would see more in the spring, not the middle of december. so this is so unorthodox. haifa spring, not the middle of december. so this is so unorthodox.— so this is so unorthodox. how does it work, so this is so unorthodox. how does it work. so — so this is so unorthodox. how does it work, so once _ so this is so unorthodox. how does it work, so once the _ so this is so unorthodox. how does it work, so once the weather i so this is so unorthodox. how does| it work, so once the weather teams like you spot a danger of tornadoes coming, how quickly can that be communicated to people on the ground? j communicated to people on the round? ., ., , ., ground? i mean, the details of the tornadoes i — ground? i mean, the details of the tornadoes i think— ground? i mean, the details of the tornadoes i think were _ ground? i mean, the details of the tornadoes i think were pretty i ground? i mean, the details of the tornadoes i think were pretty clearj tornadoes i think were pretty clear on the day. we knew we would have the parameters together, but, in terms of the intensity, that's what's really hard to predict about these. you know, do you get a couple of quick spin ups, do you get weaker tornadoes in the wintertime situation? what happened that day, the atmosphere recover to something that we would see in april or may, not in december, so now, all of a sudden, you've got an atmosphere that's conducive for dangerous springtime tornadoes in the middle of the winter. i springtime tornadoes in the middle of the winter.— of the winter. i looked at the top ten states _ of the winter. i looked at the top ten states for _ of the winter. i looked at the top ten states for tornadoes - of the winter. i looked at the top ten states for tornadoes in i of the winter. i looked at the top| ten states for tornadoes in 2020. kentucky is not even on the list. you've got mississippi, texas, alabama, they are the top three. would they have been prepared for this, as prepared as other states? i just think, in the first place, people don't think of tornadoes in december, especially ones like this. they think of ice storms and snowstorms and cold, and christmas, for goodness sakes. the people at the candle factory that were working, and some are still missing, here where i am, near mayfield, kentucky, they were working extra hours to get things ready for christmas, and they are, you know, had no idea that something of this magnitude was coming. but, again, because our oceans are warmer and because oui’ oceans are warmer and oui’ because our oceans are warmer and our air is because our oceans are warmer and ourair is warmer, because our oceans are warmer and our air is warmer, we are seeing the seasons change. we've seen this now for the past several years with fires in north america. we don't really have a fire season anymore, it goes year—round, and now we seem to be seeing tornado season widening, and these wintertime tornadoes, these off—season tornadoes. that season seems to be broadening and it seems like these tornadoes are certainly getting a lot more intense that we have ever seen. 50 lot more intense that we have ever seen, ., lot more intense that we have ever seen. i. ., ., lot more intense that we have ever seen. ,., ., . . ., seen. so you would agree with joe biden, he seen. so you would agree with joe biden. he was _ seen. so you would agree with joe biden, he was pretty _ seen. so you would agree with joe biden, he was pretty quick- seen. so you would agree with joe biden, he was pretty quick to i seen. so you would agree with joe | biden, he was pretty quick to point to climate change, he said this is the new reality, we're going to have to get used to this. you think there is a troubling development here, they are becoming more violent and they are becoming more violent and they are becoming more violent and they are becoming more frequent? it is a disturbing trend. we still can't pinpoint if they are becoming more violent, but the fact of the matter is where this water came from, the air that drove these tornadoes, came from the gulf of mexico, a body of water that is two degrees, three celsius above where that temperature should be at this time of year, so the moisture source was ominous, and hence the outcome, because the physics of the same in the atmosphere, and so you've got a springtime outbreak in mid—to—late december. so, sure, this is certainly something that points to a warming climate, something where we have above average temperatures, and when you have that in the atmosphere and you have that in the water, you have more fuel for these types of outbreaks. have more fuel for these types of outbreaks-— have more fuel for these types of outbreaks. ., , ., ., , ., outbreaks. really grateful for your time, outbreaks. really grateful for your time. thank _ outbreaks. really grateful for your time, thank you _ outbreaks. really grateful for your time, thank you very _ outbreaks. really grateful for your time, thank you very much. i outbreaks. really grateful for your i time, thank you very much. apologies for some of the dropout in that line but worth hearing jim's