good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. all the benches are marked out of ten, the final one's jurgen klopp says liverpool might struggle to end ones for a wow factor, the season with 11 players, but i give sort of up to three unless broadcasters talk to each marks for the location. other about the football schedule. there is one mark for armrest, klopp has complained about the turnaround times one for curvature in the seat, between champions league and premier league fixtures. one for a decent back support. they play atalanta on wednesday and then obviously the tenth mark and brighton on saturday at 12.30. is sort ofjust a wow, klopp said he would go "really nuts" and something i really enjoy. if he was told again that the clubs i remember one time, had agreed the broadcast deals. he said the contracts were'nt made newport train station, for a covid season and the whole word had changed but the contract with the broadcasters i asked a chap just to take a photo is still inflexible. and he had laughed about it, he said his friend reviewed hand arsenal and leeds have both driers and it wasn't the weirdest sort of request he had had. condemned the abuse directed there's a bench that looks out at nicolas pepe and ezgjan alioski, across my home town, but as, after the pair clashed sort of strictly speaking bench in yesterday's goalless terms go, that is draw at elland road. definitely my favourite. pepe was sent off when he put his it's really big and bulky and it's really well treated. head into alioski's face, it's a really lovely bench. following a number of niggly when the lockdown first came around, exchanges between the pair. the use of public benches they were both targeted on social was sort of outlawed. media in a manner described

as "vile" by the clubs, who released co—ordinated i think it's really that people are just looking statements, in which they promised for something different, to work with the police and football that's a little bit more positive and it is about getting out authorities to identify there and enjoying the time those responsible. in nature and the chance to breathe. this part of kent has overtaken football's law making body ifab is meeting today hull in terms of whip time for a look at the weather. to discuss the possibility of indtroducing here's matt taylor. concussion substitutes. trials could start as early you will need an extra bit of as january but the subs wouldn't be introduced to the premier league until next season. padding to be on a bench. if you there are huge concerns that heading the ball can lead like your mornings crisp and fresh to dementia later in life. there is more to come later this the former luton town week but with a bit more fog round. striker mick harford, who's now the club's recruitment in the next 2a hours things are officer, was a prolific header of the ball during a 20—year playing career. he says it's a dangerous business. turning milder, this afternoon in eastern england temperatures don't get above single figure, what what my my experience of it is that it happens through the night. temperatures get milder into tomorrow morning so we start started when i was at school and we tomorrow morning so we start tomorrow with more of you in double figures and it is due to used to play those heady cases. i strengthening south to south—westerly winds, all tied one can vividly remember heading balls this area of cloud, it has been playing for my school team and blacking out for two or three pushing in, producing rain in seconds after heading the ball western scotland, that is on the because the ball was that heavy. i shift eastwards, rain easing off for do have memory lapses, in all

a time, but it will be wetter in fairness. i speak to old team mates parts of northern england. and a few of mine, which happened me reminisce splashes of rain round some western about things and, i'll be perfectly areas, largely dry though, the take honest with you, some of them i can't remember and i think, why is us areas, largely dry though, the take us into tonight. parly clear skies that? is that my age because i've but more cloud than last night. that been heading balls for the majority breeze picking up as well. strongest of my life since i was a young boy? in the north—west of scotland where the skies will clear later allowing so, ido temperatures to dip down into single of my life since i was a young boy? so, i do fearfor that. of my life since i was a young boy? so, i do fearforthat. ifearfor having dementia. figure, confirmation it will be a milder start with most in double the preisdent of the confederation figures as we start the day. as we of african football has been banned from the sport for five go into tuesday, the big picture years by fifa. ahmad ahmad was also a vice—president of the world shows this straddling weather front, governing body but he's been found the same one with us today. this guilty of breaching various codes of ethincs, buckling is an indication that front including his duty of loyalty, is not going to move much, we will offering and accepting gifts, abuse of position see rain in western scotland, and misappropriation of funds. probably a wetter day in northern he's also been fined £150,000. ireland tomorrow, and there will be he's previously denied in that breeze some outbreaks of rain. a brighter da ifor the any wrongdoing. north—west of scotland. the winds russia's daniil medvedev has added his voice to concerns that not as strong but a breezier day for january's australian open may england and wales, best of the not go ahead. sunshine, east anglia and south—east during the afternoo and and compared medvedev won the atp tour finals in london yesterday, to seeing temperatures in single the biggest title of his career. figures today, tomorrow round 12—14 degrees across the eastern parts. he's said players may be unwilling

