looking ahead briefly, what are your predictions geri for next year, | your predictions geri for next us going. there's weeks ago- clearly — 2021 to keep us going. there's weeks ago- clearly how _ 2021 to keep us going. there's weeks ago. clearly how we _ 2021 to keep us going. there's weeks ago. clearly how we emerge - 2021 to keep us going. there's weeks ago. clearly how we emerge from i ago. clearly how we emerge from coronavirus — ago. clearly how we emerge from coronavirus is going to be a big story— coronavirus is going to be a big story and — coronavirus is going to be a big story and how that battle between the economy and public health continues and how we actually learn to live _ continues and how we actually learn to live with — continues and how we actually learn to live with the virus was up we keep— to live with the virus was up we keep hearing from ministers and scientists— keep hearing from ministers and scientists that were going to have to do _ scientists that were going to have to do chris— scientists that were going to have to do. chris what said today that we are

i was more sort of geri, to be fair. i was always a geri. green beans, fruit cocktail. for the roof over my head and not being able to sleep because i'd be so hungry or coming up to the food bank, engaging, getting food and support and being able to keep that roof over my head. and back at the distribution centre, before he left, ed sheeran had a gift for everyone. cheers. merry christmas. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. ijust i just put ijust put sausage rolls in my freezer yesterday so i think i will be eating them in the next few days! it was really cold this morning. temperatures getting down to —10. the cold and frosty weather was quite widespread but what a difference a day makes. tomorrow morning it is all change

i thought i was posh but i think i was- more sort of geri, to be fair. i was always a geri. hope church to help her get her feet back on the ground. it was a case of paying a bill for the roof over my head and not being able to sleep because i'd be so hungry or coming up to the food bank, engaging, getting food and support and being able to keep that roof over my head. and back at the distribution centre, before he left, ed sheeran had a gift for everyone. cheers. merry christmas. crowds have gathered at stonehenge to watch the sunrise after the winter solstice. traditionally observed by druids and pagans, they were joined by many others to celebrate the end of the longest night of the year. it marks the point when the north pole has its maximum tilt away from the sun. and from now on, of course, the days start to get longer. hurray for that! now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. well, it is a cold start to the day. well, it is a cold start to the day. we have had the coldest night of this winter so far.

with me are geri scott, political correspondent at the press association and olivia utley, assistantr at the telegraph. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... welcome starting with. .. to welcome starting with... to you both. let's start off with welcome to you both. let's start off with a quick look at the front pages. the ft leads with boris johnson's move to plan b as more restrictions come into place in england. the i describes the move as you turn by the prime minister as he urges the nation to work from home where possible and announces mandatory mask wearing an all indoor venues. it also features the follow from the downing street christmas party video is the adviser to the prime minister allegra stratton resigns. the metro also leads with that same story, headline, pm taking the public for fools. that same story, headline, pm taking the public forfools. as he faces more calls to quit over the alleged rule breaking christmas party at number ten. the backlash features on the front page of the telegraph. tonight the prime minister told millions of people he must work from home

i always thought i was posh but i think i'm more sort of geri, to be fair. i was always a geri. her feet back on the ground. it was a case of paying a bill for the roof over my head and not being able to sleep because i'd be so hungry, or coming up to the food bank, engaging, getting food and support and being able to keep that roof over my head and not be going into massive rent arrears. back at the distribution centre, before he left, ed sheeran had a gift for everyone. merry christmas. colin patterson, bbc news, suffolk. it's one of the biggest lottery prizes in the world, and it takes more than three hours to choose the winning numbers, but spanish lottery enthusiasts may have struggled this year to buy tickets. lottery sellers have been on strike, in protest over low rates of commission on ticket sales for el gordo, or "the fat one". they're protesting outside the opera house in madrid, where the draw is currently taking place. with a prize fund of nearly 2.5 billion euros, the strike could prevent winners of smaller prizes from cashing their tickets. crowds gathered at sto

