belief. these tornadoes devoured everything in their path. a stunning rescue in hong kong more than a hundred people trapped on the roof ofa burning building. consider lewis hamilton for services to motorsport. consider lewis hamilton for services to motorsport. and arise sir lewis. he may have lost his world title but britain s formula one hero is knighted at windsor castle. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where the uk recorded its highest ever number of confirmed covid infections more than 78,500 people tested positive with the speed of the spread of the omicron strain causing considerable concern. it it s notjust here that omicron is spreading rapidly. south africa where the variant was first identified last month has also reported a record number of daily infections. italy and france have also seen record numbers. the us has confirmed cases in 36 states while the philippines and cambodia have detected their first omicron cases. o
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the broadcaster henry bonsu alongside chief executive of the public affairs group cicero, iain anderson. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the financial times leads on covid cases hitting a record 78,000, the highest number of positive tests since the pandemic began. the daily telegraph writes that borisjohnson and chris whitty urge the public to scale back their socialising in the run up to christmas. the i adds that the chief medical officer is telling the nation not to mix with people you don t have to . the guardian also leads on this story, writing that the prime minister continues to insist formal restrictions on gatherings are unecessary. the daily express writes that mrjohnson is urging people to think ca refully about going to christmas parties. the daily mail says it s boris versus the scientists as whitty warns britain to scale back christmas plans, but the pr
come under the spotlight. and president biden is in kentucky meeting some of those affected by what the governor says are the worst tornadoes ever seen there. we start in the uk which has recorded its highest number of daily covid infections since the start of the pandemic. here s prime minister borisjohnson. if omicron continues to building across the whole of our united kingdom with over covid 19 cases today, the highest ever daily number of reported. and the doubling rate of omicron in some regions is now down to less than two days and i m afraid we re also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalisations, up by 10% nationally week on week and up by almost a third in london. so more than 78 and a half thousand new cases in the past 2a hours recorded in the uk. that s 10 thousand more than the previous record injanuary. but while cases are at a record high (ani)the number of deaths the number of deaths 165 in the past 2a hours is significantly lower than during th
formula one title but lewis hamilton has gained a knighthood hello and welcome to bbc news. this evening we ve heard an update on the booster vaccine rollout from the prime minister in a downing street briefing on the day that uk has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases on record. in the latest 2a hour period, there have been a recorded 78,610 cases of coronavirus. again, that s the highest daily figure since the pandemic began. the previous uk daily record was 68,053 on the 8th of january this year. england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty said those records, and more, will be broken over the coming weeks as rates rise. the prime minister said the government was throwing everything at the vaccine rollout across the uk, to curb the spread of the new variant with over 650 thousand jabs being administered across the country yesterday. despite the significant rise in cases, there was no indication of any further restrictions in england. our polit