this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. the headlines... the health secretary says the nhs will be ready to roll out the new coronavirus vaccine, who will get it first and when? the government says the nhs will be ready to roll it out from december if it gets approved. the logistics are complex. the uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. the logistics are complex. the uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. the fa's boss greg clarke resigns after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. a damning report says leaders of the catholic church in england and wales "turned a blind eye" to sexual predators borisjohnson boris johnson speaks to borisjohnson speaks to the us president—elect, joe biden, to congratulate him on his election victory over donald trump. no a levels or gcse exams for welsh teenagers next year —

their results will be based on teacher assessments. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the health secretary, matt hancock, has asked gps and other nhs staff to be ready from the start of next month to offer the new covid vaccine in a seven—days—a—week operation, if regulatorsjudge it to be safe and effective. but he warned there would be many hurdles to overcome. the government's already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 million people. it comes as a further 20,412 cases of coronavirus have been reported over the last 2a hour period in the uk. and there have been 532 reported deaths — those are people who have died

within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. figures from the office for national statistics show that weekly deaths involving coronavirus now exceed 1,000 in england and wales — for first time since june. our first report tonight, is from our medical editor fergus walsh. this is liquid hope, the first covid vaccine had ——this is liquid hope, the first covid vaccine proven to be effective, in production in germany. if regulators approve it for use, a few million doses of the pfizer biontech vaccine should be available in the uk before the end of the year. so, who will get it first? put simply, the older you are, the sooner you will be eligible for a covid vaccine. currently in pole position are elderly care home residents and staff. then people aged 80 and over, plus front line nhs workers. the vaccine will then be allocated

to younger age groups in bands of five years. but that is dependent on it being effective in older adults and we are still waiting for that data. adults under 65 with underlying health conditions will also be given some priority. there should be enough doses of the pfizer vaccine to immunise 20 million people, so younger adults may have to wait for other vaccines to come through. the pfizer vaccine is not intended for children. the health secretary said the military and nhs staff would be on standby to roll out a vaccine from the start of december. the uncertainties are real, and the scale of the job is vast. but i know that the nhs, brilliantly assisted by the armed services, will be up to the task. vaccinators go into

care homes to immunise vulnerable, older residents. gp surgeries will play a crucial role, some may be open seven days a week. and large venues, like sports halls, are also likely to be used for mass immunisation. the pfizer vaccine trials were mainly conducted in the united states and germany. initial findings suggest it is 90% effective at preventing covid—19. caution is needed, but the early results are surprisingly good. even the optimists amongst us were hoping for 50% or 60%, so this puts this vaccine straight up at the top of the league in terms of vaccines that we have and how effective they can be. traditional vaccines use a weakened or inactivated whole virus, but the pfizer covid jab uses only a tiny amount of genetic code found in the spike protein on its surface. this synthetic rna is what prompts the immune system to recognise and remember coronavirus.

this bodes well for other covid vaccines, which also use the spike protein to create immunity. results from the oxford astrazeneca vaccine trials are expected in a matter of weeks. how do you feel? fine. if they too are also positive, it would be another decisive step out of the shadow cast by this pandemic. fergus was reporting there. as we've been hearing it could still take months for the new vaccine to be distributed across the uk. in the meantime, health experts say we'll need to stick to the precautions that we've all got used to. a properly functioning test and trace system will also be important. at the end of this month ministers want to start mass testing all university students in england. will the test and trace programme cope? here's our health editor hugh pym.

getting students home for the christmas holiday without risking the virus spreading, it's a logistical challenge. today it has emerged a week of mass covid testing at universities in england could start at the end of the month. what do students think? the way students have been treated at university has been abborhent. kids are trapped inside one room. i cannot see them getting it out to tens of thousands of students across the country in a couple of weeks. rapid testing kits like this with results back in hour will be used in universities, and from this week nhs staff in england will have regular testing using the technology, making it more widely available is one of the government priorities trying to curb the virus. but the established test and tray system in england has been criticised from problems getting bookings to delays receiving results and difficulties reaching contents of those tested positive.

do you still believe test and traces working? today the head of test and trace face questions at a commons committee, with one mp setting out what was said to be shortcomings with the system. given this pattern of failures, should you be reconsidering your position? thank you for that report card. if we step back and compare what we have delivered versus with what we said we would at the end ofjuly, we have met the vast majority of our commitments. we committed to building testing capacity to half a million per day by the end of october. testing capacity today is over 500,000 a day. it has been hard for the testing system to keep up as cases, hospital admissions and deaths have risen steadily. one way of assessing the covid impact is looking at the total number of deaths from all causes. this line shows the five year average for uk weekly deaths and here is what has happened so far this year. there was a sharp spike in april at the time of the first wave.