thoughts, nonetheless. how many of you have trouble negotiating the varied traffic—calming measures councils put in our way? not the speed humps. or the road cameras. i am talking about the narrow path, through a series of metal bollards. and the unique challenge they pose injudging, whether you really know the width of your car. somebody in watford, north of london, has filmed one of these junctions, and the evidence suggests we could do better. an awful lot better. i am giving people who are in estate cars a pass on this. but i am not excusing people in small minis. and i am certainly not excusing people in vans, who do this. and certainly not policing vans. you cannot possibly approach a set of bollards, at this pace, when you are.... spacially deficient. it is amazing how many get caught. they were captured on cctv by tim vigor, who lives opposite. he must surely hear this crunching sound pretty regularly. for many parts of the country, it has been a cloudy start to the week, and across england and wales, the cloud has been thick enough to give some rain and some drizzle. at least it has been mild again across england and wales. colder air further north in scotland and northern ireland. with that cloud they are, that's heading it's way southwards. there is more cloud coming in from the atlantic quickly to bring some rain toward scotland, but in between, we've got this window, albeit of clearer skies. we had some sunshine early on in scotland. those clearer skies are going to be moving their way southwards, as the rain bearing that we got here continues down toward southern parts of england and wales, and the rain becomes very light and patchy. with enough moisture, we could well find some patches of fog developing, especially in northern england full stop the wind does start to pick up towards the north—west, we see that wind can back cloud coming in, but for many parts of the country, probably a chillier night, still some mild air in the south together with light rain and drizzle on that weak weather front there. more significant changes coming into northern parts of the uk, we got this run of strong winds coming in from the atlantic, that's bringing in milder air from the atlantic, that's bringing in milderair on that from the atlantic, that's bringing in milder air on that weather fronts rain, mainly forthe in milder air on that weather fronts rain, mainly for the highlands and islands. a lot of cloud will be pushing its way down into northern ireland, pretty cloudy for england and wales as well, some drizzle around mainly in the morning in the far south, around mainly in the morning in the farsouth, but around mainly in the morning in the far south, but where that folk forms across northern england, perhaps the north midlands and north wales, it could be a little reluctant to shift, so quite a chilly day here. top and tail of the uk though, this is where we have the milder air. as we head our way into the middle part of the week, there is run of atlantic winds are making their presence felt in this weather fronts drifting southwards. enough of a breeze, so we're probably not can have the same mist and fog problems i think early on wednesday morning. a little rain on that weather front, not very much, it is moving across northern ireland into northern england and then pushes back northwards again towards the central belt of scotland. a lot of dry weather away from here, and a lot of cloud, but it's going to be mild for the time of year. ridgers widely in double figures. beyond then, that rain, what's left of it, is going to get pushed away by this building area of high pressure. that's going to come in and sit over the uk for quite some time, really settling things down, a lot of dry weather later on in the week, probably still a lot of cloud, mind you. there will be some areas of mist and fog, and later in the week it mayjust start to turn a little cooler. this is bbc news, with me, christian fraser. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british health secretary sajid javid says the omicron variant now represents 20% of covid cases in england as people across the country rush to get their boosterjabs. the white house announces president biden will visit kentucky on wednesday after tornadoes left a trail of destruction across the us state, killing scores of people. former white house chief of staff mark meadows will find out in the next few hours if he faces contempt charges related to the capitol riots onjanuary 6th. plus, one woman's quest to swap a hairpin for a house. did she meet her goal? welcome back. two doses of a covid vaccine are not enough to stop you catching the omicron variant, but we now know that a third booster will prevents around 75% of people getting serious symptoms, which explains why the uk government is ramping up its vaccination programme. now, previously we were told we had to wait six months for a booster after the second jab. but, by chance, scientists in southampton had already been looking at whether that window could be shortened. the cov boost study discovered the pfizer and moderna vaccines that use the mrna technology — would give the biggest boost to antibody levels, it they're given 10 to 12 weeks after the second dose. and — combining a different booster dose from your initial two doses also triggers a strong immune response. so, for instance, those who received astrazeneca for their initial two doses — a booster shot improves your anti—spike protein antibody levels by 1.8 to 32.3 times, depending on which booster you receive. and, if you had pfizer initially, a booster will increase those antibody levels by 1.3 to 11.5 times. i'm joined now by professor saul faust — chief investigator in the study. he's director of the national institute for health research's southampton clinical research facility. welcome to the programme. we didn't do meant that this programme love study not because you could be a fun on the horizon but itjust happened with some serendipity to be the perfect study. hat with some serendipity to be the perfect study-— with some serendipity to be the erfect stud . ., ., , , , , perfect study. not only serendipity. we would remember _ perfect study. not only serendipity. 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three doses is a better thing to do but when the new variant has come along and there is an urgency about the situation the jcvi were is an urgency about the situation thejcvi were able to use our data is to say, you know what? we have tested this in three months as a safe thing to do. it is tested this in three months as a safe thing to do.— safe thing to do. it is a really, really important _ safe thing to do. it is a really, really important message i safe thing to do. it is a really, really important message andj safe thing to do. it is a really, i really important message and the reason i wanted to do it tonight is because there will be some people who are waving his say this has all been pushed and it was six months and i was just been pushed and it was six months and i wasjust 12 been pushed and it was six months and i was just 12 weeks and how can we trust what is going on here. you are saying very clearly that someone, if we speed up that process, actually, we get the benefit of having that booster and it is not in any way dangerous. it is not in any way dangerous. we know that because 3000 people across the uk stepped up, took part in the study and we have proof that the case and that she is a new introduction we looked notjust at the same vaccines being given again but the mix and match as well and just as for the other two studies that were done for the first to use doses by my colleague in oxford that tested nixon max for the first two doses, we also saw that if you mix and match the third dose you do get what we call a slightly increased the act of generosity, so milder side of pain and fever, the things that make you feel a bit funny after you have had a vaccine and you might not want to play squash or tennis for example if you got to score a vaccine and you might not want to play squash or tennis for example if you got score the maxso arm. —— if you got score the maxso arm. —— if you have got a sore arm. our study wasn't big enough to study the very reverse side effects but we're not seeing over the booster programme there is a rare side effects for the third doses. they seem to be something that happened for the first and second dose though, obviously, the very rare thing could that mean, then, because the majority of people here in the uk and the astrazeneca jab which is different technology, could that mean we have a better defence against omicron in this country? i think against omicron in this country? the decision originally to space i think out the gap between first and second doses in the use of mix and match is of benefit to people. we haven't proved that mix and match benefit yet because we saw such a good response when he got the same vaccine or the mix and match so i think the message to everybody is, look camino, omicron is clearly a big problem, it is already in the country, we know we can prevent people getting seriously ill with vaccines, the first two doses, and we hope we are going to be able to reduce the transmission and severity of people getting infections with the third dose and as you've said before we are all encouraging people to go and get your third dose will be straight he can over the next few weeks. ~ . , ., , ., . weeks. which is really good advice. how quickly — weeks. which is really good advice. how quickly does _ weeks. which is really good advice. how quickly does it _ weeks. which is really good advice. how quickly does it the _ weeks. which is really good advice. how quickly does it the job? - weeks. which is really good advice. how quickly does it the job? times| how quickly does it the “ob? times ofthe how quickly does it the “ob? times of the essence i'm i how quickly does it the “ob? times of the essence i'm just i how quickly does it the job? times of the essence i'm just wondering l how quickly does it the job? times of the essence i'm just wondering at the rate over con is spreading with it is going to outpace the beta programme. istate it is going to outpace the beta programme-— it is going to outpace the beta rouramme. ~ ., ~ programme. we saw for the mrna vaccines pfizer _ programme. we saw for the mrna vaccines pfizer and _ programme. we saw for the mrna vaccines pfizer and madonna i programme. we saw for the mrna vaccines pfizer and madonna levels were actually as high a day seven as they were at day 28, virtually no difference, so the mrna vaccines are giving a very big and very fast boost which is why the decisions have been made of the last few days. but make if you are wafer and i hope they give you some confidence. professor faust, thank you very much need for coming on.