appear to be fading fast. the european commission president was quoted as saying that prospects for a deal were now in negative territory. british scientists say they have identified what could make some patients more likely to develop severe covid—19 symptoms. the researchers analysed mutations in the dna of more than 2000 critically ill patients. the pro—democracy hong kong—based businessman, jimmy lai has been charged with conspiring with foreign forces to endanger china's national security. he could face a life sentence, if he's found guilty. european union leaders have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by 55 percent on 1990 levels by the end of the next decade. the target aims to make europe climate neutral by 2050.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. once again, joined by former conservative advisor, mo hussein and harriet line, the deputy political editor of pa. welcome back lovely to have you both here. let's start with some of the pages that we already have. the telegraph says schools have been threatened with legal action by ministers amid growing fears that many will close early to reduce the spread of coronavirus among teenagers before christmas. the i has an intriguing story, it says gps are concerned that the government has failed to put in place an it system that alerts them to whether any of their patients have already had the first dose of the pfizer/biontech vaccine in a hospital, resulting in them not knowing who to contact first on their priority lists. also going with a coronavirus story, the guardian leads on scientists

and government advisers urging families to rethink christmas plans and ignore the easing of covid rules amid fears over rising cases and hospitalisations in parts of the uk. 0n the brexit trade deal negotiations, which rumble on, the financial times says that brussels has told eu governments not to entertain the idea of side deals with britain should trade talks fail, urging a firm line in order to force the uk back to the negotiation table "as soon as possible" afterjanuary the 1st. the daily mail says four royal navy vessels will be dispatched to britain's territorial waters if a trade deal is not agreed with the eu. a spokesperson from the ministry of defence says it's conducted extended planning for a range of scenarios at the end of the transition period. the preparation includes a standby package of 1a,000 personnel to support other government departments

over the winter period, for the eu transition, covid—19 and potential severe weather events. the sun goes with a call from friends of the actress dame barbara windsor, who has died at the age of 83, for her death to mark a turning point in the fight against dementia. they want more funding for research into this disease. the mirror says this call is being led by barbara windsor‘s heartbroken husband, scott mitchell, who has urged the government "to be true to their previous promises "and invest more" into care. so, let's begin. let's welcome back our guests on this friday evening. nice to see that you are not out and with us instead, thank you for rejoining us, let's start with the guardian and you mo because of scientists and government advisers are urging families to reconsider their

christmas plans. and this is in light of this easing period, this window when the tier system effectively is somewhat lifted and people can move about and travel about a bit more and see their loved ones over christmas. i'm afraid this feels a bit like trying to close the sta ble feels a bit like trying to close the stable door once the horse has bolted and i think the points they are raising are very valid, the case numbers are rising but only a few weeks ago you had the prime minister but also the chief medical officer and the chief scientific adviser basically announcing what the plans we re basically announcing what the plans were for christmas in a period of a few days with three households being able to meet. this is not a perfect solution by any means. there are many people who still will not have the ideal christmas that they want and that is all very understandable but i think the government has tried to strike a balance here between allowing some freedoms over this period having had months of restriction after restriction and

thinking that people may welljust ignore the rules and filed them a nyway ignore the rules and filed them anyway so the government needs to maintain some control and authority. having said that, then backtracking somewhat unseemly unnamed scientific experts now sing something a bit different, it is just experts now sing something a bit different, it isjust confusing and as we discussed many a time, clarity is really important here. guess also it is this window harriet between the 23rd in the 27th where people will be travelling to travelling to get to various destinations within the pocket so more railway stations, work congestion and potential for spreading this dreadful virus.|j think that's the real concern that this narrow window if people do stick to it to for travelling to see family and friends over the festive season means family and friends over the festive season means that you might be cramming into busy railway stations. trains have open seats so you

