hospitals are asked to find 4,000 extra emergency beds in england to deal with a potential wave of 0micron patients as admissions hit the highest levels since march. and a government promise has been made to get 8 million lateral flow test kits into pharmacies by tomorrow after reports of shortages. is the premier league title race over already? victory over brentford puts manchester city eight points clear at the top as one of their biggest rivals falters. it may be the end of december but at six o clock this morning it is 15 degrees in some parts of the country. exceptionally mild weather continues and will continue to see the year out. the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday, the 30th of december. our main story. ghislaine maxwell has been found guilty of grooming and trafficking underage girls for the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein. jurors found her guilty of five of the six charges she faced. it means she could spend the rest of her life behind bars. alee
of their six meetings this year. having lost three finals in 2021 higgins will be looking to make it fourth time lucky when he faces either anthony mcgill or luca brecel in the final on sunday. that s all from sportsday. a reminder of the build up to the season ending finale at abu dhabi in the formula 1. can t wait for that. between verstappen and lewis hamilton, on the bbc sport website. now on bbc news, ros atkins examines the ethical arguments surrounding vaccine mandates. this week, borisjohnson turned to the issue of compulsory covid vaccinations. i don t believe we can keep going indefinitely with non pharmaceutical interventions. i mean, restrictions on people s way of life. and i think we re going to need to have a national conversation about the way forward. the prime minister wants this national conversation because he knows this pandemic isn t over. covid daily infection rates in europe are going up. infection rates in the us are also going up. and when we look at
he battled from 11th up to third, but then his team called him in for a tyre change and it did not pay off. it dropped him down to fifth. hamilton had wanted to stay out and was less than delighted. i feel like i should have stayed out. my gut feeling was to stay and i feel i should have like done. so frustrated at myself for not following my gut. but i work as a team, so. i did the best i could with the advice i was given. ahead of him, though, no one could catch valtteri bottas. the finn s first win of the season, while verstappen s second place was enough for him to retake the lead in the drivers championship. we maximised the result, valtteri was a little bit faster, but of course, this whole weekend, we were a bit behind in pace compared to mercedes and this race was all about just managing the tyres to a certain lap where you don t have to pit for another set and again, bring that the end. bring that to the end. it was not the most fun to drive because normally you want
time to get a full round up of the sport. it s looking ever more unlikely for england to get something in this fifth and final test match against india. the hosts are 255 runs ahead at the end of day two. india had centuries from the captain rohit sharma and shipman gill in a way to the total of 270 33. james anderson guarding gill and he has now won away from a landmark 700th test wicket. india with an unassailable three zero lead. there s always going to be noise around and pressure. that was still very. there was a possibility i could be playing the previous night. it was a tough night sleep but that s how it is. it s something you also enjoyed the same time. you want to live for those days so i was really happy. to live for those days so i was really happy- to live for those days so i was really happy. to live for those days so i was reall ha . m ., really happy. the f1 champion max verstappen really happy. the f1 champion max verstappen tapped really happy. the f1 c