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this is bbc news. the headlines. even more effective than first thought — pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people once pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. stick to the rules now and you could still celebrate christmas. government scientists tell us all to do our bit. we are very keen that we have christmas as close to normal as possible. that requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period and even in early december to get the cases as low as possible. what's your reaction to the whip not being restored? thank you very much for coming this morning. thank you very much. former labour leader jeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp over remarks he made about anti—semitism.
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diesel and petrol cars won't be sold from 2030, part of a "green industrial revolution" to tackle climate change and create jobs. across the world, it is the uk that is leading the world in tackling one of the gravest problems that this planet faces. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in belfast in connection with the birmingham pub bombings in 197a. 21 people died in the ira attack. the lost whaling station at the end of the world — now a beacon of hope as the whales return — and thrive. the pharmaceutical company, pfizer, says its latest data suggests that its coronavirus vaccine is even
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more effective than first thought, with the jab working well across all ethnicities and age groups. the firm says the vaccine has passed safety checks, and is now ready for approval by authorities around the world. so what are the next steps for the vaccine in the uk? health secretary matt hancock told mps last week that the nhs will be ready to roll out the new vaccine if it gets approved. he said he has "tasked the nhs with being ready from any date from the 1st of december". the uk has pre—ordered a0 million doses of this vaccine, and should get 10 million by the end of the year. and pfizer says there have been no serious safety concerns, with only mild side effects reported such as headaches and fatigue, in about 2% of volunteers given the vaccine. our medical editor fergus walsh explains the significance of today's development. about this is about figures here. it's a bit science by press release, we don't have the full data, we've got to wait for that but over 94%
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effective and what reallyjumps out at me if they say it worked equally well in people of all ages, races and ethnicities and to have a vaccine that is over 94% effective in the over 65s is stunning because as we age, oui’ in the over 65s is stunning because as we age, our immune systems tend to wea ke n as we age, our immune systems tend to weaken and that is why the flu jab often does not work very well in the elderly. what we don't know and what no one can tell us is how long the vaccine will provide protection. we will have to wait. but it is really good news. more evidence here also, they had 170 cases of covid in all of the vaccinated, in all of the people on the trial, of whom 162 had the dummyjab and only eight were in the dummyjab and only eight were in the vaccinated group. they had ten cases of severe covid but only one in the vaccinated group. so more good data and they say the side—effects were generally well tolerated, no safety concerns, and
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the only major side effects they had inafew the only major side effects they had in a few people was fatigue and headaches. fergus walsh, there. for more on the developments in the pfizer vaccine we can speak to professor beate kampmann — who's director of the vaccine centre at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. 0n the face of it, this looks even better than we thought. yes, simon, really, the vaccine announcements are coming out fast and furious in the last couple of weeks and now we have a bigger number of cases, 170, as fergus said, and 162 of those got the placebo and the rest got the vaccine. i think this is good news and also, very encouraging that the vaccine seems to show equal protection in elderly people because that was a question we could not a nswer after that was a question we could not answer after the first announcements last week. also across ethnicities which is also very important. totally, there were over 40% of people from various ethnic groups enrolled and that makes quite a
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contribution to our estimate, how it can protect people of various ages and in various ethnicities. i think this is great news notjust for the vaccine technology but also for this particular vaccine. so what has to happen now before we get it? 0bviously, happen now before we get it? obviously, this is a press release. the data is still somewhat limited and the safety database is small but the data will be submitted to the fda in the next couple of days, i believe, to then get on with the emergency approval, if everything is as good as it currently looks. then the regulatory authorities in our own countries can also step up and see that they could agree to this emergency approval and potentially the vaccine could then be rolled out to the public. are we talking days 01’ to the public. are we talking days or weeks, what? i think we are talking weeks because you know, scrutiny is paramount and the safety of the vaccine is an absolute priority, the data needs to be scrutinised and people have put protocols in place of any that are quite unified and they are going to
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look at this pretty much in parallel in the various organisations are. let's assume that all goes to plan and then the task of getting it out there. yes, i guess, you know, the main factor that this vaccine will a lwa ys main factor that this vaccine will always struggle with is the temperature control. it has to be kept at —70 and the transport has to be done with dry ice and that is not a trivial undertaking. pfizer reassures us they can do that through their vaccine distribution services but to roll—out the vaccine at that level of temperature control through gp practices, etc, is not... it is not trivial at all so people are it is not trivial at all so people a re really it is not trivial at all so people are really thinking about this right now and i believe some kind of projects will have to be done before one can really say this is a goer in gp services or where ever it will happen in the uk. part of the battle there will be the communication side, getting the message across it is safe because we are fully aware that there are anti—vaccine is out there whose message seems to be getting out. yes, we should really
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focus on the people who i have no doubt will be queueing up to receive this vaccine because there are many people who have had severe experiences with covid in their families etc, and i would be very surprised if there was a shortage of u pta ke surprised if there was a shortage of uptake for the somewhat limited supplies we are going to have for our distribution. always good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. . the bbc has confirmed in the last few minutes that it's appointed the right honorable lord dyson, a former master of the rolls, to lead an investigation into the 1995 panorama interview with diana, princess of wales. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond is here. some background to this big. yes, a series of allegations made by the late princess's brother, charles spencer, earl spencer, about how he was approached by the reporter who carried out the interview, martin
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bushey, who is currently the bbc‘s religion editor, how he was approached in late 1995 with what he says we re approached in late 1995 with what he says were mocked up, forged bank statements, purporting to show payments to a former member of his staff, and suggestions, allegations that martin bashir told a series of other fantastical lies about the royalfamily in an other fantastical lies about the royal family in an attempt to gain his trust and thus gain access to princess diana. all of these things, ora princess diana. all of these things, or a lot of it, had been rumours swirling around really from 1996. the bbc then had issued a rather blanket denial, carried out an investigation, it said come into the claims and said it was satisfied, but because of these new claims and allegations by charles spencer, the new director—general, tim davie, has commissioned what the bbc because an independent and robust investigation to be led by lord dyson, who is a pretty senior legal figure. what clout will it have? i think it is pretty serious because this is
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independent, it is rather different from the investigation that was held backin from the investigation that was held back in 1996 which was in—house and appear to have been held by two people... involving a former director—general? people... involving a former director-general? yes, lord hall, the director—general of three months ago who then was head of news and current affairs. but this is different, i think it will be a much more forensic investigation and critically, we will hear from parties outside the bbc. charles spencer says he was never asked anything by the bbc in 1996. he has clearly got a lot to say. he says he has notes from the time about the things that martin bashir told him and this investigation will want to hear all the different side. at the heart of this is whether the princess was misled into taking part in the interview but will we ever know? um, that is part of what is at the heart of this, yes, it is partly about whether she was misled and of course, the bbc says it has a letter from her saying she was perfectly happy about it. but it is also about whether or not in an attempt to get access to princess diana, serious
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lies were told and forgeries made in what is a gross breach of journalistic ethics. that is a very important point. and the second very important point. and the second very important point. and the second very important point is, did the bbc then cover that up or failed to investigate it properly? it is not just about princess diana and whether she was misled, it is about whether she was misled, it is about whether charles spencer was misled and whether or not the bbc investigated properly afterward. and whether or not the bbc investigated properly afterwardm is all very murky, it has to be said and the one person who people i am sure would like to talk to is employed by the bbc and can't speak a. yes, martin bashir is seriously unwell, he's had a very serious operation following covid—19 and is signed off work. a lot of other people have moved on, the editor of panorama is dead, lord hall is not speaking for the moment and we don't know if he will speak to the investigation but the presumption must be that he will but it has to be said that nearly all the senior news managers have moved on from
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this. but there are very important questions about the bbc‘s journalism then to be answered still. yes, and then to be answered still. yes, and the question that raises i suppose is what sanctions are open?” the question that raises i suppose is what sanctions are open? i am not sure it is a question of sanctions on former members of staff. there is obviously a question and he is unable to answer any questions, a question about the future role of martin bashir, who is currently the bbc‘s religion editor and i think there's probably a question about setting the record straight. this is an organisation that does pride itself on pretty high journalistic standards. this may be a fair while ago, 25 years ago but it is still important that they got it right then and if it didn't, that it gets it right now. senior government scientists say they want families to be able to get together at christmas, but say it's vital that people obey current coronavirus lockdown restrictions for that to be possible. ministers say it's too early to set out festive rules.
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the british medical association has warned that hospitals will be overwhelmed if social distancing rules are relaxed. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. follow the rules, wear a face covering. in some parts of the uk... keep your two metre distance. ..people have been living with lockdown restrictions for months, but what will the covid rules be over christmas? some newspapers are suggesting there could be a relaxation for five days from christmas eve, so families can get together. but even as the idea is floated, ministers are saying it's too soon. i want to have my mum and dad round, i want to have members of my family around that christmas table, you know, your viewers will want to do the same. but ijust think it's too early to be reaching any conclusions on that. let's keep doing our bit. as we get to the 2nd of december, the government will set out more details and then we need to keep bearing down on the infection. we genuinely don't know what decisions have been made. and today, senior health experts warned that easing restrictions will not be without cost. for every day that we release, we'll need two days of tighter restrictions. so, coming into christmas, we need to be very careful about the number of contacts
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that we have, to reduce transmission before christmas and get our cases as low as possible. hopefully, the government will make the decision that will allow us to have some mixing but we will wait and see what that is. the four—week lockdown in england is now at its halfway point. new stricter measures have been announced for 11 areas in west and central scotland, but the doctors' union, the british medical association, says any easing of restrictions needs to be handled carefully. what we do not want to see is a repeat of what happened after the first lockdown, where we brought down the infection levels and then we had a rebound surge because there was a relaxation of the lockdown, people started mixing much more and we went, really, back to square one. what we need to hear from the government now, well in advance of exiting, is a clear exit strategy. the bma suggests replacing the rule of six with a two household rule, to reduce social mixing, banning travel between different
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local lockdown tiers and giving local public health teams a bigger role in the test and trace system to make it fit for purpose. the question of christmas poses a real dilemma. 0n the one hand, any relaxation of the rules risks a rise in infections but a ban on mixing at christmas could well be ignored by a significant number of people and that could make breaking the rules feel more normal, leading to even more infections in the new year. dominic hughes, bbc news. the spending watchdog says ministers set aside normal standards of transparency as they scrambled to secure supplies of personal protective equipment at the start of the coronavirus crisis. the national audit office says firms recommended by mps and peers were given priority in contracts. andy verity reports. from the start of the pandemic to the end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts
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were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. clearly people had to move at great speed, everyone agrees with that but we don't accept it is not possible to be simultaneously clearly documenting the reasons for each contract award and then to be putting that in the public domain in line with the government's own rules and those two things did not happen consistently. taking questions virtually from isolation in downing street, the prime minister was challenged on the report's findings. can the prime is to give a cast—iron assurance that from now on, all government contracts will be subject to proper process, with full transparency and accountability?-
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the time, he bashed the government for not moving fast enough. it is absolutely absurd that he is now attacking in hindsight, once again trying to score party political points, score political points by attacking us for moving too fast. i am proud of what we did to secure huge quantities of pp during the pandemic and any government would do the same. in one example highlighted by the nao, a contract was awarded to the focus group organiser public first, whose owners previously worked for the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove and alongside borisjohnson's then top adviser dominic cummings. yet the cabinet office failed to document any consideration of any potential conflicts of interest. by not keeping proper records, by not being transparent about when these contracts were awarded and what they were doing, it lays the government open to these accusations, whether they are true or not. and, certainly, this weird vip route through, where certain companies got a closer look because they were
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recommended by mps, peers, i mean, this is not something mps wanted, and yet it has happened. public first said it was hired on a pay as you go arrangement that meant it could be fired if it did not perform well. michael goes's of his said the nao found no evidence of ministers involvement in the decisions. the cabinet office said it welcomed the nao's scrutiny and its recommendations for improvement. andy verity, bbc news. new cars and vans powered wholly by petrol and diesel will be banned in the uk from 2030. that's just one of the announcements made by the prime minister as part of his ten—point plan to create jobs and address climate change. among other measures in his so—called "green revolution" — greater investment in electric cars — including expanding charging infrastructure and extending grants to make vehicles cheaper. plans to quadruple the amount of offshore wind power — enough to provide energy to every home in the uk. greater investment in nuclear energy, with
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a focus on smaller—scale nuclear plants. and measures to make homes and public buildings warmer and more energy efficient. while the plan has been welcomed by environmental groups, critics say the £4 billion allocated is far too small for the scale of the challenge and some of the plans, they say, have already been announced. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. the end of an era for the petrol engine and its planet heating emissions. you will still be able to drive an existing petrol or diesel car after 2030 but you won't be able to buy a new one. the future is electric. some people fear the cost of electric vehicles but perhaps there is no need to worry. for a period of three to four years, because of the massive saving in fuel cost of electric over petrol or diesel, the monthly cost of the vehicle is no greater. certainly, it's not cheaper but it's not greater. charging your electric car is a major issue. finding one of these in some places is like finding a unicorn.
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the government is spending £1.3 billion to expand the charging network but that is just over 1% of what it is spending on high—speed rail, hs2. nuclear energy is getting public money, £500 million of it. the prime minister wants jobs at the giant sizewell c plant in suffolk. smaller kit style nuclear reactors being developed by rolls—royce will get some studied, too. by rolls—royce will get subsidy, too. even though there is no solution yet for nuclear waste. offshore wind will play a key role, producing enough electricity to power every home by 2030. ministers hope it will support up to 60,000 jobs. cities in the north—east should benefit. the government wants them to become new technology hubs for making wind turbines and creating the clean fuel, hydrogen. we absolutely back the ambition. we do need to see more detail on how we help businesses and households
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make this transition but having this strategy is exactly what we need to see, to help us on the road to a greener economy. new house—building will have to play its part. from 2023, all homes will need to be built with so much insulation that they don't require a gas boiler. heat pumps will enter people's lives in wales, a zero carbon device extracts heat from sea water to warm a stately home. tiny versions will heat millions of people's homes using warmth from the water or air or soil. the government will need to help with the cost. together, the drive for zero carbon will transform society. i think in terms of making progress and resetting this agenda, it's an exciting day, in terms of getting us back on the front foot. is it enough? no, of course it's not enough, and we will be looking next week to the chancellor, in terms of what is coming out of the spending review.