can't. .. trains have open seats so you can't... —— so you can social distance, will every train company abide by those rules and stations? and roads will be congested, it is a real concern that this relaxation just for five days could cause a third wave injanuary and that's assuming even if people do stick to the rules and don't actually go back home to whereverfor the rules and don't actually go back home to wherever for longer or stay away from longer or mix with more than three to stashed with three households altogether. a real concern that we may have a nice christmas but gloomy january. concern that we may have a nice christmas but gloomy january. as if you christmas but gloomy january. as if you january need to get any gloomier right? the eye has a interesting line as if we don't have enough problems already. they are focusing on the potential it aspect of this. couple of different lines coming from the the i. chaos because of a change in the system, talk us through this. they are talking about changes in the systems where gps will not be

able to tell each patient will have had the first dose of the vaccine or not and breakdown in communications between practices and hospitals. i'm afraid this is the kind of thing, you always have this kind of high—level ambition which sounds really good. we saw this with tess and trace with wanting a world beating system but the reality on the ground and which is six and delivery is quite different. i think lessons have been lurch and there have been much more expectation on the vexing roll—out of people not getting it straightaway in terms of how long this process will take him it will not be a silver bullet by any means. “— it will not be a silver bullet by any means. “ on it will not be a silver bullet by any means. —— on the vaccine roll—out. but it is alarming to see even now with the vaccine there are still a devil always in the detail in terms of how it is administered and how it will be rolled that particular given that this is now seen particular given that this is now seen and presented as a white at the end of the tunnel. and harriet it is

also the paper focusing end of the tunnel. and harriet it is also the paperfocusing on end of the tunnel. and harriet it is also the paper focusing on the communications between government and gp practices with one doctor describing it as, "politicians say they talk with gps. they don't, they just vomit all our information at us at once, we don't have enough ppe...‘ at once, we don't have enough ppe..." this is strong bearing in mind that these are the people on the front line looking after us. and there is enormous pressure on gps anywhere as there would be in any ordinary december. you have more people visiting gps in the winter months than other seasons and coupled with that they have mass flu vaccination roll—outs, huge pressure generally on them at the moment coupled with its than having to distribute the pfizer biontech vaccine which is itself an enormous which is a good challenge because it needs to be at —70 degrees so some

gps telling the the i newspaper and having to have 15 means to supervise every person that has ever been vaccinated to make sure they are ok which i thought was a standard practice with doctors and jabs but does need to be the case with coronavirus vaccines. so that is also taking more time and therefore making this roll—out more difficult. we always knew the robot would be a huge logistical challenge and it is not surprising that in the first week of roll—out that we are seeing some teething problems. let's hope they are only teething problems and can be resolved. the daily telegraph also focusing on another aspect of coronavirus. mo this is what is happening with schools in theory, the telegraph is looking at the potential that some schools may close a bit earlier. wales is closing their schools next week but in england they are not but schools that do choose to decide to do that could potentially be sued

and face legal action. this feels like quite blunt instruments to use against schools, particularly in the current situation. keeping schools open has been important for government and we know that impact on missing months of schooling have on missing months of schooling have on children prospect by chances and opportunities going forward. however parents are understandably concerned with cases rising in secondary schools particularly, they seem to be the locus —— the focus and the re st of be the locus —— the focus and the rest of transmission and now there will have mass testing in place which will no doubt be spooking out some parents as well. there will be concerns around keeping kids home in the last week so you don't catch anything before christmas and your christmas plans are not ruined as well. i think a bit of leeway and description is probably what is advisable but threatening to school —— sue advisable but threatening to school — — sue schools advisable but threatening to school —— sue schools at the time is not

best form for the government. the paper also points out that a lot of pa rents paper also points out that a lot of parents will themselves be choosing not to send their kids to school, harriet. and the paper is suggesting that defined the parents would usually be fined £60 if a child is absent with no good reason, that that could potentially be lifted during this particular period. am i reading this right?|j during this particular period. am i reading this right? i thought it was that they were turning a blind eye but the government does not really wa nt but the government does not really want that to be the case. individual pa rents want that to be the case. individual parents will be thinking about their own family circumstances, if they have grandparents coming for christmas, it is understandable why they might not want their children mixing ina they might not want their children mixing in a non—socially distanced away at school and risking catching it. or if you do catch it then the whole housel has to isolate so there is huge repercussions if anyone gets it but along the huge consequences —— health consequences. it's interesting that schools can be sued

