and staff sickness causes disruption on the railways. in her first christmas broadcast since the death of prince philip, the queen is expected to give a very personal address tomorrow. and coming up, i can t say my name a revealing look at what it s like to live with a stammer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a glimmer of christmas hope may be on offer from new cononavirus data, suggesting that the omicron variant may be less likely to lead to serious illness than the delta variant. that s according to a uk senior health official. but drjenny harries from the uk health security agency warned it definitely isn t yet at the point where we could downgrade the serious threat of omicron and that more data is needed, particularly about the impact on elderly and more vulnerable patients. it comes as 200,000 first, second or booster appointments are being made available over the festive period across england as people are urged to getjabbed.
of rain comes in behind it. under clear skies in scotland, temperatures could fall away in sheltered glens to 6 or 7, so for you, there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces first thing. tomorrow, though, there will be lengthy sunny spells as there will be across northern england. one or two isolated showers. the rain coming in across the south west could well fall as snow on the tops of the hills in north west wales. mild in the south but still cold in the north and windy wherever you are. now, the bbc s felicity baker who has a stammer reveals what it is like to live with the condition. 0k. i ve worked for bbc news for ten years as a producer, always behind the scenes, finding guests, setting up stories. i wondered if you had someone that might be available for an interview? but recently, during a chance conversation with the presenter sophie raworth, i revealed my secret. i have a stammer. hello. i m calling from the bbc. i ve spent my whole life trying to hide it
20 year old daunte wright. as people head home for christmas, industrial action and staff sickness causes disruption on the railways. and coming up the student with cerebral palsy who gets his very own voice for christmas. hello and welcome. a glimmer of christmas hope may be on offer from new cononavirus data, suggesting that the omicron variant may be less likely to lead to serious illness than the delta variant. that s according to a uk senior health official. but drjenny harries from the uk health security agency warned it definitely isn t yet at the point where we could downgrade the serious threat of omicron and that more data is needed, particularly about the impact on elderly and more vulnerable patients. it comes as 200,000 first, second or booster appointments are being made available over the festive period across england as people are urged to getjabbed. in his christmas message, borisjohnson describes the jab as a wonderful gift that people can give to ke
hospitality and leisure sectors, already losing money because of surging covid cases. with hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people having to self isolate on christmas day, we look at how people are having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday in - having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday in case - having to adapt their plans. we have food arriving on thursday in case we | food arriving on thursday in case we are self lic self isolating and can t go to mum s. she ordered the food just might want to go and will be living off turkey if it doesn t go ahead. spectators will be locked out from boxing day. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. christmas will not be cancelled this year. the prime minister has announced that there will be no new restriction
and that they were lied to. we re expecting a news conference in downing street on extra covid measures for england. we lljoin that as and when it happens. also tonight on this extended edition of the bbc news at six. pfizer biontech announce that three doses of their vaccine can neutralise the new omicron variant of the virus. and a terrible start for england on the first day of the first ashes test in brisbane. welcome to the bbc news at six, which comes today from salford in greater manchester. borisjohnson has faced more calls for his resignation today, following the emergence of a video which has caused shockwaves at westminster and much further afield. the video showed his staff joking about a christmas party last december, during the strict lockdown, when many families were unable to visit loved ones. allegra stratton, the aide seen laughing on the video, has resigned this afternoon. boris johnson apologised for the video but repeated his claim that no party had taken