— the governor of california, gavin newsom, says he'll be pushing for a new law modelled after texas's anti—abortion law — but to tackle gun control in the west coast state. the bill would allow private californian citizens to sue for up to $10,000 "anyone who manufactures, distributes or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit". the law would mirror texas's anti—abortion law, which relies on private citizens for enforcemment — and was held up earlier this month by the us supreme court. in doing so, the democratic governor of california argued this weekend that the court had endorsed states�* ability to create similar legal mechanisms to safeguard its laws from federal court review. i'm joined now by berkeley law professor khiara bridges — shejoins me now from oakland. lovely to have you on the programme. this is quite interesting, isn't it? does it tell you that the mississippi law on abortion has actually opened a pandora's box of a whole range of other issues? this absolutely has _ whole range of other issues? ti 3 absolutely has and i think academics were warning the court about this well before the court's decision last week. we told the court that this doesn't stop at abortion. if texas can ban abortion kentucky can ban same—sex marriage, florida can ban same—sex marriage, florida can ban the practice of non—christian religions in california can ban the possession of guns. her;r religions in california can ban the possession of guns.— religions in california can ban the possession of guns. hey you have a california governor _ possession of guns. hey you have a california governor saying - possession of guns. hey you have a california governor saying if - possession of guns. hey you have a california governor saying if you i california governor saying if you want to play politics with our freedoms to come play at that game and we will take away your guns. is that wise? is it likely to stand the test in lo? ~ 3 test in lo? one thing i think it's important _ test in lo? one thing i think it's important the _ test in lo? one thing i think it's important the audience - test in lo? one thing i think it's important the audience to i test in lo? one thing i think it's| important the audience to know test in lo? one thing i think it's i important the audience to know it test in lo? one thing i think it's - important the 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through on the state law that would be a challenge all the way through to the supreme court and it could put the bench in a very sticky position, couldn't it? effectively, they would be banning abortions to defend life but we allow you to keep guns which reflected life. that is not a very good position for the bench to be in, is it? good position for the bench to be in, isit? ~ , good position for the bench to be in,isit? , ~ ., good position for the bench to be in,isit? ~ , . ., ., in, is it? absolutely. what we have in, is it? absolutely. what we have in suweme — in, is it? absolutely. what we have in supreme court _ in, is it? absolutely. what we have in supreme court is _ in, is it? absolutely. what we have in supreme court is that _ in, is it? absolutely. what we have in supreme court is that it - in, is it? absolutely. what we have in supreme court is that it is - in supreme court is that it is conservative and we knew that but this is also a supreme court that venerates certain rights, the right to practice christian religions is some, and the right to bear arms, right was not the right to possess a gun is another and it is also a supreme court that dislikes other types of rights and abortion would be one of those rights that the court doesn't like at all and so, yes, it would put cautionary sticky situation to have to distinguish abortion rights from gun rights because both of those things as a matter of how the constitution has been commonly interpreted, both of those things are constitutionally protected and so the supreme court would be in a position where they would be in a position where they would have to come up with some argument that makes gun rights appear to be a different type of constitutionally protected activity then abortion rights and it is not entirely clear how the court would achieve that. we entirely clear how the court would achieve that.