if they try to close earlier when you contrast with wales where they are closing school early and as the paper says they have been spooked by rolling out mass testing in london, kent and essex to try to combat this rise which doesn't seem to be quite focused in secondary school pupils. but schools are facing huge pressures because staff shortages and coronavirus and isolation, having problems meaning it is difficult for them to stay open. before anybody gets the wrong idea, it is parents who failed to send their children to school are unlikely to be fine, the telegraph understands and it is as you say because of the way head teachers are turning a blind eye to it but no suggestion that that fine legally will be lifted. thank you very much for clarifying that. staying with the telegraph actually and unto brexit. mo, a triple snub. from

merkel and mccrone and we have all seen merkel and mccrone and we have all seen the clip of him saying that he will travel to paris, berlin, everywhere. ultimately he just needs to be in brussels. —— angela merkel and emmanuel macron. it seems so. because the leaders have pointed back to the eu commission and ursula fund or lien as the person overseeing the talks from the eu side. —— ursula von der leyen. we need to see who the premise or is talking to. he is letting it know that he would do everything he can and go to every length and making self available to go and see the people who are the power brokers in the eu, merkeland two people who are the power brokers in the eu, merkel and two to try to get a deal through. i think there is no deal, then people can say that he can't do everything —— that he

didn't do anything. —— merkel macron. this is embarrassing a bid for numberio when macron. this is embarrassing a bid for number 10 when your son by those leaders. but if you are a person tear then you are being... —— there already believing what they believe about the eu. so in that way it is a bad book. and notjust snub the ft picks up on other countries, the eu 27 telling other countries do not do side deals with the uk if because we still have until sunday and then ultimately we have until the 31st of december. but if a trade deal is not agreed. this is if there is no deal, this is what the eu is urging member states to do afterjanuary the ist and that is please do not do side negotiations. we need to negotiate asa negotiations. we need to negotiate as a block of 27 to get the uk back at the table to and get a deal then.

we talk about these hard deadlines but if we do have a no—deal and there is a chance negotiations will continue at the beginning of next year, and that is what the eu wants in an event of a no—deal, he is quoting a diplomatic note from a meeting of diplomats, eu diplomats, where they were told that the incentive must be maintained for the uk to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible if the negotiations don't succeed. not terribly surprising they are trying to stick together as a block of 27 because that is how they think they are strongest as opposed to having side deals to try and mitigate the impact of no deal for individual member states. which are former -- with your former special adviser hat on, what would you be advising, mo? i would be advising trying to get a deal because i think they new deal would be quite damaging and also if

we will really take no deal as an option, then more preparation should have been done. i know some has been done but i do not think it is enough. there will always be the objects of these things with each side trying to look like they have won and made the other side move to their position. and you try to manage the expectations by making it sound possibly worse than it is, and then there could be a rabbit pulled out of the hat. i still think we need to see what comes out. i would not take all of the briefing as final word. thank you very much, that is on honest answers so thank you very much, that is on honest answers so thank you so much. we are going to end with the mirror and once again the mirror dedicating its front pages as some of the other papers are doing to game barbara windsor —— we broke the news that she passed away so sadly last night

right here on news channel at the age of 83. harriet, in this country she is so beloved and such an inspirational figure. she is so beloved and such an inspirationalfigure. we she is so beloved and such an inspirational figure. we all have grown up inspirational figure. we all have grown up with her and know the films. the most famous landlady on east senders. just talk us through what it was that this legacy is that her husband and her friends are calling for her memory to have. —— landlady on eastenders. she is the true embodiment of a national treasure both for her work on screen and on stage in the west end since 19505 and on stage in the west end since 1950s and then in the title may carry on films where she really came up carry on films where she really came up to bea carry on films where she really came up to be a household name and then as the landlady in eastenders. she was also an illustrious campaigner for charities be that the british legion or in her later years with alzheimer's uk and other dementia

