hello and welcome to bbc news. and a merry christmas if you are celebrating. and a merry christmas if you are celebrating. families and communities have been marking christmas day across the globe despite varying levels of coronavirus—related restrictions. in england, thousands of people are expected to get boosterjabs today. the number of coronavirus cases hit a record high across the uk yesterday. more than 122,000 new infections were reported. the health secretary sajid javid has urged people to make the booster part of their christmas this year. meanwhile, the number of people getting their firstjab of the covid—19 vaccine rose by around 46% in the week up to december 21. the nhs says about 60% of adults have now received a boosterjab in the uk, with a record number of vaccinations taking place in the last seven days. the largest increase was seen among young people, with an 85% increase in first doses for those aged 18 and 2a and a 71% increase in first doses for those aged 25 to 30. 0ur reporter emily unia is at a london pharmacy where some patients are already waiting to be vaccinated. are they doing a roaring trade? i would say it's a steady trickle. they have about 83 booked appointments here at the pharmacy but they have capacity for at least 400 people to just walk in off the streets so they are hoping to get an a bit more business today. whitney is one of the pharmacists and what has it been like for the past few days? you have been offering the booster for a couple of weeks now. has it been busy? it has been very busy _ has it been busy? it has been very busy i_ has it been busy? it has been very busy i think— has it been busy? it has been very busy. i think since these last couple — busy. i think since these last couple of— busy. i think since these last couple of weeks, there are different and more _ couple of weeks, there are different and more people taking the vaccination.— and more people taking the vaccination. ~ , . , ., vaccination. why was it important for ou to vaccination. why was it important for you to open — vaccination. why was it important for you to open on _ vaccination. why was it important for you to open on christmas - 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yes. i think there will be a fair many— yes. i think there will be a fair many people coming in. thank you ve much many people coming in. thank you very much indeed. _ many people coming in. thank you very much indeed. as _ many people coming in. thank you very much indeed. as scotland, i many people coming in. thank you - very much indeed. as scotland, wales and northern ireland have introduced and northern ireland have introduced a new restriction as the 0micron variant continues to spread, we continue to see whether england will introduce restrictions next week. emily, thank you very much. emily in north london. the shadow of the 0micron variant continues to loom large over christmas in many parts of the world. infections are on the rise — and the fallout is taking its toll. more than 4,000 flights that were scheduled for friday and saturday have been cancelled. many airlines blaming a lack of healthy staff. azaday moshiri reports on the problems facing those trying to travel at this festive time. which one would you like? chocolate. festivities may be going ahead this year, but millions are still having difficulty reaching their families. with the 0micron variant surging quickly around the world, it's causing chaos within airlines, with crews testing positive or needing to isolate. in the us, united airlines and delta airlines already cancelled hundreds of christmas eve flights and warned of more cancellations throughout the weekend. i spoke to one passenger who is now forced to travel on christmas day. your grandmother is in bosnia, you haven't seen herfor years, but because of these flight cancellations the family reunion has been halted. what happened ? so we were, unfortunately, in the airport and sitting there and waiting for our flight from orlando to charlotte and we got a notification that our flight from charlotte to munich had been cancelled. completely out of the blue. had no idea what was going on. we got no prior notice and we went ahead and, you know, we ran to the ticket counter and asked what to do and they said the best thing we could do still get on the flight to charlotte because our luggage was still being sent there on the aeroplane. the flight tracking firm flightaware has said more than 2,000 christmas eve flights have been cancelled globally. explaining their decision, delta airlines warned: in the us, in the us, daily 0micron cases have risen beyond the peak of the delta wave and hospitals are quickly filling up. despite this, many are still taking the risk to reach their loved ones. i'm very scared to be flying, to be honest. i'm glad to see everyone looks pretty masked up. ijust hope people on the plane are respectful of those around them. fully vaxxed and boosted and all of that and i said, you know, i'm just so glad to be - back with people, doing what we do. it kind of feels good. i mean, i'm still worried - about the variant, omicron, and all that, but at the same time, i'm just like you know what? - let'sjust — let's get back. to living our lives a little bit. airlines are now calling for reduced quarantine for vaccinated staff, with delta's ceo asking for those experiencing breakthrough infections to isolate five days instead of ten. but in the meantime, many will still be struggling to make it home for the holidays. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. queen elizabeth will spend christmas day at windsor castle with a smaller group of family members than in previous years. she decided not to travel to sandringham for her traditional family gathering as a "precautionary" measure amid rising coronavirus cases. she's expected to give a very personal christmas message later — her first since the death of her husband, prince philip. here's our royal correspondent nicolas witchell. the queen will be joined in windsor by six members of herfamily — the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall, the earl and countess of wessex, and the duke and duchess of gloucester. there will be a morning service at st george's chapel inside windsor castle — though this will not be attended by the queen. god save the queen plays. then, at three o'clock, the queen's christmas message will be broadcast. it was recorded a few days ago at windsor with the opening music, the national anthem, played by the central band of the royal british legion in this, their centenary year. the broadcast itself will be a very personal one this year, according to buckingham palace. the queen is expected to speak for the first time in some detail about the loss of her husband, the duke of edinburgh, who died in april. as this still from the broadcast shows, the queen recorded it with a photograph of her and her husband at her side, and wearing a brooch she had worn on their honeymoon. # for those who can't be here... the cambridges won't be at windsor. last night, a recording of their carol concert at westminster abbey was shown on itv. it featured catherine playing the piano as tom walker sang for those who can't be here. today, william and catherine will be with their children at their home, anmer hall, in norfolk. no doubt they and the rest of the royal family, and particularly the queen, will look back on a year which has not been without its difficulties while looking forward to next year and the queen's platinum jubilee, when the nation will have the chance to mark her 70 years on the throne. nicholas witchell, bbc news. charlotte gallagher is in windsor. many of us don't spend christmas at castle, charlotte, but even the queen is having to scale down her celebrations this year. yes. queen is having to scale down her celebrations this year.— celebrations this year. yes, it kinda sounds _ celebrations this year. yes, it kinda sounds a _ celebrations this year. yes, it kinda sounds a big _ celebrations this year. yes, it kinda sounds a big way, - celebrations this year. yes, it i kinda sounds a big way, scaling celebrations this year. yes, it - kinda sounds a big way, scaling down celebrations when you look at the rather grand sitting behind me. but yes, a much smaller christmas day for the queen than usual. we know she wanted to have a big family christmas at sandringham with all her extended family, but the decision was made last week to cancel that and stay at windsor castle instead and we think the reasons behind that are the queen always wants to be seen to be doing the right thing and perhaps having a large group for christmas and also the hundreds of people that come to sandringham to see the queen, it might had not have looked that good, especially with rising 0micron cases across the uk and also the queen is 95, she hasn't been well recently and the last thing the family would have wanted is for her to catch coronavirus over christmas. so much smaller day for her but as nick witchell said she will be surrounded ljy witchell said she will be surrounded by her family prince charles and his wife the duchess of cornwall, prince edward and his family and the duke and duchess of gloucester. and behind me, through those gates, there will be a church service at half past ten, attended by those six members of the family. the queen will not be there. has already apparently granted church in her private chapel and we will not see her till later this afternoon when she will deliver her message to the nation. as we heard just nine is going to be a very personal one, reflecting on the loss of her husband. reflecting on the loss of her husband-— reflecting on the loss of her husband. ., ., ., husband. looking ahead, to her latinum husband. looking ahead, to her platinum jubilee _ husband. looking ahead, to her platinum jubilee next _ husband. looking ahead, to her platinum jubilee next year - husband. looking ahead, to her platinum jubilee next year it - husband. looking ahead, to her| platinum jubilee next year it will be tinged with sadness for her because all other jubilees be tinged with sadness for her because all otherjubilees she was being supported by prince philip. yes, i mean, he was her rock, wasn't he? he was with her for so yes, i mean, he was her rock, wasn't he? he was with herfor so many years and i remember her last jubilee when there was a boat parade on the fines, they were stood together on that boat for hours and he has always been there at those major events in the queen's life and not to have the support by her side it must be difficult and lots of us will remember seeing the queen alone at her husband's funeral and it was heartbreaking. it was so sad. but she will be supported by her family. prince charles is doing more rolls now with the death of his father, the death of her his —— children and grandchildren —— and there is going to be a celebration of the duke of edinburgh's life in spring and we think that loss of the extended family will be there, including harry and megan and they will be invited from america and fingers crossed, the coronavirus pandemic would have eased up a bid by next year is the queen can attend all of those events in celebration of her husband's life. for those events in celebration of her husband's life.