— entirely clear how the court would achieve that. we will have to keep our e e achieve that. we will have to keep our eye on — achieve that. we will have to keep our eye on it- _ achieve that. we will have to keep our eye on it. thank— achieve that. we will have to keep our eye on it. thank you _ achieve that. we will have to keep our eye on it. thank you much - achieve that. we will have to keep - our eye on it. thank you much coming on. . ~' our eye on it. thank you much coming on. . ~ , ., our eye on it. thank you much coming on. ., ~' i., ., our eye on it. thank you much coming on. ., ~ i. ., ., a violent mafia—style gang in nigeria linked to murder and fraud, has infiltrated the country's political system and has launched global scamming operation well beyond nigeria's borders. black axe began as a student fraternity — but the tentacles of this gang now stretch into at least ten countries around the world. they have been accused of brutal murders, rapes and torture across nigeria — but it has also been connected to organised crime involving multi—million dollar internet fraud. the bbc�*s peter macjob spent the last 12 months investigating the gang for the bbc africa eye investigation team. warning — this film contains images some may find distressing. makoko, one of nigeria's largest slums. we're going to a black axe ceremony, called the gyration. this place is incredible. we are literally travelling over raw sewage, but this is the only way we can access the black axe cult in makoko. singing. members are forced to swear an oath of secrecy. they are punished if they break the rules. we are freedom fighters. wash my back, i wash your back. but cult violence in nigeria is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent people. the bbc can reveal black axe has connections in more than ten countries in europe, africa, north america and asia. but who are they? and who is behind them? this morning, several bodies were found with their heads decapitated and their genitals cut off, were littered around benin city. this is benin city, the heartland of the black axe mafia. it was here where black axe first emerged 40 years ago. this morning, several bodies were found with their heads it was here where black axe first emerged 40 years ago. it was once about peace, but has grown into one of the most feared crime syndicates in the world. oh, my god! in your days as a member, what was your role? i was a butcher, but i became a chairman. what was thatjob of a butcher? to eliminate. dr stone, who is now working to end cult violence, says the axemen have infiltrated all levels of nigerian society. there are a lot of members in the assembly, the executive, the army, navy, the air force. they have them in the judiciary. we have people who are pastors! the bbc has been given thousands of documents that appear to back up allegations politicians are involved. this is augustus bemigho, a member of the ruling apc party in nigeria. the evidence suggests he was once the head of black axe and orchestrated millions of dollars of internet fraud. he's the head of a criminal organisation. that is a scandal, that the head of a criminal organisation can run for politics. this man is the source of the leaked data. he hides his identity for safety. in one year, i received 2—300 death threats. these people are capable of the most horrific crimes. we sent our allegations to bemigo and he never responded. the fbi arrested more than 35 black axe members in the us and south africa, charged with multi—million dollar internet fraud. the black axe are no longer just a nigerian gang. the criminal organisation has gone global. peter macjob, bbc news, benin city. brave reporting. plenty more on the africa investigation on the bbc website at bbc new stock. stay with us on bbc news. still to come... in britain, there's been huge demand for covid booster vaccines from a hairpin to a house — we check back in on the woman who set out to barter her way to home ownership. in britain, there's been huge demand for covid booster vaccines after borisjohnson announced a massive acceleration of the programme. when we arrived here there was queues snaking right around the block. there's a football pitch just here and they were going round all four edges of it. in fact, this is an appointment centre and walk—in. it's open till seven o'clock tonight but they had to close the walk—in section of that at two o'clock because they figured they'd got five hours worth of queue there. and it has been a long wait for most people — this is right at the end of it now, still probably a half hour wait for the people there, but most of them have been out here for more than four hours, and it's not been particularly warm and there's been intermittent drizzle, too, so they do seem pretty determined to get those boosters today if they can. this is right at the end of it now, still probably a half—hour wait for the people there, but most of them have been out here for more than four hours, and it's not been particularly warm and there's been intermittent drizzle, too, so they do seem pretty determined to get those boosters today if they can. there has been evidence of other demand, as well. this morning people trying to book their appointments on the nhs website — lots of people finding that was crashing, there was just too much traffic going to the same