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as the new policies cut emissions, so the prime minister's road building plans will increase emissions. critics say he should stop policies driving in the wrong direction and invest far more in putting the nation on track for a zero emissions future. roger harrabin, bbc news. sir keir starmer says he won't allowjeremy corbyn to sit as a labour mp, despite him being allowed back into the labour party. the party's former leader had been suspended for saying that concerns about anti—semitism in the party had been overstated. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is in westminster. this of course follows that damning report from the equalities watchdog which said labour had acted unlawfully in the way it dealt with anti—semitism complaints under jeremy corbyn. as you say, his reaction, saying political opponents had exaggerated it, meant he was kicked out of the party as a member. he was, though, reinstated yesterday but that is not the end of all of this. sir keir starmer has made a
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big political decision today. he has decided thatjeremy corbyn has to sit as an independent mp. he can't return to the labour party in parliament. his reasons, he say, is because mr corbyn has undermined and set back the party's work in restoring trust and confidence in its ability to tackle anti—semitism. this has caused uproar amongst mr corbyn's supporters. they say it will continue the divisions in the party but sir keir starmer is very keen to show that his tough words have been followed by tough action and he wants to make it clear things have changed under his leadership. neil coyle is the labour mp for bermondsey and old southwark and we can speak to him now. have things just got easier or —— are easier or harderfor have things just got easier or —— are easier or harder for sir have things just got easier or —— are easier or harderfor sir keir starmer? sir keir starmer has been doing a fantasticjob of the new leader of the labour party, and was put ina leader of the labour party, and was put in a horrendous position yesterday by a party process that should not have been under way. the equalities and human rights commission obliges, it is not
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optional, it obliges the labour party to introduce a new independent complaints system. it is still unclear why the old process was being used for this purpose when we are undera being used for this purpose when we are under a legal obligation to introduce a new system. i think he has taken the only option available to him. what does it say about the panel that was selected from the governing body of the labour party that basically, it said jeremy corbyn was in the clear and welcomed back into the party? well, it is in line with what the equalities and human rights commission suggested in its report, that there has been, you know, political interference and unlawful processes which has led to the discrimination of jewish unlawful processes which has led to the discrimination ofjewish people in the labour party in this country and that is completely unacceptable, it absolutely should not have happened on anyone's watch and that is what sir keir starmer has to move on from and that is what we are obliged to do. is this going to split the party down the middle? no, because there is... you know, the only approach for the party is to do
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as directed by the ea chelsea. we don't have an option in this. those who are saying... this is about racism and antiracism and about addressing the concerns of unlawful dissemination... implemented as key has promised and his first priority he outlined was to thejewish community who yesterday were once again let down by a party process that should not have been under way, and today they have been reassured by the leader of the labour party that he is still maintaining his commitment to rebuilding trust with the jewish community. but a party -- a party process that in effect exonerated jeremy corbyn, this is a mess, isn't it? as i say, i'm afraid the process yesterday leaves a lot to be desired, and of course, leaves a big question and whether it will have to be looked at, how it came about, it should not have been in
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process. the hrc has a legitimate remit to look at whether the party has addressed the concerns that it was sent not even three weeks ago. the jewish community would have looked at that and be disgusted again, frankly, that another let down from the party machine while the leader has done his utmost to rebuild and reassure that the rebuilding of trust within the party is under way. it certainly hasn't been rebuilt, hasn't it? not yet, no, and sir keir starmer said it would be a long road and it was made a bit longer yesterday. he has acted today to try to maintain the work that has been done already. you know, the polling was moving in the right direction, the support from the public we are showing, the support was being rebuilt with the jewish community in particular who has been so badly wronged by the labour party in the last few years, and today, i hope, it reassures anyone who is interested in rebuilding that trust and of course beyond that, anyone who is interested in a labour government in
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the future, should be pleased with sir keir starmer‘s approached today. if you wear the leader, what would you do tojeremy corbyn out? if you wear the leader, what would you do to jeremy corbyn out? exactly what sir keir starmer has done and to be honest, it is not about me or jeremy corbyn or keir starmer, frankly... with respect, it is because it is how the leadership response to this that will build the trust or not that you talk about. cedric dubler says he is going to review this which leaves the option open ofjeremy corbyn returning to the benches at some point but i'm pointing out that there is a legal process to follow, that's it. it is not a question of who is leader, it isa not a question of who is leader, it is a legal approach and we are duty—bound to follow it. there is no choice in this. it is not an option. ifi choice in this. it is not an option. if i was leader, i would have to do the same. 0ne if i was leader, i would have to do the same. one way or another, jeremy corbyn is going to be in front of that independent complaints process and that is going to happen. whether iam and that is going to happen. whether i am leader, whether borisjohnson was the labour party leader, quite frankly, that approach has to happen
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because that is what has been ordered. neil coyle, good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, in which 21 people were murdered. west midlands police said the suspect was held by counter—terrorism officers at his home in belfast this morning. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. in three days' time, it will be the 46th anniversary of what was, in terms of the death toll, the worst terrorist attack carried out in great britain linked to the northern ireland conflict in november 197a. bombs aploded at two pubs in birmingham killing 21 people and injuring 220 others. in the last few years, there have been fresh inquests held into the murders, families of those who were killed have been calling for a public inquiry. the ira never said it was behind the bombings, but it was widely believed that that organisation did carry out the attacks. west midlands police have been carrying out an investigation and as a result of that, today in belfast, a 65—year—old
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man has been arrested. it was understood he was detained in his home in the south of the city and he is now being questioned by detectives at a police station in the city centre under anti—terrorism legislation. let's get a little more now on the announcements made by the prime minister today as part of his ten—point plan to create jobs and address climate change in the uk. joining me is professor ben sovacool from sussex university and fatima ibrahim who is one of the founders of the campaign group green new deal uk. thank you forjoining us. does this announcement go far enough? no, if you are looking for a simple answer. imean, i you are looking for a simple answer. i mean, i rememberthe chinese saying that you touchstones to cross a river and i think this is touching the first stone but we still have many more to go. i especially like the ban on combustion cars but i think many of the others are kind of insufficient at getting the uk on a
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true green industrial revolution. so not nuclear, small nuclear plants and not wind and solar, it's got to be more? that is one way of looking at it, only one or two of the ten points deal with consumer behaviour. this would be things like efficiency of the active transport parts of the plan but i thinkjust holistically, if you take the whole plan, you add it up to maybe £4 billion, give or ta ke it up to maybe £4 billion, give or take 250,000 jobs, and it up to maybe £4 billion, give or take 250,000jobs, and he it up to maybe £4 billion, give or take 250,000 jobs, and he put it into the context of global energy markets, it is very small. the energy sector is about a $1 trillion global turnover for oil and gas, another 300-400,000,000,000 global turnover for oil and gas, another 300—a00,000,000,000 for renewa bles another 300—a00,000,000,000 for renewables and this is 4 billion, and if you look at things like uk gdp, it is 0.16% of gdp, or 0.8% of jobs. we are really nibbling at the margins. it is really an incremental change, much more than any transformation. i can see you nodding, fatima, you share the
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disappointment? i do, this is a start. i think the one positive to pull out from this is it seems like this is an attempt by the government to bring forward a plan, something many of us have been demanding for the best part of a decade. but this falls woefully short and it is a missed opportunity for a government thatis missed opportunity for a government that is facing several interlinked challenges. we have a climate emergency, a nature emergency, and unemployment crisis and this really was a huge opportunity for the government to close the gap on inequality by creating jobs in the parts of the country that matter while helping us decarbonise the economy. we are facing an unemployment crisis... we could lose 2 millionjobs forever to unemployment crisis... we could lose 2 million jobs forever to this pandemic. yet the government is talking about only creating 250,000 jobs when research has shown us that government could create 1.2 million jobs in the next 18 months if they we re really jobs in the next 18 months if they were really willing to provide the finance that is necessary to invest in the right parts of the economy.
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yeah, what is missing is the scale of the ambition that is required. we are talking right now about pocket change. much of the money that the government has committed is repackaged old commitments. my question to the government is how many times are you going to repackage the same commitments and expect us not to notice? 0ut repackage the same commitments and expect us not to notice? out of the 12 billion but i have promised and today's announcement, only 4 billion of that is new money. and that is just not enough. should we not be the phrase boris johnson just not enough. should we not be the phrase borisjohnson uses that we are going to be the saudi arabia of wind power. i think the prime minister is half correct. the saudi arabia of offshore wind power. the united states still gets the claim for onshore wind power in the midwest. there is some part of the plan that is very commendable. i
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like the focus on energy efficiency. we have done research with sussex, 0xford we have done research with sussex, oxford and the uk energy research centre that you can cost effectively save so much with energy efficiency upgrades to buildings. and also create thousands ofjobs. they are obviously at the forefront of banning petrol cars and for offshore wind, the uk is rightfully a world leader. in some of the other areas, notably nuclear power, carbon ca ptu re notably nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, where it is harder to make anyone a leader at this point given the way of innovation patent patterns have concentrated around the world. while i think the uk can lead to some of the points, there are many others where it will be very difficult to see a true great britain leader in any of these areas. fatima, is not pa rt any of these areas. fatima, is not part of the battle here that the message that we are taking it seriously is one that a few years ago we were not hearing, there's been a change in attitude? there has
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been a change in attitude? there has beena been a change in attitude? there has been a change in attitude? there has been a change of attitude and all credit is given to the movements that took to the streets last year, extinction rebellion, all of the things i came to the streets. they demanded that the government take the lead. but if we want to be serious about being a global leader, we have to look to our neighbours. the money that the government is investing isjust a the money that the government is investing is just a fraction of what france and germany are doing and yet we want to host the international summit on climate change next year. the world is looking to us and if we seriously want to be a leader, we not only need to be putting more money into the greener economy, but we need to talk realistically about how we're going create these jobs, where other schools? we have a skills gap in this country. the government should have been talking about training as part of this plan. how will we move people into these jobs7 how will we move people into these jobs? and what training and support will we give them to move from unemployment into these newjobs for the future? fatima, thank you. professor, are we missing a
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birthday? no, no. my department had its 50th anniversary a few weeks ago. we will celebrate that and thank you both very much. some sunshine has fun of the reign of the west but it is quite early and if you're out and about. we have and if you're out and about. we have a band of heavy rain pushing eastwards at the moment and blustery winds. the wins from the south—west mean it is mild for the time and particularly so in the south. temperatures are dropping away in the north and behind this next weather front we change the wind direction to a blast of northerly. the risk of snow was there through the night across the scottish hills and asa the night across the scottish hills and as a result, temperatures will bea and as a result, temperatures will be a lot lower. it will be down to freezing in some parts of scotland with icy patches. the wind should temper the temperatures elsewhere above freezing. the transference of games from west to east across the
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morning and those gales will make it feel much colder. it does ease, the wind through the day. the shower also ease off and it will become quieter with more sunshine through the afternoon. temperatures do not respond. these are on the thermometer and in the wind it your colder still. this is bbc news. the headlines. pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now — if they want to get together with their families at christmas the martin bashir interview with diana princess of wales in 1995. the bbc has appointed the lord dyson to lead an investigation. labour leader sir keir starmer says he won't restore the whip tojeremy corbyn because he says the former party leader "undermined and set back" trust and confidence in the party to tackle anti—semitism
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sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good afternoon. it's been 16 years since england's cricketers last ventured to pakistan, but today, the ecb has announced they'll be playing two t20 internationals there this october. it will be part of their preparations for november's t20 world cup. england last toured pakistan in 2005 but didn't return following an attack by gunmen on the sri lanka team in 2009. the teams last met in the summer when pakistan toured england, during the pandemic. the teams that came over last year were amazing to have gone through the whole bubble and obviously after the coronavirus pandemic, cricket was obviously on the edge and they helped massively with that, so i think it was probably
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going to happen anyway, but i think it's right that we go back after such a long time to one for the game itself but also for pakistan, cricket and the country. lots to look forward to at home for england too next year. india will tourfor a five test match series. sri lanka and pakistan will also play in limited overs matches. there could be another test series against another team too, if the calander allows. england's women team will also face new zealand and south africa while the visually impaired team take on australia. it's day four of the atp finals at london's o2 arena. tongiht world number one novak djokovic faces daniil medvedev. we have. we are the opening game
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there in the first set. very for serving there for this one. you can watch this one on bbc two right now. there are doubts around the australian open and whether it can be staged as planned in melbourne injanuary with victoria's government reportedly not allowing players to arrive in mid—december. tennis australia had hoped they'd be able to practise during the 14—day quarantine, before two weeks of action leading into the tournament. the government there has said arrivals at the end of december could be a possibility. another option is delaying the event altogether. british number one johanna konta says the ability to train during quarantine is vital. for my understanding and everything that we have been told so far, tennis australia have done everything to make sure that our quarantine setup is so that we are able to train properly, otherwise it would make it very difficult, i think, for players to be able to compete at the highest level without risking
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their bodies in the process. clubs in the english football league will be able to use five substitutes a match for the rest of the season. the new rule comes into place from friday — ahead of this weekend's matches — following discussions with all 72 clubs. there had been fears of player burn out this season. championship sides can now name nine subs in matchday squads, with those in league one and two allowed seven. the welsh rugby union have named their first ever black national coach. former england sevens coach warren abrahams takes up the role with the wales womens‘ team. while former captain rachel taylor willjoin him as the wru's first professional national female coach. ross byrne returns to the ireland team for their trip to twickenham in the autumn nations cup this weekend. byrne takes the place
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of captain johnny sexton, who injured his hamstring in last week's win over wales. he gets the nod over billy burns who's on the bench alongsidejacob stockdale, who has recovered from a calf strain. that's all the sport for now. all the home nations are in action this evening in the nations league — all the details are on the bbc sport website. and i'll have the latest for you in the next hour. now on bbc news it's time for your questions answered. you've been sending in your questions on the prime minister's announcement of the ban on petroland diesel cars. here to hopefully answer some of those is the sustainable transport editor at centrica, amanda stretton. hi, good afternoon. i'm not a crack straight on the questions. this one from john welsh. what happens to
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people that own caravans when they banned diesel and petrol cars? very few tight hybrid or petrol cars are —— electric cars can do this. few tight hybrid or petrol cars are -- electric cars can do this. yes. it is important to remember that there will not be an overnight ban on existing petrol and diesel engines. for the time being, as long as your power, petrol or diesel, is road legal, you can use it to your caravan. but we will also see over the next few years is a massive increase in product coming to the market. initially, because of the cost of manufacture electric cars are more expensive. what we are seeing is of high end and entry—level cars coming to market more and more. we will see a big plug in the middle of the market now as more and more product comes to market that will be suitable for towing heavy vehicles. but you may just have to wait a bit longer for that. the next check question comes off the back of that. with all these electric cars coming in, what is going to be done to make the safer
