france is shutting its borders to most british travellers from saturday, as it tries to slow the spread of 0micron. the chancellor is cutting short a work visit to california to talk to business leaders worried about the impact of rising cases. the bank of england raises interest rates for the first time in more than three years, amid warnings inflation could hit 6% by april. in north shropshire, the polls have just closed in a by election that is being seen as a crucial test of boris johnson s being seen as a crucial test of borisjohnson s leadership. and another disappointing day for england s cricketers at the start of the second ashes test in adelaide. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. covid causes chaos in the premier league liverpool s match at anfield one of two this evening going ahead. good evening. the number of new covid infections across the uk hasjumped again to a new record close to 90,000 cases in the past 2a hours. the uk s chief medical
know i remember feeling know i rememberfeeling really, like, ashamed of myself to some degree. we begin in the uk where the number of covid infections recorded in a single day hasjumped again to a new record. more than 88 thousand new cases were confirmed that s ten thousand more than yesterday. the government s chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, told mps that he expects the peak to come incredibly fast but subside more quickly than previous variants because of the boosterjabs. more than 745,000 people had their booster yesterday a new record as the long queues continue. we begin our coverage with this report from our medical editor, fergus walsh. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours or a covid vaccination bus. it was a record day for booster jabs, but also covid cases. boosters offer the best protection against 0micron, but there is huge uncertainty whether they wi
Tonight at 10pm. a new record number of covid cases in the uk almost 90,000 in the past 2a hours. long queues forjabs nearly three quarters of a million people had their boosters yesterday, another record. we are not closing things down. we are not asking people to cancel things. what we are saying is that people will understandably not want to catch covid. hospital admissions are rising slowly but, in london, where cases are rising the fastest, hospital staff in this icu are feeling the pressure. most of the patients who are coming into us are unvaccinated patients. they are a lot younger than the patients that we had in the first and second surge.
Tonight at 10pm. a new record number of covid cases in the uk almost 90,000 in the past 24 hours. long queues forjabs nearly three quarters of a million people had their boosters yesterday, another record. we are not closing things down. we are not asking people to cancel things. what we are saying is that people will understandably not want to catch covid. hospital admissions are rising slowly but, in london, where cases are rising the fastest, hospital staff in this icu are feeling the pressure. most of the patients who are coming into us are unvaccinated patients. they are a lot younger than the patients that we had in the first and second surge.