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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are with is the political commentator and former director of communications for the labour party, lance price and lucy fisher, defence editor at the times. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the metro describes the uk's testing system as being in chaos, and says it could take weeks to rectify. the health secretary's admission that tests will have to be rationed is the focus of the mail's front page. the i says parents and teachers will be at the back of the queue because of the priority to test healthcare workers. it's a similar story in the guardian, which also has the pictures of russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, who appears to be recovering from novichok poisoning. the archbishop of canterbury has

written in the telegraph about his concerns over the government's rule of six restriction. the ft says the japanese company hitachi is preparing to pull the plug on a power station in wales, in what they call a blow to climate change targets. and the daily star has been busy on photoshop, to give its take on the uk's coronavirus testing problems. so, let's begin. the guardian, the problem with covid—19 testing, a crisis that could take weeks to resolve, according to the health secretary. yes, he had to come to the house of commons to answer another emergency question on why the situation has become so critical for testing and so become so critical for testing and so many parts of the country, particularly in england, and particularly in england, and particularly bad as the guardian article demonstrates in some of the

hot spots around england, where figures are alarmingly high in the guardian article refers to both rochdale and bolton, where the figures are well above 20 and 100,000 cases which is a trigger for the quarantine that we have seen imposed on foreign countries and in both of those places, in one case, the chief executive and in the other, the chair of the local health trust saying that desperate people are turning up at the emergency centres, asking for help, pleading for help, because they have not been able to get a test. spreading the virus, if they have got an infection and desperation, making matters worse but not intentionally so. yes, thatis worse but not intentionally so. yes, that is the problem, there are no tests and people are having to travel further in order to get them,

the health secretary said that on average, people are 5.8 miles away from a test. it doesn't seem to align with many of the reports that we read today and pointing us in the hotspots in the uk, such as rochdale, bolton, no tests available and that the times conducted an analysis and which in every single pa rt of analysis and which in every single part of england today, at least one hour of the day, there were no tests available and so that means that up to 85% of people in the uk today we re to 85% of people in the uk today were unable to book a test online, at least at some juncture. it is very worrying that this is a problem that the guardian headline says could takes weeks to solve. coming back to the guardian and the little bit. but staying with the testing crisis. rationing puts parents and teachers at the back of a q and we have been talking to teachers who

cannot get a test in schools, they have been given to him, but in schools with thousands potentially of peoples and teachers, not enough to go around. yes, this was supposed to go around. yes, this was supposed to bea to go around. yes, this was supposed to be a road beating test and trace syste m to be a road beating test and trace system and anyone who wanted a test would be able to have a test. that is not the case and met hancock said that there will have to be rationing and prioritisation and that means nhs patients said that patients and staff would be prioritised and those deemed listed risk would find themselves in the back of the q deemed listed risk would find themselves in the back of the 0 we pointed out, that is a big problem for schools. we already know that 340 schools are either partly or wholly closed due to covert outbreaks —— covid—19 outbreaks. and if not, entire schools having to close and really worrying when so many millions of children have missed so much school altogether and one of the figures reported tonight

that last thursday, statistics show that last thursday, statistics show that 12% of pupils were missing from school. so, this is really affecting huge numbers of young people. and we knew the schools were under pressure to reopen on time and they did very well to do so. , all of that effort is being put at risk. i think some people would agree and borisjohnson was absolutely determined that the school should reopen and that it was the right thing to do and the kids get back into their classes because the damage for the educational prospects in the future was so great, but if you're going to do that, you're going to have to think ahead, you have to plan ahead at the beginning of the summer holidays. it should have been possible to think this through, have a strategic approach to it, knowing that when

the schools did reopen it when people did follow the guidelines that the government and ministers we re that the government and ministers were putting out, that inevitably the will put an enormous strain on the will put an enormous strain on the testing system and you have to therefore make sure that the system is able to cope, but we have seen in spades over the past few days that it simply has not happened. the times is saying that there's been a certain covid—19 cases, this time among middle—aged people, so was a couple of days ago and the teens and early 20s. a couple of weeks ago there was a sense that the increase in the figures was not that serious because it was among younger people that were likely to shake it off or have mild symptoms and they were not likely to end up in hospital or were still -- likely to end up in hospital or were still —— worse. let middle—aged people, people in their 40s, i

40 —— 40 -- 49. younger people with, that doesn't necessarily mean that the same trend is going to be followed and it may well be that slightly older people are going to be responsible for the way they conduct themselves and how the mixing that they do and honouring the new rules, but it is a very worrying trend which suggests that a lot of people warning two or three weeks ago that a lot of young people felt they were immune or that the risks were relatively mild, the real danger is that they pass it on to their pa rents that they pass it on to their parents and grandparents and that may be what is now happening. it will be interesting to see what effect the rule of six rule has an weeks' time because we are seeing many new infections every day and people are still dying in each one

isa people are still dying in each one is a tragedy step thankfully, not at the numbers that they were, but the rule of six, you would imagine, chicks and we see a reduction to those infections if it is working. yes, or at least slowing but the numbers are worrying when you look at the modelling and what we have seenin at the modelling and what we have seen in other countries we saw first, the second way that it spiked in that spreading to people and their405, 505, and 605. that in that spreading to people and their 405, 505, and 605. that has been followed in other countries by spiking deaths among people who are far more at risk of fatalities from the contract coronavirus. so, i think the government is really impressing that the rule of six must be followed. and even that two families of four people each meeting in the street, they are not allowed to sit and chat with each other and

it is an offence, but they will have to enforce this new guidance. and lands, the daily telegraph, the rule of six is damaging though. as the archbishop of canterbury addressing the prime minister. yes, the archbishop of the telegraph said he expressed concerns about the rule of six and on two levels. whether or not it will have an impact on those most vulnerable in society, the vulnerable, the poon in society, the vulnerable, the poor, those out of work and those who most need the support of the community and therefore being forced to isolate from the community could find themselves in even greater difficulty and other problems, including mental health problems, loneliness problems in all of that. and d is also concerned that perhaps

the rule of six is somehow an attempt by ministers to show that something is being done, something must be done, therefore we have done something. it is a clear rule that eve ryo ne something. it is a clear rule that everyone has to follow what the archbishop is suggesting is that actually, there should be much more involved approach and so local authorities and local charities and churches will have the opportunity to assess the local needs of their communities and determine the best way forward. the idea of localised responses is being made by scientists in public health officials as well. lucy, the idea of people, the vulnerable, ordered people, the vulnerable, ordered people being very lower. we address this weeks and weeks ago, denby at the height of the lockdown. we didn't used to be an ongoing issue here and in particular with christmas looming, and people

feeling especially isolated when they're not surrounded by other members of the community, their family, their friends, i members of the community, their family, theirfriends, ithink members of the community, their family, their friends, i think that isa family, their friends, i think that is a real pitch point that the archbishop highlighted and it is that concern about people not being able to travel to see family and meet up but it has caused him to write this article. the news brief at the bottom, johnson may compromise over brexit bill and this is the internal market bill and it got through last night with a majority of 77 for the government but not without upsetting a lot of conservative mps. interesting that la st conservative mps. interesting that last week, the government was so swashbuckling in its approach, brandon lewis seemingly reading very clearly from a script when he said that the government proposal did involve a breach of international

law and his words, a specific and limited breach. this week, the government looking to be a lot more facility re—after an outcry from backbenchers over the proposal and the internal market bill and the withdrawal agreement that the uk agreed with the eu last year. but we have learned today is a boris johnson met some of the potential rebels and some of the backbenchers and perhaps the front benches were concerned with the government proposals before the vote yesterday and he is looking to consider a compromise. we do not know what that is but it is possible that he will be looking at a version of an amendment according to the legislation, the chairman of the juste select committee and suggesting that parliament will have a lot to do with the breaching agreement. and the government prime minister left to go back and asked

parliament to approve any measure that there would be a breach of international law. i am sure they are watching closely and they are in some ways, scratching their heads the same way a lot of people in the country are trying to decide what the country is up to, what is the strategy, is it just the country is up to, what is the strategy, is itjust flustered trying to get a better deal in the negotiations that are going on? or do they really mean it when they say that they're prepared to walk away and go fora that they're prepared to walk away and go for a no deal. no one knows the outcome maybe the government ministers and may be the prime minister knows the answer, but many do not. and that is the point. it is negotiating tactic and it has to be credible and therefore, people have to believe that it could at least be something that the government are willing to countenance, but talking about the reaction of social media to some of the newsroom covid—19 and

quite a few comments pointing out that the same government, the sin ministers were insisting that they obey the law and whatever else might be, and being willing to flout the law when it suits them. let's look at alexei navalny sitting in the bed and is able to breathe on his own for the day. it is a lovely picture of him surrounded by his family, looking remarkably cheerful and remarkably well considering the ordeal that he's been through. he said in the comments that he put on the 70 poster the photograph. for the first time foran poster the photograph. for the first time for an entire day, he has been able to breathe for himself. and so, clearly he was very sick when he was eventually flown from siberia to germany for treatment, and that treatment has worked, he is looking

infine shape treatment has worked, he is looking in fine shape and the possibility of going back to russia before too long. despite the fact that he suffered novichok poisoning, which is been deadly in other cases and still prepared to go back to russia just briefly. yes, his spokeswoman was very strong in saying that no other option was even considered. he isa other option was even considered. he is a figurehead of the opposition to vladimir putin in russia. he is absolutely determined to take up the mantle, even though his team believed that he was poisoned under the orders of the russian president. he is going to go back. he denies any involvement, but this is not the la st any involvement, but this is not the last skirmish we have seen between alexei navalny and the authority of russia. let us finish with the daily mail. his story prompted about a photograph of zoe ball, who was managed to secure a £1 million pay rise. even though a million pay rise. even though a million fewer people are probably listening to her breakfast

programme. this is part of the bbc publication of the high pay list, people that earn more than £150,000 and zoe ball, and of the top of that chart because the previous number one has agreed to take a pay raise of £400,000. this is very difficult reading for a lot of people and will cause a lot of anger, people who find it very difficult to pay the licence fee and see the salaries being paid. it is not a great time for this to come after thousands of thousands of those stripped of their free tv licence. it is a good news story that a woman is topping the stars salary list after the gender pay gap row that erupted several years ago when some of the disparities are first uncovered following transparency, publication of pay. as think it is difficult to

be sustainable to the overall salary and it is rose £1.5 billion in the numberof and it is rose £1.5 billion in the number of licenses sold last year fell by 20 50,000, i think there's a lot of concern that particularly, younger viewers age 16 to 34 are increasingly turning to youtube and other varieties of subscription services and online streaming services and online streaming services instead of taking our traditional tv, bbc tv licenses. services instead of taking our traditionaltv, bbctv licenses. my good friend in the gallery has made the point that i have this talk about a pay increase of 400,000 pounds instead of a pay cut of £400,000. of this we have a new director general who finally got their feet director general who finally got theirfeet under the director general who finally got their feet under the table, a lot for them to address the next few yea rs. for them to address the next few years. he's gotten incredibly difficult thing to take over, but he

has a good track record and he is commercially minded we have always been told that the sellers are commercially driven and that in order to retain the best talent, the bbc had to pay the sorts of salaries or people would be poached elsewhere. given that much of the rest of the broadcasting industry is suffering from reduced income at the moment as well, i'm not sure whether or not that argument holds much sway as it might have in the past if you're trying to attract younger viewers, some of the youtube style, instagram stars of today who may be what younger viewers identify with, may do a bit of bbc presentation for a lot less. quite. however, a lot of people would still point out that it is mighty good value for money for what you get. radio stations, orchestras, you name it. and guess

like you two, of course. for a paltry song. it is lovely to have you with us. thank you forjoining us. that's it for the papers. goodbye for now. good evening i'm tt and this is your sports news — where we start with the carabao cup and premier league side aston villa survived a scare against burton albion to move into the third round. it was the league one outfit that went ahead very early on — colin daniel putting burton ahead after little more than a minute. but villa were level before half time, ollie watkins with a goal on his debut. dean smith's side left it late to win it, jack grealish after signing a new five year deal with a brilliant volley before keenan davis added a third in stoppage time and of course

all tonight's results and reaction on the website. the english football league will continue to stage pilots with up to 1,000 fans at matches this weekend, following approval from the government who have restricted crowds after a rise in coronavirus cases but it's different and even more dire in the national league. their chairman brian barwick says the players may not get paid if the situation doesn't change. the reality of it is our clubs and our level of the game depend on the styles clicking and but people consume at the clubs tend to pay their way. i think the clubs have been most supported by the government over the summer by very many businesses and by the football families. but we want to stand in her own two feet and support that and be allowed to have spectators in the stadium watching the games. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories and... arsenal captain pierre—emerick

aubameyang has put an end to speculation about his future at the club after signing a new three—year deal. his contract was due to expire at the end of the season meaning he would have been free to talk to other clubs from january. coco gauff is into the second round of the italian open. the 16—year old american beat the tunisian ons jabeur in straight sets in rome. formula one's bosses will not investigate lewis hamilton's decision to wear a t—shirt highlighting police brutality at sunday's tuscan grand prix. the shirt called for action over the death of breonna taylor — the black woman who was shot eight times in her home in kentucky by us police in march. staying with motor sport news and with coronavirus affecting all areas of sport from fans to players — the managing director of silverstone stuart pringle has told the bbc the racetrack needs to get all fans back for next summer's british grand prix. he says this year has been incredibly damaging — and without a full house next year, the future of silverstone itself hangs in the balance:

i didn't want to run with a reduced audience next year because it will simply make us lose more money quicker. and we cannot sustain that, our balance sheet is not robust enough, and we need to get back to normality. so, when the government talk about very positive progress with vaccines and a very expansive testing regime, i hope that one or other or a combination of the pair will see us back to full capacity at the british grand prix in 2021, because if we are not there, silverstone will be in a dire place and we will not be alone. five stages to go at the tour de france, and slovenia's primoz roglic is still up there at the top of the standings — but his fellow countryman tad—ay pog—archer is only 40 seconds behind and determined to make a fight of it. drew savage watched stage 16. the first of three tough days in the alps, but more to come, the second place and the main contender seemed happy

to let a breakaway happen at the front. at the back, another side of cycling for last year's winner egan bernal. out of contention after cracking on stage 15, but he seemed to enjoy carrying the supplies for his ineos team mates. one of whom, richard carapaz, was in the breakaway and in contention for stage victory until the young german rider, lennard kemna, made his move on the penultimate climb and raced away. with the main group miles behind, kemna, no threat to the overall leaders, held his advantage, and had time to savour his first win at the tour. fresh talent has come through in this year's race, and tadej pogacar, in the white jersey of the best young rider, did his best to chip away at roglic‘s 40—second lead. he couldn't get away from the man in yellow, but he'll keep trying. in italy, dutch rider annamiek van vleuten still leads womens' road cycling's biggest race, the giro rosa, by nearly two minutes. stage five ended with the first bunch sprint of the race and marianna vos, also of the netherlands, outpaced the field,

to win her second stage this year. van vleuten finished safely in the bunch to keep the pink jersey, with four stages go. the england players who were offered contracts for the women's hundred this year, will be able to take up the same deal next summer. the 100—ball cricket competition was due to start injuly but it was postponed because of the pandemic. the ecb said players had the option to roll over their contracts with the same team on the same pay, or sign with other teams from next month. i think it was the best way to move forward with the contracts. i think one of the things we will look into is to create more in women's cricket is to create more in women's cricket isa is to create more in women's cricket is a bit ofjob security, obviously, making it more financially viable option for more people than just the england contracted players. so, it obviously offers some kind of income security to those girls got offered a contract last year and i think there's a lot to talk about, but i think it is the fairest way to move

forward next season. to move forward next season. meanwhile the england and wales cricket board is set to cut 62 jobs because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. chief executive, tom harrison, said the game will lose more than £100 million this year, a figure which could rise to £200 million next year. hello, cooler weather on the way. that, of course, most noticeable where the past couple of days have been so hot and also along some north sea coast, eastern scotland, northeast england with an onshore breeze for a stunner of a tuesday and will feel much cooler for wednesday. and the reason we're losing high—pressure to broaden the warmth of the south, replacing it with another area of high pressure, the flow of air around that coming from a cooler direction in the northeast into some of the north sea coasts during wednesday and also this weather front moving south with cloud and another huge amount of rain. before that completes its journey south, rather warm start wednesday

morning and they will feel cooler by thursday morning. from that weather front, cloud and a few spots of rain and drizzle, parts of scotland, northern england, maybe northern ireland pushing further south during the day, taking some cloud to the east of wales, the midlands and east anglia later on. south of that, south wales and southern england seeing some sunshine, just a slight chance of a shower in south east england. northern scotland with sunny spells and temperatures in the mid teens here, some on the northerly coast. the further south you are, some warmth into the mid—20s but that temperature still isn't as high as it has been in the past couple of days. now overnight and into thursday, some areas of cloud, patches of mist and fog and maybe some low clouds and mist with the north sea coasts to start the day, on thursday, there will be a cooler night butjust to be down into single figures. now, on thursday, it is high pressure replacing high pressure, still a lot of settleted weather around. still a good deal of sunshine, particularly into england and wales. sunny spells through the cloud across most of scotland and northern ireland we could see

some rain in the western aisles and temperatures are much closer to average for the time of year, still a little bit above them. quite a noticeable easterly breeze coming across southern parts of the uk in particular. many on friday hold onto the sunshine is the weather front moves into scotland and approaching northern ireland, some thick cloud and you may see a bit of rain and may not amount to very much. looking into the weekend, high—pressure for many of us, so an area of low pressure growing up this weather front and may be a few showers that way later on in the weekend, but for most over the weekend, it is looking dry, variable cloud and some sunny spells, and fresh easterly breeze to the southern a growing chance of picking up a shower, particularly into parts of england by sunday.

this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm martine croxall. history at the white house — as israel signs a peace deal with two arab countries. these agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past. today's signing sets history on a new course. india's coronavirus infections reach five million — we have a special report. the family of breonna taylor — killed by us police — agree a multi—million dollar settlement. and humanity at a crossroads — the un's urgent warning on bio—diversity.