and coming up in the next 15 minutes, i ll be speaking to bake off s prue leith about lockdown and coming out of it. hello and welcome to this bbc news special programme, as we await the latest number 10 coronavirus briefing, tonight led by the health secretary matt hancock, along with professorjonathan van tam and dr susan hopkins. we will be crossing to that at number 10 as soon as that gets under way. let s start by bringing you the latest coronavirus news today. thejcvi, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, has recommended that prioritisation should continue down the age ranges, with people in their 40s the next to be invited for a jab. the move is a blow to those who have been campaigning for teachers, police officers and other frontline key workers to be prioritised. it comes as the latest data shows more than 19.1 million people have received their first dose of the jab. a further 3115 people have died in the uk within 28 days of a positive coronavirus t
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england. also tonight: the aftermath of storm arwen thousands of people spend a fifth day without power in parts of scotland and north east england. packing away the royal standard as barbados severs ties with the queen, becoming the world s newest republic. and why the american born french singer and activistjosephine baker has been honoured alongside the nation s heroes. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we ll catch up with all the home nations in women s world cup qualifying action with ellen white expected to break the england goal scoring record. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has vowed to offer a coronavirus booster to everyone in england who is eligible within the next two months, as he said it was time for another great british vaccination effort. the military will be brought in to help the nhs and volunteers, with vaccination centres being set up around the country. 22 cases of the omicron
till without power. and the singerjosephine baker, becomes the first black woman, to officially be declared a national hero, in france. good evening. the prime minister has vowed to offer a coronavirus booster to everyone in england who is eligible within the next two months as he said it was time for another great british vaccination effort. the military will be brought to help the nhs and volunteers with vaccination centres being set up around the country. 22 cases of the omicron variant have now been identified in england and scotland. nicola sturgeon says the nine cases in scotland are all linked to one private event ten days ago and don t appear to be related to travel in south africa. in england boosters will be offered to the most vulnerable. first with m million more people eligible right now. once again people will be invited to come forward in age bands. everyone who can have a booster should have been offered one by the end of january. 400 military personnel will s
what we re doing is taking some proportionate precautionary measures while our scientists crack the omicron code. but in the hospitality business, there s more uncertainty ahead of the christmas and new year period. the phone started ringing on monday morning with cancellations for this week already, and ifear there s going to be more to come. but the prime minister insists there s no need for people to cancel their christmas events. also tonight. a special report from yemen on the human cost of the ongoing conflict. jeremy bowen is there. the way this war ends is not in the hands of yemenis, because big regional powers have intervened. the people here are suffering because of the fault lines that run right through the middle east. five days after storm arwen, tens of thousands of people in parts of scotland and the north of england are still without electricity. and in paris, the singer and activist josephine baker becomes the first black woman to be honoured at the pantheon