briony leyland, bbc south today, portsmouth. the situation in portsmouth.peterborough. let's get your reaction initially, angela, to waking up over the weekend and find yourself in tier 3. it was a shock, i am not going to lie. it is not something we were fully expecting, watching the numbers rise, but it is a blow to the industry, we're disappointing. in practical terms, will happen to the queen's head, to the customers there and the staff as well? the queen's head is going to shut completely, we are not going to do ta ke completely, we are not going to do take away. we have made the decision that it take away. we have made the decision thatitis take away. we have made the decision that it is better to stay home, stay safe and get out of this as fast as we can. the staff are fortunate they've been put on furlough and we will be ready and raring to go and we are able to open up again. how on earth do you plan for sunday like this? iam earth do you plan for sunday like this? i am assuming while you are into three, you were open and running relatively normall

and that law -- town of portsmouth. and that law is passed by congress a few months after the fire happened. some historians consider it the first american federal disaster relief legislation. they are totally wrong, by the way. if you read the law -- that's it, right? that is the entire law. law, the law did nothing to help widows and orphans and other people left destitute and homeless as a result of the fire. it merely established a moratorium on the collection of debts merchants owed. president thomas jefferson sent for portsmouth's local relief committee a generous donation for humanitarian purposes after the fire, but he remainhat his gi anonymous.main jefferson does the same thing after a fire in fredericksburg, virginia. it is the exact same thing. here is the money. don't tell anyone i am giving it. with one notable exception, humanitarian relief was not forthcoming from the federal government during the lifetimes of the founders. that exception was in 1826 when congress granted the city of alexandria $20,000 a

emma simpson, bbc news, portsmouth.there were 16,578 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 15,367. 1,359 people had been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last friday. 533 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. that means on average in the past week, 412 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 62,566. medical regulators have recommended that people with a history of significant allergic reactions should not be given the pfizer—biontech vaccine. it comes after two nhs workers had an adverse reaction to the jab yesterday. they've both recovered. thousands of other people have received the vaccine without any issues. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. they've been together ever since they met while working at basildon hospital more than five decades ago. now, vic and penny griffiths h

portsmouth got support haven't moved up from tier 2 to tier 3.across most of the area. local people gave us their reaction to tighter restrictions. i think we should have been put into tier 3 a bit sooner. have been put into tier 3 a bit sooner. just to sort of keep it lower again. portsmouth has got quite a high rate of covid. and i think we are already half that rate. i know we are so closed it must be awkward but i think it would've been better to stay in tier 2. tier 3 restrictions require no household mixing indoors or in private gardens. pubs bars and restau ra nts private gardens. pubs bars and restaurants are closed apart from takeaway. accommodation like hotels are also shut there is advice against travel out of the area. but over the festive season three households can form a christmas bubbles. pubs bars and restaurant will still be closed accommodation will be open for individual household. travel is permitted in tears in uk nations there with warnings to people to think carefully before going. pressure on the nhs is mounting with more

portsmouth, gosport and havant have moved up from tier two to tier three.s case rates in all age groups are increasing across most of the area. local people gave us their reaction to tighter restrictions. i think we should have been put into tier three a bit sooner, just to sort of keep it lower again. portsmouth has got quite a high rate of covid and i think we're only half that rate and i know we are so close, it must be awkward, but i think it would have been better to stay in tier two. tier three restrictions require no household mixing indoors or in private gardens, pubs and bars and restaurants are closed apart from takeaway, accommodation like hotels is also shut. there's advice against travel out of the area. but over the festive season, three households can form a christmas bubble. pubs, bars and restaurants will still be closed, accommodation will be open for individual households. travel is permitted between tiers and uk nations, though with warnings for people to think carefully before going. pressure on the nhs is mounting, with more covid pati

emma simpson, bbc news, portsmouth.elieve british forces committed war crimes in iraq between 2003 and 2011. the icc says it has decided not to take action against the uk because it says it did not find sufficient evidence that the british government had acted to shield soldiers from prosecution. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is with me. very serious allegations? the headline the court will not be pursuing a case against the british government, that has been welcomed by the ministry of defence which says there is new —— is no new evidence brought to light by the 180 page report, but the report says there is reason to believe such crimes were committed against iraqi detainees while in uk custody including illegal killings, murder, torture and rape. the reason you explained they will not pursue the case is that they say there is not enough evidence to prove the government shielded troops from prosecution. that said, there is still the potential for political fallout. at the moment the government has introduce

