Sporting couple, with 12 gold medals between them. The funeral of Archbishop Desmond tutu will be held later this morning. Well be live in cape town. Official celebrations were either muted or cancelled, but there were still fireworks to welcome in 2022 on the warmest new years eve on record. Good morning. It was an exceptionally mild and to 2021. The weather continues in that vein for the start of 2022, but how long will it last . I will have more details for you on the Weather Forecast in around 15 minutes. Good morning and Happy New Year. It is ijanuary 2022. Here is our top story the medical chiefs leading the uks Battle Against Coronavirus have been recognised in the new year honours list, while the queen has knighted former Prime Minister tony blair. Athletes, actors, a spice girl and an 11 year old boy are also among those who have been honoured, as lizo mzimba reports. Their faces have become familiar to the public throughout the pandemic. Now the chief medical officers for eng
Tormenting english bowlers once again, as is his way. In sapping temperatures, at least england kept his mercury below 100. Anderson dismissed him for 93. But his face told the price. We had reached the party at the back end of the innings. Australian tail enders swatting away tired english bowlers until they reached 473. When they declared and put england in, under lights, under pressure, underperforming. Mitchell starc picked up rory burns. He had made four, england had made seven. 0n came Michael Neser for his test debut. 0ut went Haseeb Hameed with more regrets. But australia werent the only thing striking. That storm will pass, but, for england, the heat wont. Patrick gearey, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. It has not been too bad today for many, ending the working week on a fine note in many northern parts of the uk. Glorious sunrise here in scarborough. Much of scotland and Northern England are sunny and further south, grey skies continue. An exampl
A 27 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of Child Neglect after two sets of twin boys, aged three and four, died in a house fire in south london last night. Wales announces tighter Coronavirus Restrictions with the return of social distancing and nightclubs shut after boxing day. Chancellor rishi sunak is meeting peak Business Groups who say Hospitality Firms need financial help as omicron cases cause economic hardship. And, Railfares Will Go Up by almost 4 the government says the hike is to pay for further investment in infrastructure. The Television Presenter aj odudu has pulled out of tomorrow nights strictly come dancing final after suffering an injury. Good afternoon. The Liberal Democrats have called their victory in the North Shropshire by election a Watershed Moment for british politics, after the party overturned a conservative majority of 23,000 winning by nearly 6,000 votes. The Prime Minister is facing questions about his political future, after losing a seat the
Out with an old new manager at the helm of the champions and first victoria now alberta, the Commonwealth Games has no future hosts right now as another pulls out with Cost Concerns of course we want to hold on and secure Commonwealth Games which is held so closely to everyones hearts and has fantastic memories. Also coming up on sportsday. We hear from six time world motogp champion marc marquez who rides into silverstone this weekend in a rare position. Out of contention for title number seven. And the playing has taken a rest but the anticipation hasnt. We look ahead to the womens world cup last 16 hello again. Doesnt august come around quickly each year . While a world cup continues on the other side of the world, here, anew Football League season is about to start. Hillsborough will host the opening game in the championship as two teams that last season were two divisions apart kick things off tonight. Tomorrow celtic, under new management, begin the defence of their Scottish Prem
a new email hotline in response to the findings for those affected. mcdonald s admitted that it had fallen short and said it deeply apologises. this report is from our employment correspondent zoe conway, and a warning you may find some of the content distressing. shelby was 16 when she started working at mcdonald s last year in berkshire. she says the workplace felt toxic. one senior manager was openly racist and mocked disabled employees. managers warned her to stay away from certain older men, including one man in his fifties. i was just speaking to one of my friends and he just sort of grabbed me by my hips and then pulled me onto his groin area. and then hejust, like, held me there. i felt disgusted. iwas like. because he was so much older, as well. shelby says she complained to the store s management, but nothing was done. she quit in may. mcdonald s said it was investigating why any issues she raised were not formally escalated at the time. mcdonald s uses a fran