premier league officials will meet clubs later to consider pausing the season over the festive period, after a number of matches were cancelled because of covid cases. 19 year old tennis star emma raducanu has been named bbc sports personality of the year, following an incredible year that saw her become britain s first women s grand slam singles champion in 44 years. borisjohnson is facing calls to bring in tighter measures over the christmas period to stem the rapid rise in cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. scientists say urgent action is needed to stop a rapid influx of patients into hospital. but the prime minister is facing strong oppostion on further restrictions from within his own party. the prime minister is reportedly meeting advisers today and civil servants have prepared a menu of three options for covid restrictions ranging in severity. yesterday there were 82,886 new coronavirus cases recorded in the uk and over the last week, a record number of daily
the whole of the final a session to salvage an unlikely draw. they resumed on 82 for 4 and quickly lost ollie pope and ben stokes. buttler dug in and resisted for over 200 deliveries, but he lost chris woakes and ollie robinson before the tea break and then the cruellest of blows for england buttler out for 26. so australia need just one more wicket for victory. stuart broad and james anderson at the crease in adelaide. with the covid crisis deepeding, six games postponed in the premier league this weekend, the liverpool managerjurgen klopp s implored the premier league to ease the busy festive fixture schedule ahead of a meeting between the league and the 20 top flight clubs later. liverpool drew with tottenham yesterday, andy robertson put them 2 1 ahead. spurs capitalised following a mistake by liverpool goalkeeper allison. that was just before robertson was shown a red card for this challenge. klopp pretty angry with the decisions that went against his side who could ha
the cloud will still be thick enough here and therefore some spots of drizzle. not particularly windy, wherever you are. at across the south west of the channel islands, there is a wee bit more of a breeze. in temperatures today ranging from fourin in temperatures today ranging from four in aberdeen, to about eight as we move towards plymouth. through this evening will be further holes in the cloud. this is where we will see some frost form, and also some patchy fog. and by the end of the night, a week where the front will be coming in across the far north of scotland, introducing some patchy rain, especially across shetland. temperatures falling away in towns and cities, between two and 6 degrees. tomorrow, we start off with some frost. the patchy fog slowly lifting. a brighter day cottingley done wales, but still pretty cloudy across northern ireland and scotland. in england and wales was not a top temperature of nine. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the governme
with the rules that applied to workplaces. a plea for urgent supplies in the philippines, as the number of people killed by super typhoon rai rises to more than 200. chile picks a left wing candidate as its youngest ever leader, beating a far right rival in an incredibly polarising election. 19 year old tennis star emma raducanu has been named bbc sports personality of the year following an incredible year that saw her become britain s first women s grand slam singles champion in 44 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson is facing calls to bring in tighter measures over the christmas period to stem the rapid rise in cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus. scientists say urgent action is needed to stop a rapid influx of patients into hospital. but the prime minister is facing strong oppostion on further restrictions from within his own party. the prime minister is reportedly meeting advisers today and civil servants have