the red area is a covid deaths. there are some excess deaths could be linked directly to covid because people did not seek hospital treatment. then it falls back towards the average before picking up again, although, it is still nowhere near where it was at the time of the first wave. here's what has been happening in recent months. since october the death toll has gone back above the five year average. reducing cases and saving lives is the aim of lockdown restrictions. health officials hope that will also allow test and trays to be more effective at controlling the virus. —— test and trace. essex is one of the 67 counties in england which will implement mass testing in the coming weeks. let's talk now to the cabinet member for health at essex county council, councillorjohn spence. good evening to you. presumably, you welcome this. will you be able to cope with its? good evening, thank you. we warmly welcome it. we

received the letter last night saying that we will start off with 10,000 tests a week building to 10% of our population, which is probably 150,000. so our task now is to reach out to partners to establish what oui’ out to partners to establish what our priorities are and to build the capacity. essex has been the leading edge all the way through this from the first county. we have one of the best track and trace local operations in the country. so i think we have the track record from the government and our ability now to build the capacity to prioritise and achieve maximum impact. it's up to you, isn't it, to prioritise allocation? have you got that clear? so we are very clear that we have several competing priorities that we will need to work through. all issues around our care homes, our communities in areas of high prevalence, some local outbreaks, and as the area of educational schools. so we will be working with oui’ schools. so we will be working with our partners to establish how best to achieve maximum effect to protect

oui’ to achieve maximum effect to protect our residents, and then build the capacity, calling on our —— all our partners, potentially even the army if we want to. that's interesting, because of the army were involved, that will be funded by the government. but that doesn't seem to be any allocation for funds in terms of extra manpower. so is that something that you are going to have to find yourself out of existing budgets, even though you've been given all these tests? there are times when i think it's more important to save lives than to talk money. we will establish what the cost of this is going to be and we will see what we can manage from our resources . will see what we can manage from our resources. if need be, we will go to government, but what's much more important is to get a hold of the task of building the capacity, agreeing the priorities and then delivering for our resident. 0k, agreeing the priorities and then delivering for our resident. ok, but just on the delivery systems, if the army aren't involved, will you have recruitment programmes to get more people onboard to carry out these

testings? because it is a large number, isn't it? so, in the first time around, we build a strong volunteering capacity around a success well for their well—being service, and we are still in touch with many of those. clearly, what this testing piece, we will need some specialist resources as well, andi some specialist resources as well, and i will always be looking out for whichever of our partners who we have wonderful neck wonderful relationships with to work out to where we can get the best logistic support to ensure that this is a good operation. it's quite large, 10% of our population potentially. it's a very large number. so, yes, we have a very strong partnership, we have a very strong partnership, we have a strong track record, and i am very much aware of the responsibilities we have to the people of essex. i was reading how successful your local track and testing scheme has been in the past few months, but when it comes to the record of people self isolating and what is happening now in terms of

the lockdown, do you have any concerns about that? of course, we have got to persuade people. we all know that we need more people to self—isolate when asked. we actually need more people testing positive to be totally frank with this about all the contacts they have had. i can understand why 70 who has tested positive may want to protect their friends or protect their family, so we will be at our persuasive best in essex in order to help get a much higher rates of adherence. 0k, councilorjohn, thanks very much indeed forjoining us here on bbc news. three council areas in scotland are to move to level three of coronavirus restrictions, first minister nicola sturgeon has announced. angus, fife and perth and kinross will face tougher regulations from friday. restaurants and pubs will be banned from selling alcohol and must close at 6pm. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages

at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight 0ur brexit editor at the telegraph and the chief executive from the think tank. so i hope you canjoin you for that. it's 13 minutes past eight. the headlines on bbc news... the government says the nhs will be ready to all the new coronavirus vaccine from december if it gets approved. greg clark resigns after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. the damning reports as leaders of the catholic church in england and wales turned a blind eye to sexual predators. the head of the football association, greg clarke, has resigned after using out—dated and offensive language when discussing diversity in the sport during a meeting with mps.

he has apologised for using unacceptable words, saying they were a diservice to the game. the anti—racism in football organisation, kick it out, said his remark belonged to the "dustbin of history". a warning, our sports editor dan roan‘s report includes language some viewers may find offensive. football has been through a lot lately, the loss of fans sparking financial crisis. today in parliament, the sport's leaders were asked to give answers, but instead a new controversy. during questions on diversity, the man at the top said that. if you go to the it department there are a lot more south asians than there are afro—caribbeans because they have different interests. that wasn't all he said, he then refer to black players using an offensive and outdated term. high—profile coloured footballers and the abuse they take... a few minutes later came this... would you want to withdraw that language?

cos isn't that the same kind of language that means that inclusion is not a reality even though football is very diverse? if i said it, i deeply apologise. secondly, i am a product, having worked overseas, i worked in the usa for many years, i was required to use the term people of colour because that was a product of their diversity legislation and positive discrimination. sometimes, i trip over my words. the game has united against racism in recent months but many believe those efforts have been undermined. it is a grisly compilation album of ignorant stereotypes. so, i think that says there is an underlying attitude and that is the problem. i think it is legitimate to ask the question, "is that the right person to be leading this organisation? tonight, the fa dramatically announced that clarke had stepped down after what he called "unacceptable words" that did a disservice to our game.

