leeds — hopefully you will 'oin us. an hour gone, leeds still_ hopefully you willjoin us. an hour gone, leeds still trailing - hopefully you willjoin us. an hour gone, leeds still trailing 3-0. - that's all from sportsday. next on bbc news, ros atkins looks at how the covid pandemic has evolved and what we've learned. christmas is coming, and so is omicron — at speed. the covid variant was first reported in south africa in november. it's already spread to dozens of countries. and the who has this message for us. omicron�*s very emergence is another reminder that, although many of us might think we're done with covid—19, it's not done with us. to put it mildly — this is not where we hoped we'd be. ifeel like we're... it's 2020 all over again, in a way, you know? we're back where we were. i want to consider where we were with covid and where we are, and look what we've learnt about this virus in 2021. back injanuary, wealthier nations had onlyjust started their vaccine roll—outs. this was israel. the pandemic death toll passed two million, and the number of cases r

leeds are in 16th after three straight defeats. there were meant to be six premier league games today. covid cancellations meant that was it. aston villa apologised to fans after their games against burnley was called off less than three hours before kick off following more covid cases at villa park. all four games in the scottish premiership went ahead. dundee united had a covid outbreak in their squad with their manager saying it was an achievement just to put a team out against leaders rangers. ajames tavernier penalty gave rangers a i—0 win and takes them seven clear at the top. hearts stay third after beating dundee. livingston scored late to draw with ross county whilst bottom side stjohnstone lost 2—0 at motherwell who are up to fourth. bournemouth missed the chance to go top of the championship — losing i—0 at middleborough in the lunchtime kickoff. they're now six games without a win. isiahjones was brought down byjaiden anthony early into the second half and andraz sporar slotted home the penalty to lift boro up t

my wife's idea to run from here to leeds. yeah, my wife suggested, "why don't you run with both clubs? that'd mean a fair bit to you." and you do the maths and you work out the route. it all was inspired by rob, and he'll be in all of our heads and hearts when we take on the run. we're going to do our best for him. you're going to leave from your current club, which is leicester... yep. ..and then you're going to run till you get to leeds? yes. yeah, i'm at leicester tigers now. you work out the distance between leicester and leeds, and you get to around that 100—mile mark and you go, "well, we'll combine the two." should have six to nine months of training. but the reality is, people who are diagnosed with mnd don't always get six to nine months and we've just got to go for it. here is a very special message for you from rob. well, mate, another crazy challenge is approaching. i i would say good luck, but i know you will absolutely smash it. - i often say, "i would do the same for you," but these challenges i are beyond my

they had to come from behind to get a result against leeds. they won 3—2 at stamford bridge but these were the scenes shortly after full time. the two teams clashing after a late penalty from jorginho had secured chelsea's win in stoppage time. leeds had led originally with a penalty of their own before mason mount levelled matters. and after leeds retook the lead, jorginho levelled from the spot before sealing the win late on to leave chelsea two points behind leaders manchester city. we took the control risks that we took in the first half and in the first half of the second half and leeds played stronger and stronger and they were taking the risk because they have nothing to lose until the late equaliser and i'm happy that we turned it around this time. we had to sufferfrom happy that we turned it around this time. we had to suffer from two late goals in the last matches and it was our turn. and arsenal, having lost their last two in the league, bounced back well with a convincing 3—0 win over southampton. alexandre lacazette, martin od

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leeds scored a late _ other results so far today. leeds scored a late goal— other results so far today. leeds scored a late goal to _ other results so far today. leeds scored a late goal to end - other results so far today. leeds scored a late goal to end 2-2 - scored a late goal to end 2—2 against brentford and a dominant performance by tottenham against norwich, and aston villa against leicester city will kick off in about 15 minutes. celtic have moved back to within four points of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership following a 3—nil win at dundee united. tom rogic and david turnbull put celtic into a commanding lead before young defender liam scales finished the scoring on what was only his fourth appearance as a substitute since moving from shamrock rovers in august. one other game in the spl today, with livingston hosting hearts and liam boyce has put the away side 1—0 up in the second half. it is a huge day in the formula 1 title fight, as contenders lewis hamilton and max verstappen battle it out at the sau

