and for more on this let's talk to our correspondent charlotte chelsea until in london charlotte about a 3rd of britons are being told to stay at home alone for 2 weeks a few days before christmas how are people reacting. nick reacting as much expect a lot of sadness anger hall break as the fact that christmas for 18000000 people has it in so many words been counseled being told to stay at home and not mix with any other households and as was mentioned in that report there that is a dramatic reversal from what was promised to so many people so much of the british public by prime minister boris johnson who as we had said it would be inhuman to cancel christmas but now in essence that is exactly what he has just done now to put this into context the public here were told in england wales scotland northern ireland that up to 3 households could meet for a period of 5 days over the christmas period now in the areas that have now been plunged into this so-called to fold the harshest lockdown restrictions that now although be no mixing on any day at school including christmas day for the rest

charlotte chelsea pill is standing by charlotte what's the situation there. terry lorry drivers here stuck on the mesa way approaching the pool of dave waking up now author another night stranded now you might be able to see just behind me that there are long queues going up into the poor that the government said yesterday that they were around 170 lorries stranded ahead seems more like those there are up to a 1000 not certainly what port authorities 1 are reporting here at the moment many of them on able to get hot meals their own toilet facilities of course on the motorway so many of the in the european drivers and european mainland who just want to get home for christmas we've spoken to several of them he was saying that they can send again they're going to be here the days now what you're seeing just behind me is that some of the lorries are starting to move fast because the government has said that is part of its preparations for a no deal is fully anticipated scenarios like this and has plans in place not what's happening now some of these lorries are b

is hoping you have your reporter charlotte chelsea met with a young man who's prepared to battle couvade 19 for the greater good but just 18 years old alice does volunteering to do what many of his would find unimaginable he wants to be deliberately infected with the coronavirus he's campaigning to take part in a human challenge trial to test frank seems to cope with 19. challenge charles have the potential to do an awful lot of good for an awful lot of people with. a significant a minimal risk myself and well it's a risk the docs and nurses take on pretty much every day like on the on the front lines of the pandemic and have been doing for quite a while now in traditional vaccine trials volunteers may never be exposed to the virus in a challenge trial scientists hope to study infected volunteers in clinical condition mice isn't room for like this one but we could be about to see a wall 1st volunteers deliberately infected with the virus of course as. well as here's what we quarantined here for up to 2 weeks with safety measures in place like awful trace insistence to stop the bars from

correspondents childhood shells and charlotte chelsea tellen alexandra naaman welcome both let's start in brussels with you alexandra what's in this deal well i think that what is the most important takeaway here is that this deal sealed today it's going to guarantee tariff free trade between the u.k. and the european union and most goods and it's also going to a create a platform for future corporations on issues such as crime fighting energy data exchange and of course what is also important both sides appeared to have agreed on the mechanism that would help in the future to sell a 2 fold disputes between the european union and the u.k. and talking about fisheries it's also good news for the youth fishing men and women they are going to have access to u.k. waters in the future it will be reduced but there will be a transition period of 5 and a half years so you know let's pick up the points on fisher's with chelsea on the pill that vision as well was a big symbol on both sides charlotte is boris johnson going to be able to sell the steel as a good one to british fisheries. it was ind

for more let's talk to our correspondent charlotte chelsea pill in london good to see you. some areas in the country. for classification which all these areas and how will the people there be impacted by these restrictions. or those areas are london where i am now the east and the south east of england those are the areas that have been identified as having this new variance this new strain of the virus which we just heard that is believed to be more trend this transmissible than the existing strain or just to put these new restrictions into some context for you it was just this week the prime minister boris johnson said canceling christmas here in the u.k. would be inhumane now although with the news of this new variant that is indeed essentially what he has done particularly here in london and the southeast now the rules up until today had been 3 households would be allowed to meet indoors for 5 days that is now been cut back severely people in these new to 4 restrictions is that code won't be allowed to leave that area is that being honest just to remain within their own

and let's across straight over to our correspondent to charlotte to chelsea hill who is on a highway in near dover charlie good to see you what's the situation like where you are now. i'm sure you can see behind me there 6 are still hundreds of lorries here backed up across the motorway back to back drivers here waiting to find out exactly what will happen next there is the face of a very frustrating wait many of them here for the 3rd night it's a night potentially as they wait to find out what resolution will be come up with to get them across the border into france now one suggestion that has been proposed is the drive is issued people tested the current virus before they are allowed to cross into front said dr atomic is that something that they would be more than willing to do if it meant that they could and could leave but the question really is one of logistics is that possible to set up a mass testing site for the hundreds and hundreds of drivers here and if it is possible in what timeframe so many drivers tell me that they are simply very concerned about getting back for chris

to london and brussels that we have a 5 day dublin correspondence child that shall to charlotte chelsea and pelan alexandra fundament welcome both of us that start in brussels with you alexandra what's in this tale well i think that what is the most important takeaway here is that this deal sealed today it's going to guarantee tariff free trade between the.