this is bbc news. the headlines at five: the uk's chief negotiator is back in brussels to resume brexit talks, with time running out to do a deal. we're going to see what happens in negotiations today and we will be looking forward to meeting our european colleagues later on this afternoon. hospitals across the uk get ready to take delivery of the coronavirus vaccine — with the first jabs set to be given on tuesday. he's played it boldly up there. that could be, that could be magical. thank you. peter alliss there, the voice of golf, who's died aged 89. and coronavirus stops play as positive tests in england's hotel mean the one—day series in south africa will face further delays. coming up in half an hour: veteran explorer robin

hanbury—tenison describes how the healing power of nature helped save his life. the uk's chief brexit negotiator is in brussels for talks with his eu counterpart to find a last—minute breakthrough on a trade deal. significant differences remain on fishing rights, competition rules and how a deal would be enforced. this morning the environment secretary, george eustice, said there was still a deal to be done, but admitted that the talks were in a "very difficult position". our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. back in brussels, the uk's chief negotiator, lord frost, arriving for what's being described

as the last roll of the dice in trade talks with the eu. we've worked very hard to try and get a deal. we're going to see what happens in negotiations today, and we will be looking forward to meeting our european colleagues later on this afternoon, thank you very much. the government says there is still a deal to be done in what a cabinet minister said this morning were the final days of negotiations, but only if the eu accepts the uk has to make its own decisions. we want to be doing a free trade agreement as a sovereign equal with the european union and, so, anything that undermines our ability to control our own waters, for instance, or undermines our ability to make our own laws isn't something we can accept. after an hour on the phone together last night, borisjohnson and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said there were still serious differences, but agreed their teams should keep talking. those differences are over fishing rights for eu boats in uk waters,

competition rules or the so—called level playing field, and the governance and enforcement of any deal. ireland's foreign minister, simon coveney, is among those talking up the prospect of an agreement. he said, "we are more likely to get a deal than not because i think it's in everybody‘s interest." "it was" he said "97% or 98% done". any deal would need approval from parliament. with borisjohnson‘s majority that won't be a problem. but will labour give it their backing? we'll have to look of course at the content of a deal but also any legislation that comes to parliament. we're not going to give them a blank cheque but i think i have been very clear both today and on previous programmes with you, andrew, that the most important thing... ..is a deal. ..is that the government get a deal. we want that deal to be delivered, we will look at any legislation that comes to parliament. eu countries would need to ratify the agreement, too. one french politician said it needs to be in all their interests.

this is the framing of the relationship between the uk and the eu for years, decades to come. and, so, we have to be absolutely convinced on both sides of the channel that it is the right framing for this relationship. and if it is not, we shouldn't sign it. behind these walls in brussels, talks now to determine at last the uk's future relationship with the eu. jonathan blake, bbc news. so, talks resumed this afternoon — and we know there a number of sticking points in the negotiations which are proving to be hard to reconcile. the first is fishing. it's just a small part of the uk's economic activity, but a symbolic one, with disagreement over the level of access the eu will get to fish in uk waters. perhaps the biggest issue is fair competition, also known as the "level playing field". the eu says the uk must stick to agreed rules on government

aid to british firms, so that there's no unfair advantage. and then there's what's known as the governance of the deal, if an agreement is reached who will police it? let's get more on those talks from our correspondent in brussels nick beake. brexit tree talks under way once again here at the european commission headquarters. lord frost, the uk chief negotiator, is back in brussels, just after he had got off his train earlier today, i asked whether he thought compromise was in the air. i asked him whether boris johnson had baby given him more scope to find an agreement with the european union. unsurprisingly, he wasn't willing to spill the beans, but those are the sort of things the eu side will be trying to ascertain as the talks get under way — in the british give a little bit more? and of course, the uk side will be looking at the eu and thinking are there some areas where they can