we'll have the latest from leeds—arsenal. and we'll show you how harlequins overcame a cardiff side missing 42 players. thanks for your company. so to adelaide then, and a day dawid malan described as disappointing — that pretty much covers it too. avoiding defeat in the second test looks like a tall order already after early promise gave way to a familiar batting collapse on day three. we'll have reaction from the adelaide oval to come, but first patrick gearey rounds up the action. don't look down. the view ahead of day three was that england were on a precipice. the match, perhaps the series on the edge. joe root came out dancing. conditions were ideal for batting. he and malan seemed capable of doing a lot of it, no wickets in the first session. but just as those at home woke up and check their phone, joe root left the conversation. that touch move the match, australia had dismissed officially the best batsmen in the world, the rest wouldn't be a problem. that was malan gone for a t. and this was 0llie pope, prodding at

mark, you're being extremely helpful but — leeds. look at that full circle... leeds. leeds unite — leeds. you said it! the question mark, the word thatjust came out of your lips. united — u. started and you finished, well done. united is the missing word. newcastle and manchester were the other two words. full details on the website — gchq.gov.uk. there are really difficult — those were the easy ones. yeah, not that easy! let me bring you up to date because in the last few minutes joe bring you up to date because in the last few minutesjoe biden has declared that a major disaster exists in kentucky where we know that at least 80 people have been killed by the tornadoes there. he has ordered federal aid to be distributed as well. so that is the very latest news coming from the united states. you're watching bbc news. thanks for being with us. hello there. it was noticeably mild today right across the country, but particularly so for england and wales. now, we look to the north—west through this evening and overnight. this deep area of low pressure — small s

they're fourth whilst leeds are struggling in 16th. arsenal have reported an alleged incident of racism during the game. gunners substitute rob holding approached the fourth official in the 33rd minute, saying he had heard racial abuse from a leeds supporter. leeds said in a statement that one arrest had been made and that "any supporter found to be using racist language will be subject to a life time ban for all leeds united games." three of the four premier league games today are still scheduled to go ahead with the top three all in action. leaders manchester city are away at newcastle, chelsea travel to wolves but the game of the day sees spurs hosting second—placed liverpool. jurgen klopp has been having his say on players who haven't had the covid vaccine. if a player is not vaccinated at all he is a constant threat to all of us. he doesn't want to be a threat, of course, it is not that he thinks i don't care about the others, we have to find has to change in a different dressing room, eat in a different dining room, sit in a di

mark, you're being extremely helpful but — leeds. look at that full circle... leeds. leeds unite — leeds. you said it! the question mark, the word thatjust came out of your lips. united — u. started and you finished, well done. united is the missing word. newcastle and manchester were the other two words. full details on the website — gchq.gov.uk. there are really difficult — those were the easy ones. i was going to say, if we do exactly that in the next hour, took mejust as took me just as long a second time around. one of hong kong's most popular mass sporting events, the annual swim across victoria harbour, has gone ahead. it was suspended for two years in succession because of pro—democracy protests and then a pandemic lockdown. because of covid, entry numbers were restricted to about half of the usual three thousand competitors — all of whom were fully vaccinated. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcdavideades. hello there. it was noticeably mild today right across the country, but particularly so for england and wales. now, we look to the north�

danny savage reports from leeds. at the packed horse in central leeds this morning, they were getting ready for what should be the busiest day of the year. it is very hard when boris is telling you to work from home, etc. people are getting worried and they are going to be worried, obviously. you know, i am pretty worried for my business because it's going to be a lot quieter, i think. i've got all the staff in today to make sure that mad friday is mad friday and we go full force at it. and shortly after 11 this morning, the first customers were in, everyone fully aware of covid, but also wanting that traditional christmas drink. i've toned down my plan for today. we were supposed to be out all day and going to another function this evening so i'm going home around tea—time before the town gets too busy. i am just carrying on. i am double—jabbed and boosted sojust got to mitigate the risks as much as possible. round the cornerjane and pat carefully planned to meet up. i took a lateral flow test earlier when i got

the move is described as a "huge relief" by the owner of this leeds nightclub. we'll be speaking to him this hour. the us halves the covid isolation period for people without symptoms to five days. shouting in russian. protests outside court as the kremlin bans one of russia's oldest and best—known human rights organisations. and unwrapping the secrets of an ancient egyptian pharoah — we hear from the researcher who peeled off the bandages using modern technology. the government says it will keep "under very close review" its decision not to bring in further coronavirus restrictions in england as infections rise to a level not seen before in the pandemic. there are restrictions on socialising in the rest of the uk. the early indications are that the omicron variant is not leading to the same level of hospitalisations as previous waves, but ministers say they're watching the data and will act if there's a large increase in the coming weeks. it comes as latest government figures show a record number of covid cases reported in the last day — 129,471. but this

