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rooney's four sons have grown up seeing what success in football can bring, but heading down the same path as your parent has its challenges. kasper schmeichel is a premier league winner with leicester, but has always faced comparisons to his father peter, a manchester united legend. this is wayne rooney at the same age as kai is now, appearing as a mascot in the merseyside derby. even back then, he seemed destined to make it. his son will want to make a name for himself. katie gornall, bbc news. if you're dreaming of a white christmas, spare a thought for these travellers injapan. more than 1,000 people in 600 vehicles are stuck on a major road, nearly two days after it became impassable because of record snowfall. 0ne driver said he'd been in his carfor1i0 hours. another said he'd run out of supplies and was having to eat the snow. time for a look at the weather.
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here's darren. terrier could not be more different at the moment. for some parts of the country it could be very wet. in cumbria could be turning later this afternoon. the main area of concern is across south wales and south—west england. we have this amber weather warning for the met office, with more flooding expected, and some travel disruption. the heaviest of the rain today will be over the hills. dartmoor, the brecon beacons. by hills. dartmoor, the brecon beacons. by the end of the day, around four inches of rain. the radar picture shows it has been turning wetter in the south—west of england and widely into wales, that wetter weather moving north into england and turning wetter in scotland as the rain eases off in northern ireland. towards the south—east, damp and drizzly, very mild, temperatures around 13 celsius. also windy. through this evening that rain is filling the same sort of areas, the
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rain continuing to add up, then the rain continuing to add up, then the rain edging into eastern england overnight, allowing clear skies and showers to follow not just overnight, allowing clear skies and showers to follow notjust in northern ireland, back to scotland, wales and west in england later. it will still be windy and mild with temperatures between 8—10. into the weekend, things look different. some sunny spells but a scattering of showers as well. this very mild air that we have now with that heavy rain gets swept away and it will push in some showers around that area of low pressure from the atlantic, drawing in some cooler air as the weekend goes on. this is the picture on saturday morning. some rain to clearfrom picture on saturday morning. some rain to clear from the easternmost parts of england by mid—morning, then sunshine, bands of showers being pushed in, the bulk of the showers across western parts, heavy and potentially thundery, but with some strong, blustery winds on saturday those bands of showers will get blown eastwards as well. not quite as mild as the day but still mild for the time of year. temperatures tomorrow peaking at
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9-12 temperatures tomorrow peaking at 9—12 celsius. thing is getting cooler as the weekend goes on so by the time we get here early sunday morning, temperatures could be as low as 5 degrees, and again this mixture of sunshine and showers, in similarareas, mixture of sunshine and showers, in similar areas, you mixture of sunshine and showers, in similarareas, you are mixture of sunshine and showers, in similar areas, you are showers for much of the country and more sunshine. but it will be wet and windy in the north—west of scotland. the winds elsewhere, easing, but a cooler day on sunday and noticed in the south—west some cloud and rain. that is going to be an area of low pressure bringing wet, windy weather overnight into monday, another one waiting in the wings what tuesday and wednesday, before it gets colder, jane, just in time for christmas. thank you, darren bett. a reminder of our top story. borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says he cannot rule out a third lockdown after christmas because of the rising number of coronavirus infections with numbers in london and the south of england overtaking the north of england.