this has been another grim day for the sport, greg clarke's resignation last thing english football needed after a period of crisis with a grass roots of the game suspended and turnstiles still shut, agreement over a bailout to help clubs survive has proved elusive and is increasing tension over the future structure of the club game. football's authorities had today been expected to come together to help the sport, instead the governing body has lurched into another crisis. dan roan, bbc news. sa njay bhandari — who you just heard in the vt — is the executive chair at kick it out, the organisation that campaigns against racism in football. we can speak to him now. good evening. he apologised. did he really need to resign? i think his position probably became untenable. i think in a football pilot, he probably lost the dressing room today because they would have been —— there would've been many people, the employees of the fa, who

would have been, and i know where, extremely, deeply upset by those comments. it isn't just extremely, deeply upset by those comments. it isn'tjust one stray comment, it is a sequence of ignorant remarks. i thank you saw on that vt there, the way i described it, "a grisly compilation of ignorant stereotypes. " and it, "a grisly compilation of ignorant stereotypes." and i think that's exactly what it was. do you accept though that language, terms, they evolve over time, and perhaps for different generations, it can be quite confusing? i mean, it was a carpenter in the 60s and 70s, it's become offensive now, and there are older generations who perhaps might still use that term rather than plaque because in their minds, to call some of the black is offensive. absolutely, language evolves over time. i was brought up in

wolverhampton in the 1970s in the shadow of the rivers of blood speech. so i know those words, the words you use, the words that you described that greg used to describe black or asian people was a common word used at the time. but language has moved on. and if it werejust that one word alone, maybe you could say it was a slip of the tongue and that would be forgivable, but it's not that. it's the context, and that broader context is all the other comments that he made, the lazy stereotypes about girls playing football coming out wanting a ball kicked hard at them, the lazy stereotypes about south asians preferring to work in it rather than be footballers, the lazy stereotype that being gay is a lifestyle choice. it's all of those comments

that reveal an attitude. that's why the position was untenable, it wasn't one comment, or one stray word, it's all of those comments revealing the underlying attitude. if he had sort of coach those comments in a different way and said, for example, at the fa, for example, "i'm likely to see many more asians, unfortunately cannot working in it rather than on the field, and that something that we need to address." i mean, it's all about the delivery, isn't it? that's my point. you know, lazy stereotypes, lazy tropes are one thing, but it's about the delivery and the way it is articulated. so do you accept that he could've made those comments if he actually articulated them in a slightly more sensitive way? well, just take that one point. it's notjust that it's a stereotype, it's actually lazy thinking. the outcomes are different for south asian people in football,

but you are the head of the fa, and there are, let's just use an example, there are by population statistics, twice as many people in the uk of asian heritage than of black heritage. black people have done incredibly well in football and we wa nt done incredibly well in football and we want to see that same success for asian people. there are 100 times more black professional footballers than there are asians. you as the chair of the fa and actually all the clu bs chair of the fa and actually all the clubs need to be asking yourself, "why is there such a massive statistical anomaly? " and see if you can do that without reverting to a lazy stereotype. and in terms of those... let them speak for themselves. those... let them speak for themselveslj accept let them speak for themselves.” accept that. i point to a wider point, the lack of diversity perhaps within the fa itself, when a thick ofa within the fa itself, when a thick of a third of the top footballers are black, and that is not reflected on the fa board. absolutely. that's another reason why, probably, his

position was untenable today. 0nly 2-3 position was untenable today. 0nly 2—3 weeks ago, we were here talking about the launch of the football leadership diversity code, which the fai leadership diversity code, which the fa i know worked in credit we hard on because i was involved and that's, and for the last year, i worked with many people in the fa, including on that code on the last three orfour months. including on that code on the last three or four months. so including on that code on the last three orfour months. so i know including on that code on the last three or four months. so i know how deeply and passionately people feel and care about this. which is why in this specific context today, those comments are all the more crass. just one final thought. whatjohn burns has said about this, the problem is, with this great social media storm and now the resignation, it's clips and the point, you know, that the driving force of trying keep football clubs alive which is how players and clubs are going to have to share the pain because of coronavirus, to keep all of these clu bs coronavirus, to keep all of these clubs from going under. and that's been eclipsed by all of this now. yes. so it's a great shame that we are talking about this rather than

the financial existential crisis that faces clubs, particularly outside the premier league. but we are where we are. those are comments that the chair made and we can't ignore them. you know, hopefully, we can at least we have made decisive action, we cannot look to the future and focus on getting a new chair that may be understands and really feels how important it is to create a diverse game and that that is a strategic imperative for the fa, and tojohn‘s points, strategic imperative for the fa, and to john's points, we strategic imperative for the fa, and tojohn‘s points, we do also need to get past talking about the existential crisis in the financial crisis of football because that also has an impact on diversity and the reason for that is you will have a potentially chilling impact if there are redundancies across football, historically and traditionally, redundancy programmes always disproportionately impact anyone who is in disproportionately impact anyone who isina disproportionately impact anyone who