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for visually impaired people? i drive one, and it is something that you do see people crossing and i have no concept of a car approaching them. that is right. it is a problem. as we have seen on british roads, we have had issues with pedestrians and bicycles as well. all new cars these days are fitted with, and particularly the ev is, are fitted with much more technologically advanced radar, lidar systems and sensors that can detect and will stop the car if somebody stepped out in front of it. it isa somebody stepped out in front of it. it is a problem for visually impaired people. there are noises that the car makes but they are different noises and it can be hard to distinguish them for visually impaired people in particularly busy, built—up areas. at the moment, there is nothing specific that carmen factors need to provide with their car. i would
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carmen factors need to provide with their car. iwould not carmen factors need to provide with their car. i would not be surprised if we see something coming in sometime in the future. the cost of these cars. why does a small electric car cost around £30,000? the reason that these cars are so expensive is because of the cost of battery. that is primarily what it is. batteries cost an awful lot with the raw materials used within them and also the general production. what we're going to see as more and more product comes to market is what is the more batteries that are made the price will come down. for car manufacturers, who are developing and building electric cars, this is nominally expensive —— but phenomenally expensive. essentially the car companies have had to move the car companies have had to move the cost of charging on to consumers and that is why we are seeing
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electric cars still being expensive. but as this shift really starts to play out and time passes, we will start to see crack price parity. the government has made comments that they think this might be some in the mid 20 20s, i am not sure on that. i think we need to wait at least 22030 or slightly beyond that. but the more miles you do, the more you save. they're much cheaper to run. yes they are. the average ev costs as little as 2pm per mile —— to p per mile. an internal combustion engine is around £10 upwards per mile. 0nce engine is around £10 upwards per mile. once you have bought —— 10p upwards per mile. yesterday, we had theissue upwards per mile. yesterday, we had the issue highlighted about the duties and taxes, the chancellor
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rishi sunak announcing that he is going to be looking at blogging that the £40 billion shortfall in lost revenue from taxes from people not filling the car up with petrol and paying duty if they are driving an ev. we may be looking at other tax implications for ev drivers further down the line. i think everybody in the country is mirroring your face there as we tackle the concept. we will wait for that to happen. in the meantime, how long will a battery last in an electric car? what is the cost to replace it? what will happen to the use batteries as there will be quite a lot of them? some of these questions are unknown. we don't know how long a battery will last. cars come with a guarantee so we know that the manufacturer will underwrite the battery for a certain number of miles, that will vary car to car, the size of the battery as well. that can vary. because we
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haven't really seen electric vehicles, excuse me, we haven't seen electric vehicles, this is the joy of working from home, people ring you. we haven't seen electric vehicles undertaking many thousands of miles in enough of a scale to get a measurement. it is possible to replace batteries and cars. there are plenty of schemes across the country where we are seeing batteries from electric cars going into charging point facilities. for example, we have actually being done or been involved in a facility where old car batteries have been taken out and put into a big box. the charging centre has got solar powered panels on the roof, they will then put charge into those batteries and motorists can go and
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those charge points and get a super fast charge while they're there is a market for second—hand car batteries. but we are also seeing those batteries and people using it for home energy solutions. again, this is where those batteries can be repackaged and coming into domestic setu ps repackaged and coming into domestic setups where you as a home owner will maybe have solar panels or maybe even some sort of wind turbine on your home, you'll create your own energy, and then this will go into a battery storage. there is plenty of opportunity for batteries to be repurposed and they —— it means that they will have much more life once they will have much more life once they are taken out of the car. next question. do you need to bring anyone back? 0k, we were crack on. if we all go electric, how are people going to charge them? lots of people going to charge them? lots of
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people live in houses with only street parking and in most cases they cannot park near their house let alone charge their car. our government address that? it is a real problem. there has been no comment on how this is going to be dealt with. but there are many, many thousands of people who do not have off—street parking or some way of charging their vehicle. a recent study has shown that only one in six councils have actually installed charge points on residential streets. it is a problem. there are also questions about legislation. if you do have a parking spot outside of your house that there is no charge points, you have to run a cable from your home to your car, where does the liability if anything should happen to a pedestrian or somebody else? there are plenty of questions around this and all of them have yet to be answered. we do not know. but certainly, as we start to see, if you like, more and more
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ca rs to see, if you like, more and more cars coming to market, coming to consumers, it is something that councils are going to have to start addressing quickly. councils are going to have to start addressing quicklylj councils are going to have to start addressing quickly. i tweeted to the other day about using lamp posts. i was told that there has been trialled in various areas and it is something they're looking at. trialled in various areas and it is something they're looking atm trialled in various areas and it is something they're looking at. it is, exactly. there are plenty of solutions already out there, it is not a case of nothing and we're from scratch. there are lamp post charge points and there are points that sit on other types of street furniture and buried within the pavement that you can lift up and connect your charger too. they are there, but it is going to get a huge amount of time and money, which we know councils can ill afford or do not wa nt to councils can ill afford or do not want to spend, to actually help the people who don't have off—street parking and the capability of doing it privately. i'm going to go to one last question. this is from john. how much extra will cost of a fast
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charger at home? will you have rent them? will this mean only people with money can afford to have a car? and other people have to go to public transport? the average home can support seven kilowatts charge, which is an average charger. you can, if you choose, have three phase electricity supplied to your home which could mean you can get a 22 kilowatts charger. if you wanted to get a fast charger, that being more than 50 kilowatts, you would have to arrange for your own power supply to your home because you need to have dc charger, then. that is totally cost ineffective. you need to have a multistorey car park if you are going to try and get a grant for
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that. for this... but, going to try and get a grant for that. forthis... but, this idea going to try and get a grant for that. for this... but, this idea of home energy capture and storage, you could then, in theory, with the battery that you have in your home, you could actually get yourself a super fast charger and charge your carfrom your super fast charger and charge your car from your own energy storage batteries, if you want to but i would suggest that, really, at three phase would be more than adequate for most people, and in fact a seven kilowatts will charge a car overnight. you could just buy a bike. you could buy about, yes, that is true. there are many questions we don't know the answer to. if you're looking at a household that has three cars, which is not unfeasible, how are they going to power and fuel up how are they going to power and fuel up theircars
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how are they going to power and fuel up their cars overnight if three ca rs are up their cars overnight if three cars are put plugged in? do they need three separate chargers? you buy a new car, many new car manufacturers are by or supplying charges with them. you're beginning to give your own questions and a nswe rs to give your own questions and answers now. we will leave it there. we'll have another chance of this, i'm sure at another time. very good to see you and thank you very much. more now on the criticism from the government's spending watchdog, which has accused ministers of setting aside normal standards of transparency when they awarded contracts for personal protective equipment at the start of the coronavirus crisis. nikki patel is the chair of the british dental association's young dentist committee. the bdi has welcomed this report,
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why? yes, as a health care professional the report was eye—opening in the handling of ppe ricky procurement and government level. but the view procurement. dentists need to deliver care to people in the uk. i am assuming, hoping that things are ok now. zuma bat hoping that things are ok now. zuma b at the beginning of the pandemic it was difficult. yes, and that is right. ppe has been a significant issue for practices but private and public, and unfortunately it will continue to be a challenge. recent bdi research has revealed that over one third of practices have reported that ppe is still having an high impact on their ability to increase patient access for dental care. at the start of the first lockdown, in both private and public practices we re both private and public practices were forced to close, practices gave
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any remaining ppe and oxygen to local hospitals because of shortages. and when urgent care homes opened over lockdown, they had difficulty securing the appropriate ppe as well. some were unable to treat patients. at the time, there we re treat patients. at the time, there were discussions about the amusing snorkelling masks. when practices opened again in june, snorkelling masks. when practices opened again injune, there were challenges to secure ppe which resulted in some practices not being able to open as quickly as they wa nted able to open as quickly as they wanted to because they didn't have the access to ppe. a shortage of supply tends to mean there will be a hike in prices. is that what happened? hike in prices. is that what happened ? that hike in prices. is that what happened? that is exactly what happened. some of these challenges have somewhat eased recently and nhs practices have been able to access their ppe through the nhs supply chain before private practices this is still an ongoing problem, having to pay higher prices for ppe. but not only that, there is a third of
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hike costs from all practices. what about the difference between general practices, then private and public and hospital dentist? general dental practices such as nhs practices can order their ppe through a specific area. some practices might have to top up their ppe, hospitals and dentists work in a different way. they would procure some of their ppe ina they would procure some of their ppe in a different way. have you come across dentists who have come to the mac gone bust or close to bust? there have been reports of practices facing great uncertainty. i have not come across any which have closed but having investment in ppe is going to be the difference between practices surviving and u nfortu nately practices surviving and unfortunately having to close in the
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future. what about the near and distant future? all this euphoria over a vaccine but we still have months to go. how difficult is that going to be for dentists?” months to go. how difficult is that going to be for dentists? i think it is going to be very difficult. not just for the ppe challenges but for dentistry in general as it is facing a huge backlog of patients who have not been able to access care throughout lockdown. dental practices are trying to deal with this backlog of patients and people who need to be seen by dentists. tens of millions of patients at the moment cannot get access to the care they need. unfortunately, people with problems, people with dental problems might get worse in time if they're not seeing the dentist to get those treated. it is a ticking health time bomb is a thing like decay and gum disease are being left untreated. really good to talk to you. thank you for talking to us.
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now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there, despite having had some sunshine on the east and then a bit of sunshine following the showers in the west, on the whole, an unsettled afternoon will continue with strong winds, tightly—packed isoba rs, this cold weather front sweeping some heavy rain eastwards and another where the front waiting in the wings giving the northern isles are pretty wet afternoon as well. it's relatively mild still, but we are already seeing temperatures drop in the north and changes on the way. that's because of a change in wind direction, so if you're out and about today, blustery and quite wet at times. 0vernight, we give way to that south—westerly for a northerly wind instead, so yes, this rain will turn to snow over the hills and mountains of scotland allowing things to become a little bit icy with temperatures dropping to freezing here. elsewhere, clearer skies but still a lot of showers in north and western areas on that strong northerly wind which is still with us to start thursday.
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that mild air being swept away and were into a brief cold snap but not for long. already, the atlantic weather is starting to come in by the end of the day. but it will feel different first thing, a blast of cold air, wintry showers, gale force winds in the east, but as the day wears on, you can see the wind air is starting to ease down. the winds will, the showers will, so lengthy a dry period since the afternoon, lengthier spells of sunshine into the afternoon but already by the end of play, there will be cloudy skies rolling in across northern ireland. temperatures will be significantly down on those of today. particularly so across scotland, northern ireland and northern england where, when you add on the effect of the wind, it will feel significantly colder, —1 never aberdeen, even in the south will be noticeable. as we go towards the weekend, the next weather front coming in through friday and friday night, our next cold weather front slipping southwards introducing something a little chillier later in the weekend and we're stilljust driven by low pressure,
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so still saying unsettled, more rain, temporary a bit of wintry nurse on the hills of scotland before we get into milder air, so damp feeling day, cloud around during the day on friday and as for the weekend, generally unsettled, with the atlantic influence, i wouldn't like to rule out some drizzly rain but still some dry weather to come as well.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. even more effective than first thought — pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities, and is 94% effective in adults over 65. stick to the rules now, and you could still celebrate christmas. government scientists tell us all to do our bit. we are very keen that we have christmas as close to normal as possible. that requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period and even in early december to get the cases as low as possible. former labour leaderjeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp, over remarks he made about anti—semitism. diesel and petrol cars won't be sold from 2030, part of a "green industrial revolution" to tackle climate change and create jobs.
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across the world, it is the uk that is leading the world in tackling one of the gravest problems that this planet faces. the martin bashir interview with diana princess of wales in 1995 — the bbc has appointed lord dyson to lead an investigation. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in belfast in connection with the birmingham pub bombings in 1974. 21 people died in the ira attack. the lost whaling station at the end of the world — now a beacon of hope as the whales return — and thrive. good afternoon. the pharmaceutical company, pfizer, says its latest data suggests that its coronavirus vaccine is even more effective than first thought, with the jab working well across all ethnicities and age groups.
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the firm says the vaccine has passed safety checks, and is now ready for approval by authorities around the world. so what are the next steps for the vaccine in the uk? health secretary matt hancock told mps last week that the nhs will be ready to roll out the new vaccine if it gets approved. he said he has "tasked the nhs with being ready from any date from the 1st of december". the uk has pre—ordered 40 million doses of this vaccine, and should get 10 million by the end of the year. and pfizer says there have been no serious safety concerns, with only mild side effects reported such as headaches and fatigue, in about 2% of volunteers given the vaccine. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh explains the significance of today's development. this is about figures here. it's a bit science by press release, we don't have the full data, we've got to wait for that but over 94% effective and what reallyjumps out at me is they say it worked equally well in people of all ages, races and ethnicities. to have a vaccine that is over
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94% effective in the over 65s is stunning because as we age, our immune systems tend to weaken and that is why the flu jab often does not work very well in the elderly. what we don't know and what no one can tell us is how long the vaccine will provide protection. we will have to wait. but it is really good news. more evidence here also, they had 170 cases of covid in all of the vaccinated, in all of the people on the trial, of whom 162 had the dummyjab and only eight were in the vaccinated group. they had ten cases of severe covid but only one in the vaccinated group. so more good data and they say the side—effects were... the vaccine was generally well tolerated, no safety concerns, and the only major side effects they had in a few people was fatigue and headaches. fergus walsh, there. the bbc has confirmed
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that it's appointed the right honorable lord dyson, a former master of the rolls, to lead an investigation into the 1995 panorama interview with diana, princess of wales. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond has been following developments — he told us about what diana's brother has alleged... allegations made by the late princess's brother, charles spencer, earl spencer, about how he was approached by the reporter who carried out the interview, martin bashir, who is currently the bbc‘s religion editor, how he was approached in late 1995 with what he says were mocked up, forged bank statements, purporting to show payments to a former member of his staff, and suggestions, allegations that martin bashir told a series of rather fantastical lies about the royal family in an attempt to gain his trust and thus gain access to princess diana. all of these things, or a lot of it, had been rumours swirling around really from 1996.
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the bbc then had issued a rather blanket denial, carried out an investigation, it said, into the claims and said it was satisfied, but because of these new claims and allegations by charles spencer, the new director—general, tim davie, has commissioned what the bbc calls an independent and robust investigation to be led by lord dyson, who is a pretty senior legal figure. borisjohnson's spokesman says the prime minister has a clear desire to try and allow families to have a christmas together. senior government scientists say it's vital that people obey current coronavirus lockdown restrictions for that to be possible. the british medical association has warned that hospitals will be overwhelmed if social distancing rules are relaxed. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. follow the rules, wear a face covering. in some parts of the uk... keep your two metre distance. ..people have been living with lockdown restrictions for months, but what will the covid rules be over christmas? some newspapers are suggesting there could be a relaxation for five days from christmas eve, so families can get together.
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but even as the idea is floated, ministers are saying it's too soon. i want to have my mum and dad round, i want to have members of my family around that christmas table, you know, your viewers will want to do the same. but ijust think it's too early to be reaching any conclusions on that. let's keep doing our bit. as we get to the 2nd of december, the government will set out more details and then we need to keep bearing down on the infection. we genuinely don't know what decisions have been made. and today, senior health experts warned that easing restrictions will not be without cost. for every day that we release, we'll need two days of tighter restrictions. so, coming into christmas, we need to be very careful about the number of contacts that we have, to reduce transmission before christmas and get our cases as low as possible. hopefully, the government will make the decision that will allow us to have some mixing but we will wait and see what that is. the four—week lockdown in england is now at its halfway point. new stricter measures have been announced for 11 areas in west and central scotland, but the doctors' union,
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the british medical association, says any easing of restrictions needs to be handled carefully. what we do not want to see is a repeat of what happened after the first lockdown, where we brought down the infection levels and then we had a rebound surge because there was a relaxation of the lockdown, people started mixing much more and we went, really, back to square one. what we need to hear from the government now, well in advance of exiting, is a clear exit strategy. the bma suggests replacing the rule of six with a two household rule, to reduce social mixing, banning travel between different local lockdown tiers and giving local public health teams a bigger role in the test and trace system to make it fit for purpose. the question of christmas poses a real dilemma. 0n the one hand, any relaxation of the rules risks a rise in infections but a ban on mixing at christmas could well be ignored by a significant number of people and that could make breaking the rules feel more normal, leading to even more
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infections in the new year. dominic hughes, bbc news. the spending watchdog says ministers set aside normal standards of transparency as they scrambled to secure supplies of personal protective equipment at the start of the coronavirus crisis. the national audit office says firms recommended by mps and peers were given priority in contracts. andy verity reports. from the start of the pandemic to the end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. clearly people had to move at great speed, everyone agrees with that
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but we don't accept it is not possible to be simultaneously clearly documenting the reasons for each contract award and then to be putting that in the public domain in line with the government's own rules and those two things did not happen consistently. taking questions virtually from isolation in downing street, the prime minister was challenged on the report's findings. can the prime minister give a cast—iron assurance that from now on, all government contracts will be subject to proper process, with full transparency and accountability? at the time, he bashed the government for not moving fast enough. it is absolutely absurd that he is now attacking in hindsight, once again trying to score party political points, score political points by attacking us for moving too fast. i am proud of what we did to secure huge quantities of ppe during the pandemic and any government would do the same. in one example highlighted by the nao, a contract was awarded to the focus group organiser
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public first, whose owners previously worked for the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove and alongside borisjohnson's then top adviser dominic cummings. yet the cabinet office failed to document any consideration of any potential conflicts of interest. by not keeping proper records, by not being transparent about when these contracts were awarded and what they were doing, it lays the government open to these accusations, whether they are true or not. and, certainly, this weird vip route through, where certain companies got a closer look because they were recommended by mps, peers... i mean, this is not something mps wanted, and yet it has happened. public first said it was hired on a pay as you go arrangement that meant it could be fired if it did not perform well. michael gove's office pointed out the nao found no evidence of ministers‘ involvement in procurement decisions. the cabinet office said it welcomed the nao's scrutiny and its recommendations for improvement. andy verity, bbc news.
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we can speak now to mike padgham, chair of the independent care group, which represents independent care providers in york and north yorkshire. mike also runs four care homes in the region. i have spoken to you before and at the beginning of all this when the lack of ppe was making you very angry indeed so i wonder what you make of this report? well, i'm very disappointed when i saw what had happened because some of the little amount of money that went to local authorities that they had to plan a pandemic went to a true mendis amount of bureaucracy for them to access it and it said in there, the amount of detail, 30 odd forms we had to fill in and even now we are told if it is not spent in the right way, the money has to go back to government so i am disappointed with what happened. my view is we are fighting the second wave and we've got time to look at this in more detail later. we've got to work together now to get rid of the second wave of the pandemic. but what did the lack of ppe at the start of this do for you? it made things very difficult for us and we are in the front line, obviously, and we felt at the beginning we were
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second to the nhs. i think we are on level par now but in the early days, we could not get enough supplies and what we could get, i mean, my own circumstances, facemasks went up by over 400% so we had to pay a lot more to get them. people and firms we re more to get them. people and firms were profiting from that shortage. this far down the line of the pandemic, we are entering the second wave, we are in it, is it easier to deal with, with the experience of the first wave, or not? well, i think we have learned a lot of things from the first wave, certainly but what i would like to do is for government to look at social care and get it higher up the list. we have enough ppe at the moment but we don't know quite is what coming. ifear we moment but we don't know quite is what coming. i fear we are going to have quite a lot of issues going forward. so far, ppe is all right but there are many issues that we've got to deal with, not least, sadly, it means more money from government to local government to help through these difficult... what is ahead of us. you must be wondering where to look, you are under so much pressure
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and with christmas coming up, we are doing reports today on families who arejust hoping doing reports today on families who are just hoping maybe to be able to touch a relative at that time of year. well, there are so many factors, simon, we have not got time to talk about every issue but i am worried about visiting. we want it to happen quickly for families worried about visiting. we want it to happen quickly forfamilies but i am worried the secretary of state has said people will be able to see their loved ones before christmas. i would love to believe that is true but i'm worried we won't be able to do it in time because it relies on testing and trying to fit everyone in between now and christmas, even if we start the day, it is very difficult to get through. i just wish people would wait a bit longer, have a bit more patience, and for the government not to get people over excited about it. we want people to get together but we've got to keep the virus at bay as well. testing kits, ppe, could this have been foreseen? could something have been foreseen? could something have been done months ago about this?” would have hoped in the summer when we had a bit of respite that people would have looked forward to what was coming. can the government learn
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lessons ? was coming. can the government learn lessons? yes but my point is moved may be got to postpone it to next year, we've got to fight the virus together. we need more support from government but we are working well ata government but we are working well at a local level with local authorities and ccgs, it is a central government issue, i could go on all afternoon about the problems we are facing but the government does not understand, social care needs reforming, it needs to come to the top of the list, not the bottom. let me give you some time, imagine downing street is watching right now, what are the priorities?” think we've got to do some extra funding. unfortunately, it comes down to funding to help visiting happen. from a perspective of getting all the visitors through to see their relatives at the beginning of christmas, we need to employ extra staff to make that happen smoothly. we need funding to allow the infection control procedures to be put into place. we have got some funding, admittedly, but it is less for much longer. we need to deal with that and it comes down to more support for local authorities and the ccgs and the guys in the front
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line. if i must add, we've got to do something about staff pay in the front line. they have to be rewarded more for the work they are doing because they are putting themselves in harms way. have you had a break? a little bit in the summer, yes, but we are gearing up for a difficult winter ahead. i've got to be positive, looking to next year, we will get through it together and then we will look at what we need to do but one more message to government is please, please, don't put social care reform off any longer, it should have happened yesterday, last year, let's make sure one positive thing out of the pandemic is we deal with it here in el. mike, always good to talk you for joining el. mike, always good to talk you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news... pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now if they want to get together with their families at christmas. labour leader sir keir starmer says he won't restore the whip tojeremy corbyn because he says the former party leader "undermined
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and set back" trust and confidence in the party to tackle anti—semitism. new cars and vans powered wholly by petrol and diesel will be banned in the uk from 2030. that's just one of the announcements made by the prime minister as part of his ten—point plan to create jobs and address climate change. among other measures in his so—called "green revolution", greater investment in electric cars, including expanding charging infrastructure and extending grants to make vehicles cheaper. plans to quadruple the amount of offshore wind power, enough to provide energy to every home in the uk. greater investment in nuclear energy, with a focus on smaller—scale nuclear plants. and measures to make homes and public buildings warmer and more energy efficient. while the plan has been welcomed by environmental groups, critics say the £4 billion allocated is far too small for the scale of the challenge and some of the plans, they say, have already been announced. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports.
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the end of an era for the petrol engine and its planet heating emissions. you will still be able to drive an existing petrol or diesel car after 2030 but you won't be able to buy a new one. the future is electric. some people fear the cost of electric vehicles but perhaps there is no need to worry. for a period of three to four years, because of the massive saving in fuel cost of electric over petrol or diesel, the monthly cost of the vehicle is no greater. certainly, it's not cheaper but it's not greater. charging your electric car is a major issue. finding one of these in some places is like finding a unicorn. the government is spending £1.3 billion to expand the charging network but that is just over 1% of what it is spending on high—speed rail, hs2. nuclear energy is getting public money, £500 million of it. the prime minister wants jobs at the giant
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sizewell c plant in suffolk. smaller kit style nuclear reactors being developed by rolls—royce will get subsidy, too. even though there is no solution yet for nuclear waste. offshore wind will play a key role, producing enough electricity to power every home by 2030. ministers hope it will support up to 60,000 jobs. cities in the north—east should benefit. the government wants them to become new technology hubs for making wind turbines and creating the clean fuel, hydrogen. we absolutely back the ambition. we do need to see more detail on how we help businesses and households make this transition but having this strategy is exactly what we need to see, to help us on the road to a greener economy. new house—building will have to play its part. from 2023, all homes will need to be built with so much insulation that they don't require a gas boiler.
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heat pumps will enter people's lives. in wales, a zero carbon device extracts heat from sea water to warm a stately home. tiny versions will heat millions of people's homes using warmth from the water or air or soil. the government will need to help with the cost. together, the drive for zero carbon will transform society. i think in terms of making progress and resetting this agenda, it's an exciting day, in terms of getting us back on the front foot. is it enough? no, of course it's not enough, and we will be looking next week to the chancellor, in terms of what is coming out of the spending review. as the new policies cut emissions, so the prime minister's road building plans will increase emissions. critics say he should stop policies driving in the wrong direction and invest far more in putting the nation on track for a zero emissions future. roger harrabin, bbc news.
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dr andy palmer is a former ceo of aston martin and chief operating officer of nissan — he gave me his assessment of the plans. i think it is a bold and ambitious plan and we should applaud the fact that it goes further than either the japanese or the incoming us administration. i think we should applaud it. however, we have to also acknowledge that with some caveats. the most obvious one to me is that if we act as the uk alone, then there will be unintended consequences which will disadvantage british companies in a global market. i think what we have to do is we have to demonstrate leadership and convince the rest of the world that what we are doing, everybody should follow. i think the up and coming copa 26 is the opportunity for the uk to both demonstrate what
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it is doing but also tried to persuade other countries to follow. going alone is dangerous. to you i think i oversaw the introduction of the nissan leaf and you know more electric cars than anyone i will speak to for many years i suspect. i'm just wondering, where we are in the technology and a lot of talk particularly about the batteries for these cars. look, the technology has moved on in the 15 years that i have been working on electric cars. battery technology in particular is moving very quickly. regrettably, as we sit here today, the uk is behind. there's been massive investments in asia, particularly china, korea and japan. we are now starting to see investment going into europe. in fa ct, investment going into europe. in fact, a company i am vice—chairman of is basically benefiting from some of is basically benefiting from some of that investment. but we in the uk are slow in terms of our battery development, which is a little ironic when you think about the lithium iron battery being invented
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here in the uk. that company you are involved in i think is looking at intelligent batteries. explain how they work. well, we use artificial intelligence to look through the various chemistry types and resolve a chemistry which is suitable for the mission. for example, if you have a bus, where the battery is discharged deeply during the day and then recharged at night, that is a different mission too, for example, a car, where it might be slightly discharged and recharged, over and over again. you need different chemicals and the ai technology that we own allows for very fast experimentation around those chemistries. that brings us onto the charging and how are we in terms of the infrastructure? well, we have got to improve and i am glad to see there is an acknowledgement of that in the prime minister's announcement today. but we have to have a much
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wider charging infrastructure. i know that when i left japan, wider charging infrastructure. i know that when i leftjapan, i lived injapanfor13 know that when i leftjapan, i lived injapan for 13 years but when i left, there was a fast charger at least every ten kilometres and we need to get to that. importantly, if you look at the statistics, you can see the north of england is getting left behind from the south. we've got to make sure there is charging infrastructure throughout great britain, actually. sir keir starmer says he won't allowjeremy corbyn to sit as a labour mp, despite him being allowed back into the labour party. the party's former leader had been suspended for saying that concerns about anti—semitism in the party had been overstated. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is in westminster. this of course follows that damning report from the equalities watchdog which said labour had acted unlawfully in the way it dealt with anti—semitism complaints underjeremy corbyn. as you say, his reaction, saying political opponents had exaggerated it, meant he was kicked out of the party as a member. he was, though, reinstated yesterday but that is not the end of all of this. sir keir starmer has made a big
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political decision today. he has decided thatjeremy corbyn has to sit as an independent mp. he can't return to the labour party in parliament. his reasons, he says, are because mr corbyn has undermined and set back the party's work in restoring trust and confidence in its ability to tackle anti—semitism. this has caused uproar amongst mr corbyn's supporters. they say it will continue the divisions in the party but sir keir starmer is very keen to show that his tough words have been followed by tough action and he wants to make it clear things have changed under his leadership. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, in which 21 people were murdered. west midlands police said the suspect was held by counter—terrorism officers at his home in belfast this morning. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. in three days' time, it will be the 46th anniversary of what was, in terms of the death toll, the worst terrorist attack carried out in great britain linked to the northern ireland conflict.
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in november 1974, bombs exploded at two pubs in birmingham, killing 21 people and injuring 220 others. in the last few years, there have been fresh inquests held into the murders, families of those who were killed have been calling for a public inquiry. the ira never said it was behind the bombings, but it was widely believed that that organisation did carry out the attacks. west midlands police have been carrying out an investigation and as a result of that, today in belfast, a 65—year—old man has been arrested. it was understood he was detained in his home in the south of the city and he is now being questioned by detectives at a police station in the city centre under anti—terrorism legislation. england's hat—trick hero in the 1966 world cup final, sir geoff hurst, has called for young children to be banned from heading footballs, as evidence grows of a link with dementia. five members of the world cup winning team have been diagnosed with the condition, including nobby stiles, who died last month.
