of what they have achieved in the last three weeks that they recognise, this is rehab, but in a completed different way. calvert reconnections accepts referrals from all over the country. a supporter of the new acquired brain injury bill, which aims to improve care and treatment on offer, the charity hopes it can play a part in changing the national strategy on brain rehabilitation, giving more people this unique life changing treatment. it has turned my life upside down, it really has, in a good way, obviously. yeah, ijust feel fitter mentally and physically. with all the activities, it s great. megan paterson, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the weather over the next few days and nights is going to be unseasonably mild. after a cold start in the north, we ve got this band of rain continuing to push steadily north. behind it, it will brighten up, though there will still be areas of cloud and one or two showers, and the wind
to be available, so it s very difficult to plan and let our patients and other people know in terms of when to come back and when it s going to be in the pharmacies. soaring energy bills, rising taxes and stagnant wages will leave millions of families struggling in 2022 according to a leading think tank. england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game. we tend to address it for that period, you know, that five days of that week and then normally we brush it up under the carpet, things are all fine now. and we go back to a sun soaked coventry as the city finally got to celebrate the start of a covid delayed year as the uk s city of culture. hello, welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has defended his decision not to impose more covid restrictions in england saying that the omicron variant is obviously milder than the delta strain. borisjohnson also again called for people to come forward to ge
stronger wind on saturday. that winter is coming in from the south, hence those temperatures, saturday, new year s day, 20, 22. thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. wejoin the thank you. that s it. goodbye from me. we join the local news teams where you are. oh, my god, how do you know ed balls? someone said to me the other day, assuming the only reason you might know my guest on political thinking for this christmas special is because of his dancing on strictly come dancing, winning the celebrity best home chef, or making all those documentaries on bbc two. i gently pointed out to someone who was about my children s age that before all of that stuff he actually was stuff he actually was quite a serious politician, being when i first met him the adviser to the shadow chancellor gordon brown and then to the chancellor himself, before becoming education secretary, shadow chancellor and a candidate for the labour leader. all that feels, though, like a very long time ago. wel
intensive care in our hospitals are people who are not boosted. but the scottish parliament is being recalled to address the record numbers of covid infections in the country. high demand for covid pcr tests leaves people waiting for days and pharmacists warn of patchy supplies of rapid testing kits following changes to self isolation rules. we don t know when these are going to be available, so it s very difficult to plan and let our patients and other people know in terms of when to come back and when it s going to be in the pharmacies. soaring energy bills, rising taxes and stagnant wages will leave millions of families struggling in 2022, according to a leading think tank. england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game. now on bbc news, curtain up on coventry. this summer, coventry s streets were transformed into a giant stage as it finally got to celebrate the start of a covid delayed year as uk c
to self isolation rules. i also summarised the protective measures which took effect earlier this week to slow is to spread and provide some further detail of the support available to businesses. finally i will report on the delivery of booster vaccinations. first, today s statistics. 15,819 positive cases were reported yesterday. 28.9% of all tests carried out. it s worth noting the much higher test positivity experienced over recent days may be partially explained by people being more selective about when to go for a test over the christmas period. however, this is by some margin the highest overall daily case number reported in the pandemic to date. 679 people are currently in hospital with covid which is 80 more than yesterday and 36 people are in intensive care, when fewer than yesterday. i will say more shortly about the numbers of people with covid in hospital and why this is an important indicator as we judge the most proportionate response going forward. sadly though