cleo smith was last seen sleeping in her family s tent on saturday morning. officials are now offering a $1 million reward the equivalent of £5a0,000 for information. those are the main stories. another celebrity taking part in strictly come dancing has tested positive for covid 19. loose women presenterjudi love, will miss tomorrow s competition. she s the second contestant to contract the virus this series. judi and her partner graziano have been saved by the judges in the dance off for the past two weeks and will return as the coronavirus infection rate surges past 50,000 for the first time sincejuly, the government is facing mounting pressure to trigger its plan b for england.
daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent at scotland yard. let s turn to the latest on the pandemic. the number of new infections in the uk in the past 2a hours has surged past 50,000 for the first time sincejuly. the prime minister has urged people to come forward for vaccinations and boosterjabs, but said the government was sticking with its plan on managing the pandemic. despite appeals from some doctors for the return of mandatory face masks in england and working from home, borisjohnson insisted the numbers of infections and deaths were in line with earlier predictions, as our health editor hugh pym reports. are you here for your booster? yes. the boosterjab roll out continues for priority groups, including health and care staff and older patients. it s now at the centre of the government s plan in england to combat the spread of the virus. i think the most important thing people can do now isjust - get that boosterjab. when you get the call, get the jab. we ve done about 4
and grew up in croydon. as well as the murder of sir david amess, he is accused of preparing a terrorist act. it s alleged that on reconnaissance trips earlier this year, he went to the address of one mp several times and the constituency surgery of another. he also went to the house of commons. after the hearing, he was taken away to prison, where he will be held until his next appearance at the old bailey, tomorrow. the time period covered by the charge of preparing a terrorist act goes back to may 2019, and runs up until last month. so the allegation is that ali harbi ali had been preparing some kind of attack for almost two and a half years. the alleged reconnaissance of mps began in march this year. sophie. in march this year. sophie. daniel, thank yom the number of new coronavirus infections recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours has surged past 50,000 for the first time sincejuly. the number of people
in the past 2a hours has surged past 50,000 for the first time sincejuly. the number of people in hospital has also risen. the prime minister urged people to come forward for vaccinations and boosterjabs, but said the government is sticking with the plan on managing covid in england as winter approaches. borisjohnson said the numbers of infections and deaths being seen are within the parameters of what the predictions were . here s our health editor hugh pym. are you here for your booster? yes. the boosterjab roll out continues for priority groups, including health and care staff and older patients. it s now at the centre of the government s plan in england to combat the spread of virus. i think the most important thing people can do now. is just get that boosterjab. when you get the call, get the jab. we ve done about 4 million boosterjabs already. - but labour says it s not happening fast enough. the booster programme has slowed down so much that, at this rate, we re not going to