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our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. sir geoff hurst's mastery of the header broughtjoy to english football fans in 1966. but every year that passes for him is a reminder of the friends he's lost. it's been quite emotional for me to bring it all back, losing my team—mates. we met every year for many years in our reunion, so it's been quite tough. after sir bobby charlton's diagnosis was confirmed recently, it meant five of the ‘66 world cup winning squad have suffered with dementia. nobby stiles was buried just last week. a study last year found footballers were three and a half times more likely to have the disease and hurst thinks training sessions are a big part of the reason. we had a ball hanging from the ceiling in the gym. you'd spend half an hour, 45 minutes practising heading a ball, swinging from the ceiling.
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we'd play head tennis in the gym and then you get on the field and you practise... what we were well known for at west ham, of course, was the near post crosses, near post headers. former premier league player chris sutton agrees. his father was also a player and is now suffering with dementia. he's calling for a seven step plan in football to reduce the risk, including limiting heading in practice and for the players‘ union, the pfa, to provide more help. not enough is being done and the players of nobby stiles' generation aren't getting looked after well enough. it's as simple as that, because it's notjust the dementia sufferer, it's actually the effect it has on the families. the research so far is compelling but not yet conclusive. the players‘ union says it‘s setting up a task force and is helping to fund more studies into the links between headers and concussion with dementia. this is no longer seen asjust
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an issue for players of the past. natalie pirks, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. we had some early sunshine in eastern sunshine following the rain in the west but it is quite turbulent if you are out and about. a band of quite heavy rain pushing eastwards at the moment on blustery wind. the wind from the south—west means it is still relatively mild, particularly so in the south but it is all change, temperatures dropping in the way in the north and behind this next weather front, we change the wind direction to a blast of northerly so the risk of snow is there through the risk of snow is there through the night across the scottish hills, and asa the night across the scottish hills, and as a result, temperatures will bea and as a result, temperatures will be a lot lower than the night we have just had. down to freezing in some parts of scotland, so some icy patches but the wind should help the temperatures elsewhere stay just above freezing. the transference of gales from west to east come the morning and those gales will make it feel much colder. it eases the wind
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hello this is bbc news. the headlines: pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now — if they want to get together with their families at christmas. labour leader sir keir starmer says he won‘t restore the whip tojeremy corbyn because he says the former party leader "undermined and set back" trust and confidence in the party to tackle anti—semitism. diesel and petrol cars won‘t be sold from 2030 — part of a "green industrial revolution" — to tackle climate change and create jobs. the martin bashir interview with diana princess of wales in 1995. the bbc has appointed the lord dyson
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to lead an investigation. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in belfast in connection with the birmingham pub bombings in 1974. 21 people died in the ira attack. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s holly hamilton. good afternoon. england cricket authorities have described the plan to visit pakistan asa described the plan to visit pakistan as a significant moment. this is the first time since gunmen attacked an sri lankan team. england would between 2t20 internationals. and it is in preparation for the t20 world cup later that month. moyne ali says it isa cup later that month. moyne ali says it is a significant step for international cricket. the teams that came over last year
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were amazing to have gone through the whole bubble and obviously after the coronavirus pandemic, cricket was obviously on the edge and they helped massively with that, so i think it was probably going to happen anyway, but i think it‘s right that we go back after such a long time to, one for the game itself, but also for pakistan, cricket and the country. lots to look forward to for at home for england too next year. india will tourfor a five test match series. sri lanka and pakistan will also play in limited overs matches. there could be another test series against another team too — if the calander allows. england‘s women team will also face new zealand and south africa while the visually impaired team take on australia. it‘s day four of the atp finals at london‘s o2 arena. tonight world number1novak djokovic faces daniil medvedev. but right now on court...
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it‘s alexander zverev and diego schwartzman in the round robin stage of the competition. zverev winning the first set 6—3. we are in the second set. the loser of this match most likely to be eliminated from the tournament with two defeats from as many matches. you can watch this over on bbc two right now. staying with tennis and there are doubts around the australian open and whether it can be staged as planned in melbourne injanuary, with victoria‘s government reportedly not allowing players to arrive in mid—december. tennis australia had hoped they‘d be able to practise during the 14—day quarantine, before two weeks of action leading into the tournament. the government there has said arrivals at the end of december could be a possibility. british number one johanna konta says the ability to train during quarantine is vital.
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from my understanding and everything that we have been told so far, tennis australia have done everything to make sure that our quarantine setup is so that we are able to train properly, otherwise it would make it very difficult, i think, for players to be able to compete at the highest level without risking their bodies in the process. clubs in the english football league will be able to use five substitutes a match for the rest of the season. the new rule comes into place from friday, ahead of this weekend‘s matches, following discussions with all 72 clubs. there had been fears of player burn out this season. the new ruling won‘t apply in the efl cup, which includes premier league teams. the welsh rugby union have named their first ever black national coach. former england sevens coach warren abrahams takes up the role with the wales women‘s team. while former captain rachel taylor willjoin him as the wru‘s first professional national female coach.
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ireland have made four changes for this weekend‘s autumn nations cup game against england. ross byrne returns to the team. he‘ll earn his ninth cap as he takes the place of injured captain johnny sexton, who pulled his hamstring in last week‘s win over wales. he gets the nod over billy burns who‘s on the bench alongsidejacob stockdale, who‘s recovered from a calf strain. and defending championjudd trump has hit a maximum 147 break at the northern ireland 0pen. the world no 1 made the clearance during his comfortable 4—0 victory in the second round over 16—year—old gao yang. it‘s the fifth maximum of trump‘s career. that‘s all the sport for now. all the home nations are in action this evening in the nations league — all the details are on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. and i‘ll have the latest for you in the next hour.
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your quetiona ansere4d a new report from the university of manchester has revealed that more than a third of those who have lost loved ones to suicide reported mental health problems afterwards. the findings from the ‘impact of suicide‘ report are based on responses from more than 7,000 people, and suggest almost 40% of bereaved family and friends had themselves considered taking their own life after the suicide. let‘s bring in two guests to discuss the findings of that report. and a warning that some of the issues being talked about may be distressing for some viewers. joining me now is dr sharon mcdonnell, one of the report authors from the university of manchester, and who is also the managing director of suicide bereavement uk. and also, i‘m joined by shirley smith, the founder of the if u care, share foundation, who lost her son daniel to suicide in 2005. thank you both forjoining me. doctor mcdonnell, if i can start with you. let‘s talk about the report because there are a number of aspects that i find shocking. i wonder if you were shocked by this.
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actually, predominantly no in some ways because we kind of know that people bereaved by suicide are at risk of dying by suicide, but it is anecdotal. now that we have done this research of over 7000 people, this research of over 7000 people, this is evidence that these people are struggling. it is confirming what we actually thought. this is the largest suicide bereavement survey internationally.” the largest suicide bereavement survey internationally. i mentioned those who themselves go on to take them own lives after a suicide. 0ne of the figures that struck me was at 135 people were affected for eve ryo ne 135 people were affected for everyone suicide. yes, absolutely. that doesn‘t sound a lot but this research has been conducted. we initially thought it was six. for 6000 suicides you have 135 people who are bereaved by suicide. some of these are at risk of dying by
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suicide. it is over 800,000 people a year that are bereaved by suicide and they struggle to access support and they struggle to access support and it is a high—risk and intense need. surely, you lost your son daniel to suicide in 2005. shirley. there was nothing to show that he was a problem. no, from the outside looking in there was no signs of what was going on internally. for that reason, it literally came out of the blue. he had hopes and aspirations and plans for the future and our lives were just turned upside down the day that he ended his life. we are talking with the impact on others. your other children, i think they were ten and five at the time, just explain what effect a suicide has on that family
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unit. the impact that it has certainly are our children at the time, it is difficult to explain because one of our children were both there when they took as little return home. the layers of that impact go on to infinity. trying to support children, my husband and i felt failures as parents because we had let them down and now we had two young children with very, very complex needs that we just did not know how or what to do to support them. it was just... know how or what to do to support them. it wasjust... thinking back now, i struggled to find the words trying to deal with it. and looking
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for that support in helping others to find support, that is why you took part in this report. we went on took part in this report. we went on to start a foundation ourselves, which was started by our children actually, and one of the things in the work that we do with the charity we set up is that we are supporting people across the north east area. we face this daily and not having any level of academic research to show the true impact of the things that our team do face was really important. i think one of the things that we have seen is that people are shocked by the level of impact, but for us it reinforces why support services are so important and forgetting timely and appropriate support. sharon, if i may, forgetting timely and appropriate
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support. sharon, ifi may, your academic research is bathed sadly on experience also because you lost your brother to suicide. yes, 30 yea rs your brother to suicide. yes, 30 years ago. i was the eldest of six children and, you know, one day my brother was here and then the next he was not. i did not know anybody else who had lost someone to suicide and you don‘t know where to look or where to turn. there was nothing. there is little these days for people, but there was even less then. and what is very special of people like shirley and myself, i educated myself to a degree i did a phd in specialised suicide bereavement research and i want to say that out of everything bad in life, if we look hard enough we can find some good and i believe the shirley‘s dedication and myself in research, we do it in memory of the people we have lost because we know
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that in the future, people are needing support and it is our way of giving back and trying to help ensure people in the future are not going to sufferfrom ensure people in the future are not going to suffer from the same level of isolation and stigma as we did when we lost our loved ones.” wa nted when we lost our loved ones.” wanted to pick up on that. it is remarkable to hear you both talk about that. shirley, the point about stigma, it is great that people do now talk about it because it was not that long ago that it did have a stigma. in 1961 it was still illegal to endure laugh and i think the stigma that has been inherited from thatis stigma that has been inherited from that is still there. we have come a long, long way, certainly even since the time of losing daniel. but with regards to stigma, i think it can impact on people asking for support and asking for help. the more that we are able to talk about it in a
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way that it prevents further deaths. however talking is very good, it is what comes next and that is action. and i think for us in the team that worked on the study, we have done the groundwork, we had a good idea of the impact of suicide. now, with the study, we have the foundation to now build and move this forward so people do and are able to access support if they need it. sharon, many people watching may share some of your experiences. many people will say, what can we look for? what are the signs that we need to spot before it gets to the point that people are thinking of taking their own lives? i can only talk in relation to a bereaved person. what we do know is that people bereaved
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by suicide are potentially at risk of dying by suicide. so, if that person is bereaved, we need to engage quickly with those people and society, we struggle with death at the best of times and covid now, we are showing more interest in this, but we need to engage with these people, not wait for them to come to us. we need to be pro and engage with these people so we can help reduce the risk full stop because we know that a lot of these people are at risk by dying by suicide. i would also like to add, which is very important, there are two sides to this coin. you have the bereaved people who are at risk by dying by suicide and you have the professionals that come into contact with us who do not receive any training, guidance and struggle to deal with this. and some of these health professionals are also at risk. we need to look at both sides so that we can both move forward and eve ryo ne so that we can both move forward and everyone matters and everyone, i think, should be cared for.
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shirley,. surely, i can see you nodding at that. yes. it is something that nobody is immune to the impact of suicide, whether that is in the impact of suicide, whether that isina the impact of suicide, whether that is in a professional or a personal capacity. the way in which services are provided at the moment, we just need to really build on what is happening in some areas of the country around the findings today. it is frightening, staggering as they are, we do know that actually with the right level and timely approach that people can get through. i myself felt that i was at the point that i'm family it was the same. but however having experienced that and having a level of
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understanding and having someone to tell me that that was as normal as it could be, but actually it was from another set of parents who had been through a similar loss. you just do not know where to turn because the grief and the impact is so because the grief and the impact is so devastating and those ripples go out far and wide. finally, sharon. talking to shirley, when daniel took his life, it was a crime. language has changed. the phrase committing suicide comes from that area. we do not say that any more. it is important that people understand, perhaps, ina important that people understand, perhaps, in a way that they did decades ago. would they need to understand what is involved. you are absolutely right. if i could ask one thing of people, it was a crime in 1961 but it is no longer a crime. if you only learned today, these don‘t they commit, he died by suicide.
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please don‘t avoid us. you don‘t have to have the right words, but avoiding us only causes more sense of isolation, shame, stigma, which we know increases the sense of helplessness and hopelessness which we know are risk factors for suicide. thank god we are talking about it now and thank you both for your time this afternoon. thank you both. if you have been affected by any of those issues you can find more information at... the headlines on bbc news. pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now — if they want to get together with their families at christmas. labour leader sir keir starmer says he won‘t restore the whip
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tojeremy corbyn because he says the former party leader "undermined and set back" trust and confidence in the party to tackle anti—semitism. more than two million people in scotland will be placed under the nation‘s toughest lockdown rules from friday. pubs, restaurants and nonessential shops will have to close but schools will remain open. the move affects 11 council areas across western and central scotland, including glasgow. 0ur correspondent james cook reports. here we go again. lockdown, take two. from friday, more than 2 million people in scotland will be living in level four. in this restaurant, they‘re not angry, they‘re not surprised, but they are concerned. it‘s the busiest time of the year. you know, this is when we take, we probably make a lot of profit and then that sees us through the quieter months, kind of keeps the business afloat and not having it is going to be really difficult.
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are you worried about the survivability of the business? yeah, of course. every time this happens, it‘s going to be harder and harder to reopen because, yeah, no money is coming in, cash flow, it‘sjust, it‘s awful. it‘s very stressful. but is eating out really to blame for the rise in covid cases? for some business leaders, scepticism simmers. they want to see the science behind the decision. and the staff in the kitchen, well, they‘re worried about theirjobs. when you see other businesses closing, i guess you must be worried? it's worrying, yeah. just hoping it's not you, but you don't want it to be anyone else either. i've got a lot of friends that work in the industry as well. some of them aren't going back to work, so it's quite scary. for staff in the hospitality industry, we've seen how greatly it's really affected us. with a lot of places that are closing or currently not opening, it's kind of waiting to see, it feels like what will happen, what won't happen,
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and it'sjust keeping our own morale up to say, we are now in lockdown, 0k, we must do this or deciding as a business what's the best route for everyone to go down. life for the diners is about to change as well. from friday night, it will be illegal for them to leave glasgow without good reason. i guess on the run—up to christmas it‘s important so families can hopefully see each other at christmas. it‘s a shame for businesses and social interactions, but i guess it‘s quite necessary. travel hasn't caused a massive rise in infections, so it seems to be people are sacrificing a lot, for not much benefit. it's quite difficult to swallow in that sense. gyms are being hit hard as well. they must close, again, a blow for owner and clients. i don‘t think we can put a price on what sport, leisure, the arts does for people‘s mental health. it‘s huge.
