when i chaired the greatest -- _ greater manchester? bout 15%. —— tram. that is difficult when you're trying _ tram. that is difficult when you're trying to— tram. that is difficult when you're trying to maintain services. these are the _ trying to maintain services. these are the other considerations in the minds _ are the other considerations in the minds of— are the other considerations in the minds of people like myself and the government when we are looking at omicron _ government when we are looking at omicron figures. i think the government has been right not to rush to _ government has been right not to rush to restrictions. i do think they— rush to restrictions. i do think they have _ rush to restrictions. i do think they have actually been right to take time to look at the data that is coming — take time to look at the data that is coming through. because what we know— is coming through. because what we know is— is coming through. because what we know is it _ is coming through. because what we know is it is — is coming through.

heaviest into the afternoon across north and west wales, spreading into parts of greater manchester,w degrees above normal. but to the south, even with some patchy drizzle and cloud, we could hit 16 or 17 degrees. and that very mild story continues tonight. we see some heavy showers working their way eastwards across england and wales, and the most persistent rain into southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england by the end of the night. a little bit cooler to the north of that, but another exceptionally mild night and exceptionally mild day, potentially a record—breaking day on new year's eve, one of the warmest on record. rain in the morning across southern scotland, northern england, northern ireland turns lighter and patchier through the day. to the south of it, some sunny spells, a bit more than we will see today. some sunny spells, a bit cooler further north. but overall, into the midnight hour, it will be exceptionally mild. ghislaine maxwell is found guilty of recruiting and trafficking teenage girls for abuse. the british socialite procured the girls for convicted s

it is hue, not impact in greater manchester? it is huge. notjust _ impact in greater manchester?i prefer to see those small. _ and for me, i prefer to see those small, family run, independent venues — small, family run, independent venues. they need protecting. they are the _ venues. they need protecting. they are the ones— venues. they need protecting. they are the ones we are now seeing closing — are the ones we are now seeing closina. �* , , are the ones we are now seeing closina. . , , , closing. and i guess in the run-up to christmas. _ closing. and i guess in the run-up to christmas, lots _ closing. and i guess in the run-up to christmas, lots of— closing. and i guess in the run-up to christmas, lots of restaurants i to christmas, lots of restaurants and bars will have ordered in a lot of stock, will have been that big outlay, sometimes on perishable goods, knowing they will not recoup the money in this golden season? you are absolutely right. do we order after— are absolutely right. do we order after the — are absolutely right. do we order after the 28th? i don't know, is

in stockport, greater manchester, this walk—in centre has seen steady business, particularly as concerns omicron variant. all grow around the omicron variant. fill the time, we feel like we are getting more people coming through. it does feel we have had queues around the building. so, there is a definite energy and demand. and that is people coming for their first jabs, second jabs on their boosters. there is still a lot we don't know about this variant, and one thing is clear, that vaccines remain the best defence against developing serious illness. that is why it is as important as ever to get as many jabs into as many arms as quickly as possible. now the booster programme has been expanded, offering jabs to all eligible ovary teens by the end of the month. a significant challenge for an already hard pressed health service. if that offer of a booster was translated into actually delivering the jab, it would meani million doses per day, every day, until the end of the year. at the moment, about 500,000 are being given every day. so ramping up the programme will come at a cost, with oth

downing street video, how is all this being viewed beyond the confines of westminster, here in greater manchesterext week, in a parliamentary by—election. the vacancy was caused by the resignation of the conservative mp owen paterson, who was found to have breached parliamentary rules on lobbying. our political correpsonent alex forsyth has spent the day there. the livestock sale in market drayton might feel a far cry from westminster but the political noise does resonate among the pens, the talk of a downing street party and whether here it could come with a price. former farmer dennis and local minister mark differ on how much it will matter. if lies have been told, that is... it affects people's decisions. we want to vote for people whose word means something. 12 months ago doesn't count any more, it is what is happening today which counts. do you think that will affect how you vote here in a by—election? no. this rural seat has been solid conservative for decades but the party is facing a fight from labour and the lib dems who are pushing hard, with a host of other parties standing as well. t

