part of the taliban in afghanistan. gps in england have been told they can defer some of the services they provide to patients so doctors can focus on delivering covid booster jabs instead. routine health checks for the over 75s and minor surgery could be affected. 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england; that brings the total number in the uk to 134. the government has also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. megan paterson reports. at this medical centre on merseyside, the demand for boosterjabs is high. staff here have seen nearly 800 walkins a day over the last week. we are doing over 30,000 booster vaccinations since september but people are still coming for their first and second vaccination, which is great news, because it is never too late to start the vaccination. gps across england will now be allowed to defer some of the services they provide to patients like routine hea
for the second time in a matter of months. and in half an hour here on bbc news, click talks to the musicians creating soundscapes for electric cars. concerns have been raised over plans to temporarily suspend routine health checks for patients aged 75 and over at doctors surgeries in england. the move is designed to free up time for the campaign to offer all adults coronavirus boosterjabs by the end of january. the british medical association has insisted gp practices will continue to keep their sickest patients safe. but some campaigners claim the plan could backfire and put the health of older people at risk. it comes as the government also launches a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. megan paterson reports. at this medical centre on merseyside, the demand for boosterjabs is high. staff here have seen nearly 800 walkins a day over the last week. we are doing over 30,000 booster vaccinations since september but peopl
of optimism are getting louder. adam wild, bbc news. there s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we re back with the late news at 10 o clock. now on bbc one, it s time for the news where you are. now on bbc news, as part of the bbc s 100 women series, nomia iqbal speaks to the actress, rebel wilson about life in hollywood and how the pandemic has made the australian change her outlook on life. trying to make your name in hollywood isn t easy, especially if you re a female actress who doesn t look a stereotypical way. enter rebel wilson, who has defied convention to become one of the most famous faces in the industry. she s been a part of some of the biggest comedy films in recent years, including the pitch perfect franchise and bridesmaids. but like many of us during the pandemic, she s been reassessing her life. i ve come here to la, where rebel is now based, for this bbc 100 women interview. we talk about why she lost weight, her challenges with fertility,
gps in england have been told they can defer some of the services they provide to patients so doctors can focus on delivering covid booster jabs instead. routine health checks for the over 75s and minor surgery could be affected. 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england, that brings the total number in the uk to 134. the government has also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. so, while there s been concern about temporarily suspending some health checks, the royal college of gps spokesperson dr steve mowle told me earlier that anyone needing treatment would still be able to see their gp. we need more capacity to help with this critical booster campaign, which we are sure is the right thing to do for the country. but when you look at what has happened since the last outbreak of coronavirus and the country went into lockdown, many of the procedures that the nhs were scheduled to give we
is the first time in a generation that there is a direct challenge to the constitutional right to an abortion. there have been challenges on other things, restrictions on abortions, but this is directly saying that the right should be overturned. an issue that once looked at being settled is now far from it. and the reasons for that reach from the politics of right now all the way back to the 705 and 80s. the most immediate reason is one state law, passed in mississippi, which is a southern conservative state. the law is yet to be enacted but it bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. and as lawmakers in mississippi well know, roe v wade gives women the right to an abortion up to what is called the stage of foetal viability, which comes around 2a weeks. this is a constitutional right. the mississippi case is a deliberate and direct challenge to that. the challenge being issued in washington at the supreme court on both sides of the argument acknowledge the importance of