is in a minority community, perhaps whether you are black, asian, female, lgbt, any of the other protected characteristics, you are more likely to suffer disproportionately during the redundancy programme. so john disproportionately during the redundancy programme. sojohn is right, actually, we need to talk about and focus on the financial crisis, but the two are connected. thank you very much indeed for joining us. thank you. in the past half hour, us president—elect, joe biden, has been speaking about his conversations with many world leaders over the past few days. he said his message to them was that america is back in the game. he said he had been welcomed by many around the world and felt confident that he would be able to put america back into the respect that it had before. i have the opportunity to speak with six world leaders, and the response has been very full some, energetic

and they are all looking forward to being able to, from great britain to france, germany, to canada, etc and ireland, so, i feel good france, germany, to canada, etc and ireland, so, ifeel good about france, germany, to canada, etc and ireland, so, i feel good about the ability to... i said when we announce that the next president is going to inherit a divided country underworld in disarray, the reception welcome we've gotten around the world from our allies and our friends has been around the world from our allies and ourfriends has been real. a number of other calls to return, so i feel confident that we are going to be able to put america back on a place of respect that it had before. we just heard theirjoe biden speaking with borisjohnson, the prime minister. after that call, boris johnson said he was looking forward to the new us administration. he put out a tweet...

nick earlyjoins us from westminster. despite brexit, despite all of the reports over the last few days that britain might be frozen out by a new biden administration, it appears that borisjohnson was the first european date spoke to. it appears that borisjohnson was the first european date spoke tom seems borisjohnson has fared pretty well in the clamour we get every time that there is a new president—elect for one of the first phone calls. it was this afternoon, around 20 minutes. he seems to have been a warm conversation. the two men do have plenty in common. you see borisjohnsonjust men do have plenty in common. you see borisjohnson just now during that call. he looks happy to be honest, i think, that call. he looks happy to be honest, ithink, it's that call. he looks happy to be honest, i think, it's fair to say. they spoke about things like security, trade, the coronavirus

response, climate change, one of the things mrjohnson has talked a lot about is getting the two to co—operate on climate change. so he invited president—elect bite into the cop 26 summit which is in glasgow next year. it could mean, by the way, that mr biden is over in the way, that mr biden is over in the uk twice next year because he is due to come for the g7 here as well. -- cop26. now, due to come for the g7 here as well. —— cop26. now, one thing though where things are not as hazy as they may seem where things are not as hazy as they may seem is brexit. we know thatjoe biden brought that up in the conversation with borisjohnson. he wa nted conversation with borisjohnson. he wanted to talk about the good friday agreement, and making sure that whatever road uk goes down, whether brexit, the good friday agreement is protected. my understanding is that borisjohnson made protected. my understanding is that boris johnson made it protected. my understanding is that borisjohnson made it clear that he holds by dubuque, although there are a number of discussions going on about exactly how the uk's current legislation going to the house of lords would affect that. remember, the joe lords would affect that. remember, thejoe biden lords would affect that. remember, the joe biden has lords would affect that. remember, thejoe biden has raised a lot of concerns in the past about some of

the brexit plans the uk government has, particularly the internal market bell. but this call does seem to have been warm, it seems to have been fairly well be uttered. the bigger question is whether the two and ci to eye on policy over the next few weeks. just on the business of iran and dealing with china as well, do we have any idea about how the two countries might work more closely together than previously with president trump?” closely together than previously with president trump? i think iran is one where you could see a bit of a step change from the us. room ever, joe biden was in the administration when the iran nuclear deal was signed. donald trump turned his back on it. borisjohnson is very keen on reviving that deal if he can, so that's one area where i think we will see the two worked pretty closely together. likewise on china, it is interesting because a lot of people in the us are suggesting thatjoe biden, although the language might be different from the language might be different from the demeanour might be different, some of the rhetoric will

undoubtedly change, he has got pretty similar views to president trump when it comes to china. we know the uk under borisjohnson has some real reservations about chinese activity. one area though that's worth watching for is exactly how joe biden approaches huawei. her member was president from's decision to change some of the trading rules with huawei that led to his van from the sg with huawei that led to his van from the 5g network in the uk. some in the 5g network in the uk. some in the country where hoping thatjoe biden might see it slightly differently, and could lead to a change of tack here. and nick, thank you very much indeed. during that news conference in wilmington delaware from joe biden, he was asked how the work of transition to new administration was proceeding. he said it was an embarrassment that president trump had not yet conceded. we are at the

beginning of a transition. we are well under way. the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognise our win does not change the dynamic at all and what we are able to do. we have announced yesterday, as you know, the health group that we put together today. we are going to be going and moving along in a consistent manner putting together administration. the white house and reviewing who we are going to pick for the cabinet positions. and nothing is going to stop that. so i'm confident that the fact that they are not willing to acknowledge that we won at this point is not a —— much consequence to our planning at what we are going to do between now and january 20. joe biden speaking in that's press conference. let's pause and catch up with the weather. hello there.

