this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the health secretary, matt hancock, says he's told the nhs to be ready to start vaccinating people against covid—19 from the beginning of december — with wider immunisation to follow. my my central expectation is that the mass roll—out of this vaccine, sh comes good, will be in the first pa rt comes good, will be in the first part of next year. —— sh comes good. what are your thoughts or questions about the vaccine and the speed at which it might be delivered to the public — get in touch on that, or if you have any other thoughts on today's stories on twitter @annita—mcveigh or by using the #bbcyourquestions. the rate of unemployment rises to 4.8% in the three months to september — compared with 4.5% in august —

with redundancies reaching a record high. the education standards body for england, ofsted, warns that some children have regressed in basic skills and learning during the pandemic. the us attorney—general takes the unusual step of authorising federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in last week's presidential election. and coming up this hour... researchers say the discovery of a two—million—year—old skull in south africa has uncovered a new chapter in the story of human evolution. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary, matt hancock,

says he's told the nhs to be ready to begin vaccinating people against covid—19 from the beginning of december. mr hancock said further mass vaccination would begin by the spring and he hoped by the summer, the bulk of the vaccine would have been deployed — but he stressed the jab would only be given if the government was confident it was clinically safe. doctors say they stand ready to start vaccinating — with proposals being drawn up for clinics to run for seven days a week. the british medical association said mass vaccination centres could be used "in a similar way to testing centres." john mcmanus reports. is it a game changer, or is it too early to be optimistic? the announcement by pfizer yesterday was greeted with almostjubilation. after a year in which 50 million people worldwide have been infected, and in which more than 1.2 million have died, it's easy to see why so many view this vaccine as an answer to their prayers. it's believed to be more than 90% effective, and the government has

ordered a0 million doses, enough to immunize 20 million people who'll need two jabs each. and this couple helped make it happen. ugur sahin and ozlem tureci are both children of turkish immigrants who now own biontech, the german firm which worked with pfizer on the vaccine. the government admits the roll—out will be a logistical challenge but says it is prepared. we will be working with the nhs and the support of the armed forces seven days a week, over weekends and bank holidays, to get this rolled out into people's arms as quickly as possible, and i can tell you that today i will be announcing £150 million of support for gps and the programme of roll—out which is very much led by the nhs will be absolutely critical. but new opportunities bring new challenges. the safety of the vaccine needs to be assured before it gets

regulatory approval. pfizer has indicated it will apply for this in the us later this month. it is still not known how long any immunity may last and decisions need to be made about who can have it first, with care home residents and workers likely to be at the top of the list. if it emerges that the vaccine needs to be taken annually than an information campaign similar to the one for seasonal flu jabs will need to be rolled out and it will need to tackle any misinformation. it is likely the vaccine will be targeted on those who are elderly or vulnerable for other reasons and it is not yet clear that we will want to vaccinate, for example, all the schoolchildren and teenagers. i think these things need to be worked out depending on the nature of the vaccines. a limited number of people might get the vaccine this year, but for everybody else, the advice is wearing facemasks, hand washing and social distancing

are still the best protection. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. tell us about timings, what is the government saying about the roll—out of this vaccine, providing all the safety measures are checked off, and the logistics of rolling out a mass vaccination programme? health secretary matt hancock this morning said it is his expectation that the mass roll—out of the vaccine, is approved, would be in the first part of next year, so the government is clearly preparing for early 2021 in terms of administering the vaccine to the population at large, but there are a number of doses which it will have available before then if the vaccine is cleared for use in

time. the government has secured a certain number of doses to be delivered before the end of the cso it is possible, with the nhs being told to prepare for the roll—out from the beginning of december, that some people could end up getting it by the end of next year. but as with all of this there are huge caveats in place, the vaccine has not yet been approved for use, and even if and when it is, only when it is administered on a large—scale will it become clear exactly how effective it is in terms of stopping transmission of the virus, not only suppressing cases in individual, and how effective it is for different age groups. the government is clearly keen to show it has a plan in place for a fund when this vaccine is approved for general use and we have learnt a bit more detail this morning about how it will be given out to the population. the health secretary confirmed it will be optional, not compulsory, they still expect the vast majority of

people to receive it. it will not be available for children. gps and nhs staff will be involved in administering the vaccine, pharmacists as well, and there will be go to vaccination centres for people to get the jab and the armed forces will be involved, but the government is stressing that the vaccine will be available as innovative safety possible. thank you, jonathan break. we can speak now to dr gillies 0'bryan—tear from the faculty of pharmaceutical medicine, a professional association of medics and physicians who work in the pharmaceutical industry. its members are involved in clinical trials worldwide. let's begin with safety, because nothing will happen until the safety data of the trials conducted by pfizer and biontech have been looked

at. do you think the announcement would have gone ahead if there had been any safety concerns? that is difficult. i think with the efficacy data as good as they were, they would have announced, yes. a purple of vaccination programmes have had safety enhancements already under couple were temporarily halted, that has not happened to this trial. in the data committee has looked at this is an independent committee, independent of size and biontech, they said there were no safety signalled they had seen. —— independent of sisal and biontech. at the fda has asked for data before any submission of this data is made, that will be available at the end of the month. is that an industry standard, do you need to run two months‘ worth of data from a patient involved in a child to csr is any

