after unfolding its final mirror panels. and coming up in sportsday at half past seven. it is coming up at 7:45pm. it s the third round of the fa cup and there s already been some giant killing with cambridge from league one knocking out premier league newcastle united. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it really is seven o clock. good to have your company this evening. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of a positive covid test. another 313 deaths have been reported in the latest daily figures. the uk is the seventh country to pass this number of official deaths, afterthe us, brazil, india, russia, mexico and peru. our health correspondent catherine burns reports how do you begin to imagine 150,000 people? it s almost the entire population of oxford, a city, like others, where the pandemic has caused so much pain. the first death within 28 days of a positive covid test was recorded in the uk on the 6th of march, 2020. five weeks later,
good evening and welcome to bbc news. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of a positive covid test. another 313 deaths have been reported in the latest daily figures. the uk is the seventh country to pass this number of official deaths, afterthe us, brazil, india, russia, mexico and peru. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports how do you begin to imagine 150,000 people? it s almost the entire population of oxford, a city, like others, where the pandemic has caused so much pain. the first death within 28 days of a positive covid test was recorded in the uk on the 6th of march, 2020. five weeks later, more than 10,000 people had died. sabir hussain mirza was 0xford s first muslim councillor. mostly, though, he was a family man married with ten children. they relied on video calls when he went to hospital. we would be like, come on, dad, get better quickly and come back. but one day sabir stopped answering his phone. he d been put on a v
news with shaun ley. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment with aubrey allegretti and sian griffiths first the headlines. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of a positive covid test since the pandemic began. lawyers for novak djokavic claim he was given a vaccine exemption to enter australia, because he d had a recent covid infection. thousands more flat owners will be spared the expense of replacing unsafe cladding under new government plans to make developers offer £4 billion towards the costs. at least 21 people have died in north eastern pakistan after heavy snowfall trapped them in their vehicles. nasa s james webb space telescope has unfolded its final mirror panel after launching on christmas day. the golden primary mirror will allow the telescope to be properly focused helping scientists to better study the universe. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. wi
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, political correspondent at the guardian, and sian griffiths, education and families editor at the sunday times. now, the updated list of front pages for you at home. the observer leads with comments from the former chairman of the uk s vaccine task force, who says we must end mass vaccinations for covid and treat the virus like we do flu. the sunday times also looks at a post pandemic britain, reporting that free lateral flow tests will come to an end as the country is told to live with covid. according to the sunday telegraph, liz truss, the new brexit negotiator, is insisting that the uk will overhaul the post brexit agreement over northern ireland if she cannot reach a solution with the eu. another cabinet minister writes in the sunday express this time, the home secretary priti patel warning the house of lords not to water down new police powers in tacklin
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti political correspondent at the guardian and giles kenningham political commentator and former conservative party press chief. tomorrow s front pages.starting with. the daily mail leads on our main story tonight the new data about the strength of the omicron variant. health experts have said two vaccine doses are not enough to stop people from catching the new strain but a third boosterjab will give at least 70% protection against it. the is front page says the immunity given by the astra zeneca vaccine against the variant wanes to near zero after six months . the sun reports on predictions that omicron cases could reach up to a million next year. whilst the guardian leads on a warning from health officials that stringent national measures are needed to combat the variant or else the nhs faces being overwhelmed with up to 5,000 hospital admissions a day