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.

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. before the weather, sorry, i'm going to show you some pictures that have just come in to us, about the delivery of the vaccine. a hospital in croydon, the first hospital in the uk to receive the vaccine. of course, the vaccine is going to be arriving over the weekend, but these are the first pictures we have got about that, and they are due to be administered on tuesday, top priority given to vaccinating the over 80s, front line care front line health care workers, care home staff. it needs to be stored at extremely low temperatures. i think that box said —25, but initial reports said it has to be stored at -70. reports said it has to be stored at —70. maybe this isjust

reports said it has to be stored at —70. maybe this is just the reports said it has to be stored at —70. maybe this isjust the holding package for it. emergency use approvalfor the vaccine package for it. emergency use approval for the vaccine developed by pfizer jumping ahead approval for the vaccine developed by pfizerjumping ahead in that race to begin the most crucial mass inoculation programme in history. 800,000 doses expected to be available within the first week. a0 million doses have been ordered, though. each person requires two doses, enough to vaccinate 20 million people. our population here is 67 million. here is louise cochran, joint chief pharmacist, at the croydon health centre. it's just incredible. to it'sjust incredible. to know it's just incredible. to know that they are here and that we are among they are here and that we are among the first in the country to actually receive the vaccine and therefore the first in the world is just amazing. i'm so proud. they are stored in a —70 freezer and will be

taken out of there when appropriate. the hospital is just going through the final checks to be able to implement the vaccination programme for our high—priority groups and we will roll when appropriate. we will be following that, all of those develop and support, but the vaccine first to arrive in croydon. now, it's time for the weather. hello, there. cold day today, the reason for the light winds come as you can see on the pressure charge, barely any isobars, and the pressure charge, barely any isoba rs, and that the pressure charge, barely any isobars, and that stagnant air continues into the start of next week as well. now, we start to see those showers fading away and becoming confined to coastal areas. most becoming confined to coastal areas. m ost pla ces becoming confined to coastal areas. most places will be dry tonight, and we will start to see a return to some dense fog around, some frost and also the risk of ice in places as temperatures for many of us hover around freezing, and a few places below freezing. so cold start to monday, rather grey with some dense fog around which could be so to clear. with the fog lingers it will stay pretty cold. start to see some

showers and stronger winds moving into these coasts of scotland, northeast england from a few showers also affecting the channel area, otherwise it's a dry and chilly day with brightness as temperatures reach 3—6 . some unsettled weather gci’oss reach 3—6 . some unsettled weather across the north of the uk as we move into tuesday. for most of us, it stays cold. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... 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. croydon university hospital becomes one of the first to take delivery of the coronavirus vaccine in the uk — with the firstjabs set to be given on tuesday. obviously, i can't hold them in my hands because they are —70 degrees, but to know that they are here and

we “— but to know that they are here and we “ we are amongst but to know that they are here and we —— we are amongst the present country to actually receive the vaccine and therefore the first in the world isjust vaccine and therefore the first in the world is just amazing. vaccine and therefore the first in the world isjust amazing. i'm so proud. green stated boldly that that could be magical. 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. more headlines coming upjust after 6pm with bbc one as well. now on bbc news, veteran explorer robin hanbury—tenison, who spent weeks in a coma battling covid—i9, says the healing power of nature helped to save his life. robin was one of the first covid—i9 patients into derriford hospital. he may be a veteran of 30 expeditions, but surviving coronavirus would prove to be one

of robin hanbury—tenison‘s toughest experiences yet. every day was pretty brutal and we were pretty broken. the doctors called us and said that, actually, he's deteriorating further. his chances of ever recovering have now gone down to about 5%. i opened my eyes, saw the sunshine, saw the flowers, and that was the moment when my life was saved by the healing power of nature. it's a long road back from something like that. essentially, his body was failing. and i think having a goal, something to work towards, is vitally important because it gives you a target to aim for. and that goal can be as trivial or as ambitious as you want it to be. so this has been as big a challenge as any that i've done in my life, to get to the point where i could

climb this mountain. i will make it to the top, because i believe everyone should have access to the same thing that saved my life. it must be lovely to have all this old footage of your dad just lying around the house? it's incredible. we've got reels from pretty much every expedition that he's been on from the late ‘50s, through tojust a couple of years ago. everything from the orinoco, the sahara, the siberian steppes and everything in between.

