i've seen them become a little bit weak in them 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. 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 the 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 this 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.

you know, there aren't wealthy people in this area, people who've got spare cash. you know, they are the just about managing families. their lives are so tough anyway, they're already on the back foot, they've started on the back foot because they haven't had the opportunities. 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's 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.

golf now — and the masters starts at augusta on thursday, seven months after it was originally scheduled. and watch this. many players, like spain'sjon rahm, seen here on the 16th hole, have taken to the course for some practice before the tournament tees off. and if this effort — slightly sped up — is anything to go by, he mightjust be the man to beat! and all on his 26th birthday. what a shot! after years of campaigning, a sculpture has been unveiled in london to celebrate one of the founding feminist philosophers mary wollstonecraft, who died more than 200 years ago. but it has sparked criticism because the sculpture includes the figure of a naked woman. the organisers say it "personifies the spirit, "rather than depicts the individual". but critics have called it a collosal waste, disrespectful — and pointed out that statues of notable men always seem to be fully clothed. it has certainly sparked a lot of debate.

and that debate will continue on newsnight over bbc two shortly. but that's it from us. good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the brexit editor of the telegraph dia chakravarty, and the chief executive of the left—leaning cross—party think—tank demos, polly mackenzie. welcome to you both. let us have a look at what is already in. there's one story dominating all the front pages. metro headlines a member of the government's task force saying life could be back to normal by next easter, provided ministers don't "screw up" distribution of the covid vaccine. the coronavirus vaccine is also the headline in the telegraph — which says the nhs has been instructed to prepare for a mass vaccination of the public from the 1st of december. the guardian warns gp services will be cut next year in order to allow millions of people to receive the covid vaccination. the express leads with a vow from the nhs — that they will be ready for a roll

out from the start of december. the mail leads with a poll which suggests three in four britons would take the vaccine once it is approved for use. and the times says the aim would be to vaccinate 1 million people a week. so, let's begin. should we start with the vaccine challenge, dia, as the eye describes a? because challenge, dia, as the eye describes a 7 because it challenge, dia, as the eye describes a? because it is one heck of a challenge of logistics here, it is a battle of logistics. it is a huge challenge. there is no denying it but when you are reading out the headlines there, it really does make a huge difference that almost across the board, the guardian raises the issue of what will be the opportunity costs in terms of gp

services, but in make such a nice change after months and months of such depressing news to see a quiver of hope there. i think quite more than a glimmer of hope but as you say the challenges huge and what i gather from the telegraph's story is that the government plans to focus on three top priority groups which are ca re on three top priority groups which are care home residents and workers, and hs workers, and over 80, people who are over 80 years old as sort of a topper to group and then there is in total events and groups of people they have identified who should get they have identified who should get the vaccine before the rest of the population. as you say it is a huge task. but can primary care and gps cope with this? because some experts are saying it needs the spokes delivery service bearing in mind must be kept at —70 celsius and that the actual cases that comes and can only be open twice a day... there is

so only be open twice a day... there is so many potential problems within the chain. do you think gps can cope? there is certainly a lot of practical challenges with associate with this was up in a wavelike dia, find that quite reassuring and it makes it feel real as you scan through the papers. we are on the brink of this actually happening assuming that this vaccine gets through regulatory approval. john bell, a member of the vaccine task force, has talked about two or three vaccines being potentially ready and a similar timescale which may have different requirements for someone at the changeling —— challenges here is the pfizer vaccine, the first one we have been talking about requires two doses and that doubles the complexity. we know that double dose vaccines are really hard to get a full take—up of simply because the practicalities of organising people to come through the doors twice in

quite a fixed timetable. that is a massive challenge with child immunisation problems for example. and there is no question this will be an enormous challenge but you could say we need an entirely new health care service, let's recruit 100,000 new nurses but those nurses don't exist. every health care syste m don't exist. every health care system in the world is clamouring for health care providers and we can just import them and train them out of nowhere. they are talking about bringing people out of retirement as we saw during the peak of the early crisis, training allied health professionals to be of to deliver all of this. there is no question we need to see logistical employment on a massive scale and we will need to use a massive scale and we will need to use the private sector as well to get to the scale we need. and there could be issues and problems with that. but going to the metro dia, their headline quoting john bell, don't screw it up. because when you look at the government's track

