factors, the booster roll out should give us the protection we need. and there is a fallback, there is a plan b if we need it. the data doesn t suggest that we need it today but, if that changes, then of course the government will be ready to act. that s why those plans are there. and your covid passes. many of those stricter measures have been in place for some time in scotland, wales and northern ireland. labour said it would support so called plan b in england, but accelerating those booster doses needs to be the priority. we need to do more to get on top of this virus, protect our national health service, and stop more stringent measures having to be introduced further down the line. there have been calls for ministers to tweak the vaccine programme, perhaps shortening the time between the second dose and the booster from six months. but speaking today, one government adviser said other measures are more important. we do need to have people using lateral flow tests, . avoiding cont
send an email to yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or get in touch on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick. afternoon, i brighter day that they are for most of the uk, sunshine and showers. that is not an area of thicker cloud across yorkshire and the midlands and that is going to continue to spread further south east into east anglia and the south east into east anglia and the south east and may give a splash of rain in places this evening. the showers are quite heavy, running into a specially western scotland. the chance of a rumble of thunder, madame bizet. in many places, it is a sunny day breezy. most of the showers in the west, some will push further east as canet goes on, as the temperatures just dipping down into single figures any cooler spots. tomorrow, brighton b today,