the numbers on greater manchester's metro service was down 30% impaired to last monday.notably less congestion and there was two weeks ago. thank ou ve and there was two weeks ago. thank you very much _ and there was two weeks ago. thank you very much for — and there was two weeks ago. thank you very much for talking _ and there was two weeks ago. thank you very much for talking us - and there was two weeks ago. thank you very much for talking us through those figures. we appreciate you getting the most up—to—date ones for us. lots more as you would expect on the website. i will be back shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. we're going to start the evening with some cooler conditions across scotland and northern ireland. still in the very mild air across england and wales where we've got a lot of cloud. most of the rain is affecting northern england and north wales. that rain band will start to nudge its way southwards overnight and at the same time, the rain becomes light and patchy. the showers in the north fade away. as we sta

in stockport, greater manchester, this walk—in centre has seen steady business, particularly as concernsw around the omicron variant. all the time, we feel like we are getting more it does feel we've had queues around the building. so, there's a definite energy and demand. and that's people coming for their first jabs, second jabs and their boosters. there's still lots we don't know about this new variant. but one thing is clear, and that's vaccines remain our best defence against developing serious illness. against developing serious illness, and that's why it's as important as ever to get jabs into as many arms as quickly as possible. now the booster programme has been expanded, offering jabs to all eligible over—18s by the end of the month, a significant challenge for an already hard—pressed health service. if that offer of a booster was translated into actually delivering the jab, it would mean giving 1 million doses a day, every day, until the end of the year. at the moment, about 500,000 are being given a day. so, ramping up the programme will come at a cost, with other non—covid r

has reached more people than the aduu has reached more people than the adult population of greater manchestert 350 military personnel to england to support the vaccine booster programme and is already over a hundred personnel employed in scott in supporting their vaccination efforts. we will have over 1500 pharmacy sites putting jabs into arms and new hospital hubs and vaccination centres. we are bolstering our booster programmes we can protect as many people as possible, strengthening our collective defences as this virus goes on the advance this winter. madam deputy speaker, one of the most dangerous aspects of covid—19 is how quickly we can adapt. on the virus adapts, we must adapt to. we cannot say for certain that omicron, what it means for a response, but we can say that we are doing everything in our power to strengthen our national defences. so, will be as prepared as possible for whatever this virus springs and i commend the statement to the house.— statement to the house. thank you, madam statement to the house. thank you, i madam deputy speaker and can i think the secretary of stat

we can speak now to drjane harvey, who's in charge of a booster vaccination team in hyde in greater manchesterfor joining us. the prime minister's said that everybody should be able to be offered to their booster by the end of december. is that doable, for you? the end of december. is that doable, for ou? , ~ ,., the end of december. is that doable, for ou? , ~ ~ �* the end of december. is that doable, for ou? , ~ �* , for you? yes, i think so. we've been doin: a for you? yes, i think so. we've been doing a thousand _ for you? yes, i think so. we've been doing a thousand a _ for you? yes, i think so. we've been doing a thousand a day, _ for you? yes, i think so. we've been doing a thousand a day, three - for you? yes, i think so. we've been doing a thousand a day, three or- doing a thousand a day, three or four times — doing a thousand a day, three or four times a week, four months. we mainly— four times a week, four months. we mainly use _ four times a week, four months. we mainly use staff that isn't from primary— mainly use staff that isn't from primary care. we were vaccinating yesterday.

