winter for all sorts of reasons, and obviously there are big pressures on the nhs, all the more reason to reduce the number of covid cases now, give the nhs the breathing space it needs to get on with dealing with all those other pressures. meanwhile, pop—up centres like the one in halifax will play an important role until most people have had their second jabs — a key step towards keeping us all safe. and in the last hour we've had the latest uk figures on coronavirus there have been 10,633 new cases of covid—19 — and a further five people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus — bringing the overall number of deaths to 127,981. the official data also showed that 81.9% of all adults have had a first covid—19 vaccine while 59.7% have had both doses. with me is our health