this is bbc news — the headlines at 7pm: the foreign secretary says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who are 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. president trump says he will continue to fight the results of the us presidential election, telling fox news his ‘mind will not change in six months'. 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. former f1 driverjohn watson said romain grosjean had a lucky escape. that was an accident which in my generation would have

that was an accident which had fertility written all over it. as i watched the images over and over againi watched the images over and over again i am still shocked. and the man behind the mask of darth vader — weightlifter—turned—actor dave prowse — has died at the age of 85. good evening. the foreign secretary dominic raab says the government is "listening" to conservative mps unhappy with planned new covid restrictions in england — but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. the system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week — and would place most of england in the two highest levels. a vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. our political correspondent

iain watson reports. it has been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. in greater manchester they have been living under some restriction since the summer and what's more cutting is being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions from next week. if you look at the figures, they seem to have cracked down harder on greater manchester. speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some are putting a brave face on it. they are correct what they say, we have to be careful. if we are all sensible it will all end soon enough, not this year. this goodwill hasn't extended to westminster with borisjohnson facing rebellion from his own mps but ministers say they are reaching out. mps tell me theyjust want to understand the measures take into account notjust the cost and benefit of tackling the virus but the economic,

health and social implications, we will publish more analysis on that and we do take seriously accountability. the prime minister has written to mps promising that if they back him this week, he will give them i new vote on the restrictions injanuary. if they don't back them, the restrictions will end in february and he says some areas could come out of tier 3 on december the 19th but that will depend on evidence. apparently there is smoke without fire in westminster because some vocal potential rebels now say they will back the government in tuesday's crucial vote on the restrictions but for others the prime minister hasn't gone far enough. it's right that mps scrutinise what the government does, that is theirjob, all the more important during an emergency and we have a couple of days to get this right. concessions have been made

but i would like to see more. wasn't itjust a year ago that borisjohnson won an 80 seat majority? but such is the unease with the restrictions he wants to introduce, he will have to meet a range of mps tomorrow to keep them onside. he wants to avoid relying on labour votes because their support would come at a price. i am not committing to vote for these measures because we are not convinced they are sufficient or workable. it's not too late for the government to convince us. political measures have led the government to postpone a vote untiljanuary so he may be postponing the conflict rather than avoiding it. the latest government figures show there were 12,155 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that takes the average number

of new cases reported per day in the last week to 15,224. 1,524 people have been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to last wednesday. another 215 deaths have been reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means an average of 460 deaths per day in the last week. the total number of uk deaths is now 58,2115. the scottish first minister 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. the government says it's secured another two million doses of one of the american coronavirus vaccines — adding to the millions already ordered. but when are the first vaccinations likely to take place? our science editor david shukman has been taking a look. there is so much talk about vaccines, it's easy to lose track of what's going on so here is what we note so far. the government has ordered 357 million doses of several different vaccines although none has been approved for use so far. here is the list of those and the numbers doses ordered. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine has now been sent to regulators, the mhra, for approval and they are going through the data now, but the pfizer vaccine was the first to start that process and it's possible we will get an answer on that soon.

i understand there has been quite an interactive process with the regulators while trials are going on. i wouldn't be surprised if an announcement is made in the next two weeks, possibly as early as next week. so what are the regulators looking for? safety, quality and effectiveness, and of these the regulators keep emphasising the safety of the public must come first so they are working fast but carefully because the worst thing would be for doubts to start creeping in about these new vaccines. doses are already being manufactured in the hope that approval is given so everything hinges on that coming through, so when might we start to see the benefits? if approval is given next month, it's possible that the first doses could be administered ahead of christmas, although people will need two injections a month apart so they won't get immunity straightaway.

beyond that, the government hopes that by next spring they will have vaccinated the most vulnerable such as residence of care homes and health and care workers, but everything hinges on distribution and production on a massive scale, and that is a huge challenge. our science editor david shukman reporting there. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at around 10:45 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and former pensions minister ros altmann. police are investigating the doctor of the footballer diego maradona for possible negligence, after his death in argentina last week at the age of 60. it comes after maradona's daughters questioned their father's medical care. with me is our correspondent simonjones. what more do we know? maradona's death prompted an outpouring of

grief in the football community, not least in argentina where they described him as the greatest player the world had ever seen. tonight new questions about his death. we know he had recently had surgery to remove a clot from the brain, that was considered to have gone well so he was allowed home. but his three doctors are where daughters are now asking questions about what sort of treatment he was getting, what medication he was on, how often he was being seen by his doctor. his doctor in a news conference had said he is devastated about what happened, he said he is fully cooperating with the police investigation and he said he did everything he could to save the life of his friend. maradona had had a troubled life and ill—health quite some time, though. that's putting it mildly. very much you saw that on the pitch, that famous world cup game against england when england we re game against england when england were knocked out, he scored a goal that was voted the goal of the century, but in that same match

