time for the media show hello, good evening. good evening. that distinctive music could only mean one thing. it s time for channel 4 news one of the most famous faces in broadcasting. jon snow has been the face of the programme since 1989. over the course of three decades, he has grown every prime minister for margaret thatcher up to and including theresa may. he drew the iconic words, let bygones be bygones from nelson mandela. he shared a plane with idi amin, reported on wars in iran and crises in vietnam. and it s not all been hard news. he has danced and sung on tv and even got stoned on camera. but he has also been accused of being too partisan, of having political views that were too obvious and which undermine the network s impartiality. and so, at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show and i guess before we start, the first question is, you ve got a few days left at cha
their case as the british socialite says she will not testify in the sex trafficking case. she denies all wrongdoing. the united nations again warns that all sides in ethiopia s civil war are committing severe human rights violations more than a year after the conflict began. here in britain a crushing by election defeat has dealt another blow to the authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. his conservative party lost a seat it had held for almost two hundred years. the result comes in the middle of a turbulent period for mrjohnson, whose party and government have been plagued with allegations of corruption and breaking covid rules by holding christmas parties during lockdown. on friday night the country s top civil servant, the cabinet secretary simon case, stepped aside from leading the inquiry into those parties, after it emerged an event had been held in his own office. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. two, one. cheering. they might not do subtl
over 93,000 cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours a new record for a third consecutive day. documents from the government s scientific advisory group sage, seen by the bbc, suggest additional measures could be needed to slow the spread of the virus. 0ur health editor hugh pym has this report. it was a record day for boosters and unlike many other sites this week, there was no queueing at this walk in centre in barnsley, set up yesterday. we ve got a lot of vaccinators on site and a lot of admin support, so patients are getting a really good experience. they are in, they are out and away. but there is a warning that to slow the spread of the virus, the vaccination effort on its own may not be enough. papers from the expert sage committee seen by the bbc suggest that covid hospital admissions could double by the end of this month. scotland s first minister, meanwhile, said her prediction of a tsunami of cases was now coming true with 0micron the dominant strain of the
and hotels and restaurants are reporting cancellations at what is normally one of the busiest times of the year. danny savage reports from leeds. merry christmas! the other area is credited with merry christmas! the other area is credited with saving merry christmas! the other area is credited with saving this - is credited with saving this business from covid. they say they affirm about cancellations. ~ , ., cancellations. we sent an e-mail on cancellations. we sent an e-mail on tuesday - cancellations. we sent an e-mail on tuesday to - cancellations. we sent an - e-mail on tuesday to everyone e mail on tuesday to everyone who had booked in december and told them you will be charged if you don t let us know, let us know limit of the circumstances and we had 150 councils but we had 6000 bookings so 150 is not that bad. , . ., , bookings so 150 is not that bad. , ., ., , bad. pub landlords call this mad friday bad. pub landlords call this mad friday such bad. pub lan
now on bbc news, bbc wales investigates the hidden world of designer dog breeding. good boy. you have been such a good boy! iwant good boy. you have been such a good boy! i want are known as micro bullies. they are bred to be really, really small. these were all seized from a breeder. there were reports of unlicensed breeding. that is a boy! meet chris, lined up to become a stud dog by his owner. he actually has spinal deformity. he is dragging his hind legs, probably every four or five steps. the vet report we got from the specialist about said he should be bred from. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them small and stocky as possible. lots of muscle and bone into a very, very small frame. their legs are splayed out, they are so must we. it is cruelty breeding, there is no other word for it. griff and the other pups are being looked after at the south wales rescue centre. casualties of afraid in designer dogs. the centre. casualties of afraid in designer dogs