across the water into portsmouth, and an area next door to portsmouth called haven't.mouth, they have gone up by 42%, and the leader of the city council there says he can understand why the government has chosen to put his area into tier 3, but other people are saying it is perplexing. some are in, some are out. we just don't get it. but i guess we willjust have to out. we just don't get it. but i guess we will just have to follow the rules, is the kind of mood we're picking up here in gosport. let's talk to a couple of people to get their initial reaction, because this news has only just their initial reaction, because this news has onlyjust come through. we have andrew and james, local gents from gosport. andrew, firstly, what is your reaction to going into tier 3, having been in tier 2 for so long? well, i think it isjust quite a shock going from tier1 to tier 2, and it's like, you know, all the shops close and the cafe is as well, and they start doing takeaways and...| and they start doing takeaways and... ithink and they start doing takeaways and... i think it is

portsmouth gosport and haven't had moved up from tier to tier 3.s say virus case rates in all age groups are increasing across most of the area. local people gave us their reaction to tighter restrictions.” local people gave us their reaction to tighter restrictions. i think we should have been put into tier 3 a little sooner, just to keep it lower again. portsmouth has got quite a rate of covid and i think we are only half that rate. i know we are so only half that rate. i know we are so close it must be awkward but i think it would have been better to stay in tier 2. in tier 3 areas like this, pubs, bars and restaurants will be closed apart from take a ways and that will still be the case over the christmas period, even though up to three households are are able to mix at that time. pressure most hospitals is mounting, with more covid patients arriving each day and there are fewer beds than normal because of social distancing measures. here is what has been happening with daily covid hospital admissions in the south—east of england, the solid lin

i think here in portsmouth, the hospital has been doing a brilliant job, portsmouth, the hospital hasme of the places, the government may decide to try to save the hospital and put us up to tier 3. but we do not know, we have not been given an early warning. what do you think would be the right choice?” early warning. what do you think would be the right choice? i think it is difficult, i think with christmas coming up there is an inevitable wish to see families. and people have been so isolated and restricted in seeing people that i think there is a natural desire to do something slightly normal, but i think it is important to crackdown in the affection to make sure more people don't get ill and die. over the next few weeks and months, with vaccinations rolling out, that people are most vulnerable will get protection. at that is not happening yet, only the very first few people are getting vaccinations, so the primary important thing to do is to make sure that we protect those vulnerable people. and if that means that we have to be in tier 3 to make sure that we protect those people,

essex would move into tier 4 along with oxfordshire, waverley in surrey and hampshire including portsmouth southampton, but excluding the new forest. more areas of england will move to tier 3, including bristol, somerset, gloucestershire, the isle of wight, the new forest, northamptonshire, cheshire and warrington matt hancock also said two new cases of another new variant of coronavirus had been detected in the uk — both are contacts of cases who had travelled to the uk from south africa. anyone who's travelled from south africa, or had contact with someone who has been there, must quarantine for a fortnight immediately. let's hear what he had to say we have learnt that when it comes to being a matter of when, not if we take action, it is better to act sooner. so, from one minute past midnight on boxing day, sussex, oxfordshire, suffolk, norfolk and cambridgeshire, those parts of essex not yet in tier 4, waverly and surrey and hampshire, including portsmouth and southampton but with the exception of the new forest will all be escalated to tier 4. bristol, gloucestershire, somerset, includ

portsmouth took top spot in league one from hull city as they beat them 2—0.als from jacob greaves and josh magennis as they missed the chance to stay at the head of the table. callum smith towered over saul canelo alvarez as the two fighters came head to head at the weigh in for their world title bout in texas this weekend. the liverpudlian is seven inches taller than the mexican but is a big underdog when they meet in the early hours of sunday morning. both weighed in on the 168 pound limit as they put their respective super middlewight world titles on the line. sixty six—year—old paul lim came from two sets down to reach the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the singaporean, who made his debut at the original world championship in 1982, beat luke humphreys at alexandra palace in london. the slinger‘s greatest moment came in 1990 when he had the first nine dart finish in such an event. and that's all the sport for now. hello. friday brought a lot of wet weather, especially in the west, pets and flooding problems across parts of wales, western

