this is bbc news with the latest headlines. boris johnson comes under fire for reportedly claiming hope on the horizon — there's an international welcome that devolution has been for the news that a second company a "disaster" in scotland. has developed an effective ministers say it's the snp vaccine against the virus. the prime minister opposes, good morning. not devolution itself. the firms fighting back against lockdown. new charity grants are being made available to businesses struggling with restrictions — we look at what some of them are doing to survive. worksheet is feel strongly, and i would agree, is devolution in from hollywood to wrexham. scotla nd would agree, is devolution in fans of the national scotland has facilitated the rise of league side have been celebrating after voting separatism and nationalism in the overwhelmingly to allow two movie stars to buy their club. form of the snp, and that is trying to break apart the united kingdom —— what he feels strongly, and i would agree. the scottish government is set contact is made — to announce whether the toughest spacex's dragon capsule docks with covid restrictions will be imposed in some areas of scotland. the international space station, ministers indicate it's too early to say what restrictions will be in place once the lockdown marking another advance for in england ends at the beginning america's astronaut taxi service. a mile starts to the day, they mild

the generally, with temperature is above average for the time of year. but a lot of cloud around, and some more rain for western scotland. all the details in ten minutes. good morning. it's tuesday november the 17th. our main story — parts of england which were living under the lower tiers of covid restrictions may need to face tougher rules when the national lockdown ends. that's according to a government adviser. dr susan hopkins said the measures in tieri and 2 areas had not been effective, and would need to be strengthened while potential new vaccines are developed. keith doyle reports. they may well be smiling under theirfacemasks in this moderna lab in the us. the past 2a hours have brought some much welcome good news. a second vaccine has been found to work. the moderna vaccine has been shown to be almost 95% effective and possibly easier to use than the pfizer one, which needs to be stored at very low temperatures. when you combine it with the news last week

of pfizer's vaccine, you have two vaccines that are over 90% effective. it really means, i think, we have the tools necessary to finally beat this virus back. and i think that's probably the best news of the day for all of us, is that there really are now solutions in our hands, and we need to deliver them to the people who can use them. both vaccines still have to be approved for use, but with many more are also being trialled, it's possible that the most vulnerable will be able to get vaccinated before christmas, with a wider roll—out next year. while we might all heave a collective sigh of relief, there is a warning that we are not in the clear yet. hundreds of people are dying every day with the virus. the health secretary for england warned we cannot drop our guard. while there is much uncertainty, we can see the candle of hope, and we must do all that we can to nurture its flame. but we're not there yet.

until the science can make us safe, we must remain vigilant and keep following the rules that we know can keep this virus under control. there is still another two weeks of lockdown to go in england, after which it's likely tiering will be reimposed, but there was another warning. the lower tiers had little effect, and so it's possible we will see tougher tier measures on the other side of lockdown. tier 2 seems to hold in some areas and not so well in others, and so really depends on how fast transmission is occurring and how well the individuals in the population are taking that advice we see very little effect from tier 1 and i think when we look at what tiers may be there in the future, we may have to think about strengthening them in order to get us through the winter months. while the successes of two vaccines is undoubtedly good news, they are not available yet. the end of lockdown in england won't mean life gets back to normal. other parts of the uk are battling with their plans.

tougher measures could be announced in scotland later today. there is light, but we are being warned that we are nowhere near the end of the tunnel. keith doyle, bbc news. our political correspondent chris mason joins us now. chris, what options would the government be considering for those tier 1 and tier 2 areas? they are determined if at all possible to return to a tiering system in england at the end of next month when the current lockdown measures expire. she was at the start of next month. the prime minister was explicit in saying that two conservative mps at the start of the week when he was announcing his incarceration in downing street. but you got a sense there in the report that there is a nervousness among the model... it took quite a lot of pain, the government, trying to set out that tiering system in england just a couple of weeks ago, whether it is up to the job. the suggestions

there from doctor hopkins that it's not, and therefore the potential that there are additional tiers or potentially you strengthen the definition of each individual tier. matt hancock, the health secretary for england, still pretty guarded saying, let's wait for the evidence. of course, at this stage it is quite ha rd to of course, at this stage it is quite hard to work out whether or not the current restrictions in england have made enough difference. i think, as has so often been the case in this pandemic, we simply don't know at the moment what the government is going to do, because it is still working it out. we will get more nap throughout the programme, chris, obviously. the prime minister has been passing his verdict on scottish devolution. how did that go down? yeah, this is a meeting he had last night with the northern research group of conservative mps. pretty explosive remarks from the prime minister, describing devolution, the setting up of the scottish

parliament 23 years ago, is a disaster north of the border. and tony blair are's biggest mistake. there is no denying from downing street that is what he said. it was a private meeting so we do not have a private meeting so we do not have a recording of it. sources have said he has always supported devolution and it's great, but not when used by nationalists to break up the uk. scotland's first minister, snp nicola sturgeon, very quick in response. this is a reminder that the scottish conservatives do not wa nt to the scottish conservatives do not want to give any extra power to the scottish parliament, and in her view, independence is the only way ahead. really powerful remarks just five and they have plans ahead of the scottish parliament elections, where the snp are polling very well, where the snp are polling very well, where independence is polling particularly well at the moment. and so particularly well at the moment. and so there is a big question coming again about whether the whole uk will hold together, or whether scotla nd will hold together, or whether scotland were might choose to go its own way. chris, thank you for that

analysis, will see you later. the leader of hull city council is asking the prime minister for the power to introduce extra coronavirus restrictions — including the option of closing schools. stephen brady says the city has suffered a terrifying rise in cases. leanne brown is in hull for us this morning. leanne, what's the situation there now? infection rates in hull are three times the national average. there are 188 people in hospital here with covid... there are 188 people in hospital here with covid. .. we seem to be having a slight issue hearing you this morning, we will try to establish that and go back to hull and geta establish that and go back to hull and get a little bit later, apologies for that.

us president—electjoe biden has warned that "people may die" if president donald trump continues to delay the transition of power. it's been more than a week since mr biden was projected to have won the election, and he said he needs to co—ordinate his plans to control coronavirus. our north america correspondent david willis reports. at this north dakota hospital, staff are overwhelmed. here, and in other parts of the country, they are running out of beds — such is the impact of a virus that is spreading with breathtaking speed. joe biden has warned a dark winter lies ahead, but efforts by his team to come up with a plan to cope with it are being stymied by donald trump's stubborn refusal to concede. at risk — the swift distribution of a vaccine. if we have to wait untiljanuary 20th to start that planning, it puts us behind — over a month, a month and a half. and so it's important that it

be done, that there be co—ordination — now. now or as rapidly as we can get that done. the president continues to deny that he lost the election, and has taken to twitter to accuse what he called "radical left democrats" of attempting to steal it. but his refusal to concede is also preventing the biden team from taking the advice of government experts such as dr anthony fauci. the virus is not going to stop and call a timeout while things change — the virus isjust going to keep going. we want a smooth process for that, and the way you do that is by essentially having the two groups speak to each other and exchange information. among those urging the president to acknowledgejoe biden‘s victory is the former first lady michelle obama. on her instagram page, she called the seamless transfer of power one of the hallmarks of american democracy, adding, "this isn't a game." whilst hope is dimming

that the current occupant of the white house will prioritise the threat of the virus, health experts are warning that another 200,000 americans could die in the time it takes forjoe biden to take office. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the itv soap coronation street has marked its forthcoming 60th anniversary by releasing some group photographs of the original and current casts. the first episode was broadcast in december 1960 — you can see the young bill roache, who plays ken barlow. 60 years later, he's there again on the current cast picture — which looks like a group picture — but all the actors posed separately, to comply with social distancing restrictions.

they've been moved in by the magic of technology. they sometimes do that with school photographs, don't they? move them around. change heads. if someone hasn't turned up. do they? yeah. who knew? i didn't. it's 6.11. carol has the weather for us. morning, carol. today, a mild start and it will remain mild through the course of the day, but there will also be a lot of cloud around. it will also be rather blustery. you can see how extensive the cloud is here on the satellite picture, and some of that is producing some drizzle and also some rain. we have had quite a lot of rain can actually come across western scotland through the night, some of that getting into northern ireland as well. unless in fees and with all this cloud coming in, it's dank command will see some further showers as well. but most of that used in the shelter of the hills, so eastern scotland, east of the

pennines, north—east wales, you could see temperatures today get up to 16 or17, could see temperatures today get up to 16 or 17, even 18 celsius. but generally we are looking up to ten to ten to about 15 celsius. heading through the evening and overnight, we hang on to the rain across western scotland, so again rainfall totals continuing to pile up, that is the risk of localised flooding, and it will also be pretty wet in shetland, furthering coming in across western areas generally. push further east, still a lot of cloud, some clear skies coming into southern areas, and a temperature range nine to 11 celsius. i have a lot more whether in half an hour, including telling you where some of us including telling you where some of us may well see some snow before the end of the week. wow! it felt very mild today as well, interesting, isn't it? thanks very much, we'll see you in half an hour. let's return now to that very welcome news of another potential vaccine against coronavirus. its american developer — moderna — says the jab will reduce the risk of covid by almost 95%. so how does it work?

like the pfizer vaccine announced last week, this one doesn't need the virus itself — it uses the genes from the protein which forms spikes around the virus. this genetic material — known as rna — is created synthetically in the lab. when injected, the rna teaches the body to recognise the virus and fight it off. we can speak to a virologist in the states now. angie rasmussen is from the georgetown centre for global health science and security. she joins us from seattle. good to speak to you, thank you very much forjoining us. tell us about this vaccine, how important is this one? this is very important. i think that all of these vaccines that are in development, in late stage clinical trials, will play a role, and that is because, even when they are approved, if that happens very soon, we will need as many doses of all these different vaccines as we can get. the more vaccines, the

better. so as you mention, the madonna vaccine that announced this interim results today is very similarto interim results today is very similar to the pfizer vaccine in the technology it uses. —— the moderna vaccine. so these two vaccines may play a big role in controlling the pandemic here in the states and worldwide. does it also indicate that other vaccines currently in development, for example the oxford one here in the uk, does it indicate that they might all perhaps be more successful tha n that they might all perhaps be more successful than we first thought? yeah, that is really hope. many of these vaccines are in phase one trials, showed similar immune profiles that they induce. so even though the astrazeneca 0xford vaccine is a different technology, it's a viral vaccine compared to the mrna vaccines, the induce similar levels of neutralising antibodies and t cell responses. that suggests that they might all work the same way. tell me also, we know the

moderna one that does not need to be keptin moderna one that does not need to be kept in such cold fridges, for example, is the one from pfizer. is that we were going to make a big difference, do you think?|j that we were going to make a big difference, do you think? i think it will make a huge difference. 0ne difference, do you think? i think it will make a huge difference. one of my biggest concerns with regards to the pfizer vaccine was distributing that vaccines in places, and a lot of people said this would apply on the to the developing world, but here in the us and in many whelk amenities, they do not have the freezers that the vaccine it needs to be start in, so that presents a tremendous challenge in rolling the vaccine out to everyone who needs it. -- in vaccine out to everyone who needs it. —— in many world communities. so other vaccines that can be start in a normal conventional freezer will provide more access to the vaccine, so that is a huge thing and a big wind for public health. lots of people watching will think that safety is key, but when will i get that vaccine? when might these two be ruled out? in the us, that could

start as early as december, i think. they should still be collecting a little bit more data, in order to reach an end point. that would mean that people could begin being vaccinated probably sometime in december, but one thing that people really do need to keep in mind is that right now, there are only about 20 million doses of each of the pfizer madonna vaccines in the us. those require two shots, so it really m ea ns those require two shots, so it really means that each vaccine can only vaccinate 10 million people with the supply that we have on here. so it will be a long process to manufacture more of the vaccine to manufacture more of the vaccine to make sure everybody can get access to it. and of course, there are so many unknowns. do we know yet, or have any indication, whether it stops you passing on coronavirus, for example? that is able important question, and a really big question, that we don't know the answer to.

these vaccine trials have really been looking at the ability to prevent against symptomatic covid—19, not necessarily against asymptomatic covid—19 or infection. so it's going to be really important to look at cases within the vaccinated group to see if they have a viral loads that are high or detectable, to dry to understand whether or not those people might still be contagious, even though they are protected from getting sick. angie rasmussen, thank you very much for staying up for us, it is really good to hear all that information. thank you. my pleasure. let's take a look at today's papers. news of a second vaccine is on many of the front pages, including the i, which reports the government has done a deal to buy five million doses of the coronavirus jab and is in negotiations to buy millions more. the telegraph has a picture

of matt hancock at a downing street press conference yesterday. the newspaper says the health secretary refused to rule out an extension to england's lockdown as it was "too early to know" if the current restrictions have been effective. the mirror says families have been given hope after a government promise of rapid coronavirus tests for care home visitors. but the paper says care home bosses fear visits will not happen without extra funding. 0nline, the daily post newspaper in wales has lots of reaction to the news that hollywood stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney have bid to buy wrexham football club. it says fans are hoping the move could boost the team's fortunes. that is one of my favourite stories of this whole year. fans have voted for it to go ahead. when you saw the advert that they did, absolutely brilliant, i'm a bitjealous. later on we will be speaking to the fan

who put tweet audi years ago, eight your school, saint wouldn't it be amazing if ryan reynolds got involved? and amazing if ryan reynolds got involved ? and he amazing if ryan reynolds got involved? and he responded to that tweet which is what they got —— which is what got the ball rolling. this is about the average age of mums, family older than ever. instead of starting a family, millions are choosing education and financial independence. it revealed at the average age at which women give birth last year was 30.7. the figure in 1955 was 26.5. this is leading to a generation of women who will never be grandmothers, according to an expat. fathers are getting older too, the average age for men to have children now is 33 compared with just under 29 in 195a.

