to where the bafta award winning documentary my octopus teacer was filmed campaigners there are trying to preserve one of the world s richest ecosystems. good evening and welcome to bbc news. if you re over 45 years old and live in england you can now book your covid jab, as the vaccination programme enters its next phase. everyone over fifty or in a high risk group has already been offered a first dose, according to the government, and ministers say they re on track to offer all adults a vaccine by the end ofjuly. it comes as officals try to contain new cases of the south african variant in south london, where hundreds of thousands of residents have been asked to come forward for tests. today the prime minister has warned that infections will rise as the economy reopens, and he s urged people to continue to be cautious. with the latest on the vaccine roll out, hugh pym reports. are you feeling well today? a firstjab with a new vaccine, this one supplied by the us company,
for that, among so many other things, i am grateful to you, ali, as always. thank you for being ready to step in. thank you for being my safety net. it s always my pleasure. i ve always got one ear and one eye on your show anyway signature ready on friday nights to do the last word. but i had more than that not because there might be technical difficulties but the conversation about the evolution of democracy and the threats to it leading to your conversation with reverend senator warnock was fascinating and enlightening so that we don t take for granted the situation we re in now. i m appreciative of that. and the other thing just to kick you off for the weekend is to keep in mind as dangerous as those technical issues were, they re not as bad as a boat stuck in a canal right now. that s right. all of my boats are free floating at this point. nothing is aground. that was never going to be a particular issue. but you would have been there with a tiny front-end loader to
with reverend senator warnock was fascinating and enlightening so that we don t take for granted the situation we re in now. so i m appreciative of that. and the other thing just to kick you off for the weekend is to keep in mind that as dangerous as those technical issues were, they re not as bad as a boat stuck in a canal right now. that s right. all of my boats are free floating at this point. nothing is aground. that was never going to be a particular issue. but you would have been there with a tiny front-end loader to try to loose me. i know you would be. you can always count on that. i m your tug boat. have yourself a great weekend. i shall see you on monday. thank you, ali. thank you. as rachel pointed out, democracy is, in fact, under attack. and don t mistake that for hyperbole. the attacks are real. it s not a given that democracy will persist under the weight of this attack. now that trump is gone, republicans in state houses across the country are continui
make their own jabs. hello there. we start with those global supply chain problems, because one of the uk s biggest toy retailers is warning that delays at uk ports will result in shortages this christmas. with thousands of containers stuck at ports and a serious shortage of hgv lorry drivers there s widespread concern in the business community about the availability of goods. our transport correspondent caroline davies reports from felixstowe. coming in but going out too slowly. felixstowe is the busiest container port in the uk, bringing in goods from around the world. but for months, the situation at ports here and internationally has been getting worse as demand for goods grows after the pandemic. the situation is caused by a messy mix of global problems, including covid disruption, but here in the uk it is made worse by a shortage of hgv drivers to take the goods away, and so they built up. there are around 100,000 containers here. the port normally has around 60,000