portsmouth naval medical center, which will feed the coast guard base clinic at portsmouth, as well, the indiana national guard in franklin, indiana, and the new york national guard, medical command, watervliet, new york. and then, additionally, outside of the united states, tripler army medical center in honolulu -- i said outside the united states, apologies, hawaii. -- outside the continental united states. tripler army medical center, honolulu, allgood army community hospital, camp humphreys, korea, landstuhl regional medical center, germany, kadena medical facility, kadena airbase, japan. all right, back to the phones. tony, did you have a question? >> where does the dod leadership fall in terms of the phased? -- phases? secretary miller and others, do they fall in phase 1, or would they be in 1-b? >> the senior leaders overall, if you look across the department, that would be a numerous number. at actually be in phase 1-b1, which is the clinical capabilities, and again, that mirrors how we did our covid testing. that said, we do intend as part of this initial phase of health-ca

. >> portsmouth has quite a high rate of covid. i think we are only half that rate.are so close, it must be awkward, but i think it would have been better to stay in tier two. >> pubs and restaurants will be closed for all but take away. that will be the case over christmas even though up to three households are allowed to mix during that time. more covid patients are arriving in hospitals every day and there are fewer beds tn normal because of social distancing measures. here is what has been happening inospitals in southeastern england. this is the seven-day rolling average and you can see it has been rising steadily and is back where it was in late april just after the peak of the first wave. here is what has been happening in the northwest of england. admissions came down a bit but appear to have leveled off. >> a hospital system leader told me the christmas easing could create further problems. >> people need to exercise proper restraint. what you can see is large numbers of people coming into the hospital in january and the nhs finding it difficult to treat tho

in portsmouth, they're helping to free up space, shipping out hundreds of empty containers.p clear the logjam. emma simpson, bbc news, portsmouth. elizabeth dejong is director of policy at logistics uk. way back to your companies, whether the finding, how hard and he finally got the moment? with the problems that are occurring. there are two things happening. there are delays in the deep sea containment and the issues at felix stowe have been with us issues at felix stowe have been with us for a while and our focus of concerted efforts around this. there are also concerns about the impact of brexit going forward on other ports as well. but today, there are other trade associations that have written to the department that will show that these issues will be worked on together and will give them the help to do so. the pandemic, it is a global issue, how do you get global help and get this to work its way through? some of these are doing it felix stowe will help with the resources at the moment. and the government will say, giving it additional hours and drive us giving it addi

portsmouth, gosport, and havant have moved up from tier 2 to tier 3.cials say virus case rates in all age groups are increasing across most of the area. local people gave us their reaction to tighter restrictions. i think we should've been put into tier 3 a bit sooner, just to keep it lower again. portsmouth has got quite a rate of covid, and i think we're only half that rate. i know we're so close it must be awkward, but i think it would'ave been better to stay in tier 2. in tier 3 areas like this, pubs, bars, and restaurants will be closed, apart from takeaways. and that will still be the case over the christmas period, even though up to three households are are able to mix at that time. pressure most hospitals is mounting, with more covid patients arriving each day, and there are fewer beds than normal because of social—distancing measures. here's what's been happening with daily covid hospital admissions in the south—east of england. the solid line there is the seven—day rolling average. you can see it's been rising pretty steeply in recent weeks,

tear of restrictions, tier 4, along with oxfordshire, waverly in surrey, and hampshire, including portsmouthexcluding the new forest. more areas of england will move into tier 3, including bristol, somerset, gloucestershire, the isle of wight, the new forest, northamptonshire, cheshire and warrington. the health secretary also said two new cases of a another new variant of coronavirus had been detected in the uk. both are contacts detected in the uk. both are co nta cts of detected in the uk. both are contacts of cases who travel to the uk from south africa. anyone who has travelled from south africa or had contact with someone who has been there in the last fortnight must quarantine for the next two weeks. let's ta ke quarantine for the next two weeks. let's take a look at what the restrictions in areas in tier 4 actually mean. well, a stay at home order will be issued to residents, although those who have to travel for education or work may continue to do so. social mixing will be restricted to votes meeting one other person in an open, public space. all nonessential retail will have to cl

