Now the eu says it wants astrazeneca to hand over doses made in the uk. The difficulties of training for the olympics in lockdown as athletes are assured the tokyo summer games are still very much on course. And the Chelsea Flower Show turns autumnal as its postponed for the first time in its history. And coming up on bbc news a week out from the start of the mens six nations, organisers are confident the competition will go ahead as planned despite french on travel. Good evening and welcome to the news at six. The Prime Minister has extended the current Lockdown Restrictions in england until at least march eighth. Borisjohnson said an early unlocking could result in another spike in cases. He said data on Hospital Admissions, the vaccines and how effective they are would need to be assessed before any loosening of the rules. But getting children back to School Remains the national priority. By the end of february, the government aims to publish its plan for the gradual relaxation of r
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
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