And talented British Police officer killed at a Custody Centre in south london. Sergeant matt rartna was shot, as a suspect in handcuffs was being checked in. Switzerland heads to the polls in a referendum on whether to End Free Movement between it and the European Union. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. More than a quarter of the uk population are living under stricter coronavirus lockdown rules, as new measures come into force this weekend. It comes as the rate at which the virus is spreading in britain, appears to be speeding up. From today, households in leeds, wigan, stockport and blackpool are banned from mixing in each others homes or gardens. And in manchester, 1,700 students have been told to self isolate for two weeks, after a spate of positive tests. Households will also be banned from mixing in the welsh town of llanelli from 6pm, with cardiff and swansea follo
For being cavalier, of having splurged the voters money, not spent it wisely. This week, just before the main scheme of state support the furlough was due to end, the British Government cancelled novembers budget and announced a fresh wave of public subsidy for private business for the next six months. Its the most visible sign so far that the health of the nation is once again at risk. Steve richards, a quarter of the uk population is either under additional restrictions or will be by the end of this weekend. Is that a sense that the government has lost control of this virus, or was it always that we were going to find ourselves in this situation, come the return of autumn and eventually the potential health risks in the winter . A bit of both. The autumn was always going to be a challenge and one of the more bizarre sequences of recent days was some officials and ministers expressing surprise that the autumn was going to be such a challenge. They have lost control in the sense that t
Terrible incident, it would be that more people understand a little bit about the challenges of police work and see us police for who we are. Theres been heavy fighting between armenian and Azerbaijani Forces in the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region with a number of casualties on both sides. President trump nominates the conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacant seat on the us Supreme Court. And Sir David Attenborough attends a private viewing of his new documentary at Kensington Palace, hosted by the duke of cambridge. Hello and welcome, if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Thousands of students across the uk are being forced to self isolate after a rise in coronavirus infections. The Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, has refused to rule out a ban on students returning home for the christmas holidays. The government says its monitoring the situation closely. The bbcs Pol
This is bbc news with the latest headlines at 2. The government defends its decision to allow students to return to university despite several outbreaks of coronavirus, which have seen many confined to their rooms. Labour demands assurances. Students have been done over on their a levels, they had been done ever on freshers week. The government has threatened to lock them up in university and when they graduate they could be facing long term unemployment. It is important for students not to have to give up a year of their life by not going to university and they are going to university and paying the fees accordingly. Wales two biggest cities prepare for lockdown. From 6pm, swansea and cardiff will go under heightened covid restrictions. And the first minister has Just Announced a further three areas
will come under tighter rules tomorrow. As senior political figures Mark National Police Memorial day in the uk britains top Police Official pays tribute to the sergeant shot in south lond
On the government to promise students will be able to go home for christmas. Stu d e nts students have been done over on their a levels, theyve been done over on freshers week, the government is now threatening to lock them up at university, and a very worrying for them, when they graduate they may be looking at long term youth unemployment. President trump has nominated the conservative judge, amy coney barrett, to fill the vacant seat on the us supreme court. Detectives investigating the Fatal Shooting of a Police Officer in south london on friday say four crime scenes are being searched. Fresh Anti Government protests are expected in belarus, as president macron of france joins calls for alexander lu kashenko to step down. Now on bbc news, as the uk is said to be back
on a covid knife edge, it is time to remember full lockdown. Newsbeat has followed young people from the minute life changed completely back in march. It feels like im about to be on the front line of a war, like. My a