impact or is it possible that could be impact that only appear after that period? pfizer has announced in its press release that they are following up patients for two years so following up patients for two years so there will be an opportunity to csr —related so there will be an opportunity to csr — related safety so there will be an opportunity to csr —related safety signals exist. two months is probably the minimum safety period you would be co mforta ble safety period you would be comfortable with submitting that we are not in normal times and this has been a very rapidly executed trial, for which we should congratulate pfizer and biontech, so the regulators are also accelerating things and they are basically asking for a things and they are basically asking fora minimal things and they are basically asking for a minimal safety dataset to ensure the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. what would you say to people who think it normally takes yea rs people who think it normally takes years to bring a vaccine to market and we are talking about months, i and we are talking about months, i and a bit concerned about whether i should have this vaccine if it is made available to me? what would you say to them? concerns have been

expressed about that. large sections of the scientific community have been engaged for the last year in really a scramble to get these vaccines developed and researched. having said that, if you, for example, read the pfizer protocol for this study, it is very high quality, it is randomised and controlled and it is done to all the usual industry standards, it is just the regulators and scientists involved have found ways under the duress of this pandemic to accelerate the process. for example, the regulators have played their part, they are turning about protocol submissions in days rather than the usual beaks, ethics committees too, everybody has put their hand to the military that these programmes in quickly and pfizer are not the only company that has done very rapid transit, the 0xford has done very rapid transit, the oxford and astrazeneca trial is also nearing its first research. summarise for us if you would your

ta ke summarise for us if you would your take on what we know and do not know about what the vaccine might do, who it might work for and how it might work? bearing in mind we are going offa work? bearing in mind we are going off a press release and it is difficult to be certain, there is lots of data that still needs to be seen and reviewed, but based on the press release and the data shown by pfizer it clearly prevents covid illness in, they are saying, 90% of patients, of the patients who develop covid illness, all the 45,000 that develop covid illness, all the 115,000 that were in the trial, 94 develop 45,000 that were in the trial, 94 develop covid and several of those in the placebo group, so represents 90% of covid illness. they did not look at whether it prevents asymptomatic illness, which gets to the transmission question. but is at present symptomatic covid it is

fairly likely to also present asymptomatic covid, although we do not know for sure because they did not know for sure because they did not look at it. so you would very much ca vaccination working alongside mass testing, test and chase and sales force —— you would very much see this vaccination programme working alongside? tell us about the logistics. this will not be an immediate roll—out, it will ta ke be an immediate roll—out, it will take time. manufacturing is one of the most costly and burdensome parts of these programmes and all the major players have already set up the manufacturing facilities in anticipation. it is at risk because they put the money in people knowing they put the money in people knowing the results. the logistics and distribution, we‘rejust the results. the logistics and distribution, we‘re just in the middle of quite a large—scale flu vaccination programme and the nhs is able to with that. there are a few

additional challenges with this programme, if we choose the pfizer vaccine, other vaccines are coming through, remember. it will need to be given to a far larger number of patients than the flu vaccine, it has significant transportation issues, it has been well reported that it needs to be transported at a much lower temperature than your fridge freezer at home, —80 degrees. that poses difficulties probably in developing countries more than western countries. the pfizer chief scientific officer said they had specialised containers using dry ice to transport the vaccine, i think those obstacles will be overcome. then it becomes a logistical exercise at the gp surgeries and the distribution chain in the uk. but because of the pressing need this pandemic has imposed on us, and the great because it is imposing, i think these obstacles will be

overcome, i am an optimist. really interesting to talk to you, dr gillies 0‘bryan—tear, from the faculty of pharmaceutical medicine. there‘s a warning that the pandemic has caused most children in england to fall behind with their learning, and for some their social skills have also been impacted. that‘s according to the education watchdog 0fsted, which found some young children have forgotten how to use a knife and fork or have regressed back to nappies. 0ur education correspondent dan johnson reports. when the pandemic closed schools, we knew learning had paused to some degree, but now there is evidence many children went backwards, even losing basic skills like using a knife and fork. 0fsted visited 900 schools, colleges, nurseries and social care providers over the last two months, and found some older children have lost reading, writing and maths ability, and there were signs of greater mental distress, including eating disorders and self—harm. the report describes three broad groups. the hardest hit young children have gone backwards, losing words and numbers as well as some basic skills like potty training.

the majority have slipped back to some degree, having lost school time and learning during lockdown. but there are some who have had a more positive experience, benefitting from more time with supportive families. it shows us that there are a number of pieces that accumulate, one around children‘s education, that many children have gone the report highlights the continued hard work of teachers, and says it is good schools and nurseries are open during england‘s current lockdown. the department for education said getting all children back in to full—time learning was a priority, with a billion pounds being spent helping them catch up. dan johnson, bbc news. joining us now to discuss this is geoff barton, the leader of the association of school and college leaders union, who says the report shows how important teachers are not only

for their education, but for social developments. which we are all incredibly well aware of, and some people might say that with very young children the skills furlough skills should be taught at home by a parent or guardian, but that is not always the case and the duty full schools. how concerned are you with this data and how widespread is the issue? the 900 schools, early years providers, primaries, secondary schools and happy providers, it is a small but important sample. the bit that will perhaps apprise people the most as a reminder that schools play a very significant part in social skills. the 0fsted report has more nuance, it does not point the finger of blame but i think it says that what schools do through their routines and rhythms is entered a whole range of skills, whether it is phonics or

social skills, as you say, and clearly some young people have significantly been held behind because of the period we have been through. whether you think they should be taught in schools or not, teachers, pas macro etc have to teachers, pas macro etc have to teach this to a percentage of children. —— teachers, tas etc. teach this to a percentage of children. -- teachers, tas etc. the obsession about talking about catching up has implied there is a quantifiable amount of education you put into a child, and i think the most important part of the reported signs that the people i represent habitats whether young people are and have change the curriculum, so in the early years they are putting more emphasis on play and phonics, in the secondary part of the report, schools are getting more attention to personal social health education because they‘re worried about the mental of the children, they are

trying to reassure them that at some point in double hopefully be a nswered point in double hopefully be answered about the question, what will happen to exams next year? the reports mapped out a whole range of issues for children of different ages and quite rightly it pays tribute to what the adults working in schools are doing on behalf of the younger generation. you will be well aware that the criticism levelled at education unions, they will say that we have been standing up will say that we have been standing upfor will say that we have been standing up for teachers and pupils and arguing in some instances that they should not be back in school settings, but critics might say if you do not want children to four behind and get the children and the teachers back into school —— to be falling behind. diverse majority are backin falling behind. diverse majority are back in school. an argument came from one teaching union which said that for a lockdown to truly work you have to reduce transmission, so you have to reduce transmission, so you need to (inaudible).

0h, unfortunately we you need to (inaudible). 0 h, u nfortu nately we lost you need to (inaudible). 0h, unfortunately we lost that line, perhaps you could very quickly pick up perhaps you could very quickly pick up and make that point, we seemed to have had a problem with the line.|j think the most important thing is there is a reminder that children need to be in schools for educational and social reasons and the tribute paid to school leaders in difficult circumstances acknowledged by 0fsted against all the spending pressures they are facing is helpful in getting a branded picture of where we are at the moment. thank you for your time on that story, geoff barton. nottinghamshire could be the next region in england to trial mass testing, after the scheme first began in liverpool last week. residents and people working there have been the mayor of liverpool says more than 20,000 people in the city have already been tested as part of the pilot. we can speak now to robert west, professor of health psychology at the department of epidemiology and public health at university college london. professor west, very to hattie

wessels, i should also point out you area of wessels, i should also point out you are a of sage. —— very good to have uss. what is your take on this pilot in liverpool? at the moment, we do not know. one of the most important things is to have a really good independent evaluation. i understand that the university of liverpool is involved in an evaluation of the programme but these things... you can‘t assume they will be effective or even that they will not be counter—productive, you have to have those evaluations before you start to roll them out nationally and they have to be turned in a way which is genuinely mutual, in other words if you find it is doing more harm than good or not cost—effective, you have to think again —— has to be done a nyway

to think again —— has to be done anyway which is genuinely neutral. in my opinion we do not have the needed information and it is early days. a lot of anecdotal evidence suggests that people who have been seen suggests that people who have been seen standing in queues to take part in this pilot have been middle—aged or older and that the younger section of the population is perhaps not getting involved as one might hope. is that something you have heard? that would be a factor. i think you can understand why that might be the case, obviously because people who are older have a considerably greater personal risk from catching the disease, and we also know from research generally relating to covid that younger people are less adherent to all the rules and guidelines we are talking about. there is a problem with the messaging, all through this pandemic we have been told it is notjust about yourself and your personal risk but it is you passing this

disease on to somebody else, protect yourself, you are protecting everybody else around you, so is that still an issue with messaging? i think that probably is. i think you are absolutely right that all the evidences telling us that the key of the messaging is not so much about your own personal protection that protecting your friends, family and at large, that messaging works and at large, that messaging works and it works with young people as much as older people, but i think the key with these pilots and this mass testing is you need to be very clear what your goals are. at the end, they key thing we are trying to do is make sure that people who are infectious, whether they had symptoms or not, south isolate all quarantine and that is probably the biggest weakness in the chain —— south isolate all quarantine. 0nly

about 20% of people with symptoms, in other words they really think they have the disease, ourselves isolating. we had evidence about why thatis isolating. we had evidence about why that is and that needs to be addressed. mass testing on its own is not really going to do anything u nless we is not really going to do anything unless we do all the other things needed to make sure you get that.|j would needed to make sure you get that.” would like to get your view on the role for a vaccine roll—out pending although approvals by regulators, sitting alongside mass testing and test and trace, do you think those things need to be working together for us to really get on top of this virus. i think you are right that it will be multipronged, and if you look at other epidemics we have seen over the decades, it has been multipronged, including improved treatments, that is a factor, but

theissue treatments, that is a factor, but the issue with the vaccine, as i think one of your earlier contributors said, it‘s about the practicalities of this one, the storage, transport and so on. hence, trace and isolated absolutely the co re trace and isolated absolutely the core of any epidemic control and thatis core of any epidemic control and that is what we have not got right at the moment, if we had, we would not be in this position, so we must not be in this position, so we must not let things like mass testing and so on distract us from the absolutely basic feature of what we need to get in place. they are all potentially important but we need to get the basics right. we are almost out of time but i wonder if i have been issues with test and trace and it has not worked in the percentage of people being contacted who has beenin of people being contacted who has been in contact with somebody positive. could a vaccination make

up positive. could a vaccination make upfor positive. could a vaccination make up for some of those issues? yes, but it depends on adherence and this isa but it depends on adherence and this is a behavioural issue that the group of sage that i sit on is looking at, we are looking at people‘s intention to use the vaccine at the moment and it will need to be higher than it is looking like it might be for us to get a level of herd immunity that you want from the vaccine so that everyone can be protected. there is a lot of work to do, communication wise, to get people to use an effective vaccine when we get one. professor robert health, professor of health psychology at ucl, thank you very much. —— professor robert west. the uk‘s unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in the three months to september, up from 4.5% as coronavirus continued to hit the jobs market.

redundancies rose by a record 181,000 in the quarter to reach a record high, the office for national statistics said. firms made more workers redundant in anticipation of the end of the furlough scheme, which was originally supposed to finish at the end of october. it will now last until 31st march. we can speak now to our business correspondent, ben thompson. take us through those figures? you are absolutely right, covering all those headlines. much of this will not be a surprise to many people given the state of the jobs market and the state of business right now, struggling to get back on its feet and contending with further lockdown restrictions. let me show you some graph search really illustrate what is going on with the jobs market. you touched on it, the number of

people out of work rising by 243,000, the last time there was a jump 243,000, the last time there was a jump of this magnitude within the depths of the recession of the 19805, depths of the recession of the 1980s, so it is worth putting that into context. the total unemployment rate is 1.6 million people out of work over those three months to september. the headline rate of unemployment, the one that a lot of people will be focusing on, rising to 4.8% from the 4.5% we saw in the quarter before. if you start to look at who is affected by this, we get an interesting detail too, it looks like primarily young people are bearing the brunt once again, that isafamiliar bearing the brunt once again, that is a familiar tale. the unemployment rate among 16 to 24—year—olds is at 14.6%, the average for everyone is 4.8%, it shows young people, perhaps

those graduating from university and leaving college, might be struggling to find work given the jobs market is so tough right now. when we look at redundancies, those rising by 181,000, taking the total number since this all began to 314,000, again it is worth pointing out that at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, 311,000 jobs were lost, so that 314,000 figure we have now thousands that this is significantly worse. you touched on it in the introduction that many businesses have decided to lay off staff in anticipation of the end of that furlough scheme that was meant to run out at the end of october, what was going to replace it was a much less generousjob what was going to replace it was a much less generous job support scheme which required employers to pay more into the ‘s, but many are saying even though that scheme has

been extended until the end of march eight is too late to say some jobs that perhaps could have been saved. and lots of the questions, 2.5 million people still on furlough. what will happen to them? some suggestions that the unemployment rate could rise by as much as 9% by next year, versus 34.8% we are seeing over the past few months, so perhaps a doubling in the headline rate of unemployment. the chancellor says he cannot save everyjob, he is putting measures in place to try to preserve those that he can but nonetheless it shows a jobs market is really struggling right now and with these latest restrictions there is not an end in site. this could get worse before it gets better. thank you, ben thompson. in 80 minutes i will speak to an 18—year—old who had helped to start an apprenticeship, and a young

graduate who helped to be working by now. couple of your tweets about vaccines. johnny says howieson government prepared to deal with anti—vaccine propaganda reported by anti—vaxxers and conspiracy theorists? and fly fishing podcast says wyoming of vaccinating the working population first? that would privatise carers, health workers etc but get the economy going to support those who are able to work as a priority —— that would privatise carers. keep sending in your thoughts. hello again. once again, it has been a cloudy misty and foggy, murky start to the day, but as we go through the course of the rest of the morning into the afternoon, what you will find is a lot of that will break, will lift, and more of us will see some sunny skies, with just a few showers.

could catch the odd sharp one, for example, later on in the south—east. temperatures ranging from 11 to 15 or 16, not quite the dizzy heights of 18 we saw in wales yesterday, but still above average for the time of year. we can see some mist and fog reforming in the south—east overnight tonight, but we‘ve got this band of rain and gusty winds coming our way across parts of scotland and northern ireland, and a relatively mild night for most of us. tomorrow, we start off with some brightness in the east, but the cloud will build ahead of this band of rain coming our way, squally rain, and ahead of it, around it and just behind it, once again some gusty winds with temperatures ranging from ten in the north to 14 in the south. you‘re watching bbc news. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the health secretary, matt hancock, says he‘s told the nhs to be ready to start vaccinating people against covid—19 from the beginning of december —

with wider immunisation to follow. my central expectation is that the mass roll out of this vaccine will, if it comes good, will be in the first part of next year. the education standards body for england, 0fsted, warns that some children have regressed in basic skills and learning during the pandemic. the rate of unemployment rises to 4.8% in the three months to september — compared with 4.5% in august — with redundancies reaching a record high. the us attorney—general takes the unusual step of authorising federal prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud in last week‘s presidential election. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s sally. morning saal —— morning sally and i think you are talking about when sport and politics meets.

