in croydon, on thursday. a 15 year old boy who was arrested on suspicion of murder has been released on bail. new rules on goods imported into the uk from the european union have come into effect, requiring importers to make full customs declarations. consumers have been warned to expect disruption. the checks had been due to take effect six months ago, but were delayed because businesses said they needed more time to prepare. it s been the warmest new year s day on record for the uk, with continued unseasonably high temperatures. stjames s park in central london hit 16.2 degrees celsius, beating the previous record of 15.9 degrees, set more than 100 years ago. leading figures in the battle against covid 19 are in the new year s honours list. the uk government s chief medical advisor, professor chris whitty,
year, what a record that is and no plans to stop any time soon? no, no. julie west talking plans to stop any time soon? no, no. julie west talking to julie west talking to lewis vaughan jones. separately from the main new year honours list, the former prime minister, tony blair, said he was deeply grateful to the queen after he was appointed a knight companion of the most noble order of the garter. this is the oldest and most senior british order of chivalry. joining him, as the first black member of the order, is lady amos who served in his cabinet. our political correspondent chris mason gave us some more background details about the award. it is a kind of souped up, turbo charged knighthood, we get this waterfall of the alphabet on days like this, with the honours announcements, cbe, mbe, obe, you name it, but then this additional category which is separate, in the direct gift of the queen. tony blair becoming a knight companion of the most noble order of the garter. this ha
ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. what we re trying to balance this against is the fact that the vaccines have changed the rules of the game. with most days now bringing record numbers of infections, as the virus spreads rapidly amongst us, the health secretary in england has warned of a big increase in hospitalisations this month, which is likely to test the limits of the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. well, due to the holiday period, the government s latest coronavirus figures aren t complete, but there were a record 162,572 new infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period in england alone, and 154 deaths, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. the funeral service for archbishop desmond tutu has taken place in cape town. he was a key figure in south africa s anti apartheid movement
reached 16.2 degrees in stjames s park in central london. the previous record was set in bude, cornwall, in 1916, when it reached 15.6 celsius. they ve also confirmed that scotland has just recorded its hottest new year s day temperature. achnagart hit 15.9c this morning breaking the previous record of 1a.5c at inverurie from 1992. now it s time for a look at the weather, with ben rich. with matt taylor. hello, it s been an unusually warm start to the brand new year, not only the warmest start to a january morning on record, inch in devon, but we also picked up our warmest new year s day on record, above 15 degrees in london. it wasn tjust on record, above 15 degrees in london. it wasn t just the london. it wasn tjust the uk experiencing exceptional warmth. it s been across europe,
government commissioned modelling from warwick university suggests the window to suppress the peak may already have passed and that the last opportunity to introduce effective restrictions was a week ago, on boxing day. the number of patients in hospital with covid i9 has increased by about 70% in a week according to nhs providers. they say it is too early to know how this wave will play out. if the evidence shows that we are getting very significant numbers of people coming into hospital with covid, then the government needs to be ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. what we are trying to balance this against is the fact that the vaccines have changed the rules of the game. with most days now bringing record numbers of infections and the virus spreading rapidly amongst us, the health secretary in england has warned of a big increase in hospitalisations this month, which is likely to test