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this is bbc news. the headlines: eleven council areas will be placed under scotland s toughest coronavirus restrictions for a three week period from 6pm on friday. our would inject it objective in taking this action now is to protect the nhs and create the prospect of seeing some of the one at christmas and completing the journey to next spring with as few restrictions as possible and with the minimum impact of life and health. the health secretary says he can t confirm which restrictions will be in place once the lockdown in england ends at the beginning of next month, amid reports the tier system could be strengthened. mr speaker it is too early to do the analysis that the honourable gentleman requests but of course we remain vigilant. well soon he has to make a decision on the future of the lockdown so the earlier we get that information the better. a decision is expected soon as members of labour s ruling national executive meet to consider jeremy corbyn‘s suspension ....
this is bbc news. i m ben brown. the headlines. 12,000 jobs likely to disappear from the high street, as debenams goes out of business. it comes just hours after topshop owner, arcadia, collapsed into administration, putting another 13,000 jobs at risk. devastating for all those employees, and no easy time, but coming up to christmas, the uncertainty now for 2021, i really do feel for all the individual employees and their families. mps are debating plans to introduce a new tiered system of coronavirus restrictions across england tomorrow. this is the scene live from the house of commons. we cannot afford to relax, especially during the cold months of winter. police in germany have arrested the driver of a vehicle that ploughed into pedestrians in the city of trier, killing at least two and injuring at least ten more. a high court ruling on the treatment of children who say they re transgender a woman who was prescribed puberty blockers when she was 16, says she s delighted ....
this is bbc news the headlines at six. calls for more support for the uk s travel and tourism sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. a further 1,295 people have died in the uk according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. the world s biggest vaccination programme gets underway in india. the country hopes to inoculate three hundred million people byjuly, with priority being given to frontline healthcare workers. senior police officers in the uk says their investigations have been compromised after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were deleted from the police national computer. president electjoe biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the united states promising to vaccinate 100 million people within his first 100 days in office. and frustration for many australians unable to return home because of the pandemi ....
this is bbc news, i m reeta chakrabarti. the headlines. nearly two million people across most of the north east of england are set for tougher coronavirus restrictions from midnight, after a rise in cases. we do not take these decisions lightly. we agree with the local councils that we must follow the data and act, and the data says that we must act now. a similar story in south wales where almost half a million people in rhondda cynon taff will have stricter lockdown rules from 6pm this evening. meanwhile a sharp decline in the turnaround time for testing as the system struggles to keep up with demand. the british people honoured their side of the bargain. in return, the government was supposed to deliver effective testing and tracing. the government failed. if you have any questions on testing, do send them in using the hashtag below and we ll answer them in half an hour with a virologist and senior clinical lecturer. and back to spurs? real madrid striker gareth bale is ....
today at six boris johnson apologises amid mounting confusion over the covid rules for northeast england. new rules for the region come into force from midnight but even the prime minister didn t seem to know exactly what they were. you should follow the guidance of local authorities, but it s six in a home or six in hospitality, but as i understand it, not six outside. no wonder people there are confused what s the difference between a rule and a ban and is there a difference between advice and guidance? i m afraid that i m going to be told, oh, you re not allowed to be doing that when i didn t really understand it. it sjust very confusing about what to do. it s changing every single day. just trying to understand one rule, and then another one comes in. all this as figures show the highest daily number of covid related deaths for nearly three months. also on the programme: university students affected by covid outbreaks before christmas can go home, but they ll need ....