So, weve bought the food, hopefully, but how much is left on shop shelves . About 260,000 tonnes end up in the bin every year. Ill be looking at how we can reduce that. And in sport, tottenham say their initial findings into the alleged racist abuse of Antonio Rudiger are inconclusive, but a chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing son heung min. Good morning. It is Christmas Eve and we are going to bejoined by the singers all morning. We have rain that were clear. Heavy thundery showers and windy across the south with some sunshine in the forecast. I will tell you where in about 15 minutes. A very good morning to you. Its tuesday, december the 24th. Our top story the queen will use her Christmas Day message to say that 2019 has been quite bumpy. It comes after a year of intense political debate over brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. It has been a year which at times may have felt quite
Plus, why its time to go green and ditch the christmas cracker. Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The first coronavirus Mass Vaccination Programme in the world is now underway in the uk. Vaccination programme in the world the Health Secretary called tuesday v day. Independent scientists also reported that the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine while not as effective as pfizers, was still found to be safe and effective and cheaper and easier to transport than the pfizer jabs. The nhs says thousands of people were vaccinate today and they will be getting in touch with people eligible for the first vaccine shots. 8 hundred thousand doses of the pfizer bio ntech vaccine have already arrived in the uk thats enough to vaccinate 400,000 people. The over 80s, care home workers and nhs staff will be among the very first to get vaccinated, more than 80 Vaccine Centres have beeb set up so far most are in hospitals and people will be called in for the vaccination. Our Healt
Start of the mass Vaccination Programme. The rest of the headlines today. Borisjohnson will head to brussels later this week for face to face talks in an attempt to make a breakthrough in the post brexit trade negotiations. German prosecutors say they remain convinced that a child sex offender known as christian b kidnapped and killed Madeleine Mccann, as they continue to build a case against him. And the archbishop of canterbury and the chief rabbi talk to us about the grief they have experienced for National Grief awareness week. Hello and good morning. Its being called v day by the health secretary, the start of the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs. 90 year old Margaret Keenan has become the first person in the uk to be given the new covid jab, made by Pfizer Biontech. Borisjohnson has called the roll out a huge step forward in the fight against the disease. The first order of 800,000 doses has already arrived at hospitals across the uk, ready to be given to pe
Be done and a lot of discipline to be maintained. Breakthrough in brussels as theres been agreement on the brexit withdrawal bill as the uk drops clauses in the controversial internal market bill. This means that both sides have agreed rules for trade across the border in Northern Ireland after brexit for issues including Border Control posts the archbishop of canterbury and the uks chief rabbi talk about coping with death having each lost a child themselves. The fightback has begun. The first person in the uk to be given a Coronavirus Vaccine outside of a Clinical Trial is a 90 year old woman. Margaret keennan received the historicjab at University Hospital in coventryjust after half six this morning. That was just the start, hundreds of other patients have been given the jab in the past few hours as the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs gets under way. Borisjohnson has thanked Health Workers and scientists but urged people to remain cautious. The uk has an initia
But theres still a lot of work parts of east anglia to be done and a lot of discipline and the southeast of england. But that will tend to lift to be maintained. As that rain comes in, the Prime Minister will travel washing things away, to brussels tomorrow for dinner the rain could be quite heavy for a while. With the president of the European Commission to try and unlock showers then do follow on behind, post brexit trade talks. But we will get some clearer skies for Northern Ireland, wales and the southwest. Maybe a few pockets of frost, today, news that the uk and eu have but generally speaking, reached agreement on how rules it should be frost free by the end of the night. In the brexit withdrawal deal will be implemented the wetter weather from earlier particularly in relation in the night will move away from east anglia, to Northern Ireland. And then we will have a few showers, but those showers will be Rugby World Cup winner diminishing, and for many, Steve Thompson and seven o