certain vaccines. yes, and in the meantime, certain vaccines. our thanks to ou. three people have died, as storm arwen hit parts of the uk, bringing high winds, rain and snow. there s been damage across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales, leading to road closures and severe train delays. at one point, more than 100,000 homes were without power. here s andy gill. storm arwen has left much of the country facing disruption and damage. there have been some near misses, road and rail travel has been badly affected and tens of thousands of homes left without power. the storm brought picture postcard scenery to the north yorkshire village of low row, but it s also disrupting life, especially for the vulnerable. patricia is 86. she lives alone and has difficulty walking. her power s been off since half past ten last night. it s cold, very cold. now, i ve got some. somebody brought me a hot water bottle to put on my knees. and i ve got two jumpers on.
brentwood, essex not chelmsford. that case in essex is actually in brentwood, linked to the single case in nottingham. that is the latest update on those two cases of omicron here in the uk. we will be getting more information from the prime minister who is holding a corona virus briefing at downing street later this afternoon. he will be joined by england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty and the uk government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance. full coverage here on the bbc news channel from 5pm. at least two men have been killed by falling trees as storm arwen hit parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. the storm caused damage across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales with winds of nearly 100 miles an hour leaving more than 100,000 homes without power. there are further weather warnings across the uk today, as emily unia reports.
holding a coronavirus briefing from downing street later this afternoon. he will be joined by england s chief medical officer, professor chris whitty and the uk government s chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance. full coverage here on the bbc news channel from 5pm. at least two men have been killed by falling trees as storm arwen hit parts of the uk with high winds, rain and snow. the storm caused damage across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales with winds of nearly 100 miles an hour leaving more than 100,000 homes without power. there are further weather warnings across the uk today, as emily unia reports. storm arwen brought winds of more than 90 miles an hour to pummel the coast of north east scotland. the met office issued a rare red weather warning,
and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcasterjo phillips and nigel nelson political editor of the sunday mirror and the people. the headlines on bbc news. the government announces new restrictions to be introduced next week as 2 cases of omicron a new variant of covid i9 are discovered in the uk. people in england will now once again have to wear face masks on public transport and in shops. all contacts of suspected omicron cases must self isolate for 10 days regardless of their vaccination status. three people have died, as storm arwen hit parts of the uk,
the time is 6.32. let s take a look at our other main story this evening. three people have died as storm arwen hit parts of the uk, bringing high winds, rain and snow. there s been damage across scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales, with winds of nearly a hundred miles an hour, leaving more than 100,000 homes without power. there are more weather warnings across the uk, for this evening. here s andy gill. storm arwen brought winds of more than 90 miles an hour to pummel the coast of north east scotland. there have been some near misses, and road and rail travel has been badly affected, and tens of thousands of homes left without power. the storm brought picture postcard scenery to the north yorkshire village, but it is also disrupting life especially for the vulnerable. patricia is 86, she lives alone and has difficulty walking. she lives alone and has had