good morning. conversations about a rescue package for lower league football clubs continue in earnest today in westminster. the bosses of the football league and the premier league along with the chairman of the fa are all in front of a house of commons committee. the government says there still isn‘t a time frame for fans to return to live sport. last month, the efl rejected a £50 million bail—out offer from the premier league, and yesterday the sports minister said football should be able to "look after itself". it would not be acceptable for the british public to be bailing out elite football. there is lots of money in elite football in this country, average player necessary the championship league for example get a considerable amount of money, i have heard figures anywhere from 500,000 or over a million, for the average player in the championship

league, the idea that we should be using public money, our constituencies money to bail them out is not acceptable. albania has emerged as the leading candidate to host england‘s nations league game against iceland on 18 november. the game is in doubt because non—uk visitors coming in from denmark are currently banned because of coronavirus restrictions. iceland are due to play denmark in copenhagen just three days before facing england at wembley. the fa is said to be exploring all options. in other football news, some of the top premier league managers could still put the pressure on for the league to allow five substitutes again. jurgen klopp, pep guardiola and 0le gunnar solskjaer were all unhappy with the scheduling over the weekend, and want a return to how things were when football resumed after lockdown. the premier league‘s the only major competition in europe right now that only allows three subs. well, after an fa cup weekend where plenty of non—league sides

upset more glamourous opponents, there was one more giant killing in last night‘s final tie of the first round. oxford city, of the national league south, came from behind to win 2—1 against northampton town, who are three tiers above them in league one. 0xford‘s reward is a second round tie against another league one side shrewsbury. the boys have been working hard, they all havejob, the boys have been working hard, they all have job, they have to work, they all came here after working today, so it is a huge credit to them and their attitude and their willingness to do the work. the boys worked their socks off. were such a strong collective group, it is exactly what they have been doing all season and working really ha rd been doing all season and working really hard together so we are very proud of them. absolutely. absolutely. edinburgh had to overcome their opponents and thick fog at murrayfield to get their first home win of the season in the pro 14. edinburgh were 18—0 winners over cardiff blues as they moved up to third in conference b, but there were some awful conditions at the home of scottish rugby.

elsewhere, ulster thrashed glasgow 40—15 in belfast. now he won the masters three years ago and hasn‘t missed a major tournament this century, but spain‘s sergio garcia has been forced to pull out of augusta this weekend because he has coronavirus. garcia is the second player to have withdrawn because of the virus — he said he started to get symptoms on sunday evening. the masters starts on thursday, seven months later than its usual slot in april, and just like sport around the world, it‘ll take place without fans. i do think there‘s an energy that comes off crowds, and especially at majors, and there‘s always noise, like the rumblings or anything, even when it is quiet and nobody‘s cheering, there‘s always noise every where, and ijust think, yeah, you know, i think everybody‘s grown up watching golf, with fans, with crowds, the masters with the patrons, and it‘sjust not there at the moment, but, you know, hopefully soon it will be back. now normally, of course,

the masters is played in spring, and we‘re used to the wonderful colours of the flowers, but this year of course it‘s being played in autumn. let us have a look at the scenes there. absolutely stunning. maybe not so many azaleas but still, going to be beautiful to watch on the television. that is all the sport for now. i would rather look at the trees than the golf, sally, is that 0k? people do tune in to look the landscape because it is so beautiful. i will do that, thank you sally. more now on the uk‘s unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in the three months to september, up from 4.5% as coronavirus continued to hit the jobs market. redundancies rose by a record 181,000 in the quarter to reach a new high, the office for national statistics said.

well, young people in particular have been affected byjob losses, with many people leaving college or university struggling to get their firstjob at a difficult time. with me is keelan green from whitehaven. he finished at sixth form over the summer and was unable to get onto an apprenticeship following closures to due to the pandemic. also i‘m joined by danielle desouza who finished a masters in the summer and has not been able to find a job in journalism. thank you both for talking to us this morning, let us begin with you, what short of apprenticeship were you hoping to start?” what short of apprenticeship were you hoping to start? i was hoping for a variety of apprenticeships, because i didn‘t want to put myself into just because i didn‘t want to put myself intojust one because i didn‘t want to put myself into just one category, so because i didn‘t want to put myself intojust one category, so i had apprenticeships in areas like engineering, health, physics and anything that could help me with creativity. so you were casting a pretty wide net, and yet despite that, no luck so far, mine, how many

roles did you apply for? i've got to say at least above like 50, 50 above. i‘ve just been trying to apply for as many as i can find. at the time i an flied for anything i could find in my area but i have started to widen that. it is a similar situation for your circle of friends as well? yes, a lot of my, what i have realised there is a small portion of my friends who have got apprenticeships but a lot of them at the moment who haven‘t, we either are searching for them as ha rd either are searching for them as hard as we can or they have decided to ta ke hard as we can or they have decided to take a year‘s gap and try and get a part—time onand wait for coronavirus to try and blow over before they try again. let us bring in danielle, graduating in the summer with a masters in politics and communication from lse, and applying for a lot love jobs, and communication from lse, and applying for a lot lovejobs, how many applications have you made?” would say in about two months it has

