Rising tensions over post brexit checks at Northern Irelands ports the Prime Minister calls for urgent action from the eu. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons, and the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. British stars lead the pack as this years Golden Globes nominations are announced Daisy Edgar Jones, Olivia Colman and jodie comer are all up for awards. Hello, good afternoon. A huge milestone has been reached in the uks Coronavirus Vaccine programme this afternoon, which Health Secretary matt hancock has called hugely significant. Ten Million People have now been given their first dose of either the pfizer or Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. Meanwhile, new Research Suggests the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus by reducing transmission. A warning this report from our Health Correspondent Anna Collinson contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus from
Him to run through the timelines . When did these 11 cases test positive, and how long does the genetic sequencing take, and when was he told of these cases . Can these processes be made speedier . And so for example that the ealing case tested positive in late december. These variants bring into focus the importance of border controls. Times radio reports that Quarantine Arrangements for hotels wont be in place until the 15th of february. Why the delay . According to the times newspaper, sage weeks ago said tougher Quarantine Arrangements were needed. Will he publish at this stage minutes from the 21st Of January . I welcome the extra testing, but can i suggest it was further . People move beyond postcode boundaries. They go shopping, many still have to go to work. Will he therefore roll out testing in neighbouring postcodes . He wants to come down hard on this variant, but isnt the lesson of mass testing, such as in liverpool, that people are hesitant to take a test if they arent com
Captain sir tom moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word. In the dark days of the Second World War fought for freedom and in the face of this countrys deepest post war crisis, he united us all. Well be paying tribute to sir tom who died in hospital after Testing Positive for coronavirus. Also tonight following concerns about delaying the second dose new analysis of the astrazeneca vaccine shows the first jab is effective for up to 12 weeks. Pupils in scotland are told theyll start heading back to the classroom from the end of this month. Jeff bezos, one of the worlds richest men, who created amazon, is to step down from the leading role as Chief Executive. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. A huge win for Sheffield United in the battle of the bottom two. Well bring you the latest from the premier league. Commentator absolutely priceless for Sheffield United good evening. Her majesty the queen and the Prime Minister borisjohnson have led the many tributes to captain sir tom mo
1968. All the cool kids are saying it. Liz cheney has decided her lifes mission is now to defend democracy. Jim acostas new cnn show in which he uses there were democracy in the way some people use prepositions. In every sentence. At 2 00 p. M. Eastern tomorrow there is a zoom webinar on democracy, which are welcome to attend in case you havent heard enough about it already. Every left of Center Nitwit on twitter will be there. All of them will be fretting about the future of democracy. Pretty amazing. Its easy to make fun of an event like that. And of course we have a moral obligation to. Bloviates about democracy, insert jokes here but if we are being honest about it you should be a little worried about the state of our democracy. How is our democracy doing . Well, lets see. Another way to describe Demoss Democracy is popular representation. When the government does what citizens want it to do you have a democracy, and when it doesnt, you dont. You know longer have a free country tha
1968. All the cool kids are saying it. Liz cheney has decided her lifes mission is now to defend democracy. Jim acostas new cnn show in which he uses there were democracy in the way some people use prepositions. In every sentence. At 2 00 p. M. Eastern tomorrow there is a zoom webinar on democracy, which are welcome to attend in case you havent heard enough about it already. Every left of Center Nitwit on twitter will be there. All of them will be fretting about the future of democracy. Pretty amazing. Its easy to make fun of an event like that. And of course we have a moral obligation to. Bloviates about democracy, insert jokes here but if we are being honest about it you should be a little worried about the state of our democracy. How is our democracy doing . Well, lets see. Another way to describe Demoss Democracy is popular representation. When the government does what citizens want it to do you have a democracy, and when it doesnt, you dont. You know longer have a free country tha