arsenal against wolves and leeds vs aston villa both postponed due to covid. there have been calls from managers and players to pause fixtures because of depleated squads. chelsea played yesterday and face brighton on wednesday. head coach thomas tuchel thinks, while clubs are dealing with coronavirus, the schedule is unfair. we're just filling holes where we can fill them, and we play teams who don't play international duties. and we have the covid situation, five changes were invented because of covid and now we are in the middle of covid and some teams get their games postponed and some do not, and we have three changes and this is a big disadvantage, and also in europe. there were no fans at the welsh grand national for the second year in a row. the welsh government's introduced covid rules which prevent more than 50 spectators attending a sporting event. only five horses finished a gruelling race which was won by the 13—2 shot i will do it, ridden by sam sheppard and trained by sam thomas. that's all your sport for now. you can find more on all those st

four goals at elland road as leeds and brentford drew 2—2. patrick bamford returned from injury to score the stoppage—time equaliser for the hosts. brentford were so close to securing their second win in three league games, but couldn't hold on. the injury woes continued for leeds, though — captain liam cooper and kalvin phillips both left the field of play. the unbeaten league run continues for antonio conte in charge of tottenham — a 3—0 win for them over norwich, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table. lucas moura, davinson sanchez and son heung—min with the goals. they moved up to fifth on the table — above north london rivals arsenal. celtic have moved back to within four points of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership, following a 3—0 win at dundee united. tom rogic and david turnbull put celtic into a commanding lead before young defender liam scales finished the scoring on what was only his fourth appearance as a substitute since moving from shamrock rovers in august. and hearts have a five—point cushion

danny savage, bbc news, leeds. a 27—year—old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after two sets of twin boys, aged three and four, died in a house fire in south london last night. london fire brigade confirmed that the four children were the only people in the house when they arrived. helena wilkinson reports. the four little boys who were killed in the fire, named locally as kyson, bryson, leyton and logan. they were found alone inside the house when crews arrived. richard is a neighbour. the fire brigade came out on the roof, they broke the window, smoke came out. came through the back of my house into the front. by that time, the fire brigade had gone into the front door and started to, um... they had a look around and they brought the four children out. the scale of the emergency response was huge. 60 fire fighters tackled the intense flames. they ripped through the entire ground floor. the children were taken to hospital. it is there where they died. emergency services are used to dealing

leeds are in 16th after three straight defeats. isaid to i said to the boys we were lucky that we were playing because with everything that is happening and how many games were postponed. these guys gave the maximum, because i don't know how this is going to develop, it has been a tough week but positive in terms of performances and results so to come away from home and perform the way we have done, score for micro—goals and when the game, we are happy. the bundesliga in germany is unaffected... the leaders bayern munich played and won on friday — second placed borussia dortmund lost to hertha berlin. in the other games there were wins for eintracht frankfurt, arminia belefield and fc union berlin. spain's la liga leaders real madrid play tomorrow — barcelona beat elche // second place sevilla are playing atletico madrid and it's currently i—i. in the other games there were wins for rayo vallecano and villa real. and just three games in italy's serie a on saturday — juventus won 2—0 away at bologna. roma are closing in

leeds have been called off as a rising impact of covid effects the festive fixtures. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. early studies suggest the omicron variant of coronavirus may cause milder illness than the delta variant. scientists say the findings are good news, but warn that the sheer number of cases could still overwhelm the nhs. ministers are monitoring the figures, though the health secretary, sajid javid, has said there will be no further restrictions announced in england before christmas. meanwhile new figures show a growing number of health staff in england are having to stay away from work because of covid. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. the last few days before christmas have brought better news. early studies of the omicron cove invariant suggest it may lead to fewer hospitalisations than the previous delta wave, that's the good news. but researchers say the true number of people getting infected is much higher than the official figure and there will be some challenging days ahead. we and there will be some challenging

arsenal against wolves and leeds versus aston villa have both been postponed due to covid. there have been calls from managers and players to pause fixtures because of depleated squads. chelsea played yesterday and face brighton on wednesday. head coach thomas tuchel thinks that while clubs are dealing with coronavirus, the schedule is unfair. we're just filling holes where we can fill them, and we play teams who don't play international duties. and we have the covid situation, five changes were invented because of covid and now we are in the middle of covid and some teams get their games postponed and some do not, and we have three changes and this is a big disadvantage, and also in europe. just one game in the premier league tonight, with newcastle at home to manchester united. it's the first time newcastle have found themselves in the relegation zone at christmas, and with just ten points from 18 games, manager eddie howe knows they need to be better in the second half of the season if they want to stay up. there are enough games and enough talent in the squad but we are

