"We cannot continue with Christmas as planned." PM Boris Johnson has said the planned relaxation of coronavirus rules for Christmas will be restricted to just one day in England and in large parts of South East it will be scrapped entirely. bbc.in/38kFtzl | BBC News

More than 17,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far in 2021 - with some going to extreme lengths to try to get to the UK. This group of young Sudanese migrants attempted to use a pedalo to cross the sea. See more on this story and watch as we went on patrol with the French troops looking for migrants: https://bbc.in/3adTbp0 | BBC News

120K views · 666 reactions | BREAKING: COVID-19 infections in England have soared by 60% - with 3,200 new cases now being seen each day, according to official estimates. Sky's Frazer Maude has the latest and says we haven't seen figures like this for "some months". More here: https://trib.al/8WRo1Sf | Sky News | Facebook