and i'm so lucky to have been travelling with him on a number of those expeditions. so i've been coming down here a lot recently to look through the old footage and it's really helped to feel like he's not in hospital at the moment but is still on the farm with us. it's incredible just to see how much he's achieved throughout his life. 8a—year—old robin hanbury—tenison is widely recognised as one of the world's greatest living explorers. he's crossed continents by foot, boat... ..and jeep, leading expeditions of more than 120 scientists into the heart of remote jungles. i've been here for nearly 12 months now and the expedition has grown enormously since its original conception. what we're doing is to examine the rain forest, which is a vital and very little understood environment, probably the richest environment in the world and one

which is disappearing with terrifying speed. robin has chronicled his life of adventure through a series of more than 20 books. his most recent book explores the major threats facing the world today, including pandemics. robin was one of the first covid—i9 patients into derriford hospital, having caught the virus whilst skiing prior to the lockdown. 36 hours after he was in hospital, he was heavily sedated and put on a ventilator. so one of the ways that i've been keeping in touch with the family is with a family group chat. my son says he is praying and thinking of him. i can't really read them. sounds like he's getting the best possible care and lots of attention.

you are so brave as well, louella. robin's a tough, old nut. i can't really read... we know he'll pull through. being in first means he has their full attention. he's in the right place. stay strong. sending huge love. he'll pull through. we love him, etc. yeah, there's lots of wonderful messages from people and he's still deep in the woods, but at least it's not worsening. that's so encouraging. sleep well. yeah, just lots of similar sort of messages. yeah, he'll get there. robin and louella's farm on bodmin moor, one of cornwall‘s designated areas of outstanding

natural beauty, is overlooked by cornwall‘s highest peak, brown willy. their shared love of nature drew the couple to the moor over 30 years ago. this is such a special place because we come here often together. robin's travelled all his life to the most wonderful places and, of course, your favourite place has got to be home, in the woods here on ourfarm. and it's very comforting and reassuring to visit it and think about being here with him. after two weeks in hospital, robin's kidneys fail. he is unconscious. the family can do nothing but wait as robin clings to life. the doctors tell them to begin to come to terms with a life without him.

you never know how you're going to react when somebody that you care about is so unbelievably ill and on death's door. and every day was pretty brutal and we were pretty broken. the doctor says to him, "your lungs are filling up with fluid. "we have two options. option one is we leave you and hope that you get better naturally, but the chances are at your age, you're almost certainly going to die if we do that. option two is, we sedate you, probably for ten days, try and drain your lungs. but at your age, you have about a 20% chance of survival." at this point, the doctors call us and say that, actually, he's deteriorating further. his lungs are still filling with fluid and they want to put a tracheotomy in. normally, this is a relatively simple procedure, but because of his age, there is a strong chance he'll die in surgery. and the doctors want to make it really clear to us that even if he does survive that, his chances of ever recovering have

now gone down to about 5%. and even if he does recover, he may well be bedbound, have severe cognitive impairment and never be the man that we knew who went into hospital about a month before. and they say that we have some difficult conversations ahead of us where we may have to decide whether it's even worth continuing with treatment. i believe i'm alive. you are alive. you're definitely alive. after five weeks in intensive care, robin was wheeled into derriford hospital's healing garden with icu nurse kate tantam by his side. irememberthe first times he went outside, and you feel fresh air and they see sun and they see flowers, and it's like they kind of start to emerge out of... ..out of this dream. you could see he was looking at things, thinking, "0h,

this is real, this is tangible. i feel safe." and that was a real breakthrough for him in his recovery. my name is robin hanbury—tenison. i'm an 8a—year—old explorer and i survived five weeks in intensive care with coronavirus. the moment when i actually woke up and i knew that i was going to live was the moment when i was wheeled out by four nurses in a big bed, with tubes coming out of everywhere, and i arrived in the healing garden they've got at derriford. i opened my eyes, saw the sunshine, saw the flowers, and that was the moment when my life was saved by the healing power of nature. he may be a veteran of 30 expeditions, but surviving coronavirus would prove to be one of robin hanbury—tenison's toughest experiences yet. but here he is leaving hospital

to the cheers of the nhs staff who cared for him. during the darkest days of his illness, robin's family had been told if he did survive, the impact of the virus would very likely be severe and long—lasting. it was quite a shock to be told that i might never walk properly again. recovery after intensive care is like a marathon. every step feels hard and feels challenging and it's made up of a million different components. so even learning how to swallow again is a big journey. sitting independently's a big journey. but robin had a goal — unthinkable, perhaps, to those around him, but a goal that drove him through his recovery. exactly five months from may 3 is october 3. so i decided that on that day, i would climb cornwall‘s highest mountain, brown willy, and try and raise £100,000 towards a garden at treliske,

