this week we are reporting from across the uk asking about life through the pandemic and asking how your community and your business has been affected. today i am in somerset. let us go straight to manchester. as everyone knows, a suicide bomber evaded the security outside the arena and detonated his bombjust as the concert was coming to an end, killing 22 people and injuring many more. it should not be necessary to have security to protect us from murderers but while the terror threat remains and shows no sign of going away we do need to have in place protective measures which provides security against threats but do not prevent as enjoying the freedoms that are part of our way of life. the enquiry has examined in detail the security provision against terrorist attacks at the manchester arena on 22nd may 2017. i heard evidence from a 53 witnesses over a period of 32 days, lasting 154 hours, and considered over 1000 documents. for many of those witnesses, giving evidence was
night the showers fade away and cloud develops in the south west. low pressure moving in so by the end of the nightjust pushing towards the southern fringes of northern ireland. temperatures holding up so not a cold start to thursday but a change in the story of the low pressure moves in. it brings some heavy rain and unseasonably strong wind especially to the southern flank of the local area so that could have quite an impact. the main moving to northern ireland into southern scotland, north west england through the day. fairly showery through central and southern parts of but the wind is gusting 30, 40 parts of but the wind is gusting 30, a0 miles an hour and perhaps in excess of 55, 60 unexposed south west coasts. so with the cloud, wind and rain temperatures will be down a good three or a degrees on today. the low pressure continues to drift east and grinding to a halt across the north of england tomorrow. still plenty of strong went to the south of that and that drives a
wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament as borisjohnson is warned his covid controls aren t working. it s the 3rd of february, 2021, with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. the number of people getting a jab reaches ten million, but the head of test and trace strikes a note of caution. the big concern and worry is that the virus mutates and succeeds in finding a form that can escape the vaccine. and remembering a long life, lived well. i invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir tom s life. but first, the government says it s a hugely significant milestone in the fight against coronavirus. ten million people in the uk have now received their first dose of the covid vaccine. but at prime minister s questions, borisjohnson was told that the biggest threat to the vaccine programme was his government s reluctance to order the complete closure of the uk s borders to lim
train operator this morning said capacity is still good on the trains but they have actually seen a rising number of requests for refunds, which may be linked to people deciding to stay put and not travel. but it king s cross, lots of people still making the journey home. some advice for people if they are planning to travel by train. what about the roads? any advice? the roads are also about the roads? any advice? tue: roads are also really about the roads? any advice? tte: roads are also really important at this time of year, people travelling with families all over the country. the rac this morning said they expect the roads might not be as busy as we usually expect, because often we will see a big day when everybody has finished in the office and jumped in the car, you get a convergence of commuters and people with families on the getaway. this year, the guidance has been to work from home, so lots of offices have been closed and there are not many commuters on the road