tonight at ten — the home secretary priti patel is given the full support of the prime minister, despite an inquiry upholding claims against her of bullying. priti patel was found to have broken the code that covers ministerial behaviour — she says she's sorry if she offended. i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. it was completely unintentional. but the man who wrote the report into her conduct has resigned, after boris johnson rejected his findings. also tonight... the government formally asks the uk regulator if the pfizer vaccine against covid—i9 can be approved for use. if it can... we will be ready to start the vaccination next month,

with the bulk of the roll—out in the new year. we are heading in the right direction. putting on a brave face — businesses lock up in ii council areas in scotland — which have entered the toughest tier of covid—i9 restrictions. in the first round in the legal battle between the footballers‘ wives — rebekah vardy is 1—0 up against colleen rooney. and jan morris — the prolific travel writer, journalist, and novelist — has died at the age of 94. and coming up in sport, on bbc news... just 27 days after winning rugby union's domestic and european double — exeter chiefs begin the defence of their premiership title against harlequins. good evening. the prime minister has expressed full confidence in the home secretary,

priti patel — despite a report into claims of bullying which found that she broke the rules on ministerial behaviour. it's led to the resignation of the man who wrote the report, sir alex allan. his inquiry looked into allegations about priti patel‘s conduct as a minister in three different government departments. a former top official in the home office told the bbc that she had been urged not to shout and swear at staff a month after becoming home secretary. this afternoon, ms patel told said that she was sorry if her behaviour had upset people. our deputy political editor vicki young reports. he's standing by her. boris johnson's taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as "bullying." priti patel shouted and swore at staff, but the prime minister's judged she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticisms in the report. are you a bully? i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people

in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. i'll be very candid, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging so, if i have upset people, that has been completely unintentional. that was not my intention. the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards found that the home secretary... despite these findings from sir alex allan, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points

to what they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and that she's apologised. ms patel‘s friends think she's been the victim of snobbery and sexism. but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam. he resigned in february as the most senior civil servant at the home office. reporter: how much confidence do you have in the inquiry? in a statement today, he said he wasn't asked to give evidence and says he did repeatedly advise ms patel that she needed to treat staff with respect. his former department has also been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive but the home secretary says the culture has now changed. at the time, it says this in the report, that issues were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you're making excuses, and actually there is no excuse for somebody in a senior position treating others badly.

there are no excuses. i'm absolutely giving an unreserved, fulsome apology today. i cannot be any clearer about that whatsoever. but labour say priti patel should resign or be sacked. the prime minister has said he loathes bullying and yet today he has comprehensively failed a test of his leadership, when he's had a report on his desk precisely on that issue. sir alex allan couldn't have been clearer, that the home secretary has not consistently met the high standards of the ministerial code. hanging onto priti patel will be a popular decision with conservative party members but it will bring mrjohnson more political pain. it has been an extraordinary day, the independent adviser found the home secretary's behaviour amounted to bullying, not only that, but the prime minister has rejected that

judgment, also a highly unusual. the prime minister has gone out on a limb to keep priti patel in herjob, it has thrilled her many supporters but many conservative mps are dismayed, and they worry about the signal of this sends out about bullying. borisjohnson's statement said he felt this matter was closed. i'm not sure it is. thanks for joining us. the government has asked the uk medicines regulator to formally assess the pfizer—biontech vaccine. if approved, it will begin to be rolled out across the country from next month. it comes as official figures suggest that coronavirus infection rates are levelling off in england and scotland, and decreasing in wales and northern ireland. the r numberfor the uk continues to fall, and is now between i and 1.1. our health editor hugh pym reports. a flu jab today for a member of staff at a gp practice. along with others in england they will soon offer free

vaccinations to all patients aged 50 and over. so a very busy few weeks ahead. but then there's the covid vaccine as well, assuming it's approved. this doctor told me they're ready to start when given the word. there will be huge logistics involved, in terms of texting patients, writing to them, phoning them, which takes a lot of personnel, and obviously the personnel to do the vaccinations, but we have done that already. we have done it with vaccination programmes for flu. at today's downing street briefing, the health secretary set out more of the plans for the covid vaccine roll—out in england. we will be ready to start the vaccination next month, with the bulk of the roll—out in the new year. we're heading in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go. coronavirus remains a grave danger right now. so, what is happening with the virus?

