. ♪ >> hello, this is bbc news i'm lewis vaughan jones.eadlines -- another day, another record. more than 93,000 new cases of coronavirus and the u.k. in the last 24 hours. as cases jump in the u.s., the leading expert on health takes note of what is happening in the u.k. and warns about not getting jabbed. >> clearly unvaccinated individuals already high risk of serious involvement, including hospitalization. [cheering] lewis: a huge setback for u.k. prime minister boris johnson as his party loses one of its safest seats for the first time in newly 200 years. >> i hear what the voters a saying and in all humility, i have got to accept that verdict. ♪ lewis: and north korea marks 10 years since kim jong-un came supreme leader. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. we begin with more evidence, if anyone needed it, that the omicron strain of coronavirus is continuing to spread around the world. the headline figures are coming from europe right now, in particular the u.k.. in the past 24 hours for a third successive day, the number of infection

i'm lewis vaughan jones.and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein — she faces the rest of her life behind bars. it doesn't matter who you are, no matter what kind of circles you travel in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. we'll be looking at the implications of the verdict for prince andrew, who is named in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was groomed by maxwell and abused by the prince.

i'm @lvaughanjones i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye.ed chilly all day, but at least we've had the sunshine to compensate. the weather watcher picture behind me shows a lovely sunset there in the wirral. it's been a different story for other areas, particularly across southern parts of england into wales and northern ireland, rather grey, gloomy skies, some mist and murk and also a little bit of drizzle in the air. 0ur area of high pressure is holding onto our weather through the rest of the day and indeed into the weekend. it's going to bring a lot of dry weather overnight. the cloud tending to return to many central areas, some dense mist and fog patches developing as well across northern and eastern england. but under those clear skies, temperatures will be plummeting down to freezing or below, so cold here versus much milder conditions further south, where we hold the thickest could. very little change into the weekend, our blocking area of high pressure will continue to bring a lot of cloud around. it's going to stay mostly dry, bar

hello, this is bbc news. lam i am lewis vaughan—jones.e'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines. lord frost, the man in charge of the uk's brexit negotiations, has resigned citing concerns over the "direction" of boris johnson's government. another 90,000 covid—19 cases are reported across the uk, as the mayor of london declares a major incident in the capital. germany has become the latest european country to impose restrictions on travellers from the uk over the concern of the 0micron variant. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejo philips, political commentator, and nigel nelson, political editor at sunday people and sunday mirror. tomorrow's front pages are in, but a spoiler alert in case you're yet to watch the strictly come dancing final, the papers reveal the winner. so look away now if you don't want to know. let's

iam i am lewis vaughan—jones. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment.s over the "direction" of boris johnson�*s government. another 90,000 covid—19 cases are reported across the uk, as the mayor of london declares a major incident in the capital. germany has become the latest european country to impose restrictions on travellers from the uk over the concern of the 0micron variant. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads.

i'm lewis vaughan jones. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell is found guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse by a jury in new york. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein — she faces the rest of her life behind bars. it doesn't matter who you are, no matter what kind of circles you travel in, no matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. we'll be looking at the implications of the verdict for prince andrew, who is named in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was groomed by maxwell and abused by the prince. a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty of having helped the late financier, jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. the jurors found the sixty— year— old guilty of another four charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. she was found not guilty on one other charge. th