since the have all four heme nations qualified for a major tournament —— not since the world cup of 1958. tonight we knew that if northern ireland and scotland could win their respective finals, that could finally happen next year at the euros, and in a moment we report ona the euros, and in a moment we report on a glorious night for scotland, but first we report from windsor park. a spray down before the showdown. the strangest of starts to the biggest of nights for the 1,000 northern ireland fans allowed inside windsor park. a disinfecting pod on arrival as football adapts to the covid era. but initially the hosts failed to adapt to the pressure. george saville's misplaced header punished byjuraj kucka, slovakia with the early lead. it's big trouble for northern ireland! northern ireland responded well, niall mcginn twice going close. and this is mcginn, who could be... just five months after taking charge, ian baraclough needed something special from his side.

and with time running out, paddy mcnair provided it. his cross turned in by milan skriniar. northern ireland deservedly level, their qualification hopes alive. remarkably, a place at the euros was almost sealed moments later. kyle lafferty denied by the post as the match went into extra time. but with penalties looming, heartbreak for the hosts. duris putting slovakia back in front. jonny evans had a last—gasp chance, but northern ireland's dream was over. hoping to become heroes. 22 years after their last major tournament, could scotland's men finally reach one again? well, in a soggy belgrade, they began the underdogs against serbia, but were the better team before the break. but five minutes after the break, they were ahead. just when scotland needed a star, enter ryan christie.

he's done it! cue the celebrations, and who could blame them? christie placing it to perfection. were the euros beckoning? well, it seemed that way until the 90th minute, when guess what happened? oh, it's in! a serbia equaliserfrom luka jovic spelling agony for scotland. after getting so close, a nail—biting night was into extra time. could scotland somehow stir themselves again? well, their keeper certainly could. a stunning save from david marshall denying serbia. but with no more goals, the match and scotland's fate went to the drama of the penalty shoot out. andy swiss, bbc news. we can show you the dramatic events of the last few minutes because david marshall, the scotland goalkeeper, has become the hero in belgrade, saving from mitrovic and this means they prevail 5—4 on penalties and they are through, for the first time at a major tournament for 22 years.

the first time at a major tournament for 22 yea rs. steve the first time at a major tournament for 22 years. steve clarke and his men have finally ended all those yea rs of men have finally ended all those years of pain and done the business. if you want a date in the sporting diary next year, the 18th ofjune, england against scotland, scheduled to ta ke england against scotland, scheduled to take place at wembley stadium, so disappointment tonight for northern ireland in belfast but glory for scotla nd ireland in belfast but glory for scotland in serbia tonight. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. tonight, joined by the chief business commentator for the independent, james, and the comment and features editor at city a:m., rachel. great to have you both with us rachel. great to have you both with us today. thank you forjoining us. let's start with some of the papers

we already have. we will start with the daily telegraph because according to the paper, dominic cummings is at the beginning of the end of his time in downing street. it's after he and a close ally lost a bitter power struggle. the guardian says conservative mps are warning borisjohnson guardian says conservative mps are warning boris johnson has guardian says conservative mps are warning borisjohnson has one final chance to overhaul a dysfunctional downing street operation after that bitter infighting triggered the sudden departure of one of his closest aides. the times predicts borisjohnson is closest aides. the times predicts boris johnson is planning closest aides. the times predicts borisjohnson is planning to reset his premiership after the resignation of his director of communications by ending culture wars, promoting the green agenda and taking a less dogmatic approach to the union. the ice as a significant minority of the population are now against inoculation which could prevent the uk from reaching herd immunity. the yorkshire post reports that they are warning of a public health crisis as the city's over 19 infection rates rose sharply to become the second worst in england