it wasn't too bad today, most places were dry. we saw a bit more sunshine around than what we had yesterday and about mild as well. and felt mild as well. tomorrow is looking wet and windy across the northwest of the country. elsewhere, it should remain dry, but it will be turning windier. now, the wet, windy weather in the north and west is courtesy of this new area of low pressure, it really will be quite wet across parts of northern ireland, northern western scotland overnight. elsewhere, mainly dry, lighter winds here, variable cloud, some clear spells. could see a bit of mist and fog across the southeast, and it will be chillier, 6—8 degrees here, double figures values for the west with the wind and rain. it does mean throughout tomorrow it stays wet and windy for northern ireland, much of scotland too, drier for england and wales, the rain arriving here after dark. but it will be windy despite the dry weather. a few glimmers of brightness, it will be fairly mild, maybe not quite as mild as what we have had the last couple of days. that wind and rain sweeps through wednesday night. thursday is drier, brighter, a bit cooler, then it turns unsettled for the end of the week.

hello this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines. the new coronavirus vaccine — who will get it first and when — the government says the nhs will be ready to roll out from december if it gets approved. the logistics are complex. the uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. fa boss greg clarke resigns after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. a damning report says leaders of the catholic church in england and wales "turned a blind eye" to sexual predators. borisjohnson speaks to the us president—electjoe biden to congratulate him on his election victory over donald trump. mr biden said that his message to world leaders was that america was backin world leaders was that america was back in the game and was no longer

america alone. students in wales will not be taking gcse, as or a—level exams next summer. instead the welsh government has decided to base their grades on assessments made by their teachers. ministers are worried that, because of the impact of the pandemic, it might not be possible to guarantee a level playing field for all students. hywel griffith reports. i've just taken a snippet out of an actual, real gcse question... studying past papers will soon be a thing of the past for these year 11 pupils in cardiff. today they learnt their exams have been scrapped. instead they will face a series of teacher—led classroom assessments in the spring. for leah and lord, there is obvious relief but there's real concern, too. ifeel like it's beneficial to us. we haven't had the time to learn all the coursework, the content — it wouldn't be possible. the stress level is way better. i'm not stressed any more, so i feel like it's beneficial.

i want to be a doctor when i am older. if they all see it differently when it comes to the qualifications to take a specific course, so that's what i am scared of most. exams are still going ahead in england and northern ireland, leading to concerns that welsh results could be seen differently by employers and universities. the education minister believed they will be recognised. we have consulted with universities before making this decision. what about employers? yes, of course, because once they've been awarded they are a qualification that is exactly the same — assessed differently — but a qualification that is of equal worth in years before and the years to come. this decision is based on the disruption and lost learning pupils not just last year but right now. at this school this term they have already had an entire year group to self—isolate and stay at home for two weeks. but moving to a different system brings another challenge. the head here says he needs more

detail on how external assessment will work for those with learning difficulties. particularly around youngsters with special consideration about how about how do we ensure that they could have a fair process and how they can achieve. but like most schools we adapt. with scotland and now wales opting out of exams, there is renewed pressure on downing street to scrap exams in england and keep the class of 2021 on the same page. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. let's talk a good bit more about that and news of that pfizer coronavirus vaccine and also britain's preparations for a roll—out if it is approved for general use. the health secretary matt hancock said earlier that he has written to gps to offer £150 million to support them with any future administering of the vaccine. nhs england has told each primary

ca re area nhs england has told each primary care area to nominate a gp surgery to runa care area to nominate a gp surgery to run a clinic dedicated to delivering the vaccine seven days a week. how difficult will it be? we can't speak to the chief medical 0fficer can't speak to the chief medical officer of doctor care anywhere. thank you forjoining us. it is been described as the biggest vaccination campaign in history. is primary care, are gps really going to be able to cope with this? good evening, i think it is a really exciting campaign for us to be able to talk about and there is no doubt that it will be a bit with just tickle challenge when we're talking about the particular pfizer vaccine thatis about the particular pfizer vaccine that is been announced this week. at gp practices have been very used to delivering vaccine campaigns throughout the country and geared up from a documentation point of view with a contact with patient positive perspective, the vaccine is run very successfully as well as child immunisations. i think gp practices are

immunisations. i think gp practices a re really immunisations. i think gp practices are really well—placed to be a key pa rt are really well—placed to be a key part of this. the significant thing is going to be the logistics and that may be different for different vaccines as they going to become available next year. some experts are saying that you need a bespoke solution to this. you look at the problems you have got, the vaccine will come and i think batches of one or 5000 in will come and i think batches of one or5000 ina will come and i think batches of one or 5000 in a suitcase and must be stored at —70 celsius. advocates to room temperature, it is useless. that box is going to be filled with dry ice, if it is not filled with dry ice, if it is not filled with dry ice, if it is not filled with dry ice and open for more than two minutes a day the vaccine is useless. are gps going to be able to do this? it is certainly a logisitcal challenge. perhaps not as drastic as you just described but yes you are right that they will come in batches of nearly 1,000 doses but each individual via within that bash has only five vaccines within it. it is a multi—dose vial