leeds _ of a premier league team. you just said it. leeds is _ of a premier league team. wi. just said it. leeds is the right one so you found the word which is, you said it. united, exactly. which is, you said it. united, exactl . . which is, you said it. united, exactl . , ., ., exactly. there is more at the christmas — exactly. there is more at the christmas challenge, - exactly. there is more at the christmas challenge, gchq. | exactly. there is more at the | christmas challenge, gchq. i failed miserably. iwill christmas challenge, gchq. i failed miserably. i will be back with the business stories, i can do that. i will see you soon. hello there. it was noticeably mild today right across the country, but particularly so for england and wales. now, we look to the north—west through this evening and overnight. this deep area of low pressure — small system but very vigorous, passing to the north—west of the uk — will bring a spell of gales to northern ireland and in towards scotland as well. stormy conditions for the hebrides and the northern isles, perhaps sev

danny savage reports from leeds. all: merry christmas! at the myrtle tavern in leeds tonight, the ventilated marquee outside is credited with saving this business throughout covid. they understand people might be wary about going out but they are being firm about cancellations. we sent an e—mail on tuesday to everyone who has booked in december and it basically told them "you will be charged if you don't let us know. "please let us know in any of the circumstances" and we had probably 150 cancel but we've got about 6,000 bookings, so 150 is not really that bad. pub landlords call this �*mad friday', such is the expectation of trade levels. it should be the biggest day of the year. it's very hard when boris is telling you to work from home, et cetera. people are getting worried, and they are going to be worried, obviously. you know, iam pretty worried for my business, obviously, because it's going to be a lot quieter, i think, but i've got all the staff in today to make sure that mad friday is mad friday and we got full force at it. an

they are starting to a bit of that here in leeds, but don't expect mobilization to retreat anytime soon. this is still hyper connected world and now omicron is creating more challenges to the supply chains we take for granted. chris morris, bbc news. >> let's return to the covid situation in england. the health secretary saying today no new restrictions for england before the new year, but we saw in your report a few moments ago that northern ireland, scotland and wales introduced new restrictions on boxing day. so some viewers will think this is a patchwork of restrictions within the u.k.. reporter: it is confusing to some people who travel between the different nations of the u.k., especially since there is similar data. they say they are taking a precautionary approach with covid cases remaining high, they're trying to prevent hospitalizations from following suit, but a different approach has been adopted by the prime minister when it comes to england. many of his own mps have been skeptical about the position of even the current restrictions, for example 100 of them voted introduced

four goals at elland road as leeds and brentford drew 2—2. patrick bamford returned from injury to score the stoppage—time equaliser for the hosts. brenford were so close to securing their second win in 3 league games, but couldn't hold on. the injury woes continued for leeds though — captain liam cooper and kalvin phillips both left the field of play. the unbeaten league run continues for antonio conte in charge of tottenham — a 3—0 win for them over norwich, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table. lucas moura, davison sanchez and son heung min with the goals. they moved up to 5th on the table — above north london rivals arsenal. celtic have moved back to within four points of rangers at the top of the scottish premiership following a 3—0 win at dundee united. tom rogic and david turnbull put celtic into a commanding lead before young defender liam scales finished the scoring on what was only his fourth appearance as a substitute since moving from shamrock rovers in august. and hearts have a five—point cushion in third pl

el chelsea que se enfrentaba a leeds united. aquÍ venÍa esta jugada de rafinha que cobraba el penal y adentro, 1 # a 0. marcos alonzo que hizo el penal. ponÍa el balÓn para empatar el partido. estÁbamos 1 a 1. jorginho de los 11 pasos ponÍa a ganar al chelsea y la locura porque iba a poner el que era el 2 a 2 t para leeds united. el Árbitro decÍa que esto era penal y venÍa cobrando. para el 3 a 2 final. a punta de penales el chelsea ganÓ 3 a 2 y sigue tercero del campeonato. cerramos con la visita del united al norwich. que iba a ser. pues sÍ con un penal. venÍa este centro, caÍa cr7 y el balÓn de de ronaldo era penalti. lo venÍa a cobrar Él mismo. deliberando que si era penal o no. sÍ era, cr7 lo cobraba y adentro. 1 a 0 ganÓ united en el sÁbado de los penales la premier league. >>> y los red devils ven los cuentos de champions league de siempre. vamos a tener nuevos campeones. el new york city fc levantaba el tÍtulo. hacia mucho frÍo en la fortaleza. a 5 minutos del descanso mÁximo morales encontraba la c

