South African Covid variant found in UK

The UK has detected two cases of another more transmissible variant of coronavirus. The two recently identified variants - one found first in the UK and the South African variant - share some similarities but have evolved separately. We'll speak to our health expert about what we know so far.

Also, we are revisiting some of the people we’ve spoken to through the year who have shared experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. Today we talk about grief and hear from people who have lost loved ones to Covid-19.

And we’re asking our BBC colleagues to give us their take on the extraordinary year of 2020. Today we speak to Divya Arya in India, a country which this year has seen more than ten million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 146,000 Covid related deaths.

(Photo: Queues of stationary lorries on the M20 motorway in the UK after France closed the border over concerns about one of the new coronavirus variants. Credit: EPA/VICKIE FLORES)