which will be used to vaccinate by patients. 0nce which will be used to vaccinate by patients. once the vaccine is out of that very cold ultra low temperature environment that you described in dry ice, there is a limited amount of time it can be used once it is defrosted but it looks like it can be kept in a standard medicalfridge between two and 8 degrees for five days to be used and once the vaccine days to be used and once the vaccine day has become, then the vaio itself can be kept at room temperature two have those administered by vial. it isa have those administered by vial. it is a challenge but one that can be worth especially with the time that we have got now to start planning just what this would look like. but i would totally agree, it is not without its challenges because these kinds of temperatures, this kind of multi—dose vial, and these kind of restrictions is very different to most of the vaccines we administer at the moment. as you were saying there might be other vaccines on the market by then anyway in six months‘ time perhaps. i suppose the other

problem is that we will be fully in brexit by then and this vaccine will be manufactured as i understand it in belgium. in the first place it has to come across from there.” think the supply chain issues will be interesting across the world because everybody is looking to be able to get a hold in securities vaccines. the logistical challenges are not insurmountable but they are things that we would need to work through regardless of what is going on within the country, regardless of who it is who is delivering the campaign or indeed where those particular vaccines come from. but it isa particular vaccines come from. but it is a lot bigger than your annual flu jab? certainly the logistics will be much more challenging being able to co—ordinate a campaign when we don‘t have all the vaccine available at that everybody might want, that there may be different vaccination regimes and different types of exegete —— vaccine as different vaccines become available, there is much complexity in this but

i think managing the impact of covid—19 has devastated everybody who is involved in this process, everybody who has been involved in any part of our communities has really risen to the challenge of dealing with this and i expect that the primary care system will do exactly the same and working on hand to deliver this. and some of the first bill of good news we have had from gps. doctor kate bunyan, think very much indeed for some let‘s get marna on the impact of the coronavirus lockdowns redundancies reach a record time in the three months of september pushing the uk and implement rate to 4.8%, according to figures for the office for national statistics. the number of people out of work rose by two and a 43,000 in the same period, thatis and a 43,000 in the same period, that is the largest increase since may 2009. there are not 782,000 fewer people in payroll employment

compared to march this year. and there are a further 2.5 million people still on furlough, the extended scheme do to and in march next year. our business correspondence and recorder has spent many people with the travel and tourism industry in cambria who‘ve lost their jobs and tourism industry in cambria who‘ve lost theirjobs thanks to the pandemic. dusk in cumbria. this beauty spot with the rest of england as i walked out for a second time. it's it‘s very quiet. they both lost theirjobs as coach drivers with holiday firm shearing. he has found new employment but is 450 miles away in cornwall. it is a financial stretch. it cost me £100 to come home for the week if i come home for weekend, i try to keep but i spent right down to a minimum. but

emotionally, it is having an effect on me. joanne is working again too but the couple are not £7,000 a year worse off in the pandemic is taking its toll. it is devastated me. i can't, i try not to cry but it has devastated me. i can't, i try not to cry but it has devastated me. lam can't, i try not to cry but it has devastated me. i am struggling. can't, i try not to cry but it has devastated me. lam struggling. i'm struggling. sorry. the travel and tourism industry has been at the sharp and of this economic crisis. in the west midlands, this woman lost herjob as a travel consultant injuly. she lost herjob as a travel consultant in july. she has lost herjob as a travel consultant injuly. she has applied for hundreds of roles. it has been really, really hard to be reemployed because firstly instead of 50 applicants for a row that is suitable for me, there is over 500 sometimes 1,000 applicants. so the employers can afford to be very picky and choosy. a record 314,000 people were made redundant in the

three months to september. companies laid off staff as they expected the furloughs seem to finish at the end of october at the 11th hour, it was extended until the end of march but that extension came too late to save somejobs. patricia that extension came too late to save some jobs. patricia and andrew lost theirjobs when some jobs. patricia and andrew lost their jobs when travel company shearing 22 administration in may. they use their redundancy money to set upa they use their redundancy money to set up a new travel business. more and more companies were going out of business and the opportunities just did not seem to be there. so myself and trisha, we decided the best refers forward and to say in the travel industry was to take it upon ourselves really. but a second shutdown wasn‘t part of their planning. youjust shutdown wasn‘t part of their planning. you just kind of the site and think one is at all going to and present it is been such a catastrophic year that you just think can people weather the storm? backin think can people weather the storm? back in cumbria and walked down restrictions mean holidays are

effectively banned and tells december economists warn further big rises and unappointed are likely in the months ahead. sarah corker, bbc news, and south cumbria. staying with the impact of the covered pan and x, a report by the education standards body, 0fsted, says many children have slipped back since the first lockdown. a lack of resources, enabling children to learn at home, has been one factor. the government has, for example, supplied laptops to schools in england, but has struggled to deliver the amount originally promised. 0ur education editor, bra nwen jeffreys reports. in schools across england an invisible, digital divide. i am truly angry about it.

