let me know twitter annita?mcveigh #bbcyourquestions iam in i am in hartlepool today were a week tomorrow voters will head to the polls to select their next mp. this town has been labourfor decades, but could the conservatives snatch it from them this time? northern ireland s first minister arlene foster s is under pressure over her leadership of the dup. small axe leads the way in the bafta tv nominations with 15 for sir steve mcqueen s series for the bbc. a second wave of coronavirus is wreaking havoc across india cases are rising sharply, hospital beds are filling up fast, and the country s health care system is crumbing. the government is considering a recommendation to introduce lockdowns in 150 of the worst hit districts. a recent surge of infections has brought the country to its knees and the death toll is rising. the total number of deaths now stands at more than 200,000 since the pandemic began, with a seven day average of 2,480. two million infections were re
illness than previous variants but that who is whining against complacency. we that who is whining against complacency- that who is whining against comlacen .~ ., that who is whining against comlacen . ., . ., complacency. we are concerned that eole are complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron - complacency. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron as . people are dismissing omicron as mild. surely we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. borisjohnson boris johnson and his borisjohnson and his government try to navigate this pandemic. borisjohnson is facing his biggest backbench rebellion since he became prime minister with more than 70 conservative mps expected to reject his plan to bring in covid passes in england. it s one of three votes this evening on new measures. we are expecting them all to pass, because the opposition labour party has said
contempt of parliament over his own lockdown behaviour, and says he should recuse himself. we ll be asking the political writer and johnson biographer andrew gimson and the shadow leader of the house thangam debbonaire how they think this sorry tale will end. also tonight. with gilt rates throught the roof and inflation refusing to plunge, will interest rates have to rise and result in more mortgage misery? we ll be asking an economic adviser to chancellorjeremy hunt and a former bank of england insider. we have a report from the palestinian territories on how young people see the political situation there. what do you hope for? we all hope for the same thing, to liberate palestine. but what does that really mean? and what does the question really mean, what do you hope for? i can hope for many things. and whatjust happened in california? it s a new world record. tonight we ll bejoined by a record holding super cuber who s going to show us how its done. good evening. in the h
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they