the actor alec baldwin says he did not fire the gun that killed a cinematographer on the set of his latest film. the trigger wasn t pulled, i didn t pull the trigger. so you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. the army are called in to help as thousands of homes in scotland and northern england are still without power almost a week after storm arwen. and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. coming up in the sport later on the hour on the bbc news channel: the ioc speaks to peng shuai for a second time but that s unlikely to change the wta decision to suspend all its tournaments in china. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination pr
and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. from the year before. and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 150 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra doses of p
the world s most wanted cyber crime supects are living freely in russia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mps in the uk will today debate proposals to tighten the rules on second jobs for mps, as the row over sleaze continues. borisjohnson has set out plans to ban mps from working as paid consultants, while labour wants a ban on all second jobs. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after the former tory mp owen paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules as a paid consultant. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. good morning, prime minister. the prime minister has a tough day of questioning ahead, as he tries to draw a line under the sleaze allegations which have dominated westminster for the last few weeks. yesterday, he announced he would support banning mps from working as paid political consultants, at the exact moment labour was holding a press conference calling for the same. labour is chalking the prime mi
human rights groups raise concerns about the takeover. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england all rounder ben stokes is unlikely to play in the ashes in australia this winter after undergoing a second operation on an injured finger. good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. businesses and analysts are warning that the sharp rise in energy prices will lead to households paying more for bills and everyday products. the boss of supermarket iceland said price rises were now inevitable, and consultants cornwall insights warned the annual energy price cap could rise by £400 in spring. the business secretary has said uk gas supplies would be sufficient this winter, but acknowledged that more energy firms would fold in the coming months. kwasi kwarteng told energy providers that developing renewable sources will be the only way to protect against soaring gas prices long term, as our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey reports. just like the season s weather, bi