cornwall‘s hospital, because i think every hospital in the country should have a healing garden in it, and let's start with cornwall. it was exciting to have him home, but it was also quite nerve—racking as well. we were in lockdown for two weeks once he got home, so no one came near us. and that's quite scary. i'm not a nurse and i didn't know whether i was going to have to do major nursing or not. he was very thin and had lost about a stone and a half, so we had a lot of work to get him back on his feet again. he could hardly walk a few yards when he got home on a zimmer frame. it just takes a bossy woman and a certain amount of threats and he'd do what i had told him. so we borrowed a mobility scooter, we borrowed an exercise bike, and we've done a lot of exercises and short walks. it'sjust been really amazing

watching his strength come back, his muscle come back. he was very thin and very bag of bones when he got home. he gets very breathless still, and even though his lungs are clear, i'm not sure that anyone quite gets back to where they were before they've had a really horrible illness, but he's fantastic and he's a strong and determined man and he's worked hard. what robin, and indeed any other patient who is having to fight off this infection at the outset, is having to do is that they are quite literally climbing a mountain, when it comes to the impact that this infection is having on the lungs, on the oxygen content of their blood and the overall impact physically of this infection.

everybody has to have a goal when they're rehabilitating and when they're recovering. the journey that robin is going through at the moment, in terms of his recovery following on from an infection like this, is going to be no different to the journey that many patients across the country, and indeed across the world, are going to be making at the moment. so we're ecstatic to have him home and it's wonderful to see him getting stronger and stronger every day as he trains every day for this feat that he's taken on. but the weather's getting worse and he's a lot weaker than he was before, and we're quite worried that he might have bitten off a bit more than he can chew. my wife louella has been marvellous at encouraging me to do my exercises. and now that i've pretty well done my physio, we're concentrating on walking a longer distance every day.

throughout his life, robin has set himself tough challenges. for his 80th birthday, he ran his first marathon. but one of the achievements he is most proud of is survival international, the charity he established over 50 years ago after meeting vulnerable indigenous communities across the world. the organisation now fights for the rights of these once voiceless people. archive: anywhere in the world where a new dam, a high—speed road or a vast mining operation is planned, and the blueprints covered land occupied for centuries by tribal people, then commerce comes before conscience and the indians are swept aside in the name of progress. survival international exists to temper that race for progress with patience and understanding. his friend and contemporary, sir ranulph fiennes, is proud of what he has achieved. in my opinion, robin is one of the greatest explorers alive today.

and his legacy includes so much he has done for vital conservation and for human rights. in addition to the sheer volume of his great adventures, his uniquely far—reaching successes for various forms of conservation includes sterling work for the preservation of threatened rainforests. i am truly proud to have known my friend robin down the long years and i seize this opportunity to thank him for all his great works. it's the day of the climb. robin and the family are getting themselves ready for the journey from their home to the base of the highest point in cornwall, 1,378 feet above sea level. get these boots on. absolutely, what a weather forecast... it's going to be quite a day.

the ascent to the top of brown willy is a seven—mile round trip and the terrain is difficult on the best of days. he's always pretty relaxed about this kind of thing. and when the stakes are higher, he just gets more excited, so a number of people have been phoning up and saying perhaps he shouldn't do it and perhaps he should postpone because this large storm, storm alex, is coming in. the met office have issued amber weather warnings that will come in force later on today. the met office reminds usjust how wet it was on the 3rd of october. that day was the uk's wettest on record, records going back to 1891. it is making me quite nervous, and i'm going to make sure that we're well—prepared. lizzie and i are making sure that we're going to take survival gear that we weren't going to consider taking before, so we'll have exposure blankets and a warm kit and hot drink and snacks, so that if the weather does turn on the top, then we can get him warm and dry and then get him off the mountain quite quickly. over the hills, we could see as much

as 120 millimetres, so a very, very wet spell of weather. we are likely to see some flooding building in through the weekend across these areas. here we are at the base of brown willy. the weather is horrible. my family's with me and, of course, we're going to make it. well, it's been a roller—coaster ride, of course. and with covid recovery, it's a difficult thing for people to get over. they feel very tired and breathless — and he does feel tired and breathless still.

