james shaw in glasgow, thank yom _ the latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were nearly 51,000period, bringing the average number of cases reported per day in the past seven days to over 118,000. the number of people in hospital with covid remains steady. yesterday there were 7,347. 148 deaths were recorded. that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 122 covid—related deaths were recorded every day. the number of people who had a booster, or third dose, is now nearly 22 million. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, looks at the impact the 0micron variant could have in the next few weeks. last christmas, the alpha variant put huge pressure on the nhs as it swept through a largely unvaccinated population. so what will 0micron do? within a couple of weeks, suspected 0micron cases from pcr swabs have gone from zero to more than 6% of those tested. the doubling time for 0micron is every 2—3 days, suggesting it is highly transmissible. if that trend continues, then it could become the dominant variant within a couple of weeks and c

minister said that cases appeared to be doubling every two to three days. 0ur scotland correspondent james shawt the first minister has been saying, james. tt minister has been saying, james. tt was a very stark warning, the kind of warning we have not heard from nicola sturgeon for quite a long time, since the dark days of the first and second waves. essentially what she was suggesting was that scotland could be facing another wave of coronavirus, and that is because of the nature of this new variant, 0micron. the way it was described by the first minister and by the experts, the health experts with her, is that it spreads much more easily. they said it had what they called a high attack rate, and that means essentially if you are in a room with a group of people, 50% of the people in that room will get the disease, if one person, one infectious person is in that room. and that is what lies underneath the advice which came from public el scotland yesterday, and was emphasised by the first minister today, that people should defer their christmas parties. this doesn't have the force of law, it i

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our scotland correspondent, james shaw, reports.the new variant affect celebrations in scotland? ahead of nicola sturgeon's statement, shoppers were anxious about omicron and the impact it might have on their lives. the plan is to go to my son's and daughter—in—law�*s for christmas, spend it with the wee one, since it's herfirst one and my worry is we won't be able to. in a broadcast this evening, the first minister said that before and after christmas itself people should limit socialising indoors to no more than three households. we are not banning household mixing in law as we had to do before. we know the impact of this on mental health and i am not asking you to cancel or change your plans for christmas day, boxing day, or whenever you have your main festive celebration. but in the run up to and in the aftermath of christmas, i am asking, i am appealing to everyone, to cut down, as far as possible, our contacts with people in other households. earlier at holyrood, the scottish conservatives said ms sturgeon should have moved fa

our scotland correspondent james shaw reports.t how much will the new variant effect celebrations in scotland? ahead of nicola sturgeon's statement, shoppers were anxious about omicron and the impact it might have on their lives. the plan is to no might have on their lives. the plan is to go to — might have on their lives. the plan is to go to my _ might have on their lives. the plan is to go to my son's _ might have on their lives. the plan is to go to my son's and _ is to go to my son's and daughter—in—law�*s for christmas, spend it with the wee one since it is her first one and my worry is we won't be able to. that is her first one and my worry is we won't be able to.— won't be able to. at holyrood, the first minister _ won't be able to. at holyrood, the first minister said _ won't be able to. at holyrood, the first minister said this _ won't be able to. at holyrood, the first minister said this was - won't be able to. at holyrood, the first minister said this was not - won't be able to. at holyrood, the i first minister said t

our scotland correspondent james shaw is there.would hogmanay normally look like and what can we expect this year? like and what can we expect this ear? ~ �* , , ., year? well if i'd been standing in this location _ year? well if i'd been standing in this location alongside _ year? well if i'd been standing in this location alongside edinburgh castle two years ago you would have seen a huge display of fireworks set off at midnight, a spectacular display visible around the city and beyond butjust look at how desolate the scene is now. the castle itself is barely lit up, no one here at all. it's possible that people may turn up later on. that certainly happened last year, when there were strict controls in place. people just come to the castle esplanade to celebrate in a kind of informal way. people will be celebrating around the city. it looks quite bleak here but people are out on the streets. you can socialise although you can only have three households in your group and you have to keep separate from other groups. nightclubs are

earlier, our scotland correspondent, james shaw, outlined the changes taking place this year.anding in this location alongside edinburgh castle two years ago, you would've seen a huge display of fireworks set off at midnight. a spectacular display, physical all around the city. —— visible. look at how desolate this scene is now. nobody here at all. it is possible that people may turn up later on. that's happened last year when there were strict controls in place. peoplejust come when there were strict controls in place. people just come to this castle to celebrate in an informal way. people will be celebrating around this city. it looks quite bleak here, but people are out on the streets. you can socialise, although you can only have three households in your group and you have to keep separate from other groups. nightclubs are closed essentially, because dancing is not allowed. in no way will this be like the hogmanay that many of us are used to in scotland, notjust in edinburgh, but in towns and cities all over this country. everything will be much more muted, and the way tha