ben is in portsmouth, which is one of the affected areas.no service anywhere in this place. we are in hampshire this morning, one place which is moving to tier 3 restrictions from midnight. that means hospitality venues once again bearing the brunt of this. it means they cannot operate unless they are going to operate as a takeaway. this place does not work for them. susie is the general manager here. 0pen, closed, open, closed. you have had a rough ride over the last few months. we are not doing a takeaway service. we are not doing a takeaway service. we are not that kind of place. we had to close completely tonight, do the cleaning and organise the food. there will be loads of waste physically. the opening and closing isa physically. the opening and closing is a huge amount of money. we cannot store the feed for a long time. even if we are going to be opening two weeks' time, preparing for half term will start today, the school terms and the school break starts today. usually between christmas and new year we make a usually between christm

retailers hope to save something from their crucial christmas period, for pubs like this one in portsmouthlosure for the time being, 100 bookings have had to be cancelled for christmas day dinner alone. we we re for christmas day dinner alone. we were fully booked up until the 28th of december throughout every single session, so we of december throughout every single session, so we are of december throughout every single session, so we are actually going to have to let down quite a few people. we are losing between 15 and £20,000 profit alone next week based on the bookings that we had. amid concern over rising infections in some words of the country, businesses that are still open ones to reassure their customers they have done all they can be safe. katy austin, bbc news. italy has announced a nationwide lockdown for much of the christmas and new year period in an effort to halt the rising number of infections. bars and restaurants will be closed and movement restricted. the country has the highest number of covid—related deaths in europe — more than 67,000. nine people have been killed a

, we heard from a woman this morning we describe how she and her family got stuck on a ferry at portsmouthe so the advice is check before you travel and don't attempt to head to ferry terminals or airports if you are planning to travel to those affected countries. thank you, charlotte. we will take a look at the picture around the uk. in a moment we'll hear about the situation from james shaw in glasgow and chris page at stormont — but first tomos morgan has an update from cardiff for us. mark drakeford mark dra keford has just mark drakeford has just given his press c0 nfe re nce mark drakeford has just given his press conference today which focused mainly on the new strain of the virus. the situation in wales is that the transmission rate has surged since the fabric that ended at the start of november, we are now at the start of november, we are now atan at the start of november, we are now at an average around 600 per 100,000 cases in wales and they decided on saturday to enforce a lockdown in wales which will last until, they will look at it every three weeks and that means all shops a

surrey, with the exception of waverley, hastings and rather on the kent border of east sussex, and portsmouthgosport and haven't in hampshire. these changes will take effect from one minute past midnight on saturday morning. millions of people across northern england and midlands will stay in tier 3. i regret having to take the action we have to take. i deem it necessary and there is a strong view right across government that these actions are necessary. greater manchester has been under the toughest restrictions for months and the rate of infection has come down, below the average. despite that the government has decided not to move it to tier 2 yet. the problem with tier 3 as it is devastating from an economic point of view and that is what we said to the government. if they will keep places in tier 3 today, then there has to be much more financial support. some areas will move down a tier. bristol and north somerset to tier 2, herefordshire to the very rare tier 1. herefordshire to the very rare tier i. the latest hearing decision comes less tha n i. the latest hearing decision comes less

portsmouth took top spot in league one from hull city as they beat them 2—0. as they missed the chance to stay at the head of the table. callum smith towered over saul canelo alvarez as the two fighters came head to head at the weigh in for their world title bout in texas this weekend. the liverpudlian is seven inches taller than the mexican but is a big underdog when they meet in the early hours of sunday morning. both weighed in on the 168 pound limit as they put their respective super middlewight world titles on the line. sixty six—year—old paul lim came from two sets down to reach the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the singaporean, who made his debut at the original world championship in 1982, beat luke humphreys at alexandra palace in london. the slinger‘s greatest moment came in 1990 when he had the first nine dart finish in such an event. and that's all the sport for now. hello. friday brought us another wet and windy day. the rainfall was particularly heavy and persistent in the west. river levels have been rising across parts of wal

