hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. we rejoined by the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford. and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation, deltapoll. welcome to you both. let s take a quick look at tomorrow s front pages. the times says further coronavirus restrictions before christmas are unlikely but tougher measures are expected after. the telegraph calls it confusion at christmas as the cabinet blocks new coronavirus restrictions. the i says the prime minister and the chancellor blocked the introduction of restrictions before christmas. the ft says it was rishi sunak who lead the opposition for any more measures in england at today s marathon cabinet meeting. same story on the front page of the guardian it says the cabinet are split on new restrictions as covid cases rise in the uk. and the sun says hold on to your baubles warning the prime minister could bring in restrictions at any moment.
south, no snow, but cold air to in the north, potentially but no guarantee of snow and in between, where the battle lines are drawn is where the battle lines are drawn is where we could see a mixture of sleet and snow and that dividing line, a bit further north or south could make the difference but we will keep you updated. that cold fightback will come later in the week, after a milder spell in the middle of the week. at the moment, very familiar, very grey, pretty chilly but there is sunshine across the highlands and grampian is, the north west of northern ireland, through parts of anglesey and gwyneth but it s a cold day. temperatures in single figures for many of us. tonight the cloud in place for most parts but where you have clear skies to end the day, the greatest chance of frost, shown by the blue on the charts, mainly on the blue on the charts, mainly on the hills. where cloud sits in place, one or 2 degrees tomorrow, a chilly start and it s the winter solstice, the
garden with staff, during the first national lockdown. number 10 says, it was a work meeting . but how are other countries coping with the omicron variant, in the run up to christmas? we ll take a closer look. also this lunchtime. the red cross says its complete carnage, in some coastal areas of the philippines, after typhoon rai kills more than 300 people. warding off a lonely christmas. virtual reality carols, for those unable to go to church. and australia demolish england to go 2 0 up in the ashes. and coming up on the bbc news channel, tottenham are out of the europa conference league after uefa ruled they forfeited their match against rennes. that game was called off following a covid outbreak. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the cabinet is expected to meet in the next hour as the prime minister faces calls to bring in tighter covid restrictions in england to combat the rising numbers of infections, due to the omicron variant. today, the deputy pri
and the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official. but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has chaired a cabinet meeting as the government faces growing calls to outline whether any new covid restrictions will be implemented in england over christmas. the government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, and england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, have briefed ministers about the omicron variant. the bbc has been told, civil servants have prepared three different options, ranging in severity with boris johnson likely to face strong opposition to further restrictions, from within his own party. for more on the pressure on borisjohnson. here s jonathan blake. boosterjabs are still the main hope in the battle against omicron. but as cases of the new variant continue to