good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sallly nugent. our headlines today: a last supper for brexit — the prime minister heads to brussels in a final attempt to unlock trade talks. thousands receive the first coronavirus vaccine, but leaders warn of a long road ahead. united in grief — the mothers campaigning to change the law around domestic violence. when i metjulie ijust knew that she felt my pain and i could feel her pain. the champions league is hit with a new racism row. istanbul basa ksehir refuse to continue against psg. players walked off after accusing the fourth official of using racist language.

good morning. are we all going on a summer holiday? it's been a terrible year for travel, but businesses have told breakfast bookings are being boosted by the vaccine. what do you need to consider before you spend your money? good morning. we've got three zones of weather. in the east, cloud and rain. behind that, a drier and brighter slot with sunshine. in the west, more rain later. full weather forecast in ten minutes. good morning. it's wednesday, 9th of december. our top story. borisjohnson will fly to brussels this afternoon for face—to—face talks with the head of the european commission, in what's being seen as a last—ditch attempt to make a breakthrough in trade negotiations. the two sides have until the end of the month to agree on a new relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. our political correspondent, jessica parker, has more. borisjohnson is going to brussels,

that as negotiations have stalled, and phone calls with the european commission president ursula von der leyen, have failed to find a way through. so tonight dinner, face—to—face. with just over three weeks until the brexit transition period ends, an 11th hour effort to give these trade talks a high level political push. there is a deal to be done. if it's not done then that will be a failure on the part of the european union, a failure on behalf on the part of the united kingdom and a failure and the part of the personalities that have been negotiating. nobody wants that failure, and it's in nobody‘s interests to have that failure. so you have to hope and believe that, as i said, albeit late in the day, a deal will be done. progress tonight, said a uk government source, may allow the negotiations to resume in the coming days. but they added it was important to be realistic, an agreement might not be possible. the sticking points remain fishing rights, competition rules and how

a deal would be enforced. i truly hope, of course, that we will not go for the worst case scenario. but we cannot speculate. but it is very important that we get clarification on whatever deal it's going to be, because customers and citizens are waiting for answers. meanwhile, separate discussions on specific trade arrangements for northern ireland did reach agreement yesterday. further details are expected to be set out in the commons later. jessica parker, bbc news. our brussels correspondent nick beake joins us now. morning tunic. —— neck. how optimistic are people about tonight and the prospect of a deal. good morning. not a and the prospect of a deal. good morning. nota huge and the prospect of a deal. good morning. not a huge amount of optimism in brussels today. they are calling at the end game of the endgame. in london downing street says it is the last roll of the

dice. this meeting that is happening tonight, a dinner, is taking place at the official residence of ursula von der leyen, the european commission president. that is because the bars and restaurants are still shut here in brussels. it is taking place next to her work offers. she doesn't have far to commute every day. in terms of what she will be talking about, these three big issues they can't seem to solve. fish will be on the menu some form. the idea of competition rules and how you police a deal. we are being told that once they've had their coffee and they have finished, they want to be emerging with a deal, with a piece of paper saying, look what we have signed and sealed. but the hope is if they get on and see areas for compromise, and this is the first face—to—face meeting the two leaders have had this year, if they make that sort of compromise it might restart, it might give a boost to the talks, so their chief

negotiators can get together in the coming days and maybe, just maybe, they can get this deal sorted. not a huge amount of confidence or optimism here. we heard yesterday with —— they thought it was tilting towards a no deal. by the end of tonight maybe it will be clearer what things will look like. thank you very much indeed. we'll be speaking to the cabinet minister, michael gove, at half past seven. the car maker honda is stopping production at its plant in swindon today, because of a shortage of parts. it told its employees that it's experiencing vessel delays and congestion at uk ports, caused by the pandemic. the companies responsible for transporting shipping containers are warning there could be further disruption when the brexit transition period ends injanuary, as emma simpson reports. the honda car plant in swindon. like all the other car manufacturers, the parts arrive when they are needed, a just—in—time supply chain. but it's been hit by delays caused by congestion at the ports. its production line won't be

running today as a result. gary runs an online toy company and he's had weeks of delays at his busiest time of the year. we're particularly affected by things that we are importing coming in from china on containers. there's lots of congestion at the ports. the ports can't cope. and some boats are being turned around and sent back to holland. others are being diverted to other british ports. every company is the same. every company is in complete and total chaos. but christmas will go ahead. we will get there and we will not let anyone down. so what's gone wrong? containerships are the arteries of global trade. covid—i9 has disrupted the flow, especially from china. ports around the world are now having problems. felixstowe, britain's biggest container port, has been hardest hit here. it's battling with a surge in containers ahead of christmas, as well as brexit stockpiling,

and it had a backlog of ppe containers too. and it had a backlog a perfect storm. and it had a backlog and the congestion has spread to other big ports too. the ports say things are improving, but volumes could remain high for months. the whole supply chain now wants the government to look at ways to improve capacity to keep these containers on the move. emma simpson, bbc news. the coronavirus vaccination will continue to be given out across the uk today, after thousands of people received the first jabs yesterday. the health secretary, matt hancock, has said the nhs now faces a "herculean task" as it embarks on the largest programme of mass vaccination in its history. people aged over 80, care home workers and some health staff are currently the highest priority for the vaccination. it will mean that i can go out more, because at the moment i have been

completely confined at home, i have had hardly any social life at all. and now i will feel as though i'm a bit safer. i won't be so scared about going out. meanwhile, the us supreme court has rejected a lawsuit brought by allies of donald trump, seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election in pennsylvania. the court dismissed the request to discount more than 2.5 million postal votes, without stating any reasons. it's the latest of dozens of legal cases brought by the trump campaign to have failed in the courts. we all need to eat less meat, avoid booking too many flights and change the way we heat our homes to help cut greenhouse gasses. the committee on climate change has produced what it calls a "route map to net zero", which says that if the uk wants to meet its ambitious carbon cutting targets, everyone is going to have to change the way they live. here's our chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt. you probably didn't notice the big

reduction in carbon emissions the uk has already made. that's because a 41% cut in 1991 emissions were largely achieved by closing coalfired power stations, and replacing them with gas and renewables. getting all the way to net to zero emissions will require us all to help out. here's how the committee on climate change says that needs to happen. it reckons technology will get us around 40% of the way. this is mostly about switching to renewable power and once again will happen without us doing anything. another 40% or so will be a combination of behaviour change and technology, so think switching to electric cars, insulating our homes better and finding new ways to heat them. the remaining i6% will be pure behaviour change,

so eating less meat and flying less. chris, i'm sitting here in my kitchen, and you're saying i need to eat less meat and fly less. how are you going to make me do that? you're right, it's a set of changes to behaviour that do underpin our analysis of the uk as a whole getting to this big challenge of net to zero by 2050. it's worth saying, it's not all about behaviour change but that really helps. so the kind of changes we're talking about are reducing the amount of meat that we consume, perhaps flying a bit less. that's a real strong signal to government that needs to start thinking about those things and the policies that they'd put in place. some changes will be easier than we think, the committee says. it expects electric cars to become so much cheaper and better that we choose to buy them anyway. home heating is more of a challenge. the committee assumes we'll stop using natural gas completely by 2033.

0ur homes will need much better insulation and by 2030, it expects a million electric heat pumps will need to be being installed every year at £10,000 each. it says the government needs to find up to £4 billion per year to help us cover that cost. the good news is, the committee thinks the overall cost of decarbonising the entire uk economy will be much lower than was thought, just half a percent of annual output per year. a small price to pay, it says, for doing our bit to protect the world from climate change. justin rowlatt, bbc news. we will bring you all the very latest from the papers in a couple of minutes. but first, let's visit carol for our first of minutes. but first, let's visit carol for ourfirst child of minutes. but first, let's visit carol for our first child of the morning. morning. good morning. this morning we are looking at a chilly start to the day. not quite as cold as it was yesterday for some of us, although

having said that, temperatures close to freezing at the moment in hampshire. more rain arriving in the west later. first thing this morning across parts of northern ireland and wales, there might be some slippery surfaces that have not been treated. we start on a relatively bright note, but there is a lot of cloud around. rain in parts of the east. it will move into the north sea. a brighter slot where we'll see some sunshine. full stop cloud are built in from the west. then we have the rain by the end of the afternoon. you can also see it is going to be fairly gusty around about for example dumfries and galloway. through this evening and overnight they will be clear skies in parts of they will be clear skies in parts of the north—east and the east. then the north—east and the east. then the cloud will come across. the weather front sinks southwards. heavy rain on the southern edge. temperatures six to eight towards the west but still pretty nippy out

towards the east. so we start off on thursday with a lot of cloud. some brighter breaks. a weather front draped across the far north—west. that would produce some rain. read about moray, for example, aberdeenshire, we may see some sunshine. a more active area of low pressure and its weather front two will come in across the west and they will introduce some rain. through thursday into friday that rain will move east whipping across assault. thank you, carol. we will talk to you in half an hour. carol would be here throughout the morning. let's take a look at today's papers. the times looks ahead to the prime minister's visit to brussels for brexit trade deal talks, quoting one government source as saying, "we must be realistic that an agreement may not be possible". the telegraph headline is a quote from sir patrick vallance, warning that the public may have to wear masks for another year because of a lack of evidence that the vaccine prevents transmission.

0n the front page of the guardian, the story that rugby player steve thompson, who has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, is joining a group of ex—players who are proposing to bring legal action. that is something we are going to be talking about later this morning with alex popping, one of those by with alex popping, one of those rugby players. the news in the uk has been dominated by margaret keenan and william shakespeare, two of the first people in the uk to get the pfizer vaccine, but the huffpost has the story of 91—year—old martin kenyon, who has been charming twitter users in the us, after giving an off the cuff interview to cnn. have you seen it? it was absolutely brilliant. the only thing is, if you are... my wife is married to an american, so i'm allowed to say that. sorry, your wife is married to an american? sorry, that was amy's truth! my brother is married to an

american. we haven't got one of those relationships, all right?! thank you for that! my brother is married an american. there is a certain type of american who feels that all british people are dickensian characters. 0r hugh grant. exactly. he talks about the vaccination being nothing of too much significance. he talks about having a nasty lunch at the hospital. 0h, having a nasty lunch at the hospital. oh, dear. talking lunches, 110w hospital. oh, dear. talking lunches, now i have put my foot in it with the family, brits are spending a record 12 billion on festive treats to try to make up for covid—19 at christmas. £1.5 billion more spent on grub and booze compared to last year. people trying to make 2020 a memorable christmas, even though they can't all be together. i suppose it is one of the things you can do. you can have a lovely time in your own home with your bubble, wherever you are allowed to be, and

push the boat out a little bit. extra christmas pudding. i have already ordered mine. nearly all ready even mine! i keep looking at it in the cupboard. have you got a home—made christmas pudding? no, but it. at least you are honest. totally sharp bot. i love this story in the daily telegraph. dogs will respond to nonsense commands, as long as they look a little like the real ones. when hejust seems they look a little like the real ones. when he just seems to they look a little like the real ones. when hejust seems to respond to the tone of my voice. the only embarrassing thing is my wife walks the dog more than i do. when he only responds when i go high—pitched. when i am inbee park i have to shout any high—pitched voice. —— when i am ina park. any high—pitched voice. —— when i am in a park. and i look like an idiot, again. are you all right? if the evidence of google searches is to be believed, we spent the year working

out why. .. 0ne believed, we spent the year working out why... one of believed, we spent the year working out why. .. one of the believed, we spent the year working out why... one of the top google searches this year was how to make hand sanitiser. and also, kfc. 0r quite random. have you made bread? no. years ago. not this lockdown? when we sold our house i made bread. to make it smell nice? exactly. it's cliched but it did work. you know william shakespeare? not personally, but yeah. bill. did you see the magnificent ponds online yesterday? william shakespeare was the second person to get a b vaccine in the uk. the best of them all, taming of the flu. whoever came up with that is an actual genius. very good. can i show you one very scary thing for parents out there? go on then. olympic gymnast matt whitlock, with his gorgeous baby, on a trampoline. 0h,

my word. can you see nina's reaction? no. you think that's all right, don't you? ithink reaction? no. you think that's all right, don't you? i think he is very safe. of course. and he knows what he's doing. i would not it myself. safe. of course. and he knows what he's doing. i would not it myselflj wonder he's doing. i would not it myself.” wonder what that baby's mum said. stomach turning. it's terrifying. don't try that at home. i'm sure he knows what he's doing but it takes one little thing to go wrong. morning, sally. it ruined my day yesterday i saw it. so we talk about something a bit brighter. holidays! we have missed them so much. it's been terrible. could the coronavirus vaccine be the ticket to travel lots of people have been waiting for? we can't talk about the hope for some summer sun without a reminder of just how awful

this year has been for holiday—makers and travel firms. between april and june last year, we tookjust under 19.5 million trips abroad. this year over that period a massive dip — fewer than a million. perhaps that isn't a surprise but it has a huge impact on businesses and on all of us because we have missed their chance to chill out and recharge the batteries. but things are looking up. we've spoken to some of the uk's leading holiday companies who all told us that, since the news of effective covid vaccines broke, they've seen steadily rising enquiries and bookings for summer 2021. and the staycation also looks set to make a stronger comeback. over the summer this year, around ten million brits took a night's holiday away from home in the uk. that's fewer trips than last year, but bookings are expected to rise significantly in 2021. among the businesses who have already seen rising demand is the caravan holiday company haven. next year is looking really strong

already. we are about a third book for the whole year. about 40,000 bookings ahead of where we would normally expect to be. that's before we go into our really important time injanuary and we go into our really important time in january and february. we go into our really important time injanuary and february. and in the back of all the recent announcements on vaccines, we can expect that to further strengthen. we spoke to a number of travel agents and experts yesterday. they said the good news is lots of holiday companies will be super keen to get us back on board, so there could be discounts to be had. the top destination tip? montenegro is the new croatia, apparently. but remember this is very early days with the vaccine. make sure you check the cancellation policy. package deals often offer more protection. look for deals that only ask for a small deposit and be prepared to change your plans. we always love hearing from you. if you have booked a holiday, if you are going somewhere, if you are

getting excited, let us know. if you have any questions, do get in touch. matt hancock, the health secretary, said he is confident we will be able to have our summer said he is confident we will be able to have our summer holidays next year. he has booked for cornwall rather than abroad. cornwall is beautiful. the thought of sun xiang, the possibility, even the option.” am not getting carried away. thanks, nina. for most students, university life is about balancing your social life with your studies. but this year, things have been very different. a poll of 4,000 students has found nearly half have really struggled with their mental health, leading to feelings of anxiety and loneliness. so what has life on campus been like? danjohnson has been finding out. some of our youngest minds are the most troubled. you question everything, including your own life and your own worth. away from home, missing family, cut off from friends. i never thought i'd do a freshers

alone in my bedroom. this is their struggle, through anxiety, stress, loneliness and depression. i feel it is the toughest experience i've had in my life. welcome to my crib. this was the start of claudia's student life in liverpool. isolated within days... really struggling. ..she couldn't mix with housemates or course mates. because we were stuck indoors we got even more monitored by the security. so that was frightening in a way, because we felt like criminals put into isolation. the university said they did their best to keep students safe. claudia's mental health started to slip. especially at night, you started being very depressed, overwhelmed and hopeless. at one point i know i wasn't where i wanted to be and it was really difficult to reach for help. just over half of students who answered the nus survey said the pandemic had damaged their mental health.