"1974. this guy is amazing, compared with just under 29 in 195a. —— 197a. this guy is amazing, a high back from the dead his heart stopped for 45 minutes. so he disappeared in a mountain desert, airlifted to hospital, and he was suffering from hypothermia. he arrived in an emergency rain in a hospital in seattle. he appeared on good morning america to talk about the fact he was essentially dead for 45 minutes. an amazing quote here from one of the doctors who set, he was as dead as someone gets before they are truly dead. and then somehow... is that a medical term? he obviously knows what he's talking about. three days later, he has been sitting up in bed, his heart and lungs are functioning normally, no apparent damage to his brain after being technically dead for 45 minutes, and by the weekend, he was giving

interviews. amazing. and quickly, a lovely photograph of captain sir tom moore. look, he has made history again. he is the oldest ever cover star of go again. he is the oldest ever cover star of g0 magazine, and there he is. isn't that brilliant? there is the actual picture of him on the cover. he looks very dapper. he had a brilliant few months. it is 6.21. it's a bleak time for small retailers in england at the moment — as all nonessential shops were forced to close for the second lockdown. but some of them are finding clever ways to keep trading safely. nina is taking a look. talking retail. as with the first lockdown essential shops can stay open — food retailers, pharmacies

and hardware stores. but all nonessential retailers have been required to close their doors until 2nd december. retailers forced to close are allowed to offer delivery and click—and—collect services as long as items are pre—ordered and collected without entering the premises. by the end of november, nonessential shops will have been closed for 17 weeks of the year. so lockdown has forced small shops to innovate — from doorstep deliveries by bicycle to personal shopping services on zoom to virtual high streets. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports from west yorkshire. taking on the cobbled streets and narrow lanes of the calder valley, delivery rider beate is hebden bridge's version of amazon and deliveroo combined. this is bertha and she's just great.

she's done, i think, about 1,500 miles since we started doing this. so she's worked really hard! beate and her electric bike, bertha, a part of a team of 16 couriers. this business was set up as demand grew for local deliveries from local shops during lockdown. so what kind of things do you deliver? oh, my goodness. we've delivered everything from vintage clothing down through organic vegetables to, you know, things that need to be kept cool. we've got chiller boxes. today, she's doing the cheese run. and this was an innovation that came out of lockdown. so we thought that we'd see more deliveries just happening and that we wanted to do that in a much more sustainable way that's much more appropriate for our circumstances and our valley. the crumbly cheese is the latest retailer to start delivering by bike. when pubs and cafes shut, andrew's wholesale trade disappeared, but he's managed to pick up new customers. it works brilliantly for us.

people can access — those that are shielding their stock in indoors, they can access what we do and then it's delivered to their door without any worries. i personally would love to get cheese delivered to my door. i mean, what is better than that? well, there isn't really anything better than having cheese personally delivered to your door — unless it comes with the occasional glass of wine. with non—essential shops in england shut for a second time, the british retail consortium estimates £2 billion worth of sales will be lost every week during november. it's forced independents to try new things. there's been a real awakening ofjust what's needed to keep them going. a group called totally locally has helped 69 retailers here in hebden bridge come together to set up an online shopping site for the town. so it's about the future and it's about embracing that rather than seeing online as an enemy. it's a way of making...keeping the high street thriving. many of the businesses — like this book—seller —

didn't do any trade online before this. now it's proving to be a lifeline. they feel like it really is a local space on the world wide web. you know, this is our busiest time of year and we have to maintain some sort of retail presence, even through lockdown. and i'm all set. and if you live in the calder valley, you can also get these nostalgia—inducing sweets from your childhood delivered to your home or click and collect them. i think that's a really good thing about small businesses — it's what we do best. it's about adapting. and how important is it that you can keep doing some kind of trade through all of this? vital — because it were long, lockdown, last time. it were a lot of work to do deliveries and it's a lot quieter this time, so it's really good — this idea. for many small retailers, 2020 has been the hardest year they've ever known, but collaborating, innovating and getting online fast is helping them to survive this second shutdown.

all eyes are now on december. and we will be open before christmas — we will have that run up to christmas. we've a lot of christmas stock! yeah, we do! sarah corker, bbc news, in hebden bridge. and later we'll be talking to the business expert baroness karren brady — she's helping to launch a charity for small businesses. we will be asking whether the current restrictions are fair on smaller retailers. we saw in the report there about smaller retailers doing well. it is easier if you think about it in a small community with disposable income, it is other larger high street chains, such as ca rd larger high street chains, such as card shops and clothing retailers,

supermarkets can sell your products and yet for you it is considered nonessential. is that fair, we will be talking to karren brady about that later on. you're watching bbc breakfast. still to come on the programme. the so—called "taxi firm for astronauts" — spacex hasjust dropped off four more passengers at the international space station. we'll bring you the latest on that mission in ten minutes — and we'll be chatting to the british astronaut tim peake after eight. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a petition's been launched to ban certain foods from nurseries after a toddler chocked to death on a piece of sausage she was given for lunch. two—year—old sadie salt died on saturday. she'd spent two days in intensive care at st mary's hospital.

those behind the petition want food that could be difficult for small children to chew — including sausages and grapes — taken off the menu at nurseries. transport for london and london councils have launched a competition to select operators for a year long trial of rental e—scooters. they've already proved popular in other european cities. we could see them here in london as early as next spring. lewis hamilton has been named as the most influential black briton. the formula 1 driverfrom stevenage joins marcus rashford and stormzy on the powerlist 2021. london's regional director for public health england, professor kevin fenton, has also made the list. during the first lockdown many public spaces and gardens were shut this time round they're allowed to stay open of course and the national trust and royal horticultural society have been hilighting the mental health benefits of getting outside — whatever the weather. i mean, we're over 200 acres, so it's a huge garden for people to be able to distance, to wander around peacefully.

you know, the understanding and awareness of plants and nature being good for people — good for people both mentally and physically — is being talked about more, understood more. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tubes are fine but on the 0verground there's no service between kilburn high road and euston due to a faulty train. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. perhaps a few spits and spots of early drizzle this morning just falling from the thickness of the cloud, but other than that it should stay completely dry all day. it's a very mild start

to the morning — temperatures in double figures. rather grey and murky out there. we'll keep the strength of that brisk south—westerly wind throughout the day. perhaps a few glimmers of something brighter later on through the afternoon, but always plenty of cloud, and top afternoon temperatures of a mild 14 or 15 degrees celsius. now through this evening and overnight we're set to keep those layers of cloud. it's going to be really quite murky out there. staying rather windy. 0vernight lows, again, of a mild ten or 11 degrees celsius. now, tomorrow morning, there could be a few brighter spells around but, again, it's quite a cloudy start to the day. we'll see some brightness developing. it could feel even milder still tomorrow, but there will be some outbreaks of light, patchy rain through the afternoon. that's a cold front coming through, introducing some much colder air in time for thursday. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to dan andlouise. bye for now.

hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. coming up this morning... it's been played for well over a thousand years but now chess is back in fashion — thanks in part to a new netflix drama, the queen's gambit. we'll be checking out that story later and speaking with a chess grandmaster. how's this for british diplomacy in action? we'll meet "our man in chongqing" — who's being hailed a hero in the chinese city after he jumped into a swollen river to save a young woman from drowning. and we'll hear from the wrexham afc fans who are hoping for a hollywood ending after their club was bought by the a—list actor ryan reynolds.

good morning, let's bring you more on our main story this morning. parts of england which were living under the lower tiers of covid restrictions may need to face tougher rules when the national lockdown ends. that's according to a government adviser. dr susan hopkins said the measures in tier! and 2 areas had not been effective — and could need to be strengthened while potential new vaccines are developed — including a newjab by the us firm moderna, which is said to be 95% effective. we heard last week how gps will face a monumental task in rolling out the new pfizer vaccine, if it gets licensed. now we know there's another potentialjab in the pipeline — but will that make the process easier or more complicated? let's ask one of our regular breakfast gps, dr fari ahmad. lovely to talk to you, as ever. i am sure you and your colleagues are talking vaccines at the moment. what have you made of this latest news about another one from america,

moderna this time? well, it is good news. i think the fact that there is another vaccine again that is showing over 90% effectiveness is good news. rolling it out, this one you seem to be able to store it at normal freezer temperatures and it can last in your fridge for longer, you have one month. so that seems to make it easier to use. i don't think we are getting as much of it, we are only getting about 5 million doses, so about 2.5 million people. i don't know how much of this will end up being given out by the nhs. do you have enough information yet? i am sure when your patients are asking you about vaccines... i see you laughing! about how you will be able to implement this, what you will be able to do practically how others will work to get that vaccine into the population? yeah, so we are

having lots of discussions and talking about this. as gps we do vaccinations, it's what we do. a few weeks ago we did about 1000 people in the morning for the flu jab. 0nce we get enough information, which is still coming out, we should be able to manage it. wejust need nhs england to be supportive of us, dude just lets us get on with this but make sure we have enough support. not asking to tick boxes and tangle us not asking to tick boxes and tangle us in red tape, which sometimes happened happens. lots of thought into how we are going to do it, how we are going to get people in, what kind of setup we will have. so we are working on it because i think if we can get it out it will be one of the things that will make a difference to life getting back to normal. we are keen to do that. i'm sure you are paying close attention to what the health secretary was

saying yesterday. he doesn't seem to have ruled out making the vaccine for covid—19 mandatory. is that something you are discussing with your fellow gps? no. in this country we have a great tradition, we don't force people to do things. we give them the information and most people make the right choice, if you get the right information and have an understanding of it, i think you can make the right choice. just in the few days we have known about the vaccine i've had a few discussions with people and there is a lot of misinformation out there. some of it is... we are not good at combating it. i think if you can talk to people and explain things and benefits, most people are willing to go ahead and have it. it's about having that time to understand what they are concerned about and address it. i don't believe things should be made mandatory, it just

it. i don't believe things should be made mandatory, itjust doesn't work to something else we are looking at this morning is potentially what we heard yesterday about the tier system as potentially is being revised at the start of next month. how effective... where you in tier 3 in wilmslow? i think we just skirted the outside of it, we are on the edge of manchester, which was tier 3. you were in tier 2, how does it work in your area? i think it worked reasonably well. what they were finding was it wasn't having the effect they were hoping for. in some places, where people knew exactly what the rules were stuck to them, it seemed to work better in some tier 2 areas. in some it didn't. the areas that had tier 3, into seem to show effects, certainly in manchester and the north—west, numbers were starting to drop before the national lockdown was imposed.

that more effective. something else we have discussed with our gps regularly is, with all the attention on coronavirus, other issues, medical issues and other health concerns. not being ignored but not having the attention they would normally have. did you say the who said it wants governments to do more to prevent cervical cancer? annual deaths from disease are expected to raise 400,000 per year globally by 2030. does that concern you, how possible do you think that maybe? certainly lots of us haven't been able to get the normal time they get. cervical cancer is preventable, we have a vaccine programme that has been going on for a while. if we can get enough people to have that it will prevent it. then at the screening, we can pick it up early so that then we can treat it before it becomes a cause for it mortality.

for something like cervical cancer, for us as a practice, in lockdown we we re for us as a practice, in lockdown we were encouraging our high—risk women to come in and have the smear and that will be the ongoing way to manage it. that is one of those where you can see, with this cancer, we may be able to get there, we may be able to prevent it and stop it causing the deaths it has been. real interesting to talk to you, as ever. dr fari ahmad, have a lovely day, and hopefully speak to you again soon. coming to your favourite story of the year so far. it's definitely in my top five. can you remember the other four? captain tom moore, there has done has been others. hollywood coming to wrexham! it is just down the road from you. i can't get my head around this. when

the class of 92 bought a salford, it made sense. they are footballers, down the road from old trafford, but this just doesn't quite make sense! the slightly bonkers nature, how they became involved, the fact it is wrexham and i'm sure they didn't know much about it when they first we re know much about it when they first were introduced to the club, that is pa rt were introduced to the club, that is part of the magic. that is confounding me this morning. we will speak to lots of people over the course of the morning so i'm sure we will get to the bottom of a quite a while. movie stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are to be the new owners of wrexham. the wrexham supporters trust members voted by a huge margin to back a takeover bid. reynolds and mcelhenney say they want to turn the club into a globalforce. wrexham have been in fan ownership since 2011. craig templeton reports. another bizarre twist in the strangest of years as it was confirmed that hollywood is coming to wrexham. yes, actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney‘s bid to take over the national league club has been accepted by nearly 99%

of the wrexham supporters trust. they made the announcement in typical comedic fashion whilst advertising wrexham's sponsor. why are rob and i pitching a north walian trailer manufacturer? well, because we just became owners of wrexham association football club, and they're our team sponsor. you may have never heard of wrexham, the racecourse ground, or ifor williams, but you will. so to the wrexham supporters trust, thank you for your faith and trust in us. we are humbled and we are already getting to work. bleep. this is really happening. 0ther trailer companies are available. but, in all seriousness, it's quite a development for a club that nearly went out of business in 2004. the pair have said they want to turn wrexham into a globalforce, and could invest as much as £2 million. and it didn't take long for the wrexham supporters to get into the superhero spirit.

it's great news — not only for the club but for the whole town. this isjust going to change wrexham. in september, reynolds responded to an old tweet from fans about coming to wrexham, with him replying, "you never know." well, now we do — and now he's tweeted, "wrexham is the name." the club's most famous moment had been beating arsenal in the 1992 fa cup... oh, what a goal, mickey thomas! ..but now they're getting more than just a sprinkling of stardust. craig templeton, bbc news. packed stands, i'm sure, when fans are allowed to return to wrexham. the return of fans to football is just one of the issues likely to be high on the agenda at a virtual summit hosted by culture secretary 0liver dowden today. the meeting on the future of football will aim to tackle a host of subjects — from the spectators at stadia and a financial bailout, to equality and diversity and the women's game. the heads of the fa, premier league,

efl, national league, and kick it out have all been invited, along with leaders from women's football and fa ns' representatives. the premier league reported 16 positive cases of coronavirus in the latest round of testing. it's the most since the season started in september. the results don't include those who have tested positive while on international duty. those include spurs defender matt doherty who was with the ireland squad that lost in wales. he tested positive before their return to dublin. arsenal's egypt international mohamed elneny will also enter isolation. england will be without jordan henderson and raheem sterling for their nations league game against iceland tomorrow. henderson was taken off in the defeat to belgium with tightness in his leg and adds his name to a growing list of injury concerns at his club liverpool. sterling has returned to manchester city after not making an appearance at all during the current international break. the england and wales cricket board

has been accused by two former umpires of "institutionalised racism", in the latest allegations to surface in the sport. john holder said it looked "more than suspicious" he had not received a reply from the ecb when offering to be a mentor. ismail dawood, meanwhile, said he had heard racist language used in front of senior ecb staff, which went unchallenged. the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission "to challenge organisations like the ecb". world number one novak djokovic made a winning start at the atp finals in london. djokovic eased to a straight sets victory against diego schwartzmann of argentina. the serb is aiming to win the event for a record equalling sixth time. sadly there would be no fans there to see it. i've been playing the atp finals in this arena for many years and, you know, i've been blessed, to experience some incredible matches and atmospheres. and, you know, i must say that it feels very strange to play in front of the empty stands.