to travel to melbourne so the milder air is there to finish for the tournament, given they may not have enough time tuesday, with us through tuesday to settle and train due night but the weather front is on to quarantine requirements. the move. pushing southwards and if it goes ahead though, medvedev says he feels ready to win a first grand slam title. eastwards, allowing winds to develop and that will introduce colder air for all as we head to the end of the week. with winds lighter mist and grand slams are not easy. 0ut fog. wednesday, some parts of grand slams are not easy. out of five sets, you need to win seven matches to get the title. it's, you southern eastern england will stick within —— within the cloud. patchy rain or drizzle. a brighter day need a lot of experience to play further north and west compared to good there. i am gaining it how we start the week. a few showers step—by—step. i am going higher and in scotland. it will colder into higher, taking big titles, meeting thursday and friday, we will welcome big guys, so hopefully one day i back overnight frost. temperatures will have the trophy but ijust work as you can see in many towns and hard, try to win every match and then i'll see. grand slam title cities in single figure, mist and fog will start to linger as we go through the day. certainly, over the feels inevitable for him. that's all the sport for now but there's more next 2a hours simon, things are set on the bbc sport website, to turn milder. back to you. 00:03:54,178 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 back to you. including the latest from the uk snooker championship that started today. anthony hamilton and ryan day are both out, after testing positive for covid—i9.

you can follow the tournament on our website and across the bbc. that's it for me, simon, back to you. they we re it for me, simon, back to you. they were well and truly snookered! more now on the coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university, which stops 70% of people developing covid symptoms, and, in certain doses, as much as 90%. the head of the oxford vaccine andrew pollard gave his reaction to the study‘s findings to our medical editor fergus walsh. it's a very exciting moment because we have seen now, finally, that the vaccine does actually work. it can prevent coronavirus disease, it is a high efficacy vaccine with a headline figure of 70%. then we have this intriguing result underneath that, which suggests that with one of the dosing regimens, we could get as much as 90% protection. also, whatever we do, whichever of these regimens we use, we have not seen anyone who was vaccinated admitted to hospital or getting severe disease. for me, this is a really exciting moment that all of the efforts of this year,

we have managed to get to a point where we have a vaccine that could have a big impact in the pandemic. in terms of that effectiveness, at least 70%, just when you were developing this vaccine, just how much did you think you might get something that effective and how good is that? as we have been developing a vaccine, i think across all of this, with these types of viruses something that had 60% — 80% protection would be fantastic. so having a figure like this is great news, it means we have a vaccine that will have an impact on the disease. in terms of your vaccine, as opposed to some of the others being marketed, just what sort of edge does yours have in terms of helping, not just the uk, but the world? we need all the vaccines. we are not going to be in competition with other vaccines.

there is not enough supply to make sure that everyone is protected as early as possible next year. i think the one thing that we're particularly pleased about with ours is that partnership we've made with astrazeneca is not for profits, which means that it can be distributed around the world equitably. secondly, because it's stored at fridge temperatures, it can go in the normal cold chain, the supply chain for vaccines around the world. so for us, this is about getting it to everyone who needs it and wherever they are. is there any... some people say, moderna and pfizer, they are 95%, this is 70%, so there is a bit of disappointment there, is that wrong? i don't feel disappointed. we have multiple high efficacy vaccines. what we need is to have people vaccinated and once we have done that, we will start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. what do you think the impact could be if we do start may be doing

