gps are told to get ready to roll out the new covid vaccine from next month. the health secretary matt hancock says that if regulators judge it to be effective and safe all nhs staff need to be prepared. this is going to be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. we've been working on it for months, in anticipation of this going right. we'll be getting the latest from our medical editor. also this lunchtime: unemployment rose to 4.8% in the three months to september — before the latest lockdowns, with redundancies reaching a record high. a damning report says leaders of the catholic church in england and wales "turned a blind eye" to sexual predators. no exam results in wales next year — instead a—levels, as—levels, and gcses will be replaced with a system based on teacher assessments.

face to face for the first time — the covid patient and the trial donor whose plasma helped her to recover. and coming up on bbc news, the three most powerful men in english football are grilled by mps, as they look to find a solution over a financial rescues package for lower league clubs. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new covid vaccination, if regulators say it's safe and effective. the government's already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 million people. this as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1,000 for the

first time since june. 0ur health correspondent anna collinson has more. a possible coronavirus vaccine has been likened to a light of the tunnel. the uk may have its first jab by christmas, although unsure how long it will last. this will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. we have been working on it for months in anticipation of this going right. we haven't got a vaccine yet, we are not there yet, but we are one important step closer. early results for the first effective vaccine sure it could prevent more than 90% of people from getting covid, with the main roll—out expected to take place airily early next year the government has announced extra funding forgps, but government has announced extra funding for gps, but many are still urging caution... this will take

time. it will be required to be given to a far larger number of patients than the flu vaccine. secondly, significant transportation edges. it has been well reported this vaccine needs to be transported ata this vaccine needs to be transported at a very low temperature, much lower than yourfridge at a very low temperature, much lower than your fridge freezer at home, —80 degrees. that poses difficulties. new research is warning a third of people may not accept a covid vaccination and the uk must do more to address fears. a small minority may not be suitable due to health reasons. i'm quite concerned that people like myself, who are allergic to certain medications, won't be able to have the covid—19 vaccination because i'm just not sure if i'm going to be allergic to it or not, which could lead to a life—threatening situation where i could go into anaphylactic shock. while a vaccine may be on site, other measures are still important. last week mass testing started in liverpool, with a similar

scheme expected for nottinghamshire. the government has announced all nhs staff who come into contact with patients will be tested, even if they don't have symptoms. while stu d e nts they don't have symptoms. while students in england may soon be offered tests so they can go home for christmas. but england's test entries has been repeatedly criticised for not dealing with infected people and their contacts quick enough. this morning its boss defended its record to mp5. quick enough. this morning its boss defended its record to mps. in fact i'm afraid as much as i would love testing and tracing on its own to be a silver bullet holding back the tide of covid, unfortunately the evidence in the uk and every other country in europe is in fact that is not the case and the way we have to tackle the disease is through a variety of different interventions, and we are one of the ways, not the only way. official figures show 1597 coronavirus deaths were recorded in the uk in the week ending 0ctober 30th. the number of people dying continues to be above normal levels

for this time of year. it is unlikely a new vaccine will impact on the uk's winter wave, but still a moment for hope. no more so than for the married couple who helped develop the jab. they are the founders of biontech and have been hailed as the brains behind the operation. anna collinson, bbc news. our medical editor fergus walsh is here. a lot of hope around, but who will get this vaccine first? the older you are the more likely you are to be at the top of the priority list, so be at the top of the priority list, so at the very top, at the moment, elderly residents in care homes and ca re elderly residents in care homes and care staff who look after them, and in that case vaccinate as well go into ca re in that case vaccinate as well go into care homes and immunise people, and then it will be people aged over 80, then people aged over 75, in five year age bands, and health and front line care workers will also be in the top priority list, but all

that age stratification in those five year bans depends on the vaccine actually working well in the elderly, and we don't have that data yet. we still are waiting for that, so yet. we still are waiting for that, so there might have to be some re—prioritisation if we find it actually doesn't work terribly well in older age groups, but i would expect it to be the older you are the quicker you get it. one of the issueis the quicker you get it. one of the issue is still not addressed is whether this vaccine stops transmission of the virus. yes, we kept talking about it saying it stops infection and what we are talking about is all the 94 people so talking about is all the 94 people so far who got covid all got symptoms, but we don't yet have the data on whether it picked up or stopped what we call a symptomatic infection. but that would be really important. if it did that, too, then you can build up herd immunity, so we are waiting for that data. a lot of caveats but you are still smiling? still smiling, still positive, and the results yesterday

