Flags are lowered over Downing Street and borisjohnson describes captain sir tom as a National Inspiration, and a beacon of hope for the world. The uk variant of coronavirus has mutated again the Health Secretary says hes seen cases of concern in bristol and liverpool. Meanwhile, 80,000 people in england are tested to stop the spread of the Virus Variant from south africa. Scotland is to introduce Travel Quarantines for overseas arrivals and plans are put in place to open scottish schools later this month. Travel disruption in parts of the north of england and scotland as heavy snow brings chaos. Good afternoon. In the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. Captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. The army veteran, originally from keighley in West Yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the First National lockd
Street in the hague. The incident happened at the hudsons bay store in the citys grote market which is the main Market Square area of the hague. Now on bbc news click. This week, long jump s, a soft landing, a high five, this week, long jump s, a soft landing, a highfive, and squeaky toys. December three marks the Un International day of persons with disabilities. And each year on click we use the occasion to look at some of the latest technology is helping to change the lives of disabled people. This is the beazley designs of the year exhibition at the Design Museum london which feature some great examples of inclusive design. This is my sleeve, silicon groups that make writers more comfortable. There are also magnetic so they snap together and can be held in one hand. This able to is a 3 d printable add on that makes small buttons bigger and more accessible. And the kainga row is a concept mobility robot which can carry your shopping for you. One area of cutting edge design and resea
Situation. Everyones expecting a trump biden rematch , but could biden rematch, but could americans vote for another president kennedy . We have a year and one month until the election. Lets go until the election. Lets go take back our country. God bless you and god bless the United States of america. What are states of america. What are rfks chances of winning the white house now . Hes broken off from the democrats. Well get stateside analysis for you coming up. Analysis for you coming up. And then jonathan will have your latest Weather Forecast. Its a chilly but sunny start to sunday for many of us with that sunshine prevail throughout the rest of today. Rest of today. Join me for the full forecast later find out. Later to find out. And, course , aidens got and, of course, aidens got your support this morning. Your support this morning. Yeah, good morning. At the Rugby World Cup there was heartache ireland and for heartache for ireland and for wales as all eyes switched to englands r
Will have the latest from brussels. Oscar pistorius has had his murder sentence more than doubled by a judge. The South African athlete was jailed last year after being found guilty on appeal of murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, on valentines day 2013. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Were going to be talking to two Primary Schools headteacher is about the difficulty of the teaching jobs with questions about whether the job is too stressful and worries about funding. We will also have the latest from zimbabwe as the new president is sworn in. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning, use the hashtag victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may will meet the president of the european council, donald tusk, in brussels today, the first such high level encounter since the Prime Minister secured the backing of her cabinet to increase britains divorce payme
Walk even once a month. Good morning. Is the growth of car finance deals healthy for the motor industry . We built a lot more vehicles in july that last year, but there are Big Questions about whats fuelling the demand. Ill be taking a look. In sport, Conor Mcgregor and Floyd Mayweather declare a truce ahead of the big fight on saturday. And carol has the weather. Rain over the Northern Isles for most of the day, but for most of the uk, some showers. Especially in the south. Feeling fresher than of late. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. More than half a million teenagers in england, wales and Northern Ireland will get their gcse results this morning. There are some major changes for students in england coming into place for the first time. More difficult exams in english and maths will be graded using a numerical system, going from nine at the top to one at the bottom. Other subjects will continue to be graded from a star to g. Exams in wales have als