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milderfor england and skies developing today. and also milder for england and wales than it has been recently. across scotland and northern ireland things are going to be changing because we have wind and rain approaching. that is courtesy of a weather front which is piling in from the north west. quite windy conditions as well. further south high pressure still dominating the weather so for the rest of this afternoon across england and wales we have sunshine breaking through. still some cloud drifting around was the channel islands in particular. further north the rain moving in and the wind strengthening up to around 50 miles an hour across northern scotland this afternoon, even stronger overnight. temperatures still mild for this time of year, eight, i! still mild for this time of year, eight, 11 degrees. then this evening the rain slowly clears from scotland and northern ireland arriving across parts of england and overnight but severe gales developing for the likes ....
the cabinet office inquiry into lockdown parties at downing street could be published as early as this afternoon, with several mps saying they will then decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. foreign office emails leaked by a whistle blower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of animals from afghanistan in august. mrjohnson denied this at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments as they happen. and i m martine croxall with the rest of the day s stories. one of the uk s biggest covid studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that one in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. as russia maintains its huge military presence on its borders with ukraine, talks take place in paris to try to defuse tensions. i m ben brown live in downing street. ....
the first deaf contestant to win strictly. wickets for england as they look to stay in with a chance against australia. steve smith goes early for the aussies in the second ashes test, but england are still well behind in adelaide. good morning. it is a cold start to the day out there and we ve got some mist and some dense fog patches around as well. some places will see around as well. some places will see a bit of sunshine later on. i ll have all the details here on bbc breakfast. it is sunday 19 december. our main story: the brexit minister, lord frost, has resigned because of his concerns about the current direction of the government, including its approach to tax and to covid restrictions. it is another setback for borisjohnson after by election defeat in north shropshire and a conservative rebellion over plan b covid measues. here is our political correspondent damian grammaticas. lord frost s resignation is without doubt another blow to boris johnson, delivered r ....
it is three years now since cape town came terrifyingly close to running out of water completely. we were here then to report on the worlds first big modern city to face that threat. hello and welcome. a state of emergency has come into force in lithuania as the country grapples with a surge in illegal immigration from neighbouring belarus. lithuania fears that migrants currently stuck along the belarusian border with poland will try to find alternative routes to enter the european union. the eu has said it will impose additional sanctions on belarus because of what it describes as president lukashenko s gangster style approach towards the migrants. aru na iyengar reports. let the weighty in troops ready to assist border guards. the alert level is raised. the new measures cover a short five kilometre stretch along a 670 kilometre stretch along a 670 kilometre border with belarus. nonresidents are bound and officers have the right to search cars and people and no gatheri ....
hundreds of thousands representing a government in the carribean. the mother of ten year old jack lis, killed by a dog in south wales, pays tribute to her beautiful, sweet son . let us in thousands camp out on the eu s polish border. brussels blames president lukashenko of an inhuman, gangster style approach for lureing migrants. the british government has urged all uk nationals in ethiopia to leave as the conflict worsens. and england striker marcus rashford collects his mbe for his campaign against food poverty, dedicating his honour to mum. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news. the health secretary, sajid javid, says all front line nhs staff in england will have to be fully vaccinated against covid i9 by next spring unless they re medically exempt. it s estimated thatjust over 100,000 nhs workers in england are currently unvaccinated. health unions say people should be encouraged, rather than forced, to have jabs. there are no plans yet for a similar move ....