there was that infamous hand of god incident where he used his hand to put the ball in the net, and that very much typified that character. he was seen as part of angel, part devil by people who knew him, and he had problems with drug addiction, he retired from the game, he tried management, he had problems with his wait, so very much a life lived in the limelight. but a difficult life, and tonight those difficulties continuing for his family with questions they are raising. president trump has given his first interview since the us election and again made unsubstantiated claims that the election was in his words ‘rigged'. in a telephone interview with fox news, he refused to give a deadline for when he might drop his legal challenges or concede the election. well, i don't want to give you an actual date. a lot of people say the 18th or they say the 14th or they say january 20. i'm not going to say a date, but i will say we have to move very fast. we have been moving fast. and, you know, look, when you say, "is it tainted?" everyone knows it's tainted. everyone knows that the poll

watchers were thrown out of buildings. everyone knows that people were not allowed to vote when they walked in — so preciously, so beautifully — to vote. 0ur correspondent in washington nomia iqbal has more on the interview. it's interesting because although this was supposed to be an interview, it certainly wasn't really an interview, it was on a network, fox news, which is largely sympathetic to him, and with an interviewer who had previewed the interview by basically backing donald trump and not really contesting any of the baseless claims he continued to push throughout the interview. he was comfortable, he riffed,

he did the usual thing where he went to extremes, he said it was the worst thing ever to happen to the us, he painted this conspiracy theory, he pushed at the usual claims of voting machines were rigged — no evidence of that — he talked about ballot dumps, and that is essentially voters... he said that as the night was going on he was winning by a lot then losing by a little — which is what happens when the votes are counted. and he continued to basically say that this election was taken away from him. he has a right to contest the vote, but he also has to prove it in court, and the fact that all his cases are pretty much being thrown out says a lot. he has yet to provide any evidence, he said he would during this interview and he did not. he was asked about the supreme court, but of course to get there again you need a solid case with evidence. and all the evidence that he is suggesting isn't concrete enough, it isn't enough to overturn the result. yes, he won more than 73 million votes, butjoe biden won more than 80 million votes, and a lot of the states have come back and certified, including pennsylvania which was the state that clinched it for biden in the end, and it's interesting because he mentioned, he says people keep throwing around dates —

the dates are important, december 14 is when all the results disputes have to be resolved, december 23rd is when all the states come back and certify. of course we know january 20 is whenjoe biden becomes president, donald trump becomes a civilian, and if it doesn't leave the white house he will be escorted out. 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. some of the victims, many of them farmers, are said to have been tied up before being knifed to death. maiduguri is in the north eastern borno state — where islamist militants have long been active. 0ur correspondent in abuja, chris ewokor, has more.

what we do know no is that the number of casualties is higher than was attributed. earlier we reported that at least 43 people were killed, but from a statement by the un in nigeria 110 people have been killed. and earlier we also were told when the governor visited the community of the victims that there were so many other people that were still missing, so the number is likely to go higher. now, at this rate, what the governor said is that the communities and residents of the state are in a dilemma because they are faced with a risk of having to stay at home and live in hunger or risk going to their farms and then be killed by insurgents, and this is driving a lot of fear into farmers

and residents, especially in the north—east of nigeria. but the president himself has condemned the attack, he said it is insane, he also said that the government has given the army all the resources and what they need to secure the lives of citizens in nigeria. this killing is now likely to raise more questions about how far and the capacity of the nigerian army, in fa ct capacity of the nigerian army, in fact security agencies to deal with insurgency. 0f fact security agencies to deal with insurgency. of course the nigerian army has often claimed it had defeated boco her arm, but these attacks indicate those groups are still active in the region. the headlines on bbc news... the foreign secretary says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who are unhappy with the latest coronavirus restrictions for england. president trump says he will continue to fight the results of the us presidential election, telling fox news his ‘mind will not change in six months'. 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. let's bring you some dramtic images from formula 1, 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 marshals and other officials for their quick reactions when coming to his rescue. there has been lots of reaction on social media — the official formula 1 twitter account said... and the british formula 1 driver

lewis hamilton tweeted... jody scheckter was formula one world champion in 1979. he told my colleague tim willcox how the difference in safety standards compare today from when he was racing. there were a lot of responses that were different in our day. even today i think he was so lucky to get out of the car so quickly. but in our day, going through the guardrails killed a lot of people. and the fires, also a little bit before my time, more so, but things so much safer now. it must make you shudder when you see images like that, just remembering your own racing time. i wonder how much recent change has saved lives as well,

because i think the halo system, perhaps you can describe it to us, was also only imposed a year or two ago. that saved his life, for sure. when they first put it out, you thought, well, would it become a closed cockpit and stuff like that, but absolutely, the cars are so safe now compared to what they were. and the tracks are so much safer. it's the first time i've seen a car go through the guardrails for a long, long time, and that used to happen quite often. the fact it burst into flames, the fact he managed to get out so quickly, is that perhaps they hope because the car split into or is there a quick release belt now for these drivers, because they slot into those cars so snuggly, don't they? i think it's a lot of luck. how he got out so quickly, because if he didn't he would have been...it would have been

tough to stay alive much longer in that fire. yeah. lucky as well as a lot of good technology around. does that mean though that drivers, potentially because they have more back—up behind them, take more risks now? i think they do, i think in our day when you touched wheels and you crashed, you know, there was a good chance you didn't come out of it. today, the cars are so safe because of the carbon fibre, the construction is so strong, and also the tracks are a lot safer than they were. when you look at the impact, the speed of the impact, is there an element of damage and almost ptsd for drivers after something like that? it really depends how much g force he got. if he went into a wall and the wall stopped, that's a lot of g force. if things break, which they did, it actually limits the amount of g4 is he gets in his head.

