khan was treated in lanarkshire as a hero. - lanarkshire as a hero.ocal butcher, he was well looked after. what do you think your father would make of it? he would be over the moon, he would, yes, indeed. it is going to be a strange feeling walking through that green, watching that statue. it is going to be very strange. now, how much would you pay for address once worn by anyone else? right here, we just sold the dress. — right here, we just sold the dress, sold, sold, sold! $180,000 for the halter mini dress which she wore in belgrade, june, 2011, just one month before her death at the age of 27. it is 16 times what they expected. that is bbc news. thanks for watching. hello. we have some pretty quiet weather to come across the uk in the next few days. but the end of the we could definitely offer is something rather more dramatic. for now though, it's about light winds and those winds coming in from the south—west or the west will bring some relatively mild air. this amber colour behind me showing air that's been pulled in quite a long way south acr

fourare in lanarkshire, one in greater glasgow and the other in clyde. the first minister nicola sturgeon says she won't shy away from difficult decisions to keep people safe. there is no doubt that this presents potentially the most challenging development in the course of the pandemic for quite some time. in england, approval is expected to be given for all adults to have covid booster jabs, to help protect against the new variant. the world health organization says omicron shows the world is still confronting the most serious health crisis in a century. also this lunchtime... more than 60,000 homes in scotland and the north—east of england remain without power after storm arwen. a memorial service for police sergeant matt ratana, shot dead in a custody centre in croydon last year. and the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, a close associate of the convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, goes on trial in new york for sex trafficking. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it is official, the new man in charge at old trafford is ralf rangnick, as he is

of a dog and his handler in the second world war are being commemorated by a community in south lanarkshire town where they lived. they saw active duty in holland, coming under heavy enemy fire and alieen clarke, takes up the story. together forever in bronze. lance corporaljimmy muldoon, and his dog, khan, the german shepherd, who served alongside him, and saved the soldier's life. in 1944, during the battle of the sheldt in holland, they were thrown into the sea, and jimmy was in trouble. it was an assault craft they were in, and as they approached the island it got bombarded and sank, and it left everybody in the water. the dog managed to get to shore, but there was no, no handler with it, but he could hear the handler in the water, my father, so he ran down and jumped back in, got him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him out. i think it was about 200 yards, for sure. after the war, khan had to be returned to his owners, a family in surrey. he was awarded the dickin medal for bravery, the animals' victoria cross, and jimmy went to the ceremony. people seen there was that much affecti

four are in lanarkshire, two in greater glasgow and clyde health board.the deputy first ministerjohn swinney and he thinks that the new variant is spreading in the community now because two of these cases don't have a link at the moment to travel to southern africa. the assumption they are working on is that omicron has been transmitting in the community. some who are involved in the process think that has been for several days, so they are expecting an increase in the number of cases over the next few days in scotland. scotland is introducing the same measures we've been talking about, so anybody who has had close contact with six positive cases will be told to self—isolate for ten days regardless of their vaccination status. the rules have been slightly different here to those in england, with stronger enforcement of face coverings in particular. but the main conclusion of the scottish government has drawn so far from these six cases is this isn't simply something now that is connected to travel, it's also being transmitted within the community.— travel

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people in south lanarkshire, where the inseparable pair of wartime heroes lived, wanted to pay tributethe neck and pulled him out. i think it was about 200 yards from shore. after the war, khan had to be returned to his owners. he was awarded the animal's victorian cross and jimmy went to the ceremony. there was that much affection between them that they decided to take him home. he has been rewarded as a local hero. in the strathaven butcher shop, they allocated him meat free of charge, so he was well looked after. what do you think your father would make of that? he would be over the moon. it is going to be a strange feeling heading to the pub and having him there watching me from a statue. it is going to be very strange. aileen clarke, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. —— susan. it's pretty quiet out there and for much of this week, the letter pattern isn't doing anything very dramatic. we've seen some lovely sunsets across the uk. there is more cloud to the northwest of the uk at the moment, and our satellite pictures show you these stripes. it's going