three weeks into term, with the support of university counselling, claudia decided to move home and continue her course from here. you're stuck in a room by yourself. boyfriend callum has helped her cope. thank you for being there, you know. it's almost like a taboo to talk about your mental health, and to start that conversation it is a really huge step for people to take. what's it been like at its worst? three days ofjust lights out, blinds down, the only time i ever leave bed is to go to the bathroom. ifeeljust like, dead, because you just don't want to do anything. at the other end of the country... i might treat myself and watch another episode of the crown. ..shakir‘s spent a second year, so far, stuck in his london flat. just like every other day, spent alone in this room. itjust got worse as you realised that, oh, wait, no, you don't have any in—person lessons. do you regret coming back? yeah.

the nus survey shows more than two thirds of those who struggled haven't asked for help. people are out there willing to help you, but you just feel selfish and you feel like you're wasting someone else's time, and i get that a lot, so i just try and stay quiet and keep my head down. and the worry is this could be shaking the foundations of a career, friendships, life. this is supposed to be one of my best years, but it's been affected so negatively. it's just been so hard on all of us students. we haven't had much support. so what does the future hold? telling students to go home for christmas. obviously it's important to see family. in a house of nine there's more company, but here in sheffield they've have still suffered. when you're just stuck in your house, and, no offence, with the same people forever — do you know what i mean? — it's like, it's pretty grim. university's meant to be the best years of your life but right now is definitely not. like, it's horrible. i have periods of time where i feel

completely disconnected. i think that it's my brain shutting down and saying, i can't cope with this any more. they've all had asked for help. they'd like more. there are times when they need more. it very much feels like we are on her own. we're looking out for each other because there is no one else that is looking out for us. the government is spending £3 million more on a website supporting student well—being through the pandemic. reaching out to a mate, asking how someone is twice rather than once, don'tjust accept, "i'm fine". so many people are going through maybe the exact same situation, but also a hard time, and you just need to talk about it. i hope that this pandemic will show that putting people first is much more important than putting money first. dan johnson, bbc news. very different of student life for people going to university and colleges this year. a very different way of living. one of the other

things we are talking about today, obviously yesterday was the day, we will be speaking to a number of people who have had the vaccination. an elderly couple, a nice based in wales, which is one of the highest rates of covid—19 in the uk at the moment. we are going to try to give you a picture of who got it yesterday, some of those 800,000, and remember, when you are speaking to the health secretary he was saying the plan was at least four millions of people by christmas. the numbers are astonishing when you think about it. thousands of people had just yesterday. thousands more again today. we will ask michael gove a little bit later on how logistically that is going to work and whether it is actually achievable by christmas. now the local news where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alpa patel. the company providing a private covid—19 testing service

at gatwick airport has apologised for major problems with their booking system. managers say they've experienced "unprecedented demand" for tests since their website launched last month. the delays have forced some passengers to postpone their trips. we had 120,000 people try to book in the first few days. we took 12,000 bookings, so that was good. but we have been overwhelmed by that demand. we put on resources, i apologise to those people who have had trouble getting bookings. we are looking to release more capacity. meanwhile, people who have recovered from coronavirus in london are being asked to register as blood donors. it's for the world's largest trial into the use of convalescent plasma to treat patients with covid 19. experts say those with high enough levels of antibodies could help those seriously ill in hospital. we are urgently appealing for anyone who's had symptoms of covid

or a positive test to come forward to donate your plasma. this plasma will be used to treat patients who are still sick with covid, and we urgently need you to come forward. this plasma could save lives. a new exhibition is opening at the v&a today, looking at handbags. it will feature items like margaret thatcher's iconic handbag and winston churchill's despatch box. the exhibition will explore the function, status and craftmanship of bags through 300 pieces, some dating back to the 16th century. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube minor delays for london 0verground in and out of london liverpool street because of a signal failure. in south hampstead fairfax road is closed from the overground station to the a41 because of a burst water main. and the usual delays northbound on the approach to the blackwall tunnel.

now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start this morning, but it's not as cold as it has been. and we've been stuck underneath this very cold air indicated by the blue here for the past few days, temperatures barely getting above zero. you'll notice that starts to move over the next couple of days and that milder air will start to move in as we head further through the week. for this morning, it's rather grey, with some outbreaks of rain. that's the remnants from last night's rain, it will clear, there may be some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures a little higher than they have been. still in single figures, though, between six and seven celsius. 0vernight tonight, we'll see thicker cloud moving in and then some outbreaks of rain as we head towards thursday morning. it means therefore the temperature again isn't quite so cold, between three and five celsius. so widely above zero. frost free start tomorrow. it is going to be a rather grey day once again. the temperatures similar and then notice as we get through to the end of the week and into next week,

temperatures that bit milder. that's it. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to dan and sally. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. coming up on breakfast this morning... did i give you a fright then?” did i give you a fright then? i was just going to tell you the time! it's 6:30am! looking up has never been so good. dr brian cox will tell us why the uk is one of the best places in the world to view the night sky. i think he is professor brian cox, actually! back down on street level, we'll be taking a trip down memory lane — or should that be cobbles — with coronation street's longest serving actor, bill roach, as the soap turns 60 today.

and later on in the programme, after a two year break the mob0 awards are back, but this year it's going virtual. thousands of people received the first coronavirus vaccine yesterday, and more patients will be in line for the jab today. the initial focus is on the over—80s and some health and care staff. let's speak now to our gp this morning, dr william bird. good morning, drwilliam bird. morning. great to speak when good morning. great to speak to you. when we were speaking to some of those health care workers yesterday, you got the feeling there was quite a bit of emotion in that room when the first few jabs were handed a bit of emotion in that room when the first fewjabs were handed out. how did you feel watching it yesterday? i felt really emotional. i feel that we have finally got there, and we were being interviewed backin there, and we were being interviewed back in april and may and we just didn't think a vaccine could be done by such quick time and by the end of the year and here we are in december and it's already out there, and it's

going to build up and rapidly build up going to build up and rapidly build up over the next few weeks. i did feel emotional, very excited. i think most patients, you have a few people who are not quite sure about it but the majority are absolutely delighted. on those concerns, it is important to address. when we were speaking to yourself and many of our other health care professionals saying a vaccine would not be available and here we are, ten months down the line, do you think most people's concerns are about it coming so quickly? i think you have two groups, one group do not like vaccines anyway and they will not be changed in their mind. childhood vaccinations would be the same. the other group arejust vaccinations would be the same. the other group are just being sensible and thinking, was this really done quickly or thoroughly? and therefore all of the boxes have been checked, and we have been 0k? all of the boxes have been checked, and we have been ok? i think when you look at... i'm not an expert in

the background of looking after a vaccine, when you look at what has happened, they have just put huge amounts of resources on it. what would normally be ticking along over five or ten year period has been concertina out. there are still groups we don't know about, pregnancy, if you are a front line health care worker and second in the queue above care homes, you cannot haveit queue above care homes, you cannot have it if you are pregnant, and if you are wanting to get pregnant, you have to wait two months after the vaccine has been given. that's because we don't know about vaccine in pregnancy. there will be other groups like that which normally after five or ten years, you would get all that information. what about those people who are this morning thinking, i'm keen to get this vaccine, and maybe they are desperate to get it but they have to wait a while. i'm sure you're getting patients talking to you about that as well. yes, you get patients saying, you have got my number, haven't you doctor? just wanting to make sure they are on the

list they have not been forgotten. if you are over the age of 80, it has been fairly well put out there that you are going to have to wait, it will not be in the next few weeks, it might even be in february that you get your vaccination. there isa that you get your vaccination. there is a very strict order that has been done, the first one is care homes, and front line care home workers, over the age of 80 because we know that age is by far and away the most important. and then it goes down. if i wasn't a doctor, i'm just above 55, i would i wasn't a doctor, i'm just above 55, iwould be i wasn't a doctor, i'm just above 55, i would be number eight in the queue, so write down. it could be february or march before a lot of people start to see those big sports halls and stadiums are starting to really get the numbers up. when that does happen, how much have you been told at this stage about your role as gps in the roll—out of the vaccine? for the big vaccination, when we go into stadium, not very much at all. they are basically gp

practices that have been clustered together, because you have to remember as we know, at —70, the vaccine has to be stored. that can be stored for six months. if it comes into yourfridge be stored for six months. if it comes into your fridge at 4—8, then you have only got five to six days. 0nce you have only got five to six days. once it's out in the room temperature, you got about six hours. there has got to be a very good system of the cold chain which is why practices have been clustered together. you might actually find you have the vaccine in another practice, not your own practice. we are working to get a list of people to make sure we know who is going to be given which are vaccination. that is the pfizer biontech vaccine which needs to be stored at —70. but the 0xford astrazeneca which has not yet been given the regulator approval, i'm sure you saw in the medical journal the lancet, they said the vaccine is safe and effective, gives

good protection, but not yet gone to the regulators. that, which does not need to be stored at such a low temperature and is much cheaper, and there are more of those available, that could be a game changer, couldn't it? yes, that's the man we would expect to come out as very normal when you have to go into the fridge and it will be there for months and it is ok. i didn't go through the entire lancet article, not far off... through the entire lancet article, notfaroff...! through the entire lancet article, notfar off... ! i through the entire lancet article, not far off... ! iwanted through the entire lancet article, not far off... ! i wanted to check. you see the only thing which is still uncertain, and i know there are some trials going on in kenya and in this country, when they looked at the logos a big dose, which is a mistake they made but a fortuitous mistake —— at the low dose and big dose, nobody over the age of 55 was in that group. it was not a particularly difficult group so they are trying to get the data filled up to see if it works on all

the people. there are still a few number over 70, i think it was 63%. that one is going to be, what we are looking for that one is not for the very high risk, that is going to be to really make sure that the herd immunity gets in there. it will be distributed out alongside probably another couple of other vaccines at another couple of other vaccines at a higher rate. those will go for the more vulnerable patients and the rest of us will be getting the 0xford one which will go out for the whole population. that's the one which will drop the herd immunity and hopefully wipe out the virus. we really appreciate your not only coming on this morning but also going to that radicaljournal. was that this morning before you came on, or last night? that was last night. when you look at those journals, all of the numbers start to merge together! but i did get through it. thank you for your service. good to talk to, have a great day, thank you. thanks very

much. i'm glad he did that, dedication! incredible scenes last night in the champions league. two teams who decided to stand together. yes, i don't think we have seen this very often in football. both teams deciding to leave the pitch. a whole new refereeing team will be brought in to finish the game between psg and istanbul basaksehir after the fourth offical was accused of using racist language. the game was halted after 14 minutes when the turkish side's assistant coach pierre webo was shown a red card on the touchline. his club say an official used a racist word. istanbul players came off in protest with psg players following. the incident happened just 14 minutes into the champions league group h tie, which was still goalless. psg will go through regardless of whether the game is completed. it is scheduled to kick off again in paris just before six o'clock tonight. after the game, the psg star

striker kylian mbappe tweeted his support for the istanbul assistant coach pierre webo. he said ‘say no to racism, webo, we are with you' a full investigation has been launched by uefa into the incident. that was manchester united's group. and there was more drama as they went out of the competition after losing at rb leipzig. they only needed a draw to go through but had to stage a fightback from 3—0 down in the second half. they'd left it too late though, and couldn't manage an equaliser. so they're out of the competition and into the europa league. we didn't perform as a team well enough, and that's, that's always the manager's responsibility, to get everyone ready. and we knew that they were going to come at us, we knew they would put crosses in the box, unfortunately we conceded two goals. and we never got going. chelsea were already

through to the knockout stages. they went behind against russian side krasnodar. ex—newcastle winger remy cabella got the goal. but the lead didn't last long, jorghino from the penalty spot for the draw, and chelsea finish top of their group. lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo renewed old rivalries. barcelona and juventus were just playing for top spot in their group. two penalties from ronaldo gave the italians a 3—0 win and put them above barca. millwall fans showed respect as their players stood up against discrimination last night. those there at the weekend had booed players taking the knee. this time the team, along with qpr players, linked arms in a show of solidarity. some of the qpr players also chose to take the knee before kick off and all were applauded by those attending. qpr made the point again when they went 1—0 up but there were no reports of any issues. it finished 1—1. world cup winner steve thompson

is one of eight former rugby professionals who claim the sport has left them with permanent brain damage and they are ready to start legal action against rugby union authorities for negligence. they have all been diagnosed with early signs of dementia. the law firm representing them say they are working with over 100 other players as well. thompson, who is 42, was capped 73 times by england, but struggles to recall his greatest moment in 2003. i'm 42 years old, still supposed to be quite young. getting fitter, i'm trying to look after myself a bit more because you've got to know. and, you know, when you see it, it's like a life that's gone. and they say, you know, would you change anything? there is nothing to change, you can't remember it. everyone says, the best period of my career i should remember, and know, and have memories, but i don't. the rfu and world rugby say they are yet to receive a legal approach and that they take player safety very seriously, implementing injury prevention and injury treatment based

on the latest research and evidence. we will be speaking to the former wales star alex popham and his wife at 8:30am, he has also been diagnosed with early onset dementia. after missing last weekend's grand prix in bahrain, lewis hamilton says he's finally feeling better after testing positive for coronavirus. the seven time world champion is hopeful of being back in contention for this weekend's season ending race in abu dhabi. i know i have not been in touch this past week but it's definitely been one of the hardest weeks that i've had for some time. and it's just been focusing on recovering, trying to get back in shape, so i can get back in the car and race the final race in abu dhabi. i woke up today feeling great and got my first work—out in so ijust wanted to send you guys a message of positivity, let you know that i'm 0k.

all wrapped up in his comfy clothing there, getting better! and finally, have a look at this incredible goal from the persian pro league. this is nader mohammadi with a unique somersault throw in which goes all the way towards the goal and in via a touch off the keeper. of course it wouldn't have counted without the touch but was it a quite remarkable bit of skill or a fluke? that's a good technique. what would possess you to try that?” that's a good technique. what would possess you to try that? i think it was an incident in the world cup, was an incident in the world cup, was it a moroccan player? he always went as if he was going to attempt to do that. one of his team—mates was like, shook his head, no, no! so he juswent, sorry! was like, shook his head, no, no! so hejuswent, sorry! more conventional. i would hejuswent, sorry! more conventional. iwould put hejuswent, sorry! more conventional. i would put my back out for a month doing that. imagine doing that with one arm and a kid! don't give max any more ideas. we are doing it again! what's wrong?

