and i would act on those if transmission is rising still, and if hospitalisations are going up across the country. the world health organization is urging people around the globe to be extra careful when socialising this festive season. also on the programme. a whistleblower tells the bbc of the neglect of an autistic man detained in a specialist hopsital for more than 20 years. the biggest divorce settlement in an english court the ruler of dubai must pay more than half a billion pounds to his ex wife. and the monster millipede eight feet long, discovered by chance in northumberland. coming up on the bbc news channel, no fans at sporting events in wales from boxing day as the welsh government tries to control the spread of the virus. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced there ll be more than a billion pounds worth of financial support to help struggling businesses and the arts sector cope with the spread of the 0
in other news, desperate attempts to get aid to those hit by typhoon rai in the philippines. more than 375 people are now known to have died. a court in london has ordered the ruler of dubai, sheikh mohammed, to pay his ex wife around £550 million. it s thought to be the largest divorce settlement in british history. and how about this for a creepy crawly nightmare? fossil evidence of the eight foot long millipede that weighed 50 kilos and was the size of a car. the chancellor rishi sunak is expected to give more details of government support to businesses hit by the spread of the omicron variant. it follows reports that the business secretary kwasi kwarteng is meeting businesses today to discuss the challenges they re facing. but there s still no further clarity on whether the government is going to impose more restrictions to combat covid in england ahead of christmas. meanwhile the number of covid infections in the uk continues to rise rapidly. there were another 91,715 n
christmas december, as we come out of the christmas weekend, and at least until the christmas weekend, and at least until the first end injanuary when we witt until the first end injanuary when we will review this advice again, please we will review this advice again, please go we will review this advice again, please go back to limiting your contact please go back to limiting your contact as much as you possibly can, please contact as much as you possibly can, please stay contact as much as you possibly can, please stay at home as much as is feasible please stay at home as much as is feasible. when you do go out, maintain feasible. when you do go out, maintain physical distancing from people maintain physical distancing from people not in your own group, and difficult people not in your own group, and difficult though it is, please follow difficult though it is, please follow this advice over a new year, minimise follow this advice over a new year,
hospitality sector. we ve responded i think generously today, the grants we ve outlined up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year. our other headlines more bodies are found as rescuers reach islands in the phillipines, cut off by last week s typhoon. we ll talk to a film maker who was on one of the worst hit islands when the typhoon hit. hello, and welcome. in the last hour, scotland s first minister, nicola stugeon, has announced new restrictions, due to the surge in omicron cases. the number of people allowed to socialise both, indoors and outdoors, will be limited which means new year s celebrations will have to be scaled back, and sports events will effectively be spectator free for a three week period from 26th of december. we heard nicola sturgeon making that announcement in holyrood in the last half an hour. new restrictions being brought in. let s hear a little bit of that