they talk about levelling up. this isn‘t levelling up, this isn‘t equity, this is unfair. for parents, the fear their children will fall behind. that is my worry, that they are going to miss out on a lot and it is affecting them. salma‘s five children share one tablet, not a problem until this year. with many parents are struggling to send work back to school online, salma told me they can‘t afford another device. just in sheffield, 11,000 children are in the same position. we had the choice of if you could only manage doing one piece of work we could upload that. so they lost out on the rest because my priority was to upload that one piece of work. what i‘ve actually seen in my children is the areas where they were quite strong in, i‘ve seen them become a little bit weak in those areas. right from the first lockdown schools realised there was a huge digital divide. some families only had a couple of mobile phones to share between parents and children, making it impossible for pupils to learn at home. some families only had a couple of mobile phones to share between parents and children, making it impossible for pupils to learn at home. but now if a school shuts, they have a legal obligation to provide the same education remotely. so what‘s the situation with laptops

from the government? more than 500,000 will have reached schools this year, say ministers. but many schools are angry after a cut of up to 80% in the number they were allocated this term. i think it‘s been a real struggle over the last few months... this primary head teacher was promised 35, then told they would only get seven. it falls so far short because we have 100 children who are eligible for free school meals. there aren‘t wealthy people in this area, people who have got spare cash. they are the just—about—managing families. their lives are so tough anyway, they are already on the back foot, they‘ve started on the back foot because they haven‘t had the opportunities. now going through the eurasia test... college students wiping and resetting donated, old laptops — a project backed by a tech entrepreneur. faster, he says, than trying to buy them for pupils. buying new laptops and new tablets is really unsustainable. i applaud the effort of doing it,

but it is probably not going to happen any time soon, so we need an alternative and the alternative is companies donating used technology, used laptops, refurbish them and distribute them quickly to children. we're perfecting this in sheffield and south yorkshire. this could easily be done across the whole of the united kingdom. two of salma‘s children have already had to self—isolate. for her and other parents, any digital help can‘t come too soon. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. the government says the nhs will be ready to roll out the new coronavirus vaccine from december if it gets approved. fa boss greg clarke resigns after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. borisjohnson specie us president electjoe biden to congratulate him

over his victory over donald trump. mr bynes says his message to world leaders is that america is back in the game and is no longer america alone. —— mr biden says. the head of the catholic church in england and wales has been heavily criticised for putting the reputation of the church ahead of its duty to survivors of child abuse. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse examined more than 3,000 accusations up to 2015. it said cardinal vincent nichols had not shown "compassion towards victims in the recent cases" it had looked at. sangita myska reports. westminster cathedral — the home of the catholic church in england and wales was, according to today‘s report, an institution so preoccupied with its reputation that it catastrophically failed children in its care. the independent enquiry into child sexual abuse says that over half a century, 900 alleged victims reported over 3,000 instances of abuse perpetrated by priests,

monks and other church staff. the true scale of abuse, the report says, will never be known. but the evidence i shall give shall be the truth... shall be the truth. the whole truth... cardinal vincent nichols, who gave evidence to the public enquiry in 2018, was singled out for stinging criticism. the report says he should have shown leadership, bringing about a swift change in the culture of the church but had, at times, turned a blind eye to perpetrators of abuse. a survivor, who has asked to maintain her anonymity, is along with others, calling on the cardinal to resign. i think he must resign. i think it‘s the only decent thing to do. i think there needs to be a point where he says, "hands up, i got this wrong, and therefore my "position is untenable." the report, which is almost 150 pages long, is damning. it says the catholic church‘s moral

purpose had been betrayed. of cardinal nichols it said... speaking to the bbc, cardinal nichols said committed to bringing about change and that he has the backing of the pope. i offered my resignation to pope francis and his answer has come back very clear, very unambiguous, he wants me to stay in—post. the inquiry has warned that abuse within the catholic church is not an historical problem, but one that it must continue to address with a change in culture. sangita myska, bbc news. as we have been hearing if the coronavirus vaccine is approved it will be challenging enough making sure everyone in the country gets it. imagine how difficult it will be

there to make sure that people right across the world also have access to it. everything from manufacturing billions of doses to transport with ta ke billions of doses to transport with take international cooperation and finance. here is our global health correspondent. here‘s our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar. as the scientists offer a glimmer of hope, the grave—diggers continue their grim task. all around the world, loved ones are laid to rest. so, with the news this week of a potentially very effective vaccine, countries are racing to prepare for a possible roll—out. 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. but actually getting any successful products into communities is an epic logistical task. keeping vaccines cold or even deep—frozen on a colossal scale will be one of the key challenges. health workers will also have to locate vulnerable elderly people in very remote areas because, as the world health organization

has repeatedly said, doing this protects all of us. 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, then the over 65 is 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 organization 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. the wait for life to return to some semblance of normality continues, but we are edging ever closer to that goal. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. the great outdoors proved to be a lockdown lifeline for so many people when restrictions were first introduced in march. with tougher measures once again in place in parts of the uk,

people are returning to the hills, country trails and parks for a bit of a boost. john maguire reports. the sights, the sounds, and the smells of a perfect autumn day. although the government advice in england is once again to stay at home if possible, unlike in the spring, now, when it comes to heading outdoors for leisure, people aren‘t limited to just one session of exercise. they can stop, sit, and relax. this is attingham park in shropshire. along with all other national trust gardens and parks, it was closed in march for almost three months, but reopened in the summer and is very popular today. it‘s lovelyjust to be able to get out of the house and enjoy the fresh air and get the children out and about, really. it tires them out and it makes it more manageable, doesn‘t it, being at home rest of the time. so it‘s really important for us. we're getting out and seeing the deer and exploring.

