5 STORIES COMING UP TODAY

TV SOAPS ON HOLD

Coronation Street will pause filming for two weeks from January 25 to allow for script rewrites due to the pandemic, ITV has said. Emmerdale has also paused filming after a number of people who work on the programme have tested positive for coronavirus.

COVID RATE FALLS

The reproduction number of coronavirus transmission is now between 0.8 and 1 across the UK, says the Government Office for Science and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.

RECORD UK DEBT

Government borrowing reached £34.1 billion last month, bringing the country’s debt to a new all-time high of £2.13 trillion, official figures show.

BECKS’ BIG BUCKS

David and Victoria Beckham have handed themselves more than £21 million from their sport and media empires in dividends, according to new accounts filed with Companies House

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BIRTHDAYS

Princess Caroline of Monaco, 64; Andrei Kanchelskis, football, 52; Scott Gibbs, former rugby player, 50; Dawn O’Porter, television presenter, 42; Steven Taylor, footballer, 35.