let's go to david from portsmouth.one in hampshire as a tier 4 area surrounded by kristoffer —— tier2 area surrounded by kristoffer —— tier 2 errors. we cannot celebrate with family under the tier 4 restrictions. when the government introduced tier 4, why was this not introduced tier 4, why was this not introduced as a blanket measure? is the parameter indicating that those from tier 4 will not be able to cross into different boroughs which are no more than 100 yards away from each other? david, i understand the frustrations of people who feel they are in too high a tier and they wish they weren't all that it is unfair that an adjacent area is in a different position. we have to act on the basis of the epidemiology as we see it. we looked at where the new variant was, where it was spreading, and acted to restrict it. and of course, we will keep those measures under review every couple of weeks. let's go to rachel from kent. given that the new variant is spreading so rapidly in kent, would consideration be given to roll

they stop somewhere in the uk, i want to say southampton, maybe portsmouth, maybe someone who can tell me. they had been in the newspapers. they are interviewed before they made their way back to west africa. that's a really interesting story that i want to swap with a picture of a painting of a ship. it's fascinating. >> in fact, that's what's on your cover. it is on our poster. say a word about that. it is a remarkable painting, but i'm guessing you went in there with a magnifying glass? >> i did. literally. >> over 70 bodies you see on that deck. do we know any more about the artist or how this came about? >> it was a french artist that was passing through havana and also mexico. but in this case, you can very specifically see that these crews -- but i never imagined how it went until i saw these paintings. but you can also see the human suffering. and some of them are actually laying down. it basically illustrates things. i make a point of reflecting on this and the conclusion. this is a ship. it's kind of a ship -- and it's not okay. >> do you have any sense, i want to get to thes

portsmouth naval medical center, which will feed the coast guard base clinic at fort smith, as well, the indiana national guard in franklin, indiana, and the new york national guard, medical command, new york. and then additionally, outside of the united states, the medical center in honolulu -- the united states, apologies, hawaii. the army community hospital in germany,e regional in catena airbase, japan. all right, back to the phones. tony, did you have a question? where does the dod leadership fall in terms of the phased? secretary miller and others, do they fall in phase one, or would they be in 1-b? the senior leaders overall, if you look across the department, that would be a numerous number. ,t actually be in phase 1-b1 which is the clinical capabilities, and again, that mirrors how we did our covid testing. that said, we do intend as part of this initial phase of health-care workers and emergency responders, etc. have some very small set of very visible senior leaders that will volunteer to take the vaccine, do it in a public way as one way for helping to message the safety

. -- i want to thank southhampton or portsmouth? they have been in the newspapers. interview as they made their way back to africa. the picture, the painting of the ship, is one of the most fascinating. david: that is what is on your cover and on our poster. say a word about that. it is remarkable painting, but you went in there with, i guess, a magnifying glass. manuel: i did. literally. david: over 70 bodies you see on the deck. do we know anymore about the artist or how this came about? painted a lottist of scenes from havana and new mexico. see -- [indiscernible] how they wereed until i saw the actual painting. you can also see the human suffering. actually laying down. i make a point of reflecting on this in the conclusion. if you read the paperwork about there were people from havana saying -- david: the numbers. manuel: were being fabricated. david: do you have any sense of -- i want to get to these questions. do you have any sense of the scale of numbers? let's say from 1822 the 1860's to the 1870's down to the cuban emancipation. alone,ven just to cuba are

. >>> the treaty of portsmouth ended a bloody war between russia and japan in 1905.er it was signed the envoys from each country who helped negotiate the peace deal posed for a not very smiley picture. the russians on the left, the japanese on the right. celebrating the end of the war. the guy in the middle is not a member of the russian or japanese delegations. that is the american president, teddy roosevelt. roosevelt helped broker that peace deal between russia and japan and he won himself a nobel peace prize. he was not only the first president to receive the high honor but the first american, too. teddy roosevelt took the money he got for winning the nobel peace prize and gave it to congress. he wanted congress to fund an industrial peace committee which would help build what he called, quote, fair dealings between classes of society. three other american presidents have received the nobel peace prize since roosevelt. despite our current president's best efforts, he's not one of them. the trophy closet at his golf club does not house a nobel peace prize. he's no

