scientists say they re disappointed that covid infections aren t falling quickly enough in england to ease pressure on hospitals. the government insists there will be no interruption to the uk s vaccine supplies from astrazeneca, in a continuing row with the eu about a supply shortage. nearly one in three police officers in england and wales say they ve been threatened by someone claiming to have covid 19. and how singing classes can help people cope with the breathlessness and fatigue that comes with long covid. and coming up in sport on bbc news: manchester united condemn the racial abuse of their players on social media following last night s defeat to sheffield united. defender axel tuanzebe was one of the targets. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. on a visit to scotland, the prime minister has thanked nhs staff and emphasised the importance of the uk working together in tackling coronavirus. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has questioned whethe
is not the most important thing. it s a real privilege to get to do and it s exciting and i love it, but it s not part of the big picture that s going on right now. well, good luck to her. time for a look at the weather here s stav danaos. hello, thank you very much, good afternoon. after a very wet night, we saw some localised flooding in places. atrocious conditions on the road but through the afternoon, the cloud has been breaking up. a dry speu cloud has been breaking up. a dry spell for a well, a bit of brightness in the south. we continue with the rain band which has stalled across parts of scotland bringing hill snow. the looms that this milder has been pushing up from the south and west during last night and through today. you can see on the radar picture from earlier, the rain eventually clearing away from the eastern side of the country to stop snow for the pennines and certainly across much of central and northern scotland, where it is still falling across the gr
we start with the social media app tiktok because its ceo has vowed to keep on fighting after the us house of representatives passed a bill that could see the app banned in america. shou zi chew released a video on tiktok threatening legal action and warning that if the bill becomes law it will mean the end of tiktok for its 170 million users in the us. we ll hearfrom him injust a moment, but first, here s our us business correspondent erin delmore who has been following developments on capitol hill. the houseboat sets the stage for what could become an ultimatum to tiktok chinese owned company bytedance. selby avenue or it will be banned. there is a way to go between here and there. it needs to go through this and it faces an uncertain future. the senate majority leader has been noncommittal about whether he will bring it up for a vote. some studies are only about to vote against it. if it does move through the senate, president biden that he will sign it. components of the
let s get down to business, there were no january blues on wall street as the month ended on a high for investors. lets look at the numbers some of the biggest names in corporate america have been reporting their latest earnings. the dow is up 2% in the month, the s&p is up 596. the rally comes as investors also look ahead to the us federal reserve as a two day meeting gets underway. my colleague samira hussain, with more from new york. 2022 was the worst year for the stock market since 2008 year, so far, is proving to be different with financial markets posting strong again for the month of january. markets posting strong again for the month ofjanuary. 0n for the month ofjanuary. on wednesday, all eyes moved to washington for the latest interest rate decision. traders are expecting to see rates increase by 25 points, a far cry from the aggressive interest rate hikes last year when america s central bank raised interest rates by three quarters of a percent four times. but the