what's going on today?” we are doing it again! what's wrong? what's going on today? i thought you left a gap for me. carry on. you carry on. no, i will carry on! here's the weather! save us, carol! bless you! good morning. not a chili for most of us, there are some eggs —— not as chilly for most of us this morning, there are exceptions, hampshire for example. we have sunshine and showers and rain in the waste later on. the rain is yet to clear heaviest in the south—east, a transient ridge of high pressure and the next area of low pressure comes its way in, introducing rain. you could see some slippery surfaces in northern ireland and wales before the cloud builds and then we see the rain. meanwhile, shall remain in the east which is a way behind that

brighter skies and sunshine. —— showery rain in the east. temperatures six to nine or 10 degrees. yesterday in part of norfolk, temperatures struggled to break freezing so that will be a difference for you. whichever way you dress it up, it will still feel cold if you are out and about. this evening and overnight we start with some clear skies in the east, where we have the crowd coming across. the weather front from the west will move east and then sink down towards france. where we have the cloud and the rain, we are looking at some pictures overnight, six to 8 degrees. clearer skies, the temperatures will be lower. if you are temperatures will be lower. if you a re interested temperatures will be lower. if you are interested in the northern lights, there is a chance you could see them across the northern isles and aberdeenshire. elsewhere, probably a bit too much cloud in the east but worth having a look, you mightjust be east but worth having a look, you might just be lucky. east but worth having a look, you mightjust be lucky. as we head on through thursday, we have this weather front which is slipping off

to france, another weather front weather front which is slipping off to france, another weatherfront up to france, another weatherfront up to the north west of scotland and then a new area of low pressure comes our way. in eastern areas, there will be a fair bit of cloud around but there will be some brighter breaks particularly across north—east scotland. we will also have showers and the rain from the weather front across the north west, and then the next area of low pressure, with a more active weather front, coming in from the west later on. note the temperatures, six to ten or 11. we have not seen 11 on the charts for a wee while. the weather front coming into the course of the west during thursday, that will cover us all during thursday and friday. quite breezy for a time. starting off with rain in the east on friday, behind it, cloud and showery outbreaks in the west. some brighter skies as far north and later in parts of the south—west and wales. temperatures between seven

and 11. after that, low pressure dominates the weather so it is going to be changeable and unsettled. but milder. thank you, we will see you later on. two mothers, whose daughters were killed by their ex—boyfriends whilst at home, have come together to campaign for tougher sentences. at the moment, a murderer who commits their crime in a domestic setting faces a much shorter sentence than if it happened in public. fiona lamdin has been to meet the women. when i metjulie, ijust knew that she felt my pain and i could feel her pain. i went to carol's house first and i'll never forget getting out the car and her opening the door, and we just looked at each other and just gave each other the biggest hug and just looked into each other's eyes. an immediate connection of, this person has been through and is going through and we will continue to go through, the same things. it was extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary.

these two mothers united by two hideous crimes. both their daughters were murdered by their ex boyfriends. ellie gould was 17, poppy devey waterhouse was 24. she was adventurous. if someone said, "shall we do something," she would say yes before they got the end of the sentence, and was all about experiences in life and doing as much as she could. she completely lived life to the full. she was amazing. poppy lived with her boyfriend, joe atkinson, for three years. but when she ended the relationship, he could not accept it was over. he decided that he was going to take ultimate control of the situation and he went into the kitchen and he chose a knife, from the knife block, and went into her bedroom and stabbed her. five months later, ellie gould was halfway through her a—levels. she had such a bright future ahead of her. she was looking at universities, she was learning to drive,

she got herself a little part time job waitressing. in may 2019, she finished a three month relationship with her boyfriend, thomas griffiths. the next day, he repeatedly stabbed her while she was home alone studying. it robs you of happiness. you can't imagine a time when you will feel carefree again and happy. you know, you just have to put on this face and pretend that everything is ok when it really isn't. there is no hurt like a mother's hurt. it's only someone like julie who can really understand. 0ur girls look so similar as well. people have commented that. but obviously, the domestic homicide, with ours, they were very, very similar and that increases our bond as mothers. and together, they're now fighting to change the law. current guidelines say if a weapon is taken to the murder scene, it's a 25 year minimum prison sentence. but poppy and ellie were killed at home.

the weapons their murderers used were already in the kitchen, so their sentences are shorter. it's absolutely disgusting. it sort of says, well, if you're killed in the home, your death is not worth, you're not worth the same as the people that are murdered outside of home. even though they're usually very violent murders. how is that person, how is her murderer, less, to be seen as less violent, less dangerous, as somebody who stabbed somebody once, twice, that they don't know, in the park? these cases are not rare. every three days in the uk, a woman is killed in very similar circumstances to our girls. so it's not like these are one—offs, they are happening all the time. and yet the government is simply not interested in changing sentencing so the punishment fits the crime. in a statement, the ministry

ofjustice said... they added that factors such as degree of planning and premeditation will apply. no matter where the murder was committed. what would they think of what you are doing? i think poppy would be very proud. at school, she was voted the student most likely to change the world. she had that ripped away from her. and all i can do is try and do this in her place. fiona lamdin, bbc news. the domestic abuse commissioner for england and wales, nicole jacobs joins us now. good morning, thank you for being with us this morning. i'm sure you are able to hear the stories there

from carol and julie. incredibly brave of them even to just talk to us about what happened to their daughters. both fighting to have the law changed. is that something that you support? yeah, i agree with you, i think we can all see thatjustice certainly has not been served in those cases. and these mothers are courageous in bringing this issue to light. and we have to always keep ellie and poppy, and like they said, so many others in our mind to me talk about this issue. i think this shows us that the tariffs that are in place have been put in place without domestic abuse in mind. in one instance, put in place to address street crime, and itjust shows in general that our criminal justice system and in particular the sentencing guidance and tariffs are not thinking of the context and the

prevalence, and the harm caused by domestic abuse. so how can you attempt to change the situation for families in the same boat as these two mothers we have just heard from? i think it is a little bit more complex. i worry about changing a tariff ina complex. i worry about changing a tariff in a simplistic way that would not consider the whole context of domestic abuse. we have to keep in mind there are also cases where people who have been obese for many yea rs people who have been obese for many years may have defended themselves and —— abused for many years may have defended themselves and killed their perpetrator. we have to keep and think of a whole range of cases. the criminal justice and think of a whole range of cases. the criminaljustice system has to keepin the criminaljustice system has to keep in mind the prevalence and the high harm that domestic abuse causes. we have three homicides a week, 20% of homicides as a whole

are domestic abuse related. we need the criminal justice are domestic abuse related. we need the criminaljustice system to be resourced and really take on board the prevalence and the harm caused by these issues. this is a significant portion of our criminal justice cases. from end to end, from the very start to the finish, we need to see better performance, better understanding.” need to see better performance, better understanding. i just want to remind you of something that carol gould said in that interview. he said the government —— she said the government is not interested in making the punishment fit the crime, what is your response?” making the punishment fit the crime, what is your response? i would agree on the whole that absolutely we have got to have a framework that really understands the context of domestic abuse, the ongoing nature of the piece, the harm caused. i think one change may not do that, because i would worry about the wider context of cases in terms of people, women or people who have been subject to

domestic abuse who are defending themselves or who have harmed the perpetrator after years of abuse. that's not to say that i don't think we need to see a much better framework that understands the context framework that understands the co ntext a nd framework that understands the context and harm caused by domestic abuse, absolutely. why would those two situations be treated in a similar way? is there not some way of making different legislation for those situations? i understand what you are saying about people being subjected to years of abuse defending themselves, but the girls we are talking about were in a com pletely we are talking about were in a completely different situation to that. why would the same law apply? it is because some of these tariffs have been designed with other issues in mind, unlike street crime, like wanting to grow like street crime and wanting to address other issues. that is the lens that we see the criminal justice system that is the lens that we see the criminaljustice system in in many times but we are not recognising

domestic abuse. we do have sentencing guidelines which treat domestic abuse as an aggravating factor but they seem to contradict some of these tariffs in place. it's not about changing a tariff, not so much knives as such, it is having ta riffs much knives as such, it is having tariffs that really understand the context of domestic abuse, if that makes sense. thank you very much indeed and i do have a statement on ministry ofjustice. they said, our thoughts remain with the families. all made it rightly carries a life sentence and it for judges all made it rightly carries a life sentence and it forjudges to —— all murders rightly carries a life sentence and it is forjudges to decide the minimum term. details of organisations offering information and support with domestic violence are available. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning from bbc london, i'm alpa patel the company providing a private covid—19 testing service at gatwick airport has apologised for major problems with their booking system. managers say they've experienced "unprecedented demand" for tests since their website launched last month. the delays have forced some passengers to postpone their trips. we had 120,000 people try to book in the first few days. we took 12,000 bookings, so that was good. but we have been overwhelmed by that demand. we put on resources, i apologise to those people who have had trouble getting bookings. we are looking to release more capacity. meanwhile, people who have recovered from coronavirus in london are being asked to register as blood donors. it's for the world's largest trial into the use of convalescent plasma

to treat patients with covid—19. experts say those with high enough levels of antibodies could help those seriously ill in hospital. we are urgently appealing for anyone who's had symptoms of covid or a positive test to come forward to donate your plasma. this plasma will be used to treat patients who are still sick with covid, and we urgently need you to come forward. this plasma could save lives. millwall players stood arm—in—arm in last night's championship fixture against qpr, in a "show of solidarity for football's fight against racism. it comes after some millwall fans booed players taking the knee before saturday's defeat by derby. players of both teams also held up an anti—racism banner. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube minor delays for london 0verground in and out of london liverpool street because of a signal failure.

in south hampstead, fairfax road is closed from the overground station to the a41 because of a burst water main. and the usual delays northbound on the approach to the blackwall tunnel. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start this morning, but it's not as cold as it has been. and we've been stuck underneath this very cold air indicated by the blue here for the past few days, temperatures barely getting above zero. you'll notice that starts to move over the next couple of days and that milder air will start to move in as we head further through the week. for this morning, it's rather grey, with some outbreaks of rain. that's the remnants from last night's rain, it will clear, there may be some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures a little higher than they have been. still in single figures, though, between six and seven celsius. 0vernight tonight, we'll see thicker cloud moving in and then some outbreaks of rain as we head towards thursday morning. it means therefore the temperature again isn't quite so cold, between three and five celsius.

so widely above zero. frost free start tomorrow. it is going to be a rather grey day once again. the temperatures similar and then notice as we get through to the end of the week and into next week, temperatures that bit milder. that's it. i'm back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today: a last supper for brexit — the prime minister heads to brussels in a final attempt to unlock trade talks. yesterday was a busy day for the nhs, with thousands of people receiving the first ever coronavirus vaccine. today it's receiving the first ever coronavirus vaccine. today its day two and we're ina vaccine. today its day two and we're in a hospital in south london to see how they are getting on. a walk—off in the champions league — istanbul basa ksehir and psg players leave the pitch, after accusing the fourth offical of using racist language. good morning. it's quite a cloudy start to the day. rain to clear from the east, then sunshine and showers before more rain from west later. and why these views of the milky way have received official protection.

good morning. it's wednesday 9th december. the prime minister will fly to brussels this afternoon for face—to—face talks with the head of the european commission, in what's being seen as a last—ditch attempt to make a breakthrough in trade negotiations. the two sides have until the end of the month to agree on a new relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker, has more. borisjohnson is going to brussels, that as negotiations have stalled, and phone calls with the european commission president ursula von der leyen, have failed to find a way through. so tonight dinner, face—to—face. with just over three weeks until the brexit transition period ends, an 11th hour effort to give these trade talks a high level political push. there is a deal to be done. if it's not done then that will be a failure on the part of the european union, a failure on behalf on the part of the united kingdom and a failure and the part of the personalities

that have been negotiating. nobody wants that failure, and it's in nobody‘s interests to have that failure. so you have to hope and believe that, as i said, albeit late in the day, a deal will be done. progress tonight, said a uk government source, may allow the negotiations to resume in the coming days. but they added it was important to be realistic, an agreement might not be possible. the sticking points remain fishing rights, competition rules and how a deal would be enforced. i truly hope, of course, that we will not go for the worst case scenario. but we cannot speculate. but it is very important that we get clarification on whatever deal it's going to be, because customers and citizens are waiting for answers. meanwhile, separate discussions on specific trade arrangements for northern ireland did reach agreement yesterday. further details are expected to be set out in the commons later. jessica parker, bbc news.

we'll get the view in brussels in a moment with our correspondent nick beake. but first, our political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us from westminster. good morning. nick, what's the prime minister hoping to achieve? morning, dan. the simple answer is he wants to try and get at visa talks back on track in some way. they have been the stock for some days now. really since last friday very little has moved forward. this was always going to need the politicians to get involved to try and figure out those remaining issues, if there is some room for compromise, for manoeuvre, to try and find a way forward. it's a bit like a broken down car where the politicians are going to turn up with the jump leads later and try and get this somehow moving again, to give some prospect of a trade deal. i've got to say there has been growing pessimism in the last few

days. a lot of people i've spoken to have said this mightjust not get done. they really are quite far apart on the big issues. at the hope is that borisjohnson can go there today, to have underlain —— i should have underlain and try to get the talks back on track. i don't think there will be a eureka moment tonight. the big question today is if there is some sort of room for manoeuvre that gets these trade talks that have been stuck in neutral, back on track. nick, thank you. how is the eu feeling ahead of tonight's crunch talks? nick beake, our brussels correspondent, joins us now. morning, nick. how optimistic is everybody there about what might happen tonight? morning, sally. i think people are quite pessimistic about what might come out of this. the bars and restaurants are still shotin the bars and restaurants are still shot in brussels because of covid. so this is a dinner at a private residence of the head of the

european commission. her flight residence of the head of the european commission. herflight is next to her office, so she doesn't have much of a commute. let's be honest, both leaders will have had more enjoyable dinners in their time because they have got some tricky stuff to chew over this evening. they are trying to find a compromise whether chief negotiators have failed to do over the months and months of talking they have been doing. and we heard about some of theissues doing. and we heard about some of the issues they need to try and resolve, including fishing and competition rights. how both sides deal with each other in the future. worth stressing that despite the pessimism, which seems to be growing, both sides say they do want a deal because they can get the best interest. it is whether they will budge at this point. these deals are all about compromise. the problem though is that of the uk says the european union is simply not accepting the fact that britain is now a newly independent sovereign country. and the eu is saying that if you want special access to the single market, if you want to trade with us in a special way you need to

follow rules and regulations. if you have a big disagreement and people are so far it —— so far apart, they have got fundamental positions they wa nt to have got fundamental positions they want to shift one, it is going to be difficult. will it happen tonight? the hope is the best case scenario is there is some sort of good progress. there is good chemistry between the leaders. that can really kick—start these negotiations. i think it will all become a little bit clearer tonight after they have had their dinner. nick beake, thank you. the carmaker honda is stopping production at its plant in swindon today, because of a shortage of parts. it says it's been experiencing delays caused by congestion at uk ports. the backlog has built up as companies increased orders after the initial pandemic lockdown, while some have looked to stockpile goods before the end of the brexit transition period injanuary. honda says it'll restart production as soon as possible. meanwhile, the us supreme court has rejected a lawsuit

brought by allies of donald trump, seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election in pennsylvania. the court dismissed the request to discount more than 2.5 million postal votes, without stating any reasons. it's the latest of dozens of legal cases brougt by the trump campaign to have failed in the courts. carol has been telling us for the last few days there is changeable stuff on the way. so if you have just switched on, let's find out what is happening. morning, carol. good morning. that is absolutely right. the weather is changeable. lopressor generally is going to dominate the weather in the next few days. but do have the odd transient ridge of high pressure along the way. widely temperatures are between two and 5 degrees this morning. not as cold as it has been this week. but temperatures still below freezing in hampshire. there will be a lot of cloud around. then

we return to sunshine and showers before more rain from the west later. some rain across eastern areas. that will slowly clear. some of it is showery. the cloud will break up. sunny spells develop. they can cloud towards the west, heralding the arrival of this next weather front introducing some rain. temperatures today higher than they we re temperatures today higher than they were yesterday. in norfolk, under the fog, temperatures struggled to break freezing. today you will have 6 degrees in norwich. but still it is going to feel cold if you are outside. this evening and overnight some clear skies in the east. the cloud will build from the west and the weather front producing this rain, some of it heavy across parts of wales and southern england, slips down towards france. where we have got the cloud and the rain, temperatures holding up. towards the east it will feel cooler. rain still affecting the north—west of scotland

tomorrow. breezy as well. quite a lot of cloud. some showers. some brighter breaks. but they will be the exception rather than the rule before the next system romps in from the west bringing rain and these maximum temperatures. thank you, carol. a busy week of weather. listen to what he says and you will be fine. that is the rules, isn't it, carol? listen to everything you say in life is fine. absolutely. how about that cup of tea then? sorry, just seem to be losing you there for a second, carol. we are going to have to say goodbye. goodbye! "there could be light at the end of the tunnel." those were the words of the health secretary matt hancock yesterday, as the first covid vaccines were delivered. it's thought that thousands of people have now received the firstjab at around 70 hospital hubs across the uk. let's hear from some of those people who were first in line. it would be very silly not to have it done.