are going to go back to africa and they stop somewhere in the uk, i think south hampton, maybe portsmouth, maybe somebody here can tell me, they actually have been in the newspapers, their physical -- view by the british anti-slave society before they made their way back to west africa. it's a very interesting story. there's a painting of the ship, it's one of the most fascinating. >> in fact, that's what's on your cover, it's on our posters. say a word about that. because it's a remarkable painting. but you went in there with, i'm guessing, a magnifying glass. >> i did. >> yeah. and you found over 70 bodies on that surface, on the deck. do we know anymore about the artist or how this came about? >> the artist was a french -- passing through havana and he painted a lot of scenes from havana and also mexico. but in this case you can actually see specific details as well, you can see tents where -- i used to read a lot about tents these crews would put up to protect the africans from the rain but i never imagined how they were until i saw this painting. i saw the actual tents, which was kin

, with the exception of waverley, hastings and rauf are on the canada border of east sussex and portsmouthffect from one minute past midnight on saturday morning and i know the tier 3 measures are tough but the best way for everyone to get out of them is to pull together, not just to follow the rules, but to do everything they possibly can to stop the spread of the virus. as we mentioned earlier in the programme the american food and drug administration panel has been discussing whether to authorise a second vaccine — from moderna. it follows the roll—out this week of the pfizer vaccine. and while some have welcomed the vaccines with literal dancing in the streets, others are not so sure. particularly among the nation's african american communities, as aleem maqbool reports. a black doctor inoculating a black nurse. the first us coronavirus vaccination in front of the cameras is also clearly a message to african—americans that the vaccine is safe. the vaccine that you are going to be taking was developed by an african—american woman. some feel this need to convince black people in the us t

and cambridge are those parts of essex not yet into 4 waverley in sorry and hampshire including portsmouth and southampton but with the exception of the new forest will all be escalated to tear for bristol gloucestershire somerset including the north somerset council area swindon the isle of wight the new forest and northamptonshire as well as cheshire and warrington will be escalated to 3 and i'm afraid that call and herefordshire have seen sharply rising rates and need to be escalated to 2 this is not news that anybody wants to deliver and i am truly sorry for the disruption that it causes but i think people know how important it is that we take decisions like this to keep people safe and to protect the n.h.s. the 2nd piece of news i want to tell you about is some developments about another new strain of this virus. of course the fight against the virus is a global effort and we're constantly vigilant and looking around the world and as part of our surveillance and thanks to the impressive genomics capability of the south africans we've detected 2 cases of another new variant of corona v

essex would move into ts four along with oxfordshire, waverly and surrey and hampshire, including portsmouth southampton, but excluding the new forest. more areas of england will move into tier 3, bristol, somerset, gloucestershire, the isle of wight, the new forest, cheshire and warrington. matt hancock also said two new cases of another new variant of coronavirus had been detected in the uk, both are contacts of cases who travel to the uk from south africa. anyone who has travelled from that country or had contact with someone who has been that must quarantine for a fortnight immediately. let's get the latest now from westminster and jonathan blake is there. jonathan, more areas added to the list of tearful restrictions, the toughest coronavirus restrictions. any surprises? no, broadly in line with what we were expecting. the only surprise is there aren't even more areas going into the tfr level of restrictions. that was reflected in some of the questions are matt hancock faced in the news briefing from downing street. if the new variant of coronavirus is spreading at such a dangerous rate

surrey, with the exception of waverley, hastings and rother on the kent border of east sussex, and portsmouthand havant in hampshire. these changes will take effect from one minute past midnight on saturday morning. millions of people across northern england and the midlands will stay in tier 3. i regret having to take the action we have to take. i deem it necessary, and there is a strong view right across government that these actions are necessary. greater manchester has been under the toughest restrictions for months and the rate of infection has come down — it's now below the national average. despite that, the government has decided not to move it to tier 2 yet. the problem with tier 3 is it is devastating from an economic point of view, and that is what we said to the government. if they will keep places in tier 3 today, then there has to be much more financial support. some areas will move down a tier. bristol and north somerset to tier 2, herefordshire to the very rare tier i. the latest tiering decision comes less than 2a hours after the prime minister urged us to be cautious over ch

