hospitality and leisure sectors, already losing money because of surging covid cases. with hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people having to self isolate on christmas day, we look at how people are having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday in - having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday in case - having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday in case we | food arriving on thursday in case we are self lic self isolating and can t go to mum s. she ordered the food just might want to go and will be living off turkey if it doesn t go ahead. spectators will be locked out from boxing day. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. christmas will not be cancelled this year. the prime minister has announced that there will be no new restriction
we ll have the latest on the decisions being made in all four home nations as christmas approaches. also tonight. the foodbanks reporting a sharp rise in demand. they claim a cut in universal credit is partly to blame. and we have the story of what s thought to be the biggest divorce settlement in british legal history. and in sportsday, we will have all the latest and in sportsday, we will have all the latest sports, and in sportsday, we will have all the latest sports, interviews - and in sportsday, we will have all the latest sports, interviews and i the latest sports, interviews and features good evening. there will be no extra covid restrictions introduced in england in the days before christmas, but in making that announcement, borisjohnson went on to warn that nothing could be ruled out in the period after christmas. he said the situation was finely balanced and that the omicron variant of coronavirus was still spreading very rapidly. during the day, the first mi
to allow millions of tonnes of grain exports from ukraine is extended just a day before it was due to expire. and chipping away at a new trade deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with japan. hello, welcome, this is world business report, i m ben thompson and good news for the world, that is how the un secretary general as described an agreement with russia to continue allowing ukrainian grain exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged lastjuly, designed to tackle a global food crisis that was caused by russia s invasion of ukraine. one of the world s top grain exporters is of course ukraine. that deal was due to expire today, thursday. here is what the un chief had to say about the importance to world food supplies. these agreements matter for global food security. ukrainian and russian products feed the world. with the black sea initiative more than 10 million tonnes
the prime minister arrives injapan for a summit of g7 world leaders in hiroshima. how exactly do our bodies get older? the bbc s medical editorjoins volunteers being body scanned to reveal the secrets of ageing. # i ll send an 505 to the world and a special honour for sting at the ivor novello awards for songwriting. and coming up on bbc news, frosty conditions delay the start of the second golf major of the year, the us pga at oak hill in new york. good afternoon. water companies in england have apologised for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. last year there were 800 untreated discharges every day on average, which has caused mounting public anger. the water companies have promised to spend £10 billion to put it right by modernising sewers, although it will mean higher bills for customers. our environment correspondentjonah fisher. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways and that profi
we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec