this is bbc news the headlines at 4.00. the foreign secretary says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who're unhappy with the latest coronavirus restrictions for england. having a vote on the regulations in january, with a sunset in february if that doesn't pass again, i think, is the right combination of accountability and transparency, with taking the measures that the public need now. the french formula one driver romain grosjean escapes a huge crash at the bahrain grand prix, which saw his car split in two and erupt into flames. the race has now restarted. lewis hamilton tweeted that he was grateful grosjean was safe and it was a reminder that drivers put their lives on the line for the sport.

do you think we could get the deal? let us work, let us work. the eu's chief negotiatior michel barnier continues talks in london over a post—brexit trade deal — but fishing is still a sticking point. and the man behind the mask of darth vader — weightlifter—turned—actor dave prowse has died at the age of 85. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who're unhappy with the latest coronavirus restrictions for england. the revised tier system comes into force next week, replacing the current lockdown. most of england will be in the highest two levels of restrictions.

our political correspondent, ellie price, reports. "tis the season to be jolly careful," said boris johnson last week. and he needs to be, with a potential rebellion of his own mps unhappy about the proper tier system about the tougher tier system in england, set to start on wednesday. yesterday michael gove warned it wasn'tjust ministers who had to take difficult decisions, but mps also. this morning the foreign secretary opted for more domestic diplomacy. we are listening, we do understand, colleagues, mps say to me we just want to understand that the measures you are taking take into account not just the cost and benefit of tackling the virus, but also the non—covid health and social implications and we will publish more analysis on that and we take seriously the principle of parliamentary accountability. the prime minister has written to all mps and peers are promising to all mps and peers, promising that if they back him he will give them a new vote on the restrictions on january 27th.

if he loses that vote, restrictions by end on february the 3rd. —— restrictions would end. he says a review of restrictions next month means some areas could come out of tier 3 on december 19th, especially if the evidence suggests recent lockdown measures have had an impact. prime ministers tend not to give concessions unless they feel they are forced to, even if it is nearly christmas. one conservative mp told me he had no confidence in the cack—handed way things had been put together. another mp told me that the letter was nice, but he still hadn't decided how he will vote. if enough tories rebel, the government will rely on labour support, and that isn't a good look. so far labour haven't said they will support the measures, but they have never voted against health restrictions in the past either. the reason i'm not committing to vote for these measures is we are not convinced at the moment that they are either sufficient or workable. it is not too late for the government to convince us of that, but that's what they've got to do in the next 48 hours. government scientific

advisers say the tougher restrictions are crucial. the rates are still too high, there are too many cases, too many people dying, and if we take the brakes off at this stage, just when the end is in sight, i think we will be making a huge mistake. many mps are waiting for the government to publish its so—called impact assessment tomorrow, which will look at the economic and social effect of the english tiers. today, the mayor of manchester has called for more compensation for businesses in the restricted tiers, but for many, it is already too late. let's speak to the conservative mp for north west leicestershire, andrew bridgen, who says he won't support —— hejoins us now. have the prime minister won you back? we haven't really addressed my concerns. my concern with the new tiering proposals is the geographic link between my constituency in the north—west of leicestershire and the rest of leicestershire with the city

of leicester, which is run by the labour party under its mayor peter soulsby, who has a lamentable track record of being able to suppress the virus and while we are geographically linked to leicester there is really no prospect at all, whatever we do in the rest of the county, of reducing the lockdown measures and getting into a lower tier, so i've written to matt hancock, asking for a assurance that as our infection figures support, but we will be reduced to a lower tier and effectively decoupled from the city of leicester. two things, first of all politics and then the health risks. matt hancock in some of the papers today has been reported to be supporting the decoupling of leicester, so if that we re decoupling of leicester, so if that were to happen you would then vote in favour, would you? i wrote to matt yesterday. i am expecting a written response. and if that written response. and if that written response. and if that written response gives me the

reassurance and my constituents the reassurance and my constituents the reassurance that we will be decoupled from leicester, then i will be able to support the government. if i don't receive that... government. if i don't receive that. . . did government. if i don't receive that... did he intimate that he did support you? that... did he intimate that he did support you ? what that... did he intimate that he did support you? what did he say verbally to you on that? we didn't speak verbally, it was by text, but he did indicate that he would be coming back to me and i am hoping that he will give us those assurances. i that he will give us those assurances. i have that he will give us those assurances. i have supported the government throughout, reluctantly, throughout, due to the science throughout, due to the science through the code in 19 lockdown measures, but i have to be fair to my constituents. they can't be held to ransom, effectively, by the incompetence of leicester's city council. the mayor of leicester himself broke the lockdown and was exposed on numerous occasions and treated this as completely insignificant, despite adding millions of pounds of government money and help for the nhs and public health england to suppress the virus, the figures for infection

rates in the city of leicester are still very, very high. but forgive me, i know you are making a political point about the mayor of leicester being a labour mayor, but what about preventing people leaving the city of leicester into the surrounding areas? this is what the scientists are worried about, that you have got to take a much larger overall view, otherwise people are just going to be crossing county lines the whole time, aren't they, and spreading the infection? well, my constituency doesn't border the city. leicester was unfortunately the first local lockdown area and we manage that quite satisfactorily, but... the labour party have already damaged in leicester thousands and thousands of hospitality businesses and affected a large number of citizens, and i cannot allow their maladministration to affect my constituents, the people i represent, so i wouldn't be able to support the government without those further reassurances going forward., just ask you, looking ahead,

post—christmas, we have got the relaxation for the five days over christmas, scientists are particularly happy about that, but there is a political imperative and an economic imperative as well. how likely do you think there will be a new surge in the new year. ? well, the more contact we have the faster the more contact we have the faster the virus will spread. it is up to every household and every individual to ta ke every household and every individual to take responsibility to protect themselves and their family and the community. we have still got to be vigilant. 0k, andrew bridgen, thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news this afternoon. that, as we we re speaking, the latest figures have come through. coronavirus uk record is new cases of cobh i9 and 215 deaths is new cases of cobh 19 and 215 deaths in the past, based on the system fog deaths linked to covert

19 infection. staying with coronavirus. .. in scotland, nicola sturgeon has defended her government's handling of the pandemic, as statistics show scotland's covid death rate is higher than england. official figures show there were 50.5 deaths per million in scotland in the week up to 15th november, compared to 40.6 in england. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, the first minister said it was too soon to be comparing statistics. the number of deaths in scotland is far too high. you won't hear me say any different. i don't think there is an acceptable level of deaths. what i would say is firstly, and, you know, i don't think it should be seen as a competition, but you've asked me the question in a comparative sense. we have a lower death rate, if i could use that term, than england and wales. there are particular issues in scotland, which will not be unique to scotland, different demographics, intergenerational issues of long—term health conditions, but perhaps the most fundamental point, which applies

to all countries is this one. we are still in the teeth of this pandemic. so i think it's premature for any country to be declaring victory or assessing performance against others. every single day right now, my focus is on trying to do the best i can with my scottish government colleagues to suppress the virus, to drive levels of the virus down. we are not complacent about that, but we do have a lower prevalence of the virus at the moment than the other nations of the uk. of course, we have to work on that every single day. none of us are finding it an easy challenge to face. nicola sturgeon on the andrew marr programme. if you live in england and want to check which tier your area will be in, you can enter your postcode on the bbc news website — that's bbc.co.uk/news. just put that in and it will straightaway tell you which tier you are expected to be in. you can get it on the bbc news app as well. if

you have been watching over the last hour or you have been watching over the last hourorso, you have been watching over the last hour or so, you will have seen some of those dramatic images from the formula 1 race in bahrain, where the driver romain grosjean has managed to walk away from a significant crash at the bahrain grand prix, which saw his car burst into flames. the 34—year—old hit the barriers in the opening lap of the race. grosjean's team have said he appears to have light burns on his hands and ankles. they've also thanked the marshalls and other officials for their quick reactions when coming to his rescue. people have been responding to the accident on twitter, including the official formula 1 twitter account, which said, "romain is doing ok, i don't want to make a medical comment, but he had light burns on his hands and ankles.

"obviously he's shaken... "i want to thank the rescue crews who are very quick. "the marshals and fia people they did a greatjob, it was scary" and the british formula 1 driver lewis hamilton tweeted, "ivm so grateful romain is safe. "the risk we take is nojoke, for those of you out there that "forget that we put our life on the line for this sport "and for what we love to do. "thankful to the fia for the massive strides we've taken for romain "to walk away from that safely." we can speak now to the former british f1 driverjohn watson. john, i hope you can hear me. you won five races and total back in the early 1980s. first of all, what is your reaction to the images today with romain grosjean? hello, first of all it was a shocking accident because the back end after turn four, when romain grosjean went from

the left for the circular cross to the left for the circular cross to the right and contacted a number car, which then sent his car at a very high speed directly into the barrier. the thing that was shocking to me was that the car penetrated the barrier, which is something you would never expect to see, but also the car split into two parts, so one pa rt the car split into two parts, so one part of the car went through the barrier with romain grosjean in that pa rt barrier with romain grosjean in that part of the car and the second part of the car stayed on the other side of the car stayed on the other side of the car stayed on the other side of the barrier. there was a fire and fortu nately of the barrier. there was a fire and fortunately romain grosjean was able to step out of the car. he didn't suffer major injuries, fortunately was able to walk away and was taken to the medical centre, where it is believed his injuries are very minor. but listen, that was an accident that in my generation would have had a much worse outcome. and thankfully, thanks to all the work that has been done by the federation of international driving that supports, the fia, including the driver halo, which is a supporter across the driver cockpit,

unquestionably, in my opinion, saved the life today of romain grosjean. which would not have happened when you were driving back in the 1980s. just tell us, john, not only the halo, which presumably is a protecting frame, but presumably what these drivers are wearing now in terms of fire retardant suits and other things as well, just how conscious are they of the risk of fire after a collision like this? well, today drivers wear underwear, overalls, helmets, every part of the safety equipment is mandated by the fia. it was the development of the halo, introduced two years ago. i have to say when it was introduced i wasn't a particular fan of it, but i witness today something that has changed my mind irrevocably and that is that the halo saved romain grosjean's life. that was an accident that had fatality written all over it. it was appalling to watch. the images, i have watched

them again and again and again. i am still shocked by what i watched, but iam sure still shocked by what i watched, but i am sure that romain grosjean's family andi i am sure that romain grosjean's family and i think about his wife and three children, they must be sitting at home thinking, our man, are husband and father is safe and there will be another day for him to think about his future, but today formula 1 saved a racing driver's life unquestionably. john watson, thank you so much indeed forjoining us here on bbc news. senior sources at the arcadia group have told the bbc they do not expect any last—minute rescue of the clothing empire built up by sir philip green. around 13,000 people are employed by the group, which owns uk high street brands such as topshop, dorothy perkins and burton. speaking to the bbc, an insider dismissed talk of any possible rescue. administrators could be appointed as early as monday. our business correspondent, katy austin, gave me this update. arcadia group did have problems before the coronavirus pandemic. it is absolutely true, though, that the restrictions that have

come with coronavirus, shops having to close for a period of time, have really added to those difficulties and yes, it does look like arcadia is set to enter administration at some point tomorrow. in practical terms, the stores would continue to trade for the time being, although of course they can't yet in england until later in the week, but when they do reopen they would carry on trading and the search for a buyer or buyers for those brands really starts. i think it is fair to say that his style of business had become slightly outdated and yes, his brands weren't as quick as others to seize on the opportunities of digital. others, you might think of boohoo, have done very well out of online retail and lots of competition on the high street as well. i think it is worth mentioning at this time, there is going to be a focus in the coming weeks and months on other things like pensions as well because we do think the arcadia group has had a deficit in its pensions funds, which potentially runs into hundreds

of millions of pounds. it is not like members of those schemes are going to lose everything, that is not the case. if administration happens the pension fund will go into what you would think of as a lifeboat, the pension protection fund, but they would lose something of their value, probably around 10%. katy austin there. talks between the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, and his uk counterpart, lord frost, on a post—brexit trade deal are contining today, but downing street says there remains a lot to do at a late hour. the government says fishing rights are still an, "outstanding major bone of contention," but there is a deal to be done. mr barnier himself described negotiations as an, ongoing process. the united nation's humanitarian coordinator in nigeria says 110 civilians were killed in an attack by suspected islamist militants near the city of maiduguri on saturday. the attack happened near the city

of maiduguri in the north eastern borno state. it's a region where islamist militants have long been active. some of the victims, many of them farmers, are said to have been tied up before being knifed to death. a british woman who's spent six years on a camper van tour of europe has gone missing while walking in the pyrenees. esther dingley, who's 37 and originally from durham, last spoke to her partner dan colegate a week ago when she was on the border of france and spain. she was due to finish her solo trek on wednesday, but has not been seen. mr colegate, who's travelled to france to help with the search, said he was "shattered" by her disappearance. more than 10,000 turkeys are to be culled at a farm in northallerton in north yorkshire, over fears they could have bird flu. the department for environment, food and rural affairs said avian flu poses little risk to public health and that this strain of the virus does not affect food safety.

it is for a teen pm, you are watching bbc news. for 18 pm. the headlines on bbc news... the foreign secretary says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who're unhappy with the latest coronavirus restrictions for england. the french formula 1 driver romain grosjean escapes a huge crash at the bahrain grand prix, which saw his car split in two and erupt into flames. and the eu's chief negotiatior michel barnier continues talks in london over a post—brexit trade deal, with fishing rights a sticking point. more on that crash in a minute. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. dramatic scenes in bahrain as formula one driver romain grosjean had to be taken to hospital with burns and suspected broken ribs after his car burst into flames during the first lap of the bahrain grand prix. the race was red—flagged after the crash, but has just got back underway.

that is after repairs to the track. grosjean collided with daniil kvyat, hitting the barrier head on. the car then exploded on impact into a terrifying fireball. the medical car was on the scene almost instantly, but the severity of the crash was such that the car split in two. the monocoque including the cockpit and driver went into the barrier. the rear split off. grosjean was in the car for around 15 seconds before he managed to extricate himself. he's been taken to hospital and reportedly suffering from suspected broken ribs and burns to his hands and ankles. the race was stopped immediately. gunther steiner, who's the principal of the team grosjean races for, haas, has thanked the rescue crews, who are very quick. and lewis hamilton has tweeted, saying how grateful he is that romain is safe. he also drew attention to the risks that drivers take for the sport.

in cricket, england havejust won their t20 series against south africa. they've beaten the home side by 4 wickets in the last few minutes in paarl. south africa batted first and after a good start they were kept in check by england's bowlers, on their way to 146—6. but england had a shakey start to their reply, with jason roy, jos buttler and jonny bairstow all out early on. but dawid malan steadied the ship for england with a measured half—century. but after he was caught for 55, england edged their way to victory. a phenomenal comeback for manchester united who came from 2—0 down to beat southampton 3—2 at st mary's. jan bednarek got the first goalfor southampton. james ward—prowse got the second with this free kick on 33 minutes. however, the second half saw a galvanised manchester united. bruno fernandez pulled a goal back. edison cavani then got the equaliser with a diving header and won

the match for united in added time, getting on the end of a shot from outside the box. nine ties in the fa cup today, with four going to extra time. plenty of late drama too. a 1—1 draw between mansfield town and dagenham and redbridge took the match to extra time, paul mccallum scoring first for the visitors. harry charsley equalising just a few moments later for dagenham before nicky maynard scored the winner for mansfield in added time to send them through to round three. and stockport county against yeovil town also went to extra time. it was 2—2 after 90 minutes. connorjennings getting the winner for the home side on 100 minutes to send the national league side through to round three, where don't forget they could face the likes of liverpool, manchester city and tottenham. plenty more goals from today's ties on the bbc sport website. the holders celtic are out of the scottish league cup

after losing 2—0 to ross county at celtic park. ross stewart's penaltyjust before half time put the staggies ahead. then alex iacovitti made it two on 83 minutes. rangers play falkirk later for a place in the last 16. ireland have beaten georgia 23—10 in the autumn nations cup in dublin. hugo keenan going overfor this try in the first half. ireland finishing in second place in pool a. they'll play scotland in the third placed play—off next weekend. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including ronnie o sullivan's shock exit from the uk snooker championship in the last couple of minutes. it was a five frame all, but... beaten 6—5 by alexander ursenbacher.

all the details on that on the bbc sport website. back to you. that has grabbed all of our attentions. dave prowse, best known for playing darth vader in the original star wars trilogy, has died at the age of 85. his fellow co—star mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, has paid tribute to him, calling him a "kind man" who "loved his fans as much as they loved him". our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, looks back on his life. at 6ft 6", with a towering figure, dave prowse was physically perfect for the part of darth vader in the original star wars trilogy in the 1970s and 1980s. looks like you two need a lesson in crossing the road! at the same time, he was also the face of road safety, presenting videos and visiting thousands of schools as the green cross code man. we won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the... robot: ..green cross code! it's very interesting because when i became darth vader, when the star wars film came out, i almost got the sack from the government

because they thought that my image as darth vader would have a detrimental effect on my image as the green cross code man. a champion weightlifter, he eventually tried acting, playing a succession of small roles, including one in stanley kubrick's a champion weightlifter, he eventually tried acting. he had the bulk, he had the build, but he also had a bristol accent. start tearing the ship apart piece by piece until you've found those tapes. find the passengers of this vessel. i want them alive! you are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor. take her away! when the first star wars film came out he found that his dialogue had been replaced with the booming tones of james earljones. he may never have been the voice behind the villain, but the man behind the mask of darth vader is how he will always be remembered. and for so many, he played the most iconic cinema villain ever seen.