it will mean that i can go out more, because at the moment i've been completely confined at home. i've had hardly any social life at all. and now i will feel as though i'm a bit safer. i won't be so scared about going out. are you currently unwell with a fever? no, i'm not. i wasn't too keen. i wasn't sure if i would take it. but when it was explained i thought it was the best thing to do. definitely so. i think that's what it is all about, because the family have been distant, keep a distance, isn't it? if we get this done then you can eliminate the distance and be closer to your family. we will treat you to a plaster today. 0k. were you up early this morning, getting all excited? my confidence. that's what i have lost most. i used to go out shopping on my own on the buses. i drove until a few months ago.

that's what i've missed. it is the confidence more than anything, i think. are you 0k? doing it nice and slow. i never felt it, actually, to be honest with you. i felt the flu jab more than i felt that one. never had any worries at all, none at all. i have a lot of faith in what i've read about it, so... well done. it's gone fantastic. everybody has been fine. people are in really high spirits. they all want to be part of this momentous day. i'm honoured really because it's a milestone, isn't it? there you go, that's it. done. such a privilege really that we are doing anything to get back to normal. it's so exciting, knowing that this is the road out of this. we are by no means out of the woods, but it is the road out to some normality again.

applause. i love how it is the older generation who are now being treated like heroes. i love the applause. it's about time. the roll—out will continue today, with a focus on people who are over 80 and some health staff. 0ur health correspondent, anna collinson, is at st george's hospital in london for us this morning. good morning. another busy day ahead? yeah. morning from south london hospital. and yeah, day two of the vaccine programme is going ahead. yesterday we saw thousands of vaccines happening across the country. the pfizer and biontech vaccine was administered. as we know it is going to those who are most vulnerable to the disease. those

over 80, care home workers and those who work in the health care system. and here in tooting, south london, it isa and here in tooting, south london, it is a brilliant mood this morning. in an hourwe it is a brilliant mood this morning. in an hour we are going to have patients coming through the door getting a minister. yesterday they we re getting a minister. yesterday they were about 100 vaccinations that took place. we are going to talk to the first person to administer a vaccine at the hospital yesterday morning. what was that like?m vaccine at the hospital yesterday morning. what was that like? it was absolutely amazing. really emotional. i had to hold my tears back. i have been practising for over 20 years. and yesterday felt really, really special and emotional. it was just feeling like there was light at the end of the tunnel. this is it. that is what we are all waiting for. it almost felt like privileged, that you are the one who is actually doing it and speaking to the lady who came, she actually made me more emotional because she said she had her baby here and she felt quite devoted to

the hospital and wanted to give us something back. and our first present that we had from our patients, a box of chocolates to say thank you. everybody was so grateful. it was that feeling that people felt relieved, especially. the older patients were asking, when cani the older patients were asking, when can i see my grandchild? when can i see my children? there felt there was a hope there for them. it was nice. good luck for day two. brilliant work. catherine, let's ta ke brilliant work. catherine, let's take a moment to think about the year that you and your colleagues have had, and what this moment really m ea ns have had, and what this moment really means for you all. can you give us an idea? i've been qualified for 27 years and it's probably been the most difficult year of experience. they have been some really dark times. but i have to say that being part of the vaccine, and we have done a lot of vaccine plight “ were we have done a lot of vaccine plight —— were my trials and clinical trials, has brought a glimmer of hope. we know it is still a way. we still have the winter to get through. i would like to thank everybody across the world who has

come forward to make this possible. all the millions of people who made this possible for thousands of people who have come forward for trials, and put themselves forward to help support society and do something positive. what about your message to people watching him may be wary about getting a vaccine, briefly? i think it's been very well tossed it across the world. there have been no corners cut. it has been really well tested. i think when you think of the devastation that we have seen across the country, economically and health—wise, we really do hope that people come forward. have the vaccine. and robert, the vaccine, talk us through the dosages and the fa ct talk us through the dosages and the fact it doesn't actually take effect straightaway? absolutely. two separate doses between 21 and 28 days apart. a very small and fluid goes into your arm. 0.3 males. really small. whilst you may have

had your first dose, you absolutely need to come for your follow—up dose 28 days later. it then does take up toa 28 days later. it then does take up to a month to start showing a good level of immunity to the vaccine. so continue to wash your hands, keep social distancing, avoid touching your face or wear face coverings out and about. brilliant. a really important message to end on. we are backin important message to end on. we are back in an hour to see some patients. see you then. thank you for that. we will speak to you later. one of those who received the vaccine yesterday is dr amijones, who is an intensive care consultant at the grange university hospital in cwmbran, wales. shejoins us now. we have spoken to you at various points in recent months on this problem. lovely to speak to you again. first of all, give us an idea of how you felt about getting the vaccine yesterday, the first dose?” felt happy to have it. very fortu nate. felt happy to have it. very fortunate. i felt a little felt happy to have it. very fortunate. ifelt a little bit guilty because i think my

colleagues, they are a little bit older and more at risk than me. they will get it shortly as well. i felt a little bit guarded. it is a man to stay and everybody was very positive. but in wales we have got horrific covid numbers still. although there is light at the end of the tunnel, it is still quite a long tunnel and i'm just a little bit concerned that the public might think this is the end, just party and get on with life. but actually, we are not going to do that for a good while yet until we have a good proportion of the population vaccinated. what has been really helpful speaking to you in the past as you have given us a clear picture of what life is like in those intensive care wards. however things in wales at the moment? what sort of things are using day—to—day? —— how are things? we have got higher hospital numbers of covid then we did in the first wave. the hospitals are very busy. itu is maybe not as busy as it was in the first wave, because there are new treatments and new medications that we are using that are turning a lot of people around before they get to intensive

care, which is great. but we are still seen very, very young, pretty fit and well patients in their 30s, 405, 50s, fit and well patients in their 305, 405, 505, 605, 705, with nothing much wrong with them, suffered at home for ten days, ended up in hospital coming to us, and sadly some are still dying. they should have yea r5 of some are still dying. they should have years of their life ahead of them. we are still seeing this horrific disease. the sooner we can get the population vaccinated and see the back of it, the better. when you talk about light at the end of a very long tunnel, is that a conversation you are having with patients as well, that yes, it is a big step forward, what we saw yesterday in what will happen in this week and the coming weeks, but it will be month5 this week and the coming weeks, but it will be months until we are on top of it, i suppose? yeah, absolutely. mo5t top of it, i suppose? yeah, absolutely. most of my patients are a5leep actually, so i can't talk to them. we can't let our foot off the throttle. we have got month5 them. we can't let our foot off the throttle. we have got months of social distancing and massacring and being careful. please don't do something at christmas that you regret that damages or it's one of yourfamily regret that damages or it's one of your family members who end5

regret that damages or it's one of your family members who ends up getting the disease because you weren't careful enough and you thought this was the end. it's not the end. we have a month before the —— month5 the end. we have a month before the —— months before the end.” the end. we have a month before the -- months before the end. i remember speaking to you very early on during the pandemic and you give us a very clear picture about what morale was like amongst staff at your hospital. what is it like now after so many months of treating patients, i've seen many patients sadly passed away as well, and now at this point where we have started vaccinating? what is more alike at the moment?” we have started vaccinating? what is more alike at the moment? i think morrell had been waiting. it has been a long nine or ten months. —— morale. we are ending up short—staffed because people are off with covid contact. it has been very tough. at least we have started to have a process where we can get relatives and friends in. we are still seeing people are rage being lost. it has been a difficult

moments. it has been a lift. there is light at the end of the tunnel now whereas a few weeks ago it was a big dark and long tunnel and not in use where the end was. from your own point of view, you have the first pa rt point of view, you have the first part of the jab yesterday, you will have the other in 21 days, as it changed your mindset at all? do you feel any different? yell i don't, particularly. i know obviously it is going to take time for the immunity to work. and to be honest, i am reasonably young and fit.“ to work. and to be honest, i am reasonably young and fit. if i got covid i would probably be ok. i have seen people younger and fitter than me in icu. that's unlikely. it is more for me to protect my patients, collea g u es more for me to protect my patients, colleagues and family. you feel a great sense of guilt when you go home after a shift thinking, if i have caught it, i will bring it home to my in—laws, to my baby. ifeel safe in that respect that i will not be passing it on to vulnerable patients. but yeah, it will take some time. until we get good levels across the whole population it will

not have a big impact. once again thank you so much for your honesty and your insight into the job you and your insight into the job you and your insight into the job you and your colleagues are doing in wales. thank you. continue to do a brilliantjob. we will wales. thank you. continue to do a brilliant job. we will speak wales. thank you. continue to do a brilliantjob. we will speak to you soon. thank you. we are staying in wales. the self—isolation period for people in wales who have tested positive for coronavirus, or are at risk of having it, will be reduced to ten days from tomorrow. meanwhile, the welsh government has been accused for of losing control and lacking a strategy following a significant increase in the case rate. we're nowjoined by wales' first minister, mark drakeford. morning to you. is the virus now out of control in wales? the viruses in a very difficult position in wales. i wouldn't describe it as out of control. we took further action on friday of last week to continue to bring it under control. in the teeth, i must say, of opposition

from other parties here in wales. so we have taken the actions that we think are necessary. it is in the hands of every welsh citizen to bring the virus under control. everything we do each day in our own lives are the things that matter to our hospitals, to doctors like doug johnson you just heard from, and that has been my message to people in wales ever since the end of our firebreak period. it's the things we do, every single one of us, every day that makes the difference. you say, of course, everything there is in the hands of the people in wales. but actually, you mentioned the firebreak. you came out of those restrictions. did you come out of them too early and are we now seeing them too early and are we now seeing the results of that? we didn't come out of them too early. we had 17 days of a firebreak period. the firebreak period did everything we had hoped. it set the clock back

three weeks, it gave us three weeks where the r number was below one. it is in the weeks since the firebreak that we have seen the gains that we obtained during it waving, and that is partly because, despite the strict rules we have here in wales, fatigue, people's sense of no hope for the future, has meant that not everybody has been willing to abide by the restrictions that are still necessary. what examples have you seen of that? where have you seen exa m ples of seen of that? where have you seen examples of people breaking the rules ? examples of people breaking the rules? well, we have undoubtedly seen people having house parties, people inviting large numbers, sometimes, people back to their own houses when that is absolutely not allowed within our rules. we had some difficulties, not necessarily in hospitality venues, but the way that people behaved before and after going to hospitality venues. now

most people in wales, a considerable majority, do everything they can to abide by the rules. but with coronavirus, you only need a relatively small number of people who are not prepared to do that, and you see the numbers flying up again. you see the impact on our hospitals and on our health care staff. and thatis and on our health care staff. and that is what we have to persuade people here in wales. and no doubt across the united kingdom. to take that responsibility seriously. was it then a mistake not to reimpose local lockdowns immediately after the firebreak so people would not be tempted to push things a little bit too far? well, our post firebreak rules were strict, stricter than the rules were strict, stricter than the rules were strict, stricter than the rules we had before we went into it. restricting people's ability to meet inside homes, to meet in gardens, a smaller number of people able to eat out —— meet outdoors and so on. we came out of the firebreak with these strict rules. we have since had to

move to put even further measures in place, particularly in relation to hospitality. we have to have a period now to allow that to work. but we also need the full cooperation of every welsh citizen, asking them the question, not what do the rules allow me to do, but what should i do? what contribution cani what should i do? what contribution can i make today to turning back the tide of this deadly virus? the welsh government's technical advisory group strongly advises people in wales not to meet for christmas. what is your advice to them? well, we have a very modest additional set of freedoms for people over christmas. two households are able to meet at the moment. three households will be able to meet over those five days. my advice to people in wales is indeed to think very carefully about that period. to prepare for it in advance. to keep

away from other people's company if you are going to re—meeting people you are going to re—meeting people you don't normally meet. and please, think very carefully about who you will meet. don't meet people who are vulnerable to coronavirus. think very carefully about how you use that freedom. use it responsibly. and then i think it is there for people to use. but thoughtfully, it responsibly and always with an eye on the harm that could be caused. responsibly and always with an eye on the harm that could be causedm seems like you are placing the responsibility very much on the people of wales rather than wanting to impose tougher restrictions now before christmas? well, tougher restrictions by themselves are not the answer. of course, as a government we create the context in which people know what is allowable and what they should do. but it has been our message ever since the firebreak, and we only get through this together by a national effort

in which everybody understands the pa rt in which everybody understands the part they have to play. that remains my message to people in wales. every one of us has to do what we can. but if we act together, as we have in the past, make sure that we interrogate our own actions, be confident we are doing the right thing, then together we will be able to keep wales safer. mark drakeford, first minister of wales, thank you very much indeed. we hope to be speaking to michael gove in the next few minutes on the programme as well. we will do that after getting the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alpa patel. people who have recovered from covid—19 in london are being asked to register as blood donors. it's for the world's largest trial into the use of convalescent plasma to treat patients with coronavirus. experts say those with high enough

levels of antibodies, could help those seriously ill in hospital. we are urgently appealing for anyone who's had symptoms of covid or a positive test to come forward to donate your plasma. this plasma will be used to treat patients who are still sick with covid, and we urgently need you to come forward. meanwhile the company providing a private testing at gatwick airport for covid—19 has apologised for major problems with their booking system. managers say they've experienced "unprecedented demand" for tests since their website launched last month. the delays have forced some passengers to postpone their trips. £1.5 million of funding will be spent supporting families and individuals who are homeless in essex. over the next three years, the money will also help those at risk of homelessness.