site at the same time, and some people telling me when they did get in the queue there was a virtual queue in front of them saying that there were 15,000 people ahead of them. so, that isjust high demand. the advice there, of course, is just to try again later, try again tomorrow. there are more appointments coming online all the time and new walk—in centres coming online, as well. that's to try and meet that very ambitious target, of course, of giving boosters to more than a million people every single day between now and the start of next year if they want to hit those targets. there were some other problems, as well, actually, with lateral flow tests. people will be familiar with the scheme now. you can go on to the government website and order those completely free, and they're pretty rapid, as well, normally turning up at your door a day or two later. but, again, people going on to that website today and being told that there were none available. actually, we're told, there is no supply issue with those. we're told there is plenty to go round. in fact, the issue there was distribution, and the advice is exactly the same — wait because it's just too many wait, because it'sjust too many people trying at exactly the same time to get exactly the same thing. there are enough available, but try again later or try again in the morning. welcome back. donald trump's former chief of staff could be charged with contempt of congress in the coming hours by the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. mark meadows supplied the committee with thousands of emails and texts, including "real—time communications" that occurred as the capitol riot took place. but he is refusing to submit to the subpoena that was served, and the committee will now vote on whether to hold him in contempt. we can talk to ryan goodman — professor of law at nyu law school. thanks very much been with us. the committee has published a live, dough might resolution setting out what they want to speak to murk meadows and aretha 20% into the 5th of january and it is meadows and aretha 20% into the 5th ofjanuary and it is significant because it says this. they report that murk meadows has told a mac told his supporters that the national guard would be to protect approach —— mike meadows. it really begs the question why did the national guard not turn up and he was involved in that decision? it he was involved in that decision? it is a really tantalising e—mail that the committee has now publicised and it raises all sorts of questions and one of the questions it does raise is why the chief of staff would be saying that the national guard is ready to protect the pro—trump people rather than protect the capital of protect congress or to just keep the peace and it might explain why the national guard ends up explain why the national guard ends up not showing up or showing up in a very slow basis which is concern inside the department of defence that it could be utilised for political purposes by the president at the time. does feel as though of the dots might connect in that way and that is why is one of the reasons why the committee would like to hear from reasons why the committee would like to hearfrom mr meadows. it reasons why the committee would like to hear from mr meadows.— to hear from mr meadows. it also sun aests to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be a - to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be a major l suggests they would be a major event. you don't talk about sending in an national guard unless you are anticipating something that is why it is particularly tantalising. absolutely. this is on the eve of the big day and to have the chief of staff alerting people to this idea that the national guard as there is really quite something. it means that they must of been anticipating something very significant in terms of potential use of violence and the like and it does also dovetail with the former acting secretary of defence chris miller's testimony in which he also said that onjanuary three the president said to him to have the kind ready to protect the demonstrators.— have the kind ready to protect the demonstrators. there are a tonne of other revelations _ demonstrators. there are a tonne of other revelations in _ demonstrators. there are a tonne of other revelations in this _ demonstrators. there are a tonne of other revelations in this document i other revelations in this document that the committee has supplied. one relates to mike meadows�* communications with members of congress about appointing an alternate slate of electors. mr meadows said the committee receive text messages and e—mails regarding apparent efforts to encourage republican legislators in certain states to send alternate slate of electors to converse a plan which will what you make of that? it directly ties mark meadows into one of the schemes we had to try and overturn the election in one of the ways it was a legal. the federal court had rejected these ideas and it shows you a way in which both meadows and president trump as well were heavily involved in those schemes. it isjust... they were heavily involved in those schemes. it is just... they were trying to run, it seems, multiple schemes desperate to hold onto power and here we have the chief of staff saying he loves it to the idea of the plan that even the person who is proposing it recognises that it would be outrageous or highly controversial. he would be outrageous or highly controversial.