they're starting to do a bit of that here in leeds. but don't expect globalisation to retreat any time soon. this is still a hyper connected world, and now omicron is creating more challenges for the supply chains we take for granted. chris morris, bbc news. the english premier league has announced 103 new coronavirus cases among club players and staff — the highest weekly number recorded since testing figures were first circulated in may last year. the league has also confirmed it has reverted to emergency measures following a raft of top—flight postponements. here's bbc sport's chetan pathak. the 20 clubs met last monday to discuss the busy fixture list which has already seen a number of postponements in december, but it was decided to keep going, even though some managers were against that. the rest of the major european football leagues are all in the usual winter breaks at the moment. in scotland, we have seen the premiership brought forward because of covid. it started after yesterday's matches. spectator numbers have been ca

they're starting to do a bit of that here in leeds. but don't expect globalisation to retreat any time soon. this is still a hyper connected world, and now 0micron is creating more challenges for the supply chains we take for granted. chris morris, bbc news. and we say goodbye now to viewers on bbc world. hello, i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. we start at stjames park, where newcastle are looking for only their second win of the season. manchester united are the visitors. and it's so far so good for the side, newcastle in front through allan saint—maximin�*s stunning strike. as things stand, newcastle remain in the relegation zone, but they'd be level on points with fourth—from—bottom watford. 1-0 1—0 there with just over an hour played. bournemouth are top of the championship tonight, after they beat qpr to get their first win in seven games. it was qpr's first match for over three weeks because of covid, and they fell behind to dominic solanke's first—half header, which proved to be the only goal of the ga

just one match survived and leeds may have wished it hadn't. they had eight first team players out through injury and suspension, and they lost 4—1. a defensive lapse let in gabriel martinelli for the opener — the midfielder scoring his second in as many games. he added another not long after benefiting from fine through ball from grant zaka to double arsenal's lead. arsenal stay fourth, leeds 16th after three straight defeats. for nearly three months now, we've been telling you about the volcanic eruption taking place on the canary islands. in the last few days, the seismic activity appears to have stopped. the clean—up operation will be immense, as thousands of buildings were destroyed. but it's notjust people who were affected, as tim allman reports. translation: when we arrived here, we found l them crossing the lava. they approached us and we fed them and gave them water. we've also been checking if they have a microchip, to find out if they have an owner, so we can return them to them. but not every creature on the island was so luc

george winder and his wife nikki are both gps in leeds. spiralling cases are leading to an increase. the number of people with covid in hospital has risen above 10,000 for the first time in ten months, but there are some signs of optimism. it's quite difficult at the moment to interpret the data. we have very high rates of infection in the community, and therefore we may see some of these people naturally in the hospital as well. but equally, we're not seeing the same rate of admission to intensive care units, and so that could be a positive sign. the prime minister, on a visit to this vaccination centre in milton keynes, was pushing the message for people to get boosted. cases are going up, we've got a lot of cases of omicron. but on the other hand, we can see the data about the relative mildness of omicron, and what we can also see is the very, very clear effect of getting those jabs, getting those boosters in particular. that's what's making a huge difference. mrjohnson says 90% of covid patients in icu haven't had a booster, but there'

it leaves just leeds versus arsenal at 5:30. aston villa's game with burnley was due to kick off at 3pm but has been called off in the last hour because of positive cases in the villa camp. the sports minister nigel huddlestone has urged anyone, including footballers, to get vaccinated whilst the premier league is also asking clubs to "strongly encourage" players to get the jab. arsenal are visiting elland road today and their manager mikel arteta is calling for clarity around cancelling matches. we always want to play when we have the right conditions to do so, 100%. we have been here on the other side of the table, when we had all the arguments to play a football match and we ended up playing it. so that's what i'm saying, that we need clarity. because then the condition can be altered, and that wouldn't be fair. it's not just football that is struggling. seven european rugby matches between french and british teams this weekend have been postponed because of france's new travel rules in response to the 0micron variant. the ma