compromise further? in public, both sides are saying that the problem is that the other is not listening to their key demands, not listening to their key demands, not listening to the core positions. we know in this sort of trade talk, both sides will have to compromise in some way if there is going to be an agreement. interestingly, in terms of eu diplomats, they are not saying a huge amount, pretty tight—lipped at the moment, and i think they are pretty keen to unite to delete might present a united front. last night, a bit of the division emerged, notably france, saying that even if some sort of trade deal is agreed, the country will veto it. they deem it to be a very bad deal for france. so, what happens now? hard to say. some people may say, why are we following the ins and outs of these people in suits on a sunday afternoon? but really, the outcome of this whole process is very important, because it will define the eu and the uk for many years to come, and of course, that is something that affects all all

of our lives. the medical director of nhs england says the mass vaccination programme for covid—i9 starting this week marks "the beginning of the end" of the pandemic. but professor stephen powis warned the roll—out will be a "marathon not a sprint". around 800 thousand doses are expected to be available this coming week, with jabs being given across the uk from tuesday. our health correspondent jim reed reports. it is an historic week in the 72—year history of the nhs. these first covid vaccines are made by the drugs companies pfizer and biontech. very soon, they will start arriving at hospitals like this one, in south london. in total, 50 sites have been chosen as the first vaccine hubs in england. 800,000 doses should be available to members of the public across the whole uk from tuesday. nhs staff are spending the weekend preparing sites to accept the first deliveries. nhs staff around the country at vaccination hubs such as this one we're here at today have been working tirelessly to make sure

that we are prepared to commence vaccination on tuesday. this feels like the beginning of the end, but of course it's a marathon, not a sprint, and it will take many months for us to vaccinate everybody who needs vaccination. elderly patients who are already in hospital or have an existing appointment will be among the first to receive the jab. 0thers over the age of 80 will be called up and asked to attend, and care homes will be able to book their staff into vaccination clinics. everyone will need a booster shot 21 days after the first injection. speaking on the andrew marr programme this morning, the woman in charge of the regulator which approved the vaccine said it was safe to use. i would really like to emphasise that the highest standards of scrutiny, of safety and of effectiveness and quality have been met, international standards, and so there should be real confidence in the rigour of our approval. but the first vaccine to be

approved needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius, and moved carefully. nhs england says as more doses of the vaccine arrive, more central hubs will be set up. thousands of gps are on standby to deliver vaccinations in weeks, followed by a plan for mass distribution in pharmacies, sporting venues and conference centres. jim reed, bbc news. let's take a look at the latest figures in the uk. a further 15,539 people have tested positive for the virus. another 231 people have died within 28 days of a positive covid test, which takes the total number of deaths to 61,245. nottingham's christmas market has temporarily closed — just one day after it opened following unprecendeted high footfall. the city council faces criticism

for allowing the event to go ahead, despite the city being in tier 3 with some of the strictest restrictions. the market was set to run from ten am until nine pm every day until christmas eve. but many local businesses welcomed the decision, as they say many of the local businesses were forced to close — whilst businesses from outside the region were permitted to sell food and bevarages on the market. jo cox brown — from night time economy solutions joins us now. she was at the event to support small businesses — but left after concerns about how crowded it was. tell us why you left. yesterday was small business saturday and i am a big supporter of small businesses. nottingham has the most small businesses per square mile of any city. i live pretty soon, and the reason was because the city was hiving. earlier in the week, i warned on behalf of businesses in the city and 400 businesses contacted me to say they were really

unhappy with this proposed market. they foresaw the issues that were going to happen, and they asked me to arbitrate on behalf of the council, on behalf of them and the council, but the council want listening to the businesses, and the impact it had on the city has been hugely negative, all the bad pr and press we have received as a result of putting this market on, when actually it should have been halted and could have been. a lot of people speaking to the media said they were flabbergasted that this was allowed to go ahead, bearing in mind it is tier 3. what reason is with the council have given for signing this one off, though? presumably they we re one off, though? presumably they were expecting social distancing rules to be followed, and clearly they weren't. absolutely. the council said the safety advisory group had reviewed the risk assessment, that public health had assessment, that public health had as well, and it was questioned by the businesses in the city. they had

not had sight of that. then the event organiser and operations, when it came to actually running the event, have run it really poorly, so there was no social distancing in place, no people wearing masks, people weren't being asked to socially distanced delete my distance. i've run events all over the country, in terms of the night—time economy, so i'm well used to running these type of events, so i think the businesses in the city we re i think the businesses in the city were utterly confused as to why nobody had thought about public transport, the amount of people they we re transport, the amount of people they were allowing into one particular area, ticketing even could have managed the event in a better way. and i'm told by people who live in nottingham that this is a real choke point, isn't it? its in the city centre, and if you want to travel through the city, pick up a bus or a tram, you've got to pass this area, so it is a final four people. it is an absolute final four people. you

have to pass it to go from one area of the city to another. it is where many of the bus stops are, the taxi ranks. it wasn't a wise decision to host it in the city centre. good to speak to you. thank you very much indeed. the bbc commentator, peter alliss, who became known as the voice of golf, has died. he was 89. he won more than 20 tournaments during his career as a golfer and played on eight ryder cup teams before becoming a commentator. andy swiss looks back at his life. at his witty, whimsical best, there was no—one quite like peter alliss. 0h, ho, ho, ho. i think he enjoyed that one. for more than 50 years he painted golf in all its quirks in his own inimitable style. sort of built for comfort, not speed. a bit like myself. golf was in his blood. his father percy had been a professional, and under his watch, the young peter soon flourished, and became a ryder cup regular, but even when he was still playing,

his poise in front of the microphone was becoming obvious. well, i think this course is in wonderful condition at this time of the year. his relaxed style made him a regular on talk shows, where he said the key to commentating was never to take the game too seriously. it has enormous rewards, great sadness, great joy, great stupidity. great nonsense, you know, and it's, it's really not all that serious. but behind that light—heartedness there was no doubting his expertise. he's played it boldly up there. that could be, that could be magical. when the world's greatest golfers conjured their greatest moments, alliss was the perfect guide. thank you. for all his supporters, though, he had his critics too. to some, he was the epitome of golf‘s often stuffy image. they look as if they might be a bit of a handful, those three. but alliss was never afraid to speak his mind. i try to be an observer. i get into trouble for that

sometimes, if you don't say the right things for the right people, but i look at it and i say is that right, is it fair, is it ok, does it work? and i'm not afraid to say so. and to his fans, peter alliss was one of sport's most distinctive and endearing voices. and they say the meek shall inherit the earth. a man who captured the drama and the humour... i wonder if mum's put a bit of best butter in there before he left? ..like no—one else. a couple of minutes' time there won't be a dry eye in the house, including mine. peter alliss has died at the age of 89. des smyth is a former ryder cup vice captain and played is the 1979 and 1981 editions of the competition. what made him so great? first, his knowledge of the game. he won like many tournaments in his own very

fine career, and that was a big plus in his case, and then he had that melodious, beautiful voice that came out of the bbc screens, and it was a beautiful thing to listen to. did you know him well? when you started out, was he giving advice to you? we had tony jacklin on out, was he giving advice to you? we had tonyjacklin on earlier, who said he played with him and he was great. peter put tony under his wing, really. tony might not like this. i came after tony some years. i know, but i wondered whether whether you spoke about golf. he had a big professional career himself. whether you spoke about golf. he had a big professional career himselflj wasn't a big professional career himself.” wasn't that close to him, though i played with him a few times. i played with him a few times. i played at a programme in the west indies, two days in a row with him, and he always impressed me as a ball

striker. he was such a natural golfer. he was a big man and had a beautiful golf swing, and a beautiful golf swing, and a beautiful ball striker. i always found it very amusing that the registration on his car was 3 putt. he always managed to communicate with technical issues of golf very simply to people like me, but he made it very watchable. he did. it is back to his knowledge of the game. his father was a pro—before him, as he came into the game as an assistant and would have worked in the shop and given lessons, and then his talent started to come through and he became a tour player, really. back in the day, in the early days, when you did the combination, where players were club pros most of the week and weekend

tour players, and peter was one of those. when was the last time you saw him? 0h, those. when was the last time you saw him? oh, i had the pleasure of being with him down at the irish 0pen two years ago. he came and spoke and attracted a huge crowd in one of the big tented areas of the village, and it was packed to capacity because they heard he was coming, and he sat down with an x pro as well, gary murphy, and they shot the breeze, and he was, as usual, extremely funny. that's the one thing about peter that i'm sure the listeners will remember, he had a tremendous sense of humour. and that evening two years ago, he had them laughing their heads off. great, 0k. thank you very much, days, forjoining us on bbc.