welcome to the bbc news at six, which comes today from salford in greater manchester.isjohnson has faced more calls for his resignation today, following the emergence of a video which has caused shockwaves at westminster and much further afield. the video showed his staff joking about a christmas party last december, during the strict lockdown, when many families were unable to visit loved ones. allegra stratton, the aide seen laughing on the video, has resigned this afternoon. boris johnson apologised for the video but repeated his claim that no party had taken place. labour's sir keir starmer said he was treating the public like fools. ina in a moment, we expect the prime minister to give that news conference. let's stay with this for a moment. let's talk to our deputy political editor, vicki young, at westminster. this news conference has been hastily arranged, as we understand. what are we expecting? i understand. what are we expecting? i think we expect the prime minister not to want to talk about parties in downing street, that's for sure. he wants to concentrate

their route was to take them from andy's home in morland, in cumbria, to mike's in sale in greater manchesterory had struck a chord with so many. every day, people with their own stories of tragedy turned up to join them on the route. these stories are still fresh in their minds when we meet later to reflect on what happened. unfortunately, mike couldn'tjoin us in person at the time we were filming. so, mike, you can't be with us. what's happened ? um, looks as though i've got covid. slight cough, slight sniff. how are you feeling? gutted i can't be there, but andy and tim are doing a sterling job. mike, we know you met loads and loads of different people while you were on the walk. we've seen and heard from some of them. is there anyone who stands out in your mind, particularly? a mum that i met beside the road who had not long lost her daughter and she gave me her order of service to carry with me. i think that set the tone for the walk, just seeing her and feeling her pain. were you surprised by that openness, mike? in some ways, yes. but we didn't realise how many people our walk would af

their route was to take them from andy's home in moreland in cumbria to mike's in sale, greater manchestertime we were filming. so, mike, you can't be with us. what's happened ? it looks as though i've got covid. a slight cough and a slight sniff. how are you feeling? gutted i can't be there, but andy and tim are doing a sterling job. mike, we know you met loads and loads of different people while you were on the walk. we've seen and heard from some of them. is there anyone who stands out in your mind particularly or is there any moment that stands out? a young mum i met by the side of the road had not long lost her daughter, and she gave me her order of service to carry with me. i think that set the tone for the walk, just seeing her and feeling her pain. were you surprised by that openness, mike? in some ways, yes, but we didn't realise how many people our walk would affect, but i think our openness encouraged other people to talk, and i think it helped them. this chap got out of the car and joined us and he was a | lancashire farmer who had - lost his daughter four weeks before and deci

has - been reduced from ten days to seven days, we were talking to andy burnham the mayor of greater manchesterd if they decide the isolation days are reduced, of course we will work to that and support our nurses to work to that. tell me what difference if the scientific evidence helps, what difference would seven days from ten make or what you think it will make? clearly if that was the case, and based on the best scientific evidence, then it would mean nurses and other health care workers would not have to isolate for ten days and would be able to return to work quicker, but again, as i said earlier, nurses are quite ill when they've been off with covid, and continue to be, simply because their internal resources are low going into this because of the number of hours they've been working and the shifts they've been working under a depleted workforce. working in a fragile service leading up to this current wave. some are expecting them to come back in the shorter period of time would have to be based on an individual decision and of course with the best medical advice to that individual.- of

reports that the footage was filmed when london and other parts of england — like lancashire and greater manchesterhairman of the party. but what i can tell you is that the prime minister has been very clear that the rules were followed at all times in downing street. look, i have been assured that no rules were broken, so that means there is nothing to show. i don't even know if an event took place, but if it did, then no rules were broken. it's for others to decide whether they will go further than that, not for me. surely you have asked if the event took place? i asked if an event took place and if no regulation, if any regulations were broken, and i was assured none were. so you do not the event took place? well, i don't know if it was an event. i don't know what the nature of it was. shall we call it a gathering? the nature of it was. hold on a minute. the nature of it was. allegations have been made, reassurances have been given. it's for others to decide whether they want to take it further. so what are people saying outside of westminster? well, last night, even ant and dec on i'm a celebri

greater protection from unsolicited, obscene images. graham satchell, bbc news. time for all the latest sports news. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this your sports news where we start with football and manchester shut down their training ground to minimise the risk of further infections and the premier league board took the decision to postpone based on guidance from medical advisors. there are two more games on tuesday, with norwich hosting aston villa, and league—leaders manchester city, seen training here, at home to leeds united. 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 mi