hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are polly mackenzie, chief executive of the think tank demos and rachel watson, deputy political editor of the scottish daily mail. tomorrow s front pages. starting with: the metro reports more than 150 commuters were fined, in a single day, for not wearing a face covering on public transport. the paper says passengers have nose excuse. the times says a third covid dose is strengthening the public s immune system raising hopes of strong protection against the new omicron variant. the daily mirror tells borisjohnson s government to make up their mind over festive parties. it says ministers have caused confusion over conflicting advice on christmas plans. but the daily express says the prime minister has dismissed doom mongers, and urges families to carry on with their christmas celebrations. moving away from covid, the guardian says the trade union unite, labour s biggest funde
arthur labinjo hughes who was starved and tortured his stepmother is found guilty of murder, his father of manslaughter. the little boy s grandmother described the couple as evil. they are wicked, evil. there is no word for them, especially your own child. nearly 20,000 people still have no electricity in scotland and northern england in the wake of storm arwen. the army is called in to help. and the duchess of sussex wins her privacy case against the publisher of the mail on sunday, after it printed parts of a letter she d written to her father. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, manchester united s interim manager watches on at old trafford as they take on arsenal in the premier league. good evening. germany has announced major restrictions on anyone who s not vaccinated against covid 19, banning them from restaurants, bars, cinemas and many shops, in an attempt to fend off a fourth wave of the virus. and the chancellor angela merkel says vaccines may bec
This is bbc news, the headlines health officials in south africa say the new omicron variant of covid has become the dominant strain. infections jumped to 11 and a half thousand on thursday a four fold increase in a week. germany has announced tough new measures for people who have not been vaccinated. they are set to be banned from many public facilities and non essential shops. a vote on whether to enforce mandatory vaccinations will also take place. a majority in the us house of representatives have approved a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. federal agency funding that would have expired on friday has been extended through to february 18th. and just days before her successor is appointed, chancellor angela merkel has been given a ceremonial send off by the german military after 16 years in office. she officially steps down next week.