large demonstrations are taking place outside the indian high commission in central london in support of a strike by farmers in india. thousands of people have congregated on foot and in their cars to block roads in the capital, holding placards and waving green and orange flags. the uk protests are part of an international show of support for a nationwide strike by indian farmers. they oppose the government's new agricultural reforms, which critics believe will reduce minimum pricing and market regulation. 36 cross—party uk mps have also come out in support of the ongoing farmers' agitation in india, asking dominic raab to raise matter with new delhi. the metropolitan police has issued a reminder to those in attendance, that strict regulations introduced by the government remain in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. president trump has again falsely insisted that he won the us presidential election. he was speaking at a rally in georgia — his first campaign event since last month's election, which was won byjoe biden. he was there to support the state's two republican senators, who need to win runoff elections

injanuary if republicans are to hang on to control of the senate. peter bowes reports. it is my pleasure to welcome the president of the united states, donald trump. a rare appearance by melania trump, marking her husband's return to the campaign trail. speaking for almost two hours, donald trump received a rousing reception from his supporters in georgia, a state he lost tojoe biden. hello, georgia. we did a greatjob. you know we won, georgia, just so you understand. "we love you" chanted the crowd as mr trump, without providing any evidence, again claimed the election was stolen by the democrats. the rally was staged to promote two republican senators standing for re—election injanuary. at stake is the balance of power

in the senate and much of donald trump's legacy. the most important run—off election in american history according to the president. the voters of georgia will determine which party runs every committee, writes every piece of legislation, controls every single taxpayer dollar. simply, you will decide whether your children will grow up in a socialist country or whether they will grow up in a free country. georgia, like many states, has seen a huge surge in coronavirus cases in recent days. yet few in the trump crowd were wearing masks. the democratic candidates for the senate in georgia have also been campaigning. we need to be thinking about the americans over the last several months who have perished, not only from the virus we call covid—19 but more especially from the virus we call indifference.

thank you, georgia. get out and vote. the results of the georgia election will shape american politics asjoe biden enters the white house. for now, donald trump remains a polarising force and true to form he is not going quietly. at least six coronavirus patients at a hospital in north western pakistan have died after the oxygen supply ran out. the tragedy occured when the daily delivery of cylinders from the city of rawalpindi failed to arrive on time tothe khyber teaching hospital in the city of peshawar. it comes as pakistan is dealing with a second wave of coronavirus cases during the colder winter months, with increased demand forcing the hospital only recently to double their oxygen supply. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani explained what had happened.

this seems a strange case, and there are questions as to how this could happen in one of pakistan's major cities. staff say it was late on saturday night when they began realising they were running out of oxygen, because as you say, this daily delivery of cylinders had not arrived on time. it was meant to be coming from the city of rawalpindi, only around two hours' drive away. we have been speaking to some of the relatives of some of the patients who were there in the hospital at time, and they describe the panic of families there as they realised what was going on and could see the condition of their loved ones deteriorating in front of the rise. we know that at least six coronavirus patients who were at the hospital have died. there would have, of course, been other

patients, non—coronavirus patients, receiving some form of oxygen support, too, but we don't know whether any of them died because of this lack of oxygen, and the delivery was, we understand, made in the early hours of sunday morning. the government has promised to conduct an enquiry into this. the hospital say they recently doubled their oxygen supply because of the increased demand. pakistan has been seeing a second wave of coronavirus infections, as so many other countries around the world have as well. 0ver countries around the world have as well. over in pakistan, there has been around 8500 coronavirus debts, which is not as many as some people feared it would be, but the health system is weak and it is being stretched by this second wave of infections with coronavirus cases and hospital admissions both rising again. the family of the renowned children's author roald dahl, who died 30 years ago, has issued an apology for anti—semitic remarks he made during his lifetime.