charities speaking out after she had been diagnosed and speaking about her own experiences in an incredibly moving way and something that is rare to see somebody who has been diagnosed with the disease with her kind a platform to speak about it and campaignfor kind a platform to speak about it and campaign for betterfunding, better dementia care and she met with the prime minister boris johnson in the garden of number 10, asked him for a kiss quite famously. he did oblige but hear her husband scott is urging the government to be true to the previous promise and invest more into care and asking for that to be her legacy wassup of course we were always for member her asa course we were always for member her as a star of the stage and screen but he is really calling for people to remember the work she did for dementia and to ensure that funding and better care comes as a result of this. and it is a fitting legacy wouldn't it, mo, just in a sentence? definitely. it is such an important

issue and to use her platform to raise this with politicians, royalty, fellow celebrities is really important. i think looking at early diagnosis, looking at other curious and by the research is really important and i really hope that happens. do it for babs, all the tabloids have got her on the front page and rightly so. just bring you up—to—date with the y story, about the it chaos story, we have just got a response from the nhs. -- the i have just got a response from the nhs. —— the i story. an engine spokesperson has said that this story is wrong because there is a system put in place specifically for the vaccination programme which will allow g ps the vaccination programme which will allow gps to view their patient‘s vaccine record within 48 hours. so that response from nhs england and nhs improvement categorically

stating that the i is wrong in its story and there is a system where vaccine records can be accessed within 48 hours. as always, mo and harriet, thank you so much for joining us tonight on this friday evening for giving up your friday night. have a lovely rest of what is left of the evening and thank you for joining us tonight. we will see you next time. and thank you to our reviewers as well. as always i will be back next week with more. goodbye. hello, i'm john watson with the latest from the bbc sport centre. west ham bounced back from defeat to manchester united last weekend with victory over leeds in the premier league. they went behind early on when mateusz klich retook his penalty, which was initially saved by lucasz fabianski, after he was adjudged to have been off his line.

it was tomas soucek who equalised with a header at the far post for west ham, before angelo 0gbonna sealed it for west ham with that powerful header late on. west ham climb up to fifth in the table. istanbul basaksehir assistant coach pierre webo says the 8th of december 2020 will forever be remembered as a watershed moment in the fight against racism. he's been speaking to bbc sport after the champions league match between his side and paris st—germain was abandoned this week, when the players walked off because of an alleged racial slur aimed at webo by the fourth official. uefa have opened an investigation into the incident, with the romanian stood down from domestic matches until disciplinary proceedings have been concluded. you show them that if you don't respect others mutually — players... as i told you, it was the first time. it means that if they come

to watch the football, you know that it means those kinds of things, they will stop the game. it's not the referee who will stop it, it's the guys next to you. you know how it's going in the stadium, all the stadium. i think, as i told you, you will have the day before 8th of december and you have the day after 8th of december, because people want to watch football. i saw it in england, when some of the people going into the stadium. they are enjoying it — like, "wow, after this pandemic, "football is football." it's a part of life for many people in the world. so for something to happen, this kind of thing, not only the referee, also the people in the stadium,

they will be, "wow, i want to keep the football." it is very stressful. it gives me some peace to sleep because if we are asked to play tomorrow, i need to prepare. so, it's not easy. pierre webo reflecting on those events of tuesday night. one of the biggest names in world football, zlatan ibrahimovic, says racism in football remains an ongoing problem. the 39—year—old has played in seven major leagues around the world and is now back in italy at ac milan. football is one religion, and everybody is welcome. and when those things happen, when we talk about racists, i think it's badly educated people that has no clue what it's all about. we live in 2020 now. the england and manchester city defender lucy bronze is one of three nominees for the fifa best women's player of the year award.