— husband's life. for the moment, charlotte. _ husband's life. for the moment, charlotte, thank _ husband's life. for the moment, charlotte, thank you _ husband's life. for the moment, charlotte, thank you very - husband's life. for the moment, charlotte, thank you very much. | pope francis, has called for more solidarity with those living in poverty. in his christmas eve mass in st peter's basilica in vatican city, the 85—year—old pontiff, also urged people to value the "little things in life". you're watching bbc news. the headlines. volunteers man vaccine centres in england as the race to fight the surging 0micron variant in the country doesn't this stop for the holiday. millions of travellers are facing disruption over christmas, as the world—wide record surge in 0micron cases means cancelled flights and staff shortages. let's get more on queen elizabeth spending christmas day at windsor castle with a smaller group of family members than in previous years. anna whitelock is professor of history at city, university of london and says that the queen — like so many people around the world — is having to come to terms with the effects of coronavirus. many people will remember that image of the queen alone in april. blane of the queen alone in april. alone at the funeral _ of the queen alone in april. alone at the funeral of _ of the queen alone in april. alone at the funeral of prince _ of the queen alone in april. alone at the funeral of prince philip - of the queen alone in april. alone at the funeral of prince philip and | at the funeral of prince philip and for many a symbol of many people's experiences over the last 18 months and today, in her christmas broadcast, which i think will be very personal, but varied over the years, some more personal than others, but there are she is going to reflect on philip who she described as her great strength and stay. described as her great strength and sta . . ., , stay. indeed, and that will be the thin that stay. indeed, and that will be the thing that is _ stay. indeed, and that will be the thing that is foremost _ stay. indeed, and that will be the thing that is foremost in - stay. indeed, and that will be the thing that is foremost in her - stay. indeed, and that will be the| thing that is foremost in her mind and again, so many people have lost people close to them in the last couple of years and her message will no doubt have a great resonance. i mean, she always tries to find something particularly inspiring or that sums up the year for many people and she likes to see herself as speaking for the nation and inspiring at this time and i think it will be about loss. i think it will be about family and i think the queen's year has been very much about ageing, about transition, about ageing, about transition, about endings. the loss of philip of course, actually the loss of barbados, a country that has long had ties with the british crown, but became a republic in november so there is a sense of ending there. but also of course age catching up with the queen. she had to pull out of attending the cenotaph because of her ill—health, she has been at pains to stress that she has been carrying on with light duties using zoom for audiences and meetings but i think in a way to summer per year, the phrase she used in the cop26 video message, again, she was unable to attend glasgow for that. and she said that none of us live for ever and i think there is a particular poignancy in that, particularly for the queen, 95, having lost her husband and i think that pretty much sums up her year. band husband and i think that pretty much sums pp her year-— sums up her year. and also other thins to sums up her year. and also other things to reflect _ sums up her year. and also other things to reflect upon _ sums up her year. and also other things to reflect upon of- sums up her year. and also other things to reflect upon of course. l things to reflect upon of course. the various fractures within her family with prince harry and meghan deciding to leave the country and park themselves in the united states. ~ , , park themselves in the united states. ~ , ., ., states. absolutely and that was announced _ states. absolutely and that was announced at _ states. absolutely and that was announced at the _ states. absolutely and that was announced at the tail _ states. absolutely and that was announced at the tail end - states. absolutely and that was announced at the tail end of- states. absolutely and that was | announced at the tail end of last year but it was in the tail end of february that that was made official when that was statement on the palace which said that essentially this half in and have out status was not going to work and a life of public service meant a full—time commitment to the royal family, to the firm as it is known. and of course, we then saw that interview that made headlines around the world from harry and meghan when there was a suggestion that a member of the royalfamily had been racist in their comments about the unborn child of harry and meghan, archie. and so it has been, in terms of the family, another tempestuous year for the queen and the issue of prince andrew, which i was sort of your talking about last year and i imagine the year before remains still unanswered questions and that case still looming in america. professor anna whitelock. a revolutionary telescope which will aim to detect some of the earliest stars and galaxies in the universe is due to head off into space the coming hours. described as a "time machine", the james webb space telescope is being transported into space via the ariane five rocket. designed to unlock mysteries of the universe, the telescope will be able to look back to 400 million years after the big bang. it has a wider spectrum view than the hubble telescope and will operate further out from the earth. let's take a closer look at it. it weighs half of the now iconic hubble telescope and specialises in infrared astronomy. it will operate at a mind boggling 1 million miles away from earth. in order to be launched into space it has been folded like origami. it will take a full month to unfold properly once it is in position. it contains 18 hexagonal mirrors that will help astronomers see back more than 13 billion years. those gold plated mirrors are mainly made of beryllium. