and he s checked his list, and now santa claus is coming to town! we ll have an update on his progress a little later. he is currently just he is currentlyjust leaving iceland. hello and thanks forjoining us. merry christmas from the uk. the united kingdom has again recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 120,000. it s the third day in a row that cases have topped 100,000 with 122,186 cases recorded on friday. a separate survey from the office for national statistics found that on december 19th, an estimated 1 in 35 people in the uk, had covid 19 the equivalent of 1.74 million. in london, the ratio is much higher one in 20 people were likely to have tested positive for covid. but despite soaring cases, early findings suggest that the 0micron variant is milder than delta, and leads to less hospitalisation the head of the uk health health security agency, drjenny harries, called it a glimmer of christmas hope . europe
the year in science. 2021 was the year that world leaders agreed on a new plan to save the planet. hearing no objections, it is so decided. scientists warn that it was now or never to stop damaging climate change. the difference between 1.5 and 2.4 is really survival of millions and millions of people and species in the planet. environmentalists chopped down trees to save the planet. nasa s perseverance rover landed on mars. and there was a discovery of what might be another fundamental force of nature. welcome to the year in science. the earth s climate dominated this year in science. for a long time, scientists have warned that our current way of life would lead to dangerous and possibly irreversible damage to the earth s ecosystems. world leaders gathered at the un climate change conference were told now is the time to act. ready to start. world leaders gathered in glasgow in november to hammer out a deal to reduce carbon dioxide levels to stop dangerous global warming. an
ladbaby has made chart history by becoming the christmas number one for a record fourth consecutive year. proceeds from the parody track sausage rolls for everyone, will go to the trussell trust food banks, and the single features appearances from a few well known faces, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. ed sheeran! and eltonjohn! ed sheeran! and elton john! two of music s ed sheeran! and eltonjohn! two of music s biggest names helping ladbaby cover one of their songs and helping them make history with the fourth christmas number one in a row. it s amazing that once again the great british publisher have backed us this year and oursong have backed us this year and our song and raised an incredible amount of money and shone a light on the trostle trust and the food banks of the uk and ijust, thank you, i cannot believe it, that we ve been able to do it again, it s incredible the trussell trust. incredible the trussell trust. , , , trust. the trusse
hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk has again recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began with more than 120,000 new infections. european countries have also reported record numbers of cases with italy, greece and spain introducing mandatory face coverings outdoors. 0fficial findings that 0micron may be less likely to result in serious illness than delta offer a glimmer of christmas hope , according to the head of britain s health security agency, but there are warnings that much is still unknown about 0micron. here s our health editor hugh pym. london is the epicentre of the surge, and new figures suggest that one in 20 people in the city now have the virus either the 0micron or delta variants. the data comes from the office for national statistics, which tests people from tens of thousands of households, picking up those who don t have symptoms. its latest survey points to a faster spread around the uk. well, we are seeing a really q
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a revolutionary telescope which is aiming to detect some of the earliest stars and galaxies in the universe is due to head off into space in the next few minutes. we will be following the launch of the james webb space telescope from this point which is the launch pan in french guiana. nasa s james webb space instrument, which has cost £10 billion, will be released from a rocket 26 minutes after blast off. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. stunning images revealing the beauty of our universe, but we ve only seen a tiny fraction of it. now, a new astronomy mission is set to revolutionise our view. this is the james webb space telescope. it s a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making and a cost of $10 billion, it is finally ready to launch. we ve never attempted anything like that in space before. we are going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics! a new frontier! and that is wha