For most companies, making a product for which theres guaranteed demand Around The World sounds too good to be true, but a successful covid 19 vaccine promises to be just that. One vaccine shot, or a couple as your first booster, is not going to provide lifetime immunity to the virus, so the manufacturers are set to reap the profits for years to come. Drug maker pfizer reports its earnings later today, the question is which of the drugs firms are going to come out on top, and how lucrative Will Making Vaccines actually turn out to be . Joining me now is Sunaina Sinha haldea, managing partner, cebile capital. Thank you for being on the program. First of all, pfizer, when it comes to its news today. This will obviously not have in todays earnings, profits it is going to make with this vaccine it has come up with this vaccine it has come up with biontech . M0 with this vaccine it has come up with biontech . With this vaccine it has come up with biontech . No it wont. There will up with bi
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
Thing done and move on. Also tonight tributes are paid to the naturalist and broadcaster David Bellamy whos died aged 86. A teenager is found guilty of the murder of 1a year of jaden moodie, killed in a drugs gang war. Aung san suu kyi, nobel peace peace prize winner, defends myanmar against accusations of genocide. And at 8. 30 the latest on the campaign trail from the electioncast team. Good evening. The naturalist and broadcaster David Bellamy has died aged 86. Bellamy became a household name as a tv personality, scientist and conservationist. The Conservation Foundation say he died earlier today. His distinctive voice inspired sir lenny henrys grapple me grapenuts catchphrase and was a regular presence on tv. Bellamy, who lived in county durham, later attracted criticism for dismissing global warming. In 2004, he described Climate Change as poppycock and later said the stance cost him his tv career. Comedy writer and radio presenter danny baker has paid tribute to bellamy, calling
Jaden moodie, killed in a drugs gang war. Aung san suu kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, defends myanmar against accusations of genocide. Good evening. On the last day of campaigning before tomorrows general election, Party Leaders have been travelling from one key constituency to another hoping to win last minute support. The two men most likely to become Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, have been making Campaign Stops in marginal seats. The conservative leader began the day on a milk round in west yorkshire, then onto derby. Next it was south wales, essex, and finally this evening, a rally in london. The labour leader was in glasgow at first light, before travelling to middlesbrough, and then onto South Yorkshire and bedford. He has also now finished his campaign in london. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has all the latest on the eve of the the election. Mrs monaghan at number eight was the yorkshire tory voter with an unusual milkman this morning. Morning so nice
Tributes pour in for botanist and broadcaster David Bellamy, who died last night at the age of 86. And coming up. A salvage operation to recover parts of Hms Invincible the eighteenth century warship which changed the face of the royal navy and in sport just after 9. 30 a hat trick for manchester citys gabrieljesus as his team secure another comfortable win good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police in new zealand have confirmed that theyre planning to head back to white island tomorrow to recover the bodies of those killed by a volcanic eruption on monday. At least eight people are known to have died, and another nine are missing, presumed dead. The salvage operation has been hampered by ongoing volcanic activity on the island. In a News Conference earlier this morning, police admitted that the operation would be risky but said they will do what they can to find any unidentified bodies on the island. Tomorrow will be more about, we know exactly where they are, there six p