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when we returned after lockdown, two of our people got to the top of the stairs and burst into tears, they were overcome with being back. small shops like this one already struggle against online giants. and shutting now could be catastrophic. the next six weeks are usually our busiest. we've got queues of people outside wanting to do their christmas shopping because we do have restricted numbers in here. so already, we are impacted by not having the normal numbers in. so, for having the shop closed, it'sjust going to have a disastrous effect. and the idea of the state banning haircuts again has put this barber on edge. rubbish, total rubbish. i mean, ijust don‘t understand this. i mean, why lock us down? it‘s not been proven that any hairdressers or any barbershops have caused a problem. and theyjust seem to be picking on us all the time. so scotland heads into a tough winter. this shutdown is supposed to save lives, but that doesn‘t make it easy.
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james cook, bbc news, glasgow. wales is to begin its first mass coronavirus testing pilot from saturday. military personnel will help roll out the scheme in merthyr tydfil. andrew goodall — the chief executive of nhs wales — led the government‘s press briefing today, where he gave more details. we would be looking to start, for the first set of patients, sorry, members of the community, the saturday, so there will be arrangements put in place to start those mechanisms and that will allow it to grow the individual sites that are in use. i think it is going to be really important that we have some flexibility around our approaches. so that what we are able to do was use some of the mobile unit in particular and make sure that as well as having dedicated sites available, to move around to some of the communities, particularly where we think prevalence is higher. of course, we will need to consider about how we move into some of our settings, so one of the areas for consideration will be about how we approach areas such as education or even workplace settings as well. but we are hoping that the local
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population will feel supported to want to make sure they are able to go through this mass testing approach. so those numbers will increase. we will need to think about the success of that and evaluate it and it may well be that we have other areas of wales that still have a high prevalence, that there may be some opportunity to revisit that. for many years, the remote british territory of south georgia was at the heart of the global whaling industry. now it‘s a very different story. whales have returned — and the island is being seen as a beacon of hope for worldwide conservation. a major new piece of art has just been commissioned to help tell the amazing story. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. wild, forbidding, beautiful. the rugged coastline of south georgia now teems with wildlife. but it has a dark past. for decades, this island was at the centre of the whaling industry. and telling that story
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of a whaling station that became a haven was the motivation for one scottish artist‘s industrial scale design. i was kind of fortunate because i struck upon this idea quite early on. i always think that is a lucky thing. the idea just seemed to cascade. inspired by the rivets that held together the whaling ships and the barnacles that cling to the whales themselves, michael visocchi‘s idea is called commensalis: the spirit tables of south georgia. like so many projects, this has been delayed by the pandemic. but the island‘s government and the south georgia heritage trust will began working with the artist on its development in 2021. it will be situated at grytviken, the largest whaling station on the island. many tourists who visit the island every year on cruise ships will
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come into grytviken. and when they see the remnants of a whaling station, it is quite difficult to understand it, so what we're going to do hopefully with mycoplasma commission is help them to interpret the past, but also reflect the president of the island, which is a resurging ecosystem. 0ne scot here in their thousands, humpbacks and even rare blue whales are even returning to south georgia‘s waters. this site, the charity says, is an all too rare beacon of conservation, an ecosystem that is showing signs of real recovery. victoria gill, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello there, despite having had some sunshine on the east and then a bit of sunshine following the showers in the west, on the whole, an unsettled afternoon
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will continue with strong winds, tightly—packed isoba rs, this cold weather front sweeping some heavy rain eastwards and another where the front waiting in the wings giving the northern isles are pretty wet afternoon as well. it‘s relatively mild still, but we are already seeing temperatures drop in the north and changes on the way. that‘s because of a change in wind direction, so if you‘re out and about today, blustery and quite wet at times. 0vernight, we give way to that south—westerly for a northerly wind instead, so yes, this rain will turn to snow over the hills and mountains of scotland allowing things to become a little bit icy with temperatures dropping to freezing here. elsewhere, clearer skies but still a lot of showers in north and western areas on that strong northerly wind which is still with us to start thursday. that mild air being swept away and were into a brief cold snap but not for long. already, the atlantic weather is starting to come in by the end of the day. but it will feel different first thing, a blast of cold air, wintry showers, gale force winds in the east, but as the day wears
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on, you can see the wind air is starting to ease down. the winds will, the showers will, so lengthy drier period since the afternoon, lengthier spells of sunshine into the afternoon but already by the end of play, there will be cloudy skies rolling in across northern ireland. temperatures will be significantly down on those of today. particularly so across scotland, northern ireland and northern england where, when you add on the effect of the wind, it will feel significantly colder, —1 never aberdeen, even in the south it will be noticeable. as we go towards the weekend, the next weather front coming in through friday and friday night, our next cold weather front slipping southwards introducing something a little chillier later in the weekend and we‘re stilljust driven by low pressure, so still saying unsettled, more rain, temporary a bit of wintry feeling on the hills of scotland before we get into milder air, so damp feeling day, cloud around during the day on friday and as for the weekend, generally unsettled, with the atlantic influence,
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this is bbc news. the headlines at four. even more effective than first thought — pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all ages and ethnicities, and is 94% effective in adults over 65. stick to the rules now, and you could still celebrate christmas — government scientists tell us all to do our bit. we are very keen that we have christmas as close to normal as possible. that requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period and even in early december to get the cases as low as possible. former labour leader jeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp following remarks he made about anti—semitism.
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new diesel and petrol cars won‘t be sold from 2030 — part of a "green industrial revolution" to tackle climate change and create jobs. across the world, it is the uk that is leading the world in tackling one of the gravest problems that this planet faces. the martin bashir interview with diana princess of wales in 1995 — the bbc has appointed lord dyson to lead an investigation. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in belfast in connection with the birmingham pub bombings in 1974. 21 people died in the ira attack. the lost whaling station at the end of the world — now a beacon of hope as the whales return and thrive.
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the pharmaceutical company, pfizer, says its latest data suggests that its coronavirus vaccine is even more effective than first thought, with the jab working well across all ethnicities and age groups. the firm says the vaccine has passed safety checks, and is now ready for approval by authorities around the world. so what are the next steps for the vaccine in the uk? the health secretary matt hancock told mps last week that the nhs will be ready to roll out the new vaccine when it gets approved. he said he has "tasked the nhs with being ready from any date from the 1st december". the uk has pre—ordered 40 million doses of this vaccine, and should get 10 million by the end of the year. and pfizer says there have been no
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serious safety concerns, with only mild side effects reported such as headaches and fatigue, in about 2% of volunteers given the vaccine. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh explains the significance of today‘s development. this is about figures here. it‘s a bit science by press release, we don‘t have the full data, we‘ve got to wait for that but over 94% effective and what reallyjumps out at me is they say it worked equally well in people of all ages, races and ethnicities. to have a vaccine that is over 94% effective in the over 65s is stunning because as we age, our immune systems tend to weaken and that is why the flu jab often does not work very well in the elderly. what we don‘t know and what no one can tell us is how long the vaccine will provide protection. we will have to wait. but it is really good news. more evidence here also, they had 170 cases of covid
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in all of the vaccinated, in all of the people on the trial, of whom 162 had the dummyjab and only eight were in the vaccinated group. they had ten cases of severe covid but only one in the vaccinated group. so more good data and they say the side—effects were... the vaccine was generally well tolerated, no safety concerns, and the only major side effects they had in a few people was fatigue and headaches. earlier we heard from professor beate kampmann, the director of the vaccine centre at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. she said the news regarding the vaccine continued to be encouraging. the vaccine announcements are coming out fast and furious in the last couple of weeks and now we have a bigger number of cases, 170, as fergus said, and 162 of those got the placebo and the rest got the vaccine. i think this is good news and also,
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very encouraging that the vaccine seems to show equal protection in elderly people because that was a question we could not answer after the first announcements last week. there were over 40% of people from various ethnic groups enrolled and that makes quite a contribution to our estimate, how it can protect people of various ages and in various ethnicities. i think this is great news notjust for the vaccine technology but also for this particular vaccine. obviously, this is a press release. the data are still somewhat limited and the safety data base is small but the data will be submitted to the fda in the next couple of days, i believe, to then get on with the emergency approval, if everything is as good as it currently looks. then the regulatory authorities in our own countries can also step up and see that they could agree to this emergency approval and potentially the vaccine could then be rolled out to the public.
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borisjohnson‘s spokesman says the prime minister has a clear desire to try and allow families to have a christmas together. senior government scientists say it‘s vital that people obey current lockdown restrictions for that to be possible. the british medical association has warned that hospitals will be overwhelmed if social distancing rules are relaxed. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. follow the rules, wear a face covering. in some parts of the uk... keep your two metre distance. ..people have been living with lockdown restrictions for months, but what will the covid rules be over christmas? some newspapers are suggesting there could be a relaxation for five days from christmas eve, so families can get together. but even as the idea is floated, ministers are saying it‘s too soon. i want to have my mum and dad round, i want to have members of my family around that christmas table, you know, your viewers will want to do the same. but ijust think it‘s too early to be reaching any
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conclusions on that. let‘s keep doing our bit. as we get to the 2nd of december, the government will set out more details and then we need to keep bearing down on the infection. we genuinely don't know what decisions have been made. and today, senior health experts warned that easing restrictions will not be without cost. for every day that we release, we‘ll need two days of tighter restrictions. so, coming into christmas, we need to be very careful about the number of contacts that we have, to reduce transmission before christmas and get our cases as low as possible. hopefully, the government will make the decision that will allow us to have some mixing but we will wait and see what that is. the four—week lockdown in england is now at its halfway point. new stricter measures have been announced for 11 areas in west and central scotland, but the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, says any easing of restrictions needs to be handled carefully. what we do not want to see is a repeat of what happened after the first lockdown, where we brought down the infection levels and then we had a rebound
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surge because there was a relaxation of the lockdown, people started mixing much more and we went, really, back to square one. what we need to hear from the government now, well in advance of exiting, is a clear exit strategy. the bma suggests replacing the rule of six with a two household rule, to reduce social mixing, banning travel between different local lockdown tiers and giving local public health teams a bigger role in the test and trace system to make it fit for purpose. the question of christmas poses a real dilemma. 0n the one hand, any relaxation of the rules risks a rise in infections but a ban on mixing at christmas could well be ignored by a significant number of people and that could make breaking the rules feel more normal, leading to even more infections in the new year. dominic hughes, bbc news. the spending watchdog says ministers set aside normal standards of transparency as they scrambled to secure supplies of personal
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protective equipment at the start of the coronavirus crisis. the national audit office says firms recommended by mps and peers were given priority in contracts. andy verity reports. from the start of the pandemic to the end ofjuly, government contracts worth £18 billion were awarded at high speed, using emergency rules to bypass the normal competitive tendering process. most of the contracts were to suppliers of personal protective equipment. the independent national audit office said even in an emergency, it remained essential to public trust for the government to document why it had chosen a particular supplier and how it had managed any potential conflicts of interest. in a sample of 20 cases, it found repeated failures to do so. clearly people had to move at great speed, everyone agrees with that but we don‘t accept it is not possible to be simultaneously clearly documenting the reasons for each contract award and then to be putting that in the public domain in line with the government‘s
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own rules and those two things did not happen consistently. taking questions virtually from isolation in downing street, the prime minister was challenged on the report‘s findings. can the prime minister give a cast—iron assurance that from now on, all government contracts will be subject to proper process, with full transparency and accountability? at the time, he bashed the government for not moving fast enough. it is absolutely absurd that he is now attacking in hindsight, once again trying to score party political points, score political points by attacking us for moving too fast. i am proud of what we did to secure huge quantities of ppe during the pandemic and any government would do the same. in one example highlighted by the nao, a contract was awarded to the focus group organiser public first, whose owners previously worked for the cabinet 0ffice minister michael gove and alongside borisjohnson‘s then top adviser dominic cummings. yet the cabinet office failed
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to document any consideration of any potential conflicts of interest. by not keeping proper records, by not being transparent about when these contracts were awarded and what they were doing, it lays the government open to these accusations, whether they are true or not. and, certainly, this weird vip route through, where certain companies got a closer look because they were recommended by mps, peers... i mean, this is not something mps wanted, and yet it has happened. public first said it was hired on a pay as you go arrangement that meant it could be fired if it did not perform well. michael gove‘s office pointed out the nao found no evidence of ministers‘ involvement in procurement decisions. the cabinet office said it welcomed the nao‘s scrutiny and its recommendations for improvement. andy verity, bbc news. new cars and vans powered wholly by petrol or diesel will be banned in the uk from 2030. that‘s just one of the announcements
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made by the prime minister as part of his ten—point plan to create jobs and address climate change. among other measures in his so—called "green revolution", greater investment in electric cars, including expanding charging infrastructure, and extending grants to make vehicles cheaper. plans to quadruple the amount of offshore wind power, enough to provide energy to every home in the uk. greater investment in nuclear energy, with a focus on smaller—scale nuclear plants. and measures to make homes and public buildings warmer and more energy efficient. while the plan has been welcomed by environmental groups, critics say the £4 billion allocated is far too small for the scale of the challenge and some of the plans, they say, have already been announced. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin reports. the end of an era for the petrol engine and its planet heating emissions. you will still be able to drive
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an existing petrol or diesel car after 2030 but you won‘t be able to buy a new one. the future is electric. some people fear the cost of electric vehicles but perhaps there is no need to worry. for a period of three to four years, because of the massive saving in fuel cost of electric over petrol or diesel, the monthly cost of the vehicle is no greater. certainly, it‘s not cheaper but it‘s not greater. charging your electric car is a major issue. finding one of these in some places is like finding a unicorn. the government is spending £1.3 billion to expand the charging network but that is just over 1% of what it is spending on high—speed rail, hs2. nuclear energy is getting public money, £500 million of it. the prime minister wants jobs at the giant sizewell c plant in suffolk. smaller kit style nuclear
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reactors being developed by rolls—royce will get subsidy, too. even though there is no solution yet for nuclear waste. offshore wind will play a key role, producing enough electricity to power every home by 2030. ministers hope it will support up to 60,000 jobs. cities in the north—east should benefit. the government wants them to become new technology hubs for making wind turbines and creating the clean fuel, hydrogen. we absolutely back the ambition. we do need to see more detail on how we help businesses and households make this transition but having this strategy is exactly what we need to see, to help us on the road to a greener economy. new house—building will have to play its part. from 2023, all homes will need to be built with so much insulation that they don‘t require a gas boiler. heat pumps will enter people‘s lives. in wales, a zero carbon device extracts heat
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from sea water to warm a stately home. tiny versions will heat millions of people‘s homes using warmth from the water or air or soil. the government will need to help with the cost. together, the drive for zero carbon will transform society. i think in terms of making progress and resetting this agenda, it‘s an exciting day, in terms of getting us back on the front foot. is it enough? no, of course it‘s not enough, and we will be looking next week to the chancellor, in terms of what is coming out of the spending review. as the new policies cut emissions, so the prime minister‘s road building plans will increase emissions. critics say he should stop policies driving in the wrong direction and invest far more in putting the nation on track for a zero emissions future. roger harrabin, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. pfizer says its vaccine works
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equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now, if they want to get together with their families at christmas. former labour leader jeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp, following remarks he made about anti—semitism. sir keir starmer says he won‘t allowjeremy corbyn to sit as a labour mp, despite him being allowed back into the labour party. the party‘s former leader had been suspended for saying that concerns about anti—semitism in the party had been overstated. 0ur political correspondent is jessica parker.
