Liverpool move to plug a hole in their defence. The premier League Champions bring in ben davies from preston, as well as a loan signing on a quiet transfer deadline day. Its not quite with the weather today, and Weather Warning for heavy snow across parts of Northern England. Valid until lunchtime. Widely three to eight centimetres above 200 metres we can easily see 15 centimetres to Sow Destruction is likely. All the details later in the programme. Its tuesday the 2nd of february. Our top story. Urgent tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African coronavirus variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 p
Of sulawesi has killed dozens and left thousands homeless. The uk economy shrank by 2. 6 in november as the second lockdown hit economic output after many businesses were forced to close. And celebrities, including the footballer Marcus Rashford, join campaigners demanding the government review its policy on Free School Meals. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Researchers say the latest variant to emerge, the one in brazil, could be contributing to soaring covid infections there. Its thought the new variant is more infectious that the original one that started the pandemic. Brazil has struggled to contain the virus, and has the second highest number of deaths after the United States. In a grim reminder ofjust how deadly this virus is the global deaths recorded has almost reached 2 million. In response to the new variant a travel ban on arrivals from south america into the uk has come into force this morning because of concerns about the covid variant di
Ukraine and launch a military attack on taiwan. Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of mariupol appear to be making their final stand, rejecting russias demands to lay down their weapons and surrender or die. Russian forces have surrounded the port city for more than a month. The ukrainian troops are now confined to small pockets of resistance. The city itself is in ruins after weeks of heavy fighting. Many residents have fled. But still an estimated 100 remain trapped without running water, heat, electricity. On sunday, ukraines foreign minister said the situation in mariupol could further derail already stalled negotiations with russia. The situation in mariupol is both dire militarily and heartbreaking. The city doesnt exist anymore. The remainings of the Ukrainian Army and large group of civilians are basically encircled by the Russian Forces. They continue their struggle. No high level talks are taking place. After bucha, it became particularly difficult to continue talking with