in england are gearing up for mandatory mask wearing from friday. our reporter simonjones has been gauging reation from theatre goers in london. iam in i am in theatreland in the heart of london, and many shows have been asking audiences to wear masks. people attending the performance here told me pretty much everyone was doing that, but from friday in england, it will become compulsory for people attending shows, unless they have an exemption. so we asked you to go was what they made of that. there was no problems at all. we did it and i was comfortable with it, it made me feel safer. it needs to be done. it needs to be done. what can we do? it it needs to be done. what can we do? it is it needs to be done. what can we do? it is what it needs to be done. what can we do? it is what it it needs to be done. what can we do? it is what it is. - it needs to be done. what can we do? it is what it is. will. we do? it is what it is. will it get we do? it is what it is. will
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battering parts of the uk with gusty winds and heavy rainfall. your employment here is terminated, effective immediately. the zoom call you don t want to be on the chief executive of an american firm sacks hundreds of his staff online. and let battle commence: england take on australia tonight in the first ashes test but their without record wicket taker. coming in the sport later in the hour on bbc news channel: tottenham are dealing with a covid outbreak in their squad and that could affect their match in europe this thursday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dysfunctional and chaotic that s the damning verdict of a foreign office whistle blower on the way it handled the evacuation of people from afghanistan after the taliban took over in august. raphael marshall who resigned from hisjob in september has told mps it s clear some of those left behind have since been murdered by the taliban. he says thousands of emails pleading for british help w
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we for storm barra, with weather are looking at wides and we are looking at widespread gales and the highest gusts will be on the coast and an additional hazard will be snow in the northern half of the country. some higher roots likely to experience blizzards and drifting. actor rebel wilson tells us her determination to get healthy saw her lose more than five stone and how it sparked more interest than any of her hollywood success. i ve noticed that it s been getting a lot of attention and i go, so is that what a woman has to do in the world is just lose weight to get attention? it s time for a winter of sleepless nights, as the ashes gets under way but with bad weather, quarantine and lockdowns there has never been a series like this one. it s tuesday the 7th of december. people coming to the uk now have to show evidence of a negative covid test taken no more than 48 hours before leaving more than 48 hours before they travel. it s the latest in a series of measures introd