Best known celebrities. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. In england today, well all get more details later from the government on its plans to deal with the pandemic over the coming months. We expect that all Over 50s will be offered a covid boosterjab. In it was confirmed last night that children aged 12 to 15 will be offered a single Vaccine Dose from next week in england. Lets Take A Look at what other countries are doing. Germany, like the uk, has only been vaccinating children over 16, and some younger children who are clinically vulnerable. But spain, france and italy have been vaccinating children above 12 for the past few months. Across the atlantic, canada and the us have been vaccinating children above 12 since may heres what some teenagers think of the decision in england. I dont want to make a decision where maybe i might regret later in life or. I just want to take things at a pace where i know i Understand. Its very cloudy recently. A lot
a negative result. some in business and the travel industry are concerned. the head of mi6 wants more co operation with tech companies, to counter rising cyber threats. five days after storm arwen, tens of thousands are still without power. good afternoon. borisjohnson has called on people to support new coronavirus control measures in england, to buy time in the face of the omicron variant. the new rules affect international travellers, shoppers and commuters. they come as the number of cases linked to the variant, continues to grow. ministers have announced a big expansion of the booster jab programme. face coverings are now mandatory on public transport and in shops in england. they already mandatory of causing other parts of the uk. and people arriving in the uk must take a pcr test and isolate until they get a negative result. borisjohnson is expected to set out the new plans for the booster programme in england, at a briefing later this afternoon. here s our health co
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hello, good evening. the uk steel industry has said the government has failed to offer any immediate help to deal with the rising price of gas after a meeting with the business secretary kwasi kwarteng this afternoon. the head of uk steel, which represents the industry, said he was baffled that mr kwarteng did not provide solutions during a meeting with leaders of energy intensive companies which are struggling with the costs. the cost of natural gas has been at a record high, and businesses which are not protected by the price cap offered to consumers are already facing large increases in their bills. the watchdog ofgem warned that householders will see significant rises in prices next spring, when the cap on domestic gas costs is due to be reviewed. here s our business editor, simonjack. it s notjust consumers feeling the heat of the gas crisis. businesses like pilkington glass rely on huge quantities of energy to keep the fires burning, but soaring gas prices recently