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unvaccinated, unvaccinated, unvaccinated, unvaccinated. a special report from the royal london hospital about the continuing pressures from omicron. and after too many incidents like these did you know the highway code is changing this week giving cyclists and pedestrians priority? coming up on the bbc news channel, messages of support for chinese player peng shuai are banned at the australian open. a former world number one labels organisers pathetic and wea k . good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prime minister borisjohnson has warned russia that invading ukraine would be disastrous and a painful, violent and bloody business . nato is sending more warships and fighterjets to member states in eastern europe and both the uk and us have announced that they are pulling some embassy staff out of ukraine. tension in the region has been building with around 100,000 russian troops massed near ukraine s borders. president putin has publically stated his ....
the telescope that will delve deeper into the universe than ever before will be launched into orbit within hours. and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie find out how the money they ve raised is bringing christmas cheer to children in hospital. and while it remains a dream for another year for and while it remains a dream for another yearfor many of and while it remains a dream for another year for many of us, for one or two it is already a white christmas and there is still more snow in the forecast. join me for all of the details here on your christmas day breakfast. good morning. it s christmas day, 25th december. our main story: the queen s televised christmas day message is expected to be a very personal one the first since her husband, prince philip, died in april at the age of 99. the queen will spend the day at windsor castle after deciding not to travel to sandringham for her traditional family gathering. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. t ....
hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one of the greatest scientific missions of modern times has taken a giant leap forward in the last hour, with the launch of the james webb space telescope. the £10 billion project has taken 30 years to reach this moment. the telescope was launched from kourou in french guiana. it s the most powerful ever built, and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. and we have engine start. and lift off. the start of a blockbuster astronomy mission. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescope ever sent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight. this is the james webb space telescope. it s a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after t ....
a new vent opens in the volcano on the canary island la palma. hello and welcome. new rules have come into force for travellers to the uk, as part of attempts to limit the spread of the new omicron covid variant. nearly everyone arriving in the country will need to take a pcr test within two days of their arrival, and self isolate until they get their result. elsewhere americans have been told by president biden that the emergence of the new omicron variant of coronavirus is no reason to panic. courtney bembridge reports. cases linked to the omicron variant are rising but with so many questions remaining about the threat it poses, the us president had a simple message. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. new measures have just come into force in england, affecting shoppers and commuters, and across the uk, international travellers now need to take a pcr test when they arrived and self isolate until they get a negative result. uk is also bringing forwar ....
cold, frosty, white star to the morning yesterday, temperatures below minus five celsius in one or two places. compare that to 9 11 c, so a huge difference. we are in this milder air mass, but we have low pressure sliding south east across the uk as we move through the afternoon. we are in this wedge of milder air, the yellow and ridges indicating that, but cold air out will be poised to push in tomorrow and thursday. a lot of cloud around with moisture laden milder. you will be lucky to see a few glimmers here and there, but further north, patchy rain and drizzle, and the rain picking up across the north west later as the load moves in. the temperatures, 12 13 c for the mainland, still cold for the northern isles, only three celsius for shipment. this low pressure will sweep south east across the country, bringing a band of heavy rain, which will spread south, followed by blustery showers in northern and western areas. they will start to have a wintry flavour across ce ....