uk health secretary matt hancock is self isolating after receiving an alert from the nhs test and trace app. flood warnings as storm christoph is forecast to bring torrential rain to swathes of central and northern england. it s going to be devastating. if it s anything like it was in february, it s going to be devastating, yeah. and two more tennis players at the australian open test positive for covid 19, amid ongoing controversy over the event hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a further 6,586 deaths involving covid 19 were registered in the uk in the week to january the 8th that brings the total registered deaths close to 96,000. data from the office for national statistics also shows that 1,370 care home residents in england and wales were registered to have died with coronavirus in the first week of janaury. and figures from the 0ns infection survey estimates that one in eight people in the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of dece
post brexit trade arrangements. if you d like to get in touch this morning, you can tweet me @vicderbyshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. a team from the world health organization visits the high security chinese lab at the centre of claims over the source of the covid 19 pandemic. and the queen and british prime minister have led tributes to captain sir tom moore, who s died at 100 years old, after testing positive for coronavirus last week. the uk government says it will ensure he s officially remembered. i think we should find a way to make sure that we mark the memory of captain tom and thank him for the contribution that he made for the nhs. so i will ensure that we mark his contribution properly and appropriately at the right moment. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the health secretary, matt hancock, has described as absolutely superb the findings of a study which suggests for the first time that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine signific
from former yorkshire player azeem rafeeq. we will be speaking to him after 7.00. a shorter self isolation period in england. businesses hope going from seven to five full days will ease staffing pressures. some companies are also changing their sick pay rules for the unvaccinated. i ll have all the details. and i ll tell you about the weather. good morning. it s friday 14th january. our main story staff at downing street have been accused of holding two leaving parties inside number ten on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral last april. restrictions in england at the time banned indoor mixing between different households. it comes as the prime minister continues to face calls for his resignation from his own mps, and at least one letter of no confidence has already been submitted. our political correspondent ione wells reports. a stark image of the queen sat alone to mourn her husband, prince philip, at his funeral on april 17th last year. at the time, indoor mixing