And what about care home staff . Some are refusing the vaccine. What does that mean for you wanting to visit your relativies . Im on twitter vicderbyshire. Online retailer asos buys topshop, topman and miss selfridge. The deal doesnt include the shops, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. The cost of covid for children a report suggests they stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in Lifetime Earnings becaue most are not in school. And coming up this hour, well speak to Nicholas Hewlett, a head teacher in south london who is coming out as gay during an Online Assembly this morning. Theres been International Condemnation of the armed forces in myanmar after they seized power and detained civilian politicians, including Aung San Suu Kyi the woman known Around The World for decades as the face of the struggle for democracy in the country and who has, since elections in 2015, been widely recognised as its unofficial leader. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until democratic
in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police digging near the arade dam, just 50 kilometres away from where she went missing. also tonight the disgraced entertainer rolf harris has died aged 93. we ll talk to a reporter that sat through every day of his sexual assault trial. we will also speak to the chief rabbi of ukraine about the impact of russia s invasion and what he s doing to support people across the county. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the covid pandemic. the information was passed to police by the government s cabinet office. it s being reported that the referral is to two police forces based on recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage, police are investigating, and no breach of the rules has been confirmed. live now to our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. hi there. this is
they will celebrate christmas. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us mid term elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plently to play for. former president trump is speaking at a rally in support ofjd vance, the state s republican senate candidate. let s listen. you know that story. if you are being accosted, uncle sam, in a certain number of cities, it takes hours and hours for the police to come. and they want to defund the police and it has to defund the police and it has to be the opposite, so vote republican, we all agree we ve got to stop crime, the democrats are a catastrophe, every single democrat city is a disaster without exception. there is no exception. and the republican cities and the republican cities and the republican states run very well. and that s not because i m ou
thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s, will get initial compensation, of £100,000 each. dozens of pollution alerts were issued at beaches across england and wales today and some untreated sewage was released into the water because of the heavy rain. and on the move, the rocket that could pave the way for astronauts heading back to the moon. and coming up heading back to the moon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the rain shortened is a day dominated by south africa at lord s with england reduced to 116 6 on the first day of the test. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the rate of inflation has hit double figures, for the first time, in a0 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly, higher than analysts were predicting. rising prices of certain food and soft drinks are particularly to blame, with bread and cereals up 12.4%, milk, cheese and eggs up 19.4% and cooking oil up 23.4%, all compared to this time last ye