cambridgeshire, there is parts of essex not yet in tier 4, waverly in surrey and hampshire, including portsmoutherset, including the north somerset council area, swindon, the isle of wight, the new forest and northamptonshire, as well as cheshire and warrington, will all be escalated to tier 3. and i'm afraid that cornwall and herefordshire have seen sharply rising rates and need to be escalated to tier 2. this is not news that anybody wants to deliver andi news that anybody wants to deliver and i am truly sorry for the disruption it causes. but i think people know how important it is that we ta ke people know how important it is that we take decisions like this to keep people safe and protect the nhs. the second piece of news i want to tell you about is some development about another new strain of this virus. of course, the fight against the virus isa course, the fight against the virus is a global effort and we are co nsta ntly vig ila nt is a global effort and we are constantly vigilant and looking around the world. as part of our surveillance and thanks to the impressive genomic capability o

four of those are up at portsmouth and there's a couple in the sound and a couple more in hawaii. but those are progressing on track and funded. across the fifth, we've outplayed $3.5 billion which is not a trivial amount given the fact the budget year is about a billions off 3.5 and that is progressing pretty well. it's a big project in hawaii so i am confident that we are heading in the right direction that is to the right degree of prioritization and resources against the plan. with respect to the workforce itself, the workforce as you know is an older workforce and so we were very conservative particularly in the spring and we wanted to make sure safety was our number one priority. and so, we did see probably with respect to production we saw a dip in the production capabilities atpr the public yas with respect to the work that was being done. down to the 70s with 70% of the workforce on the job every day that is now back at 90%. when we look at the law's mandate with respect to that time period, it is about 2% of the mandate across the 4 yards that we would expect. so we have

playground, the cannon street mall, the japan town peace plaza, and will also allow for projects like portsmouth square, jackson park, sunset playground and some work in golden gate park. i'm very grateful to the commission for all of your guidance and leadership. it helped get this thing on the ballot and special shout-out to my incredible staff. these things passed because, you know, voters trust us. and voters trust us because our work is thorough and diligent and thoughtful. so to the entire capital and planning team to the public affairs division and sarah mad lynn's team that did an incredible amount of work, our operations division, right? these projects don't get designed in a vacuum or planned in a vacuum. our gardeners, our structural maintenance team, our park rangers and rec staff, they are involved in the planning of these projects every step of the way. so just a great team effort in what has been a cruzed did week and awful year, this was particularly rewarding. this creates so much opportunity and really invests in communitis that are high needs, that are deserving. their equity

four in portsmouth, a couple in puget sound, a couple more in hawaii and so forth. those are progressing on track and funded. across the fip we've outlayed $3.5 billion, which is not a trivial amount given the fact that this is for siop, given the fact that our typical milcon budget a year is about a billion. so 3.5 over that. and that is progressing pretty well with respect to the work and the planning associated with it. it's a big project in hawaii that we just made congressional notification on a week ago. so i am confident that we're heading in the right direction, that is the right degree of prioritization and resources against the plan, ma'am. with respect to the workforce itself, so the workforce, as you know, is an older workforce and so we were very conservative particularly in the spring and we wanted to make sure that safety was our number one priority. and so we did see probably with respect to production we saw a dip in our production capability at the public yards with respect to the work that was being done. went down to the 70s with respect to 70% o

rebuilding parks and spaces throughout the city, including in one of the three original parks, portsmouth square, safe pedestrian access improvements throughout the city and county. so thank you so much to my colleagues and the mayor, who put this on the ballot. and particular thanks to the voters of san francisco, who overwhelmingly adopted this. and regionally voters, not only in san francisco, but in all three caltrain district counties, santa clara and san mateo and this county passed measure r.r. by over two-thirds approval, pursuant to senate bill 797 by senator jerry hill, which exceeded threshold. and hats off to our colleague supervisor and joint powers board rep shamann walton and his colleague david pine and i rarely say things like this, who showed true leadership. the sales tax will provide not only a lifeline to this regional railroad, that connects gilroy all the way to san francisco, through san jose and san mateo county, which has been struggling like all transit properties with extreme revenue losses, because of ridership levels during the pandemic, but the funds will of

