Until sentencing. The governments decision to suspend parliament. Were expecting to hear from Ruth Davidson in the next few minutes. In her Resignation Letter she said it had been the privilege of my life to serve as the leader good afternoon. Of the scottish conservative welcome to bbc newsroom live. And im annita unionist mcveigh. Party. the government has insisted a government whip, lord young, that mps will have time has also resigned in the last half to debate the uks departure from the European Union hour, saying shutting parliament down risks fundamentally undermining it. Despite plans to suspend parliament but cabinet ministers reject claims for five weeks into october. Yesterday, the queen approved the move is an attempt to stop mps the Prime Ministers request to close parliament until 14th from debating brexit october less than three or preventing a no deal exit. Weeks before the uk this is completely constitutional, and proper, there is going to be is due to leave the eu. Lo
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1000 for the First Time Sincejune. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light at the end of a tunnel. It still needs to be approved and there are questions about how long it will last. The uk may have its first jab by christmas. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. I know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. Early results for the first effective vaccine show it could prevent more than 90 of people from getting covid, with the main
The netherlands enters a strict second lockdown, with schools and shops shut for at least five weeks. Englands education secretary threatens legal action after a London Council told schools to move to online teaching to halt the spread of the virus. Joe biden praises the strength of american democracy, after his president ial victory is certified by the Electoral College. Our democracy, pushed, tested, threatened, proved to be resilient, true and strong. In the uk, hospitality and retail sectors are the hardest hit as a Record Number of people are made redundant and unemployment continues to rise. And coming up this hour. The show must not go on why new covid restrictions could bring the curtain down on londons west end. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. From midnight tonight, 3a Million People in england will be living with the highest level of restrictions in tier 3. New
Children and teachers were amongst those invited for tests at charltons Football Ground today. One way to help keep the virus out of schools, but will it be enough . Some think things are out of control and they want schools to stay closed. Teaching unions say staff are at risk. We know members of our union got sick. Some of them died over the christmas period. So there is the concern for our members. There is also concern for parents and grandparents and we dont think it is safe. We think there should be a period of closure to get cases down. Londons Primary School children will all stay off after a u turn ended the patchwork of partial closures. So harrison has a fortnight at home. We are not going back to school and we are going to have to do home learning. What do you think about that . Not very good because i want to see my friends. Mum and dad have the challenge of finding childcare. It all seems very la st finding childcare. It all seems very last minute, really. Its all very co
Good evening. The government is coming under intense pressure, to scrap plans to reopen Primary Schools in england on monday due to fears over the spread of the new variant of the coronavirus. The uks largest Teaching Union says its members shouldnt go back to work, and headteachers are taking legal action, to force the government to explain why it thinks its safe to reopen primaries outside london and parts of the south east. The department for education says schools will implement appropriate safety measures, to help mitigate the risk of transmission. Heres our education correspondent, dan johnson. Children and teachers were amongst those invited for tests at charltons Football Ground today. One way to help keep the virus out of schools but will it be enough . Some think things are out of control and they want schools to stay closed. Teaching unions say staff are at risk. We know that members of our union got sick, some of them died over the christmas period, so there is the concern