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so explain why sir keir starmer says he has reached this decision, and add back in the party but still some section? it is a bit of a confusing one. a while back when the equalities and human rights commission report came out, a damning report on anti—semitism claims within the labour party, jeremy corbyn, as you say, gave some reaction and he admits that reaction, he suggested the scale of the problem had been overstated for political reasons by opponents, by the media as well, that caused some concern. he was suspended from the labour party and then earlier, he sent out a clarification yesterday, or made this clarification, that what he really meant, he said, was he was trying to make the point that the vast majority of party members are committed anti—racists. later that day, the national executive committee panel that was looking at the case decided to reinstate his membership. that was a unanimous decision, we understand. but it did mean that he had the party whip
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restored, which means jeremy mean that he had the party whip restored, which meansjeremy corbyn sits with the labour party in parliament, takes the labour whip and can stand at the next election asa and can stand at the next election as a labour candidate, should he wish to put his name forward. but sir keir starmer has decided not to restore the party whip and the reason he is giving for that is that jeremy corbyn‘s initial response undermined and set back the party‘s work in written ring —— restoring trust and confidence in the labour party‘s ability to tackle anti—semitism. sir keir starmer has clearly been trying to draw a line under this long—running saga around anti—semitism allegations within the labour party. he has not quite manage to do that. it looks like a pretty messy situation over the last few weeks. there is divided opinion in the party as to whether it is the right thing to not allowjeremy corbyn to sit as a labour member of parliament even though he is now a member of the labour party. what does it mean in practice? jeremy corbyn can continue to carry out his duties as an mp but it would mean
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that if he had not had the whip restored by the next election, he would not be able to stand as a labour candidate. that is some time away, of course but you have to imagine the issue might raise its head again, not least because supporters ofjeremy head again, not least because supporters of jeremy corbyn head again, not least because supporters ofjeremy corbyn are saying they think sir keir starmer has made the wrong decision. so this is where it is tricky because it was all about drawing a line, i think sir keir starmer and his supporters would say but are we in a bit of a halfway house situation now? does that and we‘ll that in the coming weeks allow the issue to be endlessly debated and endlessly brought up and agonised over?” think it might have been agonised over whatever way it had gone. had yesterday‘s panel of the party decided to uphold the suspension of jeremy corbyn‘s membership, his supporters would have been very angry about that. had it taken another decision, those who have been very critical ofjeremy corbyn would have been angry about that. we have seen the kind of dividing lines on this fall in to sort of familiar dividing lines. those who have long
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supported jeremy corbyn think he should have the whip restored and those who have been critical think he should not but it is a problem for sir keir starmer because he will continue to face criticism i think from those who think that he has made the wrong decision withjeremy corbyn and jeremy corbyn is still an mp and still present in parliament and is not exactly going to be disappearing from the political scene. he remains a figure that a lot of labour party members hugely admire. having said that, there‘s been reaction from groups like the british board of deputies ofjewish people and they say they are pleased that keir starmer has taken this decision in one of his overarching aims is to try and rebuild trust within the jewish community. aims is to try and rebuild trust within thejewish community. i think it looks like he thinks he has to make this decision in order to write to to do that and one of the other things he is supposed to be doing is setting up a new independent disciplinary process. we understand he is aiming to have that set up by the beginning of next year but that is all part of this ongoing process
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to try to rebuild trust with the jewish community and clearly, he has not managed to draw a line under the saga yet. for now, thank you, jessica. donald trump has sacked an official who‘d rejected his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the presidential election. christopher krebs was the director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, which had described the election as "the most secure in american history". mr trump said he‘d made a "highly inaccurate" statement. the rate of inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, rose to 0.7% in october. the prices of food, clothing, second—hand cars and computer games all went up, while the costs of energy and holidays fell. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the 1974 birmingham pub bombings, in which 21 people were murdered. west midlands police say the suspect
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was arrested by counter—terrorism officers at his home in belfast this morning. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page told us more from belfast. in three days‘ time, it will be the 46th anniversary of what was, in terms of the death toll, the worst terrorist attack carried out in great britain linked to the northern ireland conflict. in november 1974, bombs exploded at two pubs in birmingham, killing 21 people and injuring 220 others. in the last few years, there have been fresh inquests held into the murders, families of those who were killed have been calling for a public inquiry. the ira never said it was behind the bombings, but it was widely believed that that organisation did carry out the attacks. west midlands police have been carrying out an investigation and as a result of that, today in belfast, a 65—year—old man has been arrested. it‘s understood he was detained in his home in the south of the city and he is now being questioned by detectives at a police station in the city centre under
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anti—terrorism legislation. the us aviation regulator is to lift the ban on the boeing 737 max, saying it believes the aircraft to be 100% safe to take passengers again. the 737 max was was grounded worldwide in march 2019, after two crashes killed a total of 346 people. boeing has welcomed the announcment, saying it‘s committed to learning from its mistakes. our business correpondent theo leggett reports. two devastating air crashes, one off the coast of indonesia and another in ethiopia, just four months apart. 346 people were killed. both involved boeing‘s newest aircraft, the 737 max. the plane has been grounded worldwide for the past 20 months. but now regulators in the united states say it can fly again.
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i lost my wife carol. my three children, ryan, kelly and ruby. i also lost my mother in law. paul lost his entire family when ethiopian airlines flight et 302 crashed minutes after taking off from addis ababa. he has been lobbying hard to prevent the 737 max getting back in the air. we still have our lawyers fighting with boeing in court. and the faa are supporting boeing, they can‘t even produce the documents they have been asked to produce. so what are they hiding? so, they can come and stand before cameras and tell the world, "these planes are safe." who‘s going to believe them? not me. paul‘s family died because the plane they were travelling on, identical to these, had catastrophic design flaws. a single sensor failure triggered a response from the plane‘s computers that ultimately put it into a dive the pilots
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could not prevent. later, american congressmen demanded answers from boeing. boeing came to my office shortly after these crashes and said they were the result of pilot error. those pilots never had a chance. these loved ones never had a chance. they were in flying coffins. in a scathing report, us lawmakers concluded boeing had placed profits and production speed over safety and regulators had simply failed to do theirjob. the company insists it has learned hard lessons from the disasters and that safety is its top priority. the design flaws have now been rectified and pilots will be given extra training. rectified and analysed and test—flowed and checked in simulators like no other function in the world on an aircraft.
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it is the most thoroughly vetted flight function and flight computer software in the world. the plane will be allowed back in the air. the question is whether passengers will ever be happy to get aboard. england‘s hat—trick hero in the 1966 world cup final, sir geoff hurst, has called for young children to be banned from heading footballs, as evidence grows of a link with dementia. five members of the world cup winning team have been diagnosed with the condition, including nobby stiles, who died last month. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. sir geoff hurst‘s mastery of the header broughtjoy to english football fans in 1966. but every year that passes for him is a reminder of the friends he‘s lost. it‘s been quite emotional for me to bring it all back, losing my team—mates. we met every year for many years in our reunion, so it‘s been quite tough. after sir bobby charlton‘s diagnosis
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was confirmed recently, it meant five of the ‘66 world cup winning squad have suffered with dementia. nobby stiles was buried just last week. a study last year found footballers were three and a half times more likely to have the disease and hurst thinks training sessions are a big part of the reason. we had a ball hanging from the ceiling in the gym. you‘d spend half an hour, 45 minutes practising heading a ball, swinging from the ceiling. we‘d play head tennis in the gym and then you‘d get on the field and you‘d practise what we were well known for at west ham, of course, was the near post crosses, near post headers. former premier league player chris sutton agrees. his father was also a player and is now suffering with dementia. he‘s calling for a seven step plan in football to reduce the risk, including limiting heading in practice and for the players‘ union, the pfa, to provide more help. not enough is being done
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and the players of nobby stiles' generation aren't getting looked after well enough. it's as simple as that, because it's notjust the dementia sufferer, it's actually the effect it has on the families. the research so far is compelling but not yet conclusive. the players‘ union says it‘s setting up a task force and is helping to fund more studies into the links between headers and concussion with dementia. this is no longer seen asjust an issue for players of the past. natalie pirks, bbc news. returning to coronavirus for a minute, the latest figures have just been released, we arejust minute, the latest figures have just been released, we are just getting the latest confirmed death toll with coronavirus in the last 24—hour period and hearing that the figure across the uk is 529, so 529 people
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dying after being confirmed as having coronavirus in the last 24—hour period across the country and the overall figure now, the overall death toll since the pandemic began now stands at 53,274. those are the latest figures through in the last few moments. let‘s turn toa in the last few moments. let‘s turn to a different story again this hour. the bbc has confirmed that it‘s appointed the right honorable lord dyson, a former master of the rolls, to lead an investigation into the 1995 panorama interview with diana, princess of wales. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond is here. there is an investigation starting when? explain why this announcement isa when? explain why this announcement is a gift can. it starts immediately, the investigation. it is significant because it is a very
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seniorfigure who i understand has set the terms of reference of this investigation himself and those terms of reference and subsequently we re terms of reference and subsequently were agreed by the bbc, a sign of how independent the investigation is. this is the second investigation that has been held into the circumstances surrounding the interview with princess diana and how martin bashir, the panorama editor at the time who is now the bbc‘s religion editor, got it. the first investigation was an internal investigation and will itself be the subject of this investigation. so first, the circumstances surrounding the interview and how it was got, and how the bbc looked at that after it was revealed that martin bashir had used forged bank statements in some way, which are earl spencer, princess diana‘s brother, says what used to persuade him to grant martin bashir access to princess diana. and so lord dyson is looking into something that happened 25 years ago? yes. some of the people
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involved in that have held very senior positions since then. the editor of panorama at the time sadly died of cancer a few years ago. it is tricky and sensitive all round. yes, most of the people, in fact all of the news executives involved have moved on and the only person still employed by the bbc is martin bashir himself, who is the bbc‘s religion editor but there are serious questions about journalistic editor but there are serious questions aboutjournalistic ethics, both of the individual involved, martin bashir is unable to answer questions because he is seriously u nwell questions because he is seriously unwell but also about what the bbc knew and what people like lord hall, the former director—general who was then the head of news, what they knew about how martin bashir had got the interview and the investigation that then took place. it is pretty important cleansing of the stables for the bbc. there are serious allegations ofjournalistic malpractice made against the bbc. this investigation, the current director—general hopes will find the truth. thank you forjoining us.
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good afternoon. we had some early sunshine in the east and sunshine following the rain in the west but it is quite turbulent if you are out and about. a band of quite heavy rain pushing eastwards at the moment on blustery wind. the winds from the south—west means it is still relatively mild, particularly so in the south but it is all change, temperatures dropping away in the north and behind this next weather front, we change the wind direction to a blast of northerly, so the risk of snow is there through the night across the scottish hills, and as a result, temperatures will be a lot lower than the night we have just had. down to freezing in some parts of scotland, so some icy patches but the wind should help the temperatures elsewhere stay just above freezing. the transference of gales from west to east come the morning and those gales will make it feel much colder. it eases, the wind, through the day, the showers ease off as well so it becomes a little quieter with more sunshine through the afternoon but the temperatures don‘t respond.
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these are on the thermometer but add on the wind and it will feel colder still. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now — if they want to get together with their families at christmas. former labour leader jeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp — following remarks he made about anti—semitism. diesel and petrol cars won‘t be sold from 2030 — part of a "green industrial revolution" — to tackle climate change and create jobs. the martin bashir interview with
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diana princess of wales in 1995. the bbc has appointed the lord dyson to lead an investigation. a 65—year—old man has been arrested in belfast in connection with the birmingham pub bombings in 1974, 21 people died in the ira attack. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. it does look like liverpool will be without mel sanna after a second positive coronavirus test. due to those self isolation rules, sanna will be unavailable for liberal‘s match against leicester. next wednesday‘s a champions league group game at atalanta at anfield. clubs
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in the english football league will be able to use five substitutes for the rest of the season. the new rule comes into place from friday i of this week in‘s matches. that follows discussions with all 72 clubs. there had been fears of player burn—out this even or season. it‘s day four of the atp finals at london‘s o2 arena. tonight world number one novak djokovic faces daniil medvedev. but right now on court it‘s alexander zverev and diego schwartzman in the round robin stage of the competition. zverev took the first set 6—3. but schwartzman‘s come back in the second, winning it 6—4. into the third now and the loser of this match is most likely to be eliminated from the tournament. — you can watch this live on bbc two right now. england cricket authorities have
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decribed the decision to tour pakistan next year as "a significant moment". it will be for the first time since 2009 when gunmen attacked the visiting sri lankan team. the england and wales cricket board says the side will be playing two t20 internationals in karachi — that‘s in preparation for the t20 world cup that begins in india later that month. england all—rounder moeen ali has welcomed the decision and says it‘s a significant step for international cricket. the teams that came over last year were amazing to have gone through the whole bubble and obviously after the coronavirus pandemic, cricket was obviously on the edge and they helped massively with that, so i think it was probably going to happen anyway, but i think it‘s right that we go back after such a long time to, one for the game itself, but also for pakistan, cricket and the country.