are still remarkable, and more vaccines are on the way, simon. fergus, thank you very much, fergus walsh. a damning report has concluded leaders in the catholic church in england and wales "turned a blind eye" to sexual predators. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse examined more than 3,000 accusations dating back to 1970. it concluded that the archbishop of westminster, cardinal vincent nichols, chose to protect the reputation of the church over the well—being of victims and survivors. the survivors have been calling for his resignation. well, i quite understand how some of the survivors will say that and how they will feel that. i know they are angry, and i understand that. it's a very difficult thing to live with for me. i know people are angry, andl with for me. i know people are angry, and i accept that, but i also have a job to do. i'm told to carry oi'i have a job to do. i'm told to carry on doing it, and i will. as i say, that's where my direction comes from. let's speak to our correspondent sangita myska.

what does the report say elsewhere? what is really clear, that pressure, those calls for vincent nichols's resignation, they are likely to grow asa resignation, they are likely to grow as a result of this report. to give you some context, this report runs to well over 140 pages and examines allegations of child sexual abuse within the catholic church between 1970 and 2015, which is 900 complaints and 3000 separate incidents. what the report concludes is the likely number of incidents is going to be far greater and that the true scale can never be known. as you've already indicated, cardinal nichols is singled out for specific criticism. let me read you a couple of those quotes. the report says "at times the report finds cardinal nichols has shown he cares more about the impact of child sexual abuse on the catholic church's reputation than on victims. " it goes on to say after he gave evidence to the inquiry in 2018 he

then made an apology to victims, but it adds, "he did not acknowledge any personal responsibility or show compassion for the victims in the recent cases that were examined", and it goes on to conclude that real and it goes on to conclude that real and lasting changes to attitudes have some way to go "if the roman catholic church is to shake off the failures of the past". sangita, thank you. more people lost theirjobs between july and september than at any point on record — as the pandemic closed large parts of the economy. around 314,000 redundancies were registered during the three months, up by 181,000 from the quarter before, according to the office for national statistics. it means there was an unemployment rate of 4.8% in the three months to september. andy verity reports. she wants to do 11. few businesses are more sensitive to the jobs market than recruitment consultants, like this small firm in canterbury. today's figures reveal even in the third quarter when the economy was supposed to be

bouncing back, the number of people starting newjobs was even lower than in lockdown. robbing firms like this of much of their income. almost overnight, to be honest, a lot of our clients just fell off a cliff. we didn't have a lot of work, so we were all feeling quite panicked, working from home, doing what we could to all together keep the business alive. of three staff furloughed at this office, one has returned to work and another is branching out on his own. the market is definitely changing. we're seeing a massive pick up now that companies are decided to chuck budgets at different marketing strategies, within it as well as in marketing. so our main focus will be trying to fill as many roles for these people, and ultimately changing people's lives too. but the firm also had to lose a colleague, one of a record 314,000 made redundant in the three months to september, in the expectation that the furlough scheme would stop in october. it's hard, when you are being told you are going to be made redundant and that you're unemployed, it is really,

really hard, you know. thank god for the furlough scheme — that was amazing, but, yes, you know, you are at a sticking point, you are like, "what do i do next?" yeah, it's tricky. young people emerge from school and university into the worstjobs market since the depths of the great recession. youth employment dropped by a quarter of a million to its lowest ever level. when hiring slows down, this means there are fewer opportunities for young people in particular, and over time i think this will lead to us seeing unemployment continuing to rise, particularly for young people. the pandemic has also thrown another long—term trend into reverse. for more than a decade and a half, the number of workers from the rest of the eu working here has been growing, but in the third quarter, it took a record fall, down by more than 360,000. it is estimated that 2.5 million people were still on furlough in september. now it has been extended and there is a prospect that the vaccine could allow restrictions to be eased, unemployment is expected to peak at 7 or 8%. but with 800,000 fewer people

