the prime minister asked people to start working from home where they could we look at the impact on the climate. coming up, an independent review into the historical sexual abuse of aspiring young football players by paedophile coaches will be published this lunchtime. we ll ask one survivor what he hopes will come out of it. more than 70,000 uber drivers across the uk will start getting the minimum legal wage from today along with paid holiday and pension rights. it follows a ruling in the uk supreme court which could have a big impact on the gig economy for freelance workers. the ride hailing app giant said all drivers would earn at least the national living wage, which rises to £8.91 next month. uber has told the bbc it did not expect the change in drivers conditions to mean higherfares. union leaders and employment experts say the move will have far reaching consequences for the gig economy. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it was the company
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Of sulawesi has killed dozens and left thousands homeless. The uk economy shrank by 2. 6 in november as the second lockdown hit economic output after many businesses were forced to close. And celebrities, including the footballer Marcus Rashford, join campaigners demanding the government review its policy on Free School Meals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Researchers say the latest variant to emerge, the one in brazil, could be contributing to soaring covid infections there. Its thought the new variant is more infectious that the original one that started the pandemic. Brazil has struggled to contain the virus, and has the second highest number of deaths after the United States. In a grim reminder ofjust how deadly this virus is the global deaths recorded has almost reached 2 million. In response to the new variant a travel ban on arrivals from south america into the uk has come into force this morning because of concerns about the covid variant di
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