the funding is on top of the £3.8 million already spent by the council to support those sleeping rough, and help them find permanent homes. a new exhibition is opening at the v&a today, looking at handbags. it will feature items like margaret thatcher's iconic handbag and winston churchill's despatch box. the exhibition will explore the function, status and craftmanship of bags through 300 pieces, some dating back to the 16th century. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's minor delays on the london 0verground in and out of london liverpool street and the central line too. in south hampstead fairfax road is closed from the overground station to the a41 because of a burst water main. and the usual delays northbound on the approach to the blackwall tunnel. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start this morning, but it's not as cold as it has been. and we've been stuck underneath this very cold air indicated by the blue

here for the past few days, temperatures barely getting above zero. you'll notice that starts to move over the next couple of days and that milder air will start to move in as we head further through the week. for this morning, it's rather grey, with some outbreaks of rain. that's the remnants from last night's rain, it will clear, there may be some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures a little higher than they have been. still in single figures, though, between six and seven celsius. 0vernight tonight, we'll see thicker cloud moving in and then some outbreaks of rain as we head towards thursday morning. it means therefore the temperature again isn't quite so cold, between three and five celsius. so widely above zero. frost free start tomorrow. it is going to be a rather grey day once again. the temperatures similar and then notice as we get through to the end of the week and into next week, temperatures that bit milder. that's it. i'm back in an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address.

hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. the prime minister will head to brussels this afternoon in an attempt to make a breakthrough in brexit negotiations. he'll meet the president of the european commission, ursula von de leyen, with just three weeks to go before the end of the transition period. it comes after the uk and eu reached an agreement on how the northern ireland border will be managed. the car—maker honda is stopping production at its plant in swindon today because of a shortage of parts. it says it's been experiencing delays caused by congestion at uk ports. the backlog has built up as companies increased orders after the initial pandemic lockdown, while some have looked to stockpile goods before the end of the brexit transition period injanuary. honda says it'll restart production ‘as soon as possible'.

joe biden has promised that 100 million americans will be vaccinated within his first 100 days in office. speaking at a press conference, the us president—elect urged congress for more funding to deal with the pandemic, warning it might well get worse before it gets better. meanwhile, the us supreme court has rejected a lawsuit brought by allies of donald trump seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election in pennsylvania. the court dismissed the request to discount more than 2.5 million postal votes, without stating any reasons. it's the latest of dozens of legal cases brougt by the trump campaign to have failed in the courts. we have the sport now. i know you are starting with an incredible story from the champions league last night. proof that ultimately the players have the power. charities can campaign, authorities can make state m e nts campaign, authorities can make statements but if the players walk off, that is the ultimate statement against racism in football.

a whole new refereeing team will be brought in to finish the game between psg and istanbul basaksehir after the fourth offical was accused of using racist language. the game was halted after 14 minutes when the turkish side's assistant coach pierre webo was shown a red card on the touchline. his club say an official used a racist word. istanbul players came off in protest with psg players following. the incident happened just 14 minutes into the champions league group h tie, which was still goalless. psg will go through regardless of whether the game is completed. it is scheduled to kick off again in paris just before six o'clock tonight. after the game, the psg star striker kylian mbappe tweeted his support for the istanbul assistant coach pierre webo. he said ‘say no to racism, webo, we are with you'. that was manchester united's group. and there was more drama as they went out of the competition after losing at rb leipzig. they only needed a draw to go through but had to stage a fightback from 3—0 down in the second half.

they'd left it too late though, and couldn't manage an equaliser so they're out of the competition and into the europa league. we didn't perform as a team well enough, and that's, that's always the manager's responsibility, to get everyone ready. and we knew that they were going to come at us, we knew they would put crosses in the box, unfortunately we conceded two goals. and we never got going. had they —— at 8:30am, we will be talking to the former rugby star alex popham, about brain damage after playing the sport, they are a group of eight people who are taking legal action against the rugby authorities. the end of the brexit transition

period is just weeks away, but there's still no sign of a deal between the uk and the eu. the prime minister is set to meet the european commission president for dinner later today, to try and end the stalemate. it comes after a breakthrough on post—brexit border checks for northern ireland. we're joined now by cabinet office minister michael gove. good morning. good morning. good to talk to you. borisjohnson will go to europe, where is he willing to compromise with these talks?” to europe, where is he willing to compromise with these talks? i think it's important that we see movement from both sides, but critically the prime minister has been crystal clear that some of the demands that have been made in recent weeks by the european union's negotiating tea m the european union's negotiating team do need to be tempered. 0ne the european union's negotiating team do need to be tempered. one of the things that has been put forward is the idea that when the european union changes its rules that the uk has to follow suit or face consequences. the prime minister has been clear that we are going to maintain high standards in this country but we are also going to be a sovereign country, and we need to

be in control of our own rules and regulations, laws and way of doing things. so is the feeling from what you are saying there that you have shifted your position a little northern ireland and therefore you will not budge on others? no, i don't think that's the case. i don't think the situation in northern ireland is unique. both sides worked very ha rd ireland is unique. both sides worked very hard in order to make sure we could come up with an agreement that would safeguard the position of northern ireland within the united kingdom and respect the protocol that was part of their withdrawal agreement. i think that is a good arrangement. there is a separate and very important strand which as you quite rightly point out, the prime minister is leading on, which is the effort to ensure that we get a free trade agreement, if we can, with the european union. we do want one, we wa nt to european union. we do want one, we want to avoid tariffs on our trade with the european union, but it cannot be a deal at any price. what sort of negotiator is he? the point i'm getting at is, what he can do in person in a room with 22 days to go

that has not been achieved in quite a few months. the prime minister and the president of the commission have a good relationship with mutual respect, and it is often around the table when you have two political principles one—on—one, that you can often find a way through. earlier this week when we were discussing how to resolve the northern ireland political issues, i was in brussels with the eu commissioner, the vice president, ursula von de leyen's deputy, and it was being in the room with him, and talking to him and his pragmatism, actually, and constructive attitude which enabled us to make progress. i am hopeful that the prime minister will be able to lay out over the course of dinnerware movement is required, and i hope that president von de leyen will be able to bring her colleagues with her to get the agreement we

want. the eu chief negotiator michel barnier was a saying yesterday that he believes that a no deal departure is more likely. do you believe with regard to the shift in position in northern ireland, do you think that had led to a better atmosphere in talks? i hope so, certainly. again, the conversation between the prime minister and the president tonight i hope will create further political momentum ensuring we do have an agreement. it is certainly a case that the separate discussions we have had on northern ireland which have had on northern ireland which have been satisfactorily concluded, the impression i get is that it has been welcomed by our friends in northern ireland and in europe and dublin, and! northern ireland and in europe and dublin, and i hope that helps in the process of making sure we get a free trade agreement but i will have to wait and see. can i ask you about sims specific concerns from northern ireland? —— about some specific

concerns? less than 20% of northern ireland businesses say they are prepared for the end of the transition period and they are asking for a one—year period to adapt to the new rules, will you consider that? it is the case that the agreement we have reached with the agreement we have reached with the european commission allows a staged or phased process of making sure we can adjust to the new regulations that are there. certainly in all the concessions i have had with business in northern ireland, they have been clear about what they want. i believe that the agreement we have reached, the fact that we are removing tariffs and some of the controls that have been there without an agreement, i think that will be welcomed by northern ireland businesses but we will be working intensively with them to make sure that everyone is ready. and ijust make sure that everyone is ready. and i just have make sure that everyone is ready. and ijust have to say thank make sure that everyone is ready. and i just have to say thank you make sure that everyone is ready. and ijust have to say thank you not just to my colleague brandon lewis, the secretary of state for northern ireland who talks to businesses in northern ireland every day, but to the northern ireland executive, the first minister arlene foster and the deputy first minister michelle o'neill, deputy first minister michelle 0'neill, their intervention has

helped make sure that in brussels they understand what the people in northern ireland want to see and what that businesses need to be ready. one more question about northern ireland and some unionist concerns about eu influence in northern ireland after the 1st of january, is that a legitimate concern? it is the case that there will be some eu officials who we will be some eu officials who we will welcome into northern ireland to make sure that they are satisfied that the processes, that we are in control of, will be running appropriately. that is standard with trade agreements, it's often the case that you have people from one country going to their trade partner to make sure that the system that have been in place match the agreement that has been concluded. so that is fairly standard practice. and of course at one stage, there we re and of course at one stage, there were some people in the eu who wa nted were some people in the eu who wanted to mount a political land grab and say, we are planting a flag and there is a bit of northern

ireland which is forever the eu, we are not in that position now. we we re are not in that position now. we were quite clear that we were very keen on pragmatic business like cooperation and that is what we have got. what do you say to those watching this morning who said, you a lwa ys watching this morning who said, you always promised there would not be a border in the irish sea? there won't be. there will still be... it is not going to be totally frictionless trade, there will be checks on some goods? they always have been. it is the case that when you would export live animals from great britain to northern ireland that there are checks. we have a situation where the island of ireland is a single epidemiological zone when it comes to animal health. the late ian paisley once said at a time when we we re paisley once said at a time when we were facing other questions about animal health and trade, looks, my voters are british, but my cows are irish. and there has a ways been

that historic distinction when it comes to some of these delicate questions of trade that relates to agriculture. i want to talk to you about vaccines as well this morning. from a business point of view, many of our viewers remember in september last year at the prime minister talking about hundreds ofjob being donein talking about hundreds ofjob being done in bridgend with ineos building a factory there, and a vote of confidence in uk expertise, money on thatis confidence in uk expertise, money on that is happening in france, what i say about uk industry? —— one year on that is happening in france. that is an individual decision that one business has made, but we have seen increased investment in the uk in a number of areas. the important thing is that at the end of the transition period, after that, the uk becomes an even more attractive place for people to invest and we can do that once we have taken back control of our laws and our borders by making sure that we have got the right

policy to attract talent into this country and attract attention. what if you cannot get parts? 0n the stopping production because of a shortage of parts. that is an issue which results to problems of global supply change and the way that containers are moving around the world. that is notjust affecting trade in the united kingdom but in lots of different countries. the department for transport is working with the port of felixstowe and others to make sure that the containers can continue to flow freely. can we talk about taxi numbers? we saw a number of people, —— vaccine numbers. we saw thousands vaccinated yesterday. reports that between 1.2 and vaccinated yesterday. reports that between1.2 and 1.6 vaccinated yesterday. reports that between 1.2 and 1.6 million are expected to arrive next week, how many numbers are we expecting this week and next week? the health secretary has always been clear that there were 800,000 doses that arrived at the beginning of the week over the weekend and that there would be millions of doses arriving

throughout december to in order to make sure that we can successfully vaccinate more and of course there was good news yesterday when more positive results were received from some of the trials that the oxford astrazeneca vaccine were going under. i hope that more and more people will be vaccinated as the month progresses but for the flow of vaccines this december, it is in the millions. a report in the paper saying that all of those 4 million of the pfizer biontech vaccine will arrive by next week, you don't know whether that is the case? no, i don't. i do know that it relates to the production and manufacture process and i was talking to collea g u es process and i was talking to colleagues yesterday about how we can ensure that people are being vaccinated safely and that everyone who is vaccinated initially can come back for that vital second dose. i don't know the exact day that the

additional vaccines will arrive in the uk. i know that you agree that there is nothing wrong with ambition but the health secretary said yesterday on this programme that millions of people would get the vaccine by the end of the year and he talked about care homes being vaccinated before christmas, do you think he was a little too ambitious? i don't think so, millions of people will be vaccinated. also when it gets into ca re will be vaccinated. also when it gets into care homes, we need appropriate preparation because as we know the vaccine needs to be stored until shortly before it is administered at temperatures below 70 celsius. it is the case that we are working with logistics experts to make sure that the numbers of vaccines can be parcelled up in such a way as to allow visits to be made to ca re a way as to allow visits to be made to care homes, and all of the residents in care homes to be appropriately vaccinated but it is a careful and staged process. as we saw yesterday the nhs responded very efficiently. i think it was on a rival channel which i cannot name which i think is based in atlanta,

we had a fantastic interview with a young 91—year—old who had just rang up young 91—year—old who had just rang up his local hospital and politely inquired if he might be vaccinated, and after lunch, he had received the vaccination he had requested. the programme under matt hancock? leadership in the nhs's leadership is progressing well. —— under matt hancock's leadership. we need to make sure we build that up over time. i don't have a problem with you mentioning cnn, mr gove, it was a very humorous interview and he complained about a nasty lunch before the vaccine. it wasn't clear whether nasty lunch came from but he certainly seemed very perky. we can see it and say it, other broadcasters exist. we are aware of it, yes. there are other weather presenters but no one as good as this one!

thank you! some of us are getting off toa thank you! some of us are getting off to a cracking start, look at this weather watcher picture from somerset today. the forecast is mixed today, some transit high pressure sees some high sunny spells but then later on low pressure introducing some rain. first thing in eastern areas, we have some showers. heavy at the moment but more showery through the morning. 0ne more showery through the morning. one or two showers for the channel islands and the isles of scilly the cloud thickens. for the south—west and wales, bright —— showers in the midlands. northern england sees the cloud break—up as it does in northern ireland but the cloud will be building in from the west through the day. western parts of scotland seeing some clear skies and sunshine first thing. still some showery rain across the far north—east. as we head to the rest of the morning, you can see how the cloud continues to break up. we say goodbye to the showery rain from the east and we

will see more sunny spells developing. you are in wales, northern ireland or south—west england, you can expect rain. this is where the highest temperatures will be. in the east, six or seven. it will still feel cold wherever you are but not as cold in east anglia as it felt yesterday. under the fog, temperatures did not get as high as freezing in some parts. this evening and overnight, some clear skies in the east for a time but the cloud building in. we will hang onto them for the longest across the far north—east of scotland. if you are hoping to see the northern lights, the best chance you have is in the northern isles and aberdeenshire. you might be lucky elsewhere but you will be lucky if you do. a weather front sinking south heading into france but before it does, heavy rain to come across parts of wales and parts of the south—west of england, over as far as the isle of wight. some showers across the far west of scotland will be with us for a time tomorrow and then we say

goodbye to the rain in the south, and then generally quite a cloudy day, with showers dotted around. breezy as well, some breaks in the cloud, a little bit of sunshine in the moray firth and parts of east anglia and kent. but then once again the cloud will thicken towards the west and another band of rain arrives. temperatures picking up a little bit, back into double figures in the south—west corner. the rain in the south—west corner. the rain in the west is courtesy of this clutch of weather fronts which will be more active as it moves west to east. it will take the rain with it, eventually clearing east early on friday. behind that, cloud, some showers. it will be breezy around the band of rain, the breeze easing and some sunshine in the south—western quarter and parts of the north—east as well. the highs of seven to 11. very changeable in the next few days. did i hear you mention the northern

lights? yes, a good chance of seeing them tonight if it only in the northern isles and also aberdeenshire. well, keep watching! if you are a fan of looking at boot —— beautiful skies. the uk is fast becoming one of the best places for budding astronomers to catch a glimpse of the milky way. two more areas, the yorkshire dales and the north yorkshire moors, have just been awarded special "dark skies" status because of their low levels of light pollution. the uk now has the highest number of dark sky areas in the world, as luxmy gopal reports. vibrant pictures of star—strewn darkness. incredible images of our galaxy, the milky way, stretching across the night sky. these photos have been taken from the yorkshire dales and the north york moors, two national parks which have now been designated dark sky reserves. the special status given to areas around the globe with low levels of light pollution and good conditions for astronomy.