in work than injanuary, the pandemic has nevertheless dealt the jobs market a heavy blow. andy verity, bbc news. the devolved adminstration in wales has confirmed there will be no gcse, as or a—level exams there next summer. pupils will now be awarded grades based on teacher—managed assessments. hywel griffith is in cardiff. yeah, the welsh government says this is mostly about fairness, given how much disruption there has been in learning over the last few months, not just learning over the last few months, notjust in the spring and summer but also in the autumn term as well, when one pupil needing to self—isolate often leads to an entire class losing face time in front of their teacher. next summer in the spring there will be no exams at gcse, as are a—level and we got to break the news to some of the pupils at this school earlier. fair to say they were pretty relieved, especially those who say they don't

thrive under the intense intensity of three are examples of they are also asking what the newer assessments would be, teacher led assessments, and some, we are told, the welsh government wants to be externally set and marked, but does that mean more testing over a longer period, potentially more work than they are just too? also questioned, particularly from a—level students, about how their qualifications may be seen in the future, bearing in mind at the moment pupils in england and northern ireland will continue with gcse levels i'll be at sitting them later than traditional, so will their grades still be seen as equal across the border? —— albeit sitting them. the welsh government have already issued assurances that pupils in wales will not be disadvantaged however this is a very big call for wales to make for the future of the students. hywel, thank you very much. some young children have regressed back to nappies — and forgotten basic skills like using a fork and knife due to the pandemic. a report by the education watchdog 0fsted

says most children in england have fallen back on their learning, with social skills also being impacted. the department for education says it shows the need to keep schools open. the time is almost quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime: gps are told to get ready to roll out the new covid vaccine from next month. and coming up... the fa chairman, greg clarke, apologises for using outdated language. coming up on bbc news... heyjude — a first call—up for borussia dortmund midfielder bellingham to the england squad. the 17—year—old advances from the under—21s side for their three internationals later this month. the bbc has learned that a growing backlog of general surgery and cancer treatments in wales could end up costing thousands of lives. 0ne leading surgeon says as many as 2,000 people in wales could die from cancer — who may not have otherwise died — because of covid—related delays in their diagnosis. wyre davies reports.

two years ago, simon green, a keen wheelchair athlete from bridgend was treated for cancer. he was in remission, but again became unwell. and when an mri scan scheduled for march was cancelled because of coronavirus, the two month delay he thinks was critical. they told me that the tumour was back, it was much bigger than before and had spread, spread among the brain, and was not operable. if they had scanned me on the original date in march, rather than in may, then i think they would have found the tumour a lot earlier, because it's quite fast growing. i believe it has cost me maybe a future. while the welsh government has won some plaudits for the way it has dealt with coronavirus, has that come at the expense of other treatments and health provision? some seniorfigures, particularly in the field of cancer, say it has. there are some thousands of patients who have not come through to the system that

usually would have. now some of those are going to have had cancer and they will not have been diagnosed now. between 200 and 2,000 excess deaths will occur as a result of undiagnosed or untreated cancer in wales. fearing an unprecedented tsunami of demand for cancer services, specialists say a recovery plan from the welsh government is urgently needed to address the backlog of patients. but ministers say a plan now would be too early. well, we are already looking at what recovery could and should look like, but to try to say that there is a plan now would be foolish. so you have no plan? well, with respect, wyre, we need to get to the end of the pandemic with more certainty and understand where it is. we don't yet know what will happen through the rest of the winter. but it is no just cancer and other physical health treatments that have been adversely affected. ryan, a graduate in north wales, suffers from serious mental health issues. he had been coping well, but his treatment was stopped because of lockdown.

one of 1,700 mental health patients across north wales who were wrongly discharged. ijust got a voice mail message, which i could hardly hear, and just a very blunt letter, and, you know, in your head you're just on a precipice, not knowing what's next. betsi cadwaladr health board has apologised to those like ryan who feel let down. and the welsh government says it has invested almost £10 million in extra services. but figures from swansea university show that across wales 43% fewer people contacted their gp during lockdown for severe mental health issues. i worry that some of those people will have — will spiral downwards, that they will lose their trust and not want to seek help again. in some severe cases i reckon we might see some deaths, unfortunately. simon's determined to use what time he has left to keep racing and raising money. but as wales emerges from a second lockdown, it is clear the nhs will be battling notjust the virus, but the backlogs caused by the response to it. wyre davies, bbc news.