in a moment, we'll have the picture in cardiff, in belfast, and in london, but we start with james shawcationjust below edinburgh castle would be the centre of a huge fireworks display at midnight, visible across the city and far beyond it. in the streets below, there would be perhaps 80,000 people celebrating hogmanay. none of thatis people celebrating hogmanay. none of that is happening this year and a lot of other big events will be cancelled. in hospitality, pubs and restaurants, groups of three households at a maximum can meet, and they must keep distanced from other groups. nightclubs will be closed. there will be no dancing. that is at least until the 17th. not the hogmanay many in scotland would have wanted. new restrictions have been in force in wales since boxing day, to the frustration of many in the hospitality sector. they depend on the festive week to help them through the new year. nightclubs are closed, dance floors should be deserted. people going to pubs, bars and restaurants will have to stay at the tables to be served and abide by the tables to be served and abide by

thank you james shaw is with us in edinburgh. hello. farfrom hello.l holiday unfortunately in edinburgh. yes. hello. far from the usual holiday unfortunately in edinburgh. yes, is a really strange — unfortunately in edinburgh. yes, is a really strange atmosphere - unfortunately in edinburgh. yes, is a really strange atmosphere in - unfortunately in edinburgh. yes, is a really strange atmosphere in this city tonight. there is no big fireworks display here on the edinburgh castle esplanade. there's no enormous tree party. normally there might be 80,000 people thronging the centre for that none of that but nevertheless, you might be able to see behind me, there is a sort of informal gathering of people starting to take place. the police are here just to starting to take place. the police are herejust to keep starting to take place. the police are here just to keep an eye on things was actually told us that what people are doing here gathering to informally welcome in 2022 is not illegal, they are not breaking the law by coming here. but many people are t

in a moment we will be hearing from our correspondent james shaw moment we will be hearing from our correspondentjamesiffith takes us through the restrictions already in place in wales. england's plan b looks a lot like wales' planai. facemasks have remained mandatory in public spaces. the advice to work from home was never removed. covid pass is work introduced here almost two months ago. initially in nightclubs and venues, theatres and cinemas, so what has the impact been? concerns about large queues have largely dissipated. in fact the complaint now is that parties are often seen but not scanned. covid case numbers in wales have been falling over the last two months, but the rates have remained above those in england, which calls into question how effective these measures have been. there has been no recent change in the rules in scotland. face coverings are required in all indoors public spaces, in public transport and in pubs and restaurants if people are moving around. you need a vaccine certificate if you want to go to a nightclub or to a larger live event. and to get one, you need to be fully

james shaw, bbc news, glasgow.onight but had you already seen signs of this in terms of the public�*s behaviour? this in terms of the public's behaviour?— this in terms of the public's behaviour? , , , . behaviour? yes, went public in scotland issued _ behaviour? yes, went public in scotland issued a _ behaviour? yes, went public in scotland issued a statement i behaviour? yes, went public in i scotland issued a statement last thursday and then when the first minister announced that she did not want people to go to christmas parties, we thought genuinely of an avalanche of cancellations, thousands of tables and covers being parted. the struggle being cancelled. today was another disappointment in 18 months of disappointments so it did not come with much surprise but you are right, it came with disappointment. presumably there are all kinds of costs with this, it is not as if somebody cancels and you think that's all right, somebody is either fighting for the table or it does not matter because you have not ordered

james shaw, bbc news, glasgow.ith the government's targets. there have though been issues. here's deputy prime minister dominic raab. i appreciate there has been some teething problems as we ramp this up. you know, it does take a few days just to make sure we get to the study states, but we have had on saturday night and the last data i saw half a million people get their booster. the government's plan is to accelerate the booster rollout and encourage people to test more regularly. but meeting demand is a challenge. on tuesday morning there were no available walk—in pcr tests in england. the government say that's since been resolved. and on both monday and tuesday there were long queues at walk—in vaccination sites — some people waited up to five hours. here's one woman in bristol. i'm really surprised at how many people are here. i got here half an hour before it opened and i thought there might be a bit of a queue, but i think there's just so few options. it's worth noting that while they are figuring out how to

in a moment, we'll speak to danny savage, who's near barnard castle in county durham but first, james shawhere was horizontal snow because of the strong winds and it appeared to be building up on the motorway and around it as well. really harsh conditions on this particularly high part of the m74, which is a key route connecting england, glasgow and carlisle south of the border. but now, it appears that storm barra has passed. the wind has died down, the snow has stopped falling sometime ago, but they have to assess what damage there has been. threes have fallen on roads —— trees. one has fallen on the west coast mainline between england and scotland. at the moment, no services are running on that section of the west coast. so, there has been impact on schools. but if you compare it to storm arwen a week ago, really, the impact of storm barra seems to be much less. the northeast suffered the worst of storm arwen last week. here in the north of england, the worst— here in the north of england, the worst areas affected by storm arwen have missed it the worst of the weather — have missed it t