fresh air and getting exercise is really important, i think, for health and mental wellbeing and things. we were just chatting the other day — it's really important to feel that you can get out and explore. attingham receives more than half a million visits a year. the majority of people live nearby and treat the estate like their local park. there‘s hundreds of people about, but you just don‘t see them. you just get lost on the estate and it‘s wonderful and free. it‘s great. i call these days... what do i say? gin and tonic without the gin. just a tonic to be out in the fresh air, feeling safe, feeling happy and comfortable. visitors need to book and social distancing measures are in place. but there‘s space to spread out — hundreds of acres. and, for children like joshua, much to explore. we‘ve been climbing on the trees and finding spiders. and we found some mushrooms down there, didn‘t we? yeah. 0n the second lockdown, when they said that it was happening, i did look to see if they were still open in terms

of the parks and stuff. and it was quite nice to be able to still be able to get out, because then it doesn‘t feel like you‘re confined to your back garden as much as as the first time. all national trust buildings in england and northern ireland are now closed in line with government guidance. some reopened in wales yesterday, with restrictions. 2020 continues to be a huge challenge for the charity. let‘s make sure that people can enjoy the outdoors. let‘s make sure they can enjoy our gardens and our parks. let‘s make sure that their mental and physical health is topped back up again, because these are tough times for everyone. but connecting with nature isn‘t restricted to the countryside. david lindo, known as the urban birder, says the spaces don‘t have to be wide open, but your mind does. all you need to do is to step out of your house. sometimes not even to do that — just look out of the window and just to connect with nature. because it‘s all about getting onto nature‘s wavelength. it‘s not about necessarily

trying to identify everything you see and here. it‘s all aboutjust being able to know that that‘s around, to blot out the sounds of the human hubbub around you. we know lockdown can be depressing, frustrating and isolating. but, if you can, there is solace to be had outside the four walls that confine us. john maguire, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. just after 1030 and 1130 tonight we will be bringing you tomorrow pots our front will be bringing you tomorrow pots ourfront pages will be bringing you tomorrow pots our front pages with brexit editor at the daily telegraph and the chief executive of the devastating tank polly mckenzie. hope to see you then on bbc news that first one after the news at ten. what with the weather be like? are the details. hello there. much of the country today was dry again like we saw yesterday, but we saw more sunshine around

today, and again it was pretty mild with fewer showers around. tomorrow, though, quite different story for the north and west of the country. windy and wet. but elsewhere we should continue to hold onto the dry weather. now this wet and windy weather will be pushing into northern ireland, much of north and western scotland through tonight. some pretty heavy and persistent rain in places, but elsewhere mainly dry and variable cloud. a few clear spells, lighter winds here. so we could see issues with mist and fog developing again. and here it will be quite cool, 6—8 degrees, milder further west where you have that wind and rain. and the reason for the rain is this new area of low pressure which will be very slowly moving its way eastwards because it is bumping against this area of high pressure. but there will be more isobars on the charts through tomorrow so a windier day for all. certainly windy for much of scotland and northern ireland with some heavy and persistent rain here. the rain very slowly pushing in towards western england and wales by the end of the day. but elsewhere much of eastern scotland, certainly england and wales will tend to stay dry, albeit rather windy. could see a little bit of brightness around. 12 to 14 degrees here a little bit cooler than what we have had through today.

and around the low teens further north and west. that band of rain, some of it heavy, spreads its way eastwards right across eastern scotland, england and wales through wednesday night. takes the strong winds with it too and leaves in its wake something a bit cool and fresher, but a little bit drier, just a few showers across western areas. so, here‘s the pressure charts as we head on into thursday. we are in between weather systems, a ridge of high pressure will bring a fine day for thursday before this next area of low pressure will bring more unsettled weather to end the week. so, any early rain will clear away from the east and then it‘s dry and bright. in fact, thursday not looking too bad at all. should see quite a bit of sunshine across the country. particularly central and eastern areas. further west, one or two showers around and it starts to turn windy and cloudy in the northwest ahead of this new weather system. a slightly fresher day, though, i think for all areas. temperatures of 9—13 degrees. then the next weather system starts to hurtle in for thursday night into friday. should clear through but it will end up being a rather breezy day through friday

with sunshine and showers. some of these will be heavy across western areas and then it turns unsettled. wet and windy conditions as we head on into saturday but it will be on the mild side both days.

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