alison freeman, bbc news, york. and in the latest official figures on coronavirus — just over 30,300 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means, on average, there were 35,362 new cases reported every day in the last week. there were another 62 deaths, of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. that means an average of 168 deaths per day in the last week. figures on boosterjabs show more than ten million people have now received one — that includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of �*corrupt and contemptible�* behaviour, saying he tried to protect a conservative mp, after he was found to have broken the rules on lobbying. the labour leader said the government's attempt to overhaul the system thatjudges mps was "trashing" the uk's reputation for democratic standards. today one cabinet minister rejected that, and called the row a "storm in a teacup". here's our political correspondent chris mason. mps

alison freeman, bbc news, york. and in the latest official figures on coronavirus, just over 30,300 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means, on average, there were 35,362 new cases per day in the last week. there were another 62 deaths, of people who died within 28 days of testing positive. that means an average of 168 deaths a day in the last week. figures on boosterjabs show more than ten million people have now received one — that includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. the rapper travis scott has said he is devastated by the deaths of eight people at his astroworld music festival in houston, texas. the youngest victim was a 14—year—old boy. police have launched a criminal investigation, including into reports that someone was injecting people in the audience with drugs. nomia iqbal reports. candles and flowers have been laid outside the festival venue, in tribute to those who died. more is now being heard about those killed in the crush. the youngest w

alison freeman, bbc news, york. and in the latest official figures on coronavirus — just over 30,300 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means, on average, there were 35,362 new cases reported every day in the last week. there were another 62 deaths of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. that means an average of 168 deaths per day in the last week. figures on boosterjabs show more than 10 million people have now received one — that includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of �*corrupt and contemptible' behaviour, saying he tried to protect a conservative mp, after he was found to have broken the rules on lobbying. the labour leader said the government's attempt to overhaul the system thatjudges mps was "trashing" the uk's reputation for democratic standards. today one cabinet minister rejected that, and called the row a "storm in a teacup". here's our political correspondent chris mason. mps are f

alison freeman, bbc news, york. and in the latest official figures on coronavirus — just over 30,300 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means, on average, there were 35,362 new cases reported every day in the last week. there were another 62 deaths of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. that means an average of 168 deaths per day in the last week. figures on boosterjabs show more than 10 million people have now received one — that includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. sir keir starmer has accused the prime minister of �*corrupt and contemptible' behaviour, saying he tried to protect a conservative mp after he was found to have broken the rules on lobbying. the labour leader said the government's attempt to overhaul the system thatjudges mps is "trashing" the uk's reputation for democratic standards. today one cabinet minister rejected that, and called the row a "storm in a teacup". here's our political correspondent chris mason. mps are for

alison freeman reporting. poland's border agency says more than a hundred migrants assisted by belarusian soldiers tried to force their way into poland from belarus overnight. in recent months, thousands of migrants, mostly from the middle east, have been trying to cross into the eu from belarus. belarusian forces are said to have blindsided their polish counterparts with strobe lights and lasers. a footbridge was thrown over the razor wire borderfence during the attempted border crossing. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan has spoken publicly for the first time since being accused of racism by his yorkshire teammate azeem rafiq. speaking to the bbc�*s dan walker before the england and wales cricket board released a new action plan to tackle racism and discrimination, he apologised for any hurt he may have caused. michael vaughan leading england to the ashes in 2005. now he's fighting for his reputation after being accused by three asian players of making a racist comment ahead of a game for

alison freeman reporting. the former england cricket captain michael vaughan, has spoken publicly for the first time since being accused of racism, by his yorkshire teammate azeem rafiq. speaking to the bbc�*s dan walker before the england and wales cricket board released a new action plan to tackle racism and discrimination, he apologised for any hurt he may have caused. michael vaughan leading england to the ashes in 2005. now he is fighting for his reputation after being accused by three asian players of making a racist comment ahead of a game for yorkshire. "too many of you lot, we need to do something about it." do you in any way remember or recognise those words? i don't. my recollection from that day — as i've said, i was a yorkshire player for 18 years. i was the first player to sign for that club that was not born in the county, so in 18 years we've gone from me being the first to sign for the club, for sachin tendulkar to be the first from overseas, to players being able to sign from other clubs.