let's speak to james shaw about this. it was a really shocking case of the time, wasn't it, james?nockburn, that's close to the — motorway near bannockburn, that's close to the city of stirling, in central — close to the city of stirling, in central stuck —— central scotland. he called — central stuck —— central scotland. he called the police, a police handler— he called the police, a police handler took the call but failed to enter— handler took the call but failed to enter the — handler took the call but failed to enter the call on to the police computer, and the result of that was the poiice _ computer, and the result of that was the police didn't arrive at the scene of— the police didn't arrive at the scene of the crash until three days later _ scene of the crash until three days later by— scene of the crash until three days later. by that point, john newell had already died, possibly shortly after the — had already died, possibly shortly after the accident happened. lamaro bell after the accident happened. lamaro belt was _ after the accident happened. lamaro bell was still al

here's our scotland correspondent james shaw. to be cancelled. these, she said, with the early warning signs of war omicron to do, and therefore there is a concern that rates will start to go up quickly in the coming weeks. we have heard she expects there may be new measures, we expect an update on that early next week, probably, on tuesday. in indonesia, a powerful volcanic eruption last week killed at least 45 people and left thousands homeless. search operations by the red cross continue as some people are still missing. our correspondent valdya baraputri reports from east java. homes decimated. they were standing in the path of the eruption of mount semeru on the indonesian island ofjava. and now heavy rain has created all this mud. a nearby river burst its banks and destroyed more houses. dozens have been killed. volunteers believe the number of missing is higher than reported. translation: through the past few days, we have been - evacuating bodies, two days ago we evacuated seven bodies. yesterday we evacuated four more. t

james earl ray and his lawyer jack or shaw who you saw there, the man in the light sioux and colonel sanders hair. he -- they didn't succeed in this plan to get him a new trial to blame the assassination of martin luther king on some made up guy raul. none of it worked. they never got him out of prison. he died in prison in 1990. what happened to his lawyer? what happened to that guy jack her shot? >> interesting story turns out at the same time this fight was dying in prison and assassinating - might luther king around that same time 1998, jack kershaw sort of started a new vocation. i don't know if it's something he ever got paid for, but it's something he was actually like foolish he won in a spent his time doing now the lawyer jack kershaw himself was and our gorgets a geisha nest. he was a member of the white citizens council, he was actually the founder of the league of the south in 1994. there's no considerate jack kershaw founded in 1994. and around 1998, when his famous kai james was dying in prison, having been sentenced for killing martin luther king, around 1998, that law

our scotland correspondent james shaw is the village of abington in south lanarkshire. 0k, ok, i think continues through the rest of the day, because on high sections of the road network, if the snow settles, if the wind causes it to drip and the temperature stays low, it's about1 degrees at the moment here, quite high ground where we are at the moment, that could cause real problems, potential blockages on the road network. at the moment as you can see the traffic is still moving fairly freely but it is reallyjust a watch and wait is to see what storm barra is going to do in this particular part of scotland and across large parts of the rest of the country as well, what the impact is going to be like. the suspicion, we hope perhaps is it is not going to be quite as bad as storm arwen, but certainly where i am standing now it does feel quite bad. i’m but certainly where i am standing now it does feel quite bad. i'm sure it does, it looks _ now it does feel quite bad. i'm sure it does, it looks terrible. _ now it does feel quite bad. i'm sure it does, it looks terrible. get - now it doe

let's get more with our scotland correspondent, james shaw. a huge party in scotland. the london event has been cancelled. here in scotland there is going to have to be a decision about what happens with hogmanay. lute be a decision about what happens with hogmanay— be a decision about what happens with houmana . ~ . ., , with hogmanay. we will wait and see. many thanks- — with hogmanay. we will wait and see. many thanks. that _ with hogmanay. we will wait and see. many thanks. that is _ with hogmanay. we will wait and see. many thanks. that is very _ with hogmanay. we will wait and see. many thanks. that is very much i with hogmanay. we will wait and see. many thanks. that is very much the i many thanks. that is very much the order of the day talking about christmas plans. the queen has also cancelled her traditional christmas in sandringham. the royal family will instead gather at windsor castle. buckingham palace aides described this as a personal decision that "reflects a precautionary approach". it will be her majesty's first christmas si

our scotland correspondent james shaw is there now. cess? it is the nature i the bar. what is the thought process? it is the nature ofl the bar. what is the thought| process? it is the nature of a nightclub _ process? it is the nature of a nightclub that people go there in order— nightclub that people go there in order to — nightclub that people go there in order to be up close and personal. we know _ order to be up close and personal. we know that omicron is particularly likely— we know that omicron is particularly likely to _ we know that omicron is particularly likely to lead to superspreader events— likely to lead to superspreader events where people are packed in together— events where people are packed in together in that way. you can distinguish between nightclubs and the way— distinguish between nightclubs and the way bars and restaurants operate _ the way bars and restaurants operate. no the way bars and restaurants oerate. :, , . :, , :, operate. no restrictions on hospitality. _ operate. no restrictions on hospitality, could