in northern ireland, the isolation period for people with the coronavirus will be cut from ten days down to seven provided they have a negative lateral flow test. hello and welcome. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused ghislaine maxwell by the late american financier jeffrey epstein. the 60 year old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking a minor. maxwell faces spending the rest of her life in prison after she was found guilty by a jury in new york, but her lawyers say they are already preparing to appeal against the conviction. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. court sketches show the moment ghislaine maxwell s victims have waited decades for. after five days of deliberation, jurors decided she was guilty on five counts linked to the sexual abuse of teenagers. and it was four of her victims w
apart from one thing. one hour before the end of 2020, midnight in europe, the brexit transition period came to an end. the uk s relationship with the eu was now governed by the terms of a deal finally reached just a week earlier on christmas eve. this is an amazing moment for this country. we have our freedom in our hands. and it is up to us to make the most of it. the deal allowed trade to continue tariff free, but there were problems. a row would develop over fishing licences, causing a rift between the uk and france. problems soon emerged with the arrangements for northern ireland. there were supply issues in supermarkets and suggestions that both the eu and the uk could trigger a clause that would rip up the agreement. a solution still hadn t been found by the end of the year, when it became liz truss s problem, after lord frost, who had been leading the negotiations for the uk, quit the government. we have never disagreed in any way about brexit policy, right up to the
of what they have achieved in the last three weeks that they recognise, this is rehab, but in a completed different way. calvert reconnections accepts referrals from all over the country. a supporter of the new acquired brain injury bill, which aims to improve care and treatment on offer, the charity hopes it can play a part in changing the national strategy on brain rehabilitation, giving more people this unique life changing treatment. it has turned my life upside down, it really has, in a good way, obviously. yeah, ijust feel fitter mentally and physically. with all the activities, it s great. megan paterson, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the weather over the next few days and nights is going to be unseasonably mild. after a cold start in the north, we ve got this band of rain continuing to push steadily north. behind it, it will brighten up, though there will still be areas of cloud and one or two showers, and the wind
from the battle against the coronavirus pandemic to the fight to slow climate change, and including some of the political controversies of the year. our political correspondent, helen catt, looks at the stories behind the headlines. three, two, one! big ben chimes. 2021 was another extraordinary year in politics. the uk stopped following eu trading rules. the biggest vaccination programme the country has ever seen was rolled out. but we all spent months in lockdown while it happened. events in afghanistan tested british foreign policy. have you lied to the public, prime minister? at home, accusations of sleaze and rule breaking tested boris johnson s authority. disrupt this meeting. a woman named jackie weaver shot to fame for exerting hers. you have no authority here, jackie weaver, no authority at all. 2021 started fresh off the back of a christmas that had been cancelled, virtually at the last minute, for millions of people. nobody quite knew what the new year would bring.