Good afternoon. Borisjohnson will meet his scientific advisers this afternoon, as he considers whether to introduce further coronavirus restrictions in england to slow the spread of the Omicron Variant. Its expected hell hear about the impact on Hospital Admissions and nhs Staff Sickness over recent days. Further controls have come into effect today in Northern Ireland and scotland. The new measures affect the hospitality and leisure industries. In scotland, nightclubs have to close for at least three weeks and one metre Social Distancing and Table Service has been reinstated in Hospitality Settings where alcohol is served. Table service has also resumed in Hospitality Venues across Northern Ireland. No more than six people will be allowed to sit together. Dancing is also prohibited, except at weddings. Yesterday in wales, the rule of six was reinstated for people meeting in pubs, cinemas and restaurants. Heres our correspondent simonjones. After the christmas festivities, now it is de
Out the odd light shower as well in the afternoon. Much of Northern Ireland, the midlands, North West South west england, should do pretty well in the sunshine. Quite breezy as well, especially along north sea coast. Temperature is at best around 24 coast. Temperature is at best around 2a celsius. Any of those showers tend to fizzle out through this evening and overnight than most places will be dry. Again we have got quite a breeze across england, wales and Northern Ireland and that picks up in the south west bringing a line of heavy showers or thunderstorms. Quite a muddy field to the south. A bit fresher further north. On friday things get a bit more interesting. We have got the first of two Weather Front spreading across england, wales and Northern Ireland and thundery showers spread northwards. Around the irish coast 60 miles an hour gusts and that might cause issues. But a nice fine day for scotland. Here we have got the high teens. Because of the clouds and thunderstorms 22 or 2
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welcome to the world today an hour of international news from the bbc. the former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said he d take a bullet for the fomer president, today took the stand as a star witness for the prosecution in mr trump s hush money trial. michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. mr trump denies falsifying business records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, when the story could have been politically damaging. mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and campaign finance violations. the latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. i asked her about the latest on what michael cohen h