despite the discovery of the omicron variant of coronavirus. from tuesday, people in england will once again have to wear masks in shops and on public transport the health secretary says ministers acted as quickly as they could. what we do know is much more about our own country and i think speed at which we acted could not have been any faster. the netherlands confirms that 13 people with covid on a flight that on a flight that arrived at amsterdam s schipol airport from south africa on friday have the new variant of covid 19. 66,000 people remain without power across scotland two days after the gale force winds created by storm arwen. and there are about 16,000 properties still without power in the north west of england, the majority in cumbria. israel says it will ban the entry of all foreigners making it the first country to shut its borders completely in response to the new 0micron variant. european ministers minus the uk home secretary priti patel meet for tal
the headlines. a third case of the new omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in the uk the government urges people to get their boosters and to follow new rules from tuesday on mask wearing in england. the government says pupils in year seven and above in england should wear masks in communal areas of schools from tomorrow morning. the south african president has criticised the decision to put the country on the international red list. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the wake of storm arwen. four european countries agree to deploy a plane to patrol the french coast to help prevent migrants crossing the sea to britain. and sir frank williams who created one the great formula one teams has died aged 79. coming up in a moment on bbc news it s sportsday but first, here s click. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this s
i want to bring you some news into us, at the bbc, and a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 12 year old ava white. now, ava white was stabbed in liverpool city centre on thursday, as the christmas lights were being switched on, and merseyside police have just announced that a 14 year old boy has been charged with her murder. we will of course bring you any more news, as we get it, but, a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 12 year old ava white, she was stabbed in liverpool city centre, on thursday evening, as the christmas lights were being switched on. we can bring you up to date with the weather now. change is afoot. this is a warm front across scotland and northern ireland on monday morning. a widespread ice risk for parts of scotland and england. that front will be pushing outbreaks of rain preceded by hills snow and sleet in scotland in the morning and it gradually goes south and turns into patchy rain for northern ireland and into the f
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