good afternoon. there are warnings that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in very soon in england to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at a round 3,000 a day, as cases of the omicron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government s scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert, professor neil ferguson, says the situation looks precarious. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. there s no time to lose. jabs are now available 2a hours a day at this vaccine centre in north london, as nhs staff and volunteers across the country strive to reach 1millionjabs a day. in london, where the 0micron variant is already driving a surge of infections, hospital admissions are on the rise and staff sickness is a growing concern. i m incredibly worried about staff absences in the nhs, in the fire brigade, in the police service, in our councils, across london. that s why it s so, s
tornadoes at the weekend. officials say at least 7a people have died. president trump s former chief of staff is facing a charge of criminal contempt of congress, for refusing to testify about the attack on the capitol in january. the new spider man film is on its way, with tom holland returning to spin those superhero webs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson could face the biggest conservative backbench revolt since he entered downing street when mps vote on new covid rules for england. as many as 70 tory mps have indicated that they re prepared to vote against the uk government s plan b covid rules for tackling the omicron variant. the british prime minister has defended his plans as a proportionate response to the rising cases. mps are due to vote on a series of measures. new rules on facemasks which came into force last week. face coverings have become compulsory in most indoor settings, except for pubs and restaurants. a meas
onshore winds of the atlantic and here is the high pressure at which is building across the uk, pushing away all of the wind and weather fronts to the north and once the high pressure sits on top of the uk, it will not budge for a considerable amount of time so we will be looking at wind directions and when the wind comes from off the atlantic that is where we will have the claudia skies so the best chance of sunshine will be in aberdeen, edinburgh and norwich but it will always be cloudy and night we are likely to have fog and night we are likely to have fog and also what tends to happen with the blocking high pressure is temperatures tend to call off but on the whole it looks fine and it could be worse. that is it from us. time tojoin that is it from us. time to join the news team is where you are. you are watching bbc news with me, shawn lay. mps have begun voting on the government s new covered restrictions tonight. the government is expected to win a showdown with its
after the string of tornadoes in the united states that have killed almost 100 people. max verstappen is champion! lewis hamilton s mercedes team set to appeal over the race in which he lost the formula one title. you re not from here, are you? from this world? no. neither am i. and a dramatic increase why spending on tv drama production in british studios is twice what it was before the pandemic. and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester united against paris saint germain, the highlight of the champions league last 16 draw. it will provide another chapter of ronaldo against messi in the spring. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says at least one person has now died in the uk with the new omicron variant of coronavirus. the government says omicron is spreading at phenomenal speed. last night, borisjohnson ramped up the vaccination booster programme to combat the variant, offering the jab to all over 18s in england by the end o
to the rules can be inconvenient, but stick to to the rules can be inconvenient, but stick to the rules we must. the american citizen anne sacoolas is to face criminal proceedings in the uk, over the death of 19 year old harry dunn by dangerous driving. rescue teams search for survivors after tornadoes hit the us at least 64 people have died in kentucky with more deaths across other states. and this year s golden globe nominees are announced, but after months of controversy over a lack of diversity, will hollywood itself shun the awards? good evening. there have been long queues outside vaccination centres today, after the booster programme was extended to all over 18s in england, scotland and wales by the end of this month. in northern ireland, boosters are currently only being offered to people over 30. huge demand meant the nhs england website crashed as people tried to book booster appointments, and the website ran out of lateral flow tests. it s been confirmed that