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tens of thousands of people in the north of england are preparing to spend a sixth night without electricity after storm arwen left infrastructure badly damaged. energy networks say at present there are around 30,000 households still without power. 15,500 of those are in the north east of england, 7,000 in the north west, and 7,500 in different regions of scotland. power has now been restored to almost every home in wales as our correspondent fiona trott reports. another day and another problem. if we can move all this here. engineers from across england trying to restore power in northumberland. we ve been without power since about, oh, seven o clock on friday night, and we ve coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they re from bedford as well. in neighbouring county durham, a visit from the energy minister, greg hands. but when you ve been without energy for six days the frustration starts to show. the government has said we will stand beh ....
the act or bala says he did not pull the trigger of the gun. the women s tennis association suspends all tournaments in china amid concern for peng shuai, the chinese tennis player who accused a top official of sexual assault. the government outlines more details of its ten year plan to reform the social care system in england, including £300 million investment to help people live longer independently. tens of thousands of people face a sixth night without power following outages in scotland and the north of england caused by storm arwen. array collective! array collective is the winner of this year s turner prize. borisjohnson has not denied reports that christmas parties were held in downing street last year, but he insisted that no covid rules were broken. at prime minister s questions, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accused mrjohnson of hypocrisy for ignoring the rules that he d imposed on everyone else. the bbc has spoken to a source who attended a downing s ....
we can all play a role. we ll have more on the situation here in wales and across the uk. also on the programme. reforming the social care system in england more details emerge of the £1.7 billion to be raised by a new levy. efforts continue to restore power to tens of thousands of people in parts of england, scotland and wales who ve spent a fifth night without electricity after storm arwen. why the welsh government says there are too many second homes in wales and that action is now needed. and the art installation depicting a traditional irish pub, named as the winner of this year s turner prize. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. a busy night in the premier league with six matches, including the merseyside derby between everton and liverpool. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes from cardiff tonight, in the new headquarters of bbc wales in the heart of the welsh capital. during the day ministers from scotland, northern ireland, england and wal ....
a negative result. some in business and the travel industry are concerned. the head of mi6 wants more co operation with tech companies, to counter rising cyber threats. five days after storm arwen, tens of thousands are still without power. good afternoon. borisjohnson has called on people to support new coronavirus control measures in england, to buy time in the face of the omicron variant. the new rules affect international travellers, shoppers and commuters. they come as the number of cases linked to the variant, continues to grow. ministers have announced a big expansion of the booster jab programme. face coverings are now mandatory on public transport and in shops in england. they already mandatory of causing other parts of the uk. and people arriving in the uk must take a pcr test and isolate until they get a negative result. borisjohnson is expected to set out the new plans for the booster programme in england, at a briefing later this afternoon. here s our hea ....
power after storm arwen. a memorial service for police sergeant matt ratana, shot dead in a custody centre in croydon last year. and the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, a close associate of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, goes on trial in new york for sex trafficking. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it is official, the new man in charge at old trafford is ralf rangnick, as he is announced as the new interim boss of manchester united. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news at one. six cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in scotland, taking the total to nine so far in the uk. the scottish and welsh first ministers have written to borisjohnson calling for tougher travel restrictions. meanwhile, approval is expected to be given by the uk s vaccine advisory body later today for all adults to have boosterjabs. they re currently being offered to the over 40s, front line health and social workers, and those with certain health issue ....