hospitality sector. we ve responded i think generously today, the grants we ve outlined up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year. our other headlines more bodies are found as rescuers reach islands in the phillipines, cut off by last week s typhoon. we ll talk to a film maker who was on one of the worst hit islands when the typhoon hit. hello, and welcome. in the last hour, scotland s first minister, nicola stugeon, has announced new restrictions, due to the surge in omicron cases. the number of people allowed to socialise both, indoors and outdoors, will be limited which means new year s celebrations will have to be scaled back, and sports events will effectively be spectator free for a three week period from 26th of december. we heard nicola sturgeon making that announcement in holyrood in the last half an hour. new restrictions being brought in. let s hear a little bit of that
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coming up in around ten minutes time we will have newswatch but first, here is click. tick, tick. we ve heard the warnings for some time. they ve been getting louder and louder. the question is, has our time to act run out? 2020 was the joint hottest year on record. hurricanes and flash floods have battered the planet. the earth is in crisis. and maybe, just maybe, this time, something will be done. next week, we ll be at the cop26 un climate change conference in glasgow, where pressure is building on those in power to make big changes. and this is the first of three click specials all about sustainability what we can change and how much technology can help. we all know plastic is a problem for our planet. left unchecked, the ocean could contain more plastic than fish by 2050. but much of the harm comes from things that we cannot see so clearly, like the fossil fuels emitting greenhouse gases. they currently emit more than 30 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide each year
to rest from public duties for two weeks. a woman found guilty of murdering her husband after row on a family mail has been sentenced to life with a minimum term to be served of 18 years. the government may re tolerate the eight retaliate air france walks fishing boats over post brexit fishing rights. i will be back with the papers. there s more news at nine o clock. now on bbc news it s time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. how can the bbc attract younger audience more used to getting their news on social media? and does the news media have a right to be kept informed about the health of the queen? first, in 19117 the then chancellor of the exchequer, hugh dalton redesigned after a leak of his budget speech appeared in an evening newspaper. things have changed. in recent years it s become increasingly common for budget measures to be pre announced in the press. this year that happened to a greater extent than anyone can remember. good eve