and for more on this story, head to the bbc iplayer where you watch bbc wales investigates: the hidden cost of covid. us attorney general william barr has allowed prosecutors to probe alleged irregularities in the presidential election, and that decision immediately prompted a senior justice department official to quit. donald trump refuses to accept joe biden‘s projected victory, and has made unsubstantiated fraud claims. all this, as mr biden has starts asembling his team to prepare for taking over the white house injanuary. david willis reports. joe biden is wasting little time preparing for his ascent to the white house, anouncing the line up of a task force to deal with an issue that could dominate the early days of his presidency, the coronavirus. and holding his first

call as president—elect with a foreign leader, canada's prime minister justin trudeau. as that call was taking place, donald trump, who since the election result was announced has only been seen on the golf course, was firing his defence secretary mark esper, "terminating him", in the words of the president. it is thought other high profile administration officials could soon follow mr esper out the door. the president has yet to concede the election, and his team is mounting legal challenges in multiple states. the top republican in the us congress told law makers mr trump was fully entitled to contest the outcome. the core principle here is not complicated. in the united states of america, all legal ballots must be counted, any illegal ballots must not be counted, the process should be transparent, or observerable, by all sides, and the courts are here to work through concerns.

and after meeting with mitch mcconnell, the attorney general bill barr announced that the us justice department would be involving itself in investigations into voterfraud. that, as the president set about attacking his former ally fox news and other media outlets, accusing them of tampering with the election by broadcasting polls that he said had been inaccurate. fox later cut off the white house press secretary as she sought to explain donald trump's refusal to concede. you don't take these positions because you want an honest election. you don't oppose an audit of the vote because you want an accurate count. you don't oppose our efforts at sunlight and transparency because you have nothing to hide. you take these positions because you are welcoming fraud and illegal voting. ijust think we have to be very clear that she is charging the other side as welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting. unless she has more details to back that up, i can't in good countenance continue showing you this. it all points to a messy and rancorous transition period,

with less than ten weeks to go before inauguration day. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. and let's speak to our correspondent in washington, will grant. still no sign that donald trump is going to go quietly? no, absolutely simon, this does feel like the moment the lawyers move in and the legal battle begins, doesn't it. we heard just how bill yam barr... to investigate substantial allegations of voting irregularity, now that is a split with the past in two key way, first, that decision would normally be left to the states and secondly the election itself has to be certified before such investigations begin. that was enough, those changes were enough to prompt the man who is normally in charge of such investigation, a guy called richard pilger to resign in protest, the legal complications

don't end there. the biden team are weighing up their legal options, they are concern about the fact that a woman called emily murphy who is in charge of releasing the funds for transition, signing a letter to allow that to happen, and to allow biden members of staff to enter government buildings hasn't done so. with donald trump, he has about 70 days left in this billing and it looks like it is going to run for the vast majority of it one of the most prominent palestinian political figures saeb eerekat has died at the age of 65. he had suffered serious health problems for several years before contracting coronavirus last month. saeb erekat served as the chief palestinian negotiator in talks with israel for more than two decades, advocating a two—state solution. the premier league is to end its controversial pay—per—view model introduced during the pandemic. chief executive richard masters confirmed the move to mps this morning. but later the head of the football association greg clarke had to apologise for using out—dated language over a question

about diversity at the organisation. laura scott reports. the wealthiest league in the world and big spenders in the recent transfer window but with empty stadium are likely to extend into 2021, the premier league is facing mounting losses estimated by chief executive, richard masters, to be nearing £1 billion. today he told mps there is a willingness to help those lower down the pyramid. there can't be a blank cheque or an underwriting of losses and we believe our proposal is appropriate, goes to the heart of the problem. we believe we are stepping up, we are looking after the pyramid of football. that didn't appeasejulian knight, chair of the department for digital, culture, media and sport committee. there are ten afl clubs who are unlikely to make payroll this month. those clubs can come to us

and talk to us immediately. mr masters told the committee that change is coming, both in relation to the structure of english football and the recent model of charging fans £14 95 to watch their team on pay—per—view platforms, which proved controversial. we have listened to feedback and whilst we are not able to announce anything today, we will change our action and move away from it. the head of the english football league, rick parry, says he sincerely hopes the negotiations over a bailout might reach a conclusion before the end of the month. we would very much like to come to a deal with the premier league. we are having constructive dialogue and we would much prefer the morning coming to league 1 and league 2 clubs was a grant, rather than a loan.

