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and unwrapping the secrets of an ancient egyptian pharoah. we ll hear from the researcher who peeled off the bandages using modern technology. hello, and welcome. us health authorities have halved the recommended isolation period for people who test positive for covid, but don t exhibit symptoms. they ve previously warned of a half a million cases a day in the coming weeks as the omicron variant takes hold. that isolation time goes from ten to five days. officials insist this is being guided by the science. so, why is this step being taken now? we put that question to david edwards, an aerosol scientist and a harvard university professor and bioengineer. i think understand the logic. it s important for people to understand that the omicron variant, like previous variants, infects us initially in the upper airways. there s nothing about vaccination that prevents that happening. what s cleary true, as time goes on and more of the population has been infected or has been v ....
hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england cricket fans have spent the last three weeks waking up to bad news, but the final nail in the ashes coffin came before they even went to bed. everyone in that dressing room is gutted. that s not a good enough performance. we all know that. we need to put some pride back into the badge. west ham swap places with spurs as they win for the first time in five premier league games to go fifth. and the three time champion becomes the third player to withdraw from the pdc world darts after testing positive for covid. hello again. in the end it took less time than the team had to quarantine on arrival in australia. england s ashes hopes turned into dust in just 12 days of cricket. the final nail being bowled out for a measly 68 in melbourne to lose the third test by an innings. it leaves england three nil down in the series. and a significant fallout to deal with both down under and back hom ....
of an ancient egyptian pharoah we hear from the researcher who peeled off the bandages using modern technology. the government says it will keep under very close review its decision not to bring in further coronavirus restrictions in england as infections rise to a level not seen before in the pandemic. there are restrictions on socialising in the rest of the uk. the early indications are that the omicron variant is not leading to the same level of hospitalisations as previous waves, but ministers say they re watching the data and will act if there s a large increase in the coming weeks. it comes as latest government figures show a record number of covid cases reported in the last day 129,471. but this data does not include figures for scotland and northern ireland due to the christmas holidays. meanwhile in the us, health officials have halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic covid 19 from ten to five days amid a surge in cases. elsewhe ....
a reminder of our top story. as belgium reports its first case of the new variant the health secretary ones that could pose a substantial risk here. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m chetan pathak. coming up this friday night. wales and scotland find out who stands between them and a place at next year s world cup we ll bring you the full play off draw. scotland and wales women are both in world cup qualifying action tonight the build up is on its way and just who is the man on his way to manchester united we dig a little deeper into the career of ralf rangnick, all set to be interim boss at old trafford. also coming up on the programme before seven. australia name their new captain for the ashes as pat cummins replaces tim paine $and we ll tell you why barbarians will make history at twickenham tomorrow welcome along, thanks forjoinin ....
sunday is looking mild. a bit of rain in the forecast but sunny spells on the way too. it s sunday the 24th of october. good morning. our main story: ministers are to formalise their committment to a skills revolution in england with a series of measures to be unveiled in the chancellor s budget on wednesday. in his autumn statement, rishi sunak will announce £1.6 billion to roll out new t levels for teenagers and £550 million for adult skills. college leaders say the funding is welcome but doesn t go far enough. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. what we want to see is a high wage, high skilled economy. the government high skilled economy. the government says high skilled economy. the government says it - high skilled economy. the government says it wants to change the way the uk economy works, moving to higher skilled, more productive workforce which earns more money. in this week s budget, the chancellor will have the task of setting out more abo ....