a little bit of immunisation next month, but a lot early in spring. when do you think this might have an impact on the way we live our lives? the impact is going to happen when people are vaccinated. so it is actually over to the public once we have a licensed product. and so i think the timing of when all that happens is a huge logistical effort for the nhs, but if we do get all the vulnerable people in the population vaccinated, there is a glimmer of hope that by the second half of next year, we may very well be back to normal. no more facemasks or social distancing? it's so dependent on what the uptake is like, how many people are protected and whether we can stop the virus in its tracks. but you can now see, potentially, a future beyond the pandemic? i am optimistic that we can see the pandemic coming to an end toward the end of next year. of course, there are a lot

of people around the world. this is about protecting humanity, it's notjust about the uk. it's about global distribution. and that will take the whole year. dr david nabarro is special envoy to the world health organization on covid—i9, and told my colleague geeta guru—murthy that the oxford vaccine success was great news for the fight against the virus. i have such a big smile on my face. my face is all creased up and i am so pleased. you just said it in your report, this is a relatively inexpensive vaccine. it is a vaccine that can be kept at normal fridge temperature. and it is a vaccine that does seem, as we heard, in certain dose combinations, to be as effective as some of the other vaccines that need to be kept under different circumstances, and will be more expensive. so, this is really good. and i'm so, so excited.

congratulations to all involved. the scientists, the volunteers, 50,000 of them. great. but, as with all good bits of news, there is always that extra bit. there is still work to be done to take all the data, and there is more data to come in, to the regulators so that they can decide whether they are ok to give an emergency use authorisation for the uk, or whether they think more work has to be done. and then we have one other thing, which is this vaccine is not going to reach everybody in britain, and certainly not everybody in the world, until at least april. and i think it may take longer. there are still steps that have to be worked through. and so we must be really careful,

and we must have brilliant test, trace and isolate, even with the new ideas and isolation. if we make a bit of a mistake in the coming four months, orfive months, and we end up with really big surges of the virus, then it will create a big problem for us. please, everybody, in anticipating all of the vaccines coming through, please follow the requests up until then. please be careful. because this is still a really horrible and dangerous virus. and we'll be answering your questions on the oxford vaccine here on the bbc news channel at 2pm dr maheshi ramasamy, an investigator at the oxford vaccine group, will be with us. do send your questions using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions or email them using yourquestions@bbc.co.uk.

we'll be putting them to our experts at 11.30. we'll be putting them to our experts at 2pm. three prominent hong kong activists — joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam — have been remanded in custody, after pleading guilty to charges relating to the siege of police headquarters injune last year. the three are members of hong kong's pro—democracy movement, which has faltered since a new national security law gave the government sweeping powers to suppress the opposition. danny vincent in hong kong has more on what the impact of this law has been. what activists would say is that the national security law has essentially silenced the street protest movement. injuly, when the law was imposed by mainland china, by beijing, on hong kong, many observers felt that the likes ofjoshua wong would likely be perhaps the number one target of this law. he's remained defiant, in some ways. he is facing other charges,

as we know, as of today. but it seems that the national security law, activists would say, has had quite a powerful impact on the pro—democracy movement. people are afraid to take to the streets. but there also a further crackdown here in hong kong, or at least that is the language that activists would be using. we have seen pro—democracy lawmakers arrested, and also we've seen pro—democracy lawmakers resign en masse. so, the activists that i've been speaking to, they feel it's very difficult to fight back at the moment because the street protests that were so abundant last year has essentially fallen silent. and even the formal opposition, well, many of them, have resigned due to what they would say is pressures from beijing. an american child who was made to threaten president donald trump in an islamic state group propaganda

video says it was "sweet relief" to arrive back in the us. matthew was just eight years old when he was taken to the is stronghold of raqqa in syria by his mother and stepfather. he has spoken for the first time about his ordeal to bbc panorama and front line pbs. film—makerjosh baker has this report. it's been two years since matthew, who is now 13, was rescued from war—torn syria. he's had counselling and support and is now living back in america with his dad, juan. the first time i saw my dad, i was happy, very happy. did you ever imagine, after all the time, that you'd be back here? no. i'll be honest, i never did. matthew was taken to raqqa in 2015 by his mother, samantha sally and stepfather moussa elhassani. what's it like seeing isis around you ? it's like thinking of someone that basically has your life in their grasp. say one wrong thing,

