the eu lays out plans to keep road and air travel running with the uk in case there's no brexit deal. it comes as the two sides failed to reach agreement yesterday — they say a firm decision should be made by sunday about the future of the talks. it is difficult. we are willing to grant access to the single market to our british friends. it's the largest single market in the world, but the conditions have to be fair. we are going to leave no stone unturned and we will carry on in talks, we will carry on negotiating until there is no hope of that happening. uk travellers could be barred from entering many eu countries

from january 1st because of brexit and coronavirus. we'll find out what this all means for uk citizens. also this lunchtime: a catalogue of failures in maternity care over 18 years is revealed at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the number of people waiting more than a year for routine surgery in england has risen to its highest level since 2008. and the show must go on — with theatres closed, we meet the performers bringing musical theatre to your street. and coming up on bbc news... england's cricketers are set to tour india next year in what will be the country's first series at home since the start of the pandemic.

good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. the european commission has published measures to ensure planes and lorries can keep moving between the eu and the uk in the event that no trade deal is agreed. it's also suggested a one—year extension for fishing access which it says will protect coastal communities on both sides of the channel. downing street say large gaps remain between the uk and the eu, despite the prime minister's three—hour dinner with chief ursula von der leyen last night. both sides say that negotiations to strike a post—brexit free trade agreement will continue until sunday, after which they say a firm decision must be made on the future. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo.

keep your distance. 0k, mask on. still far apart, still gaps to bridge. the verdict from both sides after borisjohnson had dinner with the european commission president ursula von der leyen in brussels last night. face to face for the first time in months to see if compromise could be reached. there was no breakthrough, but the talks are still on. now the uk and eu's chief negotiators have been given until sunday to decide once and for all whether a deal is possible. we need some point of finality on the negotiations to give a very clear line of sight and more certainty for those preparations, whether they are at the ports, with the businesses, with the logistics and the transport providers. we will leave no stone unturned. we would like a deal if it is possible. but we are not going to sacrifice the basic points of democratic principle. eu leaders are gathering in brussels this afternoon but brexit isn't formally on the agenda. the uk thinks the eu needs to move significantly to enable progress. the eu feels the same.

we are willing to grant access to the single market to our british friends. it's the largest single market in the world. but the conditions have to be fair. they have to be fair for our workers and for our companies, and this fine balance of fairness has not been achieved so far. the two sides are still stuck on long—standing points of disagreement over fishing rights, rules for businesses operating each other‘s markets and how any deal would be enforced. with no guarantee that differences can be overcome, the eu has published its plans for minimising disruption in the event of no deal. it proposes rolling over current arrangements between the uk and eu forairand road arrangements between the uk and eu for air and road connections for six months, and continuing reciprocal access for fishing boats to each other‘s waters for another year. in the commons this morning, labour said businesses are urgently needed

certainty about what was coming down the track. there is a sense of huge dismay as we all wanted to hear significant progress, but we heard more about the prime minister's meal than we did about his deal. in fact we have not heard from the prime minister at all, even though he was supposed to be taking charge of these negotiations. on sunday we will have just 18 days to go until the transition period. how has it come to this? brexit crunch points have come and gone but decision time is fast approaching. the negotiators had just days to find a new route through well trodden ground. in a moment we'll speak to nick beake in brussels, but first let's go to leila nathoo in westminster. here we are, thursday lunchtime and the sides are still far apart. indeed, it looks like there is a critical few days ahead but we have heard a downbeat assessment from both sides about the prospects for any breakthrough in these coming

days. certainly the mood from the uk is that they want to see substantial movement from the eu side in order for there to be any progress, and thatis for there to be any progress, and that is because the two sides appear to be stuck on fundamentals. the uk thinking the eu is still not getting it, that the whole point of brexit is for the uk to regain control over its own affairs, be that fishing rights or regulation and standards. similarly the eu is very protective over its single market. it looks like the prospect of a deal are receding at this late stage, and no deal scenario is looming. that said, the negotiators are still keeping going round the table for the next few days. their political leaders are saying let's have one last shot to see if you can do what you have failed to do this year. if they sense in the coming days a deal is