from leeds and watford to postpone because of covid infections. russia's president putin spells out how he thinks a military conflict might begin in eastern ukraine, amid heightened tensions with the west. a women's health ambassador is to be appointed in england as part of government plans to tackle decades of gender inequality within the health service. women in the uk have a longer life expectancy than men but officials say they are spending less of their life in good health. with me now is the conservative mp for lewes and health minister maria caulfield. resetting the dial on women's with you putting in context the scale of gender inequality in we did a consultation with women across the country earlier this year and had and the sort of issues women have been raising our throughout their lifetime so whether it is young women talking about difficulties getting 14 weeks between asking for those health and submission is closing, an in—built bias or decades of bias in the health care service? i an in-built bias or decades of bias in the health

leeds 16th after three straight defeats. for nearly three months now, we have been telling you about the volcanic eruption taking place on the canary islands. in the last few days, the seismic activity appears to have stopped. the clean—up operation will be immense, as thousands of buildings were destroyed. but it's notjust people who were affected, as the bbc�*s tim allman reports. the survivors of this volcano come in all shapes and sizes. these cats were found by members of the spanish civil guard. their homes certainly destroyed. and their owners, for now, a mystery. translation: when we arrived here, we found them crossing the lava. they approached us and we fed them and gave them water. we have also been checking if they have a microchip, to find out if they have an owner, so we can return them to them. but not every creature on the island was so lucky. the bodies of wild animals and birds have been sent away for analysis as to a cause of death, whether it was rivers of red—hot lava engulfing everything in their

they're starting to do a bit of that here in leeds. but don't expect globalisation to retreat any time soon. this is still a hyper connected world, and now 0micron is creating more challenges for the supply chains we take for granted. chris morris, bbc news. well, let's return to the covid situation in england. we can cross to westminster and our political correspondent iain watson. cell, the uk health secretary same today no new restrictions for england before the new year. we saw in your report a few moments ago that northern ireland, scotland and wales introduced new restrictions on boxing day, so some viewers will think, well, this is a real patchwork of restrictions within the uk. it patchwork of restrictions within the uk. , . ., ., , uk. it is commanded will be confusing — uk. it is commanded will be confusing for _ uk. it is commanded will be confusing for some - uk. it is commanded will be confusing for some people | uk. it is commanded will be i confusing for some people that uk. it is commanded will be - confusing for some

one option is to increase local production, they're starting to do a bit of that here in leeds. but don't expect globalisation to retreat any time soon. this is still a hyper—connected world, and now omicron is creating more challenges for the supply chains that we take for granted. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. we've got some extremely mild weather to come later this week with temperatures not too far away from the december records. today, it is grey and cloudy, murky, with the low clouds making it quite dark at times, with pulses of rain moving across england and wales. further north—west, something a little bit brighter for scotland and northern ireland but here there will be a scattering of showers. temperatures across northern areas are fairly close to the seasonal norm but it is milder in the south, where temperatures could reach between 11—13 celsius for some. overnight tonight mist and fog patches will reform so it will become quite murky again. outbreaks of rain developing later in the night as well. the rain and cloud kee

that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today — with leeds united facing arsenal. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. as concern grows about the spread of the 0micron variant, in the past few minutes the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has declared a major incident in the capital. it means a greater pooling of resources between local authorities and emergency services. london is the epicentre of the uk's 0micron surge — where up to a third of the city's population is still unvaccinated. let's hear a little more of what sadiq khan has had to say. i've been meeting over the last few days on a daily basis with colleagues across the city, from the nhs to councils, from the fire service to the police. we are incredibly concerned by the huge surge in the 0micron variant. over the last 2a hors we have had the largest number of new cases since this pandemic began, more than 26,000, hospital admissions are going up, but also staff absences are going up by massive levels. so i've taken the decision, in consultation with our partners, to declare a major incident today. it

but liverpool against leeds and wolves against watford won't be happening. it's actually the away teams that asked the league if they could delay the games, as both have multiple cases. watford now having a fourth game postponed. only 1a games in the whole of football league have survived. it's actually the two away teams that asked the premier league if they could delay their games, as both have multiple cases, and watford now having a fourth game postponed. it means that 12 premier league matches in total have been affected, and all but four clubs. one boxing day game still going ahead is everton's trip to burnley, although rafa benitez says they have just nine fit outfield players with the injury and cases we had expected the game would be postponed and with a loss to the game is trying to keep the integrity of the league because we are now losing so many players i now have to think about if i have 11 players fit and well we can put them so i am very surprised that we're this game. so i am very surprised that we are playing this game. eoin morgan will cap

that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today, with leeds united facing arsenal. good afternoon. there's a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in "very soon" in england to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at around 3000 a day, as cases of the 0micron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert professor neil ferguson says the situation looks precarious. here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. there's no time to lose. jabs are now available 2a hours a day at this vaccine centre in north london, as nhs staff and volunteers across the country strive to reach 1millionjabs a day. in london, where the 0micron variant is already driving a surge of infections, hospital admissions are on the rise and staff sickness is a growing concern. i'm incredibly worried about staff absences in the nhs, in the fire brigade, in the police service, in our councils, across london. that's why it's so, so important f