eight out of ten yorkshire people cannot see the milky way from where they live. you come here, and it stretches one horizon to the other, it's fantastic. a river of light in the sky. northern lights, we can see the northern lights from here. very, very difficult to see from other parts, more industrial parts of yorkshire. so really, it's a sky full of magic, both here and in the dales. more than 1300 square miles combined, the two parks form one of the biggest areas in europe to be given the status. they join five other dark reserves in the uk, including in snowdonia and exmoor. it's amazing news that we've got the designation, and what's really important is that this gives opportunity to businesses here to extend the season in tourism. we have dark sky festivals in february, half term. obviously the season is often quieter in that time of year. so this is a much needed opportunity to help boost the economy. it's hoped the new status will help

keep light pollution low, protect wildlife habitats, and attract visitors in winter months when the sky is darkest where, if you're lucky, you can see the expanse of night beautifully illuminated, reminding us that our planet is one tiny part of a vast star—scattered universe. luxmy gopal, bbc news. that's amazing, isn't it? gorgeous to look at. joining us now is the physicist professor brian cox. morning, how are you? and how important is it that we can keep areas of sky dark? i think that was areas of sky dark? i think that was a beautiful film, by areas of sky dark? i think that was a beautifulfilm, by the areas of sky dark? i think that was a beautiful film, by the way. areas of sky dark? i think that was a beautifulfilm, by the way. and i think that last statement is extremely important. when we look at the sky, we can think of something else, something else beyond the horizon. and in this case, astronomy was my way into science. i grew up in oldham so i had access to the

moors, particularly saddleworth moor. and just wondering about what those points of light are, and as you said in that film, that's that suite of dim light across the milky way, that is a gateway to inspiration, particularly for younger people but a chilly of all ages, a gateway to science. the more you know about the night sky, the more wonderful it becomes. for example, the milky way, you refer to it as our galaxy, it takes light 100,000 years to cross that galaxy, travelling at 300,000 kilometres per second. that is a huge place, 400 billion stars. each one of them, we think, has a solar system. so there are more planets in that galaxy than stars. your mind begins to wonder and use dream about other worlds, could there be life on other worlds? could there be other civilisations out there? i think that is the most valuable thing about astronomy. my great hero carl sagan said that

astronomy is a humbling and character building experience, and it certainly is, it is humbling because we found that our planet is one planet on one star amongst 400,000,001 galaxy of 2 trillion in the universe. —— amongst four billion, and it is one galaxy in 2 trillion in the universe. if you can get away from the city lights as you can do on the north yorkshire moors, you can see the andromeda galaxy, 2 million light years away. the light hitting your eyes left it before there were any humans on the earth, we evolved during the journey of that light. if you tend to think you are the centre of the universe, being mesmerised by a beautifully clear sky, even if you don't have a level of understanding as great as

yours, you can still be captivated by it. certainly, as you said, that point that we discovered through astronomy that we are not the centre of the universe, which seems like a great demotion in some sense. but it is learning about our place. many of us ask late at night, especially when we look at the stars which are a beautiful thing to look at, you wonder, what does it mean to be human? what is my place? how do i fit in to nature? the first step is to understand it. and that is the key point, you're right, you don't need to know anything to look at the beauty of the sky. by the way, if you look to one of the brightest stars, i say stars, one of the brightest points of light at the moment, that is jupiter. brightest points of light at the moment, that isjupiter. the best way to find it is towards the south but if you have one of those apps, thatis but if you have one of those apps, that is the best advice i can give, getan app that is the best advice i can give, get an app on your phone and look at the sky and find jupiter. the dimmer

point of light next to it is a saturn, they are going to be at their closest for many centuries on december 21, together in the sky. so you start to just learn a bit. you need to learn nothing to appreciate the boutique but then you learn a bit more and a bit more and the magic of the universe opens up to you. i love being able to look at the sky with minimal equipment and have just an idea about what you are looking at. for people who are curious about this, who look up into the sky and want to know more, what is the next thing they should be looking for, the next thing to learn? i think for me as i said, the apps you can get on your phone will allow you to look at something in the sky, a point of light, and then you can see and find out what it is very easily. the brighter points of light, most of them are planets. so

immediately it is exciting, you say, ican immediately it is exciting, you say, i can see jupiter and immediately it is exciting, you say, i can seejupiter and saturn, mars is very bright and very red at the moment in the sky, very close to the earth at the moment. then you start to see the brighter stars and then you see the patterns. once you have the name of something, you say, i've seen that, that point of light, i've seen that, that point of light, i've seen it. then you can go on the internet or to a book or wherever, and look it up. and you learn a bit more about that point of light. for me when i was growing up, that was the point when my imagination began to ta ke the point when my imagination began to take flight because i knew something about those worlds. and you can imagine, if you have one of your children, eight, ten, 12—year—old, and you say, that is mars, that read point, they wants to know a bit more about mars. could there be life on mars? the answer is we don't know at the moment. that's why we're spending spacecraft there. it is the way in. that is the value of astronomy. for every age, it is a

way infinding of astronomy. for every age, it is a way in finding out more about our universe, because you can see it. that's the way you open the door.” have children exactly those ages, we spend ages on the apps looking at the sky trying to find out what is up the sky trying to find out what is up there. talking about seeing clearly, can i just up there. talking about seeing clearly, can ijust checked, you have blurred your background there on whatever app you are using, are you in the kitchen? ok, i will take the blaring off! i was being professional! before i do it, i will tell you i am lecturing at manchester and i lecture undergraduate and unfortunately, we have to do it virtually at the moment. i hope that changes soon. all my studentsjoke moment. i hope that changes soon. all my students joke that i lecture from a cupboard. there is my cupboard! it is a standing joke at the university. because i am banished to this little room at the back of the house which is where i sit. and deliver my lectures. thank you for letting us see it clearly, much appreciated! that is what it

really looks like! looks very tidy, i have to say. i don't know! you are hiding the boxing like the rest of us! glad to know he is normal. that is my favourite answer! imagine if he was your teacher. my goodness. i'm going to go and look at the sky tonight. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today: a last supper for brexit — the prime minister heads to brussels in a final attempt

to pave the way for a deal. we wa nt we want to avoid tariffs on our trade with the european union, but it can't be a deal at any price. it's day two of the vaccine roll—out and we are at a hospital in south london is the first patients are starting to arrive. we will talk to them and see how they are getting on. eight former rugby professionals sue the sport. they say repeated blows to the head are to blame for early onset dementia. we'll be speaking to one of them, former wales international alix popham at 8:30. good morning. are we all going on a summer holiday? it's been a terrible year for travel, but businesses have told breakfast bookings are being boosted by the vaccine. what do you need to consider before you spend your money? and the cobbled streets of weatherfield turn 60 — we'll speak to the man who's been there from the beginning. good morning.

a fairly cloudy start to the day. showery rain to clear the east. sunny spells behind. further rain in the west later. details in ten minutes. good morning. the prime minister will fly to brussels this afternoon for face—to—face talks with the head of the european commission, in what's being seen as a last—ditch attempt to make a breakthrough in trade negotiations. the two sides have until the end of the month to agree on a new relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. good morning, nick. hearing from michael gove talking about what will happen this evening. still hopeful of some kind of deal. what has the prime minister got on the menu for tonight? good morning. the talks have been stalled for a while. for the last few days there has been very little progress. boris johnson is going to sit down with the european commission president tonight, basically look at a list of

the outstanding issues and try to figure out politically if there is some way forward, if there is something they can do that the trade negotiators couldn't, to try to get of these talks back on track. it was interesting listening to your interview with michael gove that he was talking about compromise on both sides being needed to try and get this process up and running. have a listen to the cabinet office minister. some of the demands that have been made in recent weeks by the european union's negotiating team do need to be tempered. you know, one of the things that has been put forward is the idea that when the european union changes its rules, the uk has to follow suit or face consequences. and the prime minister has been clear that we are going to maintain high standards in this country but we are also going to be a sovereign country and we need to be in control of our own rules and regulations and ways of doing things. that is how the uk sees it. europe sees it very

differently and it wants to protect trade and the single market. the reason that these talks are going on so long and have been stalled for so long is because the issues are really ha rd to long is because the issues are really hard to solve. the positions are quite farapart. really hard to solve. the positions are quite far apart. it will be really interesting to see whether the politicians can find that will tonight to compromise. don't expect a big eureka moment where boris johnson comes back with a piece of paper and says, look, johnson comes back with a piece of paperand says, look, i have johnson comes back with a piece of paper and says, look, i have got a deal, it is signed on the dotted line. they hope the prime minister has is that something can be found that restart these talks, that gives some room for compromise. but we have learned one thing over the past few months and years with brexit, these things always go down to the wire. it does not seem like we are at the wire just yet. we shall be paying close attention. thank you. the carmaker honda is stopping production at its plant in swindon today because of a shortage of parts. it told its employees that it's experiencing vessel delays and congestion at uk ports, caused by the pandemic.

the companies responsible for transporting shipping containers are warning there could be further disruption when the brexit transition period ends injanuary, as emma simpson reports. the honda car plant in swindon. like all the other car manufacturers, the parts arrive when they are needed, a just—in—time supply chain. but it's been hit by delays caused by congestion at the ports. its production line won't be running today as a result. gary runs an online toy company and he's had weeks of delays at his busiest time of the year. we're particularly affected by things that we are importing coming in from china on containers. there's lots of congestion at the ports. the ports can't cope. and some boats are being turned around and sent back to holland. others are being diverted to other british ports. every company is the same. every company is in complete and total chaos. but christmas will go ahead. we will get there and we

will not let anyone down. so what's gone wrong? containerships are the arteries of global trade. covid—19 has disrupted the flow, especially from china. ports around the world are now having problems. felixstowe, britain's biggest container port, has been hardest hit here. it's grappling with a surge in containers ahead of christmas, as well as brexit stockpiling, and it had a backlog of ppe containers too. and it had a backlog a perfect storm. and it had a backlog and the congestion has spread to other big ports too. the ports say things are improving, but volumes could remain high for months. the whole supply chain now wants the government to look at ways to improve capacity to keep these containers on the move. emma simpson, bbc news. the welsh first minister, mark drakeford has defended his decision to end the so cold firebreak lockdown in early november. opposition parties have accused the welsh government of losing control and lacking a strategy as infection rates have risen

since restrictions were eased. we didn't come out of them too early, we had 17 days of a firebreak period. the firebreak period that everything that we would have hoped. it set the clock back three weeks, it gave us three weeks where the r number was below one. it was in the weeks since the firebreak that we have seen the gains that we have obtained during it waning, and that's partly because, despite the very strict rules we have here, in wales, fatigue, people's sense of no hope for the future, has meant that not everybody has been willing to abide by the restrictions that are still necessary. joe biden has promised that one hundred million americans will be vaccinated within his first one hundred days in office. speaking at a press conference, the us—president elect urged congress for more funding to deal with the pandemic, warning it might well get worse

before it gets better. if the uk is going to meet its ambitious carbon cutting targets we all need to change how we live our lives. the committee on climate change has produced what it calls a route map to net—zero which says that as well as switching to electric vehicles, we will need to change the way we heat our homes, fly less frequently and eat less meat. it is eight minutes past eight. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. speaking to professor brian cox about looking out of the sky tonight. will there be clarity? will you be able to see it?! good morning, carol. good morning, everybody. there is a chance that some parts well, especially across the northern isles and also aberdeenshire, where we'll see some clear skies. early in the evening there will be some clear skies in there will be some clear skies in the east. but at the moment in the east it's pretty wet. you can see

from our weather watchers picture of greater london. we have got showery rain which will continue to move away into the north sea. a cloudy start. some showers elsewhere. what you will find through the day is you will start to see the cloud break up and sunny spells develop. unless you are in the cloud is going to thicken here and we will have some rain. these are the temperatures, six to 10 degrees. if you are heading out today, it will still feel cold. through this evening and overnight there will be some clear skies in there will be some clear skies in the north—east, before all this cloud comes in from the west. hot on its heels will be this rain. the rain isn't going to make huge progress eastwards. it is going to slip off to france. in the east temperatures will be lower than the west, where we are looking at sevens, for example. tomorrow we start off on a fairly cloudy note, some rain in the north—west of scotland, breezy here as well. the rain will be heavy across wales and

southern and then for a while, before moving into the channel islands coming to france. by the time we get to the end of the date the next weather system will be coming in from the west, with thickening cloud ahead of it. during the rest of thursday into friday it's going to move west to east. one thing you will notice in the next few days is temperatures are going to rise slightly, especially so during the course of sunday. dan and sally. perfect, carol. thank you. see you later. it was an historic moment in the fight against the coronavirus. thousands of people received the first vaccination yesterday. the director of nhs england said that beginning covid vaccinations "feels like the beginning of the end". but how did it feel for those who received the jab? we can speak now to mary taylor, a nursing home manager who received the vaccine yesterday. morning to you. it's lovely to talk to you. how are you feeling? good morning. i'm feeling really good, really positive, thank you. how did

it go for you yesterday? what were the circumstances around you getting this vaccination? so, obviously last year, unfortunately, iwas this vaccination? so, obviously last year, unfortunately, i was diagnosed with some ill health, which meant i would have been able to shield, but that was never going to be an option. i couldn't have left my service, left the guys that we're privileged to look after, left my staff tea m, privileged to look after, left my staff team, so i was supported by my company and! staff team, so i was supported by my company and i continued to work throughout the pandemic. so i was opted to receive the vaccination yesterday, which was absolutely amazing. this is the way forward. this is the only way we are going to get back to normality. now mary, tell me about your dayjob, what is it that you do? i am a nice home

manager. “— it that you do? i am a nice home manager. —— a nurse home manager. i look after two services in the durham area. they have both got complex care needs. the main one has elderly care. as you know, people with learning disabilities and mental health issues are living longer these days. so no two days are the same here. i absolutely love what i do. i work with some amazing people. i'm so privileged to do what i do. people. i'm so privileged to do what ido.i people. i'm so privileged to do what i do. i imagine over the last few months you have had some challenging times in yourjob. what has it been like? it has been absolutely horrendous. there are no words i can use to describe what we have been through. you know, caroline acted early, kept staff and services safe. we have got a thermal imaging