so i think he was lucky to get out of that. there's no question. it's a bad accident, that i've seen for a long time. you won back in 1979. when something like this happened and drivers saw the repeated images, how much impact did that have on other drivers, do you think? about going into the next race? in my day, one or two drivers were killed every year, that puts it in perspective. you have to get back in the car and forget about it in the car because if you are thinking about that when you are driving then you be driving. more than ten thousand turkeys at a farm in north yorkshire are to be culled, after an outbreak of avian flu. a control zone has been put in place around the infected site, at sowber hill farm near northallerton to limit the risk of the disease spreading. public health england say the risk to public health from the virus is very low, and properly cooked poultry and poultry products, including eggs, are safe to eat.

an investigation is in progress to determine the most likely source of the outbreak. talks between the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier 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 thousand 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 has more. 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%. a fresh inquest opens tomorrow into the death of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah, who suffered a fatal asthma attack in 2013.

her mother hopes that it will make legal history by registering air pollution as the cause of death. the coroner will consider new evidence about dangerously high levels of air pollution — mainly from traffic — to which ella was exposed. her mother rosamund has been speaking exclusively to claire marshall. my name is rosamund adoo—kissi—debrah. i am ella roberta's mum. ella was incredibly active. i sometimes worry that we always talk about her being ill all the time. she wasn't always like that. ella and her family lived in lewisham, just 25 metres from london's south circular. the little girl was breathing air so polluted it broke legal limits. she endured three years of seizures and time in intensive care. ella coughs. this cough an early sign of the damage being done to her lungs. she was ventilated four times.

she suffered greatly. that's something i can't erase from my memory at all. in 2013 ella had a fatal asthma attack. at the time no connection was made with air pollution. then new medical evidence linked the harmful particles and chemicals in exhaust fumes to her death. the high court, in a rare move, eventually granted rosamund a fresh inquest. 0verwhelming. she didn't want to be forgotten by her siblings and her friends and i'm incredibly proud of her. she was only here for a short while but i hope she has made her mark. more and more evidence is emerging about how dangerous air pollution is to human health. we have most recently a much greater understanding of the kind of levels of air pollution that generate these adverse health effects and that includes levels probably quite substantially below the levels that we thought in the past. the inquest will be a gruelling

time for ella's family. i still hear her voice and many of our conversations and she always wanted to know, she definitely wanted to know why she'd become so ill, she used to ask me. now it's up to the coroner to provide the answer. did air pollution help to kill ella? claire marshall, bbc news. the actor dave prowse — best known for playing darth vader in the original star wars films — has died at the age of 85. his co—star mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, has paid tribute — calling him a "kind man" who "loved his fans as much as they loved him". 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back on his life and work. at six foot six, 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

hundreds 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! when i became darth vader, or at least 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 bodybuilder, he eventually tried acting. for darth vader, he had the bulk, he had the build, but he also had a bristol accent. you are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor. take her away! when the first film came out, he found that his dialogue had been replaced by the now familiar booming tones of james earljones. commander, tear this ship apart until you've found those plans. and bring me the passengers. i want them alive! mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, led the tributes, calling him much more than darth vader, describing him as...

i am your father. 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. for so many, he played the most iconic cinema villain ever seen. dave prowse, who has died at the age of 85. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. there was some sunshine earlier today across more south—western parts of the uk, but these areas will see some dense patchy fog overnight. pretty grey and gloomy actually, elsewhere, mind you. and cold at the moment in north—east scotland. but we've got the wind picking up, cloud and rain moving down from the north—west, so temperatures will probably tend to rise. ahead of that, temperatures will be around 5or 6 degrees. we've got rain in the morning across northern ireland as well as scotland,

into northern england, heading into north wales. as that rain moves southwards, it's going to be very light and patchy. it will be misty and murky for a while across southern areas. but then, after the rain clears away from scotland, we get some cooler air moving in — that means some sunshine at least. elsewhere, with the cloud, patchy rain, temperatures mild — 10 or 11 degrees. a chilly start though for east scotland, north—east england on tuesday. maybe a frost to begin with. it's going to be a cold day as this cloud comes back in from the atlantic, but we hang onto some sunshine across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. not a bad day here. 0ut towards the west, in the cloud, temperatures in double figures. hello, this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines: the foreign secretary says the government is "listening" to conservative mps who are unhappy with the latest coronavirus restrictions for england. having a vote on the regulations injanuary, 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. president trump says he will continue to fight the results of the us presidential election, telling fox news his "mind the doctor for the doctorfor diego the doctor for diego mayor —— diego maradona. .. president trump says he will continue to fight the results of the us presidential election, telling fox news his "mind will not change in six months". 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 man behind the mask of darth vader — weightlifter—turned—actor dave prowse — has died at the age of 85. now, it's time for the film review with mark kermode.