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leeds took four points off the champions least season and pep guardiola is aware of what they can do. it is one of the toughest opponents especially because they play every week in a special and unique way and we play against a special, unique wayjust two times a year and we have two just a few things because it is a completely different thing. the round of 16 draw for the european champions league was made on tuesday and succeeded at the second attempt, with the most eye—catching tie seeing paris saint germain up against 13—time winners real madrid. uefa blamed a software issue for the original draw meaning it was voided due to an error. manchester united were mistakenly left out of the possible pool of opponents for atletico madrid, which forced the redraw, they then drew the spaniards second time around. there were some errors made in the original drop caused by a malfunction of the software which went through and outside provider and which tells us which teams are eligible to be drawn against each other. after the draw, the external independent auditor informed ufr they could

leeds have shut their training ground as they deal with five new positive covid cases as well as a number of injuries. the premier league say watford also have an insufficient number of players to field a team. with 20 fixtures postponed across the football league as well, over half the boxing day fixtures in england are off. adam wild reports. as regularly as christmas comes around, so do the arguments of beta testing schedule. too many games, too little time. it's the football manager is recurring nightmare. one now complicated further by covid—19. i think that has changed the dynamics. you now have players that suddenly come out of the grip and play is unavailable in your squad get a lot smaller and then players maybe have to play when they are injured by carrying something and that's far from ideal injured by carrying something and that's farfrom ideal and injured by carrying something and that's far from ideal and then you risk long—term damage to players career is. so covid—19 made the dynamically we have to live with for the benefit of everyone.— the benefit of everyone. fo

the move is described as a "huge relief" by the owner of this leeds nightclub. we'll be speaking to him this hour. the us halves the covid isolation period for people without symptoms to five days. shouting in russian. protests outside court as the kremlin bans one of russia's oldest and best—known human rights organisations. and unwrapping the secrets of an ancient egyptian pharoah — we hear from the researcher who peeled off the bandages

that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today — with leeds united facing arsenal. and, after a] 0dudu bows out of tonight's strictly final, will it be rose and giovanni orjohn and johannes who win the glitterball trophy? good afternoon. there's a warning that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in "very soon" in england to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at around 3000 a day, as cases of the 0micron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government's scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert professor neil ferguson says the situation looks precarious. here's our health correspondent, katharine da costa. there's no time to lose — jabs are now available 2a hours a day at this vaccine centre in north london, as nhs staff and volunteers across the country strive to reach1 million jabs a day. currently around 800 covid patients are being admitted each day in england, but leaked minutes from government scientific advisers suggest that without further measures, we could

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the boxing day matches at liverpool and wolves are both off because their opponents leeds and watford are unable to field teams over half the fixtures in the english football league have also been postponed adam wild reports. as regularly as christmas comes around, so too the arguments of beta festive schedule. too many games, too little time. it's the football manager's recurring nightmare. one now complicated further by covid. i think that has changed the dynamics. you now have players that suddenly come out of the group and players unavailable, then your squad gets a lot smaller and then players maybe have to play when they are injured or carrying something and that's far from ideal and then you risk long—term damage to players career is. so covid—19 is the dynamic we have to live with for the benefit of everyone. football does continue for some. today the league games between liverpool and leeds and wolves and watford were postponed. 16 of the 20 premier league teams have so far been affected. i think everyone is trying the best in very difficult circumstances. the way it is s

that leaves just one match due to take place in the premier league today, with leeds united taking on arsenal. now on bbc news, as demand and prices soarfor dogs, bbc wales investigates the hidden world of designer dog breeding. the hidden world of good boy, griff! you've been such a good boy! these are what are known as micro bullys. they've been bred to be really, really small. these were all seized from a breeder. there were reports of unlicensed breeding. meet griff, lined up to become a stud dog by his owner. he's actually got spinal deformity. he's dragging his hind legs, falling over probably every four or five steps. the vet report that we've got from the specialist vet said he shouldn't be bred from. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. lots of muscle and bone into a very, very small frame. their legs are splayed out, they're so muscley. it's cruelty breeding, there's no other word for it. griff and the other pups are being looked after at this south wales rescue centre. casualties of a trade in designer dogs. the local autho