within reach, a good deal only, a good deal in the eyes of both sides, it's not impossible we could see the crunch date of sunday being pushed back slightly. thank you. nick, in brussels where you are, contingency plans being drawn up to keep life moving essentially in case there is no deal? that's right and the european commission says this is the responsible thing to do to keep an idea of what may happen on january the ist if no trade deal is reached. they have resisted calls to publish this sort of detail. for the last few weeks behind the scenes you've had lots of ambassadors and diplomats saying they want to see this certainty. michel barnier has told them behind closed doors to trust him, that they should wait longer before they put in the public domain this sort of information. why is that? i think there is a sense here that through putting this out for everyone to see, it could weaken

their position. the fact the british may look at it and think, that doesn't look too bad, we could deal with that, and maybe that would guide the uk towards no deal. it is ha rd guide the uk towards no deal. it is hard to tell. meanwhile talks are set to resume between michel barnier and lord frost but the big question is can they make any sort of progress? they have been going round in circles. to what extent was there a meeting of minds in this dinner between borisjohnson a meeting of minds in this dinner between boris johnson and a meeting of minds in this dinner between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen? not a great amount, by the sounds of things. we know today that they have a summit, it is supposed to be about coronavirus and security. just a moment ago, angela merkel of germany arrived and president macron of france arrived. neither said anything about brexit. nick, thank you. nick beake and leila nathoo. uk travellers could be barred from visiting many eu countries

from january ist because travel rules associated with being part of the eu will have expired, and coronavirus restrictions may prevent entry to many regions. our business reporter simon browning is with me to explain more. yes, it could come as a bit of a shock this lunchtime that uk travellers could be barred from entering the eu when the transition period ends. when it ends we become a third—party nation in our relationship with the eu. there are currently severe coronavirus restrictions on travel about entering into the eu, and only essential travel is permitted. only eight countries are currently allowed to enter the eu for that essential basis because they have low coronavirus infection rate. dominic said this morning eu states would likely decide the rules to protect against infection. the uk has had travel corridors in place with lots of countries over the summer, with lots of countries over the summer, we with lots of countries over the summer, we had travel corridors in place with spain and other places. they changed because infection rates

have also changed but it's thought they could come back and individual countries could put travel corridors in place with the uk like spain and the canary in place with the uk like spain and the ca nary islands in place with the uk like spain and the canary islands where british travels are very lucrative and essential for their economies. easyj et essential for their economies. easyjet this morning explained they believe individual countries will operate like this. but it's no surprise these shock suggestions are coming up. negotiations are ongoing and discussions are continuing, but this morning the french minister has ratcheted up the pressure by visiting the french border and explaining that uk travellers could need visas if they intend to stay in europe for longer than 90 days once we go into this new phase of our relationship with the eu. so again this rests on negotiations, and hopefully it will form part of the deal. simon browning, thank you for now. the number of patients in england waiting over a year for routine hospital care is now 100 times higher than before the pandemic. new figures out today show that

nearly 163,000 people were waiting for treatment — the highest number since 2008. the royal college of surgeons says it's a real national crisis. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. julie and chris, just two of tens of thousands of people who face long and often painful wait for treatment. both have severe arthritis. chris, a former care worker, was due to have a hip replacement in march but it was cancelled due to the pandemic and he says the weight has been unbearable. iam in says the weight has been unbearable. i am in constant pain, all through the night and all through the day. i'm on painkillers and i know that if i'm sitting down or lying down, if i'm sitting down or lying down, ifi if i'm sitting down or lying down, if i move and stand up, it will get even worse. on a scale of one to ten i suppose it is nine. julie is in so

much pain she's had to give up her work in the nhs. she's been waiting since january for operations to replace her knees and says it has had a huge impact on her.|j replace her knees and says it has had a huge impact on her. i do understand but all i would say is, you know, not just understand but all i would say is, you know, notjust talking understand but all i would say is, you know, not just talking about myself but other people in the same position, my pain can't wait. even if they said to me, right, it will get done within the next three months, it is something to aim for but every time you go you get a shrug of the shoulders. in february before the pandemic really hit, around 1600 patients were still waiting more than 12 months for routine treatment in england. but by october this year, that had jumped to 163,000 patients, a staggering 100 fold increase. surgeons are describing it as a real national crisis, and a warning it will take considerable time to sort out.

