we i now come to ian black. thank you, mr seaker. now come to ian black. thanks to those on the front line, the emergency services and armed forces for everything they had done to get us through this year? mr speaker, the public understand the threat on the public understand the threat on the con poses taller people the nhs. we sell from the vote last night, tories might be privileged enough to live in denial about this danger but the rest of us have the responsibility to live in the real world. —— omicron poses. the scottish government is delivering £100 million from its fixed budget to support businesses. we all know more is needed. yesterday, the uk government that had a press release a new financial support was coming. last night the treasury said, no new money was available. prime minister, which is it? is there any new manager support businesses or was it all smoke and mirrors once again?! all smoke and mirrors once again? i am grateful to the right honourable gentleman. i share some of the points he made about the importance of being vigilant about

he beat the all blacks' ian foster and australia's dave rennie to the honour., as well as lifting the 6 nations title for the third time in a row. records are there to be beaten and we went to beat them. we want to go down in history, we want to be remembered as a team that was special and really delivered on their potential. so, ithink, you know, we want to keep winning, absolutely, massively important, we want to keep winning, but then we want to win the world cup. there is no getting away from that. it's the holy grail for us. as it is for new zealand, as it is forfans, so there is a lot of things to chew there. mark selby remains on course for a third successive scottish open title after a 4—1win over oliver lines. the world champion and number one seed finished with a century break against his english compatriot and moves through to the last 32 where he'll play china's xiao guodong. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. storm barra is continuing to weaken as we head into wednesday. with more cloud and still some wet weather around, it's going to b

he beat the all blacks ian foster and dave rennie to the honour.aten, this year they completed a clean sweep in the alternation series. and they lifted the six nations title for the third time in a row. steph curry will continue his bid to chase down a record bid in the nba, the warriors face the trail blazers. his 73—pointers in his last outing against the orlando magic gave him 2958 for his career. his team are within the all—time league record. the warriors sit top of the western conference. they have won 12 of their last 13 outings. for all their last 13 outings. for all the latest in the opening ashes test between australia and england, go to the bbc sport website. that's all for now. goodbye. we have some more. we were hoping to take you to brisbane to the gabba, simon atkinson our reporter is there. covering the opening day of the ashes but sadly, thunderstorms are playing havoc with the equipment, currently, the lines we were hoping to use, we cannot establish fully so we will hopefully talk to simon later. the havoc is what the australians

he beat the all blacks' ian foster and australia's dave rennie to the honour.completed a clean—sweep in the autumn nations series, as well as lifting the six nations title for the third time in a row. you can read more you can read more on you can read more on that on the bbc sport website. a lot of football tonight in the champions league. manchester city and liverpool both in action. i will be here throughout the rest of the afternoon. see you then. we look forward to that. thank you very much. jails in england and wales are to be set targets for the first time for keeping out drugs, and for testing prisoners. the government's strategy for the future of prisons includes improving drug detection, and measuring how well governors do at reforming inmates. on a visit to belmarsh prison this morning, the prime minister gave a wide ranging interview but was first asked about investing more in prison services. yes, we are putting more money into the prison service generally, so we are building another 20,000 prison places because the sad truth is if you are going to

he beat the all blacks' ian foster and australia's dave rennie to the honour.. we want to go down in history, we want to be remembered as a team that was special and really delivered on their potential. so, ithink, you know, we want to keep winning, absolutely, massively important, we want to keep winning, but then we want to win the world cup. there is no getting away from that. it's the holy grail for us. as it is for new zealand, as it is forfans, so there is a lot of things to chew there. mark selby remains on course for a third successive scottish 0pen title after a 4—1win over 0liver lines. the world champion and number one seed finished with a century break against his english compatriot and moves through to the last 32 where he'll play china's xiao guodong. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. storm bar is continuing to weaken as we head into wednesday with more clout in wet weather around its going to be a milder start to the day. it's so good to be a windy day for many parts of the countryjust not as windy as tuesday. strongest winds are lik

he beat the all blacks' ian foster and australia's dave rennie to the honour.r they completed a clean—sweep in the autumn nations series, as well as lifting the six nations title for the third time in a row. mark selby remains on course for a third successive scottish 0pen title after a 4—1win over 0liver lines. the world champion and number one seed finished with a century break against his english compatriot and moves through to the last 32 where he'll play china's xiao guodong. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. i know you are a rugby man but surely you love cricket as well. i do, like i said i got both passports. britain has now registered more cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus than anywhere else in europe. another 101 confirmed cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours in england and scotland. this morning the prime minister told the cabinet that early evidence pointed to the omicron variant being more transmissible than its predecessors. but there's still no evidence that it will lead to m