the r numberfor the uk is down a little, but stilljust above one, showing it's spreading. the office for national statistics survey for the week ending november 14th says that in england one in 80 people were estimated to have coronavirus, which was similar to last week. in scotland, it was one in 155 and rates had levelled off. in wales, it was one in 165, with rates decreasing in the last fortnight. in northern ireland, one in 135 had the virus, with rates decreasing over the most recent four weeks. some of this might reflect different lockdown plans and timings. one expert says in england there are big regional variations. it seems to be very much that the north—west and yorkshire are going down and almost everywhere else is going up. in some places, it's going up quite quickly. until we understand that or reverse that everywhere, i don't think we can say the lockdown is working.

the health secretary said the data was promising and that the second peak was flattening. he and others must decide what happens after full lockdown ends. how strict will restrictions have to be in england after december the 2nd, and over how many days might there be some relaxation during the christmas season? we have still not made those decisions. over christmas, i know how important it is for people that we have a system in place, a set of rules that both keeps people safe but also allows people to see their loved ones. drive—thru centres, like this one in greater manchester, are delivering the flu vaccine, but soon will come the much bigger task, with the hope of getting all adults vaccinated against covid—i9 by the spring. hugh pym, bbc news. at six o'clock this evening, more than two million people in scotland moved into the toughest coronavirus restrictions — leaving again a wide variation in the rules within the four nations of the uk. in england, the situation

remains the same, with lockdown continuing until december 2nd. wales had its lockdown lifted ten days ago, but some restrictions on meeting others remain — and travel to and from england without a reasonable excuse is still banned. northern ireland was due to come out of its five week ‘circuit breaker‘ lockdown but now, there‘ll be new restrictions from next friday, lasting until december 11th. but tonight, the focus is on the ii council areas in scotland which have gone into the strictest level 4 lockdown meaning that everything but schools and essential shops are closed. we‘ll be hearing from wales and northern ireland in a moment, but first alexandra mackenzie reports from glasgow. the toughest of restrictions are now in place to help suppress the virus before christmas. who is it you‘re buying for today? this candle company is determined to get through these challenging times. it‘s heartbreaking. normally, from october to december,

we‘re full—on, and this year, it‘s stop, start, stop, start, so you just have to adapt. it‘s not only nonessential retail that will be closed for the next three weeks. gyms, hospitality and hairdressers will also be shut. and, if you live in level 3 or level 4, travel outside your council area will be illegal, though there are some exceptions. today, shoppers of all ages braved the glasgow drizzle. i think we do have to do it. i think we possibly should have done it a bit sooner. the government is treating the economy like a light bulb, switching it on and off as it wants, so it's not going to work. but scotland‘s first minister said the decision was not taken lightly. it stands to reason we would not be taking these difficult and potentially unpopular decisions if we did not think it was absolutely essential to do so. tonight, instead of gearing up

for the busiest time of year, these shops were shutting down for the next three weeks. while others live in lockdown, across wales, people have been shopping, dining, doing the things forbidden in other parts of the uk. since the firebreak finished on november 9th, customers have come back to gaynor‘s toy shop in pontypridd. they‘re panicking and want to get all their christmas done now because they don‘t know if we will go into a further lockdown, so they‘re out and around and wanting to buy everything now. the fear of another lockdown hangs over emma‘s business, too. we can't keep having lockdowns which force people to stay in, which brings numbers down, but then everybody goes out in droves and the numbers peak again. gyms opened 11 days ago, as well. around wales, things are looking healthier. coronavirus case and positivity rates are lower now than when the lockdown began, but... if people react to the end

of a firebreak as though coronavirus was over, then it‘s very likely indeed that we will see coronavirus come flooding back into our communities, and then we will be faced with another series of difficult decisions. inevitably, people want to know where that leaves them for christmas. will the firebreak have been enough to earn more freedom over the next few weeks? will families be allowed to gather? rachel in ebbw vale has already bought the presents. she feels they‘ve sacrificed enough to deserve a get—together. we‘ve cancelled holidays, and things that were planned, birthdays, and mental health has definitely suffered among people. we have done a lot. so you need this. yeah, we do. wales‘s firebreak worked, but few here feel like basking in its success. just as restrictions were lifting... ..businesses in northern ireland reopened their doors today, only to have to close them again

in a week‘s time. we were all very excited to be back in the shop again, and then work hard and pay the bills. and then it was really disappointing when i heard yesterday that we have only one week. last night, the stormont executive made the decision, which took a lot of businesses by surprise, to return to an even stricter two—week circuit breaker. the scale of closures we saw back in march, except schools will stay open. i don't think we could have put any more safeguards in than what we have. and i don't think that has been seen. that's what it feels like. there's a lot of anger today in the business community. in fact, so much so that the business community have lost trust in this executive. hospitality and retail are symbiotic, they rely on each other. and they are now closed in what's known as the golden quarter, one of the most important times for both of those industries going forward. the northern ireland executive said the scientific modelling they were presented with showed hospitals could become overwhelmed within weeks, and said they took the decision

to revert to stricter measures now to avoid them just before christmas. but only last week the dup had blocked longer restrictions and argued strongly for the economy opening up. today, the party denied a u—turn. i‘ve always said that we will only take whatever restrictions are necessary. we try to do it in a proportionate and balanced way, but sometimes the virus behaves in a way even our medical advisers don‘t foresee. hospitality organisations have warned of further redundancies. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the latest government figures show there were 20,252 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means that the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 22,287. 1,746 people have been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last saturday. and 511 deaths were reported —

that‘s people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means, on average, in the past week, a26 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 54,286. the bbc has learned that millions of public sector workers in england, including teachers and police, could face a pay freeze next year. there are 5.5 million public sector workers, but it‘s thought that nhs staff may be exempt from the measures. figures out today show that government borrowing hit {22.3 billion last month — that‘s the highest october figure since monthly records began in 1993. our economics editor, faisal islam, has the details. 2020 has been a year of public servants keeping the country going in tough times and the nation showing its appreciation. a government trying to cope with huge borrowing is now planning

pay freezes to help save billions, surprising teachers such as alan in walsall. we‘ve kept the country going to allow the rest of the economy to get back on its feet a bit, gone out of our way to do ourjob, but at the same time we‘re not being recognised, so i think it would be grossly unfair. nathan also helps kids to school. a coach driver in buckinghamshire, he says public sector wages should reflect the lockdown economic turmoil. now is not the time for a pay rise. whilst everyone in the private sector is worrying whether they will have a job by christmas, this is unfair. us drivers have had to take a 20% wage cut. this has resulted in me being on a smaller hourly rate than when i was 18. that is precisely the government‘s argument, too — that fairness demands pay restraint. today, representatives of firefighters, policemen, teachers and other civil servants condemned the idea of a pay freeze. during the middle of the pandemic, we give them the body blow they will have a pay freeze

for three years. these are some of the lowest paid workers in this country. they have given so much. we have clapped them on a thursday night and yet, at the end of it, what are we doing? nhs workers are expected to be exempt from any freeze, but there is a sea of red in the public finances. it is not fair that private sector workers should take all of the pain from the pandemic and public sector workers should be virtually completely immune from it. separately, there is a point about what we can afford. the government borrowed more than £22 billion last month, more than is spent on policing across the uk, a record for october — but, with a new lockdown and extended support, annual borrowing is heading closer to £400 billion, a peacetime record. the unions are furious, but they think they have the public on their side, in this year of all years, against the government‘s fundamental argument that there are billions to be saved from the public sector wage bill. for a chancellor more used to signing multi—billion rescue

checks, this is risky politics, but the detail of this pay freeze, whether it is chilly or arctic, depends on, for example, the length — we will get that detail at the spending review. as the economy continues to suffer, the bulk of the tough decisions on tax and spend are to be put off, but not for public sector workers. faisal islam, bbc news. there are just six weeks left before the end of the brexit transition period, where the uk has been following eu rules on a temporary basis, to allow for a new trade deal to be thrashed out. it‘s been a fraught process, and talks have stopped for a short time, because one of the eu team tested positive for covid—19. over the months, deadlines have come and gone — but, now that it‘s crunch time, how ready are we? here‘s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. sunday night, six minutes past six, heading into dover for the boat to france. this is a familiarjourney

for lorry driver vic. he‘s been moving goods to and from europe for years. he kept us a video log of a recent trip. it is relatively easy. all you do is show your passport, and i‘m presuming that‘ll go out the window. it is all about to change. new trade rules come into play injanuary. goods moving between the uk and eu will be subject to new customs controls and checks, some phased in, but still, for drivers and traders, a whole new system to grapple with. now leaving in calais. straight off the dock and away we go. i doubt that‘ll happen injanuary. the driver is almost going to have to have a briefcase full of new paperwork. in lincoln, permits and papers are piling up as the boss of vic‘s firm prepares. his transport company specialises in international haulage. he fears, after some brexit false starts, not all businesses have realised this time change is coming.

there's a sort of feeling of, we've all been here before, and it's been put back a couple of times, and i think that hasn't helped, and add covid to that, that hasn't helped, either. but i certainly foresee severe disruption in the first few weeks as far as goods moving to and from the uk are concerned. in kent, work is under way on this new lorry park to help both process vehicles and manage traffic. the fear is lorries backed up, supply chains disrupted. to try and avoid that, hgvs will need permits to enter kent, to show they are prepared. all part of government efforts to keep things flowing. but some local residents aren‘t convinced. it will be very interesting to walk up here on january ist and see what's happening. it will no doubt be completely inaccessible by vehicles, because they'll be queueing right round the motorway exits in both directions. preparations by government have ramped up. there are checklists, guidebooks, help centres

for hauliers, millions spent on technology and infrastructure. but it is late in the day. the diggers are still in the ground, with six weeks to go. whether we reach a trade deal with the eu or not, these changes will happen come january, because we‘ve left the customs union and the single market. the government says its systems should be in place in time, but there is a real worry that businesses don‘t have long enough to be ready. at this manufacturer‘s in kent, there is uncertainty. they export engineering parts to the eu. they are ready for new systems but don‘t know about tariffs, which are still subject to trade talks. there is a large amount of nervousness. we understand the process, we understand that we‘ve got to change our paperwork. we also believe there‘s going to be tariffs, but if you go on the website, it doesn‘t really tell you what it‘s going to be. it always says, to be confirmed. wacky races, here we go.

for those like vic, on the front line of trade, the changes brexit will bring really are now just a few weeks away, with much still to be done to keep things moving. alex forsyth, bbc news. it‘s exactly 75 years since the start of the nuremberg trials — the prosecution of nazi leaders for the murder of millions during adolf hitler‘s third reich. the trials brought to justice men who‘d planned and carried out the holocaust. fergal keane has been speaking to survivors of the nazi genocide, as well as to the son of a german official convicted of the mass murder of millions ofjews. there are distressing images in his report. the scarecrow wears the coat of a nazi mass murderer — placed there by a son who condemns the crimes of his father. my name is niklas frank. i am the son of the butcher of poland, hans frank, who was executed in the nuremberg

trials in 1946. in a london garden, a woman mourns a murdered sister. they were monstrous. they were not human beings, those nazis. they were tried in the nuremberg trials. a few got a death sentence, but a lot got away with it. judges from britain, america... it was a trial of crimes that defied the imagination. nazi leaders faced a court that established the principle of internationaljustice. 75 years later, we‘ve been hearing from some of those who‘ve lived in the long shadow of nuremberg. vengeance is not our goal. nor do we seek merely a just retribution.

my name is ben ferencz. i am the sole surviving prosecutor from the nuremberg war crimes trials. ben is now 100 years old. i don't need to repeat the horrors that i partially witnessed. he prosecuted the einsatzgruppen trial, the roving killing squads who murdered a million people. like leah epstein and her brother, max, ordered to strip before being shot in latvia in 1941. ben ferencz wasjewish but, despite the horror of the evidence, he believed justice demanded he set his personal feelings aside. i was able to turn myself into a robot. i didn't see people as being jewish or notjewish. they killed also communists, they killed gypsies. i succeeded very well in regarding all the people who were victims as human beings.

frank was a willing and knowing participant in the use of terrorism in poland... among the notorious defendants was hans frank, governor of occupied poland, seen here in sunglasses. 4 million died under his rule. his son, niklas, pictured with his father as a child of the nazi elite, long ago denounced hans frank. do you believe in the death penalty? do you believe that that was the right course of action? no, i am completely against the death penalty, but really, i think, my father had deserved the death penalty — for one reason, that he should himself experience the same death fear which he distributed about hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

so many deaths to account for. ida bach was ten years old when she was murdered. she left her sister while in hiding in order to return to her mother. they perished in auschwitz. she would have been alive, my sister, if she had come with me, but she left my hand. and that, i felt guilty all the time. when they put those german leaders on trial at nuremberg, did you feel any sense of satisfaction? no, it was notjustice for me, not at all. how many were hanged? to me, it was too good to be hanged after what they‘d done, you know? nuremberg was a beginning, but the story at its heart — of massacred minorities, of intolerance — stains humanity still. fergal keane, bbc news. a coroner has said the television presenterjeremy kyle

may have "caused or contributed to" the death of a man who had appeared on his programme. steve dymond was found dead at his home in portsmouth in may last year, days after he took a lie—detector test on thejeremy kyle show. a full inquest is expected to take place next year. rebekah vardy has won round one of her legal battle against coleen rooney. ajudge has ruled that mrs rooney "clearly identified" mrs vardy when she made allegations against her about social media stories being leaked in tabloid newspapers. their disagreement broke out in october 2019, when coleen rooney attempted to find out who was behind fake stories about her, by putting out false information, which she claims could only have been seen by rebekah vardy. david sillito reports. coleen rooney, rebekah vardy — both famous for being married to premier league footballers, both with high—profile celebrity careers. and the issue — who was leaking stories about coleen

rooney to the papers? she had a suspicion and set up an instagram account with some fake stories, and limited access to just one other account — rebekah va rdy‘s account. rebekah vardy says she didn‘t leak anything, and began legal proceedings. and so, at the high court today, the lawyers gathered for round one of vardy versus rooney. this was, of course, only a preliminary hearing to decide if that post was directly pointing the finger at rebekah vardy and rebekah vardy alone. the judge decided it was, and so a victory for rebekah vardy and, for coleen rooney, a cost of £22,913.50. the law is a costly business. coleen rooney and rebekah vardy are being given a couple of months to see if they can resolve this and avoid a high court libel battle. david sillito, bbc news. the acclaimed travel writer and historianjan morris has died. she was 94.

born as james morris, she started out in journalism, reporting for the times on the conquest of everest. in 1972, she had gender reassignment surgery, an experience she wrote about in the book conundrum. jan morris wrote more than 40 books, and leaves behind a collection of unique and vivid descriptions of some of the world‘s greatest cities. our arts correspondent, rebecca jones, looks back at an extraordinary life. jan morris, award—winning travel writer and historian, journalist, and one of the earliest to undergo gender reassignment surgery. life had begun as james, a dashing young army officer turned ambitious newspaper reporter, whose moment came in 1953 with the conquest of everest. morris reported the achievement for the times, more interested in climbing the career ladder than the ascent itself. to fool rivals, morris sent news of the success in code. the times published it on coronation day. for a moment, james morris was one of the most famous