been about 55 job, would say in about two months it has been about 55job, so it is quite a lot. and have you had replies from any of those, or even perhaps been invited to an interview? so, for some of them they are schemes and not full—time jobs but i have been successful with those so they have given me work experience, a big problem with a lot of recruiters is they don't get bacary sagna to applicants so you don't know if your application has been looked at, if you have been unsuccessful. it doesn't take that much effort to send an e—mail saying thank you for your application but you are not the right person we are looking for at this time, i think that just right person we are looking for at this time, i think thatjust make the situation a lot worse and again, i kind of makes you feel worse about yourself that perhaps you are not good enough, and i think that is why many young people probably now are having problems with mental health, because of the unemployment rate being so high. you are nodding along

in recognition, the very least you would expect is for someone you apply to for a job, getting back in touch. this wasn‘t part of the deal was it danielle, you work hard at school, and you know as well, you work hard at school, you go through your exams, you decide to go down the apprenticeship route or the education route, you expect to get something at the end.” education route, you expect to get something at the end. i tried to broaden my horizons and apply for jobs in communication and fields like research, and i have also done scheme where i am learning skills in finance and also in data, because for me ijust think, the fields i'm applying for are very competitive and it is difficult. i want to try and it is difficult. i want to try and make myself as employable as possible. i know you have been doing lots of things to keep yourself occupied, what is the hardest part for you in all of this? it is more

ha rd for you in all of this? it is more hard just to try and find jobs in my area, hard just to try and find jobs in my area , now. hard just to try and find jobs in my area, now. a lot of the jobs which i used to always have plenty of or have a good idea to apply for round here, because of the situation, they have cut down on a lot of it. so now my problem is, because i am having to search round different area, maybe one, two hours away, just to try and find a possible apprenticeships but then it is the issue of because of covid, i haven‘t been able to finish driving license skills, so because of that i‘m struggling with travel, to such areas. well, we welsh you both really well with your continued search for work, and for an apprenticeship, you know, i hope things pick up for you both, thank you for talking to us.

0ne one of the palestinian territories best known political figures has died in hospital. after contracting covid—19. he was the secretary—general of the plo. he served as an adviser to mahmoud abbas and had been the palestinian‘s chief negotiator in peace talks with israel for two—and—a—half decades. mr erekat was transferred to an israeli hospital on 18th october after a request by the palestinian authority. and had been in hospital since then, he had we understand a suppressed immune system three, and a back term infection complicated his treatment for covid—19. so the news just to repeat that, coming

his treatment for covid—19. so the newsjust to repeat that, coming in in the last few minute, saeb erekay, the 65—year—old negotiator for the palestinian authority, negotiator in the last two—and—a—half decades or so in peace talks israel, has died in hospital, in israel, after being infected with covid—19. that has been reported widely in the palestinian media. and we will have more reaction to that news coming m, more reaction to that news coming in, very significant figure, in the middle east, dying from covid—19, and in fact, middle east, dying from covid—19, and infact, we middle east, dying from covid—19, and in fact, we can get some reaction now, from professor scott lucas from the university of birmingham. here to talk to us about developments in the us presidential election, but also, can react to the

news that saeb erekat has died. a significant figures scott. absolutely. he was central, he was the chief negotiator during the israeli palestinian talks, all the way through the 1990 and the oslo peace process, he was there in 2000 when that process stalled out, didn‘t reach fruition at the camp david meetings, then he was involved in the attempt by the 0bama administration to broker a settle m e nt administration to broker a settlement renewing the talks in 2009. he was alongside the chief israeli negotiator who has paid tribute to him in the past few minutes the past eke cade because there was no revival in the talk, you know erekat didn‘t have that opportunity to pursue the diplomacy, he sort of receded, and of course, had to have

a lung transport in 2017. but even then, even as his hopes had sort of been closed off, by the downturn, in relations between israel and palestinian, he still maintained the hopeful attitude one day there could bea hopeful attitude one day there could be a reck situation asian with people could live side by side, not only in palestinian and israel but the whole of the middle east. good to get your reaction to breaking news of the death of saeb erekat, aged 65 from covid—19. had been treated in an israeli hospital. 0riginally of course, booking you to talk about the latest developments in the american election, and the us attorney general william barr taking the unusual step of allowing federal prosecutors to investigate what he said were substantial allegations of irregularities of voting, and the countings of ballots. what do you make of this, and the escalation of this, if i can use that word, from

state level, to federal level? this is it, folk, we had been waiting sincejoe biden was declared the victor on saturday, to see whether donald trump would concede or would accept the election outcome, trump has refused to do so, continues to push disinformation about stolen election, now william barr, that attorney general he appointed in january 2019 in large part to get him out of difficulty over the trump russia affair now barr has given him cover to do this for weeks, barr, to emphasise how serious, thejustice policy is you do not have investigations until an election is startfied the states, you do that so it doesn‘t appear the federal government is intervening in the process , government is intervening in the process, barr has pushed that i aside and said we will carry out the investigation, and, thejustice department official who is in charge of overseeing possible voter fraud immediately resigned, said this is