in the evening session, russian fourth seed daniil medvedev beat german fifth seed alexander zverev in straight sets. medvedev plays djokovic tomorrow. olympic champion caeleb dressel has set a new world record in the men's 100m individual medley. he's become the first person to go under 50 seconds in the event. dressel set the time of 49.88 seconds for the cali condors team in their international swimming league semi final in budapest. that is three individual world titles now for kayal address. not quite up there with michael phelps. thank you. if you are watching half an hour ago you would have heard carroll had details of potential snow in half an hour and now here we are, half an hour and now here we are, half an hour later. good morning. good morning. you are quite right. some snow in the forecast, a lot will be

on high ground but in shetland we could see some of that getting down to sea level overnight on wednesday, for example. let's crack on. we have a lot of cloud around today. a mild start, and mild day and also fairly blustery. you can see that by looking at the isobars. reigning steadily across western price of scotland, more rain to come as we go through the day. the rainfall totals here are starting to mount up. the rain also affecting parts of northern ireland and with all this cloud around and a south—westerly wind you will find, in western areas, there is quite a lot of murk. some mist and fog on the coasts and hills. further east in the shelter of the grampians, because the shelter of the pennines in the east, north—east wales, here we are likely to see the clouds break up and some sunshine come through. if that happens because the temperatures getting up as high as a 17 or 18 degrees. generally speaking, we are looking at ten to about 15. through the evening and overnight, we still have a lot of rain across western

scotland. again the rainfall totals really mounting up. the rain becomes ensconced across the northern isles. rain across northern ireland, getting into wales and the south—west and still quite murky because we still are in that south—westerly air stream. temperatures overnight, they would be good by day at this of time year. then as we head into wednesday, well, this weather front will signal a bit ofa well, this weather front will signal a bit of a change because as it sinks in the south taking rain with it, colder air follows sinks in the south taking rain with it, colder airfollows on behind. we start with a fair bit of cloud, even some brightness in some eastern areas, then in comes the rain from the west to the east. still a lot of rain across the northern isles and then behind this weather front we see clear skies and a fair few showers but temperatures will start to dipa showers but temperatures will start to dip a touch. now i'm going to pause, because overnight wednesday into thursday, remember the cold air is feeding in? this is when we are likely to see some snow. if we look at the mrc chart, these are the

blues indicating it is turning colder wednesday, later in the west then overnight into thursday. look how the blue penetrates much of this chart. the cold air will bring some snow into shetland and to sea level, the fight north of northern scotland down to 250, 300 metres, we will see accumulate. then we have high pressure building in during the course of thursday. that will kill offa course of thursday. that will kill off a lot of the showers. not all of them. also with this northerly wind we will have some gales down at this east coast, as well. as the sunshine it will feel cold because the wind will take the edge off those temperatures. although it may sate fourin temperatures. although it may sate four in aberdeen, it will feel colder. not as low in the south but there will be some wind chill. later in the day and at front will coming across northern ireland. for a time it will engage with colder air, we can see some snow on the hills in northern ireland in the evening, thenit northern ireland in the evening, then it is all over because temperatures pick up once again and

it's all over. thank you very much, carol. we're seeing some incredible pictures from the international space station this morning — after the safe arrival of the spacex capsule. it docked at around four o'clock this morning — and the four astronauts made their way through the hatch into the space station just under an hour ago. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. first four—person capsule that has ever flown. and so that's... coasting on a fully automated flight to space. as you can see live, they have now revealed to us the zero—g indicator, and it looked like a little baby yoda! these four astronauts — along with their toy companion — are the first to be sent their mission to the international space station aboard a commercial spacecraft. it's a milestone for the nearly £2.5 billion deal that nasa signed with elon musk‘s aerospace company to develop, test and fly an astronaut taxi service. when the spacex dragon capsule

arrived and successfully docked, that whole process was also automated. the astronauts on this flight — nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agency astronaut soichi noguchi — will spend six months in space. in another history—making moment, victor gloverjoined the international space station to become its first african—american crew member. there they are. first across the hatch, michael hopkins. and there a victor glover. there are now seven people living and working on the station — tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. and when their mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. victoria gill, bbc news. we will be talking to tim peake about that later. look at this! if tiger king was the big streaming hit of the first lockdown, then this time around its the queen's gambit —

a new netflix series about an american chess prodigy during the cold war. it appears to be sparking a renewed interest in the ancient game — with some online platforms reporting a surge in users. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been checking out the story. get it? it's ten years since international chess master malcolm payne set up his charity, chess in schools & communities. the pandemic might have made it harder to teach the game in person, but its popularity seems to be rocketing. chess has had a sort of a double boost now. the first thing that happened was during lockdown — lots of people started playing more board games, and chess was one of those. and there was another explosion of the game online. chess has very rarely been on television — there hasn't been a television programme about chess or a chess tournament since 1993, when nigel short played garry kasparov, so i think it's getting its moment now. tell the readers of life how

it feels to be a girl among all those men. i don't mind it. chess isn't always competitive. chess can also be... ..beautiful. that's largely down to the queen's gambit — a huge hit on netflix. it's the story of beth harmon — a childhood chess prodigy. i think that the best thing about it, in a way, was the fact that it's a girl who beats all the boys, because if there's going to be a legacy from the queen's gambit, it's got to be that more parents will decide that this is a hobby choice for their daughters as well as their sons. now, your charity's worked in over a thousand schools across the uk to introduce chess. what impact does it have? what chess teaches children, above all, is that your actions have consequences. if you make a mistake in chess, you know, that mistake might be punished, and it's yourfault — it's nobody else's — you have to take responsibility for it, which i think is a very, very important life lesson. also, in the charity, we instill sportsmanship into all games, so children are taught to lose

gracefully and win gracefully. the other thing that it also does is it teaches children to plan, to think ahead, to think logically. now i'm going to show you how the queen moves. shreyas might be too young to watch the queen's gambit, but the 11—year—old is a phenomenal chess talent. i'm about top 15 in the world, top ten before lockdown happened. my father taught me how to play chess when i was around six. now, you're a bit young to watch the queen's gambit, but what do you make of the effect it's having on people who are getting interested in chess? it's always good to get more people into chess — especially girls, since there's not much girls. i'm supposed to go to russia, but what i want is a drink. i'm worried about you. chess for many still has an image problem, but cliches are blown apart in the queen's gambit — controversially at times, with money, alcohol and occasionally drug use part of the plot.

a lot of people think of chess in a certain light. right, they think that chess is for boring people or nerds, for example, but we see chess very differently. i speak to some of the top players every day, and they have big personalities — like in any other profession. you know, they have their own way of doing things. and there's a lot of eccentricity and chess, of course. in chess, of course. as far as drug use and things like that, obviously, i can't really speak to any of that, but i will sayjust the general eccentricities of chess players themselves and just how interesting they are as people, how they see the world is certainly captured in the queen's gambit. nick, tell us about the changes you've noticed this year. we're onboarding about 100,000 new chess players per day. pretty much this time last year, we saw about 20,000 or so new members per day. so you're seeing almost a five—fold increase at this point. as captivating as ever, 1,500 years after chess was invented, there is no endgame in sight.

tim muffett, bbc news. it's always interesting when tv has a big impact on... the guy from chess.com was saying there was almost half a million new users since the series came out. almost half a million new users since the series came outlj almost half a million new users since the series came out. i was a lwa ys since the series came out. i was always a backgammon player rather than chess. when you are deeming at backgammon? i can imagine. i've never seen you be so competitive. you have it. we will be speaking to a grand master later. she is a form that women's british champion. a grand master later. she is a form that women's british championlj that women's british champion.” taught my kids to chest a few years ago and! taught my kids to chest a few years ago and i occasionally find them playing against each other. i used to consider myself to be half decent at chess... cue until? until i played an eight—year—old. his dad was brilliant at chess so he taught his young lad how to play properly. he invited me to a game of speed chess and it was over in under a

minute! when i have sorted out the rubik cube in under a minute i will move back onto chest. it was one of those deeply humiliating moments.” don't know enough about chess to know there must be set moves, mustn't there? yeah. when i play them again in a normal game i make a move and i could see him laughing at my move... because it was the run one? he is thinking five moves ahead. do get in touch. we are talking about the top five of my favourite stories. this is ryan reynolds buying wrexham. i don't know why it just appeals to reynolds buying wrexham. i don't know why itjust appeals to my reynolds buying wrexham. i don't know why it just appeals to my sort of sense of humour, i think! it is brilliant. i'm hoping if he is ever there mightjust brilliant. i'm hoping if he is ever there might just bump brilliant. i'm hoping if he is ever there mightjust bump into him. that's it. we also have paloma faith on the programme. she taught herself how to produce her own album in lockdown. she will be talking about hanging offa lockdown. she will be talking about hanging off a digger at 2.5 months pregnant. for video.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. a petition has been launched to ban certain foods from nurseries after a toddler chocked to death on a piece of sausage she was given for lunch. two—year—old sadie salt died on saturday. she'd spent two days in intensive care at st mary's hospital. those behind the petition want food that could be difficult for small children to chew — including sausages and grapes — taken off the menu at nurseries. transport for london and london councils have launched a competition to select operators for a year—long trial of rental e—scooters. they've already proved popular in other european cities. we could see them in london as early as next spring. lewis hamilton has been named as the most influential black brit. the formula 1 driverfrom stevenage joins marcus rashford and stormzy on the powerlist 2021. london's regional director

for public health england professor kevin fenton has also made the list. during the first lockdown many public spaces and gardens were of course closed — this time round, they've allowed to stay open, and the national trust and royal horticultural society have been hilighting the mental health benefits of getting outside whatever the weather. i mean, we're over 200 acres, so it's a huge garden for people to be able to distance, to wander around peacefully. you know, the understanding and awareness of plants and nature being good for people — good for people both mentally and physically — is being talked about more, understood more. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tubes are fine, but on the 0verground, there's no service between kilburn high road and euston due to a faulty train. 0n the roads, the m25 is closed clockwise betweenjunction 21 and junction 22 because of a collision and diesel spillage overnight. already busy on the diversion route through st albans. the a2 is down to one lane coming in to town at the danson interchange

for roadworks — that has been causing long delays. finally, vauxhall bridge remains closed southbound for roadworks. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. perhaps a few spits and spots of early drizzle this morning just falling from the thickness of the cloud, but other than that it should stay completely dry all day. it's a very mild start to the morning — temperatures in double figures. rather grey and murky out there. we'll keep the strength of that brisk south—westerly wind throughout the day. perhaps a few glimmers of something brighter later on through the afternoon, but always plenty of cloud, and top afternoon temperatures of a mild 14 or 15 degrees celsius. now through this evening and overnight we're set to keep those layers of cloud. it's going to be really quite murky out there. staying rather windy. 0vernight lows, again, of a mild 10 or 11 degrees celsius. now, tomorrow morning, there could be a few brighter spells around but, again, it's quite a cloudy

start to the day. we'll see some brightness developing. it could feel even milder still tomorrow, but there will be some outbreaks of light, patchy rain through the afternoon. that's a cold front coming through, introducing some much colder air in time for thursday. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address and on our instagram and facebook. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today — a tougher tier system of covid restrictions could be imposed in england when lockdown ends in december — scotland will make a decision on tighter controls today. hope on the horizon — there's an international welcome for the news that a second company has developed an effective vaccine against the virus. good morning. the firms fighting back against lockdown. new charity grants are being made available to struggling businesses — we speak to business expert karren brady who's involved in the scheme — and ask whether current restrictions are fair. an emotional meeting in orbit — america's so—called astronaut taxi service delivers four new astronauts to the international space station a mild start to the day and a mild day generally, but a lot of cloud around, and we still have some heavy

rain across western scotland. more than ten minutes. it's tuesday november the 17th. our top story — parts of england which were living under the lower tiers of covid restrictions may need to face tougher rules when the national lockdown ends. that's according to a government adviser. dr susan hopkins said the measures in tier! and 2 areas had not been effective, and could need to be strengthened while potential new vaccines are developed. keith doyle reports. they may well be smiling under their facemasks in this moderna lab in the us. the past 24 hours have brought some much welcome good news — a second vaccine has been found to work. the moderna vaccine has shown to be almost 95% effective and possibly easier to use than the pfizer one, which needs to be stored at very low temperatures. when you combine it with the news last week of pfizer's vaccine, you've got now two vaccines that are over 90% effective. it really means, i think, we have the tools necessary

to finally beat this virus back. and i think that's probably the best news of the day for all of us, is that there really are now solutions in our hands, and we need to deliver them to the people who can use them. both vaccines still have to be approved for use, but with many more also being trialled, it's possible that the most vulnerable will be able to get vaccinated before christmas, with a wider roll—out next year. while we might all heave a collective sigh of relief, there's a warning that we're not in the clear yet — hundreds of people are dying every day with the virus. the health secretary for england warned we cannot drop our guard. while there is much uncertainty, we can see the candle of hope, and we must do all that we can to nurture its flame. but we're not there yet. until the science can make us safe, we must remain vigilant and keep following the rules that we know can keep this virus under control. there's still another two weeks

of lockdown to go in england, after which it's likely tiering will be reimposed, but there was another warning — the lower tiers had little effect, and so it's possible we will see tougher tier measures on the other side of lockdown. tier 2 seems to hold in some areas and not so well in others, and so really it depends on how fast transmission's occurring and how well the individuals in the population are taking that advice in. we see very little effect from tier 1, and i think when we look at what tiers may be there in the future, we will have to think about strengthening them in order to get us through the winter months. while the successes of two vaccines is undoubtedly good news, they are not available yet. the end of lockdown in england won't mean life gets back to normal. other parts of the uk are battling with their plans — tougher measures could be announced in scotland later today. there is light, but we are being warned that we are nowhere near the end of the tunnel. keith doyle, bbc news.

