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and, the lovely bones author, alice sebold, apologises for her part in the conviction of a man found innocent after 16 years injail. the rising cost of living, inflation in the uk could push an average spending of a family over £2000 over the next year. and coming up this hour. more than £20 million is pledged to end hiv action plan on world aids day. we live in liverpool, remembering some of those who have lost their lives to the disease. we are live. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the nhs is gearing up for a major expansion of the vaccine booster programme, with hospitals and thousands of community sites set to offer the jab in response to the 0micron variant. in england, a further 14 million adults are being offered a booster. the government says all adults should have been offered a booster by the end of january. some 400 military personnel will help out at 1,500 vaccine sites across england to deliver the booster programme. the prime minister said these ....
you feel about the reintroduction of mandatory mask wearing in england? what other questions do you have about this new variant and what it means for you? get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions barbados has removed the queen as head of state after almost 400 years and transitioned to a republic swearing in its first ever barbadian president. ghislaine maxwell s criminal trial is under way in new york with the disgraced heiress accused of providing young girls to be by the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein good morning and welcome to bbc news. new rules aimed at limiting the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus have come into force today as more cases have been recorded in the uk. face coverings must now be worn in shops and on public transport in england. and later today the prime minister is due to speak at a downing street news conference where he ll set out plans to accelerate the booster jabs programme with all adults ....
on trial in new york for sex trafficking. the afternoon, welcome to bbc news. good afternoon. six cases of the 0micron coronavirus variant have been detected in scotland, taking the total to nine so far in the uk. the scottish and welsh first ministers have written to borisjohnson calling for tougher travel restrictions. meanwhile, approval is expected to be given by the uk s vaccine advisory body later today for all adults to have boosterjabs. they re currently being offered to the over 40s, frontline health and social workers, and those with certain health issues. from tomorrow, face masks will be required in shops and on public transport in england to combat the new variant. our first report is from our health correspondent dominic hughes. testing is the key to monitoring the spread of the new 0micron variant. cases in england and now scotland have already been identified and more are bound to follow. this morning, scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon was urg ....
sebastian vettel past lewis hamilton, signalling an end to mercedes‘ domination. and the blues guide thinking that has led to new cloud formation being recognised officially. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far today, more of that glorious sunshine for custody, so you can expect more of these blue skies. a full forecast in the next half hour. good morning. first, our main story. police say they might never find out why khalid masood killed four people near the houses of parliament on wednesday. scotland yard now say they believe he was acting alone. the family of pc keith palmer who was killed by masood have released a statement, thanking those who were with him when he died. alexandra mackenzie reports. 82 seconds. that is all it took. in that time, khalid masood caused the deaths of three people on westminster bridge, and injured many more. he crashed his car into the railings, ran through a gate upper houses of parliament, and stabbed pc keith wallis ....