23 celsius in london. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. The health secretary says the delta variant of the coronavirus is 40% more transmissible of coronavirus restrictions in england due onjune the 21st. That does make life more challenging for everybody. And you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. But, the good news is that hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital is broadly flat. Coronavirus cases in the uk rise by 49% in one week. 5,31” new covid cases were recorded in the last 2a hours. Vaccinations are being opened up to the under 30s this week a in the drive to offer covid jabs to all adults in england. The duke and duchess of sussex announce the birth of a baby daughter, who they have named lilibet diana she was born on friday in california. A two minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. And movie and tv stars have started t
the bloodiest day of the military coup in myanmar the un says security forces have shot dead at least 18 protesters. the coronation street actorjohnny briggs who played mike baldwin in the itv soap has died at the age of 85. good afternoon. the chancellor rishi sunak says people should be reassured by his plans in this week s budget. mr sunak said he would continue to support families and businesses hit by coronavirus, but wanted to level with people that more challenging times could lie ahead as we emerge from the pandemic. he also announced a £5 billion grant scheme, to help pubs, restaurants, shops, and other businesses in england to re open. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. closed for business and struggling to survive, but some comfort for companies hit hard by the pandemic as the government offers £5 billion worth of grants part, the chancellor says, of his promise to do whatever it takes to keep the economy going. and ahead of the budget a sign
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti political correspondent at the guardian and giles kenningham political commentator and former conservative party press chief. tomorrow s front pages.starting with. the daily mail leads on our main story tonight the new data about the strength of the omicron variant. health experts have said two vaccine doses are not enough to stop people from catching the new strain but a third boosterjab will give at least 70% protection against it. the is front page says the immunity given by the astra zeneca vaccine against the variant wanes to near zero after six months . the sun reports on predictions that omicron cases could reach up to a million next year. whilst the guardian leads on a warning from health officials that stringent national measures are needed to combat the variant or else the nhs faces being overwhelmed with up to 5,000 hospital admissions a day
it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping