To the siberian tundra. Boris johnson will tomorrow set out his Covid Plan for the winter. But on a visit to the east midlands today, he said he has already made a decision on offering a Covid Booster to all adults in england. And we are told it is also likely he will side with the Chief Medical Officers of the uk, who have advised him vaccines should be offered to 12 to 15 year olds. Here he is how he responded to that question on boosters. Thats question on boosters. Going ahead, thats already been thats going ahead, thats already been approved. I think thats a good thing, but ijust use the advantage of this session to think everybody who still hasnt yet been vaccinated, the 10 or so who still havent had a vaccination, please go and get one. The Chief Medical Officer in england, chris whitty, and his counterparts in wales, scotland and Northern Ireland said the benefits of vaccinating 12 to15 year olds, and reducing transmission of the virus in schools, on balance outweighed the smal
And disappointment for band performers in the netherlands after nightclubs close again due to soaring covid infections. Hello. A very warm welcome to the programme. Day three at the tokyo olympics is now well underway and the medals are coming in thick and fast. Team gb have picked up their first gold adam peaty winning the men s 100m breaststroke final but britain isn t the only country celebrating a good day at the pool. Let s cross live to sarah mulkerrins in tokyo for more. Sarah, tell us about what s been happening in terms of action in the pool. action in the pool. Good afternoon action in the pool. Good afternoon from action in the pool. Good afternoon from tokyo. I action in the pool. Good| afternoon from tokyo. It action in the pool. Good afternoon from tokyo. It has been a scintillating morning with some of those finals in the pool here in tokyo. Let s start with that star adam peaty, defending his olympic title. He is so dominant in the 100 metres breaststroke, he is
and coming up on the bbc news channel. with the ashes less than two weeks away, australian batter tim paine is taking a break from all forms of cricket and pat cummins replaces him as captain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary sajid javid has told mps there is huge international concern about a new highly mutated variant of covid 19, which could pose a substantial risk to public health. no cases have yet been detected in the uk, but flights from six southern african countries have been suspended. the world health organisation is meeting in geneva to discuss the situation. our first report is from our health correspondent katharine da costa. the correspondent katharine da costa. emergence of a complex the emergence of a new highly complex variant in southern africa has sounded alarm bells around the world. so far most cases have been identified in one province of south africa where it appears the variant may be driving a new wave of infect
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