— would be outrageous or highly controversial. ., , ,, ., controversial. he also supplied to the committee _ controversial. he also supplied to the committee a _ controversial. he also supplied to the committee a powerpoint - controversial. he also supplied to - the committee a powerpoint document, a 38 page powerpoint document that is filled with all manner of extreme plans to overturn the election and i think it also recommends mr trump declare a national emergency which would have given him a lot of extra powers. he is saying that he is quite happy to turn that document over because he never acted upon it and i do understand it was being circulated among media personalities on the right. is that my?— on the right. is that my? according to the washington _ on the right. is that my? according to the washington post _ on the right. is that my? according to the washington post he - on the right. is that my? accordingj to the washington post he receives the powerpoint slides on january five and we also know she just look at twitter can still see see there today, right—wing personalities on twitter on january five were circulating the entire document itself so that my means and ways how he himself came upon it and it is interesting that his lawyer voluntarily turns it over to the which you would think his lawyer would not be turning over incriminating information. where does this go _ incriminating information. where does this go now? _ incriminating information. where does this go now? because - incriminating information. where does this go now? because one i does this go now? because one presumes they have set out the case therefore holding in contempt of congress. and we are likely to hear from mark meadows and his side what happened? imin) from mark meadows and his side what ha ened? ~ ., ~ ., , ., from mark meadows and his side what hauened? ~ ., ~ ., , ., . ., happened? who knows in a certain sense because _ happened? who knows in a certain sense because he _ happened? who knows in a certain sense because he is _ happened? who knows in a certain sense because he is already - happened? who knows in a certain| sense because he is already having nation has taken a step towards engaging with the committee by having turned over all of these documents and then it seemed like he may have gotten cold feet and now i think there is a real threat of criminal penalties hanging over his head. in all likelihood, the committee votes within the next few hours to find him in contempt, then it goes to the house and they will support the committee and then it goes to the justice support the committee and then it goes to thejustice department to decide what to do but mike meadows�* lawyer has left him in a very bad spot because lai has said he was all this material we could discuss with you because it is not covered by executive privilege but we�*re not going to show because of executive privilege. i think he has actually been dealt a very bad and sol privilege. i think he has actually been dealt a very bad and so i think might bend. —— the lawyers have said —— mark meadows. loyal viewers of this programme may recall, back in may, we spoke to demi skipper, a 29—year—old from san francisco, who was attempting to get herself a house without actually buying one. through a long series of trades, which started with a $1 hairpin, she was hoping to somehow get all the way to owning her own home. in may, demi had been at it for a year, and had already racked up some 28 trades, by which point she had secured herself an unlimited chipotle, which would give the bearer a year�*s worth of free food at the mexican food chain. so here she is, talking about her hopes and aspirations, when katty kay and i last spoke to her in may. demi, wendy thinks will get the house? how long is it going to take? i�*m hopefully to six months from now. i keep saying it will be in half and it will be well worth it to get the house but fingers crossed it will be over and we will have the house. so did she make it? 0k. ok. we are walking up to it. this feels so surreal. 0k, can i look? 0h, feels so surreal. 0k, can i look? oh, my god! 0h, feels so surreal. 0k, can i look? oh, my god! oh, my god! feels so surreal. ok, can i look? oh, my god! oh, my god!