and former tech billionaire elizabeth holmes founder of the health company theranos is found guilty of fraud over her failed blood testing technology. the language is extraordinarily broad and this is the type of very broad language that lawyers sometimes think is going to be helpfulfor them but often it actually result in finding that a provision is invalid because it is in fact too broad. prince andrew was adamant in his 2019 newsnight interview he has no memory of any contact with ms giuffre. you can say categorically that you don t recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? i can absolutely, categorically, tell you it never happened. - do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts, then or any other time? none whatsoever. there might not be an outcome today from the hearing but prince andrew s lawyers will be hoping the case can be stopped in its t
narrow wedge of milder air stop what this will bring is some snow for a time and even low levels across scotland and northern england and over the hills of wales and the midlands. and that will turn back to reign as the wedge of milder air works in before colder conditions temperatures four to 9 degrees, and friday will bring more wintry showers for many. friday will bring more wintry showers for many. friday will bring more wintry showers for man . . , ., ., showers for many. that s it. have a aood showers for many. that s it. have a good evening- hello and welcome to sportsday. it s damage limitation for england s cricketers, we ll have the latest from sydney ahead of the fourth ashes test that starts later tonight. he s not vaccinated for covid 19 but novak djokovic has been given a medical exemption to defend his australian open title. a month to go before the winter olympics, can they possibly be covid safe with thousands of athletes heading to beijing also coming u
£500,000 after winning the pdc darts championship. good morning. it is a cold start to the day, frosty for some of us, the risk of ice in the northern half of the country, and some snow showers in the west but heavier snow with the potential for drifting and blizzards in the higher rate in northern scotland. it s tuesday the 4th of january. prince andrew s legal team will today try to convince a new yorkjudge to throw out a civil case brought by a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. the duke has consistently denied the claims. it follows the release of a document that shows virginia giuffre was paid $500,000 in exchange for committing not to sue anyone connected to the sex offenderjeffrey epstein. here s our legal correspondent dominic casciani. a woman making the gravest of allegations. the unprecedented defendant, a prince of the realm. and now, a day of critical court hearings for both virginia giuffre and the duke of york. she says she was s
hello, and welcome to the programme. scientists have expressed alarm about a new coronavirus variant which has emerged in south africa, describing it as the worst they ve seen so far. the new variant has 32 mutations far more than any previous strains. as a result, the uk government has announced that flights from six african nations are to be suspended and anyone arriving from these countries will need to go into quarantine from sunday. but from what we do know, there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective. i m joined now by our news reporter mark lobel. so talk us through the latest announcement when it comes to travel restrictions. the announcement when it comes to travel restrictions. travel restrictions. the uk read list travel restrictions. the uk read list was
hello and welcome to the programme. scientists have expressed alarm about a new coronavirus variant which has emerged in south africa, describing it as the worst they ve seen so far. the new variant has 32 mutations far more than any previous strains. as a result, the uk government has announced that flights from six african nations are to be suspended and anyone arriving from these countries will need to go into quarantine from sunday. from what we do know there s a significant number of mutations, perhaps double the number of mutations that we have seen in the delta variant. and that would suggest that it may well be more transmissible and the current vaccines that we have may well be less effective. i m joined now by our news reporter mark lobel. what reaction has there been so far? all countries were cleared from the uk travel medallist three weeks ago but it was kept as a preventative measure and indeed it is being used as a six country travel ban. that has been cause