just behind 0ldham. the financial times says that three of the world's top central bankers predicted that breakthrough on a coronavirus vaccine would lift the uncertainty weighing on the global economy while calling for more short—term public support to bridge the gap to a recovery. according to the daily express, royal aides have revealed that the queen has vowed to work on pastor platinum jubilee and serve her country for all of her life. the daily mail is a number of papers to carry pictures of the strictly pair on its front page can only pick boxer and copy ofjones who have been forced to exit the programme early. it's after the dancer tested positive for covid. let's begin. as always, lovely to have you both with us, james always, lovely to have you both with us,james and always, lovely to have you both with us, james and rachel. going to start with the daily telegraph. i've got to admit that this is a story that we we re to admit that this is a story that we were actually breaking this time last night and we had tom newton and

sonya on, and it was lee cain who was resigning. last night, we were talking about this position of whether dominic cummings would go, and it was a bit 50—50 at that time, this time last night than during the day, i heard commentator say of dominic cummings hasn't gone by already during the day, then he's not going to go, butjames, the papers are still going for this, and this is very much dominating a lot of the front pages. yes, we are getting a feeling that that the and is night, but one thing we've got to remember about dominic cummings is his survivability. it's quite remarkable. if you remember what happened when he made the infamous journey up the m1 to durham and everyone thought it was the end then and he survived it. he got through it. so, while certainly this time it does seem like it does seem

different, it does seem that we might be at the end of the line, i just... there is just might be at the end of the line, i just... there isjust that centimetre of doubt in my mind remembering what happened last time. what is your reading of this, rachel? i think the difference between now and last time is that it is starting to look like the people who surround dominic cummings are either resigning as lee cain is or are refusing to back him and perhaps quite the way he expected. reports ina numberof quite the way he expected. reports in a number of papers are that he told the prime minister that if you are too was going, he was going to go, and he was going to take a numberof other go, and he was going to take a number of other downing street aides with him. there are reports that the prime minister called various aides and watched what they were doing commandos aides said, no, we are going to stay. we are not going to follow dominic cummings, which is a market difference from when dominic cummings turned this exact same trick when he was running the leave campaign when there was a bit of

attention and conflict, shall we say come at the top there, and various numbers of vote leave tried to sack him from that position, again, he threatened to take half the staff with him. and on that occasion, they said that they would follow him, on this occasion it looked like they sent no, actually, he will be on his owfi. sent no, actually, he will be on his own. so even though you can never predict what he's going to do, and i will completely agree that there have been numerous occasions when i would've thought he would've resigned or been sacked and he hasn't. he is certainly losing allies at the moment, and i don't think he necessarily wants to work ina work think he necessarily wants to work in a work environment that he is no longer in full control. also it's what the independent is focusing on as well with the rather dramatic picture on the front page. it's this idea that boris johnson picture on the front page. it's this idea that borisjohnson is being put under pressure to remove dominic cummings. yes, the thing about dominic cummings is tory mps on the relationship between dominic cummings and the conservative party

has never been good. it's deteriorated rapidly, and there is a feeling that's, you know, you had the vaccine coming out, that was supposed to be a good news story that would enable the government to get on the front foot and be talking about the vaccine, and that's all blew up and got in the way affect, andi blew up and got in the way affect, and i think tori mps would really like to every site. they'd like to see a different tone, a more collegiate atmosphere, more collegiate atmosphere, more collegiate way of working, and i think this is some of them thinking, "right, we will take our chances now, because this is the best chance we are ever going to get." is there a kind of thinking, rachel, that it's the opportunity for boris johnson to finally come out of that shadow of dominic cummings and lead and be the collegiate person, though morejovial person from and be the collegiate person, though more jovial person from of course, we are in a global pandemic him it's an absolute disaster for summing people, but just to an absolute disaster for summing people, butjust to take the lead, ta ke people, butjust to take the lead, take back control, we keep hearing that phrase.