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle reports. stunning images revealing the beauty of our universe, but we've only seen a tiny fraction of it. now, a new astronomy mission is set to revolutionise our view. this is the james webb space telescope. it's a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making and a cost of $10 billion, it is finally ready to launch. we've never attempted anything like that in space before. we are going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics! a new frontier! and that is what gets so many of us excited about james webb space telescope. this space telescope is a feat of engineering. at its heart is a 6.5m—wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments, each coated in a layer of gold. its size means it can detect the incredibly faint light coming from the most distant stars. it also has a huge sunshield — about the size of a tennis court. it's made up of five layers, each as thin as a human hair. and this protects the telescope from the heat and light of the sun. sitting a million miles away from the earth, the telescope will give us our deepest ever view of the cosmos, from seeing the birth of the very first stars and galaxies to revealing new planets in far—flung solar systems. what excites me is making discoveries, things we haven't thought about, and there's a whole history of astronomy that shows how, when we've looked at the new universe in a new way, we discover things we hadn't thought about, and there's something really exciting about doing that. so the light from the telescope - comes in down at the bottom here — you can see a red cover covering the entrance aperture... - on board, the instruments that will be key to these discoveries was built in the uk. it is called miri, and this is an engineering replica. webb will be able to do some - wonderful discovery science that has simply not been possible before. we'll be able to see - the first light galaxies — l the first objects and stars that i were glowing after the big bang — and to do that sort - of science, we need miri. we need the data that only this i instrument will be able to provide. to get into space, the telescope is so big, it's been folded up to fit inside the rocket. the most challenging part is getting it to unfurl. it has been practised here on earth, and that is hard enough — there are 300 points where it could go wrong. but if anything fails in space, the telescope is too far away to be fixed. this is the biggest and most ambitious space telescope ever built. now, its mission is almost ready to begin. the hours ahead will be an anxious wait for scientists. rebecca morelle, bbc news. we are an hour and a half away from the launch of the james webb telescope. that is what we are seeing live where the launch will take place. our science correspondentjonathan amos joins me now. looks like you had a wallpaper stripper out. that's a very barren room. very festive and thank you for going to the trouble. i room. very festive and thank you for going to the trouble.— going to the trouble. i have cleared m mind going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as — going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as well, _ going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as well, martin,. - going to the trouble. i have cleared my mind as well, martin,. my - going to the trouble. i have cleared | my mind as well, martin,. my palms are sweating, my palms are sweating. they have waited 30 years for this thing and that's how long they have been designing and building this. $10 billion. that is the price ticket on this mission and in under two hours, they are going to put it on top as a controlled explosion and you and i are going to watch it and i will probably be hiding behind a sofa at that point, looking between the cracks of my fingers are looking behind a cushion and there will be many astronomers who will be doing exactly the same thing. many of them will have gone for a walk i'm sure because they will not want to watch. it's like waiting for a baby to be born then, isn't it? mr; it's like waiting for a baby to be born then, isn't it? my daughter as a midwife, — born then, isn't it? my daughter as a midwife, actually. _ born then, isn't it? my daughter as a midwife, actually. she _ born then, isn't it? my daughter as a midwife, actually. she is - born then, isn't it? my daughter as a midwife, actually. she is not - born then, isn't it? my daughter as a midwife, actually. she is not on i a midwife, actually. she is not on duty today but she did deliver a baby yesterday, but yes, it is kind of that. it is momentous and certainly in the lao is of a couple giving birth but this is thousands of scientists and engineers around the world and they have been waiting for a very special present on the christmas tree today. it is a long ride, about 30 minutes uphill for the rocket. it is a very dependable rocket. but there are no guarantees that come with rockets. everybody knows that. we will have to wait until the telescope is off the top of the rocket over africa, and we will get a signal through kenya and then we will know it's on its way. that is not the end of it, however. they have to get out observing station about one million kilometres from earth and when it does that, it has to unfold itself. and this is a bit of a nightmare but when you see the complexity that is involved. engineers talk about single—point failures. these are activities, events which have happen on cue and in the right order and if one of them fails, the whole thing is over. webb has 344 potential single—point failures on its adrift out towards its observing station. it is going to be tough for the next couple of weeks. ., . . to be tough for the next couple of weeks. ., ., ., ., ,, weeks. you are aiming making me anxious. weeks. you are aiming making me anxious- lt — weeks. you are aiming making me anxious- it is _ weeks. you are aiming making me anxious. it is very, _ weeks. you are aiming making me anxious. it is very, very _ weeks. you are aiming making me anxious. it is very, very sensitive. | anxious. it