cameras built in, so we can check staff temperatures to prevent any outbreaks in the home. u nfortu nately, outbreaks in the home. unfortunately, it still got in. it still got in. the residents don't understand what was going on, they don't understand why they couldn't go out any more, why we were all wearing masks, the ppe was com pletely wearing masks, the ppe was completely different to what they we re completely different to what they were used to. why we couldn'tjust be affectionate in the way that they wa nted be affectionate in the way that they wanted us to be. why they couldn't see theirfamilies. wanted us to be. why they couldn't see their families. how much of a difference will it make when this vaccine eventually gets to the residents of the homes that you are talking about? it's going to be amazing. you know, life will return to how it used to be, to how my guys needed to be and it to be. it's going to be phenomenal. mary taylor,

thank you very much indeed for talking to us this morning and the best of luck as the vaccinations come through. thank you. for many older people, the possibility of getting the vaccine provides hope of seeing their family for the first time in months. we can speak now to barbara and arthur simper, whojoin us from their home in bletchley, and their grandsons jake and ben. good morning to all of you. thank you for being with us. barbara and arthur, let's come to you first of all. what was yesterday like, getting the vaccine? how do you feel today? i feel fine. i've getting the vaccine? how do you feel today? ifeelfine. i've had getting the vaccine? how do you feel today? i feelfine. i've had no after effects at all. and ijust feel so well. i just can't wait to get back to normal, see my grandkids, give them a hug, which i haven't been able to do since march. i miss that so much. i've got a great—granddaughter that is 18 months old and i have not been able

to see her or hug her. she is growing up. she is a little lady. i miss all that. i'm sure there are many people who feel the same way and are looking forward to that as well. and are there, give us an idea of how you found out that you and barbara were going to get this vaccine? oh, just happened to be a phone call which we got on monday. no, sorry, sunday. theyjust told us the next day. it was as quick as that. they came at nine o'clock in the morning. jake and ben, you must be delighted to know that the vaccination process has started for your grandparents. what are you most looking forward to when you finally get to see them? for myself, as mine and said, i havejust had a little girl, who is 18 months old. she is going up so fast. i know how important it is from my man to be a pa rt important it is from my man to be a part of her life and to see her as

much as possible, especially getting those hugs as well. she has been missing out on that. hopefully it is a step in the right direction to be able to get back to some kind of normality, to get my nan hugging her great—grandmother. it would be great timing as well, because the second great—granddaughter is on the way, due in march. a really exciting for her. you have time to things very well. jake, what about you? my nan's cooking! i have missed that since march. i can't wait to get back round and have some cooking. are you putting on a specific request? no, i trust my nan completely. always trust my nan completely. always trust my nan completely. always trust my nan. she is in complete control. she has never led us down. it's lovely to see this relationship. you have only been able to do this on video screens and by phone. you haven't had contact with your family for a long time? no physical contact at all. mother's

day was just flowers on the front doorstep and blowing kisses through car windows. it was so strange. but while i am on, i want to thank all the wonderful scientists that developed this vaccine, and all the wonderful people that volunteered to test it out. we are all going to be better off for it. so thank you so much. thank you. that's lovely to hear. arthur, how tricky at the last few months been for you both? well, not too bad, really. we love one another. that's what we are like. we do the gardening mainly. you now. everything has been pretty good really. arthur, when you are there with barbara's, cooking, so i would imaginejake and ben with barbara's, cooking, so i would imagine jake and ben quitejealous! you get to get barbara's cooking every day! not yesterday. i was so

busy with phone calls and everyone else calling me... she is a celebrity! all we had was a jacket potato and baked beans. they really have turned into local celebrities though. i found have turned into local celebrities though. ifound my have turned into local celebrities though. i found my nan yesterday when i found out about this. as i was on the phone to her, she said, i've got another call coming in, just wait on the line, let me find out who it is. i could hear her in the background. i heard her go off and start speaking to my grandad. she forgot i was on the other line! that is what being a nan is all about. barbara, have you got a busy day planned ? about. barbara, have you got a busy day planned? have you got loads of famous stuff to do now? no, not really. we can relax today,

thankfully. a nice relaxing day. and my husband got me up at six o'clock this morning. i sat half past six. six o'clock we was up and about. we are going to have a lady in tomorrow. —— a lie in. are going to have a lady in tomorrow. -- a lie in. maybe he was hoping for a bacon and eggs! she won't let me cook. it would be lovely to hear what you have to say to each other this morning. jacob and ben, what would you like to say to your lovely grandparents? we both love you so much. it's so exciting for us to know that you guys are on the path to getting back to some kind of normality a lot sooner than expected. we just can't wait to see you properly, give you a hug. and to show you my new house. i can't wait to bring you to the new house, introduce you to the new puppy. i am so introduce you to the new puppy. i am so excited. barbara and other? oh, i

can't wait either. i am getting quite teary. i do love my grandchildren so much. it'll be lovely to hug them. and i can't wait to come around for cooking. barbara, what is on the menu, does it? what are you going to make them? they used to like meatballs and tomato ketchup and that. and now, chicken casserole and everything. you got the thumbs up. yeah, all of that, please. they're wonderful. they will eat anything. jake and ben, do you have any requests? specific request? to be fair, a roast dinner. i love a good roast from my nan. you can't go wrong. maybe a cheesecake for dessert. not asking for much! would

you be disappointed if you got baked potato and beans? no, no. i know it is going to be top quality. barbara, to come back to you and arthur are, how do you think your life, and the life of many other people who were vaccinated yesterday, once you have got the second dose, how do you think your life will change in the coming weeks and months ahead? well, we will be able to get —— get out and move around a bit and meet people again. more socialising. we belong to a walking group. we have a wonderful leader, brenda, who organises everything. we have different walks every week for all sorts of people. we socialise afterwards. that was brilliant. we can't do that any more. so we miss all that. we go bowling. can't do that. can't go to the cinema. so perhaps we will get back to a new normal and be able to do that soon.

you are obviously both used to having a really active and busy, busy social life. how tricky has it been not been able to do that kind of stuff? well, we've been very busy in the house. we've had painters in. that was in august when we could. they painted the whole house. and an electrician e—mailed me this morning and said, this is lloyd, and he came and said, this is lloyd, and he came and did all the electrics. we have been busy. and doing the garden, getting that sorted. yeah, it's been good. a lovely shout out to light of the electrician. lloyd, if you are watching... thank you for your hard work. what sort of christmas are you anticipating? obviously you have still got to be careful. barbara, arthur, but are going to be like from your perspective? —— what is going be like? it will be the first

quiet when we have had. just the two of us. we are not having the children around, we're not going to them. it will be the first time. they are going to come and visit in the mornings on the doorstep or sit on the wall. and then we are going to have, as arthur said, ourfirst christmas in all of our married life, 64 years. that will be quite nice. but it will be different. jake and ben, iwould imagine nice. but it will be different. jake and ben, i would imagine christmas 2021 will be completely different? definitely. we are already looking forward to it. i'm definitely going to be going around my nan and gran died's house this morning —— this christmas and pull a cracker through the window. barbara, finally, you have run us through the full menu. what does christmas date look like? we have been reading in the papers to date that people are going for a

more extravagant christmas than ever before because i can't be with their family and friends. what is on the menu for christmas day for arthur and you? turkey, roast turkey. starting with prawn cocktails, the whole thing. christmas pudding. roast potatoes. the lot. traditional christmas dinner. you can give us some through the window, nan! just before we go, would you like to say one last message to each other live on bbc brea kfast? message to each other live on bbc breakfast? can ijust point out, i would just like at this point for the nation to appreciate that full head of hair on my grandad. there is a bit ofa head of hair on my grandad. there is a bit of a running joke in the family that he has got more hair than both of his sons put together. hence the reason why we're done and not them. and the gleam is

outrageous as well. arthur, it is a magnificent head of hair, we got today. it looks tremendous. barbara, final word from you? we love our grandchildren we can't wait to have them and see them. and everyone else have a wonderful, wonderful christmas, be it on your own or with people around you. love each other, ta ke people around you. love each other, take care of each other. that is the main thing. barbara, you are the best. can we have yuan every day, with arthur, obviously?! you are lovely as well. great to speak to you all. have a great christmas. take care of yourselves. thank you so much for being with a slide in the programme. thank you. merry christmas. and to you. i bet you barbara makes magnificent gravy. imagine an christmas day? i felt

like we were on a family's call. i wa nt to like we were on a family's call. i want to move in with them! that is a conversation so many people are having. taking great care of a christmas as well. hopefully next year there will be the opportunity to have family around, to meet new members of the family you haven't seen for months. two babies and a puppy. marvellous. that has made my day. the long—awaited vaccine rollout this week raises a lot of hopes that some of the things we've been missing this year could be back on the agenda soon. including holidays! both the health secretary and the head of the uk's vaccination taskforce say the summer getaway could be back on next year. nina's with us. any signs people are getting trips booked nina? good morning. could the vaccine be the travel ticket we have all been waiting for? just a quick reminder how awful this year has been for travel firms and holiday—makers.

between april and june last year we took 19.5 million trips abroad. this year fewer than a million. took 19.5 million trips abroad. this yearfewer than a million. it highlights the impact on businesses. and for all of us who have missed the chance to chill out and recharge the chance to chill out and recharge the batteries. things are looking up. some of the leading holiday companies have told us that since news of vaccines, they have seen steadily rising enquiries and bookings for next summer. and the staycation also looks set to make a stronger comeback next year. over the summer this year around 10 million brits took a night packed —— where a night's holiday away from home in the uk. it is expected to rise significantly next summer. ca rava n rise significantly next summer. caravan company haven told us they we re caravan company haven told us they were already —— i had roddy sold 40,000 more holidays than normal, and that is before their peak booking month of january. and that is before their peak booking month ofjanuary. not and that is before their peak booking month of january. not good for all firms. the travel agent association abta says companies that

organise ski holidays, cruises or school trips are really struggling. they went to government to increase the list of places where we can safely travel. there are a few destinations available, the canaries, the maldives, some places in the caribbean, but the majority of countries the government are still advising against travel. we would like to see the government change their approach to this and make sure that in countries where the rates are that in countries where the rates a re lower that in countries where the rates are lower than they are here, or perhaps on par, that actually people can maybe start travelling to those destinations. we spoke to lots of different travel agents and experts yesterday. the good news is, they said, lots of holiday companies will be keen to get them back on board. so bargains can be had. it's very early days in terms of the vaccine. so do check cancellation and coverage. a couple of questions people have been in touch with. annalise is booking a package deal. she wants to know what to look out for. make sure it is at all protected. not all package deals

are. sauron wants to go back to denmark for christmas to see her family. should she go? as things stand she will need a test to even get into denmark. once you get back she can book the five—day test. that comes in next week. sandra got in touch from france. she wants to see her mum, who is very poorly. the test and release list of a government approved places where you can get your covid test release after five days, isn't out yet. we are hearing that is causing problems for people who want to get on very quickly. tom is off to turkey for his wedding anniversary. at spencer is off to poland in september for his son's bus barn wedding. have a lovely time. nina, thank you. slot along for and arthur. stuart says, can we have a new programme? and mike says that barbara seems like she could solve everything. can she start out the wonky bubbles on your tree. i bet she could. i bet any one of those four people could sort it

out. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alpa patel. the company providing private testing at gatwick airport for covid—19 has apologised for major problems with their booking system. managers say they've experienced "unprecedented demand" for tests since their website launched last month. the delays have forced some passengers to postpone their trips. people who have recovered from covid—19 in london are being asked to register as blood donors. it's for the world's largest trial into the use of convalescent plasma to treat patients with coronavirus. experts say those with high enough levels of antibodies, could help those seriously ill in hospital. we are urgently appealing for anyone who's had symptoms of covid or a positive test to come forward to donate your plasma. this plasma will be used to treat patients who are still sick with covid, and we urgently need

you to come forward. this plasma could save lives. £1.5 million of funding will be spent supporting people who are homeless in essex. over the next three years, the money will also help those at risk. the funding is on top of the £3.8 million already spent by the council to support those sleeping rough. millwall players stood arm—in—arm in last night's championship fixture against qpr, in a "show of solidarity" for football's fight against racism. it comes after some millwall fans booed players taking the knee before saturday's defeat by derby. players of both teams also held up an anti—racism banner. a new exhibition is opening at the v&a today, looking at handbags. it will feature items like margaret thatcher's iconic handbag and winston churchill's despatch box. the exhibition will explore the function, status and craftmanship of bags. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. on the tube there's severe delays on the london 0verground. in south hampstead, fairfax road is closed from the overground station to the a41 because of a burst water main. and still the usual delays on the approach to the blackwall tunnel. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start this morning, but it's not as cold as it has been. and we've been stuck underneath this very cold air indicated by the blue here for the past few days, temperatures barely getting above zero. you'll notice that starts to move over the next couple of days and that milder air will start to move in as we head further through the week. for this morning, it's rather grey, with some outbreaks of rain. that's the remnants from last night's rain, it will clear, there may be some brighter spells this afternoon. temperatures a little higher than they have been. still in single figures, though, between six and seven celsius. overnight tonight, we'll see thicker cloud moving in and then some outbreaks of rain as we head towards thursday morning. it means therefore the temperature again isn't quite so cold, between three and five celsius.

so widely above zero. frost free start tomorrow. it is going to be a rather grey day once again. the temperatures similar and then notice as we get through to the end of the week and into next week, temperatures that bit milder. that's it. i'm back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. after breakfast it's morning live. let's see what's happening on the show today. a big slice coming up on the programme, day two of the biggest vaccination programme the nhs has ever undertaken, but it is likely to be some time before we all get a jab. for separated loved ones in ca re jab. for separated loved ones in care homes, the wait has already been too long so radio two's

reverend kate buckley has been to see a creative solution bringing people together. it's nice, isn't it, the party? they didn't have to do this. everyone has said hello, it's her second birthday and she's just thank you. the pod is the future. today we catch up with comedy legend whose friendship was rekindled after they both had heart surgery. bob mortimer and full white housejoiners to talk surgery. bob mortimer and full white house joiners to talk about that plus —— paul whitehouse join house joiners to talk about that plus —— paul whitehousejoin us to talk about that plus the joys of fishing. and this man's life was transformed when cardiac surgeons rebuilt his heart using cells from his hips. it is an up helping hundreds of patients but is it coming to the nhs? it is incredible science, that. and he helped trying to feed the nhs but after crooning with gary barlow, matt lucas tells

us who he will be leaning on to help him geta us who he will be leaning on to help him get a christmas number one. and what is your favourite christmas taste ? what is your favourite christmas taste? how to keep the costs down on your favourite christmas treats. mince pies and mulled wine coming i we are in! what kind of top is the mince pie? we have a variety but anna is the expert. i haven't got a clue, in other words. neither do i say that makes two of us! i'm glad you're honest about that. you need to come round to my house, i have a mince pie mountain, i bought too many. i could get through that. you're the only person i know who could. i have to ration them very carefully at the moment. thousands of people are thought to have received the coronavirus vaccine yesterday, with the roll out continuing across the uk today. hospitals are focusing on people who are over 80 and some health staff. our health correspondent anna collinson is at st george's hospital in london for us this morning.

