pressure mounts on the government to step in and help struggling households. with energy bills expected to rise by as much as £700 next month what are the options to help cover the costs? i ll take a look. cover the costs? england dig in as they fight to stay in the 4th ashes test, after another woeful start earlier, which saw wickets tumble including captainjoe root out for a duck. and it is a snow and ice to start your friday morning across parts of the country but into the weekend it is rain that will dominate at least four saturday morning. i will have all your forecast details on breakfast. it s friday the 7th of january. our main story. more than 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed across london and the thames valley today to help plug the staff shortage caused by a surge in covid infections. both hospitals and ambulance services will be supported by troops. it comes as 17 hospital trusts in england are still in critical incident mode. here s more fr
parties, to stop the spread of the omicron variant. good morning. england dig in down under as captainjoe root stands up to the australian bowlers, even if his side still have a mountain to climb, in the first test in brisbane. and weather wise, whilst it might be a bit on the chilly side today with one or two showers in the west, this weekend it gets milder but be prepared for some of you a good deal wetter. all the details here on breakfast. it s friday, the 10th of december. face masks are now compulsory in most indoor public venues in england under stricter measures to slow the spread of the omicron variant. theatres, cinemas and places of worship will require people to wear face coverings as part of the government s so called plan b restrictions, along with shops and public transport, as leboo diseko reports. a night out in london s west end. at this theatre, covid measures are already familiar. but from this morning, one more is back. anyone wanting to come and see a sh
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. the health secretary, sajid javid, has told mps there is huge international concern about a new highly mutated variant of coronavirus which could pose a substantial risk to public health. it has been identified in south africa, and flights from six southern african countries have been suspended. no cases have yet been detected in the uk, but this afternoon it s been announced that the first case has been confirmed in europe, in belgium. the world health organization is meeting in geneva to discuss the situation. our first report is from our health correspondent, katharine da costa. the emergence of a new highly complex variant in southern africa has sounded alarm bells around the world. so far most cases have been identified in one province of south africa, where it appears the variant may be driving a new wave of infection. early analysis show this variant has a large number of mutations that require and will undergo further stud
together especially on providing covid vaccines to poorer countries. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who s accused him of sexual assault is out for another payday as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case against him. fleeing the taliban a group of people from the lgbtqi+ community in afghanistan arrive in the uk. one gay man tells the bbc that he finally feels free . at least three people have been killed in sudan as hundreds of thousands of people protest on the streets against the military coup. chaotic scenes as climate activist greta thunberg arrives in glasgow hours before the start of the cop26 conference. and church bells have rung out across the uk, sounding a warning about the dangers of climate change. good evening. after a long day of discussions, 620 leaders are being treated to a gala dinner in rome. 0n the first day of the two day summit, they discussed climate change, ahead of the cop26 conference and the coronaviris pandemic. t
because the electric car maker has passed some major milestones in the past 2a hours. the firm, headed by elon musk, zoomed passed a market value of one trillion dollars late on monday, making it only the fifth company in history to pass that figure. its shares rose over 12% after tesla agreed to sell 100,000 vehicles to car rentalfirm hertz. the deal is the biggest ever rental car order for electric vehicles and seen as a further vote of confidence in the greener technology. michelle fleury has more from new york. tesla joins an elite club of companies whose market capitalisation has crossed the trillion dollar mark. think apple, microsoft and google s parent company, alphabet. amazon is also up there, the online retailer reached that threshold back in january 2020. 23 years after it became a public company. tesla, well it has done it in just 11 years. it s also the first car maker to hit that milestone after the company, founded by elon musk, it received its biggest order t