sean dilley live l speak to you later. sean dilley live in windsor this morning.igned to slow the spread of the omicron variant, come into effect in scotland, wales, and northern ireland today. our wales correspondent tomos morgan, has been looking at how the rules now differ across the uk's four nations. another winter and another set of restrictions. social life will be curtailed yet again in wales, scotland, and northern ireland as the devolved governments have brought restrictions in again as an attempt to slow the spread of the omicron variant to ease pressure on the nhs and to give more people the opportunity to be boosted at mass vaccination centres. having only reopened less then six months ago, nightclubs will have to turn their lights off once again in both wales and northern ireland from today. some industry bosses feel like they are being made scapegoats in this latest round of rules. we've essentially had 4.5 months of trade and we're back here again. and the issue is, we are not clear when this will be lifted. we have not been provided yet with any d

sean dilley has the details. christmas can be hard for those who have lost loved ones. understand why. but for me in the months since the death of my beloved philippi have drawn great from the warmth and affection of the many tributes to his life and work. it many tributes to his life and work. , ., , ., ~ many tributes to his life and work. , ., , .,~ ., work. it is a break from tradition _ work. it is a break from tradition but _ work. it is a break from tradition but for - work. it is a break from tradition but for the - work. it is a break from - tradition but for the second year running the queen is spending her christmas here at windsor castle, due to covid. a guest list is smaller than in previous years but she has been spending time with some of her closest relatives. but at around 830 on christmas morning around 830 on christmas morning a man is alleged to have penetrated the outer security of the grounds. the intruder�*s presence was quickly detected and officers from two forces responded to the unfolding security incident did dig thames valley police say they

sean dilley, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. restaurant in the eastern city of beni. the bomber detonated his device at the restaurant's door, killing himself and five other people. hundreds of palestinians have clashed with israeli troops near the northern west bank town of nablus. israeli security forces say gunmen opened fire at a military post in the palestinian village of burqa. according to the palestinian red crescent seven palestinians were shot with live fire, and more than 30 with rubber bullets. the bodies of 16 iraqi kurds who drowned when their inflatable boat sank last month in the channel while trying to reach the uk have been returned to northern iraq. the plane carrying them arrived early on sunday at the airport of the regional capital, irbil, where theirfamilies had been waiting for two days. a doctors' union in sudan has accused the security forces of using excessive violence against pro—democracy demonstrators during saturday's protests in the capital, khartoum. the union, which is allied to the pro—democrac

at a time when people were not supposed together for christmas parties, that is sean dilley in the centreim and he has quit tonight as the chair of the police and crime commissioner. more to come. some other news to bring you quickly on changes introduced today. the uk has removed all eleven countries from the red list — meaning hotel quarantine will no longer be necessary. the red list was controversial, some of the countries on it had fewer omicron cases than britain. the health secretary confirmed that those who were in quarantine can now leave so long as they test negative. the other news of note is that the chair of the thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation thejcvi, said he expects an assessment here in the uk to be made before christmas on vaccinating children as young as five — they report tonight that decision could come within the next 10 days. the house select committee investigating the capitol insurrection has voted to hold donald trump's former chief of staff mark meadows in criminal contempt for defying the panel's subpoena. the full house will vote on it soon.