crisis, and a warning it will take considerable time to sort outm will be two or three years minimum. evenif will be two or three years minimum. even if we were managing to, if you like, make the capacity work at its highest possible rate, may be business as usual plus ten or 15%, thatis business as usual plus ten or 15%, that is still not going to get anywhere near solving the problem in anywhere near solving the problem in a short time. the nhs in england says there's better news for cancer patients, with urgent checks and treatment now above normal levels. it is urging anyone concerned about their health to come forward but the latest figures from the second national lockdown suggest people have once again stayed away from a&e, raising concerns that hundreds of thousands may be missing on treatment. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. a review into maternity failures at an nhs trust has found that mothers were sometimes blamed for their baby's death, that women were denied appropriate care, and that lessons weren't learned when things went wrong. the report says a catalogue of failures occured at the shrewsbury and telford trust between 2000 and 2018 it has now

been given 27 changes to implement, with a further seven recommendations for all maternity units in england. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. for two decades this hospital trust contributed to the avoidable deaths of women and babies, and repeatedly denied they were at fault. today, the harm they caused was revealed, often in painful detail. you read the story of a baby and it died. the story of another baby, and it died. the weight of that, reading through that, i physically felt sick. these are the two families who persuaded the government to lodge this review, each compelled to do so by the avoidable death of a child. kate sta nton avoidable death of a child. kate stanton davis died in 2009, pippa griffiths in 2016. they need to own

the failure. instead of saying we are soi’i’y the failure. instead of saying we are sorry and putting the same i'm sorry statement out, and then saying, but we do deliver all these healthy babies, that is not acceptable. the review found that mothers were blamed for the deaths of their babies. there was a relu cta nce of their babies. there was a reluctance to carry out cesarean sections, often with catastrophic consequences. 13 women died in labour or shortly afterwards, higher than the england average. some deaths were not investigated. we believe in the importance of this review. i will be honest, there have been days when i met family after family, andi been days when i met family after family, and i meet them privately in shrewsbury where i have sat down and cried. because as a fellow human being, you cannot do anything other than that. the trust wouldn't take questions today but did say they'd implement all 27 recommendations.

this is a harrowing read and it sets out poor care across a number of decades. as the chief executive of the trust now, i want to say personally and on behalf of the trust that we are very sorry for all of the pain and distress caused to these families. the full report into all 1862 cases before the review will be published next year. until then, these families will continue to fight for change. when your children say to you, why are you doing this again, mum? why do you put yourself through this? it's because we don't want any other families to go through the pain that we have. michael buchanan with that report.

the time is 17 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. the eu lays out plans to keep road and air travel running with the uk in case there's no brexit deal, after the two sides failed to reach an agreement yesterday. and coming up — facebook could be forced to sell whatsapp and instagram after regulators and us state prosecutors filed a lawsuit claiming the take—overs were illegal. coming up on bbc news... tributes are paid to italian football legend paolo rossi. the striker, who led his country to victory at the 1982 world cup, scoring six goals, has died at the age of 64. britain's economic growth slowed to 0.4 % in october, as covid restrictions were tightened. manufacturing saw business improve, but other sectors, including hospitality, saw activity sharply down. business groups are warning it

will take at least two years for the economy to recover fully — even if a post—brexit trade deal is done. here's our economics correspondent, andy verity. it's not usually manufacturers that drive the uk economy forward. but in october, they saw they saw rapid growth in activity of nearly 7%, driven by pent—up demand for cars. this maker of precision instruments in port talbot branched out to medical masks and face coverings in the summer, and kept growing as the welsh circuit—breaker began. the business saw, you know, i think, a quieting down in the first lockdown, but then sort of a quite strong recovery. and that's continued into october, november, december. you know, still, it's a little bit behind the levels of last year, but it is certainly very positive news compared to how we were looking at things back in the first lockdown. the services sector also grew,

