charlotte rose, bbc news.n countries have introduced tough new restrictions to tackle covid, as the omicron variant spreads rapidly across the continent. a month—long lockdown has come into force in the netherlands. the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, said immediate action — including the closure of schools — was needed to avoid hospitals being overwhelmed. denmark, ireland and switzerland are all stepping up or re—introducing restrictions — but they've stopped short of full lockdowns. anna holligan reports. a final flourish of festive cheer before dutch cities shut down for christmas. department stores and toy shops weren't ready for this level of footfall. while hair and beauty salons squeezed clients in for a last—minute shave. translation: it was nice to go to the city for a little _ while before the lockdown. it's too busy everywhere, but i have to come to get presents before the christmas holidays. under the new measures outlined on saturday, all nonessential stores, bars, restaurants, and other public

charlotte rose, bbc news.th—long lockdown has begun in the netherlands in response to an expected surge in cases of the omicron variant. non—essentialshops, bars, gyms hairdressers and other public venues will be closed until at least mid—january. the measures announced last night — make the country the first in the eu to re—enter a strict nationwide lockdown. england's cricketers are heading for defeat in the second ashes test against australia in adelaide. they were set an unlikely 468 to win after the hosts declared, their chance of securing a draw now looks remote after they lost four wickets including their captain joe root. australia only need six wickets tomorrow to win the match and go two nil up in the series. the world renowned architect richard rogers, who was behind some of the most striking buildings of the past half century, has died at the age of 88. he gained international attention in the nineteen—seventies with the pompidou centre in paris and other works included the millennium dome in londo

here's our political correspondent charlotte rose.eaction to news of the chief brexit negotiator lord frost's resignation came quickly, with members in a whatsapp group of 100 tory mps describing it as very worrying and a disaster. in the images of the messages first broadcast by sky news, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, steps in to defend the prime minister, telling mps to show a bit of loyalty to the person who won an 83—seat majority and delivered brexit. the response — she is removed from the whatsapp group by senior brexiteer steve baker, who says enough is enough. reacting to the news this morning, the health secretary paid tribute to lord frost. i'm sorry to see him go. i think he's been an outstanding public servant. he's done great things for this country, not least in helping to get brexit done but he's resigned out of principle. i think you can see that. i know all about resigning from government out of principle, and he has made that decision. and many conservative backbenchers agree with him. the pm suffered his bi

let's talk to our political correspondent charlotte rose.ell about lord frost this morning-— quite a bombshell about lord frost this morning. absolutely, you could hear in the answer _ this morning. absolutely, you could hear in the answer from _ this morning. absolutely, you could hear in the answer from sajid - this morning. absolutely, you could hear in the answer from sajid javid, | hear in the answer from sajid javid, hear in the answer from sajid javid, he said he was sad to see him go and he said he was sad to see him go and he is a man of principle and i think thatis he is a man of principle and i think that is one of the issues. lord frost had made it clear his views about brexit, he saw it as an opportunity for the uk to become a country that had less regulation, low taxes and a free—market economy and in his opinion, that was not the direction that the government was following, perhaps taking a slightly softer stance when it came to the dealings with brussels and that was something he was very unhappy with. the reaction to that ha

our political correspondent, charlotte rose, said mps have had mixed reactions to lord frost's exit froms views about brexit, he saw it as an opportunity for the uk to become a country that had less regulations, low taxes and had a free—market economy and in his opinion, that not the direction that the government was following. perhaps taking a slightly softer stance when it came to its dealings with brussels and that was something he was very unhappy with. the reaction to that has been quite clear from some of borisjohnson is back benchers, there were messages from a whatsapp group of 100 conservative mps that was published by sky news last night. one of them called it very worrying, lord frost departure, another said it was a disaster and a third said lord frost was a hero. in response, the culture secretary nadine dorries who was also part of that group told the rest of the group that they should show more loyalty to boris johnson, group that they should show more loyalty to borisjohnson, she tried to remind them that he had delivered brexit and an 83 seat majority for the party. afte

our political correspondent charlotte rose joins us now.disagreement with a broader direction of travel of the government, something he mentioned in his letter to borisjohnson last night. he sees brexit as an opportunity for britain to have less regulation and for the uk economy to be opened up. he was also known to disagree with a tax rise that was introduced back in september to pay for social care, and he was one of the most vocal critics in cabinet of the most vocal critics in cabinet of the government's policy to introduce vaccine passports, something he described as a coercive measure. so what will the impact of his departure be? well, messages from the whatsapp group of 100 tory mps called clean global brexit was published by sky news last night. one mp said it was very worrying, another said it was a disaster. a third mp said that lord frost was a hero for delivering brexit. well, the culture secretary, who was a member of that whatsapp group, replied to them to say they should show more loyalty to borisjohnson, who had delivered an

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