she's a, she's a realist, not a i wouldn't say she, that she's a kid in geri rail politician. but she does believe that that humanity is capable of terrible crimes. e law. i mean her or her parents generation suffered under, under the nazis. and she herself, suffered under the german communist. so she's she, she deals with the world as she finds it and believe i would describe her as a determined optimised for her. the image of the image she uses frequently rolling that rock up the mountain. lonely dive. it fall on his head every, every few feet. and that keeps going. that for her is not a a pessimistic image. it's what she does. it's what. and again this goes back to her lutheran foundation of the quiet work of salvation. right? right. that's what she did right, chance for 16 years. well, not only is germany and europe on the united states being tested by seizing, paying, inviting, reputed there being tested internally. and while she was in office, the alternative for germany, a party of extreme islamic bo be extreme anti immigrant groups earned 2012 percent of the electorate

i thought i was posh but i think i was more sort of geri, to be fair. i was always a geri.d support and being able to keep that roof over my head. and back at the distribution centre, before he left, ed sheeran had a gift for everyone. cheers. merry christmas. sally ann howes, who starred in chitty chitty bang bang has died at the age of 91. she was best known for playing the role of truly scrumptious in the 1968 musical film, opposite dick van dyke. the tony award—winning actress first appeared on screen aged 12, and enjoyed a career that spanned six decades. she also starred as eliza doolittle in the broadway production of my fair lady in 1958. a seal pup found trapped in a hole in norfolk has been rescued and released back onto the beach. after three hours, a team was able to gently winch the animal to safety. the rspca expects a rise in the number of stranded seals over the winter months, but says if you come across one don't approach it — always call for help. now it's time for a look at the weather. as we head towards the christmas weekend the weather is on the change

i always thought i was| posh, but i think i was more sort of geri, to be fair. i was always a geri!g a bill for the roof over my head and not being able to sleep because i'd be so hungry, or coming up to the food bank, engaging, getting food and support and being able to keep that roof over my head. and back at the distribution centre, before he left, ed sheeran had a gift for everyone. cheers. merry christmas. sausage rolls all round! a seal pup found trapped in a hole in norfolk in england has been rescued and released back onto the beach. after three hours, a team was able to gently winch the animal to safety. the rspca expects a rise in the number of stranded seals over the winter months, but says if you come across one, don't approach it — always call for help. and as you can see, this one had a happy ending. one other event overnight. crowds have gathered at stonehenge to watch the sunrise after the winter solstice. traditionally observed by druids and pagans, they were joined by many others to celebrate the end of the longest night of the year. it marks the point when the nor

tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are gerihe press association and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. as we heard in today's downing street press conference experts believe the new omicron variant of coronavirus spreads more rapidy than the delta variant. minutes of a meeting of the government's scientific advisers held on tuesday and seen by the bbc say that decision makers will need to look urgently at new covid restrictions, to limit transmission. our health editor hugh pym reports from preston. shoppers in preston today thinking about christmas, but with many questions over the what the next few weeks will bring. there is much which is not known about the new variant, but scientific experts and modellers have become increasingly certain that omicron does pose a threat. case numbers of omicron are doubling at least every three days, maybe even every two days at the moment. so it is accelerating very fast and to put that in context, it is the same if not faster than we sort with the original strain of t

i always thought i was posh but i think i'm more sort of geri, to be fair. i was always a geri. sheeran had a gift for everyone. merry christmas. colin patterson, bbc news, suffolk. couldn't be anything else really. i love that it was ed sheeran who came up love that it was ed sheeran who came up with it. i love that story, very christmassy. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. this morning it is a cold start to the day really wherever you are with one or two exceptions. we have had the coldest night of the winter so far. the temperature fell to —10.2 in braemar. these are the current temperatures. we are looking at a cold and frosty start. further west it is not as cold. we are starting to see milder air coming in and rain coming in across northern ireland. courtesy of this weather front. not particularly breezy ahead of it. it will be windy as we go through the course of the day behind the weather front may noticeably more colder than of late. the cloud in the west continuing to build. as the rain comes in and pushes north—eastward. the window strengthening behi