four of these are in lanarkshire and two in greater glasgow and clyde.s sustained, nor from the enhanced survey is that it is widespread at this stage. however evidence of even limited community transmission underlines the importance of all of us increasing compliance with the protections in place. i will turn now to the actions we have taken. we have already reintroduced some travel restrictions, even with evidence of community transmission locally, these travel measures are important and i will say more about him shortly. but given that omicron is already present in scotland we also need to consider carefully what steps are necessary and proportionate to reduce transmission here. some protections the uk government has announced in recent days for england, the requirement to wearface days for england, the requirement to wear face coverings and some settings are in place and more extensive already here in scotland. at this stage we are asking people across the country to significantly step up and increase compliance with all existing precautions. face co

people in south lanarkshire — where the inseparable pair of wartime heroes lived — wanted to pay tributeho served alongside him and save the soldier's life. in 1944 they were thrown into the sea and jimmy was in trouble. as they approach the island that got bombarded and sank and it left everybody in the water. the dog managed to get to shore but there was no handler with it but you could hear the handler in the water, my father, so he ran down andjumped back in, got him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him out. about 200 yards from shore. after the war, khan had to be returned to his owners. he was awarded the animal's victorian close and jimmy went to the ceremony. people said there was that much affection between the two of them that he decided to take him home. he has been treated as a local hero. in the butcher shop they allocated ten at three some neat free of charge, so he was well looked after. what do you think your father would make of that? he would be over the moon. it is going to be a strange feeling, heading to the pub and having him there watching me from a statue. it

four cases uncovered in lanarkshire l four cases uncovered in lanarkshire and two in the glasgow andis it now circulating naturally within the uk? again, something the scientists say is likely to happen over the next days. in terms of the government response, you laid out some of the measures unveiled. they come in in england from four o'clock tomorrow morning. today we are awaiting perhaps new advice from the jc vi. they advise the government on vaccination and we expect them to increase eligibility for the booster jab so more people flow into the system. we expect a reduction in the gap between when people had a second dose and the booster. again so that more vaccines can be done more quickly. as the health minister explained, there will be science going on to check how well the existing vaccines perform against this new variant. in existing vaccines perform against this new variant.— this new variant. in terms of the new variant. _ this new variant. in terms of the new variant, we _ this new variant. in terms of the new variant, we do _ this new variant. in terms of the new varian

five of these are in lanarkshire and four in greater glasgow and clyde. the basis of these cases, which is the basis of the information i am about to share with parliament. however, i want to stress that health protection teams are continuing their investigations. let me say firstly that none of the people who have tested positive for this new variant have so far required hospital care. all nine were tested on or around the 23rd of november and because they had tested positive they have all been self isolating. a surveillance look—back exercise had identified that the pcr test results in these cases showed what is called the s and jean dropout. this is not conclusive evidence of the omicron variant but it is indicative of it. however, whole genome sequencing of these positive samples has now confirmed that they are indeed the omicron variant. none of these individuals as far as we know has any recent travel history to all known links with others who have travelled to the countries in southern africa where the variant was originally detected. however, whil

in scotland, four cases have been identified, in lanarkshire and two in the greater glasgow and clydell related to foreign travel. all close contacts of suspected cases will be advised to self—isolate for ten days regardless of their vaccination status. there is a lot we still don't know about the new variant, what protection the existing vaccines can offer, how contagious it is and the extent to which it makes people sicker. experts say it will take some time before those questions can be answered. we may start to get an indication from south africa of whether the increase in cases is leading to an increase in deaths but we won't really have the kind of detailed information that we developed for delta and alpha which only became available when it was widespread in the uk. concerns about the new variant have led the government in england to reintroduce some measures. from tomorrow, face masks will be compulsory in shops and on public transport, bringing england into line with the rest of britain. masks are also required in pubs and restaurants in scotland and northern ireland. staff a