well, storm alex has definitely come in. and look at it, the weather is blowing and the rain's coming in heavy, but it's as good as we could have thought it might be. he's already heading off up the hill, like a schoolboy. he's raced ahead of me. and, yeah, he's full of beans, very excited, but obviously we're taking it sensibly, because the weather's making this even trickier. when i first started exploring, it was all about showing off, about going further and more bravely than other people. and a lot of explorers today still just do that. but i was lucky enough to discover causes, tribal people and rainforests, and i now realise that it's much more important for adventurers, people doing exciting things, to have a purpose which helps to save the world, make it a better place, because we haven't got time

to do anything else. well, it's been quite steep, steeper than i expected. there's been quite a lot of rain, quite a lot of wind. we've had to shelter occasionally. the sun peeped through. and we are getting near the top now and all my training has been taxed to the limit now, but i think i'll make it. robin and his family have now passed the halfway point and have reached the steepest part of the climb. robin's training so far has never been further than a few miles at a time — and never more than a stone's throw away from home. we've all worked hard to get up here today because it's been very windy and cold and wet. and it's not been an easy climb for him. and the fact that he's 84 is pretty incredible. as robin nears the final push, he starts to feel the effects of the climb.

one of the ironies of having my life saved by waking up in a healing garden in derriford hospital is that i've spent most of my life campaigning, fighting for rainforests and other wilderness areas in the world — because i believed they were important in their own right — but in the end, it was a healing garden that saved my life. exactly five months after robin was released from hospital with coronavirus, he completed his challenge of climbing brown willy, in aid of nhs healing gardens.

it's a very, very important feat for him. and it's a challenge well worth giving him, and he's done it, and ijust feel... i'm so pleased, i'm so proud of him. he's done well. i'm feeling fantastic because we've made it. thanks to louella for dragging me up and pushing me, we got here. couldn't have done it without them. and it's all for a wonderful cause, for the healing garden at derriford which saved my life, and for the one we hope to build at treliske. for robin, completing this challenge is massive. it's massive for us at derriford and it's massive for treliske, to raise money for healing gardens across the south west. these gardens make a massive difference for patients in intensive care in every hospital every day, so it's just phenomenal. when you take people outside after they've been in intensive care for a long period of time — or even for a short period of time —

and you show them a blue sky or a grey sky, or even let them feel drizzle on their hands, it's often incredibly moving. and it's moving because it shows people that life is going to go on and that there is life waiting for them outside intensive care and outside of a hospital bed. it's anything you want it to be, from a gym to where somebody spends their last hours of life, to where a married couple of 40 years can hold hands for the last time, to a place for somebody can bring their dog in, to a place to play basketball, to a place where staff can relax and talk about everything that's going on. it really isjust a space for people to be themselves. since the climb, robin has turned his attention towards helping his son in rewilding theirfarm in bodmin.

kate tantam was awarded a queen's birthday honour for her contributions and dedication to the nhs. totally and utterly overwhelmed. hello, there. part two of the weekend has been cold. we've some dense fog patches affecting parts of northern ireland and east anglia and where the fog has lingered it really has felt very cold. now, for this upcoming week it's going to stay cold for most of the week and it's going to start mainly dry, further grey and foggy weather for a time, and then from about tuesday onwards will start to see low pressure

moving in so it'll turn unsettled for some of us. now, we've got a very slack airflow across the uk for sunday, which is why the air‘s very stagnant, so a lot of fog and misty murkiness tending to hang around where it forms. it's also cold — you can see the blue colours indicating that cold air mass pretty much stuck right on top of the uk. now, as we close the day out it's going to be a cold one with a little bit of sunshine around but further cloud too, and overnight one or two showers will pepper coastal areas of north—east scotland, western wales, down towards the south—west as well, but for much of the country it's going to be dry with clear spells, some frost and some fog and even some ice will form by the end of the night. now, we're between weather systems for monday with barely any wind so it's going to be another slack airflow for much of the country so where we get the fog through the morning, particularly the midlands into the southeast, perhaps the central belt of scotland, northern ireland, it could hang around all day but even then there could be some low cloud

around, limited spells of brightness. by the end of the day, low pressure will start to move in off the north sea to eastern scotland, north—east england, so here the winds will pick up, but it's going to be cold day for all and even colder than those values suggest where the fog lingers. through monday night, though, that area of low pressure starts to move westwards into much of scotland, start to see some snow on the hills as it bumps into that cold air and the winds will pick—up as well, you can see more isobars on the chart, but it looks like it's going to affect the northern half of the country on tuesday. so here, cloudier skies, windy conditions, outbreaks of rain, some heavy across scotland, some snow to the hills, maybe some sleetiness down to lower levels. it does look like it's southern england into the south—east which could escape and stay dry, perhaps with a little bit of sunshine, but again it's going to feel cold, a—7 degrees for mostof us. it turns a little bit drier again through wednesday and thursday for much of the country, but it stays cold, rather grey, and then signs of it turning a little less cold by the end of the week as atlantic weather systems try to make inroads, which could bring outbreaks of rain too.