Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
Could have here in the uk. Also tonight. The army is out on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. The fake covid Test Certificates with a negative result being sold online. And taking on one of the uks toughest races despite an unexpected medical diagnosis. And coming up in sport on bbc news its transfer deadline day for clubs up and down the country well have the latest, including the man set to join champions liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Urgent testing is to start in parts of england as the south african strain of coronavirus has been detected in 11 of the cases there is no known link to the country. Its raised fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. Door to door testing will be carried out in the affected areas of london, the West Midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseyside. Health officials are confident the vaccines will work against the South African Variant but pr
This will get the hostages out and get a significant amount ofaid in. This would allow us to build something more enduring, to ensure israel is secure, and to respect the right of the Palestinian People to dignity, freedom and self determination. Crowd cheers hamas claims it wants a cease fire. Well, there is a deal on the table. And as we have said, hamas needs to agree to that deal. Lets get a cease fire. Lets reunite the hostages with their families. And lets provide immediate relief to the people of gaza. Lets speak to Tommaso Della longa who is the spokesperson for the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies. It is good to speak to you again. Those are some of the strongest words we have heard from the us. Could you tell us what youre hearing about the humanitarian situation there on the ground . Thanks a lot for having me today. The humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is still desperate and every day that the conflict continues, the more the nude wil
The people in it not quite so much. Thank you lets speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. Thank you forjoining us. We heard George Galloway there saying he always loved the building, but what kind of reception are we expecting for him in parliament . Kind of reception are we expecting for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love the for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love the people for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love the people in he didnt quite love the people in it quite so much, that feeling, believe me, is mutual. George galloway goes in there as the only Workers Party mp, he will have no natural allies in the commons and there will be some people, perhaps suspended by the mainstream parties, that he might wish to work with. He will hope to work with a wider group of mps on one specific issue on the conflict in t
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