ceremony in cape town. now on bbc news, it s time for weather world. sarah keith lucas and nick miller find out how climate change is affecting the scottish ski industry and look back at 2021 s biggest storms. this time on weather world, i m in scotland, the country that hosted the 2021 cop climate summit. and even though i ve come to one of the coldest and snowiest parts of the country, the cairngorms ski area, it faces its own challenges as our world warms. i ll be talking to the people whose livelihoods depend on winter snow here, even if sometimes they have to make it themselves. the factory produces four tonnes an hour, so in just under a month that s about 3,000 tonnes. and i m in london, where, like many major cities around the world, mass transport systems are facing up to the threat of flash flooding. and i ll be asking what can be done to keep travellers safe in extreme rainfall. also on weather world, sudden and savage disaster in the usa, hit by one of its large
of special events celebrating the life of archbishop desmond tutu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us, or around the world. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has urged everyone in the uk to get their boosterjab. he says 90% of people currently in intensive care beds with covid had not received their third vaccine. new figures show more than 10,000 people in england are in hospital with covid the highest number since march. meanwhile, some uk doctors and pharmacists are warning they are running short of covid tests because of high demand. officials say more are on the way. pressure is coming from a surge in cases the latest data showing 183,000 people testing positive for covid in the uk. that s a new daily record significantly higher than a week ago but that s partly due to a delay in reporting results over christmas. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa has more. george winder and his wife nikki are both gps in leeds. he tested p
now on bbc news, review 2021 the coronavirus pandemic. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the story of the coronavirus pandemic across the year and its impact on so many different aspects of people s lives. hospitals under pressure. loud and clear covid is serious. some of the shifts that i have had are the toughtest i ve ever had. and the race to vaccinate the public. i got the letter yesterday, and i m booked in today. i three, two, one! welcome back, everyone! cheering. lockdown ends. i can literally not stress how much i missed being able to go out. but there s the threat of a new variant. there is a tidal wave of omicron coming. the year began with intensifying pressure on the nhs. covid infections were rising, and there was a worrying increase in hospital admissions. the second wave of the virus was going to prove more deadly than the first. with covid cases rising, the new school term began with confusion. some teachers and children stayed at home. there s 21 members o
she also practised today after taking a break to concentrate on her mental health over the past few months following her shock third round defeat to cananda s leylah fernandez at the us open. osaka won the australian open in 2019 and 2021. still just over stilljust over half an hour to go at brentford, they still trail manchester city 1 0. a reminder city will go eight points clear at the top of the premier league if they win that one. we will have more on that later. it should be the safest place a child could be. why do you study? from there, to go back towards what? but schools in northern nigeria are being targeted by kidnappers. since december, more than 1000 students have been abducted in the region. and it s affecting everyone from the youngest to the oldest pupils, rich and poor. save this country from the hands of these evil people! she said, mummy, they came to our school yesterday night and kidnapped us. she now says, mummy, come and see, they are just beating u
to a tsunami of cases. the european court of human rights, urges russia to suspend the shutdown of the country s oldest human rights group. prayers and thanksgiving as south africa holds a week of special events celebrating the life of archbishop desmond tutu. good evening to viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister borisjohnson has urged everyone in the uk to get their boosterjab. he says 90% of people currently in intensive care beds with covid had not received their third vaccine. new figures show more than 10,000 people are in hospital in england with covid the highest number since march. meanwhile, some uk doctors and pharmacists are warning they are running short of covid tests because of high demand. officials say more are on the way. pressure is coming from a surge in cases the latest data showing 183 thousand people testing positive for covid in the uk. that s a new daily record but that s partly due to a delay in reporting results over c