0ur political correspondent chris mason joins us now. chris, what options would the government be considering for those tier 1 and tier 2 areas? this is about england and the current lockdown restrictions which have a fortnight to run, and the prime minister saying over the weekend he really wants england to return to the tier system that was set upjust return to the tier system that was set up just before we went into the current lockdown. what you had there doctor hopkins saying the structures that were there before weren't tough enough, particularly in the lower tiers, and they need to be beefed up. in that matches what the scientific advisers, the so—called sage group, were saying in a document that has been released in the last few days, so some big decisions to come for the government. firstly, is there evidence that the current restrictions in england are working? and secondly, as we get towards the tail end of this month, have they

drop low enough to return to the tiering system, or does the tiering system then have to be strengthened? absolutely, and also the prime minister has been talking about scottish devolution as well. what is he said, what is the reaction been? he was on a zoom call last night, because he is unable to leave self—isolation. he was talking to northern conservative mps, and said the setting up of the scottish parliament had been a disaster north of the border, and it was tony blair's biggest mistake. downing street are not denying he said it, it was in a private meeting but not recorded, so we cannot be certain but that is what people there so he said. they are trying to finesse the position a little, saying that the prime minister has always supported devolution, but not when used by nationalists to break up the uk. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, leader of the snp, was very quick last night to respond on

twitter, saying it is worth bookmarking these comments because it shows that the tories are not just a threat to the powers of the scottish parliament, but certainly would give any more devolved powers and the only way to protect and strengthen the scottish parliament is to have independence. why does this matter? there is a scottish parliament election next may, with the snp looking to do very well and the snp looking to do very well and the promise for another independence referendum likely in their ma nifesto. referendum likely in their manifesto. boris johnson can referendum likely in their manifesto. borisjohnson can stop that legally, but politically in that legally, but politically in that situation, it would be very tricky. so the future of the union a very live issue again. chris, thank you very much. there are calls for schools in hull to be allowed to close, following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. the city now has the highest rate of infection in england, with nearly three times the number of positive cases as the national average. council leader stephen brady has written to the prime minister asking

for the power to introduce new restrictions, including the option of closing schools. us president—electjoe biden has warned that "people may die" if president donald trump continues to delay the transition of power. it's been more than a week since mr biden was projected to have won the election — and he said he needs to co—ordinate his plans to control coronavirus. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. at this north dakota hospital, staff are overwhelmed. here, and in other parts of the country, they are running out of beds — such is the impact of a virus that is spreading with breathtaking speed. joe biden has warned a dark winter lies ahead, but efforts by his team to come up with a plan to cope with it are being stymied by donald trump's stubborn refusal to concede. at risk — the swift distribution of a vaccine. if we have to wait untiljanuary 20th to start that planning,

it puts us behind — over a month, a month and a half. and so it's important that it be done, that there be co—ordination — now. now or as rapidly as we can get that done. the president continues to deny that he lost the election, and has taken to twitter to accuse what he called "radical left democrats" of attempting to steal it. but his refusal to concede is also preventing the biden team from taking the advice of government experts such as dr anthony fauci. the virus is not going to stop and call a timeout while things change — the virus isjust going to keep going. we want a smooth process for that, and the way you do that is by essentially having the two groups speak to each other and exchange information. among those urging the president to acknowledgejoe biden's victory is the former first lady michelle 0bama. on her instagram page, she called the seamless transfer

of power one of the hallmarks of american democracy, adding, "this isn't a game." whilst hope is dimming that the current occupant of the white house will prioritise the threat of the virus, health experts are warning that another 200,000 americans could die in the time it takes forjoe biden to take office. david willis, bbc news, los angeles.

tributes are being paid to the former football agent eric hall, who has died aged 73. known for his catchphrase — "monster, monster" — he initially worked as a music promoterfor bands including queen and the sex pistols — before moving on to manage some of the biggest names in football during the ‘80s and ‘90s, representing clients like dennis wise, robbie savage and terry venables. hurricane iota is battering the coast of nicaragua — two weeks after another storm devastated the same area. the us national hurricane center says winds of more than 150 miles an hour, torrential rainfall and a life—threatening storm surge are expected. the hurricane hitjust 10 miles south of the point where storm eta made landfalljust two weeks ago. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. at home, much quieter, a lot of cloud around, as you can see from our picture of edinburgh. and across the uk, extensive cloud cover this morning, but mild, and breezy, and some of us have some rain. more notably across western scotland, but some of that getting on across northern ireland through the day, and quitea northern ireland through the day, and quite a lot of merck across western areas. cloud coming in on this south—westerly breeze. —— a lot

of murk. producing some showers and drizzle as well. a blustery day, but if you're in the shelter of the grampians, the pennines or in north—east wales, for example, your temperature in any sunshine could get up to 17 or 18 celsius. but generally we are looking at ten to about 15. heading through the evening and overnight, the rain continues to fall across western scotland. those rainfall totals do we mounting up. the risk of some localised flooding, and across the far north of scotland into the northern isles, again some persistent rain. still a murky night especially in the west, but another mild one. so tomorrow we start off with some brightness in eastern areas, but the band of rain pushing from the west towards the east, as we go through the course of the day. behind it, brighter skies, we go through the course of the day. behind it, brighterskies, some sunshine, but also some showers, and one thing you will notice is the change in the wind direction, so the

wind in the north of the country coming in more of a northerly direction, whereas we are still in this westerly flow as we push further south. and that heralds the change, because through the day in some western areas, temperature swing to go down. and on thursday overnight, it is going to be cold and there will be a significant wind chill, but it will not last. temperatures picking up again on friday. "astonishing" and "terrifying". that's how the leader of hull council has described the increasing rates of coronavirus in the city — where the proportion of infected people is nearly three times the average for england. stephen brady has asked the prime ministerfor a range of special measures — which could include closing schools. 0ur reporter leanne brown is in hull with more on this story. leanne, how have parents reacted to the possibiliy of school closures?

good morning. as you said, the infection rates in hull are more than three times the national average. they currently stand at 776 per 100,000 compared to the england average of 221. and at the moment, there are 188 people in hospital with covid—19. the leader of hull city council stephen brady has called this a health emergency and has written to be prime minister. he says, the infection rates are frankly astonishing and terrifying, and we see once again to be the forgotten city. you said we seem once again. with no contact at all from national government. he goes on to call for urgent support, he want extra help at things like testing sites, he wants more support in at local hospitals, and he has also called for more flexibility when it comes to schools, and the option to close them if and when it is

necessary. we have not had an official response from the government on this, but the schools minister has said it is policy in that schools stay open and it is vital for children's mental health and education. but at the moment, more than half the schools here in the city are affected by covid—19, and with teachers being off sick, there is a limit to how long that can be managed. and council leaders see hull as a resilient city, but fighting spirits are alone will not get them through this. we can speak now tojulia weldon, the director of public health for hull. thank you forjoining us. and your council leader saying cases are rising at an astonishing and terrifying rate. has this increase taken you by surprise, and would you agree with his assessment? as your

reporter said, hull is one of the highest rates in the country now have around 800 per 100,000. we are a city, as they would have said, thatis a city, as they would have said, that is really resilient, but we have seen this rise in our infection rate across particularly northern cities such as liverpool and blackburn, and unfortunately, with a city like ours, with high levels of deprivation, what we see is when we are hit by something like a pandemic, it is hardest, and the tail of the pandemic will hit us longest. and what sort of impact is that 800 per 100,000 cases having on health services, for starters? the impact is of course that we are seeing more admissions to hospital, so one of the worrying statistics in terms of the admissions of people

over 60, which means more mechanical ventilation. at the moment, we have about 180 people in hospital with a number of those requiring ventilation. the hospital and community services are managing well at the moment, we are a city that pulls together. we have really good support from our public health city regional colleagues, i have to say, and we will continue to maintain our response to this pandemic. the asks from the reader, as you set out, are in terms of asking for some additional support that will help all northern cities, i think. additional support that will help all northern cities, ithink. let's talk about that suggestion that they may be able to close some of the schools. is that something that you would back? would that make a difference? in schools in hull have been open right through the

pandemic, and they have been absolutely brilliant in maintaining the access to schools for our children. and they will continue to do that. in fact, we are not asking for schools to close, that is not what we are asking for at all. we know that the best place for children, particularly vulnerable children, particularly vulnerable children, is in schools. what we are looking for is the support for our learning partnership and our public health team, support from public health england, to continue to maintain those bubbles and allow schools to have periods of time where they might have to close to certain year groups or to certain bubbles. 57 of our 97 schools have got some school closures, but there's only one primary school at there's only one primary school at the moment that is closed to all pupils, for a very short period of time. it is really difficult when you've got such widespread infection, but we will maintain schools. what we is the ability,

perhaps in the next phase of this pandemic response, for local schools who know their children and know theirfamilies, to who know their children and know their families, to make who know their children and know theirfamilies, to make those who know their children and know their families, to make those local decisions so that they can maintain the best offer is that possibly can. lockdown is meant to end on december two, we don't know what happens after that, but what would you like to see happen in hull? what would make the difference, do you think? the most important thing for us in hull is to know now what those restrictions will be. we will prepare for anything. as i said, we area prepare for anything. as i said, we are a resilient city, we come together with our partners in hull and across the humber. and what our businesses need to know now is what is expected of them so they can prepare. 2nd of december is not far away, and if you are a small business and a business that has already been under significant restrictions, we do need to understand what will be expected of you. hull is the fourth most deprived city in the country. we have done well in terms of our

economic upturn recently, and increase injobs. we are really concerned that the pandemic will turn the curve backwards for us, and so we need that support nationally for cities like ours to help us in the next phase, and to recover from this. and where is that you have seen transmission? what will be problem areas, as far as you can tell? we have had wide community spread. right from the very beginning, really, so it is not a particular community. we have not seen spread in the universities, the universities have done incredibly well, and in the beginning it was the younger age groups, but now it has spread across all age groups. and as i have said, inevitably come over 60s and older people are now seeing a rise in rate and infection. so it is across our whole community.

thanks for your time this morning. a british diplomat in china has been hailed a hero afterjumping into a swollen river to rescue a young woman. stephen ellison — who is the consul—general for the city of chongqing — was enjoying a walk when he leapt into action. he managed to pull the woman to safety with the help of other bystanders, who threw a life ring. stephen can tell us more now, as hejoins us from sichuan province. good morning. thank you forjoining us. we saw some of the pictures there, i'm sure many of our viewers have seen them as well, talk us to what happened. i wasjust taken my first trip out, i have just arrived in chongqing a month ago, and we have been having some beautiful weather, so into a newjob, very

busy, so this was a great chance to get out. i had heard about this very beautiful village a couple of hours south, so i just beautiful village a couple of hours south, so ijust arrived there mid morning, i was down by the river, and it was really great, and then there was a large group of students arrived, taking advantage of the weather as well, and then suddenly, u nfortu nately, weather as well, and then suddenly, unfortunately, one of the young girls slipped into the river. it's not a very big river, but she clearly was getting into difficulty very quickly. i was at this stage on my way to leaving the river, but she was struggling, i could see that, and she was submerged for a little while, and when she came up, she was just floating lifeless on the water, so it was just a split second, it all happened very quickly. so i took my shoes off so that i could be sure

to swim reasonably well, no other reason than that, and ijumped in, got started very quickly, as i say not a very big river. —— got to have very quickly. but when i reached her, she was not breathing and i feared the worst. but by this time, there was a liferaft had thrown into there was a liferaft had thrown into the river, and that helped to bring us the river, and that helped to bring us to the side. by this time, thankfully, she had started breathing again, so that was a great relief, and i think you can see from the video her friends and others on the video her friends and others on the river bank were helping to pull her out. she was beginning to recover, so it was a great sense of relief. how did you know what to do? because you watch those videos, there are lots of other people there, standing and just watching what is going on, you're the only one who gets in the river. was that

a big decision to make, having seen lots of other people just watching at the time? no, it wasn't a big decision, and i think to be fair i was the first one in the river, the first want to get my shoes off. i'm sure there would have been others into the river very quickly. and as you can see, people were helping with the life buoy and helping to bring the student out. i was probably just the fastest want to get my shoes off, i think that's all that was. and once i was out, i would say that the villagers were incredibly kind and really warm. they give me a change of clothing and wash my clothes and dried them, one drink something steed, so they we re one drink something steed, so they were very, one drink something steed, so they were very, very kind, and really beautiful village in many ways. i'm just happy it was a great ending for everybody involved. a classic example of actions speaking louder than words. probably the finest piece of diplomacy you'll ever be

involved in, because the reaction in china from people who have watched this video is quite incredible, so many kind words you as well. that's very touching, and social media, like anywhere, but china is no different, things get commuted very quickly, so it took a day and a half, i think, for it to really take off. but yeah, some very kind comments. but really, it was... clearly i' m comments. but really, it was... clearly i'm so pleased that the young girl was ok, that is the main thing. but other than that, it was just a split second decision. we have exchanged some messages, in fa ct i have exchanged some messages, in fact i met the young girl, who is very sweet, and she has invited me for lunch next weekend, which i would be delighted to do, so i am very happy that it's all ended so well. i was going to ask how she

was. lovely to hear that she is ok. iimagine was. lovely to hear that she is ok. i imagine that will be a an emotional time for the family.” think it will. i can understand as a pa rent think it will. i can understand as a parent that is some emotion there, andi parent that is some emotion there, and i wouldn't be telling the truth ifi and i wouldn't be telling the truth if i said i wasn't feeling a bit emotional at the time as well. that relief was emotional, i can you that. a treat to speak to you about that. a treat to speak to you about that this money. thank you for coming on. and so brave. maybe we'll speak to you next week after the meeting, you can tell us what happens. good to talk to. and so calm and collected, that is what you need and that kind of emergency situation. that calmness under

pressure. it's brilliant, good on him. still to come on today's breakfast — the so—called "taxi firm "for astronauts" — spacex — has dropped off four more passengers at the international space station. we have the latest pictures — and we'll be chatting to the british astronaut tim peake in just under an hour. and you know we normally speak to the government around half past seven. we have got the housing list are robertjenrick coming your way inafew are robertjenrick coming your way in a few minutes' time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a petition has been launched to ban certain foods from nurseries after a toddler chocked to death on a piece of sausage she was given for lunch. two—year—old sadie salt died on saturday. she'd spent two days in intensive care at st mary's hospital. those behind the petition want food that could be difficult for small children to chew — including sausages and grapes — taken off the menu at nurseries. police have recovered a sub machine gun

with ammunition and a silencer, following the search of a car in brixton. detectives say it's a significant discovery as part of ongoing work to tackle gang violence. they're now trying to establish who left it and whether it's been used in any crime. lewis hamilton has been named as the most influential black briton. the formula 1 driverfrom stevenage joins marcus rashford and stormzy on the powerlist 2021. london's regional director for public health england — professor kevin fenton — has also made the list. during the first lockdown many public spaces and gardens were of course closed. this time round they've been allowed to stay open, and the national trust and royal horticultural society have been highlighting the mental health benefits of getting outside — whatever the weather. i mean, we're over 200 acres, so it's a huge garden for people to be able to distance, to wander around peacefully. you know, the understanding and awareness of plants and nature being good for people — good for people both mentally and physically — is being talked about more, understood more.