led by demand for health care, both linked and not linked to the virus. but as the system of tiers and the 10pm curfew came in, hotels and restaurants welcomed fewer customers, and the hardest—hit sectors, the creative and entertainment industries, and, above all, travel, were still doing less than half their normal business. as a travel industry, you know, we have seen an industry that has been decimated over the last nine months with unfortunately no means of recovery. so what we have not been able to do is play our part in that economic growth. our numbers stand at around 90% down, so we are trading around 90% down on where we would expect to be at this time of year. since october, the circuit—breaker in wales, tougher tiers in scotland and the november lockdowns in northern ireland and england have again suppressed economic activity. business groups warn a full recovery will now take years, and a no—deal brexit could put it back even further. this is the shape of the economy this year. less of a v, more like a nike tick. and activity is still 8% below where it was before the pandemic struck.

the official prediction is it will take another two years to get back up to that level. and if there's a no—deal brexit, it could take until 202a. we absolutely do need to get that deal. that is what will give businesses the confidence to go out there and invest. on our estimation, if we were to fall into a no deal, that could take more than 1% off our growth over the next couple of years. with trade already suffering, the office for budget responsibilities warn the damage done by a no—deal brexit could be twice as large as the cbi predicts. and while right now, the damage done by covid is even bigger, it's the hit to trade of a no deal that the economic patient would take the longest to recover from. andy verity, bbc news. greater manchester police has been accused of letting down vulnerable victims of crime by failing to record a fifth of offences. the police inspectorate also says it is "deeply troubled" that some

cases are being closed without a proper investigation. let's get more from our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. watmore is being said, tom? well, this is an eye—catching figure, 80,000 cases are what the police inspector is saying are not being reported by greater manchester police. one in five cases, as you say. one in four violent crimes. so there is a big problem there, the inspectorate say. what's going on? well, a lot of these cases relate to domestic violence, stalking and harassment and those are cases where sometimes it can be quite unclear whether an allegation has been made and an allegation can be withdrawn by the victim in the case. what the inspectorate says is the police in greater manchester have not been doing a good job at tracking that, recording when crime allegations are being withdrawn, and when they stop

investigating as a result. but there isa investigating as a result. but there is a problem and the inspector zoe billingham who has led this work says it's almost as though greater manchester police is flying blind. if you don't know where your crime hotspots are, where your difficult pubs at turning out point are, where people are going to be fighting, if you don't know where most of your repeat offenders are because you've got such an incomplete view of crime in your area, then you're not going to be able to take preventative action. it's like trying to fly a plane with most of the instruments covered up. it's not going to work and i'm sure the public of manchester will understand that if there's not a complete picture of crime in their area than they're not being appropriately served by their police force. and greater manchester police says that they have actually started to address this with a long—term plan. they are building a centralised unit to handle the recording of crime. there is a new computer system. that work started earlier this year, but

as it started the pandemic started, and greater manchester police say that that has made it harder to recruit and train staff. tom symonds, thank you. us regulators have launched a major lawsuit against facebook, accusing it of buying whatsapp and instagram in order to stifle competition. facebook say the legal action could have a chilling effect on innovation. let's get more from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. what could this mean for facebook? this is an extraordinarily dramatic move, possibly the biggest move againstan move, possibly the biggest move against an american tech giants so far. we had europe taking action, we've had the uk recently promising to ta ke we've had the uk recently promising to take tough action against tech giants, but he is facebook on its home territory being told by its own government, by its own federal trade commission and more than a0 states that it's breaking the law. it is accused of a tactic of bi and bury, buying up smaller rivals that might

threaten it, or burying them, stifling them, making them disappear and the complaint says that having a terrible effect on competition, it's having an impact on users and the command that facebook has over their data and their rights to privacy, and the complaint calls for whatsapp and the complaint calls for whatsapp and instagram actually to be sold off eventually, which would be a huge move, obviously. now, facebook is pointing out that both the purchasers of instagram and in 2012 and what's up a couple of years later were passed by the federal trade commission at the time. they say the government wants to do what it calls a do over with no regard for the impact that precedent would have, so they are going to fight hard. thank you, rory cellan-jones. five years after he began his historic mission to the international space station, the astronaut tim peake is launching a campaign to inspire children in science and technology. during his six months in space,