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that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon — it'sjust after 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england's 2014 world cup winning captain katy daley—mclean has retired from international rugby. the 34—year—old played in four world cups — leading the team to victory in paris six years ago. she also won nine 6 nations titles. mclean will continue in her player/coach role at sale sharks. she said the decision will let her spend more time with her family, including her 16—month—old daughter. when you see it in black—and—white, the amount of time away really was the first thing that struck me. but i also thought about what a world cup looks like and what it requires, and i've done four world cup cycles, so i know you have to be in it. i looked at it, and i don't want to be away from her this long,
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and i don't want to do this any more. three universities are calling for a ban on tackling in school rugby sessions. the sports and science academics from oxford brookes, newcastle and winchester have written to the uk's chief medical officer, asking for government action to review the evidence that they say links participation in some contact sport to early onset dementia. the rfu say they work hard to manage the risk involved for young people in particular. a number of children are suffering serious risks of concussion each and every year within the school game. but the real problem is that it's a compulsory activity delivered to 76% of boys in england so they don't have a choice to do this, they are forced by their school inevitably to participate in contact rugby, and the outcomes of that, of concussions, injuries, are significant, and we know it's the exposure to these repetitive head impacts that is the real problem. so
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oui’ impacts that is the real problem. so ourideaisif impacts that is the real problem. so our idea is if we remove it from the school game and allow people to have a choice in the community game, we are preventing some of that risk. arsenal boss mikel arteta insists everyone at the club knew there would be no "quick fix" to get their season back on track. arsenal head into tomorrow's match against everton down in 15th in the league, winless in six and on their worst start to a top flight season since 197a. it's like anything, this industry, you need results. but after a big shake—up we need to find the stability. we need time, we all knew — at least the people who made the decision with me at the start of the new project — that this wasn't a quick fix and it was going to take time. and when you're shaking things up, things can take a while. footballers are "overwhelmingly in support" of continuing to take a knee to highlight racial inequality and fight discrimination. that's the message from the players' union, who asked their members if they wanted to carry on with the gesture following recent protests by fans. millwall, colchester united
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and cambridge untied supporters had booed the action before matches in the past fortnight. but players said they wanted to continue with "this act of solidarity". there's huge formula 1 news today — mercedes team principle and ceo toto wolff will remain in charge of the team for a further three years. he's signed a new deal with the world champions and has increased his holding in the team to a third of the company. chemical giant ineos have also purchased a one third shareholding within mercedes, which sees daimler reduce it's current 60% holding to create three equal partners. and is lewis hamilton also about to sign a new contract? well, mercedes tweeted hinting as much, with hamilton saying he plans and wants to be at the team next year. and to adelaide now, where 15 wickets fell on day two of the first test between australia and india, as the world's top two sides go head to head. early in the day, india were all out for 244 in their first innings, but australia didn't fare much better with the bat — ravi ashwin with four wickets
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including steve smith for1 as they were dismissed for 191. india were back in the middle before close, but lost prithvi shaw for four, bowled by pat cummins. they'll resume day three on 9—1, a lead of 62. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. coronavirus news, brexit and plenty of other news as well. in terms of coronavirus, i'm going to bring you the latest figures that have just come through. regrettably about the r number across the uk, we are hearing it has gone up. this is the reproduction number, the rate at which the virus can be spread. it 110w which the virus can be spread. it now stands between 1.1 and 1.2, that
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is up because the previous set of figures it stood between 0.9 and 1.0. so that is significant because, as you know, scientists like that figure to be under one. so the figure to be under one. so the figure is now between 1.1 and 1.2, the virus is accelerating, that is a uk wide numberand the virus is accelerating, that is a uk wide number and there is a lot of new statistics out today and we will talk to our health correspondent later in the afternoon about all of those. in the past few minutes, the us vice president mike pence has been vaccinated live on television. he's the most senior politician to receive the vaccine so far, and it comes on the day the us approve its second coronavirus vaccine. both the pfizer vaccine and moderna vaccine can now be rolled out acorss the country. here is the vice president speaking about his vaccination. i especially want to thank the fine medical team at walter reed hospital that administered our vaccine today.
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i didn't feel a thing. well done. and we appreciate your service to the country. you know, as the christmas holiday approaches, this is always a season of hope. we gather here today at the end of a historic week to affirm to the american people that hope is on the way. and karen and i were more than happy to step forward before this week was out to take this safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that we have secured and produced for the american people. it's a truly inspiring day. mike pence. boris johnson has defended the government's plan to roll out mass coronavirus testing of secondary pupils in england when schools return from the christmas holiday. there'll be a staggered start to the new term, to allow headteachers time to set up the testing programmes. speaking in manchester, the prime minister also did not rule
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out a third national lockdown, as infection rates continue to rise. he was also asked about brexit, and mrjohnson said the two sides will continue the negotiations with the eu, but the talks were ‘difficult‘. well, obviously, the uk's position is always that we want to keep talking if there's any chance of a deal but we also have to recognise that...the uk has to be able to control its own laws, it's what people voted for, and we've also got to be able to control our waters and ourfishing rights — that's obviously also what people voted for, and no sensible government is going to agree to a treaty that doesn't have those two basic things in it, as well as everything else. er...our door is open, we'll keep... we'll keep talking, but i have to say that things are. ..looking
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difficult and there's a gap that needs to be bridged — the uk has done... we've done a lot, i think, to try and help, and we hope that our eu friends will see sense and, er, and come to the table with something themselves. so that's really where we are. and if that doesn't happen, then, well...er... come january the 1st, we will be trading on wto terms — an event that obviously has been four and a half years in the making, four and a half years in the preparation. yes, it may be difficult at first, but this country will prosper mightily — as i've said many, many times — on any terms and under any arrangement, and i think we've, er... we've just got to get through this period, and look at all the opportunities that will open up for
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this country in 2021. all right, onto covid. northern ireland hasjoined wales now in saying it's having... yes. ..another lockdown after christmas. will england end up following? well, obviously, we're hoping very much that we will be able to avoid anything like that, but the reality is that the rates of infection have increased very much in the last few weeks. here where i am in the north—west, in bolton, they've actually done a fantasticjob in bringing it down. if you look at what people have done in greater manchester, really heroic efforts to get the disease under control. so what we're saying to people now, over this christmas period, is, you know, think of those... those rules about the three households that you can bubble up with, the five days — that is very much a maximum, that's not a target people should aim for, and i think people really get this, people do get this. all the things i'm seeing, all the evidence i'm seeing, is people really understand this
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is the time to look after... think about our elderly relatives, avoid spreading the disease, keep it short, keep it small, you know, have yourselves a very little christmas, as i said the other night. that is, i'm afraid, the way through this year. next year, i've no doubt, as we roll out the vaccine and all the other prepar... all the other things that we're doing, it will be very, very different indeed. all right. and finally, schools. yes. are you guaranteeing that all pupils will be tested in their first week back? well, what we want to do is to make sure that...kids are in school, that pupils are in school. i think that everybody in our country agrees that is a massive priority. if you listen to the chief medical officer, for the health, the well—being of kids, young people, they've got to receive education. it's part of basic social justice, fairness — everybody should have an education.
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so as a society we make a huge effort to make that possible. what we want to do injanuary, as pupils come back into school, we want to use that as an opportunity to test them — particularly in the high infection areas — and that's where we'll really be focusing most . test them so that they can go back to school and stay back into school safely. that's the... that's the idea. and it also has the additional advantage of greatly helping us to reduce the rates of infection in the community as a whole. the prime minister speaking in manchester. scotland's health secretary has refused to rule out a full lockdown after christmas to cope with any possible increase in the spread of coronavirus. jeane freeman said a decision about what to do after the festive break would be announced in the scottish parliament on tuesday. she said at this point nothing could sensibly be ruled out.
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at today's daily news briefing she began by detailing the latest statistics. the total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 744. that represents 4.2% of the total tests, and takes the total number of confirmed cases in scotland to 110,040. 172 of today's new cases were in greater glasgow and clyde, 158 in lothian, and 94 in grampian. the remaining cases were spread across the eight other mainland health boards. i can also confirm that 1,032 people are currently in hospital — that is an increase of 20 from yesterday. 50 people are in intensive car, which is the same as yesterday. and, sadly, i also have to report 36 additional deaths have been registered in the last 24 hours, of a patient who first tested positive for coronavirus over the previous 28 days.
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that takes the total number of deaths under that daily measurement to 4,239. each one of those deaths has been a source of heartbreak, and so once again i send my condolences to all those who have lost a loved one to this terrible virus. as we look ahead to christmas, and we look ahead to what we know are the normal winter additional pressures on our health service, and how covid may play into all of that, we continue to review what are the next steps that we think we should take, and that's why we are undertaking that as we speak. the normal weekly review is under way, and we will, as a cabinet, discuss that on tuesday and make that announcement on tuesday. and nothing at this point can sensibly be ruled out, but we will look at what the information we have tells us, the judgments that we think are the right judgments to make, and we will make
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that clear on tuesday when the first minister speaks in the scottish parliament. so full decision regarding scotland on tuesday. the welsh government has said the easing of restrictions in wales is "in the hands of the public" and that if people did not follow the rules, they should "expect trouble ahead". in a lunchtime coronavirus briefing, it said that the emergency services in wales were under huge pressure. i'm afraid thatjust when we would usually be thinking about starting to wind down for christmas, the situation with the virus in wales has become incredibly serious. cases of coronavirus now are extremely high. and the fact is that the virus is widespread in all of our communities. and one in five people who go for a coronavirus test see their results coming back as positive. 0ur public services are under real
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strain because of the number of staff shortages. and our nhs is under intense and sustained pressure. on wednesday, the first minister announced that wales will be moving to alert level four. the tighter restrictions will come into force over the christmas period. they will help to protect us, but they will also change the way we live and work. sojust a reminder that all nonessential retail businesses, including close contact services like hairdressers, will close from the end of trading on christmas eve. all hospitality premises will close from 6pm on christmas day. stay—at—home and new rules about household bubbles and travel will start after the christmas period, on december 28. the situation is so serious we've also had to change the christmas bubble arrangements,
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so only two households will be able to join together in wales between december 23 and the 27th. and i think it's worth emphasising that a safer christmas in wales this year is a small christmas. we are tightening restrictions to protect everyone's health and reduce the spread of coronavirus, but every new set of restrictions, especially ones as strict as these, will have wider knock—on effects to our lives and livelihoods. and we know northern ireland is going on to full lockdown from boxing day. if you're having to wait longer than usual for your post, royal mail says that's because of an unprecedented increase in the number of parcels it's having
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to process this christmas. there's been a hugejump in the amount of online shopping we're now doing, as emma simpson reports. a parcel mountain at a royal mail sorting office in bristol. sacks of mail ready to be sorted here in manchester, too, and parcels to be dispatched in essex. 0n the road, the vans are full, a glimpse of how posties are grappling with an unprecedented increase in parcels this year. it has meant some delays for customers. last week, i managed to send some christmas presents abroad to ireland, and a few to my partner's family in kent. both haven't arrived, despite me putting a class stamp and sticker on it. so it has been quite worrying, particularly because we are so close to christmas and i want them to arrive on time. it would be an absolute disaster if they didn't. the union representing postal workers says its members are doing their very best. there's no doubt we could not possibly have anticipated this level
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of packages and parcels. it seems to be intensifying every day, and that, coupled with the arrangements that have got to be in place to keep people, key workers safe because of covid, and the spread of covid and the figures going up again, all of those are complicating what is already a strategical nightmare, really. all our big couriers are up against it right now. the royal mail has taken on around 33,000 seasonal workers to help out, way more than normal. in a statement, royal mail said some areas were experiencing a reduction in service levels due to covid—related absences and social distancing measures, but that the majority of the network was now running as usual for this time of year. the pressure is now on — a business that's flat out trying to deliver christmas mail as quickly as it can. emma simpson, bbc news.
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under normal circumstances you might be looking forward to your work's christmas party this weekend. sadly, as we know too well, this is not a normal year. with most traditional parties cancelled because of covid restrictions, some companies are trying to find alternative ways to bring colleagues together. jayne mccubbin has been invited to join the festive fun. ah, the work christmas party cancelled because of covid, but let's just cross over to party poopers anonymous. raise a hand if you are actually really relieved the office party isn't happening this year? and not everyone is disappointed. because it's just stressful when you have to go to a christmas party with work people, pretend you like them, pretend you're interested! you don't want to be sat around making small talk with your boss, do you?
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no. 0h, they're just terrible, aren't they? i mean, you get dragged around pubs you don't want to go to, with people you don't want to be with. if you leave too early, you're a party pooper, and if you leave too late, you're looking on whatsapp the next day to see what happened the night before. admit it, we've all been there. but not this year. cheers! this year, if we're doing the works do, we're doing it online. can ijust ask, is everybody having a good time? yeah. yay! bless the lovely volunteers from macmillans, who've let us crash their christmas party. they, and party hosts likejohnny and helen, are trying to keep the fun going, virtually. flipping heck, i don't have a drink! nobody wants to do this. i'd like to be on stage. i was on tour when this happened. i was playing to real people in a real room on a tour. and, you know, i've ended up doing zoom parties. but what i would say is that we're good at giving it a go,
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and we're good at — it's the blitz spirit thing of saying, "come on, it's not what we want, but let's make it work". we are dealing with anything from 30 to 400, and we have had an inquiry this morning for 600. i cannot imagine a virtual party online with 600 people?! yeah, it's interactive as well. so, we'll see. i'll let you know. good luck with that! is it as good as a face to face party? no. the one thing i'll miss when i go back to the live circuit is the ability to mute people. you can even eject them yourself without getting bouncers involved. it's fantastic. what we're going to do is we're going just have our private party. we're having a little get together here. but if you're a virtual party isn't, well, virtual enough, this liverpool company will create an avatar for you and take your party anywhere in the world, or beyond. hi! hello. i've got vertigo.
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we've seen a real surge in inquiries really, this year in particular, of course, you know. people are looking for new ways of getting together. and, you know, what we offer is something that really goes beyond a traditional sort of video call, if you like. can we dance at this party? yes! clemence is our, eh... clemence? yeah, he can bust a few moves. there we go. where's your famous robot dance, clem ? there you go. yay! we think it definitely has a lot of a lot of potential. can we go somewhere where there's wine at this party? beach. look at that. and i have some virtual drinks here. u nfortu nately, they're just out of... ..argh! out of reach! for goodness sake, oh! it's estimated that all of this could cost the hospitality sector over £700 million. and many remember the good old days of real cocktails with real work mates in real time with a real sense of loss. paul, were they gorgeous dos? magnificent.
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absolutely glorious. marvellous. and this year? and this year is very different indeed. they are ditching the do all together. in its place, good deeds. instead of handing out golden tickets for a guest list, they are blowing their budget on books for children in need in their city. each of our guests who would normally come to one of our parties will be getting a book donated in their name. it's such a nice idea! are you going to miss the party, though? we'll miss the party. we'll make up. we'll have a post—covid party. we'll do it in the summer. fingers crossed. fingers crossed! so for now, let's enjoy the safety of socializing while staying apart. and just imagine how messy it's all going to get this time next year. chin—chin! jayne mccubbin, bbc news. that's our future, isn't it, for all
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of us... now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. it's very mild today, it's also windy and, for some parts of the country, very wet as well. we have this amber rain warning from the met office, flooding and travel disruption likely. into scotland seeing rain continuing this evening, that eventually pushes eastwards and then we have clear spells and showers following from the west. it will be wendy overnight, and mild as a result. tomorrow morning we have rain to killa a result. tomorrow morning we have rain to kill a way, by mid eastern parts then it sunny spells, showers getting blown inland by strong wind, heavy showers, more frequent showers across western parts. not quite as mild as today i cooler start to sunday, sunshine and showers in the west, and wetter, windier weather in the north west of scotland.
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elsewhere, more sunshine, could run sunday, but the winds will not be as strong.
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this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 2pm: as covid's spread accelerates — there's growing pressure on ministers with health leaders urging people to follow the tougher coronavirus restrictions. we are now at a really dangerous point and we are finding it difficult to get ambulance off—loaded because they have got no cu bicles to off—loaded because they have got no cubicles to put patients in and they have no cubicles to put patients into because there are no beds on the wards. borisjohnson says he can't rule out a third lockdown in england after christmas — because of a rise in coronavirus infections. we are hoping very much we will be able to avoid anything like that but the reality is, the rates of infection have increased very much in the last few weeks.

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