is very, very sensitive. to me about the bumblebee analogy. so, this telescope looks at the cosmos in the infrared. we need to look at infrared because the light coming from the most distant stars in the universe comes to us at infrared wavelengths and the thing infrared wavelengths and the thing infrared is that it is heat energy and when you have a telescope big with a mirror that is six and a half metres across and super sensitive instruments, then you can spot very small amounts of heat energy in a very long way away and so if you are to have a bumblebee moving around on the moon, then webb would be able to spot out. it is that sensitive, it has a kind of resolution. so when they talk about it being a successor to hubble, which is an amazing thing is over the last 30 years, webb is something else, it certainly is, it is kind of magical. we hope it works, we really want to get past this launch. works, we really want to get past this launch-— works, we really want to get past this launch. thank you for sharing our this launch. thank you for sharing your enthusiasm _ this launch. thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with _ this launch. thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with us. - this launch. thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with us. i - this launch. thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with us. i will. this launch. thank you for sharing | your enthusiasm with us. i will see your enthusiasm with us. i will see you later, jonathan and watch it with you. you later, jonathan and watch it with ou. a court in los angeles has ordered the former liverpool footballer daniel sturridge to pay more than £22,000, that's $30,000, to a man who found his stolen dog. the striker had offered a reward for whoever helped to reunite him with his pomeranian — named lucci — but failed to pay up. sturridge was taken to court by foster washington who said he felt let down when the millionaire footballer failed to honour the reward. youtube stars and charity campaigners ladbaby have claimed the uk's christmas number one single for a record—breaking fourth year in a row. sausage rolls for everyone, the duo's collaboration with ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn, hit the top spot on friday. ladbaby have now surpassed the beatles and the spice girls as the act with the most consecutive christmas number ones. and the best hats and the best jumpers. stay with this on bbc news and we will be with you. hello. we have everything weather—wise under the christmas tree today. across the southern half of the country it is mild, misty, we have rain and drizzle around pushing into western areas also but in the north and east of the country not only a cold wind, but one or two have seen snow this morning to make it a white christmas, particularly in shetland, eastern scotland down to the borders and in the tops of the pennines in the dales. in these areas continue to see sunshine and one or two isolated flurries but dry and sunny and a strengthening wind but for northern ireland and is central and southern england, the cloud is in place with drain and drizzle and heavier bursts in the afternoon and in england and northern ireland especially. we have mildest in the south—west but that wind is coming from the eastern and north easterly direction means that it shows there are four or five senses in the thermometers and it is going to feel much colder than that and it will be sub—0 for much of scotland and northern and eastern parts of england. wrap up well if you're on a christmas day walk later on and into tonight, with that cold wind coming in from the east, clashing with these outbreaks of rain pushing north wasters and be prepared across the hills of northern england and central scotland will be snow to take us into boxing day morning. it is going to be a cold one still across the north as we start the day with widespread frost in those eastern coasts but in the south it is eight or 9 degrees. the mild air continues to work its way northwards through boxing day. we start off with the hills in... lighterand boxing day. we start off with the hills in... lighter and patchy with sleet and rain as we go through the day with milder air trying to make its way in. cold in the north of scotland but elsewhere, compared to today, we will see brighter skies but may be heavy and thundery showers around in the midlands and southern england and across wales but there is a better chance of sunshine there. 11—13— 13 degrees possible but four out five in the far north. as we go into next week, low—pressure systems aligning themselves up in the atlantic and each one will bring ever more warmer air and in each one will bring ever more warmer airand infact, a each one will bring ever more warmer air and in fact, a search of a very mild airall the air and in fact, a search of a very mild air all the way from mid—atlantic coming our way into next week so it will not feel festive at all between christmas and new year. look at those temperatures, potentially 16 or 17 degrees rain. this is bbc news, the headlines... volunteers in england help give vaccines in the race to fight the omicron variant in the country. the government is offering every adult a booster by the end of the month. millions face travel disruption as the surge in covid cases causes travel disruption. airline say they are contacting passengers affected before they arrive at the airport. the queen is expected to give a very personal christmas message later. her first since the death of prince philip. she will be speaking alongside a framed photograph of the couple. i know preparations are under way for the launch of a rocket carrying a space telescope that could transform our understanding of the universe. the james webb space telescope, will take off from french guyana. you're watching bbc news. in bbc news

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