a thing that phrase. athing a that phrase. a thing a lot of tori mps thought that when boris johnson was elected leader and prime minister, that was the kind of borisjohnson they leader and prime minister, that was the kind of boris johnson they were going to get to because they remembered him as mayor of london, somebody who can build coalitions, someone who as you say is quite cheerful and upbeat, he makes people wa nt cheerful and upbeat, he makes people want to work with him, very liberal, very outward looking, and then what they actually got was more of the vote leave brand of borisjohnson, his very close band of advisers who obviously worked on that campaign, very confrontational from a very keen for a fight whether that's with the opposition or mps or the judiciary or the media or the civil service, it was never about how can we work together? how can we fix this problem, this challenge, together? it was always about we want, we are in control and we won't stop until we've cast out all dissent. i think there certainly is a hope that if dominic cummings leaves or if his stranglehold on

downing street is lessened somewhat then you will get that more collaborative borisjohnson then you will get that more collaborative boris johnson back, and a more positive vision. you've got headlines they're talking about the tory party focusing on the green agenda, focusing on listening to the regions and devolution rather than just income and no, we are in control. so there is certainly some affect my quite like that front page by the independent film i think he looks at the vampire there. but i think dominic cummings certainly e njoys think dominic cummings certainly enjoys being cast as a villain in some way. he likes the attention and that's kind of reputation that he has. it would be naive to think that if he left it would all be peace and harmony in downing street. there will always be faction. certainly a dramatic picture, the financial times also has dominic cummings on hit theirfront page times also has dominic cummings on hit their front page as well. i want to move on and focus on the story about the central banks, bankers who have been predicting the breakthrough on coronavirus vaccine. talk us through this. because

obviously, we're looking at this vaccine, james, that we are also hopeful will work, and the others that are coming through as well, but what is it about the bankers? have they been betting on something, have they? we are getting this feeling that we've not had for a long time, and that is of optimism. you know, my inbox has been filled for weeks signed and with dark predictions and, you know, we see the borrowing figures coming out and they are dreadful, and then finally, you are starting to get the sense that this might be it. this might be the time that the economy can turn, and i think that is what is getting people excited, that this is the turn that the turn will happen and you will get a sustained recovery, because without this sort of stop, start recovery going on where, you know, we came out of the lockdown and

everything started to go again, and it suddenly gone into stall again as we've gone back in and this is happening other countries as well and during their own second waves. but the vaccine, i think there is a lot of people while they are cautious, they are not willing to sort of say it's party time. there is the sense that this is a game changer. yes, it's that optimism that you touch upon. although, the paper is also focusing on something, rachel, that christine look are has been saying, a little less uncertainty but the president talking about the mink population that we've been kind of covering over the few days. but she saying that it's one of her biggest fears that it's one of her biggest fears that denmark's plan to call its entire mink population, the spread of coronavirus may not work. so little bit of doom and gloom there. that's a story that for anxious people like me has tempered the good

news of the vaccine, but we absolutely shouldn't underestimate that triumph and success. there are reports coming out of denmark of a new different strain of coronavirus, the virus has mutated infecting minks come as you say, that could potentially infect humans again, and that could have an impact even if there is a vaccine because it's unclear whether the multiple vaccines in development at the moment would be able to cope with different strains. so there is still so different strains. so there is still so much that we don't know. i think all three of the central bankers quote and ask for the federal reserve bank of england, and obviously, all of them are striking a cautiously optimistic tone. a vaccine is not an immediate fix. there is still a way to go in rolling it out and in recovery and obviously, you've got the rest of the world to get vaccinated if you wa nt the world to get vaccinated if you want to get globalisation and global travel back to where it was. but, just for businesses and for

economies and for individuals who have spent nine months with no hope whatsoever bounce in and out of lockdown with no real timeframe, any kind of breakthrough, at least provide some sort of certainty. there is a way out, it's going to ta ke there is a way out, it's going to take some time, but at least we know that direction is available to us now which we just haven't had for the last couple of month. rachel, i think given every thing that's happened, it's fair enough to be a little bit anxious, and when we hear about this mink situation from its 0k to be anxious. i think it's all right. staying with the financial times though, situation that, well, it's still ongoing in terms of the us election. we still haven't had joe biden the president—elect, well, donald trump is still not budging. he's not conceding, james, and it feels like the republicans are beginning to feel frustration, according to the financial times.|j thinkjoe biden's presidency, joe biden's victory, there is a sense of

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