let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tubes are fine but on the 0verground there's no service between kilburn high road and euston due to a faulty train. also, there are no thameslink trains to sutton via wimbledon. already busy on the diversion route through st albans. that has been causing long delays. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. perhaps a few spits and spots of early drizzle this morning just falling from the thickness of the cloud, but other than that it should stay completely dry all day. it's a very mild start to the morning — temperatures in double figures. rather grey and murky out there. we'll keep the strength of that brisk south—westerly wind throughout the day. perhaps a few glimmers of something brighter later on through the afternoon, but always plenty of cloud, and top afternoon temperatures of a mild 14 or 15 degrees celsius. now through this evening

and overnight we're set to keep those layers of cloud. it's going to be really quite murky out there. staying rather windy. 0vernight lows, again, of a mild 10 or 11 degrees celsius. now, tomorrow morning, there could be a few brighter spells around but, again, it's quite a cloudy start to the day. we'll see some brightness developing. it could feel even milder still tomorrow, but there will be some outbreaks of light, patchy rain through the afternoon. that's a cold front coming through, introducing some much colder air in time for thursday. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in an hour. plenty more on our website, instagram and facebook. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. parts of england which were living

under the lower tiers of covid restrictions may need to face tougher rules when the national lockdown ends. that's according to a government adviser. dr susan hopkins said the measures in tier! and 2 areas had not been effective — and could need to be strengthened while potential new vaccines are developed — including a newjab by the us firm moderna, which is said to be 95% effective. the uk government has ordered five million doses of the virus. the uk government has ordered five million doses of the vaccine. let's talk to the housing and communities secretary, robertjenrick. and communities thank and communities you forjoining us. lots to talk thank you forjoining us. lots to talk about. let's talk about the vaccine. we know the government yesterday, when it was heard the moderna vaccine had a really good success rate, we didn't have an order. there was a scramble, wasn't there? good morning. we have our vaccine task force and that has been pre—ordering vaccines from a range of different programmes around the world. we have now secured 5 million doses of the moderna one, which is

really good news, as you say. that isa really good news, as you say. that is a vaccine which has a lot of promise but won't actually be available to be used until the spring of next year, so that is in some way off. the pfizer programme, we have secured 40 million doses of that, and we think we will take receipt of the first 10 million or so of those before the end of the year and then of course there are others like our own home—grown 0xford astrazeneca project, as well. together, the uk is actually very well placed with preorders from a range of different vaccines from all different parts of the world. how soon will the vaccine start making a difference, do you think? well, i don't want to give people false hope because in each of these cases, although it is fantastic news that the trials are proving successful, there is now safety tests to be done and then they need to be produced, and then they need to be produced, and that is not always a simple thing. they have different production techniques and that will ta ke production techniques and that will take time. we are told that the first doses of the pfizer it vaccine

should be in the uk and available to be used by the end of this year. we will then roll that out in a sensible and fair way, focusing on the most vulnerable people in society and key workers within health and social care first. but it does look as if, over the course of the first half of next year, a very large proportion of the population will have access to the vaccine and that will make a huge difference in our ability to return to a degree of normality, so this really is a period of hope where we can look ahead to a much more promising 2021. deser situations in which vaccinations might be mandatory for some people? no, that is not our expectation. we don't want to make the vaccine mandatory. 0f expectation. we don't want to make the vaccine mandatory. of course we do want to win the argument and persuade the public that the vaccine is safe is that we have seen with previous vaccines over the course of the last 20 or 30 years that there isa the last 20 or 30 years that there is a sometimes misinformation. that

misinformation is now predominantly online and we have to combat that, and persuade people it is safe to ta ke and persuade people it is safe to take the vaccine. i think it is really important that people do and i will do everything i can to try to persuade people that i know, my family and friends, to take it when they have the opportunity, but i don't think it is helpful if we make the vaccine compulsory for those who don't want to take it. so it is not your expectation, that is how you put it. we don't have any plan, let me be clear, to make the vaccine compulsory. can we also talk about the end of lockdown, which is meant to be happening on the 2nd of december? we all know that. matt hancock said yesterday it is too early to know whether it has worked. when will you know? well, the national lockdown measures do come to an end on the 2nd of december. that is a matter of law. if you wa nted that is a matter of law. if you wanted to extend them after that we will have to go back to the house of commons, debate it and ask them to approve an extension. we will be reviewing the data over the course

of the week or so ahead, as we approach the end of the month. because of the lag time, we are only just starting to see whether the new national lockdown measures have had an impactand national lockdown measures have had an impact and how great an impact that has been. so i think it is right that we take that decision in the last week or so of the month, when we have more information at our disposal, because you want the politicians and scientists to be taking those calls on the basis of the most current information. in most parts of the country you are starting to see positive data flowing, perhaps reflecting the new national measures but certainly reflecting the hard work that was donein reflecting the hard work that was done in the works leading up to that under the former tiered system. we are talking about that, doctor susan hopkins saying even if it ended in england then, that a topic tier system would have to replace it, saying that, for example, we have

seen very saying that, for example, we have seen very little effect from tier 1. do you agree? we are now reviewing the tiers so when the national measures come to an end on the 2nd of december we ate hope to be able to move the country back into the tiered structures, considering the measures that should be part of those and what geography we should be thinking about putting the country into that makes sense for the way that we all live our lives. we will be looking at whether the measures we had in the old tiers where effective. they varied across the country because in tier 3 there was a baseline of measures which the chief medical officer and others had a lwa ys chief medical officer and others had always said was only the beginning. we then asked local areas to consider whether they would be willing to go further than that. some did, some decided not to. i think in the new tiers we would like greater consistency and we have to look at the evidence to see which of those measures was actually the most impactful on the virus that we take

the most evidence—based approach that we can. we have not come to a conclusion on that yet, to be perfectly honest, but we will within the next week or so it. could there bea the next week or so it. could there be a fit tier than a tier 3? we haven't come to a decision on that. tier 3 that we had before was considered a baseline and we asked local areas whether they would be willing to go further. some did. my area of nottinghamshire, the local council chose to go over and above and to limit the sale of alcohol for off—licences and so on after a certain time so that people did not go home and have parties or drink alcohol on the street. there were some tweaks to the tiers you are seeing in some parts of the country and that is the sort of thing we now to consider. should we embed that in the new structure? i would ask people to wait another week or so and we will be able to see more authoritative lip when we come to the end of the new national measures

are. i'm sure you understand, it is difficult for people to wait. particularly businesses and families planning ahead, for example, for christmas. i appreciate that and i think particularly of families and small businesses who will want to be reopening on the 2nd of december and will want to restock their shops and cafe is an restaurants so they can make the most of the period between then and christmas if they can we have to counterbalance that we having the most current information and data at our fingertips will stop the difficulty here is that there is a lifetime of at least two weeks and potentially longer. and i think the public will understand that he wants to be able to assess whether the measures nationally have had an impactand measures nationally have had an impact and how great that has been. we won't know with any certainty until the last week of november, so thatis until the last week of november, so that is the period when i expect to be able to say more. it has been reported that borisjohnson told a virtual meeting of conservative mps that devolution has been a disaster

in scotland. that has been reported in the sun newspaper. has it been, from your opinion? no and that is not what he was saying on the call that he had last night. the prime minister has always supported devolution. he wants to ensure that local people and communities can have a greater say over their own destiny, whether in the devolved administrations or within england through the devolution to regional mayors. what he does feel strongly, andi mayors. what he does feel strongly, and i would agree, is that devolution in scotland has facilitated the rise of separatism and nationalism in the form of the snp and that is trying to break a pa rt snp and that is trying to break a part of the uk and anybody like the prime minister, who loves the uk and wa nts to prime minister, who loves the uk and wants to keep it together, thinks that that is a very, very dangerous and disappointing outcome that we need to battle against. keep the uk together. the snp, for example, what should come to pass, we don't know. if they won next year's scottish

elections would you stop them having an independence referendum? the snp themselves, nicola sturgeon and alex salmond, at the time of the last referendum, said this was once in a generation, it wouldn't be returned to for many years and i think we should hold them to their word on that. i also think, frankly, that any politician who wanted to hold a referendum on a topic like this at this moment in time, you know, is a frankly mad. we are in the middle of a very serious health situation, a pandemic, and we are also singing massive disruption to people's lives and livelihoods as a result —— seemed massive disruption, as a result of the economic disruption. whether in central government or in devolved administrations, we should be battling the virus, moving forward for a more optimistic 2021 and trying to save jobs and livelihoods. that is what we are focused on in westminster. it is what i think the other devolved

administrations and local government ministers i speak to in my role every day are focused on. i hope thatis every day are focused on. i hope that is what nicola sturgeon and her collea g u es that is what nicola sturgeon and her colleagues in the snp will focus on, as well, next year. robert jenrick, housing secretary, thank you for your time on breakfast. if you are watching earlier, louise mentioned her top five stories of the year and the story we are about to talk about this in the top five! it is the only store in town. what is it about sport sides that hollywood film stars find irresistable? russell crowe owns a big lump of south sydney rabbitos. will ferrell has a slice of major league soccer side la fc. and now, national league side wrexham are being snapped up. movie stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are to be the new owners. the wrexham supporters trust members voted by a huge margin to back a takeover bid. the actors say they want to turn wrexham into a globalforce.

to the wrexham supporters trust, thank you for your faith and trust in us. we are humbled and we're already getting to work. he laughs. bleep. whispers: this is really happening. we're joined now by 0wain walker — a member of the wrexham supporters trust — and lois morus, who may be able to claim some credit for this move — because she was inviting ryan reynolds to wrexham eight years ago. good morning, lois, iwill start with you because this is extraordinary. you put one out there, just chatting with a friend. eight years later ryan reynolds replied to kind of confirm his interest in wrexham. tell us about the story. good morning. thank you for having me on. basically, we... i was in university at the time, my friend was in art college in wrexham at the time. she was basically talking about a life modelling class she was doing at the time and

basically just she was doing at the time and basicallyjust said, oh, it would be lovely if there was a someone like ryan reynolds that was the model for it. and then i kind of said, kind of blase, oh, you never know when ryan reynolds will turn up in wrexham. he obviously picked up on that. eight yea rs later obviously picked up on that. eight years later he has replied to it! hit has gone bonkers. hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets. what was your reaction when you saw he had replied? i was very shocked, obviously. i mean, you know, just a casual kind of weekday, just watching a film on the sofa, my phone was in the other room. i had to go and check the time or whatever and next minute i have all these notification saying, oh, my gosh, you are famous, ryan reynolds has tweeted you! it was a bit confusing because it was so long ago. but it was mental. he said he had been waiting eight years to reply to your tweet which is pretty cool. 0wain, i

will talk to you about the football side. what i'm struggling to get my head around, no disrespect to wrexham or the support is there, but why? why do you think ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are interested in your club? in the zoom deal zoo meeting when they originally talk to fans, they addressed that and they we re fans, they addressed that and they were looking all over east and western europe to look for a club to buy. they looked in the uk and when they looked at wrexham they said they looked at wrexham they said they both come from working—class backgrounds and with wrexham being a working class town, that struck with them. they said we have a lot of potential, the catchment area is possibly the whole of north wales. a lot of potential to grow the club into something a lot bigger than it currently is. you have been in fan ownership since 2011. what has it been like being a wrexham supporter for the last decade or so? not

great! we have probably had one thing to cheer about in that time, being the 2013 fa trophy final win against grimsby. apart from that, yeah, it's not been fantastic. a bit of heartbreak here and there. the seasons have not been fantastic at all, so this has really been a blessing for us. and you voted as pa rt blessing for us. and you voted as part of the supporters trust for these movie stars to come in and ta ke these movie stars to come in and take over. what are you hoping to see? what persuaded you to give them your vote? yeah, i'm hoping that we can see more progress on the pitch. that was the main thing. they talked also about not just getting ourselves into the football league, which is where a lot of us feel like we belong. it is also about sustainability. getting to the foot ball sustainability. getting to the football league and actually staying there. they talked about things like improving the youth system and just

the whole improvement in the community, really. so, yeah, that was something that was really attractive about that, not just rising through the leaks, which would be nice as well! and potentially seeing them in the stands, that would be cool, wouldn't it? that would be awesome. they said on the zoom call that they would wa nt on the zoom call that they would want to come and have a pint with the supporters, so looking forward to that day. lois, you are not a particularly big football fan but you used to go to matches with your dad but will you be heading back down if ryan reynolds will be in the stands? i think it's safe to say that i probably will be! laughter i think they will be plenty of other people packing the stands hoping to get a glimpse, as well. what do you think they will enjoy about wrexham? they will have to spend some time there. where will they stay, what will they do with their time? gosh, there's plenty to do in wrexham! there is a great nightlife, so if

they want to go for a pint, as 0wain mentioned, with the supporters, they will be more than welcome to come over and have a good time. imagine that. a night out with ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney. an extraordinary piece of history for the club. congratulations to both of you. all eyes on wrexham coming up over the next few years is that takeover goes through. louise, you will be heading down, i understand. you want a bit of the ryan reynolds action, it may be buy him a pint in the bar? laughter i was watching all of that, thinking how did he keep the tweet for eight yea rs ? so many unknowns that i need to get to the bottom of! thank you, great to the bottom of! thank you, great to hear from to the bottom of! thank you, great to hearfrom them. to the bottom of! thank you, great to hear from them. i'm sure we will hear more about that story over the coming weeks and months. the first interview when they eventually turn up interview when they eventually turn upfora game interview when they eventually turn up for a game that will be very interesting right. small businesses are facing a very tough time at the moment — although some are finding ways

to keep going during the lockdown. nina can tell us more. ican indeed. i can indeed. good morning, everybody. we talked last week about whether the current measures in england are fair. non—essential retailers selling clothing, greetings cards, home furnishings and so on have been told to close. but the essential retailers which have stayed open — selling food and pharmaceuticals — are allowed to sell non—essenital items. in a couple of minutes, i'll speak with business expert karren brady about a new charity aimed at helping businsses on the edge. but first, sarah corker reports from hebden bridge in west yorkshire on a business community adapting to survive. taking on the cobbled streets and narrow lanes of the calder valley, delivery rider beate is hebden bridge's version of amazon and deliveroo combined. this is bertha and she's just great. she's done, i think, about 1,500 miles since we started doing this. so she's worked really hard! beate and her electric bike, bertha, a part of a team of 16 couriers.

this business was set up as demand grew for local deliveries from local shops during lockdown. so what kind of things do you deliver? oh, my goodness. we've delivered everything from vintage clothing down through organic vegetables to, you know, things that need to be kept cool. we've got chiller boxes. today, she's doing the cheese run. and this was an innovation that came out of lockdown. so we thought that we'd see more deliveries just happening and that we wanted to do that in a much more sustainable way that's much more appropriate for our circumstances and our valley. the crumbly cheese is the latest retailer to start delivering by bike. when pubs and cafes shut, andrew's wholesale trade disappeared, but he's managed to pick up new customers. it works brilliantly for us. people can access — those that are shielding their stock in indoors, they can access what we do and then it's delivered to their door without any worries. i personally would love to get cheese delivered to my door.

i think, what is better than that? well, there isn't really anything better than having cheese personally delivered to your door — unless it comes with the occasional glass of wine. with non—essential shops in england shut for a second time, the british retail consortium estimates £2 billion worth of sales will be lost every week during november. it's forced independents to try new things. there's been a real awakening ofjust what's needed to keep them going. a group called totally locally has helped 69 retailers here in hebden bridge come together to set up an online shopping site for the town. so it's about the future and it's about embracing that rather than seeing online as an enemy. it's a way of making...keeping the high street thriving. many of the businesses — like this book—seller — didn't do any trade online before this. now it's proving to be a lifeline. they feel like it really is a local space on the world wide web. you know, this is our busiest time

of year and we have to maintain some sort of retail presence, even through lockdown. and i'm all set. and if you live in the calder valley, you can also get these nostalgia—inducing sweets from your childhood delivered to your home or click and collect them. i think that's a really good thing about small businesses — it's what we do best. it's about adapting. and how important is it that you can keep doing some kind of trade through all of this? vital — because it were long, lockdown, last time. it were a lot of work to do deliveries and it's a lot quieter this time, so it's really good — this idea. for many small retailers, 2020 has been the hardest year they've ever known, but collaborating, innovating and getting online fast is helping them to survive this second shutdown. all eyes are now on december. and we will be open before christmas — we will have that run up to christmas.

