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hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england cricket fans have spent the last three weeks waking up to bad news, but the final nail in the ashes coffin came before they even went to bed. everyone in that dressing room is gutted. that s not a good enough performance. we all know that. we need to put some pride back into the badge. west ham swap places with spurs as they win for the first time in five premier league games to go fifth. and the three time champion becomes the third player to withdraw from the pdc world darts after testing positive for covid. hello again. in the end it took less time than the team had to quarantine on arrival in australia. england s ashes hopes turned into dust in just 12 days of cricket. the final nail being bowled out for a measly 68 in melbourne to lose the third test by an innings. it leaves england three nil down in the series. and a significant fallout to deal with both down under and back hom ....
of an ancient egyptian pharoah we hear from the researcher who peeled off the bandages using modern technology. the government says it will keep under very close review its decision not to bring in further coronavirus restrictions in england as infections rise to a level not seen before in the pandemic. there are restrictions on socialising in the rest of the uk. the early indications are that the omicron variant is not leading to the same level of hospitalisations as previous waves, but ministers say they re watching the data and will act if there s a large increase in the coming weeks. it comes as latest government figures show a record number of covid cases reported in the last day 129,471. but this data does not include figures for scotland and northern ireland due to the christmas holidays. meanwhile in the us, health officials have halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic covid 19 from ten to five days amid a surge in cases. elsewhe ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. it s great to have your company. the uk government has defended its decision to hold off on introducing new coronavirus restrictions in england before the new year, saying it will monitor the situation closely in the meantime. there are restrictions on socialising in the other nations that form the uk wales, scotland and northern ireland. the latest data shows that there have again been record numbers of cases across the country. elsewhere in europe, france has also seen record highs in its cases, and the country has announced tighter restrictions to try and get the spike in numbers caused by the omicron variant under control. and there have been demonstrations in eastern germany against new restrictions. first, let s get more on the situation here in the uk from our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. the latest uk government covid data now. a vaccination centre in lambeth in london, among the boroughs worst affected by omicron in ....
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they re left shocked in slovenia, beaten by the lowest ranked team in this season s european competitions leaving their hopes of reaching, the knock out phase hanging by a thread. i will have the latest on storm arwen, set to come later today and over night and it s parts of eastern scotland, north east england most susceptible to gusts of damaging wind. all the details coming up on breakfast. it s friday the 26th of november. our main story. several southern african countries have been placed on the travel red list, amid warnings over a new coronavirus variant of serious concern . scientists fear it could be more transmissible and better able to evade vaccines although only a small number of cases have so far been confirmed in africa and none in the uk. here s our medical editor, fergus walsh. the speed at which new and stringent travel restrictions have been imposed show just how seriously this variant is being taken. between five and 700 travellers arrive in the uk fr ....