and they could easilyjust kill you. in the summer of 2017, as a us—led coalition attack to raqqa, the terror group used matthew to deliver a message of defiance. this battle is not going to end in raqqa or mosul. it's going to end in new orleans, when the will of allah will have victory. so get ready, for the fighting has just begun. some people will have seen the isis propaganda video of you. what is it that you would want people to understand ? that not all kids actually want to do that. that a lot of times they are forced. in december 2017, i travelled to syria and spoke to matthew's mother, who'd escaped with her children and was being held in a kurdish detention camp. she claimed she had been tricked into going to syria by her husband, moussa. i didn't know what was happening. i assumed that i was being lied to.

i see my husband cross through a fence, and he just goes. he knows — he knows i'm going to follow him. what am i going to do? her husband, who had become an islamic state group sniper, was killed. matthew and his mother were flown back to the us injuly 2018. when you first came back to america, what did it feel like? it's like being in tight clothes or tight socks and shoes all day, and then just taking it off, that's what it felt like. like sweet relief. matthew's mother, samantha sally, was arrested and charged with providing material support for terrorism, which she denied. a year later, in november 2019, she took a plea deal and admitted financing terrorism and supporting her husband to join the terror group. i spoke to her injail. do you accept that the choices you made put your children through some of the worst experiences you could imagine for a child to have for years?

i accept that i was unable to make the decisions to protect them better. earlier this month, she was sentenced to six and a half years. for her son matthew, the ordeal is now behind her. what's the best thing about being home? everything. just everything, like there isn't a best part. just being here is nice. you can hear more about matthew's story in a new ten—part bbc podcast called: ‘i'm not a monster'. episode one launches today. last night you may have caught the second installment of steve mcqueen's ‘small axe' series on bbc one. the films by the oscar winning director document the real life experiences of london's caribbean community between 1969 and 1982. the star wars actorjohn boyega stars in the next episode — ‘red, white and blue' — in which he plays leroy logan, the former metropolitan police

superintendent who helped to found the black police association. he has been speaking to our entertainment correspondent colin paterson about the project. police! i'm out there with no back—up! sometimes i think the earth has to be scorched. replanted, so something good will come of it. john boyega, in red, white and blue, you play leroy logan, a real—life metropolitan police officer. now it is not a famous story, but what was it about it that captivated you ? it was about leroy‘s decision to try and join an institution and help motivate change. there wasn't a lot of black representation in the police force then. there was still a lot of... a bad energy between civilians and the police. i think what he was trying to do at that given time, i am curious to explore that as an actor, to explore that kind of man. how timely is it for this film to be

coming out in the year of george floyd and black lives matter? unfortunately, we don't want it to be timely, but it is something that is a continuous dialogue. so for this to come out now, especially with this unique black british caribbean perspective that we don't get to see often, i think it is very important for the kind of dialogue. how did you feel about the police, growing up? i had mixed thoughts about the police because my dad raised me to be always critical. my dad raised me to be believe that truth was always harder on the mind to find. i always tried to take a situation in for its complication and nuance. this is what red, white and blue explores. my relation to the police, there were some that i really didn't like, and there was some working on specific forces like trident that were around my area that gave us a bad time. and there were some, you know, nice guy. so i understood that. this is very important, this is very vital. black lives have always mattered!

we have always been important, we have always meant something! we have always succeeded regardless. and now is the time! iain't waiting! i was fascinated to learn that leroy was actually in the crowd at hyde park when you stood up and gave your black lives matter speech. i remember, in that speech, you actually said, as well, i don't know if this will do serious damage to my career. now, five months on, how do you look back on that day? i look back at it as if it was a blur. i didn't plan for it to happen. there is still a lot for me to process but, at the same time, it is also looking back at the fears that i embody, and some fears i still have, that come from a natural place and natural experiences. looking from the outside in, it will look like, mate, you'll be fine, you will be cool. but, in that moment, just being overwhelmed by so many people, looking and seeing, you know, international news helicopters taking in this speech i was making, iwasjust like, 0k, cool. now i'm notjust speaking

to people that follow me, i'm speaking to the world. the whole world doesn't agree with me, the whole world doesn't want the best for me, so i had to mention just how i was feeling, honestly, from my heart. now, we have some stunning footage of the northern lights to show you the spectacular display was captured by photographer and astronomer matt robinson in norway, last night. between late september and late march, northern norway is dark from early afternoon until late morning — so now is a good time to see the natural phenomenon. the cold conditions there currently mean that conditions are at their peak for sky—watchers. a british musician has been playing the piano to monkeys at historic sites in thailand to raise awareness of their hunger. paul barton had a bit of a tough

crowd to please during the concert, with the audience of macaques tugging on his hair, stealing his music and climbing all over his piano. thailand is seeing a reduction in the number of visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has meant there are less visitors to feed them and fewer funds to look after them. the monkeys are his latest audience, as he previously played bach, schubert, chopin, and beethoven for more than a decade to elephants at retirement sanctuaries. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, the frosty morning that some of you experienced today will be back later in the week but for the next two days, things turning milder and that process begins tonight for eastern areas. take a look across eastern england, temperatures down into single figures. by dawn, most places will be in double figures as temperatures rise through the night

rather than fall. it's all due to weather fronts out to the north and west of the country bringing in south—westerly winds ahead of them, plenty rain to any afternoon and going into western scotland still, minorflooding here, turning wetter in northern ireland and the strongest of the breed to be found in the north and west. dry conditions with some sunshine to end the day to the south and east and many will stay dry through the night, but with increasing the amounts of cloud, notice how it still raining into the morning in western scotland and the north and west of northern ireland. but as i said, confirmation there that it will be milder to start tomorrow morning compared to today. many places in double digits as we start the day. the big picture for tuesday shows those weather fronts affecting parts of western scotland and northern ireland to begin with and it will be on those same sorts of areas all day long. again, the increasing risk of minorflooding here. the rain probably heavier and longer lasting in northern ireland through tomorrow, we will see some rain affect north west england and other parts of scotland as well. much of england and wales as well will be dry, varying amounts of cloud,

some sunshine, the best of which across east anglia and the south—east during the afternoon and a breezy day for most of you, though the wind is easing down in the north west of scotland later. temperatures into tomorrow, sticking in double figures throughout the day, climbing into the low teens for one or two of you. eventually the, the cold front bringing the rain across scotland and northern ireland will be on the move southwards and eastwards as we going to wednesday and to the end of the week, it opens the door to the return of much colder air uk wide and as i said, frost and fog as well. wednesday, a transition day, that weather front will be lingering across parts of east anglia in the south—east. not a huge amount of rain, but that could be the odd heavier burst, away from that, northwards and westwards, most places will see some sunshine on wednesday, but a drop in temperatures, back down into single figures. a few showers to the north and west of scotland and northern ireland. more of you will be dry on thursday and friday, increasing chance of some overnight frost and also fog. some of that fog could be lingering by day, but certainly, big change around from the start of the week where we start with some milder air and of course, some rain, particularly to the north and west.

this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2pm. oxford university announces that its covid vaccine works. overall the vaccine is 70% effective and — in some dosages — 90%. it's also cheaper, and easier to store than those already announced it really looks as if there is a vaccine which has the potential to protect against the disease, and importantly, in any one who had the

vaccine, there were no admissions to hospital, no severe disease. with one more week of lockdown in england — borisjohnson prepares to tell us what's coming next. daily coronavirus tests will be offered to close contacts of people who've tested positive in england — to reduce the current 14—day quarantine. we report from melbourne — the australian city which accounted