a statement condemning his comments has been published on his official website, although not on the front page. the statement reads: those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us and stand in marked contrast to the man we knew and to the values at the heart of roald dahl‘s stories, which have positively impacted young people for generations. the chief executive of the holocaust educational trust, karen pollock, told the bbc she had been aware of some of his anti—semitic remarks but felt she couldn't draw attention to it because of his popularity. i'm a big fan of roald dahl‘s books, like, i would say, the majority of the british population and around the world. they're a defining part of a lot of people's childhoods and made into classic films that we all remember and adore. i think i've always known about the anti—semitic remarks and roald dahl‘s anti—semitism, and actually on a personal level i've often found it uncomfortable to highlight it because it felt

a bit like, you know, saying something bad about somebody who is so popular, but the fact is it was blatant anti—semitism. he made a comment that said something to the effect of, you know, there must have been a reason why hitler didn't likejews. i'm not giving you the word—for—word quote. and there are a couple of other interviews that he'd given that similarly point to anti—semitism. why an apology now and why hidden away, as you say, in a website? i can't answer for them. i'm finding this interesting, an interesting development. now, could we be we one step closer to discovering how life began? what looked like a shooting star landing in the australian desert was in fact a japanese space capsule carrying the first samples of rock from an asteroid, which could help explain the formation of the solar system, as mark lobel reports.

coming from right side and it is getting brighter and brighter. entering the earth's atmosphere. that fireball on your screen moving from right to left is a closely—watched space capsule whose contents could help explain the creation of our solar system. applause. there was joy and relief at the japanese aerospace exploration agency's mission control as the soil sample sent from the japanese space craft hayabusa ii, part of a six—year mission, parachuted down safely in the australian desert. scientists are expecting about 0.1 of a gram will be returned for examination at their lab near tokyo from the asteroid ryugu, which lies some 300 million kilometres away. they will measure the rock's age, what it is made of and how it is formed, potentially offering vital clues as to how the sun and planets came to be. this one is special because this one

is going to an asteroid that we think is really rich in organic material and in water so in the very earliest history of the earth we think it may have been pelted with asteroids like that and that is what gave us the water and the carbon to form our oceans and to enable life to flourish on earth. it's an exciting prospect, after a successful landing following what one member of the space agency here described as a perfect mission — with many more to come. translation: i had jotted down the dates when the probe adjusted its orbit. if there is a hayabusa 3 or 4 or even 5, i'd like to be involved in the mission. that next mission on this mothership, having launched its first capsule, will boldly go examining near—earth asteroids where no—one has gone before. mark lobel, bbc news.

the duke and duchess of cambridge are beginning a tour across britain by train, to personally thank people who have gone to exceptional lengths to help out during the coronavirus epidemic. during the three day trip, they'll be greeted at pre—arranged stops by care home staff, school children and volunteers. greg mckenzie reports. the duke and duchess of cambridge will board the royal train and travel 1250 miles across the uk over the next three days. it will be a chance for them to thank community workers, front line staff, schoolchildren and volunteers, some of whom are being dubbed coronavirus heroes. a kensington palace spokeswoman has said the morale—boosting tour will give the royal couple the chance to share their gratitude on behalf of the nation ahead of the christmas holidays. prince william has used the royal

train a number of times, but it is thought to be the first time kate has travelled on it. we'd love to hear from you guys, really, about what the challenges are that everyone's facing at the moment. both william and kate have taken a high profile during the pandemic. here, talking to mental health charities. there are so many factors at play here. the uk arts sector, which has been badly hit during the pandemic, will also be celebrated, with a number of festive performances. hello, everyone. i've got some really exciting news. and at the request of the royal couple, the trip has been immortalised in a drawing by schoolboy artistjoe whale. better known as the doodle boy, joe found worldwide fame during lockdown with his youtube tutorials. the royal tour will end on tuesday. greg mckenzie, bbc news.