manchester city have moved four points clear at the top of the premier league after a 7—0 win over leeds united. phil foden had given city an early lead before jack grealish doubled the advantage with his first headed goal in the premier league. kevin de bruyne and riyadh mahrez extended the lead either side of half—time before de bruyne's second was an absolute stunner from distance. john stones made it six before nathan ake added a seventh on a night pep guardiola saw his team score for the 500th time in the premier league under him. meanwhile, steven gerrard's aston villa travelled to norwich, with jacob ramsey opening the scoring at carrow road. ollie watkins added a second three minutes from time for a fourth win in six under their new manager taking them ninth, while dean smith sees his side remain bottom, three points from safety. thought it was really strong performance. first half we were outstanding and played well in pockets of the half but played our way at times was up you want the players before the game can we come here and when it came to control part of the game and de

yep. ..and then you're going to run till you get to leeds. yes. yep, the tigers now, and work out the distance between leicester and leeds and you get to around that 100—mile mark and you go, well, we'll combine the two. should have six to nine months of training. but the reality is people who are diagnosed with mnd don't always get six to nine months, and we've just got to go for it. here is a very special message for you from rob. well, mate, another crazy challenge is approaching. i would say good luck, but i know you will absolutely smash it. i often say i would do the same for you, but these challenges are beyond my means. i know my family will be behind you and i think the whole country is as well. on behalf of me and all the sufferers out there, thanks from the bottom of our hearts. you are so highly thought of in the land. i know you will smash some sort of record for 100 miles. good luck, kev. ps, i'm deleting this, might have to make this up again, so you better kill it. one of the first things kev spoke to us about when he arrived was

called off so far during december because of coronavirus cases — that includes tomorrow's game between leeds and villa and wolves' trip to arsenal. some managers have questioned why games are still going ahead — or at least why they're not being spread out more. watford have only held one full training session in over two weeks — and their last 3 games have been called off because of covid in their squad. their manager cladio ranieri's been talking ahead of tomorrow's game against west ham: it's a bad moment now because the players can't train property and i hope nobody would suffer injury because you know when they don't dream and he arrives it's very difficult to play but that's it. they are like a formula 1 car. when you don't make any training session it's difficult and i hope across my fingers that nobody has injuries. boxing day is never in doubt, we always— boxing day is never in doubt, we always want to play on boxing day. it's a _ always want to play on boxing day. it's a great — always want to play on boxing day. it's a great fixture. it's great for people — it's a great

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is that in some cases it was leeds or supervisors who are participating. >> in the harassment and they are clients as a result felt that they had nowhere to turn lowe and his clients believe the toxic culture a tesla has been inspired by the tone from the top outspoken ceo elon musk who has taken a liking to twitter to make major announcements. >> has also been accused of sharing us views on the platform in october, musk suggested starting a new university called the texas institute of technology and science. the name breaks down into a acronym. the lawsuits are seeking 3 outcomes accountability compensation and putting a stop to this behavior at tesla. it's really incumbent upon tesla to to step up and. >> rectify that situation and put a stop to that are asked put create a safe working environment that supports. >> reporting in san francisco, dan thorn kron 4 news. >> now. new information in the homicide investigation at the tesla factory in fremont. police now say a man was shot and killed by his co-worker. this is video of that scene. it happened on monday. police say the victim ha

two penalties for chelsea, as they beat leeds. they were missing their captain for disciplinary reasons and manchester united won thanks to a cristiano ronaldo penalty. bayern munich extended their lead to six points after coming from behind to win that match. australia have won the first ashes test by nine wickets. england were hoping to build on a brilliant partnership between malan and joe root but both were gone in the matter of a few overs. england added just 77 for the last eight wickets. they were bowled out for 297, leaving australia needed just 20 runs to win reach that with ease to go one up in the series. exceptionally proud. so many different stories within the game. i thought nathan lyon, i told him he would never get his 400th, i said maybe next summer, but really happy for him. he bowled really well yesterday, without luck. bitterly disappointed because we put a lot of good work in last night, building a big partnership and it was really on me and dawid malan to make most of the opportunity but credit to australia.