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At a waterworks near bristol in which four people died. The government pledges to cut uk Carbon Emissions faster than any other major economy setting a new target for 2030. Loud bang and coming up what was it that woke up people in edinburgh in the early hours . We find out about the weather phenomenom of thundersnow. Good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news. Downing street says talks with the European Union over a post brexit trade deal are at a very difficult point. The eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier is staying in london for the discussions this afternoon. Time is running out the current rules expire at the end of this month. Our Political Correspondent iain watson has the latest. The music like the weather is sombre. It is so important that the eu ....
Plus, why its time to go green and ditch the christmas cracker. Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The first coronavirus Mass Vaccination Programme in the world is now underway in the uk. Vaccination programme in the world the Health Secretary called tuesday v day. Independent scientists also reported that the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine while not as effective as pfizers, was still found to be safe and effective and cheaper and easier to transport than the pfizer jabs. The nhs says thousands of people were vaccinate today and they will be getting in touch with people eligible for the first vaccine shots. 8 hundred thousand doses of the pfizer bio ntech vaccine have already arrived in the uk thats enough to vaccinate 400,000 people. The over 80s, care home workers and nhs staf ....
Holiday, the numbers came down, and and outbreaks of rain but it will also produce milder air as well. Then, as behaviour changed, with joined me laterfor all of schools going back and everybody also produce milder air as well. Joined me later for all of the going back into normal life in details. Join. September, of course, cases went back up again. And we are really good morning. Its sunday, december 13th. Our top story sort of repeating that all over last ditch talks are continuing in brussels this morning as uk and eu officials again. We had a very harsh lockdown attempt to break the deadlock over a post brexit trade deal. Again. We had a very harsh lockdown again in november, weve been given borisjohnson and the president of the European Commission back some life back and some economy will decide later whether back some life back and some economy backin back some life back and some economy to abandon or continue back in ....
On the basis that the eu understands that the uk is a sovereign nation and an independent nation. The cold war spy novelist, John Le Carre, has died at the age of 89. And coming up this hour, the nine year old running two kilometres every day to raise money for the hospital treating his best friend for leukaemia. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Covid vaccinations will start being given to patients from gp surgeries in england as part of the next stage of the roll out of the programme. Gp practices in more than 100 locations will receive their first deliveries of the vaccine later today, with another 100 to 200 over the course of this week. Some will start giving the vaccinations to patients from today, with people over 80, along with health and care staff, top on the list for the vaccine. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has this report. Dr Ammara Hughes is gettin ....