hello. by this time tomorrow, omicron will most likely have overtaken delta to become the dominant covid variant in london. roughly speaking, the number of cases here is doubling every two and half days. the uk has now recorded the first death from omicron, we don t know the particular circumstances behind that case, but the prime minster said today people needed to dispel the notion that this is a milder variant. ourfreedoms, he says, will depend on the success of the booster programme and how willing people are to get vaccinated. tomorrow, there will be four votes in the house of commons on facemasks, social distancing rules, covid certificates for larger venues, and compulsory vaccinations for all nhs staff. on the conservative benches, there will be a sizable rebellion, but the leader of the opposition sir keir starmer said tonight they will be backing the governments tighter measures. of the scientists are clear. our best defence is the boosterjab. the vaccine is safe an
as the world watches and waits to see the impact of the omicron covid variant, here boosterjabs are to be offered to everyone over 18. the gap between the second vaccine dose and the booster will be cut from 6 months to three. and all twelve to fifteen year olds will now be offered a second vaccine dose. the government s deputy chief medical officer jonathan van tam says it s pretty likely that vaccine effectiveness will be reduced by the new variant but hopefully only to a small extent when it comes to preventing severe disease. as the number of cases increase in the uk and around the world, scientists believe it will take about three weeks to understand the effects of omicron. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. boosting the boosters, like those being given in derby today. that s now the official response to the new variant. experts have told ministers that, as well as all adults being offered boosterjabs, the gap between the second dose and the next should be slashe
a year on from the start of the war in ethiopia, the government claims to be on the brink of victory but tigrayan fighters are advancing towards the capital. and yorkshire cricket club is suspended from hosting england matches amid a row over racism. it s 8am in singapore and midnight in glasgow, at the cop26 climate conference, where the british government says the end of coal is in sight . that s after more than a0 countries promised to phase out the fossilfuel in the coming decades. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast growing economies, that now say they ll reduce their coal use. but as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, other big users of coal such china and america haven t signed up to the deal. a dinosaur on the loose at the united nations, but with a message for humanity. listen up, people, i know a thing or two about extinction. going extinct is a bad thing. if we want to save our planet and ourselves, we ll need to stop climate change, but
the cruel world of politics. also on the programme: a year on from the start of the war in ethiopia, the government claims to be on the brink of victory but tigrayan fighters are advancing towards the capital. and yorkshire cricket club is suspended from hosting england matches amid a row over racism. it s 9:00am in singapore, and 1:00am in glasgow at the cop26 climate conference, where the british government says the end of coal is in sight. that s after more than a0 countries promised to phase out the fossilfuel in the coming decades. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast growing economies that now say they ll reduce their coal use. but as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, other big users of coal such china and america haven t signed up to the deal. a dinosauron a dinosaur on the loose at the united nations, but with a message for humanity. listen, eole, message for humanity. listen, peeple. i message for humanity. listen, peeple. i know m
the end of coal is in sight. that s the word from the government here in the uk, where world powers have been meeting at the cop26 climate conference. it comes after more than a0 countries promised to phase out coal in the coming decades. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast growing economies which now say they ll reduce their coal use. but as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, other big users of coal such china and the us haven t signed up to the deal. a dinosaur on the loose at the united nations, but with a message for humanity. listen up, people, i know a thing or two about extinction. going extinct is a bad thing. if we want to save our planet and ourselves, we ll need to stop climate change, but to do that fossil fuels will have to become a thing of the past. today at the climate conference, the talk is all about energy, and top of the list is phasing out coal. this fossil fuel is the biggest single contributor to climate change, and more than a0