Wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over after losing 2 1 as city extend their lead at the top, and continue to break premier league records. And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . This week we will be looking at whether it is really good for you. And carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set to continue. Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in east anglia and the south of england. It will also be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the uk. Some of those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather. Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice. Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been warned icy conditions are making r
They may not survive. Given the covid virus part of the Research Also in the that programme. Could speed up a scientists in the uk will deliberately infect vaccine. Volunteers with covid 19, the nasa spacecraft landing as they seek to better understand on an asteroid two hundred the virus and how future million miles away it could give us a clue to how vaccines might fight it. Life on earth began. And coming up, the care home residents taking to tiktok to help pass the time during lockdown. The Health Secretary matt hancock has said the governments door is still open to negotiations after it announced the imposition of the toughest tier of coronavirus restrictions on Greater Manchester. Mr hancock was addressing mps in the commons on why ministers decided that after ten days of tough and sometimes acrimonious negotiations the region needed to lockdown even further without the explicit agreement of local leaders. In the end the argument was about the amount of money the government was w
The restrictions are coming from friday and the mayor andy burnham has warned that might mean a winter of real hardship for people but some of real hardship for people but some of the regions conservative mps have accused him of putting his ego before the interests of local people. Were going behind the scenes at one of yours bigger specialist cancer hospitals. We are meeting the staff, the patients and families fighting cancer in these strange days of covid. Special delivery from the royal mail. The company will begin collecting letters and parcels from homes. Itll cost you up to 72p could it costjobs at the post office . Its another fabulous night in paris for Manchester United. Marcus rashford scores a dramatic later winner as they beat Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League. Going in we are going in touchdown for the nasa probe taking samples from an asteroid. Its hoped it could reveal some of the secrets of the solar system. Good morning. Its a fairly cloudy and wet day for m
This is bbc news. Ifjoe biden has a very good night on november the third, the jewel in his new crown would be georgia. The Southern State is changing, becoming less republican and more democratic. Once a bastion of the old south, the state is younger, more diverse and more urban. The peach state is turning purple. Manchester is placed under the highest level of covid restrictions despite pushbacks from local leaders. Business owners there say they may not survive. Also in the programme. Scientists in the uk will deliberately infect volunteers with covid 19, as they seek to better understand the virus and how future vaccines might fight it. And we will tell you about
kattys hugely delayed fight from miami to atlanta, and all because a passenger refused to wear a mask. Hello im katty kay in atlanta, georgia, Christian Fraser is in london. Weve talked about whether the polls are wrong and whether trump can still win this election. But theres another possibility a huge repudiation of Dona
This is bbc news. The headlines the talking continues as the noon deadline to agree a financial package for tier 3 restrictions in manchester passes. The Prime Minister will hold a News Conference later. Health is about more than controlling the virus. If we leave people in a tier 3 lockdown that could go on through the winter, where people cant go to their normal place of work, i think we could end up with a Mental Health crisis. The number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus across england and wales rises by a third in just seven days. Some passengers flying from heathrow will be the first to have the option of paying for a 20 minute covid test before checking in. Healthy volunteers in the uk will be infected with coronavirus to help the search for a vaccine the first study of its kind
in the world. And coming up, the care home residents taking to tiktok to help pass the time during lockdown. Good afternoon. A deadline passed at noon for local leaders in Greater Manches