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including in other countries. uk ministers are due to unveil further measures to help thousands of people living in buildings deemed unsafe since the grenfell tower disaster. six republican senators join democrats in voting to push ahead with donald trump s impeachment trial. and coming up this hour the perils of the zoom call a forlorn texas lawyer tells thejudge i am not a cat , as he s defeated by a kitten filter. good morning and welcome to bbc news. england s deputy chief medical officer says it s really worrying that there s lower take up of the coronavirus vaccine among ethnic minorities in the uk. in the past hour, professorjonathan van tam, has been answering audience questions about about vaccines and covid misinformation here on bbc news, and the asian network. it comes amid hesitancy in black and asian communities about vaccine uptake. i have concerns that uptake in the minority ethnic groups is not going to be as rapid or as high as in the indigenous white
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lizzy buchan, deputy online political editor at the mirror and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. hello to you both. let s take a look at some of tomorrow s front pages already in. starting with. .. the metro. it s all looking a bit ominous it says, as the health secretary refuses to rule out more covid restrictions ahead of the christmas break. those restrictions hang in the balance reports the i. the government is under increasing pressure from scientists after what they describe as a sobering analysis of the latest uk covid data. the daily telegraph leads on this, too. it says it understands that the prime minister has been presented with three options drawn up by officials for further restrictions to curb the spread of omicron. the mirror describes it as d day for christmas as borisjohnson prepares for a day of meetings with scientists to disc
was congratulating his team in london. the early results in scotland suggest the snp will be largest party. the conservatives did well in wales at the last local elections, they may be bracing themselves for a difficult afternoon from denbighshire in the north to the vale of glamorgan. the most interesting result mice be may be in northern ireland. we interesting result mice be may be in northern ireland. interesting result mice be may be in northern ireland. no one elected yet to the northern northern ireland. no one elected yet to the northern ireland northern ireland. no one elected yet to the northern ireland assembly, i northern ireland. no one elected yet| to the northern ireland assembly, so still early days. we will be doing our best to look at the data and tell you about the direction of travel. . , ~ , travel. and rita with us keeping track of all travel. and rita with us keeping track of all the travel. and rita with us keeping track of all the latest