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of the third test in melbourne. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson is being briefed today on the latest covid data as he considers whether to impose additional restrictions in england before the new year. the prime minister will hear how fast the omicron variant is spreading and whether the nhs is coming under unsustainable pressure, even though omicron is now thought to be milder than previous variants. meanwhile in scotland, new rules are in force. from boxing day in scotland, indoor and outdoor events have new limits, and as of today, pubs, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and gyms will have to ensure a one metre distance between groups of people. groups of people meeting will be limited to three households. and table service will be required in hospitality venues offering alcohol. in wales, new restrictions from boxing day mean that no more than six people can meet at pubs, cinemas and restaurants. outdoor events are limit ....
to trailblazing dj janice long the first regular female presenter on top of the pops. good on top of the pops. morning. we have rain and a noticeable good morning. we have rain and a noticeable breeze across the south west of england. patchy rain in the north of scotland in between a fair bit of cloud, but this week it will be very mild. by that i would get to wednesday parts of the south could reach 17 degrees. i will have all the details later in programme. it s monday the 27th of december. our top story. the uk s biggest energy firms will hold emergency meetings with the government today, amid growing concern over the rising cost of wholesale gas and warnings of a national crisis which could see household energy bills hitting £2,000 per year. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma has the details. it s been a constant worry for households for the past three months rising prices of gas and electricity around the world have meant we ve all been paying more to h ....
for him to recieve a whole life order. wayne couzens used his police id to falsely arrest and handcuff sarah everard. questions are being asked about the vetting process of the metropolitan police as couzens had previously been accused of indecent exposure. the former french president is found guilty of illegally financing his unsuccessful re election campaign in 2012. britney spears father is suspended from the legal arrangement that gave him control of her life. more than a hundred people have died in a prison riot in ecuador in the worst such violence in the country s history. and harry potter and the table of fire.jk rowling s desk where she wrote parts of harry potter is saved from a fire at an edinburgh cafe. the government s job retention scheme which helped to save millions ofjobs during the pandemic, ends today. furlough was introduced in march of last year after covid caused large parts of the economy to close. during the last 19 months the scheme has helped ....
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. imagine a writer with a blank piece of paper. on the face of it, they re free to take their imagination in any direction they choose, tell any story they like. but it s not that simple. they need money, a commission. they need to win an audience, and for that, they must constantly adapt to changing tastes and technologies. my guest is one of the uk s leading playwrights and screenwriters, lucy prebble. she s had huge hits and one notable broadway miss. for a writer, how daunting can that blank piece of paper be? lucy prebble, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thanks for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here. now, you are very busy right now, because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the national theatre in london in just the last few days. and it s got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own ....
which had named mr prigozhin. the mercenary leader had led an aborted mutiny against the russian military injune amid growing tension with russian commanders over the war in ukraine. he d since relocated to belarus. in a statement released on telegram channel the spokeswoman of russia s investigative committee, svetlana petrenko, said genetic tests had established the identities of all those on board. translation: as part - of the investigation of the plane crash in the tver region molecular genetic examinations have been completed. according to their results, the identities of all ten dead were established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet. bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko gave us the latest. this short announcement by russia s official investigations committee came as no surprise to anyone. yevgeny prigozhin and his right hand man as well as a couple of other key commanders from the wagner mercer group were presumed dead following ....