inappropriate. but it is notjust barr. the other development that came, almost the same time is mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the senate came out with a strong statement on the senate floor, which fully supported trump, pursuing legal action in state after state, somehow legal action in state after state, somehow overturn legal action in state after state, somehow overturn the election. sorry to interrupt. do you think this is what william barr is trying to do. he hasn‘t been flavour of the month with trump has he, trump said he might not reappoint him if he won a second term, because he won‘t push an investigation into allegations that 0bama officials were spying on donald trump‘s campaign in 2016. and in this letter to prosecutors he also says william barr that fanciful or far—fetched claims should also says william barr that fanciful orfar—fetched claims should not also says william barr that fanciful or far—fetched claims should not be a basis for investigation, it doesn‘t show the justice department has found any irregularities in the voting. whatever his intent is, is

there a possibility by escalating this up to federal level, it could bring an end to all of this?” this up to federal level, it could bring an end to all of this? i am afraid not. barr tries to cover his backside so to speak with that clause. don‘t inguest —— investigate spurious claim, the fact is he has unleashed, where ever donald trump says there is a problem, that barr can send folks out to investigate this. at the very least this spins this. at the very least this spins this process out for week, all the way until december, when the electoral college is supposed to confirm the selection of biden, possibly all the way up to his inauguration in january. it possibly all the way up to his inauguration injanuary. it is possible beyond it what barr is trying to do is give trump a foot hold, and mcconnell is trying to do the same thing where trump can get this into the supreme court. why is that significant? trump thinks if it goes to the supreme court, since he appointed justice, the court might intervene on his behalf. what can the bidenen harris do at this time,

because right now, without the normal mechanics of the transition working, there is certain information they can‘t get access to, certain federal funding they can‘t get, so what can they do, legally, to fight back against this? well, legally they of course will have you know lawyer also be saying look, these claims by the trump lawyers to have mail—in ballots thrown out are spurs you, the claims arejust as spurious thrown out are spurs you, the claims are just as spurious as the attempt to stop the counting of ballots in the first place, equally important on the political front, the first place, equally important on the politicalfront, show competence. so, even if the transition is being blocked, they have already launched a coronavirus task force to deal with the pandemic. even if the transition is blocked they have announced that on day one, from january 20th when joe biden is president, they will take action to protect immigrant from being deported, they will rejoin the paris climate acords and they will in effect say this is a new type of administration which is trying to

brick americans together, rather than trying to overturn the american process , than trying to overturn the american process, in other words what donald trump has been pursuing as he desperately tries to cling on to the 0val desperately tries to cling on to the oval office. thank you very much. breaking news on the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus, we are learning that that number has exceeded 1,000 for the first time sincejune, with in fa ct the first time sincejune, with in fact 1379 deaths registered in the week ending 0ctober fact 1379 deaths registered in the week ending october 30th. that is from the office for national statistics. so the number of deaths involving coronavirus exceeding 1,000 by quite some way, for the first time since june. 1,000 by quite some way, for the first time sincejune. 1379 deaths registered in the week ending 0ctober registered in the week ending october 30th. says the 0ns and

yesterday, a further 21,000 —— 21350 cases reported the prime minister said at that downing street briefing yesterday, so the number of cases going up and it follows therefore that number of deaths go up. you know, as we obviously look at further mass testing that is being announced by the prime minister, questions still about test and trace and the hope that a vaccine can help get us out of this, but, as the deputy chief medical officer professorjonathan deputy chief medical officer professor jonathan van tam deputy chief medical officer professorjonathan van tam said at that news conference hence said the vaccine won‘t help with this wave, and the news there from the 0ns that the number of deaths involving coronavirus has exceeded 1,000 for the first time sincejune. 1379 deaths registered in the weekend ending 0ctober deaths registered in the weekend ending october 30th. "0ne hurdle cleared but several more to go". that‘s how the prime minister described yesterday‘s announcement about the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine. early results show the jab could prevent 90% of people getting covid—19. so how would it work? the vaccine uses a tiny part of the genetic sequence

of the virus, rather than the actual virus itself. synthetic material, known as rna, is injected into muscle cells in the arm. this leads to the creation of antibodies — they bind onto coronavirus and prevent future infections. killer t—cells are also produced. these should identify and destroy infected cells. news of the vaccine resulted in this clip going viral. it‘s from the world at one bbc radio 4, when sarah montague asked an expert if the news meant that life could be returning to normal by spring. yes, yes, yes. i‘m probably the first guy to say that, but i will say that with some confidence. that's fabulous news. professorjohn bell, thank you so much for talking to us. that was professor sirjohn bell from the uk vaccine task force, who‘s been speaking to bbc breakfast this morning.