speaking publicly for the first time since february, the head of the football association had to apologise for using outdated language in an answer about diversity. he has also drawn criticism for these comments about the governing body's it department. if you go to the it department in the fa, there is a lot more south asians than there are afro—caribbeans. they have different career interests. at a time of turmoil in the game, this was the time for mps to grill english football's three most powerful men and they were left with a warning to put their house in order fast, for the good of all levels of the game. more now on our top story — and as the world assesses the importance of the latest covid—19 vaccine discovery, our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar looks at how the world is pulling together, and the challenges that lie ahead. from the moment scientists in china shared the genetic code for covid—19, the global race for a vaccine has been on. it usually takes around a decade to develop a new vaccine, but in less than a year it appears we do now have one for this coronavirus. this is an absolutely unprecedented situation we find ourselves in today,

with over 200 vaccine candidates, 40 of them in clinical development, within ten months of a new virus being discovered. there are more than ten potential vaccines in large human trials, known as phase 3 trials, across the world. the clear frontrunner is currently the pfizer and biontech candidate, announcing this week that their vaccine is 90% effective. more data is needed and studies involving more than 40,000 people in countries including the us, brazil and south africa are still ongoing. china, russia and the uae are the only countries so far to approve vaccines for emergency use. uk and india—based pharmaceuticals are also doing large human trials, and smaller studies are under way too in cuba and kazakhstan. countries have their own medicines regulators that approve vaccines for their populations, but when a major agency like the us's food and drug administration gives a product of the green light, many other countries follow suit. so how do you go about immunising the world's 7.7 billion people? manufacturing plants all over the world like this one in india are already starting to make hundreds of millions of doses of some of the most

promising candidates. once you've bottled the vaccines, you then need to get them out into communities. this vaccine may need to be frozen, and this is a big challenge in different countries. the second challenge is how to locate the elderly — we need to vaccinate them. the third challenge is 2 billion doses will be delivered to countries. what do we do with the used syringes? so the logistics are sorted, the vaccine is ready to go. who will get it first? no one is safe until everyone is safe. we know that demand for a successful vaccine will far outstrip supply in the initial months, so three of the big global health and vaccine organisations have come up with a new system called covax. it aims to ensure everyone anywhere in the world who needs the vaccine

most gets access to it first. it wants to procure 2 billion doses to protect at least1 billion people in the next year. first health workers and then the over 65s will be prioritised. so what you really want is a situation where you can begin to roll those vaccines out to begin to dampen down the epidemic, but if you have a region that has a raging epidemic you may want to put more priority in that region to be able to bring it down, than another place that already has pretty good control. most rich countries are still making side deals directly with pharmaceuticals, though. the uk, for example, has signed up for more than 300 million doses of six different vaccines. the us hopes to get 300 million doses of various vaccines by january. but remember, all of this is a bit of a gamble. the world health organisation says

any vaccine for covid—19 must be at least 50% effective. and we are going to need more than one. we simply don't know yet how much protection these other vaccines could give or how long any protection will last. this virus has dominated all of our lives for far too long, but we are edging ever closer to finding the tools needed to defeat it. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. more than 100,000 people who have recovered from covid—19 have donated their blood plasma to help those suffering from the virus, as part of a trial. one woman, who was the first person in the country to receive the treatment, has now met the man whose donation helped her to recover. graham satchell reports. i was on 90% oxygen and it was touch—and—go whether i needed the ventilator, but there was a couple of times it was very, very close. ann was severely ill with covid—19 at the end of april, in intensive care, when she was asked if she wanted to take part in a trial.

and they said "this is plasma, coming from someone that's already had it, that in this plasma there's antibodies. and we want to trial it, to see will it can help people like you." and we want to trial it, to see if it can help people like you." staff at st thomas' hospital in london filmed the moment ann was given the plasma. she was the first person in the country to get it. kugan is an a&e charge nurse who's pretty sure he got covid—19 at the hospital where he works. it was kugan‘s plasma that was given to ann. kugan and ann are about to meet for the first time. hello. hi. it's brilliant to see your face, it's amazing. i've been looking so forward to it. 0h, me too. oh, my god. grateful, thankful — there is no words on earth that can describe the feelings.