we've a lot of christmas stock! yeah, we do! sarah corker, bbc news, in hebden bridge. they have adapted and are doing well. it's notjust small retailers that are suffering. research out this morning shows that almost a third of small businesses have had to dip into savings. one in ten have borrowed money from family. many say the support offered by the government doesn't go far enough. offered by the government well, let's speak with karren brady, offered by the government business expert and vice chair of west ham football club, who's helping to launch a scheme offering grants of £1,000 to businesses which are struggling. very good morning to you, thank you for joining very good morning to you, thank you forjoining us. where exactly are you targeting with these grants and where is the coming from? well, the cash is coming from that thai charity which has put money in themselves and is raising money and people can donate to it to help local businesses. these are small

micro grants that are really gifts of up to £1000 that will help small businesses that have fallen through the cracks of government support. these are the businesses that are really on the verge of collapse if they don't get an immediate cash injection. —— this is what the tide charity is all about. raising funds, awareness, and helping small businesses. it is for those businesses. it is for those businesses that really need this at the moment. how far do you think £1000 will realistically go for them? it is interesting. lots of the businesses we have spoken to through the research have said... well, 75% of them said that the £1000 would help them at least stay open for a month or longer. we need to get those retailers through this period come into the christmas period, where, hopefully, they can open and the business can come back. can i ask you as a conservative peer what you make of the government's response to the pandemic when it comes to supporting business? for example, at the moment, essential

retailers can sell nonessential items. we know that is destroying some essential retailers. they have allowed big supermarkets to have a reduction in business rates. are they playing this game fairly? look, these are incredibly difficult times for all business, in particular small businesses. what the government is trying to do is to support everybody as much as they can. the furlough scheme has helped, the mates holiday has helped lots of businesses. putting up paye has helped. there's lots of support out there for lots of business. what the tide charity's aim is is to help those businesses who cannot access those businesses who cannot access those schemes to get the help they need. in effect we are all on calls at the moment, we don't really know what is happening, when it is happening —— mecca we are all on pause. across, economies are suffering and it was so heartening to hearunder suffering and it was so heartening to hear under the earlier piece that you did about the small businesses that are adapting, changing, doing

things at pace, trying to keep their businesses going. that is all about the british spirit, keep calm and carry on, but also the real resilience you need to run a business. that is doable in a small community like hebden bridge where there is income to sustain those small independents. with the view of europe giving £1000 to these businesses, do you think the government could and should be doing more than they are? the government is doing as much as they can, helping a lot of businesses and we need to understand and accept that. they could always do more, everybody wants more, everybody wants as much help as they can get. there is only so much i think they can do and i think they are doing the best they can. i think the scheme we are offering is one of the most generous across the world. but this is about helping those who cannot access those schemes. this is about helping the businesses whether it is on the website, lots of advice and tips

from business owners on there to help other people, whether it is by donating yourself or applying for one of these grants, there is help therefore you and tide charity really wants to help you keep your business open. it has felt like a very long yearfor business open. it has felt like a very long year for lots of football fa ns very long year for lots of football fans but particularly for those who work in football. how long can you carry on as a business with things the way they are? well, look, i understand and assess the frustration for business owners and retailers who are looking across at the supermarket selling nonessential goods and wondering why they can't open. football felt the same when we we re open. football felt the same when we were not allowed to have our support is in, which is literally the reason foot ball is in, which is literally the reason football exists. but you could watch a football match from the cinema. the royal albert hall was open, the 02 was open, the palladium was open but open—air stadiums not. it was

frustrating. we have been told it could be march before we could let supporters in. i think we have to do everything we can in terms of foot ball everything we can in terms of football to make people feel safe and secure, giving the government the confidence that we can provide these covid—19 free stadiums. some of the systems we have put in place, whether that is ticketless, one—way systems, socially distance to seats, closing the bars, testing and tracing people, temperature checks as they come in, and so on. all of those things i hope i building towards us being allowed to allow supporters in. as i said, they are the reason we exist, it is what we do and why we do it and the atmosphere is suffering from it. we need them back. manageable for clubs like your own, for west ham and premier league clubs. smaller clubs, it could be fatal for some of them. it is fatal for everybody. west ham is losing £2 million pet match in lost ticket revenue and corporate revenue. some clubs in the premier

league are losing as much as 10 million match. you talk about the pyramid of football but there is a pyramid of football but there is a pyramid within the premier league. at the top, clubs are owned by sovereign states, and at the bottom, those clubs that are not. everybody is suffering but just like smollett businesses, whether they are foot ball businesses, whether they are football or not, they don't have many cash reserves and that is what is happening to the smaller football clubs. they have done a lot of things themselves, whether that is cut the wage bill, cut their costs, furlough their staff but there is only so long they can go on before they cease to survive and that is why the premier league have given grants and loans of up to £50 million to get them through this crisis, so hopefully the football family will come out of it together. there is an extent to which we have to a cce pt there is an extent to which we have to accept things i just going there is an extent to which we have to accept things ijust going to be very different after the pandemic. i spoke about the woes of the high streets long before covid. do we have to accept that some business

models will not survive, but some that have had to adapt will actually thrive in a post—covid world? that have had to adapt will actually thrive in a post-covid world? those that can adapt and will adapt will do it at pace. they will survive. i read a quote last week. there are decades when nothing happens and then there are weeks where decades happen. and i feel that is what has happened in the last few months. so much has changed so quickly. but, actually, the businesses that i have been helping and seeing through my connection with the tide charity, they are not so much sitting around wringing their hands, they are leaning into the task. as we heard earlier, the people on your show, they are really adapting, really changing at pace. and thinking about the longer term strategy while they are putting the fire is out that are raging around them. there are lots of collaboration, lots of forward thinking, lots of adapting, and those are the skills we need to survive this crisis. baroness brady,

thank you, and best of luck with the charity. she was saying almost half of the businesses she has spoken to said £1000 will get them through the next month. that is all they need to survive but that is how close it is for many of them. microloans. is for many of them. microloa ns. thank you. is for many of them. microloans. thank you. coming up in the next hour, paloma faith, tim p and a grand chess master very busy,. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker.

0ur headlines today... a tougher tier system of covid restrictions could be imposed in england when lockdown ends in december. scotland will make a decision on tighter controls today. hope on the horizon — there's an international welcome for the news that a second company has developed an effective vaccine against the virus. the return of fans to football is just one of the issues likely to be high on the agenda at a virtual summit hosted by culture secretary 0liver dowden today. a financial bailout to lower league clubs, equality and diversity and the women's game will also be discussed. an emotional meeting in orbit — america's so—called astronaut taxi delivers four new residents to the international space station — we'll discuss the mission with uk astronaut tim peake. # that's nothing better than to hear the sound...

singer paloma faith on her lockdown, pregnancy and making music from home. good morning, a mild start to the day and a mild day generally, but a lot of cloud around and still some heavy and persistent rain in western scotland. all the details in about ten minutes. it's tuesday november the 17th. parts of england which were living under the lower tiers of covid restrictions may need to face tougher rules when the national lockdown ends. that's according to a government adviser. dr susan hopkins said the measures in tier! and two areas had not been effective — and could need to be strengthened while potential new vaccines are developed. 0ur political correspondent chris mason joins us now. i know it is hard to know exactly what those options are, but what you think the government is considering?

the big question, sitting in the middle of november, is what happens in england in a fortnight on december two when the current lockdown restrictions expire? we know the government wants to return to the tier system, borisjohnson said that over the weekend, but we know from the conversation you have had with communities secretary robertjenrick on breakfast... i almost said brexit, it is on my brain! the government is looking at how you make that work in december to ensure you are still doing your best to repress the virus well hopefully, i guess, opening things up hopefully, i guess, opening things upa hopefully, i guess, opening things up a little. this is robertjenrick about 20 minutes ago. there were some tweaks to the tiers you were seeing in some parts of the country and that is what we need to consider, was that sensible and, if show, should we embed that in a new

—— in a new tier structure? i would like to have people to wait for about a week and then we can say so more become to the end of national measures. in other words, they are still working it out because they cannot be certain to what extent the current lockdown has been effective and they do not know where we will be intent of the modelling of the numbers and where the virus might be at the beginning of december to try to work out the appropriate response. as things stand, we know the government wants to return to a tier system in england but we do not quite know how that will look. and we are in a situation where others have been having to explain what the prime minister has said all been thought to have said? the prime minister is held up in downing street, incarcerated until a week on thursday, but that is not stopping him like off the odds political side. he was speaking to some

northern english colleagues on zoom and suggested, we are told, that devolution, the setting up of the scottish parliament, has been a disaster in parliament and it was tony blair's biggest mistake. that has not gone down well with the likes of nicola sturgeon, defence minister of scotland, snp leader, saying it proves the conservatives wa nt to ta ke saying it proves the conservatives want to take power away from the scottish parliament and the only solution in her view is independence. no denialfrom downing street that that is what the prime minister said although they have tried to finesse his position and said he has always supported devolution, he just does said he has always supported devolution, hejust does not like the s&p's desire, as he would see edge quality smash up the uk. it is electrifying contribution because in five months there are elections to the scottish parliament, if the snp win that they wanted an independence referendum, so the question about whether the uk holds together all brea ks whether the uk holds together all breaks upa

whether the uk holds together all breaks up a very live, and the comments from the prime minister really play into that. it is easy to see why you have referred to it as a political zinger! the first minister of scotland will make an announcement today on whether the toughest covid restrictions will be imposed in the west of scotland. at the moment, no—one in scotland is living under level four measures — where pubs, restaurants and nonessential shops would have to close. but there's concern about high infection rates in glasgow and many surrounding areas. the leader of hull city council is asking the prime minister for the power to introduce extra coronavirus restrictions — including the option of closing schools. stephen brady says the city has suffered a terrifying rise in cases. leanne brown is in hull for us this morning. there is real concern in hull? yes. infection rates in the city are more than three times the national average, 776 per 100,000 compared to

the england average of 221. there are currently 188 people in hospital with covid—19. the leader of the council, stephen brady, called it a health emergency and has written a letter to the prime minister. he says the infection rates are, quite frankly, astonishing and terrifying. we've seen once again to be the forgotten city with no contact from national governments. he goes on to ask for a range of extra help, things like extra supporter testing sites, more help in hospitals and also the flexibility to have more restrictions on schools and close them if and when necessary. we have not had any official response from the government to this but the schools minister has said it is vital that schools stay open for

children's mental health and education. but the leader of the council says that half the schools are affected council says that half the schools a re affected by council says that half the schools are affected by covid and resilience alone and fighting spirit will not get them through this pandemic. thank you very much. there's been some more good news on the vaccine front. just a week after the drug firm pfizer provided us with the prospect of a covid jab — another us company, moderna, has made a similar revelation. let's get more now from our medical editor, fergus walsh. it seems that we are regularly having discussions about vaccines, this seems to be a big move forward? and we were talking to robert jenrick about half—an—hour ago, the government has got of this new vaccine available the uk? yes, i think it is confirmation from what we had last week that last week was not a flash in the pan. lots of caveats to put in, it is early data, the numbers may change, we do know

—— do not know how long immunity will last and we have to wait for safety data but it is looking really good. we have managed to secure... the uk government has managed to secure 5 million doses of this, in a stew and people, but they will not come on stream until late spring, but we had 20 million doses of the pfizer biontech jab, and what ministers and scientists are really holding out hope for is the oxford university astrazeneca vaccine, it isa university astrazeneca vaccine, it is a slightly different method but if that comes good and we should get results in the coming weeks, the uk has ordered 100 million doses of that, and so if we had that, that would be enough, with the other ones, to more than immunise the whole uk population. thank you, fergus, i am sure we will follow

this closely over the next few weeks. us president—electjoe biden has warned that "people may die" if president donald trump continues to delay the transition of power. the trump campaign has launched a series of legal challenges in the wake of the vote to contest ballots. mr biden was projected to have won the election more than a week ago and says he needs to coordinate plans to control the coronavirus. if we have to wait untiljanuary the 20th to stop planning, it puts aside more than a month and a half, so is important that there is coordination now all at rapidly as we can get it done —— to start planning. now all at rapidly as we can get it done -- to start planning. earlier in the programme, carol was telling us about hurricane iota. hurricane iota is battering the coast of nicaragua — two weeks after another storm devastated the same area. the us national hurricane center says winds of more than 150 miles an hour, torrential rainfall

and a life—threatening storm surge are expected. the hurricane hitjust ten miles south of the point where storm eta made landfalljust two weeks ago. you are up to date with all of the latest news. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. mention of cold and snow? today there is a lot of cloud around, as you can see in this lovely weather watcher picture from norfolk. it will be priti patel it will be mild, it will stay that way through the day. we had seen a lot of rain across scotland overnight, some getting into northern ireland. it should up with just cloud and drizzle for northern ireland to the day that the rain will persist in scotla nd day that the rain will persist in scotland and all this will continue, murky conditions with showery outbreaks of rain across wales to the afternoon. murky in the south—west, 102 cloud breaks in parts of the south but there is a

lot of cloud around. —— one or two cloud breaks. we can see the shower in northern ireland and also across north—east scotland, but the rain persists. temperatures up to about 15 degrees but with the cloud breaks in north—east wales, north—east england in north—east scotland we could hit 16, 17 or even 18. we had lunch the rain across western scotla nd lunch the rain across western scotland this evening and overnight, some pushing into the far north, more rain coming from the west. lots of clarity around once again, it will be blustery to the cause of tonight —— a lot of cloud around. we do not expect this sort of level now. this weather front will cross us, we will see colder air and as louise alluded to, across shetland for example, we could have snow down to sea—level and across the north of scotland, accumulating 250 to 300 metres on wednesday night. but it

will not last, after that it will be mild again on friday. thank you, see you in half—an—hour. if the fight against coronavirus is like a penalty shoot—out, the news of a second vaccine — subject to safety checks — is like scoring our second spot—kick. that's according to england's deputy chief medical officer, professor jonathan van—tam. so let's see how many other vaccine producers are warming up to take their own shot at goal. there are now 48 vaccines in development. 11 of them are in the final stage of testing — known as phase three. pfizer and biontech were the first to share their progress last week — with early results showing theirjoint vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting covid—19. the uk has 40 million doses on order. now the us firm moderna has revealed its vaccine protects nearly 95% of people. the uk has secured an initial delivery of 5 million doses. three other vaccines are currently being tested here in the uk.

