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to ask for help to deal with the impacts of coronavirus. 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. australia take a 2 0 lead over england in the ashes, after completing a 275 run victory in the second test in adelaide. 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. a virtual cabinet meeting is due to be held at two o clock this afternoon. 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 cases have ....
in the philippines, as the number killed by a super typhoon is now at 375. the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. hello and welcome. countries around the world are scrambling to track the omicron variant and deciding when and if more measures are needed. here the british cabinet has been meeting, to discuss how to deal with the surge in cases here. the uk has the highest number of confirmed omicron cases in europe. the bbc has been told, civil servants have prepared three different options, ranging in severity with boris johnson likely to face strong opposition to further restrictions, from within his own party. new rules have been announced in other parts of europe more on that in a moment but first the latest on the pressure on borisjohnson. here s jonathan blake. boosterjabs are still the main hope in the battle ....
and the chinese tennis star peng shuai retracts an accusation of sexual assault against a former top communist party official. but critics still fear she may have been speaking under duress. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has chaired a cabinet meeting as the government faces growing calls to outline whether any new covid restrictions will be implemented in england over christmas. the government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, and england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty, have briefed ministers about the omicron variant. the bbc has been told, civil servants have prepared three different options, ranging in severity with boris johnson likely to face strong opposition to further restrictions, from within his own party. for more on the pressure on borisjohnson. here s jonathan blake. boosterjabs are still the main hope in the battle against omicron. but as cases of the new variant contin ....
points. i like it. there might be some burnley fans points. i like it. there might be some burnley fans who - points. i like it. there might be some burnley fans who share i points. i like it. there might be i some burnley fans who share that view. we could certainly do it some wins. i m not altogether displeased that they are doing away with the replays, although, i now financially for some of the smaller clubs, it s a lifeline, some of these replays, but i suppose it will be exciting over christmas nonetheless. it but i suppose it will be exciting over christmas nonetheless. it does rather interestingly over christmas nonetheless. it does rather interestingly show over christmas nonetheless. it does rather interestingly show the - over christmas nonetheless. it does rather interestingly show the power| rather interestingly show the power of the primarily, because they are the ones who are pulling rank and saying this is what we think should happen. so an institu ....
many parts of the country today, sunshine has been hard to find, the best of it across northern parts of scotland. this morning it was very windy comedy wins have eased significantly but, for a while, cooler air across scotland and northern ireland, still mild air coming from the tropics across england and where is andy between those two different air mass, a belt of cloud that has not really moved very much today and that is continuing to bring some outbreaks of rain. most of the rain has been affecting northern parts of england, north wales, damp and drizzly to the south of that in the very mild air. chilly conditions across scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine perhaps, a few showers in the north west, those are the temperatures as we head towards the end of the afternoon. that band of rain not moving much for a while, we ll start to move southwards overnight, becomes light and patchy as it moves down to more southern parts of england and wales, showers fade a ....