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of baltimore, and conservative peer ed vaizey, who was culture secretary under david cameron. welcome to context. borisjohnson is attempting to shift the conversation away from lockdown parties, and the drinking culture in downing street towards true blue, conservative policies which he was elected to deliver. this morning an announcement the royal navy will lead efforts to stop the flow of migrants across the channel. there are proposals to end plan b restrictions, now omicron cases appear to be easing in some places. and over the weekend, newspapers were briefed the bbc licence fee will be frozen this next two years and the licence fee scrapped altogether in 2027. those plans were confirmed this morning in the house of commons by culture secretary nadine dorries. today i am announcing that the licence bill fee will be frozen for the next two years. and that it will rise in line with inflation for the following four years. the bbc wanted the fee to rise to over £180 by the ....
in the south african city of cape town. a us judge throws out prince andrew s attempt to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit against him. and different ways of seeing in the new year in different parts of the world. let s get the latest sport now and join chetan pathak. good morning. we are going to start with football. it could be a big day in the premier league title race. the two sides chasing manchester city at the top of the table they won it in stoppage site admits to some controversy. early kick off on new year s day. tired arsenal and city fans must hope luck improves in 2022. referees of course cannot afford to be bleary eyed. stuart atwell also had a decision to make. no arsenal penalty, he said. on reflection, var confirmed not without question. arsenal didn t dwell on that, though. no time to, no need to. bukayo saka extended new year celebrations. only the manager missed out he s in covid isolation. but in the second half came the hitch. a handful o ....
good morning. day two of the new year starts off mild once again fabrizi with a greater chance of a few sharp showers developing today. i will have all the details coming up i will have all the details coming up shortly. it s sunday january 2. our main story. secondary school pupils in england are being told to wear face coverings in classrooms, as they start a new school term. the guidance brings england in line with scotland, wales and northern ireland and is part of a range of measures designed to stop rising covid cases from disrupting education as james reynolds reports. since march 2020 getting an education has become an obstacle course of home learning, missed exams and regular covid tests. older pupils and are now used to wearing masks and communal areas in schools. now the government recommends the pupils in years seven and above their masks on and they are in class as well. removal be reviewed in late january. and then there is the air. taking a deep breath is the ....
after being stabbed in separate incidents in london. 30 teenagers have been killed in the capital this year the highest figure since 2008. you can carry knives in london. this is what happens when knives are carried. cannot. we all want to tackle knife crime. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. joe biden has again told president vladimir putin that the us and its allies will respond decisively if russia does not de escalate tensions on his country s border with ukraine. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. new figures show staff absences caused by covid at nhs acute trusts in england rose by more than 40% in the week to boxing day. hospitals in northampton, sheffield and rotherham have temporarily suspended visiting due to the high number of 0micron cases. an average of more than 25,000 health workers wer ....
new year celebrations. as 0micron spreads rapidly across the us president biden prepares to ramp up the response. our other main headline more bodies are found as rescuers reach islands in the phillipines, cut off by last week s typhoon. we ll hear from a filmmaker who was on one of the worst hit islands when the typhoon hit. and a huge fossilfind, a monster millipede, eight feet long, 50 kilos and the size of a car discovered by chance in the uk. hello, and welcome. as countries around the world grapple with the rising tide of coronavirus cases fuelled by the new 0micron variant governments everywhere are walking a narrow line between protecting public health and keeping their economies open. here in the uk, borisjohnson s government will not rule out further, tighter restrictions for england. the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a one billion pound support fund for the hospitality industry, as it struggles with a collapse in bookings sparked by the ris ....