nobby stiles! but there is some relief that the game is taking steps towards helping future generations. a lost artefact from the great pyramid of giza in egypt has been found — by chance — at the university of aberdeen. the pieces of wood from a cedar tree, dating back 5,000 years, was one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the pyramid. the artefacts known as the dixon relics — were found in a cigar tin in a university collection. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. thank you, simon. another dose of wet and windy weather across the uk today which means more localised flooding. much wetter in the south—west of england weather has been about two inches of rain in

some places and for a while very windy as well. the next batch of wet and windy weather is in the atlantic and windy weather is in the atlantic and will arrive on thursday night on friday and ahead of that the cloud has brought rain today wrapping around an area of low pressure bringing daniel smith to the irish sea and into the north channel. the wind is starting to ease now but we still have the rain around. it is moving north and east away from scotland, pushing slowly eased into england and wales and behind that it could well brighten up but we have clusters of rain coming to northern ireland and much of scotland. a mild labour temperatures nine, 12 degrees. the heavy rain moves away from eastern england during the evening and we more showery to the evening and we more showery to the evening and we more showery to the evening and overnight. some heavier showers and perhaps the risk of thunderfor a while. showers and perhaps the risk of thunder for a while. clear skies developing away the showers overnight, it will be breezy it turns cooler. not too cold, temperatures three or 4 degrees across some eastern parts of the uk.

in the morning tomorrow a case of sunshine and scattered showers, must the showers in the west particular across western scotland. in the afternoon clouding over from the west as the breeze picks up again and we see rain coming into northern ireland. ahead of that some sunshine and a dry day for eastern scotland and a dry day for eastern scotland and eastern england. not a bad day here, turning more his letter on an temperatures again line, 12 degrees. some wet weather coming into wetter areas will push east of a night on that by the front. then the rain petering out by the time we get to friday. the next weather system coming in and will keep the rain going for longer and mainly during the day affecting the western side of the uk with heavy rain in the south—west of england and south wales. north—east of scotland could see some sunshine, likewise the north—east of england. it will be windy but very mild with temperatures at 14, 15 degrees in the north—east of wales. that milder airgets the north—east of wales. that milder air gets pushed away overnight, the

last of the rain clearing eastern england early on saturday and then through the weekend we draw in cooler and cooler air. i cannot buckle for the time of year, temperatures will be dropping but we have a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers again, most of the showers which could be heavy at times will be across the western side of the uk. that is it for me. a reminder of our top story... despite pressure to toughen the restrictions over christmas mixing — there's to be no formal change to the relaxation of covid rules. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me , good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. west brom have sacked their manager slaven bilic after 18 months in charge. the club's second from bottom in the premier league with just one win all season but they did put

in a solid performance last night to get a 1—1 draw at manchester city. in a statement west brom thanked bilic and his staff for acheiving promotion last season. they're not commenting on his replacement with sam allardyce amongst the names in contention to takeover at the hawthornes. next, to the impact of new brexit rules on football. according to the head of manchester united's academy. english clubs are going to be disadvantaged. the changes mean that from the ist of january, club's won't be allowed to bring in any foreign players under the age of 18. it probably puts us at a disadvantage to other european clubs and we wish there was a level playing field here but there won't be. so there will be movement of players between other european countries but those players will not move, not be able to move, to our club, at the age of 16, as they currently can. it will be 18. and we absolutely will still continue to recruit the best talent that is available to us.

we're just going to have to do it in a different way. trials of concussion substitues are set to be approved this afternoon, by football's lawmakers ifab. from next month, we're likey to see players permanently subbed after incidents like this. you may remember wolves striker rauljimenez suffered a fractured skull in this clash of heads with arsenal's david luiz, who carried on playing for a while, after being treated on the touchline. some experts don't believe this is the best solution, and temporary substitutes should be introduced, so there's time to properly assess players. if the problem that they are trying to address is one where brain injured players, concussed players, we re injured players, concussed players, were not allowed to be substituted, this would be a solution. the problem is recognising and identifying those injured players and this does nothing to help a sideline medic actually get that identification process. every other sport is not to wrestle with this and has solutions to that. it looks

like football has gone back to the last century and actually come up with a bigger problem. the impact of head injuries is an ongoing discussion in rugby union too. women's rugby world cup winner kat merchant says she fears she may get early onset dementia, after suffering numerous concussions in her career. she's calling for better care forformer players, and says she still suffers with symptoms after retiring on medical advice six years ago after 11 confirmed concussions in 1a seasons: we don't know what the next knock will do to you. it's not the fact about when you're older, when you are 28, you don't care about when you are older, you just want to play for england. we don't know what the next knock will do to you. 0k, well that's only very different. i want to feature and i want to have a family and to be able to play with them. stuff like that. that's a difficult moment to have to do but to hundred percent the right decision and all this shows me is that i'm so pleased i made that

decision. and england rugby union head coach eddiejones will be able to continue as a consultant for a japanese league side, despite england being in the same pool as japan for the 2023 rugby world cup. jones has been advising suntory sungoliath for over 20 years and the rfu says they've always been comfortable with the arrangement. he provides consultancy in his holidays and there's no conflict with his england duties. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you throughout the afternoon but for now, back to you, simon. more how on coronavirus in the uk, and advice from nicola surtgeon that people in scotland should stay in their own homes at christmas. speaking today, scotland' first minister said if people feel it is "essential" to meet with others indoors, she said this should be for one day only and not overnight. she also said her government intends to issue strengthened guidance

i know there is an intense interest in thisi i know there is an intense interest in this i wanted to run through some principles that the scottish government is working on. firstly, the pragmatic considerations that led us to agree some limited flexibility over christmas have not gone away. we recognise that in some cases, the isolation caused by being alone over christmas will in itself cause harm to people's welfare and we understand that some people will simply not be prepared to leave loved ones alone over the christmas period and especially over christmas day. i recognise that some people will already have made plans for christmas. it's for those reasons that we decided, across the four nations, to give people some clear boundaries around the christmas period, rather than seek to prohibit any interaction altogether all come on the other hand, risk everyone just trying to set their own boundaries. 0n just trying to set their own boundaries. on balance, we and i still think that is the right approach to take. so we don't intend to ta ke

approach to take. so we don't intend to take away the flexibility. that, in my view, wouldn't be fair at this stage and it wouldn't be realistic either and indeed, it may risk undermining, rather than strengthening compliance with the overall covid guidance. however, we and the scottish government do intend to strengthen the guidance we give to people about whether and how they should make use of the flexibility. the guidance in scotla nd flexibility. the guidance in scotland is already a bit tighter than elsewhere, but we hope we can come to a four nations agreement on a clear and united message to the public. let me be clear, not all of what i'm about to say right now is yet agreed with other nations and i cannot and would not try to speak for them. i wanted to set out to you the key elements of the advice that the key elements of the advice that the scottish government has been and will continue to give over the period ahead. firstly and unequivocally, the safest way to spend christmas this year for you and for those you love, is to stay within your own household and within your own home. my strong

recommendation is that this is what you should do, if at all possible. any interaction you do have with another household should if possible be outdoors, but if you do consider it essential to meet indoors with someone it essential to meet indoors with someone from another household, you should limit both the duration and the numbers as much as possible. this point, i want to stress in particular, the five day relaxation isa particular, the five day relaxation is a window of opportunity during which you can meet. it's not a period that we think it is safe all sensible to get together for. you should see it as a maximum, not a target. my recommendation is that if you do form a bubble, you should not meet up with people in it any more than on one day over that period if possible and you shouldn't stay overnight, unless it is unavoidable. you should also limit numbers as far as possible, three households is a maximum that tries to account for the fact that families come in all shapes and sizes, but two would be better. in short, if you have to form a bubble, keep it as small as

possible. in scotland, we have already advised a limit of eight people. if you do feel you need to form a bubble, the smaller the better. lastly, we will recommend against travel from high prevalence to low prevalence areas of the uk and we will issue more detail on that shortly. also, as i stressed on monday, if you are intending to form a christmas bubble, you should already be trying to reduce unnecessary social contacts and this year, for most people, all of what i've just year, for most people, all of what i'vejust run year, for most people, all of what i've just run through there would be the safer choices to make and i would encourage everybody to think carefully about that. if you haven't made plans to form a bubble yet, please don't. if you are slithering, please don't. if you are slithering, please decide against it and if you have made plans but they are not essential, please postpone them until later in the air. if you believe your plans are essential, i understand that, but please follow the advice i've set out and follow the advice i've set out and follow the guidance on what to do when you

are indoors. that means keeping safe distance as much as possible, washing your hands and surfaces regularly, keeping windows open and avoid eating from the same dishes. india is gearing up to begin its mass covid vaccination programme. while it awaits approvals on its home—grown vaccine candidates, the bbc‘s arunoday mukharji looks at what it will take to run a successful nationwide campaign. india is getting ready for the next phase of its battle against covid—19 — vaccinating 1.3 billion people, the challenge is unprecedented. in this class, medical professionals from the private sector are learning how to administer a covid—19 vaccine quickly and safely. this hospital is one of many indian private institutes treating covid—19 patients and now it's also running vaccination training camps. they say they're aiming to administer1 million covid—19 vaccines a day, whenever a shot is ready. the task is mammoth.

we need about 200,000 vaccinators and these will be required in a really spread—out geography. if we don't store this right, the whole vaccine is not of any use so i would think the government would really need to concentrate on safe, vaccinated spaces. india produces more than 60% of the world's vaccines and while it is in talks with pfizer, it is largely banking on its domestic infrastructure. 0xford astrazeneca candidate, manufactured by the serum institute of india, and its partner are currently frontrunners to get emergency approval from the government. the government says front line health workers and those above the age of 50 in the high—risk category will be the first 300 million indians to get the vaccine in the next six months. but administering the vaccine isjust one challenge. in a country like india, where the richest 1% control over 40% of the country's wealth,

the other big challenge for the government is to ensure that the vaccine is made accessible to both the poor and the rich in a free and fair manner. we would have to make sure there is no black—marketing, there is no overpricing, there is a law and order situation and there is no, you know, skewing, the vaccine taken away by the mighty. the government claims it's battle ready, but it's still unclear how much the vaccine will cost or if it will be free for the poor. officials also now say they may not vaccinate all 1.3 billion indians but only a critical mass to break the transmission. while there is hope, normal life is still several months away. arunoday mukharji, bbc news, delhi. more than 300 passengers were stranded on a ferry overnight

after crew members tested positive for covid—19. the belfast—bound stena line ferry was advised by port health authorities not to leave birkenhead after six members of staff were found to have coronavirus. the 322 passengers and 53 crew have been told by public health authorities to disembark in birkenhead. the firm said it was helping passengers find alternative travel. rail fares will rise more than expected next year — although the 2.6% increase is being delayed until march. regulated fares were expected to increase by 1.6% injanuary, as successive governments linked annual rises tojuly‘s rpi inflation rate but the government said the rise reflected "unprecedented taxpayer support" for rail this year. unions have criticised the rise as ‘a kick in the teeth for passengers‘ — and say it would deter travellers. the verdicts are due this afternoon in the trial of 1a people accused of playing a role in the islamist gun attacks in january 2015 in paris against charlie—hebdo magazine and a jewish supermarket, in which 17 people were killed. the three perpetrators of the attacks were killed by police at the time,

and those charged are alleged to have helped provide them with weapons and logistical support. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris, he's you been following this landmark trial. three months is a record in terrorist trials in france. there was a several week period when it was closed for covid, because some of the accused got covid. but regardless of that, it was an enormously long trial. all filmed to make a kind of historic record. and a lot of the first part of the trial was simply people remembering what had happened. witnesses at the charlie hebdo shooting and then relatives of people who had died, talking about their loss. there were 100 what they call partie civile, who sort ofjoined the case as civil parties and their lawyers all had to have a word as well. and then we got into the meat of the case, which regards these 1a individuals, three of whom are not in court. three of the most important one is not in court because they fled to syria at the time of the attack.

and there was a lot of very, very detailed technical evidence that was compiled by the prosecution that tried to establish that these 1a were three absent, had really been the kind of back office of the attacks. that they had been the ones that provided the weapons, the car, and so on. particularly for coulibaly in fact, the coulibaly was the one at the jewish supermarket, the trial, you could almost say it was the trial of the jewish supermarket attack rather than charlie hebdo. because the kouachi brothers who carried out the charlie hebdo attack, how they got their weapons, remain something of a mystery. this is very much focused on how the supermarket attacker got his weapons. we can be fairly sure that the three people who fled at the time will be found guilty. their fleeing was clearly a sign that they knew of the plot. there is one character, ali polat, who is accused of the most serious offence of complicity, of knowing what was happening.

he's accused of really being in there, in planning the affair. for the others, it's much less clear because they have been able to argue there was some force, via their defence that, yes, they were common criminals and they were used to running drugs and guns even and carrying them around the place and they will have criminal records and so on. but that's a long way from being shown to have taken an active part in any kind of plot. they all deny that they had any idea of what the weapons were for and yet they are accused, nearly all of them, of a terrorist offence. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister says hail stick to the rules allowing households to meet over the five day festive window but gives stronger guidance to families. the welsh government says only two households should meet over christmas and warns that the nation will go into full lockdown from december the 28th. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, says she hopes strengthened guidance on christmas will be issued later today, adding that families should only look to meet up for one day.

fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world. nearly 100 million tonnes of clothes are produced every year — and most will never get recycled. but what if all those wasted clothes could be saved — and turned into something else? a small town in italy has built its fortune on recycling used clothes — and is now leading the way in sustainable fashion. sofia bettiza has the story. we purchase clothes, we wear them and so often we throw them away. but where do they end up? here, dumped and burnt in landfill. 0nly1% gets recycled. but this town in italy, prato, has mastered the method to transform scraps into new clothes. what happens here is unique. there are hundreds of companies in this small district and each specialises in one specific aspect of the process, whether it's spinning, weaving or designing.

so this is your shirt. if it's too old for the charity shop, it gets sent for recycling. here, it's sorted by colour, torn apart, washed and then the new recycled material is taken and transformed to make new clothes with minimal waste. that was very quick. record scratches. let's go through the process again. you donate clothes. they arrive here, from lots of different countries. all the garments that can't be sold second—hand are taken to this company nearby. here, not only are they separated by colour, but also by material. the clothes are put in this. it's called a carbonising machine. it eliminates impurities from the wool. then they go through this.

it's like a giant washing machine. they're shredded, cleaned and dried. this is the final result. fine, fluffy wool fibres that will be sold to fashion brands. some people might say that you are using trash to make clothes. translation: a few years ago, the word rubbish was an insult. but now so many brands that buy from me, zara, mango, armani, they do it because of this. because reusing resources is going to save the planet. i am proud of what we do here. recycling wool has an immediate positive effect on the environment. co2 emissions are more than halved, compared to when clothes are made from new material. this is a method that's been passed on from father to son. and, today, incredibly, this town says it processes 15% of all recycled clothes in the world.

the culture in prato is the kind of culture that we need across the entire fashion industry because it is based on collaboration that are local, but are capable of showing how if these things are taken on an international, global scale, the entire industry could benefit. the people of this town were forced to recycle clothes because they couldn't afford new ones. now, their methods, which have been honed over the past 100 years, could offer a way forward for a more sustainable fashion world. sofia bettiza, bbc news, prato. tom cruise has strongly criticised an apparent breach of the coronavirus rules on the london set of the new mission impossible film. the 58—year—old actor is alleged to have told crew members they would be fired if they don't obey the rules. production of the seventh instalment in the mission impossible franchise resumed filming in september after it was halted at the start of the pandemic. tonight at six o'clock,

we're all being encouraged to gather on our doorsteps, and sing carols to spread some socially distanced christmas cheer. and it was the residents of one street in shrewsbury who thought of the idea, after being inspired by the way communities have come together during the pandemic. fiona lamdin reports. applause. many communities are closer at the end of this year than they were at the start. with neighbours bonding over the weekly clap for carers. and in some places, they've even had entire street work—outs. # singing carols on your doorstep # on december the 16th # catch your neighbours and friends singing with the kids across the street. ..# here in shropshire, they're determined not to let this community spirit die. all of the normal things that we love in this town were cancelled. ijust thought christmas can't be cancelled, we have to do something. and i applied a bit of lateral thinking, borrowed from clap for carers and realised that carols

on the doorstep was the obvious answer. whatever tier you live in it is simple and safe. it's probably the safest activity we've been able to do during lockdown. the idea came from the clap for carers and being able to do things. you're on your doorstep in your own bubble and you're singing and enjoying yourself but in a very safe and socially—distanced way. so, i started with three chords, c, f and g. and 12—year—old george has written a song to encourage everyone tojoin in. the fact that people like it is... is humbling, really. # we wish you a merry christmasand a happy new year.# across town, naomi and her daughter have lived on this street for 20 years. in lockdown, we really came together.

i went round and put leaflets through everybody's door, saying if you need prescriptions picking up... so, when i saw doorstep carols being advertised, i thought our street has got to do that. because it'sjust the sort of thing that we like doing. are you still up for tonight? yeah, definitely. and she's spreading the message up and down the road. # rejoice, rejoice # emmanuelle shall come to thee, # 0h, israel.# in the town's abbey, tonight's event will replace their annual carol service. people have been gathering here, coming to sing for 937 years and this is the first year where they can't come in and things we are encouraging people to sing just to where they are. # come, come, oh, emmanuel.# it's really important to give people hope and encouragement. people have found this an incredibly hard and difficult year. and especially as we get closer

and closer to christmas, people are feeling worried and exhausted and confused and stressed and there is something amazing about singing. so giving as many people a chance to sing together i think is really important. and, tonight, just before 6pm, these bells will ring out across town, a call to sing, one which they're hoping thousands across the country will respond to. now, darren bett has the weather. hello, again. more wet weather around today and more wet weather around today and more windy weather as well. especially in the south—west of england but also some strong winds bringing rough seas as well. this is our next wet and windy weather waiting to come in from the atlantic on friday. this is the cloud that brought the reigning from the west today to round an area of low pressure which brought strong winds.

those windows are easing down through the rest of the day, still quite strong winds at times, some wetter weather across western scotland, that last of the rain clinging on to some eastern parts of england, that will move through, turning more showery in scotland this evening, they could be a few heavy and thundery ones perhaps coming into west wales in the south—west of england. the wide overnight, breezy, clear spells south—west of england. the wide overnight, breezy, clearspells away from those showers, mainly in western areas and it will be turning a bit cooler as well in rural areas, we could be down to three of 4 degrees. not desperately called for the time of year. things a little bit more straightforward for tomorrow, sunny spells, a few showers, scattered showers, mainly for the western areas, across western scotland, fewer in the afternoon, cloud increases from the west and we start to see rain coming into northern ireland by the end of the day. still some sunshine, turning rather hazy across eastern scotla nd turning rather hazy across eastern scotland and eastern parts of england, not a bad day here at all, around 910 degrees. that weather front bringing in the rain into

western areas pushes its way eastwards during the night and the rain tend to peter out as it runs towards the south—east of the uk. the uk. the next weather system coming in behind with more rain on that one. this is what's left of the weather system, bit of cloud and damp too, more persistent rain over the hills in the west across south wales in the south—west of england. sunshine for a while and temperatures, a mile day with southerly winds, strong southerly winds, 13 of 1a, potentially even 15 degrees in north—east wales. that milderair degrees in north—east wales. that milder air gets pushed away overnight and through the weekend, we start to draw in cool and cool air. not particularly cold but still mild for the time of year. we are turning caller, a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers at the weekend, heavy showers in the west.

this is bbc news. the headlines: despite pressure to toughen the restrictions over christmas mixing — there's to be no formal change to the relaxation of covid rules, but stronger guidance will be issued. we do think it's absolutely vital that people should at this very, very tricky time exercise a high degree of personal responsibility. here we go again, mr speaker, ignoring the medical advice. and we know where that leads, because we've seen what happened in the last nine months. but the welsh government issues seperate guidance that only two households should meet over christmas and the nation will go into full lockdown from december 28. the situation we are facing is extremely serious, and i have to tell you today that the welsh government has made