As europe tries to stem the tide of a second wave of Coronavirus Infections spreading across the continent. And coming up this hour, what would you do if your mum was spreading harmful disinformation about coronavirus . Weve been finding out. I think she is too far gone, to be honest. Im never going to have a relationship with my mum again and that is why it is important that if, you know, someone else is coming to you and saying im starting to believe this stuff, nip it in the bud. Good morning. A Navy Special Forces unit has stormed an oil tanker off the isle of wight after a suspected hijacking. Seven stowaways, thought to be nigerian nationals, have been detained after they were reported to have threatened the crew. Andy moore has the latest. Late last night, and the tanker andromeda was back under the control of its crew after what the ministry of defence called a suspected hijacking. 16 members of the special boat squadron, based at nearby poole, were landed on the ship as night
Journey back to normality. And the Health Secretary will be leading todays government Coronavirus Briefing hell be joined by chief medical officer chris whitty, and professor kevin fenton, from Public Health england. That is at six oclock this evening. Also coming up thats it, scratch coronavirus vaccinations are under way in care homes in scotland, and in gp surgeries in england. Both the European Union and the uk say progress is being made in negotiations over the future trading relationship, but warn the talks could yet fail. Hello. A new variant of coronavirus has been detected to be growing faster in some parts of england. Its one of the reasons the government has decided to place london and parts of the south east into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions, tier 3, in order to slow rising rates of infection. It means that a further 10 Million People willjoin the 23 Million People aleady living under the most stringent level of measures. The restrictions will be brought in
Windy and mild. I mention rain at times but not all of the time. Have a look at the beautiful skies overhead in the Scottish Highlands early on. There is sunshine at the moment. This is the satellite and radar picture. We have had sunshine across eastern england, Northern Ireland doing nicely for brighter skies and dry weather at the moment. Elsewhere, quite a few showers, some of which are heavy, even thundery, and more persistent rain creeping in towards the south east of england. Although the winds are quite brisk, they are coming from the south west, a mild wind direction, so temperatures in double digits for most of us. This evening and overnight, this area of persistent rain moving across south east england. Elsewhere, still quite a few showers especially in the west, not as many getting across to eastern areas. Temperatures not falling too far, generally between four and eight celsius. Tomorrow is another sunshine and showers day. Again, less chance of staying dry where you have