anna, what are they expecting today? good morning, welcome to st george's hospital in south in london. the second day the vaccine roll—out is happening. around 100 happened yesterday and they are targeting those most vulnerable to the virus. elderly people aged over 80, front line nhs workers and care home staff. patients have just started arriving and we have actually got the first person who is going to get vaccinated here, her name is angela, and steph is looking after her. so, you are working in a care home nearby, talk me through what this moment means? and the have been through? it has been a very hard and restrictive year for residents and staff having to wear the mask and distance, so hard for the elderly people to understand what it is about which adds to the difficulty.

this will hopefully be a release for everybody. and it is important for people to realise that the pressure that people in care homes feel, the residents cannot get vaccine so you have to do it? that is definitely what has brought us here today, to try and get as many of the staff vaccinated as quickly as possible because they we are the risk to them, they haven't left the homes of them, they haven't left the homes of the pandemic started. they are so restricted. thank you for letting us observe it. good morning, how are you? i'm fine. i'm going to give your injection, is that 0k? happy for me go ahead? absolutely. sharp scratch now, angela. well done. you all right? lovely, no

problem. in 21 days, you have to come back, do you have your appointment? i have. i'mjust going to fill in some more forms. after the vaccination, you will have some information, this will tell you what to expect, have a read of it tonight. drink plenty of fluids today. just wait for 15 minutes. stay here with me and my —— and i will put your information on the system. how are you feeling? absolutely fine, that was not even a pinprick. what is your message to eve ryo ne pinprick. what is your message to everyone watching? please have it, we are all in it together, let's just get it done. thank you so much. we will head over here where we have terry who works with angela, how are you? very well, thank you. thank you for speaking to us. just talk to me about why today, why you wanted to get vaccine? obviously because of

what angela said, we work in a fairly small rest home, all our 13 residents are catholic sisters. and so we would like —— we are like a little small community family there and we do have to protect them. it is very important for everyone to come out and get the vaccine. if you get a chance to get it, you must ta ke get a chance to get it, you must take it. that is brilliant. thank you so much as speaking to us. we will leave terry now, he will get his vaccine. st george's have had their first his vaccine. st george's have had theirfirst one, terry his vaccine. st george's have had their first one, terry will be second. there will be around 100 more also today and they are hoping over the coming weeks, they will up those numbers as the weeks go by. it is just those numbers as the weeks go by. it isjust going to those numbers as the weeks go by. it is just going to keep getting busier today. thank you very much indeed. anna at st george's hospital. quite a moment there. lots of people wondering what the process is like isa wondering what the process is like is a different for what you would normally go through like an

injection? and that is a clear idea of what the process is. and that will be for the next few days and weeks and months ahead. thousands of people today, incredible. now as kat has been reporting this morning eight former professional rugby players are planning legal action against the sport's governing bodies, claiming that playing has left them with permanent brain damage. all have recently been diagnosed with the early signs of dementia, and they say repeated blows to the head are to blame. one of the players is former wales flanker alix popham, he joins us now with his wife melanie. good morning to you both, thank you very much to talking to us this morning. lovely to see you. alix, how are you? this diagnosis has obviously been a terrible time for yourfamily but obviously been a terrible time for your family but how are you today, how you feeling? yeah, it has been very busy over the last 24 hours, since the story broke. lots of positive messages from people i

know, and it isjust positive messages from people i know, and it is just what it is, really. and mel, you know alix better than anybody else, give us an idea of what the thing you saw in him that made you feel that something was wrong, something wasn't quite right. it was a build a few things, the short term memory loss, up words, his concentration —— mixing up words, his inability to ta ke mixing up words, his inability to take in information with background noise, i thought he was going deaf. we have been friends for 30 years so i neither things were different in him. he was short tempered and irrational in the way he had not been before and it started to affect our life and our been before and it started to affect ourlife and ourfamily been before and it started to affect our life and our family life.” cannot imagine how difficult the last few months have been for you and for mel and the family. but you have been playing rugby since the age of four crevices he were tiny, you started when you are so young.

—— since you were tiny. rugby is such a tight—knit community. how much support and help have you had from other people in similar situations? i have been speaking to quite a few boys, the messages from yesterday have been amazing. and thatis yesterday have been amazing. and that is a big thing with the rugby family, they do come together. u nfortu nately, family, they do come together. unfortunately, it's not just family, they do come together. unfortunately, it's notjust me, another two boys have been announced as well. there is a lot more who have been tested, and it's not a great situation. but we do all come together, and come to support as players, ex—players, but also the widerfamily as players, ex—players, but also the wider family as well. many people will have seen the england hooker steve thompson talking powerfully yesterday about the fact he cannot even remember winning the world cup with england back in 2003. tell us a little bit about a moment, mel was talking about the slow degeneration,

but what happened on a cycle ride that really convince you that something was not right? mel was trying to get me to go to the doctors for a couple of months leading up to that and i was saying it was fine, it's stress, work, and trying to put it off, really. i'm a keen cyclist, i went out on a loop that i always do and i got to a junction and i just that i always do and i got to a junction and ijust had what i could describe as a blackout moment, and i didn't know where i was. it was quite scary and i just sat on the side of the road for five or ten minutes, and used my app to get me back home. and i think mel would say when i got home i was quite shook up. you saw the gp the next day. yeah. i knew something was wrong then, i needed to get it looked at, really. that they must've been terrifying for you well, mel. the

bike ride today was, yeah, it was really worrying but it was more so that he finally are great to see the doctor so it was a breakthrough in some ways. because i thought he had a brain tumour. we are seeing pictures with you now, you have a beautiful young family to look after. i know that you have tough times ahead. but what do you know at this point about what has happened to alix in terms of, how rugby might have got him to this point? has the science of that been explained to you? yeah, gosh, ifeel like i have become an expert, i had no idea about cte or anything before april 16, i'm not an nfl fan so i didn't know about any of it. it is not just the big concussions that alix had,

it is the sub concussions, and he played a very big game of tackling all through his career. it isn't just a contact in the games, its the training, and that is one of the biggest points we want to make and get change for all these players who are still playing in the future generations. reduce that contact in training, like the nfl did ten years ago. and if it was in place, we want to ta ke ago. and if it was in place, we want to take it to 20 sessions per season, if that was in place when i was playing it would have reduce my exposure by 80 to 85%.” was playing it would have reduce my exposure by 80 to 85%. i imagine you still love the game of rugby and you wa nt still love the game of rugby and you want generations of kids to still play the game but one of the quotes that really stood out for me yesterday was hearing some players say that they felt that they were treated like a piece of meat, and once they had finished in the game, that was it. you go off and do your own thing. did you feel that he won't looked after properly? yeah, i

think there is that. some boys are ina think there is that. some boys are in a worse position to me, with regards to their body, my right side, my shoulder, my dominate side is not great. —— dominant side. but there are guys in worse position. but for us it is now to make positive change, protect players but also protect the game. the 15 commandments we have put together as a group of players, if we implemented them tomorrow, it would make a huge difference to make this game so much safer and the future generation would be in a lot better place. i know you are holding anything together at the moment, mel, but what are your fears now, looking ahead? well, firstly, not just my own daughter, but my

stepdaughter is as well, alix is the most amazing hands—on father who adores his girls. my biggest fear is the future for them. what we all have to face. but we have thrown all of our energy have to face. but we have thrown all of ourenergy and have to face. but we have thrown all of our energy and time and passion to founding a foundation we will launch in january, and to founding a foundation we will launch injanuary, and we are working with football and football families, to create positive change. we want people to come together and be part of the solution, and we want to provide care and support for these affected players and their families and teenagers. it is not normal for a 16—year—old to hear that their dad has dementia, you think of it is an old person, a very sad disease, for grandparents, not young dads. we have realised that there are things we can do and come together and i have been connected with an amazing group of people, the founding trustees. and that is our focus for the family support, and we

are calling it head for change. focus for the family support, and we are calling it head for changem is life changing. we were discussing this morning, i hope you don't mind us sharing with our viewers, you are planning on having another child, and you have had to put that on hold because of what is happening with alix at the moment. not on hold, we have parked that permanently. we did a lot of soul—searching, knowing the situation we are now living with as a family, it just situation we are now living with as a family, itjust didn't feel it appropriate or right to do that. but i'm very lucky that darcy has wonderful sisters in holly and isabel, they are incredibly close. and we have had to accept that. alix, in some ways, now, you are in a terrible position but you are in a position where you can speak with the experience and the knowledge and the experience and the knowledge and the diagnosis that you have with more power than many other people in the game. what do you want, what do

you hope for, what changes specifically to use want to see coming? i want the governing bodies to come and work with us as a group and look at the independent research thatis and look at the independent research that is out there, and implement things that we talk about in the 15 commandments. the thing that i set about limiting contact in training, mot for players when they signed their first contract, and that is done every year, so if any damage is done... boxes have a yearly medical and drug with her don't have that, they have over ten times as many hits in the head, it's notjust tackling, it is being cleaned out in rucks as well. all these things affect your brain, the brain doesn't know what is rattling it butjust knows it's being rattled, it's small bits of damage. if we can put these

changes in place, the game we all love that i have played since i was four, and 99% of my friends are for by, four, and 99% of my friends are for rugby, we can all enjoy it going forward. but the players, more importantly, will be in a more safe place. alix, we have spoken to for a great deal of time and it is fascinating to hear your story and mel has been talking about how she had seen the change in you. are you worried about the changes that you have experienced in own mind and body? iam, have experienced in own mind and body? i am, it is frustrating, certain things, my concentration, with day—to—day little things, i literally lived by a list that i strike off. i do that from brushing my teeth, but i try to put things in place that can help me. before my diagnosis, i gave up alcohol, i wasn't a big drinker but it does definitely help. a mediterranean diet, so i don't have big stakes as often as i like. i have signed up to

do an ironman, alongside 23 other players who are all going to be tested throughout, because the brain and the blood flow, doing that intense exercise can help. we are looking at things, all different types of therapy, to keep me being me as long as possible. and we are how open and willing to try everything they can help, really. we wish the pair of you and your family all the best and thank you so much for being so open and honest with us this morning, thank you, alix and mel. the rfu and world rugby say they are yet to receive a legal approach and that they take player safety very seriously, implementing injury prevention and injury treatment based on the latest research and evidence. it is very sobering to hear, though. let's find out what is happening with the weather. good morning. some of us have had

some beautiful sunrises this morning as you can see in devon, but others have had a fair bit of cloud, which will turn and break through the day. these are the temperatures of late, bournemouth still freezing. so it is a cold start to the day if you are just starting out. for some of us, not as cold as yesterday morning. we have a transient ridge of high pressure a cross have a transient ridge of high pressure across as today but that will be usurped by this next area of low pressure with these weather fronts coming in from the west later. some remnants of an old weather front producing some showery rain in the east, moving towards the north sea, the cloud continuing to break up through the day allowing sunny spells to develop. towards the west, thick cloud and then the rain arriving, the breeze will take up as well, for example around dumfries and galloway. maximum temperatures here. yesterday, where we held onto the fog, for example in parts of norfolk, the temperature did not break zero. saturday will be that

bit higher. 6 degrees will still feel cold if you are out in it. tonight there will be some clear skies at first in the east, if you are hoping to see the northern lights, your best chance is in the northern isles or aberdeenshire, but have a look in the east. thick cloud in the west, some rain will be heavy in and southern england so that images will not be as low as they are further east. and this is why, —— the temperatures will not be as low. this weather front six south into france to and tomorrow. another weather front and then a new area of low pressure coming our way. on thursday morning, the dregs of that weather front moving away from the south. quite a lot of cloud, blustery with showery outbreaks of rain across the north and west of scotland. in between this cloud we will see a little bit of sunshine. the clouds thickening all the time towards the west, heralding the arrival of the next band of rain.

temperatures, seven to 11 or 12. as we had overnight through thursday into friday, the band of rain sweeps across the eastern areas. back to you. so the weekend, big coats and umbrellas? this weekend it is a bit milderfor many umbrellas? this weekend it is a bit milder for many of us, some will be back into double figures, but umbrellas, wet in places on saturday and sunday a band of rain moves west to east. utrecht is a to go when you —— you joked about the month ago when we asked about christmas for customer when will that happen? on christmas day! you asked for that one. lovely to see you. two mothers whose daughters were killed by their ex—boyfriends whilst at home, have come together to campaign for tougher sentences. at the moment, a murderer who commits their crime in a domestic setting faces a much shorter sentence than if it happened outside the home. fiona lamdin has been

to meet the women. when i metjulie, ijust knew that she felt my pain and i could feel her pain. i went to carol's house first and i'll never forget getting out the car and her opening the door, and we just looked at each other and just gave each other the biggest hug and just looked into each other's eyes. an immediate connection of, this person has been through and is going through and we will continue to go through, the same things. it was extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary. these two mothers united by two hideous crimes. both their daughters were murdered by their ex boyfriends. ellie gould was 17, poppy devey waterhouse was 24. she was adventurous. if someone said, "shall we do something," she would say yes before they got the end of the sentence, and was all about experiences in life and doing as much as she could.

she completely lived life to the full. she was amazing. poppy lived with her boyfriend, joe atkinson, for three years. but when she ended the relationship, he could not accept it was over. he decided that he was going to take ultimate control of the situation and he went into the kitchen and he chose a knife, from the knife block, and went into her bedroom and stabbed her. five months later, ellie gould was halfway through her a—levels. she had such a bright future ahead of her. she was looking at universities, she was learning to drive, she got herself a little part time job waitressing. in may 2019, she finished a three month relationship with her boyfriend, thomas griffiths. the next day, he repeatedly stabbed her while she was home alone studying. it robs you of happiness. you can't imagine a time when you will feel carefree again and happy. you know, you just have to put on this face and pretend

that everything is ok when it really isn't. there is no hurt like a mother's hurt. it's only someone like julie who can really understand. our girls look so similar as well. people have commented that. but obviously, the domestic homicide, with ours, they were very, very similar and that increases our bond as mothers. and together, they're now fighting to change the law. current guidelines say if a weapon is taken to the murder scene, it's a 25 year minimum prison sentence. but poppy and ellie were killed at home. the weapons their murderers used were already in the kitchen, so their sentences are shorter. it's absolutely disgusting. it sort of says, well, if you're killed in the home, your death is not worth, you're not worth the same as the people that are murdered outside of home. even though they're usually very violent murders. how is that person, how

is her murderer, less, to be seen as less violent, less dangerous, as somebody who stabbed somebody once, twice, that they don't know, in the park? these cases are not rare. every three days in the uk, a woman is killed in very similar circumstances to our girls. so it's not like these are one—offs, they are happening all the time. and yet the government is simply not interested in changing sentencing so the punishment fits the crime. in a statement, the ministry ofjustice said: they added that factors such as degree of planning and premeditation will apply. no matter where the murder was committed. what would poppy think of what you are doing? i think poppy would be very proud. at school, she was voted the student

most likely to change the world. she had that ripped away from her. and all i can do is try and do this in her place. fiona lamdin, bbc news. amazing to hear those mums talking about their girls. very impressive. you're watching bbc breakfast. it's 8:59.

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