chelsea's emma hayes has been nominated for the best women's coach. meanwhile, jurgen klopp has made the shortlist for the coach of the year award, having guided liverpool to their first league title in 30 years, while alisson is up for the goalkeeper award. anthonyjoshua had to be kept apart from kubrat pulev as the two boxers shared a heated exchange in the build—up to tomorrow's fight. the world champion weighed in heavier than his opponent and shared this image on social media. and despite looking confident, joshua will be hoping to avoid an upset similar to that suffered last year when he was beaten by andy ruinr, his first defeat as a professional. the essex batsman dan lawrence has earned his first call—up to the england squad for the test tour to sri lanka. they set off on the 2nd of january for two matches, which will be played behind closed doors in galle. ben stokes has been rested. he'll return in february for the test series against india. the same goes forjofra archer. the selectors will be giving a block of rest to all multi—format players

at various points over the winter. moeen ali and jonny bairstow have both been recalled in a i6—strong squad, with seven travelling reserves. there was unexpected drama towards the end of second practice ahead of this weekend's season—ending adu dhabi grand prix. kimi raikkonen's haas car catching fire with just under 20 minutes to go. the finnish driver did manage to find a safe spot to pull over and got out safely before helping marshals to extinguish the flames. mercedes' valtteri bottas topped the time sheets ahead of team—mate lewis hamilton, who's returned after recovering from coronavirus. patrick reed took control of the race to dubai with a brilliant round of 64 to put him two shots clear heading into the weekend of the season ending world tour championship in dubai. reed is looking to become the first american to top the rankings, but england's tommy fleetwood could overtake him with victory on sunday. he's four off the pace after a round of 69, dropped two

shots on his closing six holes. the new season of the european champions cup is under way, with northampton saints suffering a narrow defeat to bordeaux—begles. saints had been leading i2—9 with just six minutes left on the clock, but a missed penalty kick from the french side was quickly picked up by santiago cordero, who crashed over to snatch a victory. saints have now lost their last 11 matches. meanwhile, two tries from south african world cup winner cheslin kolbe — including this superb solo effort — helped toulouse to a 29—22 victory over ulster. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. friday was another unsettled day, a day that brought many of us outbreaks of rain. the rain was most persistent in aberdeenshire but equally, there were a few brighter moments — for example, here in cornwall to allow these rather stunning

rainbows to develop. we have at the moment a very slow—moving area of low pressure crossing the country. further patches of rain moving generally slowly eastwards and with the winds very light, again, we're starting to see some dense patches of fog form particularly across eastern england. visibility is already down to 100 metres in places with the foggy weather really from essex northwards into the east midlands, perhaps east anglia, lincolnshire, and yorkshire. that's where the poorest visibility is likely to be. whereas further west, the skies tending to clear. this is where we'll see some of the lowest temperatures early on saturday morning. and saturday itself, it's a day where pressure is going to be rising across the whole of the uk. what that will do is it will squish this area of low pressure. so, in the next 2a hours, it won't exist at all, it willjust be gone. further west we get this ridge building in and that will have quite a big impact on the weather. it means across these western and southern areas, it's an improving weather picture with sunny spells developing but with that slow—moving area of low pressure close by, it stays pretty cloudy and there probably will still be

some patches of rain well on into the afternoon across the north east. so, a mixed bag of weather. for many of us, though, saturday morning will be a rather grey start to the day. extensive cloud, some patches of light rain and drizzle. very slowly pushing eastwards because there's barely any wind to move those features along. but eventually, we'll get some sunshine. sunshine to start the day in northern ireland, that will tend to spread to south—west scotland, western areas of england, wales, the midlands, and much of the south of england as well. so, an improving weather picture for some of you. now, the second half of the weekend is dominated by this next area of low pressure. there are more isobars on the chart. so, you'll notice the weather certainly turning a lot windier and also a lot wetter as well. yes, outbreaks rain spreading up from the south west, heavy as well, as it dives in across england and wales, pushes northwards across northern ireland into scotland through the afternoon. so, although it will be a dry start across northern and eastern areas, rain will arrive later in the day and it will be blowy as well. gales developing around our southern and western coasts and hills.

the winds, though, coming from a south—westerly direction blowing in mild air. so, temperatures up to 13 in the south west.

this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson isjoined by the eu in saying they're unlikely to strike a post—brexit trade deal by sunday, with differing interpretations of how a new relationship might look. "get it done." the trump administration puts pressure on regulators to approve a coronavirus vaccine, asking it to do so within hours. scientists say they've identified genetic variants that make some people more likely to develop severe covid symptoms. all right, girls, get in with the coach! and tributes poor in for the british actress dame barbara windsor, who has died at the age of 83. —— pour