one of them is the university of oxford vaccine, with results from that study expected in the next few weeks. us firm novavax and belgian company janssen are also in trials. as it stands, the government says it has secured early access to 350 million doses of all the potential vaccines — as long as they are approved by the regulator. we're joined now by two of our regular guests here on breakfast — who often guide us through these type of scientific developments. now to have some good news! professor sian griffiths is in oxford and dr chris smith is in cambridge. thank you both forjoining us. lots of these vaccines, you need two doses, even though they have bought 5 million that is only 2.5 million people? absolutely right, 2.5 million people with this vaccine, so every time you hear a number of

doses, you how's it for the number of people. that is that the current time, because the two vaccines going forward to the regulators to get the safety checks sorted, they both need two shots. it will depend, some of the other vaccines may not, but you have to always listen hard and work out which vaccine you are being given, when you are given the vaccine. sian, can i ask about the moderna vaccine? i don't know if you watch louise's interview with robert jenrick that she was asking about the slightly late ta ke—up. jenrick that she was asking about the slightly late take—up. how difficult it is for governments to manage looking at all of these different vaccines and backing one and not potentially backing another when it comes through, then you had toa when it comes through, then you had to a spy catcher? yes, it's hugely difficult, just because a trial has worked you are then at the foothills. you have to

get mass production going. we heard moderna saying yesterday they would start production in europe and the us because it is a us —based company, as we go through vaccine development, other parts of the world will start to produce a vaccine, it's hugely complicated global issue and once we have produced a vaccine we have to distribute it to the population. we've heard we're to have prioritisation which i think is really good news because particularly people in care homes and hospitals and health care workers, and the very vulnerable, elderly, we will be prioritising who gets the vaccine but to get it to them will require gps to set up special clinics, it will require a lot of logistic exercises to get the vaccine distributed to people and not just once but vaccine distributed to people and notjust once but twice. and the other thing about this vaccine, once you've had it, because we are into new territory, there is going to be

lots of need to study how long it protects you for, does it stop you passing it on to other people? all theseissues passing it on to other people? all these issues will need to be put into some sort of research framework and carefully monitored for some time to come. i know we've got a big order, chris, for the oxford vaccine. how many and what news on that? we are still waiting. we note this vaccine has produced promising results in animal studies, it also produced a response, as in produced an immune response in humans in the early phases of the trial but now in phase three, this is where you have the real deal, you are testing it in field conditions, we are still waiting for that data. we had been expecting it in october but it didn't turn up, might be because they are waiting to get enough people to become infected in the control arm of the trial, that's how you work out whether these things were, you work out whether these things we re , you you work out whether these things were, you compare people who had vaccine with people who haven't had

the vaccine and you are looking for an excess of infections occurring in people who are not vaccinated, which you would expect and you compare them, that's exactly what moderna and pfizer had done and announced the results in the last day and week respectively and so we are still waiting at the moment to see what the oxford results will be put at the oxford results will be put at the end of the day, it's good that there are lots of different products out there, it gives us lots of, to ta ke out there, it gives us lots of, to take another football analogy, shots on goal. one scottish supporter said if you are taking penalties make sure it is a scottish player taking them, reference to the match last week. you talked about pfizer and moderna, some pretty key differences, chris, between them and one of them could be a significant one, around temperature control? yes. these are broadly similar vaccines in the sense the way they work is they have taken the genetic code that the virus uses to make the outer coat, specifically part of the

outer coat, specifically part of the outer coat, specifically part of the outer coat, the spike protein, which is how it gets into ourselves, they have wrapped up the genetic material into an oily bag and you make millions of these tiny particles, inject them into the body, the body 's inject them into the body, the body '5 cells pick up the oily particles, unwrap them, read the genetic code and make that piece of material that would be made in the body, or you infected with the virus for real, and they presented to the immune syste m and they presented to the immune system and as far as we know, they make both parts of the important immune response we need, white blood cells called t cells, they make lots of those, and also antibodies, the state molecules going round the bloodstream which soak up virus and other things that should not be there. the differences that have emerged, even though this is new technology and hasn't been done before in humans and is both based on this so—called genetic vaccine technique, the difference is pfizer had to acknowledge their vaccine needs to be kept at —80 degrees for most of the time, once it's arrived

at its end destination it can sit in at its end destination it can sit in a normal freezer for five days but the maternal vaccine, the results we heard in the last day or so, is much more stable and appears to be transportable at normal freezer temperature and is stable in the freezer for about 30 days. on that basis alone, the moderna option seems more attractive but pfizer have said, the chief executive was interviewed on the bbc last week and said they actually have a longer term plan to produce a stable powdered format, freeze dried form of the preparation, which would be much more stable and would not require been transported around the country on dry ice. one thing we know about vaccines, they are not going to be here in the immediate future. let's look ahead to when lockdown is supposedly going to end on december the 2nd in england. we spoke to robertjenrick earlier and he said no decision has been taken about whether there will have to be, for example, a tier 4.

about whether there will have to be, for example, a tier4. how about whether there will have to be, for example, a tier 4. how important is it we start to know the future not what happens after december the 2nd? i think it's very important we start to understand what the framework will be so we can prepare ourselves, if we are in a high incidence part of the country and more likely to be in a higher tier that means although we lockdown —— lockdown officially ends, if we are ina lockdown officially ends, if we are in a lower tier we can start to plan to see our friends, the shops will openin to see our friends, the shops will open in our more normal way. all of these things we will be thinking about normal life, don't forget, this is just before christmas. people are getting anxious. i think it's very important we are clear what the tiered system will be, what criteria will be used for it and it is also very important we do not waste lockdown, we don't suddenly think we can go back to what we

usually do, we won't be able to and we will need to take it slowly and steadily to make sure we keep on top of the virus, the r number stays well below one and we can survive, if you like, through until the vaccine is available. thank you both as everforjoining us. let's talk about one of the other stories we mentioned on the programme during the last few days. yesterday we saw it blast off — and about four hours ago the spacex capsule successfully docked with the international space station 262 miles above earth. it is amazing, isn't it? four astronauts — three from the us and one from japan — circled for the journey. once docked, the incoming crew were welcomed by members already aboard the iss. let's take a look. mission control: there they are, first across the hatch — mike hopkins. and here's victor glover. it was an amazing ride. i can't tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad and then the last 27 hours has gone really smooth, actually. so we are so excited to be here.

we are humbled and we are excited to be a part of this great expedition. so we are looking forward to the next six months and can't wait to get started. let's hear from someone who has been there and bought the t—shirt. probably it brings back the memories! major tim peake spent six months on the international space station in 2016. hejoins us now from surrey. great to talk to you, we saw all seven of the astronauts. give us an idea, it probably brings back the memories, how big is the international space station?m brings back brilliant memories but the iss is about the size of a boeing 747 inside the modules so there's plenty of room to accommodate seven, this is the first time we have gone to a full operational crew of seven on board so they will be settling into their new home this morning. tell us of what that first moment is when you open the door and get on board. what

was that like? huge amount of relief, of course, the lunch has gone well and the docking has gone well and then when you open the hatch the first thing you notice is the smell which strangely enough is not unpleasant, it's very clinical, very laboratory type, very distinctive. wonderful to be reunited with your crewmates, you saw them, we trained together very closely so it's great to get up there and join your crewmates and get on with the work that needs to be done. they've got some really important work to be getting on with. lots of experiments, a full tea m with. lots of experiments, a full team up there but what will happen to their bodies over the next days and weeks? are there quite a few changes going on? huge number of changes, in the first two weeks your bodyis changes, in the first two weeks your body is in overdrive, their faces already look puffy as all the fluid shifts to your chest and face, your skin will start to edge, your vision will change, muscles and bones will atrophy, the immune system becomes

depleted, it's incredible, your body is trying to make it the perfect being for space flight, that's why we exercise to try and stop some of those changes happening so we are fit when we come back to about six months later. i want to know things like how, when, where do you sleep? there are already six berths on board the space station, crew quarters, the extra crew member, the spacex commander mike hopkins sleep in the dragon spacecraft so they will modify that into his quarters, it will be interesting to see how he gets on. give us an idea of the work they will do and how important that is for all of us who are 260 200 miles below them! it's vitally important. the great thing going to a crew of seven is a triple is the amount of science they do each week and there is a microgravity laboratory, doing investigations into pharmaceuticals, for example, trying to find new drugs to combat

diseases like parkinson's, huntington's, motor neurone disease, we've been talking about viruses this morning, the space station is a great place to investigate viruses because they become more virulent in microgravity, we don't know why, we've investigated mrsa, salmonella, it's very important, that work. things like metal alloys, composite materials, we can do that in space, there's a plethora of different activities microgravity enables us to find out new things and it's for the benefit of everybody down here on earth. a typical day is busy, isn't it? really busy, yes. we work monday to friday, we try to keep to a working week but we are doing 14 hour days, seven in the morning until seven at night and a couple of hours preparation in the evening. the majority of that is science activities and at the weekend, the crew will try and drop the tempo, you are up there for six months, it isa you are up there for six months, it is a marathon, you cannot go all out all of the time and at the weekend, you do your education outreach,

because with friends and family, that kind of activity. did this prepare you for lockdown in some way? it does! you are so isolated on the space station, very few places where you can work as remotely as space. the whole training really mentally prepares you and physically prepares you for what it's like in isolation. it gives you some really good ideas how to cope working to a structure and a routine, how to avert conflict, how to deal with stress and uncertainty, there are so many similarities between repairing for space station in life and what it is like in lockdown.” for space station in life and what it is like in lockdown. i remember speaking to you, we spoke to you and brea kfast speaking to you, we spoke to you and breakfast when you were there and when you came back, we are seeing you run your marathon on the treadmill on the international space station, what are you up to the minute and how long did it take you to get back to normal, if you like, for your body and brain to return to normal? it's surprisingly quickly, physically, after two months, ifelt absolutely fine, my flight surgeon

said it's more like six months, a day for a day in terms of recovery. physically you will get back, mentally, as well, you have to adapt to coming back to earth, i guess it isa to coming back to earth, i guess it is a bit like an olympic athlete having done an incredible event, you have to re—motivate yourself, pick yourself up but it's very easy to do in the sense that we are immersed back into our space family. we are so busy supporting all the other missions going on, there is an awful lot happening in the next ten years in space. we are involved in the artemis programme going back to the moon, there is plenty of activities for us as astronauts to become involved in. at the moment i'm working on some of those activities. they were taken there by spacex, going to in the future, hopefully give people who aren't qualified in all of this, the opportunity to do so so what does it mean for the future of space travel for mere mortals? it's really exciting. what we are doing is starting to hand over low earth orbit to commercial

companies which is freeing up resources for national space agencies to put their resources towards deep space exploration programmes but what it means is it's reducing the cost of access to space and making it easierfor more people to get into space so for the future, it will mean more people having the opportunity to fly, more scientific experiments being able to fly from universities, colleges, for example. this is all going in a great direction. always fascinating to talk to you, thank you so much. real insight into what is going on on the iss. seven up there for quite a time as tim tells us. slightly less stressful at the weekends! it's 29 minutes past eight. time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. a petition has been launched to ban certain foods from nurseries after a toddler chocked to death on a piece of sausage

she was given for lunch. two—year—old sadie salt died on saturday. she'd spent two days in intensive care at st mary's hospital. those behind the petition want food that could be difficult for small children to chew, including sausages and grapes, taken off the menu at nurseries. police have recovered a sub machine gun with ammunition and a ‘silencer‘ following the search of a car in brixton. detectives say it's a significant discovery as part of ongoing work to tackle gang violence. they're now trying to establish who left it and whether it's been used in any crime. lewis hamilton has been named as the most influential black briton. the formula 1 driverfrom stevenage joins marcus rashford and stormzy on the powerlist 2021. london's regional director for public health england — professor kevin fenton has also made the list. during the first lockdown many public spaces and gardens were, of course, closed — this time round they've been allowed to stay open and the national trust and royal horticultural society have been highlighting the mental health

benefits of getting outside, whatever the weather. i mean, we're over 200 acres, so it's a huge garden for people to be able to distance, to wander around peacefully. you know, the understanding and awareness of plants and nature being good for people — good for people both mentally and physically — is being talked about more, understood more. let's take a look at the travel situation now... there is a diversion routes on the m25. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning.

perhaps a few spits and spots of early drizzle this morning just falling from the thickness of the cloud, but other than that it should stay completely dry all day. it's a very mild start to the morning — temperatures in double figures. rather grey and murky out there. we'll keep the strength of that brisk south—westerly wind throughout the day. perhaps a few glimmers of something brighter later on through the afternoon, but always plenty of cloud, and top afternoon temperatures of a mild 14 or 15 degrees celsius. now through this evening and overnight we're set to keep those layers of cloud. it's going to be really quite murky out there. staying rather windy. overnight lows, again, of a mild 10 or 11 degrees celsius. now, tomorrow morning, there could be a few brighter spells around but, again, it's quite a cloudy start to the day. we'll see some brightness developing. it could feel even milder still tomorrow, but there will be some outbreaks of light, patchy rain through the afternoon. that's a cold front coming through, introducing some much colder air in time for thursday.

i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website, instagram and facebook. now though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. straight after brea kfast on bbc one is morning live with kym marsh and gethinjones. let's find out what they have coming up on the show. thanks, good morning. today we are talking about the housing crisis faced by millions as they struggle with rents they can no longer afforded. de plus what are your rights? robert rinder has teamed up with one of the biggest housing charities in the country to offer free legal advice and will be advising you today. hot on the heels of footballer marcus rashford's campaign, we visit the primary school giving out free food, toys and sports equipment and transforming the local community as a result. the best part of our

thursday afternoon is coming here, getting these boxes ready, it is a really meaningful part of the week for us all, and staff are peeping at the window as they walked past, it helps entice other parents to start coming. it is making me a bit emotional. it is emotional. it is wonderful what they are doing. if money is tight, we know how to make it stretch, anna shows how one chicken can last four days. and joe said if diane is back in his bubble after being eliminated from strictly, and we will find out which lip its most important, top or bottom. contact us at the e-mail address on screen, we will see you

at 9:15am. we are disappointed that there is no doctor —— no dr xand today, had he been dropped because of his faith yesterday? he is at home thinking about what he did! -- has he been dropped because of his faces yesterday? my favourite story is about wrexham football club, kat has the breaking news. one member of the supporters trust was looking at the supporters trust was looking at the serious business of running the football, and then lois was just excited about having movie stars at wrexham, she said she will be going back! movie stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are to be the new owners of wrexham. the wrexham supporters trust members voted by a huge margin

to back a takeover bid. into a globalforce. wrexham have been in fan ownership since 2011. craig templeton reports another bizarre twist in the strangest of years, as it was confirmed that hollywood is coming to wrexham. yes, actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney‘s bid to ta ke reynolds and rob mcelhenney‘s bid to take the national club has been accepted take the national club has been a cce pted by take the national club has been accepted by nearly 99% of the wrexham supporters trust. they made the announcement in typical comedic fashion, wealth appetising wrexham's sponsor. we just became owners of wrexham association purple club. they are our team sponsor. you may never have heard of wrexham, the racecourse ground , never have heard of wrexham, the racecourse ground, but you will. so to the wrexham supporters trust, thanking for your faith and trust in us. we are humbled.

bleep this is really happening. in all seriousness it is quite the development for a club that almost went out of business into thousand and four. the pair had said they wa nt to and four. the pair had said they want to turn wrexham into a global full sun could invest as much as £2 million. it did not take long for the wrexham supporters to get into superhero spirits. great news not only for the club at the whole town, this will change wrexham. in september, reynolds responded to an old tweet from fans about coming to wrexham with him replying, you never know. now we do, and now he has tweeted, wrexham is the name. the club's most famous moment was beating arsenal in the 1992 fa cup. now they are getting more than just a sprinkling of starters. ——

stardust. and the return of fancy football is likely to be high on the agenda at a virtual summit. culture secretary oliver dowden will meet with the heads of the football association and the premier league — among others — for a virtual summit today to discuss everything from the return of fans to the women's game. the heads of the fa, premier league, efl, national league and kick eight as had been invited, along with leaders from women's football and funds representatives. the premier league reported 16 positive coronavirus cases in the latest round of testing, the most since the season started. the results do not include those who tested positive on international duty, including majority of spurs, he tested positive with the ireland squad. egypt international ha na jang many will also enter isolation.