tim peake worked with more than two million students on a number of experiments, aiming to encourage the next generation of young people into a career in science. and tim peakejoins me now, live from the rutherford appleton laboratory in didcot. good afternoon, welcome to the programme. good afternoon, thank you, great to be talking to you. not eve ryo ne you, great to be talking to you. not everyone can do what you have done, not everyone can be an astronaut by any means, but i suppose your point is there are lots of associated jobs within your world that require expertise in science, maths, technology and so on? absolutely, yes, and that is the point, really. spaceis yes, and that is the point, really. space is a great form for inspiration and the careers of the future are going to be so diverse, but what's going to underpin everything i believe is having a basis in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, so if we can inspire our younger generations

to embrace those subjects we are empowering them for the future and giving them skills for life, whatever direction they want to go off into. what are you saying on a practical level? i remember you chatting to link ups with schoolchildren, what would you to say to someone watching you right now about what they could be doing? what we are talking about right now is really embracing what they are passionate about but also looking at the future, looking at the pace of technology, the way things are changing and preparing for the careers that are going to be available, and really future proofing their careers, so embracing stem subjects will give you that ability to make yourself as employable as possible for the future. we are looking at a mission of how the younger generation were inspired by the mission and where that journey has inspired by the mission and where thatjourney has taken them from now so we can thatjourney has taken them from now so we can help to quantify this process and find out how we can best inspire the generations for the future. a quick thought about role

models. if someone like you important in terms of inspiring? is there a real link there?” important in terms of inspiring? is there a real link there? i think the thing about an astronaut is you are the tip of the iceberg stop there is an enormous team of people who make it possible. that's one of the m essa 9 es we it possible. that's one of the messages we want to get across. there are a plethora of different careers you can go intojust there are a plethora of different careers you can go into just within the space sector, so role models are important and the visual face of what we are doing when we are pushing the boundaries, but actually it's about using that to try and identify to people, look, you can actually go out and have an incredible career in so many different areas for tight tim peake, lovely to have you with us, thank you. from the west end, to the front garden of number 1a. this should be the busiest time of year for the cast and crew of musicals and panto, but with most theatres shut, some performers have decided to take their show on to your road. our arts correspondent david sillito went to see the first performance

on a damp suburban street. this is normally the busiest time of year in theatreland. but this year, it's not going to be so much, "it's behind you", more, "it's on your doorstep". they're coming up the road now. hey, guys, i'm elder cunningham. we've got a surprise for you! come to the door! # there's a song in the air... # bert and mary poppins are in the front garden of number 1a. meet doorstep productions. this is the real west end, real west end performers, coming to doorsteps. that's right. i mean, look at this theatre, it's closed. the palladium, it's heartbreaking. all the shows are shut. all my friends are unemployed. some of them have lost their homes.

and i thought, hang on a minute, i could get some people some work. # supercalifragalisticexpialidocious! and so this is why west end performers are here singing supercalifragalisticexpialidocious in the pouring rain. # supercalifragalisticexpialidocious! how long since you last performed in public? march 16, 2020. how's it been? it's been rough, but we're here and we're making the best of it. what does this feel like? currently, we're drenched, but it's wonderful, it's wonderful to be performing again and we all got in a rehearsal room last week and it just felt amazing to be back with fellow colleagues, you know, doing something we love for people that were really grateful, hopefully! # that's all i ask of you # say you'll share with me... #

and this was only the beginning of the performance. and they're not the only ones taking the show on the road. in york, the panto is on a tour of socially distanced village halls and community centres, playing to dozens, rather than hundreds, and not shouting, "it's behind you". they're spread out two metres apart, two metres from the stage. and so it is a little peculiar in that way. but, do you know what, we didn't notice a thing yesterday, it was just so lovely to get back in front of live audience. and the audience were just great, and they were making noises and stamping their feet and clapping their hands. i hadn't thought of that. you can't encourage people to shout and scream, because it's a risk. that's right, the aerosol spray of people shouting. even though the audience are separated into their bubbles, there's still a risk there. meanwhile, back by the bins at number 1a, we were reaching the big finale.