portsmouth, virginia on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning.he reason he is keeping it up is it is over for him. -- keeping it up is because he knows that once it is over, it is over for him. the lawsuits coming up, he will coda jail over some of this -- he will go to jail over some of this. if he is going to mar-a-lago, it is only because he will want to be close to his plane so he can hit cuba and go to russia to see his buddy. y'all it was going to happen. host: let's go to victoria on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: yes. i support president trump 100%, and i believe the way that you and other media are presenting it is incorrect. he has lost nothing. he lost standing, which is different than hearing the merits of the case, and i believe this is not about trump winning the election. i believe it is about the integrity of our election process and people need to focus on what that issue is. there's two issues. dr. john eastman at the georgia hearing stated two issues with the election. one, frau

i used to play in portsmouth square and saw a building being there and wondered what that was all about but my family association, the yee association, had many banquets over at the empress of china. it was a rich history and culture for me as i learned there was more to chinatown than just where i lived. there was a banquet hall, something special when family and friends gathered. you would say something like christmas or hanukkah or those kind of events where you cannot buy it. it is only earned, and you learned to experience. so i also had my daughter and son's baby parties, so we shared that rich history, too. sometimes, my daughters go back to the pictures and view it and review it with her daughter, too. it's sort of sad to see the ballroom close. we have over 300 active associations. i'm an active leader in chinatown. >> operator: 30 seconds. >> making sure that families that live there can go there and be a part of that, so i ask that the board here accept the appeal, and then, that the sponsor makes sure that we talk and reach out to the communities and build a bridge. it's suc

as we were driving to portsmouth yesterday during the day, coming from tier 2 in south devon, we we reon board and get off in france, so we sat around for a couple of hours, and then about 1030, the lorries started going on the ferry, and we were all getting on the ferry, so we thought, this is amazing, we are actually going to get to go. but sadly, we got to our cabin and then the announcement came at, no, we are not sailing anywhere. you will have to stay in your cabins, stay on board overnight, and then get off this morning. so this morning, we all disembarked at about 7.00. and then you go now? are you trying to move to france? —— where do you go now? yes, we are moving to france, so we have entered our house out. i have my two daughters in the back. we are not really sure what we are going to do, actually. we have had a couple of offers from france to go and stay with them. we might find a hotel. there are lots of people in our situation. i met one lady on the ferry who had literally sold up everything, take redundancy from herjob, she was off to france, she said that if you can't

playground, the cannon street mall, the japan town peace plaza, and will also allow for projects like portsmouth square, jackson park, sunset playground and some work in golden gate park. i'm very grateful to the commission for all of your guidance and leadership. it helped get this thing on the ballot and special shout-out to my incredible staff. these things passed because, you know, voters trust us. and voters trust us because our work is thorough and diligent and thoughtful. so to the entire capital and planning team to the public affairs division and sarah mad lynn's team that did an incredible amount of work, our operations division, right? these projects don't get designed in a vacuum or planned in a vacuum. our gardeners, our structural maintenance team, our park rangers and rec staff, they are involved in the planning of these projects every step of the way. so just a great team effort in what has been a cruzed did week and awful year, this was particularly rewarding. this creates so much opportunity and really invests in communitis that are high needs, that are deserving. their equity

i have been visiting portsmouth on the south coast, another place moving into tear three today, to speakch must be cancelled. we were fully booked up until the 28th of december and throughout every single session, so we are going to have to let down quite a few people throughout now. we are losing between 15 and £20,000 profit alone next week based on the bookings that we had. just down the road, this hotel is also had its festive hopes dashed. it was due to welcome more than 160 diners for christmas day, many of them guests. cancellations are another blow to end a tough year. we've got a good ten to £12,000 worth of stock which is just sitting there that we have got to work out what to do with. there are obviously things that we can freeze and there is a lot that we can't freeze, so we are going to be having a meeting today to try and work out what we can do with that. maybe we're going to try and do some takeaway stuff so that we can get rid of stock that way. we're doing some promotions today on our last day, half price cocktails, you know? to say that we can try and get it down as mu