- feels so surreal. ok, can i look? oh, my god! oh, my god! what a beautiful moment. _ oh, my god! oh, my god! what a beautiful moment. now- oh, my god! oh, my god! what a beautiful moment. now you - oh, my god! oh, my god! what a | beautiful moment. now you might oh, my god! oh, my god! what a - beautiful moment. now you might be expecting at this point we would be introducing demi for a second time to congratulate her and she was booked to come on. butjust a few hours ago she cancelled because she has now signed an exclusive contract with another network. i could have traded that for five minutes with me, but no, some trades are just out of reach. we�*ll see you tomorrow. hello, there. some trains going to be in short supply ahead but after the last 2a hours or so really not much rain to speak of at all, some rain coming in from the slide pushing in from the atlantic had to northwestern that the uk. that cloud and weaker weather front is drifting away from more areas of england and the big change comes on across scotland and northern ireland, these milder atlantic winds coming in and bringing in ilsa cloud, some outbreaks of a near that where the big change comes on across scotland and northern ireland, these milder atlantic winds coming in and bringing in ilsa cloud, some outbreaks of a near that weather front, highlands and islands, perhaps the western part of the for weather is still mildly that weather front but in the middle near that slice across the central third of the uk particularly in northern england it could be quite chilly, actually, because some mist and fog is likely to form and that could be a little relaxant to clear away during the day and could may well thicken up a little bit during evening and as we head towards wednesday there was a bit more brazen it should be less of that mist and fog around. we still have that weatherford, front rate in scotland, moved a little bit further south, not much rain on it by the state, heading out towards the final of the northern england and northern ireland, working its way back north was in the central belt of scotland, quite cloudy for much of the uk, i think, on wednesday and for many in the south quite light but for all of those really mild for the time of year, temperatures widely in double figures. that weather front and in what is left of any rain across northern areas getting squeezed away, pushed away by this building area of high pressure that is coming in from the continent. that is why things are going to settle down and thatis things are going to settle down and that is why we are not going to be speaking of any rain but we ask seeing a lot of clouds. it looks pretty cloudy, can be quite dull and grey. i think on thursday. this temperature still widely in double figures and once the envy of high—pressure bills across the uk it is going to be quite difficult to shift but underneath the high there will be a lot of howard. it is what we call anti cyclonic gleam so it is great, quite low cloud, mist and fog particularly over the hills and sunshine, we can�*t really talk about any sunshine with any degree of confidence because the weather is just not changing very much all. what is changing a little bit is that temperatures are starting to drop away and it is becoming less mild. they still have that area of high pressure setting right in the uk to enter the week and into the start the weekend around it we�*ve got some stronger winds on the edges, perhaps more of an impact across the english channel. the many wins are very light, stagnant air, lots of low cloud, mist and fog abound those temperatures continue to leak away so 7—8 , for example, in some parts of scotland and north—east england. let�*s look further ahead as we head into next week and head closer to christmas. this is the pattern of the jet stream and this is what we call and and you can see that classic amiga shape and the pattern of the jet stream and we have that sort of pattern you end up with high fish arejust pattern you end up with high fish are just the pattern you end up with high fish arejust the right pattern you end up with high fish are just the right over the uk pattern you end up with high fish arejust the right over the uk it happens to be the case and that is more of a blocking pattern, an ohmic block, blocking area of high pressure so the higher is going to sit over the uk for quite some time. if you look at one area south of the atlantic not much of that, we are not getting that. the really cold air is going to be diving down in a northerly wind through the north sea so our temperatures are going to be near—normal into next week, 6—9 by day with the high pressure there is a lot of cloud around. however, it will be dry and we could well have some mist and fog from time to time. tonight at ten — long queues at vaccination centres as the covid booster programme surges ahead. the plan is to offer the booster to all adults in england, scotland and wales by the end of this month. borisjohnson appeals for the best possible response while refusing to rule out new restrictions in england. i�*ve been at great pains to stress to the public that we have to watch how the pandemic is going and we take whatever steps are necessary. and we report on the fight against omicron in south africa, where the new variant was first identified. we�*ll have the latest on the sharp rise in new infections and the picture in all four nations of the uk. also tonight... more than two years after harry dunn was killed in a road accident, an american woman is due to face criminal proceedings in the uk.

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