hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejenny kleeman, journalist and presenter, and kieran andrews, political editor at the scottish times. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. britain s race to get boosted, reads the i newspaper as thousands of people queue for up to five hours in the hopes of receiving a covid boosterjab amid the rise in cases of the omicron variant. the metro follows the story at least one person in the uk has died with the new variant. the government says omicron now represents 20% of cases in england. the guardian says the nhs was told to discharge as many patients as possible in england as more pressure mounts on hospitals. the daily express covers conservative backbenchers preparing to vote against borisjohnson s new covid rules as mps will cast their vote tomorrow. and the financial times reports business leaders are accusing the prime minister of bringing lockdown by stealth as working f
criminal proceedings in the uk. and plenty of controversy as lewis hamilton s team considers a formal appeal after max verstappen took the formula one crown. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the premier league confirms 42 new positive cases among its clubs, as manchester united shut down their training ground. good evening. the rapid expansion of the covid booster programme has led to long queues outside vaccination centres during the day. the plan is to offer the booster to all adults in england, scotland and wales by the end of this month. in northern ireland they re only being offered to people over 30 at this stage. at one point today, the massive rise in demand was too much for the nhs england website as people tried to book booster appointments. it s been confirmed that at least one person in the uk has now died with the new omicron variant, which is spreading at great speed as our health editor hugh pym reports. they were queueing for boosters in p
Figures from south africa, where the omicron coronavirus variant was first identified, suggest it causes less serious illness and death than the delta variant. south africa s president has also tested positive for covid 19. president biden will visit kentucky on wednesday after tornados tore across the us state this weekend. the state governor says 64 are confirmed dead and more than 100 people are still unaccounted for. the american national anne sacoolas is to face magistrates in the uk charged with causing the death of harry dunn by dangerous driving. ms sacoolas, who was given diplomatic immunity by the us, will appear by videolink. the us olympic and gymnastics federations have agreed a settlement worth $380 million with the sexual abuse victims of larry nassar, the former national gymnastics team doctor.
Huge numbers simply test positive with mild symptoms, that could impact society because so many key workers may be isolating at home. fergus, many thanks once again, fergus, many thanks once again, fergus walsh, our medical editor. let s turn to some of the rest of the day s news. the crown prosecution service says the american woman accused of causing the death of 19 year old harry dunn by dangerous driving will appear before a british court by videolink. harry dunn died when his motorbike collided with a car driven by anne sacoolas in 2019 near an raf base in northamptonshire. she had diplomatic immunity and left the uk after the crash. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at the foreign office. what more can you tell us about what is coming up, daniel? it is what more can you tell us about what is coming up, daniel? is coming up, daniel? it is ust 19 da s after is coming up, daniel? it is ust 19 days afterthat is coming up, daniel? it is ust 19 days after that cra
And that was felt in government. the decision was made two years ago in december 2019 the charge anne sacoolas with death by a dangerous driving and what has followed is a long diplomatic negotiation involving the foreign office and also borisjohnson in downing street, presidentjoe biden in the white house had assumed this evening like an agreement had been reached when the crown prosecution service said anne sacoolas would appear at westminster magistrates court on january 18, it was understood that would be by video link from the united states. it was welcomed by harry dunn s family in an emotional statement and the foreign secretary at the home office but then there was a bit of a twist in the tail when anne sacoolas s law firm said there was no agreement at this time. so there may still be some negotiations to come. daniel, many thanks for the negotiations to come. daniel, many thanks for the latest negotiations to come. daniel, many thanks for the latest at negotiations to