western areas. brightening up later compared with the morning for scotland and northern ireland but elsewhere, the heavy rain will make its impact this afternoon. any brightness south of that, we could get up to 16 17, brightness south of that, we could get up to 16 17,where we should only be around 7 8 at this time of the year. overnight tonight, outbreaks of rain, lively showers working eastwards and what will be another exceptionally mild night for most. some sunshine in the north of scotland for new year s eve. turning a bit drier later on, a better chance of sunshine in the south, but it will probably one of the warmest new year s eves on record. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she faces the rest of her life behind bars. we ll be
ben thompson reflects on how the uk economy, businesses and jobs have changed amidst the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of brexit. 2021 has for many people been a long and difficult year. a year of change and uncertainty. ..and worry about lives and livelihoods and jobs and prospects. early hopes of a return to something more normal have been replaced by a realisation that covid will be around for much longer than we first thought. its impact on how we live and how we work has been far more significant than feared and our social lives and shopping habits and travel plans, all still changed by this pandemic. and now, we are learning to live with this virus, but learning to live with its consequences will be harder the lostjobs and the rising prices, and a big covid bill still to pay. getting back to where we were will take time and the big question is, just how long will it take? since the pandemic began last year, the whole united kingdom. the start of 2021 was not a
penalites in the euros final. good penalites in the euros final. morning, under clears parts good morning, under clearskies in parts of scotland and northern england there is a touch of frost. rain moving from the south west heading north east and behind that, some mild air. all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 29th of january. our main story. the scottish parliament will be recalled this afternoon, as first minister nicola sturgeon delivers an update on rising coronavirus infections. a record number of cases were also recorded in england, but there are still no plans to bring in new restrictions before new year s eve. meanwhile, the uk health security agency has said it has doubled the number of lateral flow kits available, after a group representing thousands of independent pharmacies across the uk claimed the supply was patchy, and they were sending people away empty handed. james reynolds reports. this month in scotland, there have b
more normal have been replaced by a realisation that covid will be around for much longer than we first thought. its impact on how we live and how we work has been far more significant than feared and our social lives and shopping habits in our travel plans all changed by this pandemic. and now we are learning to live with this virus, but learning to live with it and its consequences will be harder, the lostjobs and the rising prices, and a big covid bill still to pay. getting back to where we were will take time and the big question is, just how long will it take? since the pandemic began last year, the whole united kingdom. the start of 2021, it was not a happy new year. but we now have a new variant of the virus. we must therefore go into a national lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. a rise in cases plunged the country back into a national lockdown. shops are bars and restaurants
thank you for your company during the course of today. now on bbc news, review 2021, the business year. ben thompson reflects on how the uk economy, businesses and jobs have changed amidst the coronavirus pandemic and in the wake of brexit. 2021 has, for many people, been a long and difficult year. a year of change and uncertainty. and worry about lives and livelihoods and jobs and prospects. and early hopes of a return to something more normal have been replaced by a realisation that covid will be around for much longer than we first thought. its impact on how we live and how we work has been far more significant than feared. 0ur social lives, shopping habits and our travel plans all changed by this pandemic. and now, we are learning to live with this virus, but learning to live with its consequences will be harder the lostjobs and the rising prices, and a big covid bill still to pay. getting back to where we were will take time and the question is, just how long will it t