record on tests in trace and ppe, it isn't the best one so far is it? i think the government has had a really tough time dealing with the pandemic. i'm not sure that most governments haven't had that but of course we have felt that in this country with the lockdown confusion, with no one walked on and then another one coming through with other various treatment of lockdown being different in various areas and are we all in it together or not quite? 0f are we all in it together or not quite? of course these have all been issues that the government had to grapple with. i think they will probably have a good moment today when they think about the fact that they have managed to secure 10 million, that is quite a big deal i think in good on them for being able to do that and if it can manage to get through this and if they can manage to vaccinate the top three groups that i was talking about earlier who are at most risk, i think it would be quite an

achievement. but you're absolutely right, experts will be pointing out that the only way you can pull it off is if you do not screwed up. that is fair. let's move onto the independent because someone who did with very cheerful today was the prime minister, this picture taken poly at number ten. borisjohnson i think receiving a phone call from joe biden, the president elect. the first european leader to get the phone call which i think some might have found quite surprising thinking maybe he would perhaps been behind angela merkel and emmanuel macron. but no despite brexit and everything else, boris johnson gets the first call. there was some concern that 0bama had said before the brexit vote that britain would be at the back of the queue for trade deals and i think that quite upset quite a lot of people and increase the number of people who voted to leave. he said back of

the queue which made it seem very much that number ten had given him that line was like he said back of the line, he said back of the queue. and obviously, the assumption has been has been the trump rhetoric, and tyee you come up pro uk ——... and tyee you come up pro uk and would be just having a better solution with trump. the amazing thing that happened today was the congratulatory message that number ten tweeted out had been edited over a previous congratulatory message directed at donald trump. the most bizarre piece of news... well, you never know, do you? i think it was guido fox that picked that one up. borisjohnson is not known for his foreign—policy. he screws it up normally to coin a phrase. says the

wrong things, accidentally accuses people of spying in iran whatever it might be yes, let's not go down that part. let's stick to the brexit stuff. he has done well on this occasion to secure has done well on this occasion to secure that phone call. you are the brexit correspondent editor for the telegraph, dia. it is interesting that i saw the way your paper has done this not because they point out that theresa may was the ninth tweeted to get the phone call from donald trump. —— the ninth leader to get. apparently boris johnson donald trump. —— the ninth leader to get. apparently borisjohnson had been told perhaps he might be in the top six so that's why he is looking so top six so that's why he is looking so happy perhaps when he got that call. there was a lot of speculation and excitement about who joe call. there was a lot of speculation and excitement about whojoe biden was going to call first and jumping up was going to call first and jumping up and down with a lot of excitement. the way i see it in my opinion, heads of state do not have

the luxury of getting personal grudges get in the way of forming up alliances, of maintaining alliances. whether he called borisjohnson for us or whether he called borisjohnson for us oer whether he called borisjohnson for us or mr mccrone first, whatever, the relationship between the us and the relationship between the us and the uk and other european countries such as france and germany might have taken a bit of a hit over the last few years but ultimately they will have to work on these partnerships. any seats and worth their salt i would've thought if they are mature enough would know that. while it is great and good work commonwealth office forgetting that phone call through, do you really think that if borisjohnson was number ninth or number 12 or whatever and joe biden‘s collis... is not what i think, i think is what other prime think, and that is the point, polly? for example joe

other prime think, and that is the point, polly? for examplejoe biden —positive first overseas trip is significant about where a new president visits on the first visit of his post. ——joe biden‘s first overseas. we made a big deal out of offering that state visit to president trump trying to draw him in and for that that relationship and getting him face time with the queen. joe biden is a different character and will be interested in different sets of things and more interested in strategic alliances. he has a big track record on defence and security. it sounds like it was and security. it sounds like it was a civilised conversation. he is a reasonable guy, and i'm sure that talks about a trade deal will commence. but the challenge remains that getting the trade deal through congress has gotten no easier than it was before. congress isjust not very flexible when it comes to trade. and everything trump has done

to stoke up america first sentiment in the us makes the trade deal more difficult for us to secure in our best interests. and joe biden just in passing made very clear that he was not happy with the withdrawal agreement in terms of his irish roots. let's move on because of the other big sur is taking over the world the sport, the fa chairman greg clark resigning over those comments he made to the committee the —— the other big story. he apologised straightaway, do you think he did need to resign? he did oi’ think he did need to resign? he did or he didn't? he did, sorry. i think he did need to go. if you are in that position, you cannot be holding stereotypical and expressing stereotypical and expressing stereotypical views of races. the other thing that stayed with me was also the comment that he made about little girl, this is not word for word but something along the lines of little girls don't like balls being kicked at them. really?