has seen hundreds of people already this morning, as, from today, the boosterjab is being offered to anyone over the age of 18. will you be using a covid pass over the christmas period? or will you be avoiding big events all together? get in touch on twitter or using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. the cost of living is rising at its fastest rate in ten years, as transport and energy prices continue to go up. fire has broken out in a skyscraper in hong kong, leaving dozens of people trapped on the rooftop. and care companies supporting the elderly and disabled complain of staff shortages, amid fears that compulsary covid vaccinatons for employees will only make things worse. borisjohnson is facing fresh questions over his authority as prime minister, after nearly 100 of his own mps rebelled against the introduction of mandatory covid passes in england. despite the rebellion, adults in england now need proof of double vaccination, or a negative lateral flow test to enter nightc
come under the spotlight. and president biden is in kentucky meeting some of those affected by what the governor says are the worst tornadoes ever seen there. we start in the uk which has recorded its highest number of daily covid infections since the start of the pandemic. here s prime minister borisjohnson. if omicron continues to building across the whole of our united kingdom with over covid 19 cases today, the highest ever daily number of reported. and the doubling rate of omicron in some regions is now down to less than two days and i m afraid we re also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalisations, up by 10% nationally week on week and up by almost a third in london. so more than 78 and a half thousand new cases in the past 2a hours recorded in the uk. that s 10 thousand more than the previous record injanuary. but while cases are at a record high (ani)the number of deaths the number of deaths 165 in the past 2a hours is significantly lower than during th
does the prime minister agree that any politician who seeks to avoid the taxes they owe in this country is not fit to be in charge of taxpayer money? since i commented on this matter last week, more information has come forward and that is why i have asked the independent adviser to look into the matter. for the first time, amazon workers in the uk walk out on strike they say they re treated worse than robots. and talking to the animals a study of chimpanzees suggests human beings can understand the gestures they make. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. no problems for novak, as russia s rublev is ruthlessly swept aside in straight sets. djokovic into the semifinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after weeks of hesitation, germany has finally confimed it will send some of its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine. ukrainian commanders are hoping they could help turn the tide of the war with russia. germany will also allow nato allies like
warwickshire. in cambridge we have already seen more than 2.5 times the rainfall we d normally expect in a typical march. looking further north to orkney, up to 9am here we had only seen a surge of the rainfall we d normally expect that there rain gauges have had a top up today, this band of cloud pushing northwards across orkney and shetland, bringing outbreaks of rain, then a mixture of sunshine and showers that here comes the next rain bearing weather system pushing into northern ireland, parts of west wales and south west england by the end of the day, the breeze and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, ii and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, 11 degrees. in a way and perhaps 16 in hull, really mild for the time of year 11 degrees in stornoway. heavy rain over the hills in south west england, wales, north west england and western scotland where gales will develop by the end of the night, turning very when she windy for western