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learning to read at the age of 51. it may be a little bit grey and damp for some this morning, but there is a good deal of sunshine on the way as we go into the second half of the afternoon. good morning. it s thursday, the 27th of january. prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims, and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court, which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence, a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre, and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been ....
out without scoring. and it is a frosty and foggy start to saturday for many of us. the good news is, it should be a bright day. it s saturday, the 15th of january. our top story: there are more allegations of parties in downing street during the pandemic this morning, with newspaper reports that staff at number 10 held regular drinks on friday evenings while restrictions were in force. it comes a day after officials apologised to buckingham palace for two parties held on the eve of prince philip s funeral last april. meanwhile some conservative mps have told bbc news they ve been inundated with emails over the issue from angry constituents as our political correspondent ione wells reports. it is the expectation that more and more will come out. the fear of one brexiteer tory mp, who previously backed borisjohnson, and is worried about the stream of allegations about the stream of allegations about parties that took place behind these doors during covid restrictions. one form ....
stagnant air. very little wind to speak of, said the mist and fog continues to develop two central, southern and eastern areas overnight. more cloud into western areas, some cloud just getting into south western parts of england and on toward south wales by the end of the night. temperatures may lift a bit here, but another cold one with frost and fog, is a mention. we start the weekend with misty merck and some fog across central and eastern parts. there will be fog around, but through the day, quite a bit of cloud through the country. some area seeing the best of the sunshine, centraland some area seeing the best of the sunshine, central and northern parts of england, north east scotland, and further south and west, more cloud. a bit more of a breeze, so the air quality should be better across the south east than today, temperatures 5-9. south east than today, temperatures 5 9. some changes into part two of the weekend. this weather from sinking southwards will bring ....
again, happy new year. but there s also some good news here. i m going to get to that in a moment. first let me tell you the caseload as we begin our week. the u.s. now has more cases than ever before. you can see the peak. you can see how much higher it is than any other point. we re averaging 40,000 daily cases. covid spread continues to rattle public safety, daily life in the economy. just today over 2,000 flights canceled, most of them covid related and some weather. the persistence and exposure of covid is now as prevalent as ever. in most parts of the united states this is not a time for moving on or forgetting the virus and safety precautions we ve been living through for so long. i also want to tell you tonight, as we begin another night together thank you for being here. while covid don t care about our calendar and covid don t care about new year s. one thing covid does still care about is vaccines. the vaccines continue to work against covid and delta and t ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. south africa has said goodbye to archbishop desmond tutu with a state funeral at his former cathedral in cape town. he was famous for his modesty, and archbishop tutu gave instructions for a no frills ceremony, with a simple wooden coffin, and an eco friendly cremation. in his eulogy, president cyril ramaphosa called him the hero of the apartheid struggle, and a crusader for freedom, forjustice, for equality, and for peace . the bbc s nomsa maseko was there. family, friends, and politicians bidding farewell to a man who became one of the most important voices of the 20th century. this was a final send off for archbishop desmond tutu, following a week of events to honour him. speakers shared memories of the anglican priest who did all he could to expose and to heal the wounds of south africa s brutal past. many of the messages we received have said, thank you for sharing him with the world. well, it actually is a two way street. because ....