Good evening. Thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8. Im Ken Wayne and im pam moore. Whether you are going somewhere or staying put this Holiday Weekend. One thing is certain. Fire danger remains high and even the smallest spark could be trouble. Thats why agencies cross Bay Area are telling residents to watch. Fireworks shows and not be the show. Our grant lodes joins us now live with details on that grant yeah. Just find a nice seat. Maybe stay at home on the couch. If on tv. You know, its scary to think what what can hapoen, what could happen. So police in agencies, theyre really stepping up its a fullcourt press right now to get the word out there. All in the same page. They say just dont set off fireworks on the 4th this year, even though the socalled safe and sane fireworks are illegal in most places around the Bay Area, including San Francisco and contra. Costa counties. You know, theyre out there and to drive the Point Home of how dangerous the standard a little sparklers c
20 year old daunte wright. as people head home for christmas, industrial action and staff sickness causes disruption on the railways. and coming up the student with cerebral palsy who gets his very own voice for christmas. hello and welcome. a glimmer of christmas hope may be on offer from new cononavirus data, suggesting that the omicron variant may be less likely to lead to serious illness than the delta variant. that s according to a uk senior health official. but drjenny harries from the uk health security agency warned it definitely isn t yet at the point where we could downgrade the serious threat of omicron and that more data is needed, particularly about the impact on elderly and more vulnerable patients. it comes as 200,000 first, second or booster appointments are being made available over the festive period across england as people are urged to getjabbed. in his christmas message, borisjohnson describes the jab as a wonderful gift that people can give to ke
there s a few hours left but is any festive cheer for retailers this year? after covid, brexit and chain disruptions, have shoppers got what they need? disruptions, have shoppers got what the need? ., talk of a player strike in the premier league. manager pep guardiola says the threat might make football authorities listen to players over their welfare. ready for launch the space telescope that could change our understanding of the universe. good morning. if you re heading out early, watch out for fog. there good morning. if you re heading out early, watch out forfog. there is some dense patches around. today s forecast is cloudy with patchy light rain. with snow flurries mostly on higher ground and heavier rain coming in from the south west through the day. i will have all the details later on in the programme. good morning. it s christmas eve, friday 24th december. our main story. covid vaccination clinics will remain open tomorrow and throughout the holiday weekend, as t
launched by summit president sultan al jaber, saying they clearly fall short of what is required. countries and oil companies at the un climate talks have promised to make major progress in tackling global warming in a large new energy pledge. around 100 countries promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030. but guterres points out the agreement says nothing about eliminating emissions from fossil fuel consumption. let s fill you in more detail in the comments by the chair of cop28, the sultan al jaber, as my colleague explains. he is the cop28 president, sultan al jaber. it is also the president of the abra diary national oil company. but it has been controversial. greta thunberg the climate campaign according completely ridiculous, than the british but the british government has defended him. one of the key architects of the 2015 paris agreement has also defended his appointment saying that he and his team are uniquely placed to persuade the fossilfuel pe
israel has continued its renewed bombardment of gaza for a third day having told more palestinians to leave areas in and around khan younis immediately. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 15 and a half thousand people have now been killed there since the start of the conflict between israel and hamas, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk government. these pictures were shot on sunday. children are among those being driven to the hospital carried inside by family and friends. for many, the journey to the hospital was too late. a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister has insisted israel is doing all it can to minimise the number of civilian deaths in gaza after the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said israel had a moral responsiblity to minimise casualties not linked to hamas. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. i should warn you the report contains footage, from the very