he beat the all blacks' ian foster and australia's dave rennie to the honour.y delivered on their potential. so, i think, special and really delivered on their potential. so, ithink, you know, we want to keep winning, absolutely, massively important, we want to keep winning, but then we went to win the world cup. there is no getting away from that. it's the holy grail for us. as no getting away from that. it's the holy grailfor us. as it is no getting away from that. it's the holy grail for us. as it is for new zealand, as it is forfans, so there is a lot of things to chew there. rugby coach of the year. he says he wants his legacy to bring in a female coach to succeed him as well. more on that strand the bbc sport website. all the build—up and latest in those championships league matches and the build—up to the first ball of the ashes series at midnight. john watson will be back with sports at half past 6pm as well. can't wait. i'm not sure i can stay up all night watching that one—stop value got to stay up, it's tradition. is that what you're doing? i stay up

and as fox news, ian oliver tells us officials don't yet know the scope of the damage. it's just black and windy, and there's embers blowing and i mean, coming over your car, and it was just like, where am i? devastating wildfire sweeping across boulder county, colorado , destroying roughly 500 homes and charring at least 1600 acres as of thursday, prompting tens of thousands of mandatory evacuations. officials believe knocked over power lines triggered the blaze as fierce winds clocking in at more than 100 mph whipped up massive flames across several heavily populated neighborhoods. boulder county is right in and around suburban sub developments and so 1600 acres near population centers. can be and is, in this case absolutely devastating. but once the fires are extinguished , and cruz determine it's safe to evaluate the damage. officials say they're concerned with what they may find among the debris due to the magnitude of this fire. intensity this fire and its prisons in such a heavily populated area. we would not be surprised if there are injuries or fatalities. but no matter how sc

black he wants to sl. you can do nothing against the gun. it is like that. amy: ianu could talk about these migrants that were sick and also examples shared with libya regarding immigration policy? >> i think quite rightly it is important to point out come as you just did, the rhetoric around the mission on the mediterranean, the eu pushes for come is that the libyan coast guard is funded by them because they are engaged in rescues. it is utterly misleading. these are arrests. the vast majority of migrants desperately do not want to be stopped and taken by the libyan coast guard. the libyan coast guard team the fire on migrant boats and quite often not a libyan national waters. the arrests, not rescues, result in these migrants being taken back to shore. your secd question, libyan intelligence -- excuse me, front text being shared wh libya has been well documented. it is a routine occurrence. it is really the only way the libyan coast guard is able to find these migrant boats on the mediterranean is because the drones and the planes that fly overhead spot them first.

he beat the all blacks�* ian foster and australia�*s dave rennie to the honour.that the former foreign secretary, dominic raab, has defended the government�*s handling of evacuations after the taliban seized control of afghanistan. a civil servant working in the foreign office at the time has alleged there were a series of failings. this morning mr raab responded to those claims on bbc breakfast. this is from a relatively junior desk officer. with the volume of claims that were coming in, we needed the clear facts to be presented. i think his criticism was that i was making decisions which took several hours, not days or weeks, and it was joint decision—making because some of these cases would have had to be decided by the defence secretary or the home secretary. we were working as a team, i think the whole effort across whitehall and government was making the best effort under incredibly difficult operational conditions and, of course, the situation in london and sifting e—mails, of course it was a challenge, the far bigger challenge we had was gleaning the fact

black majority rule in south africa, and his message about tackling poverty and dealing with hate resonate today. guys? >> extraordinary impact. not only on south africa as you noted, but really the entire world. ianed positive after you spent time with them over the holiday. dr. darien sutton is here live this morning. >>> plus, the other great christmas tradition. all those returns, and the big question -- do you tell the gift giver you're bringing it back? and what if you lost that receipt? lori bergamotto joins us with the dos and don'ts. >>> and cook book author alex snodgrass puts those leftovers to work for you and your family to create these delicious dishes in, get this, just 30 minutes. it's a great deal. we'll be right back. what's going on? where's regina? hi, i'm ladonna. i invest in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations, like real time cgi. okay... yeah... oh. don't worry i got it! become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq with ww, i lost 30 pounds and i feel incredible. i love the new program because the app does all the work for you. it's never too late to start. join today for 50% off at ww.com. hurry, offer ends december 27th. all the serums