confrontation with china or more coexistence. john simpson, bbc news. this weekend lewis hamilton will aim to equal michael schumacher‘s record of 91 formula one race wins. it would mark another milestone in an extraordinary career for the british driver, a six—time world champion, who's now hoping to use his success to transform a sport lacking in diversity. with more, here's nesta mcgregor. lewis hamilton will line up in russia with historyjust laps away. win number 91 would equal michael schumacher‘s race record. the only black driver in formula 1, he's been at the forefront of fighting racism. hamilton recently launched a commission, assembling a team whose goal is improving diversity, both on the track and behind—the—scenes. and for his brother, who races in the british touring car championship,

it is important to them is winning. with hamiltons, we are in a prime position to help motorsport progress and, you know, help give people opportunities and show that motorsport is for everybody. i almost feel that if the hamilton family, me included, my dad, my mum, everybody and lewis, if we can't make a change, then who will be able to make a change? carol glen became the first black female race marshal in the uk. now with 32 years in the industry, she is launching an academy. lewis hamilton was so impressed by what she's doing, the pair are in talks about how they can work together. that would mean everything. i think it would inspire the boys, notjust boys, i'm looking for girls, anyone who is looking to get into motorsport at any level, i hope i've got lewis hamilton one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine, ten, all coming up. so there's not going to be a gap, there'll be the next black racing driver, whatever their name is, after lewis hamilton. motor racing is expensive, someone who could benefit from this is 18—year—old brandon abraham. it's amazing opportunity. yeah, it would help us to be introduced into networking, marketing and things like that. yeah, the main thing is support, guidance and then the inevitable thing, which is finance, which is most most drivers in my situation are struggling with. with hamilton on the verge of a legacy—defining victory and a seventh world title in his sights, the british driver is leading another charge, one for change within his sport and wider society. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world, it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are asa bennett, brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph and maya goodfellow, political writer and academic. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the mirror leads with the news that the man suspected of killing an officer at a police station was reportedly known to terror police. seregeant matt ratana was shot yesterday as he booked a suspect

into a custody suite in croydon, south london. the daily mail says the police are now facing questions. matiu ratana, who was 5a, was about to search the handcuffed suspect in a covid screening cell when the man produced a revolver that he had stuffed down his trousers. the times also leads with the shooting, and says the 23—year—old suspect was on the governments radar, having previously been flagged to the prevent extremism programme. the international ft says efforts to contain a second wave of coronavirus in europe's worst affected areas were in disarray yesterday as national and regional governments clashed over the severity of new restrictions and their economic costs. and le figaro says terrorism strikes again in the heart of paris after a stabbing near the offices of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. in the uk, the telegraph says ministers are working on plans to save christmas & are prepared to do "whatever it takes" to ensure

families are able to meet over the festive period. and the guardian goes with the unionn representing academics and staff's warning that teaching at universities should be halted until the government fixes test—and—trace failures and curbs the spread of covid—19. let's begin. good to see you both. just an awful story on the front pages of a vast majority. we will start with the times on saturday. maya why don't you talk us through what has happened today? this is understandably a story on a lot of the front pages and this is to do with a police officer who has been shot and killed in a police station in croydon by some, the suspect there is a lot of speculation around who they were and the headline on a

number of front pages that they had been flagged to prevent, there has also been questions about the suspects mental health. it's far too early to speculate about exactly why this has happened but there are already questions, i think a number of people are asking around how this individual had a gun, how they had got concealed in the police station andi got concealed in the police station and i think obviously this is just and i think obviously this is just an absolutely horrendous story and i think there will be a lot of ongoing questions about exactly the ins and outs of how this was able to happen in the first place. and a picture on the front page and on the front of several of the newspapers is just, it's really difficult to look at in a way, really poignant and powerful. and with his partner, presumably at a and with his partner, presumably at by and with his partner, presumably at a rugby match there. interesting details that lots of the papers have that were not aware of a couple of hours ago. asa, what stood out to

you? obviously after, putting aside how wholesome the man this is, by all accounts someone who would be, teaching people, very inclusive, being an ideal top police officer, two years from retirement, every detail adds a heartbreaking portrait ofa man detail adds a heartbreaking portrait of a man who has been taken away from us by this perpetrator. i think it'sjust maya is from us by this perpetrator. i think it's just maya is alluding to, whether it be how the suspect has been able to evade i believe a stop and search to have this weapon in the station in south london. 0r perhaps even just the the station in south london. 0r perhaps evenjust the simpler question of why they did it because obviously there are some reports that try and suggest motivations. they suggest that he may have had

