Good morning. Cool air good morning. Coolair is good morning. Cool air is arriving further north of the uk today, with rain followed by blustery showers and some sunshine. In the south it stays mild, but pretty cloudy, but that cooler areas moving across all of the uk by the time we to tomorrow. Cooler air is. I will have a full forecast coming up a bit later on. Its saturday 21st november. Our top story. The nhs has started setting up coronavirus Vaccination Centres across the uk, with the hope of getting all adults vaccinated by the spring. With infection rates dropping and levelling off in all four nations, the government has asked the medical regulator to asses the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for uk use. Anna oneill reports. This is the ray of light as described by the Health Secretary. Millions of doses of this pfizer ion tech vaccine against covid i9 could be heading to britain as early as next month, and the nhs is getting ready for a mass Vaccination Programme. ready for a mass Vac
Including lean on me, lovely day and aint no sunshine has died from heart complications. Hello, good afternoon. The first of the nhss Nightingale Hospitals has been opened, set up to expand capacity during the coronavirus outbreak. Its been built in less than a fortnight, inside the excel Conference Centre in east london, and the first patients are due to arrive early next week. It comes as the uk records 684 coronavirus related deaths in a day. Its the highest rise so far, but slightly below the expected trend. The death toll now stands at 3,605. Meanwhile, from self isolation the Prime Minister took to twitter to urge people to stay inside this weekend mrjohnson also said he would continue his isolation as he still has a fever. And more messages of support on their way, as its announced her majesty the queen has recorded a special broadcast to the nation, which will go out on sunday evening at 8pm. More on that soon, but first, our correspondent Angus Crawford reports on the opening
The face of the Public Health advice campaign. The us says it expects the rate of new infections to stabilise in the coming days but the us Surgeon General warns the number of dead will continue to rise. The next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. Its going to be our 9 11 moment. Its going to be the hardest moment for Many Americans in their entire lives. But its better news for south korea as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases falls to its lowest level since the peak of the outbreak. And a tiger and six other big cats at the bronx zoo in new york test positive for the coronavirus. Its thought the animals were infected by a zoo keeper. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, the uks Prime Minister borisjohnson has spent the night in hospital, where he was admitted for tests, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Downing street says its a pr
Patio may have appreciated the splash of rain we have had on the spring plants. The view now is brighter skies this afternoon. Just the odd shower. The last of the rain pulling away from eastern parts of england. If you still have cloud it soon brightens up. Plenty of sunny spells. We are seeing a few showers. The big picture shows the weather front that brought the rain clearing away. High pressure building on. That settled things down for the next few days. Becomes dry, gets a bit warmer. This afternoon lots of sunny spells. Some passing showers drifting east across england and wales. The greater chance of a shower or in Northern Ireland but especially in scotland. They could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder. Still quite windy here, especially north west scotland. Gusts of 50 mph. The further south you are the winds are light. Although it is cooler than yesterday it is still above average in terms of temperature. Mid to high teens in places. Any showers we have got will fade a
Hi, good morning. I hope youre doing 0k. Im Victoria Derbyshire. Welcome to bbc news. Lets bring you the latest headlines. The Prime Minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. Hes said to be undergoing tests as a precaution. He will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. As i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and he gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way he would want to. I want to express our nations well wishes to Prime Minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. All americans are praying for him, hes a friend of mine, hes a great gentleman. Scotlands chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. She during the lockdown. Made a serious mistake, and people she made a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it, she was right to apologise, it was clear yesterday