it s already illegal to call or text on a hand held phone while you re driving in the uk. but from next year, the rules are getting even tighter. drivers will be banned from taking photos, filming, searching playlists or playing games even while stationary on mobiles and tablets. those who break the law will face six points on their licence and a £200 fine. caroline davies reports. # happy birthday to you. joe cairns was 1a years old when his mother last waved him off to school. i always told him, you know, i love ya. not always would he say it back. chuckles sometimes he would. we got him settled in the van and i waved goodbye to him. the minibusjoe was riding in was hit by a lorry. the lorry driver was checking his social media on his phone moments before the crash. finding that out, i do remember being physically sick. i was, you know it was just that reaction that my boy was killed for nothing. for likes, you know? checking his social media. the driverjames majur
by tomorrow we are all in the blue colours. this weather front produces some light rain for parts of southern scotland and northern ireland, pushing into northern england and north wales too. a bit of sunshine ahead of that and the return of sunshine and showers to the north too. once the cloud kero years in the south coast, we are in the colder weather tomorrow morning. it s going to be quite a chilly frosty start. more sunshine around tomorrow but plenty of shows in the north and east, erasing to feel chilly particularly when you add on hello, this is bbc news, the headlines. anger in the netherlands over new covid restrictions. dutch police have shot and wounded at least two people during rioting as coronavirus infection rates rise across europe. on several occasions the police officers had to draw their weapons to defend themselves. some eight shots were fired and people got hurt as a result. meanwhile, in australia, rallies and protests against lockdowns and vaccine mand
ships in the red sea. last week the uk and us launched joint air strikes against houthi targets. meanwhile, mr shapps has also confirmed britain is sending 20,000 personnel to join the biggest nato military exercise in europe since the cold war. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. last week s decision to strike houthi targets in yemen was the latest evidence, said the defence secretary, that the world is becoming a more dangerous place. and in his first major defence beach, grant shapps said britain had no choice but to act using its armed forces. ~ , . ., , . , forces. we stand at this crossroads, whether it is forces. we stand at this crossroads, whether it is to forces. we stand at this crossroads, whether it is to surrender forces. we stand at this crossroads, whether it is to surrender to - forces. we stand at this crossroads, whether it is to surrender to a - forces. we stand at this crossroads, whether it is to surrender to a sea i whether it is to
houthis rebels. on friday at the us and uk hit back targeting military sites in land in yemen and on the red sea. today rishi sunakfaced mps for the first time since air strikes launched on friday. here is our political editor chris mason. the red sea, a crucial artery of the world economy, but ships here are still being fired at. i world economy, but ships here are still being fired at. still being fired at. i called the prime minister! still being fired at. i called the prime minister! in still being fired at. i called the prime minister! in the - still being fired at. i called the l prime minister! in the commons still being fired at. i called the - prime minister! in the commons this afternoon, rishi prime minister! in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak prime minister! in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak said - prime minister! in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak said the - prime minister! in the commons this afternoon, rishi sunak said the uk i
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