radical islamist far right viewpoints but at the same time it seems as so many are utterly senseless and that's the deepest tragedy. absolutely. let's go to the front page of the daily mail. it's interesting maya that there is a same picture and the question of the top is how was the weapon missed which are think will be a recurring question over the next couple of days but it says towards the end this is the what they believe is the first fatal shooting of an officer ina first fatal shooting of an officer in a police station and cressida dick earlier saying this kind of incident is mercifully rare. dick earlier saying this kind of incident is mercifully rarelj dick earlier saying this kind of incident is mercifully rare. i think that something that has come up today. obviously that's no consolation to the family of the police officer who has been killed, but yes, i think that will mean whatever questions are asked and whatever questions are asked and

whatever investigation there will be and there will be an investigation, will also take that into account in terms of how these things don't actually happen at all particularly often within police stations but i think that there will still be out think that there will still be out think a lot of people asking exactly the ins and outs of this and how it was able to happen in the first place. ok, well thank you both for your comments on that, the newspapers rightly dedicating a lot of space and time to that awful story. we're going to look now at the front page of daily telegraph. a different story on the left—hand side. ministers plan to save christmas at all costs. asa explain this one to us. viewers may remembera few explain this one to us. viewers may remember a few days ago when the government suggested they might kindly waive the rule of six during christmas so that you could have more than six people in theory around the christmas table. obviously that may seem like a bit

ofa obviously that may seem like a bit of a crueljoke, but i suppose it underlines something in this book report which is that if you have this overhanging spoiling so much on this overhanging spoiling so much on this occasion where the pm earlier this occasion where the pm earlier this year was hoping very wistfully and optimistically that this would all be over by christmas, that that would really ram home how much of a year it has wrecked and i guess it isjust emotive, year it has wrecked and i guess it is just emotive, the year it has wrecked and i guess it isjust emotive, the symbolism of the occasion. if you are still having to have social—distancing, how much will be spoiled, this is why and i understand he want to do everything possible but what can they do? they cannot have father christmas give everyone a vaccine so there is limits to what they can practically do. we already see in terms of christmas, theatre, panto being cancelled so it may seem optimistic but people will have to batten down the hatches very safely and whatever groups they feel they

can get away with under the official guidance and the law, and also make sure the covid—19 marshals are not hammering down their doors. what do you make of this maya? ambitious? the story is saying the number of sources say there are plans for up to3 sources say there are plans for up to 3 million tests a day, things to do with the virus being rolled out at the beginning of december, some of these things are not in place families might be able to isolate to before christmas will people can meet in groups bigger than six but it also has the caveat that the department of health are saying nothing can be guaranteed. i like eve ryo ne nothing can be guaranteed. i like everyone else, it is nonstop conversations with my family about how we would possibly do christmas and this is something that concerns and this is something that concerns a lot of people across the country, things like christmas diwali, these big holidays but i do think that what actually i may be a bit of a

broken record tonight is what really matters is not the government saying these big lofty proclamations about 3 million tests a day, what needs to happen is to the test, track and trace happen is to the test, track and tra ce syste m happen is to the test, track and trace system in place operationally, i heard someone earlier this week describing the stuff about the moon shoot and all these big promises they are making about testing capacity as shooting for the moon before you can even get off the ground andi before you can even get off the ground and i think that something thatis ground and i think that something that is really no doubt welcome back to this evening, we need that test, track and trace system properly functioning, working across the country before we can even have a conversation around these big testing figures. that leads into the story on the front of the daily telegraph. asa you can talk us through this. students demand assurances on lockdown. what were the demanding? just to actually have a meaningful university experience.

we have already seen today that scottish students are being told they cannot go to the pubs, the restaurants, effectively for many hundreds of them across major universities might as welljust never come out of their bedroom and stay in the halls of residence. in some cases because stay in the halls of residence. in some cases because they have to self—isolate and some cases because they have to self— isolate and so some cases because they have to self—isolate and so it is becoming a bit lord of the flies by some accounts because they cannot have any basic facilities. there are accounts of people washing their clothes in the bath, low laundry facilities any more. giving these bizarre instances spreading into england when manchester having to go through similar procedures. many students are asking if i am paying £9,000 in student loans etc for the university experience am i paying just to go to some far—flung town and city my bedroom and watch it all online? you and city my bedroom and watch it all online ? you would and city my bedroom and watch it all online? you would be thinking no wonder many students are hoping they can have gap years and questioning where to go after university this

weekend. you have got a feel for stu d e nts weekend. you have got a feel for students wherever you stand politically or on the virus it's an awful, especially for first—year students. back to the times, the front page story on the right—hand side. maya tellers about this. 10 million people in london face local lockdown. part of this is coming from the meier sadiq khan saying there is of the virus within london and calling on government to consider bringing in some of these restrictions we have seen elsewhere in the country like restricting household visits and what sadiq khan and the mayors office have said is that they think has been a fall in testing in the capital and this is actually masking the spread of the virus. so what city hall has claimed is that they have not been convinced by the testing figures. they have looked at other data like visits to

gps, people calling the nhs and