david prowse, who has died at the age of 85. paleaontologists have identified a fossil discovered in morocco as a previously unknown dinosaur. the creature — which they've named ajnabia odysseus — was about the size of a pony and a member of the duckbill dinosaur species, which emerged in north america. it dates back to the end of the cretaceous era around 66 million years ago. so just how did it get to africa, which at that time was an isolated island? we can speak to dr nick longrich from the university of bath, the lead paleontologist on the project. first of all, please pronounce the name correctly! and why do you know it is different? how did you discover the difference? well, the name is ajnabia odysseus and... you

look at a lot of fossils, you get used to recognising them and i had seen a lot of duckbilled dinosaur fossils working in museums in north america, in the field there, and they are super common, so often wouldn't even pick them up in north america, you just find these bones and teeth and jaws and lay them in the field and i was looking at a collection of fossils in morocco and i saw these distinctive teeth and i realised instantly we had a duckbilled dinosaur and because we had never seen a duckbilled dinosaur from africa before i knew it was going to be a new species. so that is exciting just in its own place, but in terms of how it got there, so... africa was surrounded by ocean at the time, and where was the nearest land mass? how far would it have been for this dinosaur to have made thejourney? have been for this dinosaur to have made the journey? yeah, so the continents break up at the beginning of the age of dinosaurs and africa d rifts of the age of dinosaurs and africa drifts away and becomes an island. and it would have been separated

from europe by something like maybe 400 kilometres. and it was fairly deep water, so even if the sea water went down a few tens of metres, during the ice age, which happened a couple of times, it still wouldn't have exposed dry land, you still couldn't have walked from one landmass to the other. so as sherlock holmes says, if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be true. it is very improbable these animals could swim from one landmass to the other, but that is probably the only escalation we have left, that they just swam that probably the only escalation we have left, that theyjust swam that huge distance. that is extraordinary because i think i was reading that polar bears when an elephant swim as well. we have got some rather funny graphicsjust as well. we have got some rather funny graphics just as we have been speaking to you, actually, showing these dinosaurs paddling along a beautiful tropical beach, which is perhaps the wrong image to drop at this moment, but do think it is possible but a 400 kilometre journey could have been swum by a dinner so? well... you start looking into

animals historically and we know elephants can swim up to 50 kilometres, polar bears, there has been one example of a polar bear swimming over 600 kilometres. we know that during the ice ages, there we re know that during the ice ages, there were animals that had to swim out to terrain that was submerged in water at the time. so we know some animals can do this. i think the explanation must be inaudible the improbable, given millions of inaudible given1 inaudible given 1 million inaudible given1 million years, something like this... inaudible 0k, inaudible ok, really good to speak to you, so you were just breaking up a tiny bit there. an ammonite behind you?m is. fantastic! you have made my night. thank you very much for speaking to us there, dr nick longrich. she couldn't pronounce the name, but!

longrich. she couldn't pronounce the name, but i got the fossil right! now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello there. the weather has stagnated under an area of high pressure. the winds haven't been strong enough to move the weather along and so it has been another grey and cloudy day, with some mist and fog patches lingering into the afternoon. across north—east scotland, there were some sunshine here. there was some sunshine here. staying pretty chilly, temperatures in parts of aberdeenshire just getting a couple of degrees above freezing and we also saw a little bit of sunshine for parts of wales and south—west england, otherwise, we have all been stuck underneath the sheet of cloud. overnight, mist and fog patches again across england and wales, visibility improving for a time in the southern uplands as rain spreads across scotland and northern ireland, with the rain turning heavier in the night across western scotland. on monday, this wet weather will be pushing its way southwards but as the front bringing the rain moves southwards, it will weaken, so the rain won't amount to much across the south. sunshine follows across northern scotland, but we will see colder air moving in here, with temperatures of around 7 through the afternoon, otherwise,

about 8 to 10 degrees