5 STORIES COMING UP TODAY

ROYAL ECO WARRIOR

The BBC will air an environmental TV series featuring the Duke of Cambridge to demonstrate how the “world can be brought back from the brink”. Earthshot: How To Save Our Planet will air before William’s newly launched, £50 million prize ceremony which is designed to reward those working to find solutions to safeguard the planet.

RECOVERY ON HOLD

The recent increase in coronavirus cases and subsequent tightening of restrictions are expected to at least put the UK’s economic recovery “on hold for a while”, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

LIVES ‘AT RISK’

The lives of homeless people will be without Government action to keep them off the streets and in accommodation where they can socially distance, a coalition of 17 health and homeless groups has warned.

UKRAINE BACKED

Boris Johnson is to sign a strategic partnership deal with the president of Ukraine on Thursday in the face of Russia’s “destabilising behaviour” towards the country.

EU DEAL ALERT

A post-Brexit trade deal with the EU remains “some way away” despite Boris Johnson’s deadline of next week looming, the UK has warned.