archbishop desmond tutu. tackling the cladding crisis in australia what can the uk learn from down under? and right now in australia, they re celebrating the arrival of 2022 amid heightened covid restrictions. welcome to the bbc news at one. new figures show that covid related absences in acute nhs trusts in england went up by more than 40% during christmas week. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off sick or isolating each day. london was again the worst hit with about 4% of staff in acute trusts absent, up by nearly 60% on the week before. it comes after latest estimates from the 0ns survey suggest one in 30 people in the uk tested positive for covid heading into christmas, a new record high for infections. hospitals in northampton, sheffield and rotherham have temporarily suspended visiting due to the high number of omicron cases. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson has more. while most of us are looking forward to celebrating this new year s eve, it