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lots to look forward to for at home for england too next year. india will tourfor a five test match series. sri lanka and pakistan will also play in limited overs matches. there could be another test series against another team too — if the calander allows. england‘s women team will also face new zealand and south africa while the visually impaired team take on australia. the welsh rugby union have named their first ever black national coach. former england sevens coach warren abrahams takes up the role with the wales women‘s team. while former captain rachel taylor willjoin him as the wru‘s first professional national female coach. ireland have made four changes for this weekend‘s autumn nations cup game against england. ross byrne returns to the team. he‘ll earn his ninth cap as he takes the place of injured captain johnny sexton, who pulled his hamstring in last week‘s win over wales. he gets the nod over billy burns who‘s on the bench
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alongsidejacob stockdale, who‘s recovered from a calf strain. and defending championjudd trump has hit a maximum 147 break at the northern ireland 0pen. the world number one made the clearance during his comfortable 4—0 victory in the second round over 16—year—old gao yang. it‘s the fifth maximum of trump‘s career. that‘s all the sport for now. all the home nations are in action this evening in the nations league. it‘s a dead rubberfor england but the rest of plenty to play for. all the details are on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. and i‘ll have the latest for you in the next hour. more in the news that the government has set out plans for what it‘s calling a "green industrial revolation" in order to hit its target of net zero carbon emossions by 2050. the sale of new cars and vans powered wholly by petrol
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or diesel will end in 2030, in order to encourage the use of electric vehicles. our business presenter sima kotecha joins me now. it is quite an ambitious pledge. absolutely. yes, it is a ten point plan, that is what the prime minister has been saying. it‘s about switching to what they on a low carbon economy. it is also being referred to as a green industrial revolution. part of that entails the banning of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 four cleaner air and fora vehicles by 2030 four cleaner air and for a cleaner environment. but there are questions around this. is there are questions around this. is the correct infrastructure in place to charge these vehicles? is it practical? .jim holder
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to charge these vehicles? is it practical? . jim holder can to charge these vehicles? is it practical? .jim holder can help me a nswer practical? .jim holder can help me answer these questions. he is the editor of what car magazine. thank you for coming on. is this practical? is this feasible? yes, absolutely. all the experts say it is achievable however it is ambitious. what has to happen is a huge amount of investment and a huge amount of detailed planning in order to realise that ambition. i think thatis to realise that ambition. i think that is what is crucial here. we have a line in the sand and we have a very clear goal that the automotive industry must aim for. but there must be intentions to achieve that goal. they must make the cars themselves appealing enough and affordable enough for people to wa nt and affordable enough for people to want to buy them when the time comes. because, gym, having spoken to some experts, they are saying that infrastructure is not in needs to be in place. what you say to that man who was in devon or rural devon
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where there are no electric charging points? but they want to be environmentally friendly. that is a challenge. what we have to remember is that this is a timeline that begins in ten years time. there will still be petrol and diesel cars on our roads for years after that. this only affects the sale of new vehicles. they will have options right up to that point. in the used second hand car market beyond that also. there are steps that you can take, however. you can look at that transition technology such as hybrid and plug—in hybrids. you also need to bear in mind that this is ten years of development and cars will get cheaper and they will get much greater range and the infrastructure around them. it is not good enough at the moment and widespread enough to satisfy the needs of every new car buyer, but of course that is why we have a timeline and why the investment is going on. in ten years
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time the picture will be different. i have used the infrastructure available today, i have driven a little castle several years and i have never had a problem. i am lucky that i have a driveway and i can charge at home. but it is achievable and doable as long as the ingredients are put in place and i think that now is a ten year challenge to get those ingredients where they need to be. and what about the workforce to build an electric car? does the uk have those people in place so they are able to do this or are they going to need additional training?” do this or are they going to need additionaltraining? i think do this or are they going to need additional training? i think it is very clear that there will be a need for some additional training. building an electric car in some regards is different to building an engine car. but we have to remember that we have some leadership in the uk around this. nissan is one of the largest car builders in the uk and one of the cars they build here todayis one of the cars they build here today is the electric car is pioneering and one of the worlds
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best selling cars. we do have those skills, but the workforce that is within the automotive industry will need to adapt, it will need to up skill and also the people who look after the cars within the garages and the other markets will have to also change their skills. we have a line in the sand, we have a timeline to achieve that is a while it may feel daunting on the day of announcing it all, there is an opportunity for all of these businesses to adapt to meet the requirements of the modern world. and briefly, what would you say to a driver who prefers driving a petrol or diesel car and does not switching to an electric car because they do not feel that it feels the same?” would say go out and try and an electric car before you criticise it. in theirown electric car before you criticise it. in their own way and in a different way they are extremely enjoyable. the silence of drying thing is very relaxing. the rush of adrenaline doesn't come from racing
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along, it comes from getting as much right out of the car as possible and driving as efficiently as possible. there is a lot of enjoyment to be had on these cars but it is different. if you really do like the loud noise and the hybrid of an engine then enjoy it while you can. the timeline is now ticking but it isa the timeline is now ticking but it is a long time line. there is plenty of time for petrol heads to enjoy their hobby and hopefully long beyond 2030 also. thank you. jane. we will talk more about the story in the next hour. nicola sturgeon says work is being done across the uk to allow people to meet for christmas. at today‘s coronavirus briefing in edinburgh, the first minister explained that the scottish government is in discussion with the rest of the uk in the hope of reaching a nationwide consensus. we are all desperate for some normality at christmas
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and i absolutely include myself in that. the scottish government right now is working very closely and well with other uk nations to try and agree a way for that to happen. we want to have the same position across the uk, given family patterns that exist. but we know that people coming together, when a virus is circulating, will increase the risks of it spreading. and that means we need to be careful. but this is the key point, it also means that one of the most important things we need to do between now and then, in order to minimise that risk, is reduce the number of people in the population who have covid and who will have covid when we get to christmas. because if we do that, we reduce the number of people who might then be at risk of passing it on to their loved ones if they are getting together for christmas. so that is what these restrictions are, in part, trying to do. even so, they were not
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taken lightly and i know that they are really hard for people, but i hope they will help us to achieve all of those aims and of course, take us closer to the end of all of this, which we are now seeing over the horizon, as safely as possible. nicola sturgeon at the daily briefing. military personnel will help roll out the scheme in merthyr tydfil. andrew goodall — the chief executive of nhs wales — led the government‘s press briefing today, where he gave more details. we would be looking to start, for the first set of patients, sorry, members of the community, the saturday, so there will be arrangements put in place to start those mechanisms and that will allow us to grow the individual sites that are in use. i think it is going to be really important that we have some flexibility around our approaches. so that what we are able to do is to use some of the mobile unit
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in particular and make sure that as well as having dedicated sites available, to move around to some of the communities, particularly where we think prevalence is higher. of course, we will need to consider about how we move into some of our settings, so one of the areas for consideration will be about how we approach areas such as education or even workplace settings as well. but we are hoping that the local population will feel supported to want to make sure they are able to go through this mass testing approach. so those numbers will increase. we will need to think about the success of that and evaluate it and it may well be that we have other areas of wales that still have a high prevalence, that there may be some opportunity the headlines on bbc news: pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all races and ethnicities — and is 94% effective in adults over 65. senior government scientists say people need to stick to lockdown rules now — if they want to get together with their families at christmas.
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former labour leader jeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp — following remarks he made about anti—semitism. the parliament in thailand is voting on whether to accept changes to the constitution demanded by pro—democracy protesters. demonstrators, who want reform of the monarchy and the resignation of the prime minister, have returned to the streets of bangkok today. but lawmakers have rejected the proposal to overhaul the monarchy, giving it a reduced role. more than 40 were injured on tuesday after violent clashes with police as they tried to reach the parliament building. this report is from our correspondent in bangkokjonathan head: this is quite a contrast to the chaotic scenes that we saw outside parliament in the last 24—hour. this crowd of virtually ordinary folk have come to join a peaceful rally and are listening to speeches
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that are talking about what is going on in parliament. everyone is sitting very quietly here and you get the sense that this protest movement is slightly lacking in direction right now. all of them had been backing one of seven proposals that have been discussed in parliament. this one they wanted was for sweeping reform of everything in the constitution, even including the status of the monarchy, something very sensitive which is a core demand of this movement. we now know that parliament, the mps and the appointed senators have completely rejected that notion. they have approved two other proposals to start the process of constitutional amendment. these are very modest steps. thailand has had lots of constitutions, that have not necessarily lead to better governance and under the current system being talked about in parliament, it could take years for a new constitution to come forward. very disappointing for everyone here but the reality is, for all the way in which they have expanded the debate in thailand
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about what should happen, ultimately change can only take place within thailand‘s institutions. that means within a parliament that all of these people say is compromised by being under a military draft a constitution where you have these appointed senators and a military backed party that has unfair advantages and yet it is that parliament which must now decide what happens next to thailand and its chosen baby steps, not the dramatic step forward that everybody here was hoping for. more and more people across the uk say they‘re feeling lonely. this month has seen the highest levels of acute loneliness since the beginning of the pandemic. according to official figures, 4.2 million people said they were "always" or "often" lonely — and it‘s a growing problem particularly for young people. elaine dunkley reports.
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for poppy, pregnancy and becoming a parent has been a difficult journey. she‘s in stockport, her family are nearly 300 miles away in scotland. ijust really miss my mum. i wish we could go and see her. you know, i feel bad that she's missing out on so many things with arlo. i think it's affected me being able to make friends, and, you know, it sounds like it's not really a big deal, but it absolutely is. to have peer support is, you know, sometimes more important than having a gp on the end of the phone. it's so much more thanjust being able to go for a coffee with someone. it's, you know... it is everything. elorm is a young carer. her mum has sickle cell anaemia. shielding and extra responsibilities at home has added to the feeling of isolation. it‘s like you‘re carrying the whole
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world‘s burden on you. with college, i definitely still have to go in. it‘s just me being extra careful. i‘m just like, "no, don‘t touch me!" i want to be extra careful. you‘re outside with other people but you‘re still isolated from them because you don‘t want to get too close in case you catch it and take it home, and it could be dangerous. 21—year—old jaymie grew up in care. her grandfather recently passed away and she‘s worried that this year‘s christmas gathering for care leavers will be cancelled. last year, we'd have a really nice sit—down meal with a good group of us. it was like just a big family, just sitting down for christmas dinner. like, it was a really good atmosphere and there'd usually be, like, christmas quizzes and stuff, as well. and, like, we'd get given presents and stuff. a lot of care leavers may not necessarily have a family to go to. since lockdown began, young people have been the most likely age group to experience loneliness. poppy has now helped to start
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a walking group for parents. a simple thing, being able to go out for a walk in the park. but, you know, seeing how much it means to some people isjust... you can't really describe that feeling. jaymie has nowjoined an online art group to help herfeel connected to her grandfather and his passion for painting. whenever i talked to him about art and stuff, he'd be always like, you take after me with that, which made me smile. and elorm is determined to help others. she‘s part of a campaign called lonely not alone. today i‘m wearing my yellow socks. we chose yellow socks as our symbol. and itjust brings me so muchjoy when i see. like, a random person on the bus wearing yellow socks. that would make you feel more like you‘re definitely not alone through all this. elaine dunkley with that report. if you are affected by any of the issues raised, you can go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline
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where you‘ll find details of organisations which offer advice and support. for many years the remote british territory of south georgia was at the heart of the global whaling industry. now it‘s a very different story. whales have returned — and the island is being seen as a beacon of hope for worldwide conservation. a major new piece of art has just been commissioned to help tell the amazing story. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. wild, forbidding, beautiful. the rugged coastline of south georgia now teems with wildlife. but it has a dark past. for decades, this island was at the centre of the whaling industry. and telling that story of a whaling station that became a haven was the motivation for one scottish artist‘s industrial
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scale design. i was kind of fortunate because i struck upon this idea quite early on. i always think that is a lucky thing. the idea just seemed to cascade. inspired by the rivets that held together the whaling ships and the barnacles that cling to the whales themselves, michael visocchi‘s idea is called commensalis: the spirit tables of south georgia. like so many projects, this has been delayed by the pandemic. but the island‘s government and the south georgia heritage trust will began working with the artist on its development in 2021. it will be situated at grytviken, the largest whaling station on the island. the many tourists who visit the island every year on cruise ships will come into grytviken. and when they see the remnants of a
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whaling station, it is quite difficult to understand it, so what we're going to do hopefully with michael's commission is help them to interpret the past, but also reflect the present of the island, which is a resurging ecosystem. 0ne caught here in their thousands, humpbacks and even rare blue whales are even returning to south georgia‘s waters. this site, the charity says, is an all too rare beacon of conservation, an ecosystem that is showing signs of real recovery. victoria gill, bbc news. 0ne quick story before the weather. skipping ropes sales have soared this year as we all look for ways to exercise at home — but what if you only have one rope per household?
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well, you could try this. this couple — from japan — have broken the world record for the most alternate skips by two people using a single rope in 30 seconds — they did 71. the footage of their feat was released to celebrate guinness world record day 2020. and if skipping isn‘t your thing, you could have a go at this instead. this is tinuke 0rbit, from london, bagging the record for the most cartwheels in one minute while wearing roller—skates. she managed 30. iam the i am the blue peter generation and they would say do not try that at home. well done to them. braver than me. now, the weather with helen willets hello there, despite having had some
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sunshine in the east and then a bit of sunshine following the showers in the west, on the whole, an unsettled afternoon will continue with strong winds, tightly—packed isoba rs, this cold weather front sweeping some heavy rain eastwards and another where the front waiting in the wings giving the northern isles are pretty wet afternoon as well. it‘s relatively mild still, but we are already seeing temperatures drop in the north and changes on the way. that‘s because of a change in wind direction, so if you‘re out and about today, blustery and quite wet at times. 0vernight, we give way to that south—westerly for a northerly wind instead, so yes, this rain will turn to snow over the hills and mountains of scotland allowing things to become a little bit icy with temperatures dropping to freezing here. elsewhere, clearer skies but still a lot of showers in north and western areas on that strong northerly wind which is still with us to start thursday. that mild air being swept away and were into a brief cold snap but not for long. already, the atlantic weather is starting to come in by the end of the day. but it will feel different first thing, a blast of cold air,
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this is bbc news, i‘mjane hill. the headlines. even more effective than first thought — pfizer says its vaccine works equally well in people of all ages and ethnicities, and is 94% effective in adults over 65. stick to the rules now — and you could still celebrate christmas — government scientists tell us all to do our bit. we are very keen that we have christmas as close to normal as possible. that requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period and even in early december, to get the cases as low as possible. former labour leader jeremy corbyn will not be reinstated as a labour mp — following remarks he made
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