england will be without jordan henderson and raheem sterling for their nations league game against iceland tomorrow. henderson was taken off in the defeat to belgium with tightness in his leg and adds his name to a growing list of injury concerns at his club liverpool. sterling has returned to manchester city after not making an appearance at all during the current international break. the england and wales cricket board has been accused by two former umpires of "institutionalised racism" in the latest allegations to surface in the sport. john holder said it looked "more than suspicious" he had not received a reply from the ecb when offering to be a mentor. ismail dawood, meanwhile, said he had heard racist language used in front of senior ecb staff, which went unchallenged. the pair have asked for an independent investigation from the equality and human rights commission "to challenge organisations like the ecb". culture secretary oliver dowden will meet with the heads of the football association and the premier league —

among others — for a virtual summit today to discuss everything from the return of fans to the women's game. carol shanahan is the chair and co—owner of port vale fc, shejoins us now. thank you so much for making time for us this morning. there has been a lot of talk about lockdown, sans nothing stayed here, struggling lower league clubs, what is the reality of life that portrayal at the moment? —— sand not in the stadiums. it is very hard, there is no link, we try to get hospitality started on lockdown cane so we had to stop that, everybody is reliant on their owners to cover the loss of earnings for each club, so it is not easy. how important is it to you that the fans come back? it has been put out as they fix all remedy but the reality is that it's because you

not have a full house of fans, having to have gaps between groups, if you do not have a receipt filled it is not worth opening your doors. is getting fans back in stayed here and easy fix for port vale? —— getting fans back in the stadium? and easy fix for port vale? —— getting fans back in the stadium7m is getting fans to the matches, it is getting fans to the matches, it is like saying to every theatre that they have to do a full run of play is without an audience, you cannot do yourfull is without an audience, you cannot do your full performance. we are the entertainment industry, we rely on the audience, the fans. and it is so important to the fans, we have fans that have been with us for 18 years, although life —— for 80 years. anti—certainly not be able to go, it is really ha rd anti—certainly not be able to go, it is really hard for them —— and he's certainly not be able to go. it is 100% safe, we are one of the most

regulated and audited industries in the country as far as safety is concerned, so for our particular grant we have an 18,500 capacity, a safety plan for 4000 cleared by police and local authorities and we still cannot bring anybody in. police and local authorities and we still cannot bring anybody inm will be high up at the meeting with oliver gelatin on the agenda, i am sure. and another thing high on the agenda will be the leadership of football after greg clark stepped aside, making offensive comments in the parliamentary committee a couple of weeks ago. were you surprised he stepped down, and what type of candidate would you like to see take charge at the fa? given what he said in his response, i think he had to step down, i did not see any other option. we are a very diverse sport, portrayed alone, we have people aged two to 82 playing, women, every single strand of light you can think

of plays football, so i think it is really important that at the top of all our authorities, they recognise that. this is a golden opportunity to ta ke that. this is a golden opportunity to take force india more diverse, whether they are black or women or whoever, i think it is a really, really good opportunity to recognise the landscape of the sport —— this isa the landscape of the sport —— this is a golden opportunity to take full simply more diverse. funky for your time, carol shanahan, hoping to get good news, everybody wants to see fa ns good news, everybody wants to see fans back in the safest possible way. now carroll has the weather. good morning. this beautiful weather watchers picture gives you an idea of what many others will see, lots

of what many others will see, lots of cloud. breezy but mild, a mild start to the day, it will continue to be so, but it is also blustery and we have weather fronts from the west, we a re and we have weather fronts from the west, we are looking at a fair bit of rain, we had seen a fair bit of rain across western parts of scotla nd rain across western parts of scotland and northern ireland this morning, some spots elsewhere. the cloud is producing murky conditions in the west, dampness and drizzle. you can see the extent of the cloud cover, the brighter skies will be in the shelter of the mountains, north—east scotland, north—east england and north—east wales, we could have temperatures of 17 or 18 degrees here but widely ten to about 15. we hang onto this way this evening and overnight, some moving northwards, with rainfall totals you could season issues with localised flooding. more rain coming into the

west. these temperatures will be good by day at this time of year as opposed to by night, but it will be mild. through tomorrow, this weather fronts coming into the west will continue its journey moving eastwards, another blustery day and a cold front behind it, it will turn colder. lots of cloud to start the day first thing tomorrow, rain advancing from the west to the east, behind a band of rain it will turn colder, temperatures dipping through the course of the day. look at the wind direction. celtic still hanging onto milder conditions. looking at the temperatures, we have the colder blues through the course of wednesday and thursday, a northerly wind, when the first thing, potentially gale. the east coast. wednesday into thursday morning we could see no. you heard me

correctly, above shetland and about 250 metres in the far north of scotland. jails across eastern areas first thing, so nice to look out for in scotland, lots of dry weather, the winds will ease to the tape at the winds will ease to the tape at the cloud builds towards the west heralding yet another change. these are the maximum temperatures, what a drop, and with the winter chill added, it will feel colder than those temperatures suggest. —— wind chill. mooring sitting in by friday and temperatures back into the male category again, so it is short—lived. category again, so it is short-lived. cold but short-lived, thank you. we have paloma faith coming up shortly but first... when the conservative mp and former sports minister tracey crouch started having treatment for breast cancer injune — she found that she was unable to partake in all the parliamentary

debates she wanted to. including one on breast cancer. now she's successfully campaigned for better technology in parliament — so that mps who need to shield for health reasons can still do theirjob. tracey crouch joins us now from kent. very good morning to you. it's lovely to see you. before we get to that, how are you? very well thank you, now that, how are you? very well thank you , now over that, how are you? very well thank you, now over the halfway point in my chemotherapy. the cancer is all out, that was done with an operation, this is to make sure it never comes back and i think it gives you a different perspective on chemotherapy, to be honest so i'm positive about it, nearing the end of treatment. how are you and your family coping with everything? we are fine, i had moments after chemotherapy for a few days, i am very tired, but i have a great support network around me, we are able to manage both work and the little four—year—old who keeps us on our toes. but everything is fine, i

have a two—week period of time i feel fantastic, i am have a two—week period of time i feelfantastic, lam in have a two—week period of time i feel fantastic, i am in that period of time now, i am quite bubbly and buoyant and full of energy. of time now, i am quite bubbly and buoyant and full of energym really co m es buoyant and full of energym really comes across, its lovely to see angie publicly charted your cancer journey and it's see angie publicly charted your cancerjourney and it's important to stop especially during these difficult times, people still keep going to the doctor, keep checking themselves. what would your message be? i didn't think i would ever get cancer, to be honest, iwas be? i didn't think i would ever get cancer, to be honest, i was 44 when i was diagnosed, fit, healthy. cancer, to be honest, i was 44 when iwas diagnosed, fit, healthy. i don't do anything particularly excessively and i didn't think i would ever get cancer and therefore i thought it was really important to point out to people at all your prejudices need to be put aside and anyone can be a victim of cancer and therefore it's important to regularly check yourself, to look out for the symptoms and if there is anything unusual, talk to your gp. i know people are concerned at the moment about getting appointments but actually if you talk to

reception and tell them you found a lump in your breast or if you have any other cancer symptoms, the gp will talk to you as a matter of urgency and see you if they need to see you and put you on the pathway toa see you and put you on the pathway to a proper formal diagnosis. so it is really important people do look out for those symptoms because early diagnosis get you into treatment quicker which means your outcomes are improved massively as a consequence. louise said you have been documenting and i know lots of people have been following you on social media, you put up some of the lighter side of what you have been going through. touched the fact many people particularly at this time, will be not only worried about finding a lump or potentially getting a diagnosis but also trying to get the treatment they need at the moment. was that something you we re the moment. was that something you were worried about given all of what were worried about given all of what we have been going through this year? to be honest, no, it wasn't. the trust that i am in, the local hospital in maidstone has been very

good at dividing up its hospital and making sure there is a separation between the areas dealing with covid and the areas dealing with other conditions. sol and the areas dealing with other conditions. so i felt very secure, going into hospital, going to the ce ntre going into hospital, going to the centre that looks after breast cancer and oncology and other hospitals are doing the same sol think we may have a perception about what is happening in hospitals but the reality is very different and i think it is important people are at little bit selfish about these things when it comes to cancer, put yourself first, realise you have to go in and get yourself treated and so, while i completely understand people may not want to go into hospital, they may think they are bothering their local health services, ultimately, at the end of the day, this is about people's survival and so you have to be selfish and go and get yourself checked and get into that treatment programme. you will be well looked after by the nhs and you will have a positive outcome. you have a lot of things on at the moment, you have a

young child, a job, there will be lots of people like you having to work through these circumstances. you've appealed for a change so you can take part in debates. presumably that's not just relevant can take part in debates. presumably that's notjust relevant for you but lots of other people too? correct. we have a system in place for members of parliament who are atone for whatever reason can get involved in questions, with statements, but one thing that we weren't allowed to do was participate in debates. —— who are at home. as you said in your introduction there was a debate last week on breast cancer which i would have liked to have participated in because of my personal experience, being able to offer perhaps something extra to that debate but wasn't able to do so because of the rules. now, the leader of the house has decided to change the rule so people who are clinically extremely vulnerable like myself are able to participate in debates, it doesn't extend to everybody in the house of

commons and there is still concerned there are colleagues who are at home for a variety of reasons, many of whom are shielding but perhaps not considered clinically extremely vulnerable, still won't be able to participate in those debates and i think that is a discussion that will still continue over the next few days and weeks. really good to talk to you. thank you so much for coming on and telling us about how you are. good to see you doing well. can i just appeal to everyone, please check your bits and bobbins as i have said, men and women, get yourself checked out if there's anything of any concern. really important message. thank you so much. we already know paloma faith is a brit award—winning singer and song—writer but — thanks to the first lockdown — she can now add another string to her bow — music producer. she's just recorded her new album at home after teaching herself the necessary technical skills. let's hear one of the tracks. # i got a feeling that the night is on my side. # i'm shining, oh.

# i got a feeling that i'm gonna be all right. # i got it, i got it, i'm gold. # i'm shining so bright, yeah, i'm gold. # there's nothing better than to hear the sound, hear the sound. # the sound of thunder when i hit the ground. # oh, i got a feeling that tonight is on my side. # i got it, i got it, i'm gold. # i'm shining so bright, yeah, i'm gold.# paloma faithjoins us now from east london. lots to talk to about this morning. is it right that while you were filming that video you were two and a half months pregnant hanging off that digger? i was 12 weeks, three months, it was 38 degrees heat wave!

actually, it looked, dangerous but also really fun! it was fun but not in 38 degrees. i have to say i did get home and i went on the internet and worried whether i had jeopardised my pregnancy. is it all right to be at 38 degrees in direct sunlight for this long? i think lots of pregnant women do. frantically googling. all the midwives tell you not to do! it is a worrying time, and you are probably right, there are so much access to information when you are pregnant. yes, totally. tell us about what you've been doing during the lockdown, the first lockdown, we mentioned in the introduction, you started to add a new string to your bow, music producer, putting together your own album? yes, i wouldn't go so far as to say that, that's kind of slightly embellished! but i thought to

myself, 0k, embellished! but i thought to myself, ok, i embellished! but i thought to myself, 0k, ican embellished! but i thought to myself, ok, i can either make this really ha rd myself, ok, i can either make this really hard or i can turn it into something great and positive sol hired a microphone and i taught myself to use some production programmes and decided i was going to not stop making my album and i called loads of musicians that i know and i was like can you send me some chords, some ideas and i started sitting in my basement, writing songs from my basement, basically. this is the product of that. that's song you just played, gold, is the only song on the record that wasn't written and recorded in lockdown. i'm not a sound recorder is, notan lockdown. i'm not a sound recorder is, not an expert but i think they sound fantastic. what do you make of the way they sound! thank you. i think it's the best vocal production i've had on any record! but i think it's partly because it's a combination of me being a control freak but partly to do with my lack

of ability because i cannot filter it so of ability because i cannot filter itsoi of ability because i cannot filter it so i have to make it good, i have to sing it properly and quite often when people have too many tricks up their sleeve they go, it's ok, and there's none of that on this. it is pure singing. i made sure i delivered really good performances. i suppose that image that many of us have a people behind the glasgow yes, can you do that again, can you give us more of this, there's none of that, you are listening and reacting to your own voice? yes, exactly and i had a really great time doing it. i don't really want to go to the studio again! there will be people who are crushed because of that! also, you started working on the album before lockdown, did you change a lot of the writing as well? yes, i felt like some of us may be feeling a bit inappropriate and i feel like the lockdown made a lot of people go quite introspective, focusing on,

like, relationships and inner circle so as like, relationships and inner circle soasa like, relationships and inner circle so as a lot of the themes are about that and i think i wanted to bridge this bubble that we are presented with, particularly the younger generation, their expectation of relationships and we hear a lot of music about the initial meeting with someone, which is always explosive and the end which is heartbreaking but we don't hear many love songs about the really hard part which is making relationships work and what true love is which involves a lot more thanjust true love is which involves a lot more than just being true love is which involves a lot more thanjust being attracted true love is which involves a lot more than just being attracted to someone. it involves friendship, endurance, compromise, and various other things, endurance, compromise, and various otherthings, obviously, endurance, compromise, and various other things, obviously, within reason. anyone watching is compromising for an awful person, get rid! but... yes, iwanted

compromising for an awful person, get rid! but... yes, i wanted to write songs about that and also, my experiences with my family and friends, who ended up in lockdown, becoming our most important people, really. thank you for that relationship advice this morning! i noticed you are looking forward to what you hope and we all hope to get back to a bit of normal. big touring dates next year. is that something, fingers crossed, when you were announcing all of that?” fingers crossed, when you were announcing all of that? i feel optimistic about it. i feel like thisjob, i do thisjob because i absolutely adore playing live, that is the reason why i love myjob so i'm really excited about the tour in september 21 i'm really excited about the tour in september21 and i'm i'm really excited about the tour in september 21 and i'm hoping that this week, my album is out this week, everyone who has bought it will start learning the words because i'm quite notorious for sometimes getting so excited that i forget them and the audience have to

remind me what they are! i'm like, i'm so excited, i forgot how it goes! that's lovely. one of the songs on infinite things is about motherhood and touring with being a mother, going to add another thing to the mix, i imagine? yes, i've done it once before so i know what i did wrong and i know how to make it easier and i think maybe the first time, because i come from a single—parent background, my mum did everything, i did not have as much help as i maybe should have and i we nt help as i maybe should have and i went a bit crazy but i know what to do now, i need to accept help which isa do now, i need to accept help which is a learning curve for me! listen, it's so lovely to speak to you. thank you so much for your time and best of luck. thank you. thank you for all of your support and listening to the album so far. louise is one of those, she's been singing it all morning.

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