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alison freeman, bbc news, york. and in the latest official figures on coronavirus — just over 30,300 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means on average, there were 35,362 new cases reported every day, in the last week. there were another 62 deaths — of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. that means an average of 168 deaths per day in the last week. figures on boosterjabs show more than 10 million people have now received one — that includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. let's get some reaction to all of that, and speak to professor adam finn, a professor of paediatrics at the university of bristol — and member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. good evening, professor. iwonder good evening, professor. i wonder if we could start with the booster jabs. io we could start with the booster jabs. 10 million, is that where, are you happy with that figure at this point in the programme? goad point in the programme? good evenin

alison freeman, bbc news, york. and in the latest figures on coronavirus, just over 30,000 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means on average, there were 35,362 new cases were reported every day in the last week. there were another 62 deaths of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. that means an average of 168 deaths per day in the last week. figures on boosterjabs show more than ten million people have now received one — that includes third doses for those with certain health conditions. in texas, tributes have been paid to some of the eight people who died at the astroworld music festival in houston — including the youngest victim, a 14—year—old boy. police have launched a criminal investigation — including into reports that someone was injecting people in the audience with drugs. the rapper travis scott — who founded the festival — has encouraged anyone with information to come forward. nomia iqbal reports. ijust want i just want to send out prayers to...

alison freeman is at a vaccination centre in york. over to you, alison. yes, people here at this _ over to you, alison. yes, people here at this vaccination - over to you, alison. yes, people here at this vaccination centre i over to you, alison. yes, people here at this vaccination centre in | here at this vaccination centre in york are doing exactly what the government and the health secretary want people to do. which is to take part in that national mission to prevent winter restrictions being put in place. sajid javid has dangled the carrot of a normal christmas. if people can go ahead and get that boosterjab. we know so far around and get that boosterjab. we know so fararound 10,000,000 and get that boosterjab. we know so far around 10,000,000 people have had their third vaccination but in the over �*80s age group, around 30% of people haven't taken it up and in the over �*50s, that figure rises to 40% but you have to remember not everybody in the over a0 age a0% but you have to remember not everybody in the over a0 age group is eligible to get t

alison freeman is there to help explain its charms. you must be very happy because you get to spend the day there. yes. you must be very happy because you get to spend the day there.— get to spend the day there. yes, i must confess _ get to spend the day there. yes, i must confess i _ get to spend the day there. yes, i must confess i actually _ get to spend the day there. yes, i must confess i actually live - get to spend the day there. yes, i must confess i actually live here l get to spend the day there. yes, i | must confess i actually live here as well so i may have a slightly biased view, but this is the lovely town, voted for the second time in just ten years as the happiest place to live in the uk. things taken into account when things like community spirit, friendliness, schools, shops, restaurants, theatres like the lovely queen's hall behind me and all of these things together has made people think that living here is the best experience you can have so we had to ask the people here what it was about living here that make t

our correspondent, alison freeman, is in the village of blanchland in northumberland, where the situation is said to be getting �*desperate'. just how desperate? this is one of the places where some of those 20,000 or so houses across the north—east, talking about northumberland, county durham and northumberland, county durham and north yorkshire, are still without power. there are also problems over the pennines in cumbria in some of the pennines in cumbria in some of the outlying villages there which have been heavily affected by snow. no power means no heating, hot water or hot food. on top of that, some of these places simply haven't had any fresh water supply at all. they are also without mobile phone and internet and are starting to feel really quite isolated. we know that in a lot of these communities, the frustration they are starting to feel is that they are being given times when the power is meant to be coming back on, but those deadlines simply aren't being met. northern power grid, which covers this part of the country, says it has been dealing with hundreds of incidents

alison freeman on a really, really continuing difficult situation for thousands of people. in about half an hour or so thousands of people. in about half an hour orso i'm thousands of people. in about half an hour or so i'm going to be talking to someone in i believe aberdeenshire about their situation and what facilities they do and don't have as a result of the storm. so we're keeping an eye on that. also we're keeping an eye on because we are waiting to hear from the first minister. let's listen in. sadly, a further ten deaths have been reported over the past 2a hours. that takes the total number of deaths under the daily definition to 9572. and once again i want to convey my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. more positively, progress and the pace of the vaccination programme continues to be very good. 4,000,3a0 people have had a first dose, 3,000,9a0 have had a first dose, 3,000,9a0 have now had two doses. and in total, 88% of all those over the age of 18 are double dose vaccinated. in addition, 77% of 16 and 17—year—olds and 59% of 12 to 15—year�

