Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
U nsettled on monday. Thats also spells some unsettled weather heading our way for Christmas Eve itself. With that comes another pulse of some milder hour. Look how that mild there has been spreading to other parts of europe. It has been really mild through the continent, notjust here. Even in the north, in scandinavia, as far north as finland, off the edge of the screen, temperatures are higher than they should be. Back home, this is tuesday. Cloud, occasional rain, i do not think it will be a deluge, but it will be pretty damn sometimes. Drier in the north on tuesday, on Christmas Eve. In the evening, Christmas Eve, it will dry out. That takes us into wednesday. Christmas day itself is actually expected to be the best day of the whole week. Sunshine in the forecast, perfect walking weather to walk off those calories, which i am sure will be all consuming we will all be consuming in huge quantities on wednesday itself. So a changeable christmas week, no snow, but at least we get the s
England are chasing new zealands first innings score of 375 in the second test in hamilton as their hopes of levelling the series fade. Are bitterly cold start to the weekend with a hard frost and some fog out there. But, it is going to bea dry fog out there. But, it is going to be a dry story for many of us this weekend with lots of sparkling winter sunshine. All the details coming up shortly. Its saturday the 30th of november. Our top story the man who carried out a terror attack on London Bridge yesterday was a convicted terrorist. Two people, a man and a woman, were stabbed to death. The attacker named as 28 year old usman khan was shot dead by an armed officer. He had beenjailed in 2012 for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist Training Camp, but was freed on licence a year ago. Simonjones has this report. Terror returns to the streets of london. A man and a woman killed. Now the question is, how was this allowed to happen . Fit pictures of film from the
R c s army says its killed a senior rebel leader while a mall busy reported to have launched 2 people suspected of being from the same militia. Including the draw for the euro 2020 foreigners has taken place with france germany and portugal all drawn together. Hello welcome to the news our top story iraqs Prime Minister has officially handed in his resignation to parliament. He held an emergency meeting with his cabinet and asked the lower house to debate his resignation he said he had no choice but to leave his post. I suppose my resignation was essential to this the crisis and calm the situation in the country i hope the parliament choose a quick alternative for the country because the situation in the country cant handle a caretaker government for a long. But matty submitting his resignation has done little to calm the protesters around the country after weeks of unrest demonstrators clashed with Security Forces after trying to block the road in baghdad medical Officials Say 3 prote
Had been in jail for a terror plot. He says its killed a senior rebel leader while a mob is reported to have lynched 2 people suspected of being from the same militia. Our top story of iraqi Prime Minister he has formally submitted his resignation to the countrys parliament but its done little to calm protest as around the country demonstrators clashed with Security Forces after trying to block a road in baghdad medical Officials Say 3 protesters were shot dead and at least 58 wounded in protests in the capital and in the south of the country so mona fulton reports now from baghdad. The day Prime Minister of the of the mothers submitted his resignation crowds in Tahrir Square showed no intention of packing up and going home banners were still held high doctors remained on standby to treat the wounded and new street art sprung to life depicting the aspirations of the protest movement for many the Prime Ministers departure is just the 1st perhaps the easiest step on a long road towards c