Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
in controversy before it begins. the us didn t invite the leaders of cuba, nicaragua or venezuela, whose leaders it sees as autocrats. in protest, mexico has led a boycott by several other nations. now on bbc news, katty kay meets award winning writer and magazine editor tina brown in the interview. how many years for the new yorker? seven. and vanity fair? from her new york apartment, tina brown keeps a close eye on events in buckingham palace. those 3,000 miles give this british american author a different, more global perspective on the royal family. for her new bestselling book, the palace papers, she interviewed over 120 people to tell the story of the women of the house of windsor. brown herself has met the queen several times. she was awarded the commander of the british empire for contribution to journalism. she has edited both tatler magazine and the new yorker. she knows the clintons well. she has metjustin trudeau, theresa may. suffice to say you don t get a lot be
Atalanta and marseille are level at 1 1. Their second match is in bergamo. The Europa Conference League already has one finalist after fiorentina got there for the second year in a row, Beating Club Bruges li 3 on aggregate. Aston villa face what their manager unai emery has called the biggest game of their season, as they attempt to join fiorentina by overturning game of their season, as they attempt to join fiorentina by Overturning A Li 2 first leg deficit against olympiakos in greece. Keeper emi martinez, whose Penalty Saves got them this far, could be back from injury for the match in piraeus. Of course it is going to be very difficult here away because always, with the, they have the most fans supporting the home team, it could be more difficult. Here their supporters push a lot, helping them. The biggest challenge we are going to face this year, playing in the semifinal. Now, a lot of mexican fans were excited when it was announced that the Azteca Stadium will host five matches
Own Rory Cellan Jones who will also steer us through the world of flying cars. Flying pigs, more like it. And how do you like to read . Ebook sales in the uk have fallen 17 as readers bring back the book do you tap or turn . And why . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in Silicon Valley where three of the biggest names in technology have been reporting their numbers for the last three months. We are talking about the tech titans google, amazon and microsoft. And it seems they are just getting bigger and bigger. The numbers are jaw dropping, take a look. Dominates online advertising. But its still managing to grow very fast. Googles Parent Company alphabet saw revenues jump by almost a quarter on last year. Up 22 to 24. 8 billion. Remember this Isjust 3mths Worth of sales. 5. 5 billion of that was profit. Its the same story with amazon. Its one of the worlds biggest retailers it dominates Online Shopping and still saw sales grow over 22 to a
Having been in control, they find that they have lost control and have unleashed forces out of their control, like macbeth, kingly and people like that. So when ted heath did it in 197a, people like that. So when ted heath did it in 1974, when he had quite a big majority, the election went wholly against what everyone assumed would happen, and the same in terms of the campaign has happened now. I am not saying the result will be the same, when ted heath lost, but all the assumptions that your panel had four weeks ago have been turned on their head, and that is fascinating, and there are deep currents that explain why. Maria eagle have written that this is the strangest election you have followed, british election. Yes, for some of the same reasons that steve is talking about, a few weeks ago everyone was saying corbyn was hopeless, of course theresa may will win a landslide, and we have seen the polls narrowing dramatically. Just watching the Television Debates and the way the two lead