freeman has been out on patrol with them. so are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's go. so are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's no. ~ ., so are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's io, ~ ., so are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's no. ~ ., ., ., let's go. women looking out for other women. _ let's go. women looking out for other women. women's - let's go. women looking out for- other women. women's streetwatch newcastle started its patrols three months ago in the wake of the murders of sarah everard and sabina nessa, the aim to help any female who may be vulnerable tonight, —— at night from the vulnerable and homeless to those who have had too much to drink. the group make sure everyone feels supported and say. it is not long into their shift when they spot someone in need of help. you're going to get hurt like this. don't come on the path and speak to us for a little bit. find don't come on the path and speak to us for a little bit.— us for a little bit. and 'ust outside central �* us for a little bit. and just outside cen

our reporter alison freeman is in whitely bay for us. iam i am looking at what you're wearing and clearly it is pretty blowy. tell us about conditions there. charlie, the north-east _ us about conditions there. charlie, the north-east coast _ us about conditions there. charlie, the north-east coast has _ us about conditions there. charlie, the north-east coast has taken - us about conditions there. charlie, l the north-east coast has taken quite the north—east coast has taken quite a battering overnight. there is still plenty of wind and driving rain. we know that the met office actually said that the highest wind gust was 98 mph, that was just a little bit further up the coast at alnwick. we know it is causing a lot of disruption. even on my very short drive to where we are this morning at whitley bay. i have seen a temporary traffic light knocked over ljy temporary traffic light knocked over by the wind as well as bins, municipal bins, the heavy ones, blown over. and also barriers from roadworks knocked down as well. the big problem

freeman, has been in the village of blanch—land in northumberland, where the situation is said to be getting "desperate". yeah, this is just one of the places where some of those 20,000 or so houses across the north—east, we are talking about northumberland, county durham, and north yorkshire still without power. there are also problems over the pennines in cumbria in some of the outlying villages there that have been heavily affected by snow. and with no power means no heating, no hot water, no hot food. on top of that some of these places simply haven't had any water supplies, freshwater supplies at all. they are also without mobile phone and internet and are starting to feel really quite isolated there. now, we know that in a lot of these communities the frustration they're starting to feel is that they are being given times when the power is meant to be coming back on, but those deadlines simply aren't being met. northern power grid, which covers this part of the country, says it has been dealing with hundreds of incidences of power cables being knocked out by storm arwen, and

our reporter alison freeman has been to meet them. are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's go. are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's lo. . . are we ready to rumble? sweet, let's to. ~ . . . . go. women looking out for other women. women _ go. women looking out for other women. women cosmic - go. women looking out for other women. women cosmic street i go. women looking out for other - women. women cosmic street watch newcastle started its patrols around a month ago in the wake of the killings of sarah everard and sabina nessa. the aim cold and to help any female who might be vulnerable at night. from the homeless to those who have had too much to drink, the group makes sure everyone feels supported and safe. but it is not long into the volunteers' shift when they spot someone in need of help. you are going to get hurt like this. do you want to come onto the path and speak with us for a little bit? i am in women's street watch newcastle, and there is a woman in distress. . . , newcastle, and there is a woman in distress. . . . . distress. this lady was threatening to take her own

our reporter alison freeman has bagged a dream assignment this morning. not only does she get to report on britain's happiest place to live — hexham, in northumberland, according to a new survey — but she didn't have to travel very far to get there. morning alison, you're on home turf. good morning. this survey didn't 'ust good morning. this survey didn't just look— good morning. this survey didn't just look at the friendliness of the people _ just look at the friendliness of the people who live here, but also things— people who live here, but also things like green open spaces, like the park— things like green open spaces, like the park we are in now, cafes, theatres _ the park we are in now, cafes, theatres, like the queens hall behind — theatres, like the queens hall behind me, and community spirit. the other— behind me, and community spirit. the other thing _ behind me, and community spirit. the other thing we need to say about this is— other thing we need to say about this is this — other thing we need to say about this is this is t