think what people need to understand is that this is a, this is a really big step forward because it wasn‘t obvious to all of us we would ever get a vaccine to this virus, there are get a vaccine to this virus, there a re lots of get a vaccine to this virus, there are lots of diseases that you don‘t get a vaccine to and there was real worry we wouldn‘t get a vaccine for this one, so what it means is, you can makea this one, so what it means is, you can make a vaccine to this virus, and that is a massive step. everything else, i think, and that is a massive step. everything else, ithink, becomes rather easier to achieve, so, there needs to be an approval by the regulators they have started to manufacture, they need to step that up manufacture, they need to step that up and then they need to distribute it. now the distribution is a bit more complicated because we have to get it to all the vulnerable people and heavily care workers in the uk, but i would have thought that would start by the end of the year or very latest, very early injanuary, so, we should be on track with that. we are hearing from the health secretary here on breakfast he will

give £150 million to gps to start rolling out that vaccine, take us through the process because you are not immediately protected after the firstjab, are you? no, this, not immediately protected after the first jab, are you? no, this, the evidence from the trial is after two jabs jabs there are three weeks apart then they started collecting the cases in trial a week after that. so it is is a month after you get your first that. so it is is a month after you get yourfirstjab that. so it is is a month after you get your first jab you that. so it is is a month after you get your firstjab you are protected. but this is a pretty high level of protection in terms of developing disease, what we don‘t know, though, is whether it stops people having virus in their nose and their mouth, it is helpful if it does, because it stops people shedding virus, and infecting other people, but look, even if itjust stops the disease, that is massive achievement. and i mean the scientist, they have been under pressure to do this, haven‘t you, there are other vaccines as well, do you think others will start coming on stream now, because of this? yes, so the really good news is that

based on all the data we had, all the vaccines in late development, they all look about the same, in terms of the immunity they produce, soi terms of the immunity they produce, so i think it is likely that the other vaccines are going to work as well, certainly some the other ones will, and that will mean we don‘t just have one vaccine, we will probably have multiple vaccines to push out to the population in the first quarter of next year, so, it isa first quarter of next year, so, it is a really exciting time, because we should be able to get on top of this disease now. for it to be successful for it to save as many lives as possible, how many people need to take it up? well, that is, so that is a controversial question andi so that is a controversial question and i am not sure everybody has resolved that. some people say let us resolved that. some people say let us immunise the vulnerable pop lake, the old people, the health care worker, the front line worker, bus drivers, firemen, all that stuff. i must say i am more of the view we need to vaccinate further into population and vaccinate younger people as well. parliamently because

we don‘t really know what the long—term effects of this disease are, and there is, as you know some worrying signs that so—called long covid, people are still having significant problems with their health, months and months after they have had the disease, and, and i would worry about not giving this to as wide a percent of the population as wide a percent of the population as we can. professor sirjohn belle from the uk vaccine tax forces. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with carole. hello again. yesterday, temperatures in parts of wales got up to 18 degrees. today, we are looking at highs of round about 16 degrees somewhere in the south—east. still above average, but not as mild as it was yesterday. forecast is a fairly cloudy one and a damp one, but it should brighten up later. we‘ve got some showers courtesy of this weather front drifting towards the east, and then later in the day this next area of low pressure, with these fronts bringing us some rain and gusty winds. now we‘ve had a lot of low cloud and fog this morning.

that will break and lift, and we will see some sunny skies develop through the afternoon, with fewer showers than yesterday, but you could catch the odd sharp one somewhere in the south—east. temperatures ranging from 11 in the north to 15 or 16 as we sweep down towards the south. then, as we head on through the evening and overnight, what you will find is the cloud will build, the wind will strengthen and then we will see the arrival of some rain coming in across northern ireland and also western scotland. in lighter winds in the south—east, and clear skies, here we could see mist and fog patches reform. generally speaking, we are looking at a comparatively mild night. so, as we go through the course of tomorrow, we have got this low pressure with its weather front, and it is very slowly going to be moving south—east wards. you can see the isobars around it, that is telling you it is going to be windy, so after a bright start in the south—east, cloud will build ahead of this weather front, the wind will strengthen ahead of it, very gusty winds through the irish sea and western areas, amongst this squally band of rain, and then behind that too, it will still be pretty windy. tomorrow‘s top temperatures, 10 to about 14 degrees.

as we move from wednesday into thursday, eventually that band of rain moves away from the south—east. we have got a little transient ridge of high pressure, settling things down, but you can already see the next front waiting in the wings. so, first front clears, we see a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, and then the next front comes in from the west, strengthening winds once again, thicker cloud and also some rain. temperatures nine to 13 or 14 degrees. that won‘t feel too bad if you are out of the wind and in the sunshine. as for friday and saturday, into the weekend, it will continue cloudy, windy and wet at times, but it looks like we will see something brighter on sunday.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, says he‘s told the national health service to be ready to start vaccinating people against covid—19 from the beginning of december — with wider immunisation to follow. my central expectation is that the mass roll—out of this vaccine, is it considered, will be in the first part of next year. what are your thoughts or questions about the vaccine and the speed at which it might be delivered to the public? get in touch on that or if you have any other thoughts on today‘s stories on twitter @annita—mcveigh or by using the #bbcyourquestions. the chief palestinian negotiator saeb erekat has died at the age of 65, due to covid—19 complications.