Going up quite consistently now and the beginnings of a rise in hospitalisations. But in terms of the second part of your question, i think were all very optimistic that this will be different from the previous waves, and the early signs are that, indeed, it will be different. The Age Distribution of the hospitalisations is much more even over the different age ranges without that very large waiting towards the very elderly, which is a clear pointer that the Vaccination Programme is making a difference. And thats important because people. There was concern that variants of the virus may pose a challenge to the effectiveness of the vaccines. But from what youre saying, it suggests that those whove been double vaccinated are not ending up in hospital, evenif they do come into contact with the latest variant. Yes, the figures weve got at the moment suggest that if youve had two doses of the vaccine and get this infection, youre 20 times less likely to end up in hospital, and if youve had
a cash pay out for 29 million smartphone owners? the company behind the computer chips that make our phones work is accused of overcharging. good morning. it s 19 wins in a row for manchester city. they have one foot in the quarter finals of the champions league and that keeps them on course for an unprecedented quadruple. good morning. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures in parts of eastern england are getting to just over 18 degrees. not quite that mild today. temperatures are still above average. a lot of dry weather but some showers. i will tell you where in about ten minutes. good morning. it s thursday, the 25th of february. our top story. teachers will decide exam grades this summer after the cancellation of gcses and a levels in england. the exams watchdog quual has confirmed that schools can use a combination of coursework, mock exams and essays to assess pupils, and results will be published earlier in august to allow time for appeal
vaccination clinics to cancel across the northeast and other areas. with 140 americans testing positive every single minute, the republican governor of west virginia visibly frustrated with members of congress saying states need help and they need it now. just move and move forward and move right now. we need to go big. if we waste some money now, we waste some money. joining us to start off our coverage, carol lee is at the white house for us. good to see you with that beautiful back drop of the snowy white house. chris, they say the president is there to listen. he wants to hear these ideas that these ten republican senators have. it is notable that president biden has only been in office a couple of weeks but he hasn t had any nim meetings with lawmakers, although he has been making phone calls. the first is with republican senators, not democratic leaders or progressive democrats on capitol hill with these republicans, what the white house is saying, is that he want
sir pick six to wrap things up. smart got a win against his old boss nick sagan. the bulldogs win 33-18 to claim the first title since 1980. here s some more wild teams back in athens, georgia, the fans were celebrating in the streets in the wee hours of the morning. they will have a parade there on saturday. the team heading back to athens as we speak right now. this championship just meant so much to georgia fans. of course, they hadn t won won since 1980 but also they couldn t beat alabama for years, and it had been since 2007, lost seven in a row, so to get over that hump, win a title for the first time in 41 years, it was just pure joy for georgia. congratulations to georgia there, our condolences to our kaitlan collins, but andy scholes, thank you, as always, for that recap. good morning, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. i m jim sciutto. later this hour, president biden will leave the white house for georgia where he is expected to give a major speech on voting r
document suggests it may be about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion. i m annita mcveigh at the beautiful antrim castle gardens. when is looking ahead today data thursday s elections to the power sharing government here. it has been described as the most important election in a generation. and the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york city s met gala. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, will address the ukrainian parliament later becoming the first western leader to do so since the russian invasion. he s expected to give details of £300 million in extra military support for ukraine including equipment for electronic warfare and night vision devices. the liberal democrats have questioned the timing of mrjohnson s announcement two days before the local elections. in other developments, ukraine s president zelensky used his nightly address to acc