a face just before we came to pulled a face just before we came to you, susie, what a genetic of this plan? was a sceptical face?|j you, susie, what a genetic of this plan? was a scepticalface? i think the plan for borisjohnson being people up and doing anything that he suggest when they're scientists these boris johnson suggest when they're scientists these borisjohnson is pretty optimistic on his part, threatening to ring someone up and waffle at them, thanks, buti to ring someone up and waffle at them, thanks, but i do not think that's going to help. but if they are withholding the regulatory approval, it's because whether it's the vaccine or testing, if you do not have trained medics doing it, it is not going to be as good we don't have enough trained medics to do all the things that we need them to do. the busy in the hospitals the gp surgeries and stuff like that. so, diverting them from what they're doing to do something else, it cannot be done and we have seen today with boris johnson‘s cannot be done and we have seen today with borisjohnson‘s plan to try and get or the army to do testing at schools, someone has got to do the stuff and we've got all these vaccines coming at her only way out of this is for us all to get

that shot in the arm and yet, someone that shot in the arm and yet, someone has to administer it to you. someone has to be trained to do it. you cannot just rely someone has to be trained to do it. you cannotjust rely on the test of posting the vaccine or anything else, someone has got to actually do it for you and that is, why there's a backlog in the government is looking long term as to how it's going to get through this problem the next two or three years to the pandemic being behind us, there will be honest and just say, it's going to bea be honest and just say, it's going to be a series of lockdowns and were going to try to keep the nhs safe and you're going to get your vaccine down the road, but until then, u nfortu nately, down the road, but until then, unfortunately, all they want us to talk about the good news and talk about the terrifying thing and they don't want actually engage the rain and help the country engage so we can all is well except where we are in the process and rate our progress along as we get to the point of exit from this pandemic. front page of the ft implants by the french to put on a lot of staff, 600

extra customers to do with the chaos. revealed when talking about i'io chaos. revealed when talking about no deal and how serious we were in the papers there was how many officials and border officials we we re officials and border officials we were going to employ, they had back and they've employed their own and so, the french customs minister who is telling us about the hundreds that he is employed until they can actually get on british soil and get some customs agreements sorted among all the other parts of the trade deal, they said they're going to have inspectors on trains in the meantime, check in goods going in and out of britain and france and so again, it is another example of people on both sides talking tough and prepared to go the extra mile to make sure everything is going right oi'i make sure everything is going right on our make sure everything is going right on our side make sure everything is going right on ourside in make sure everything is going right on our side in the meantime were all waiting to see if this deal is going to be done and we have michel

barnier saying that they have of yours to sort this out but it does look like it's meant to keep on track and not in tracking on and is one thing that we could do without, i think with the fears crying over the pandemic once more coming up to christmas we just hope that we can get this thing sorted we can get a deal done particularly before any chaos in january the 1st. it could potentially be the first of many pictures that we see there on the eighth 20. that is worrying, isn't it? it is if you live down here on one side you have to get to work on the other side. or, you have to find some way to perhaps try and live eat sleep and breathe and surrounded by lorries that do not want to turn their engines often they're idling. it is not a good look, this is to deal with the business is stockpiling ahead of brexit and one of the things, strata, i earlier was that the suggestion from the civil service that the reason to stop the

pandemic planning shortly after borisjohnson pandemic planning shortly after boris johnson came to pandemic planning shortly after borisjohnson came to office was because of the operation of no deal preparation which so many civil serva nts preparation which so many civil servants have been drawn into because of brexit and because of the negotiating gambit if you want to call it that of threatening no deal and walking away and if we have not done that, we would be up to prepare for a pandemic we might‘ve some better awareness of the start of it and then, at this stage, we were trying to have a brexit while dealing with this awful coronavirus, will be handling that a bit better as well. take us to the front page of your paper. no hint whatsoever. coming up the queen speech. we get a bit of a trail as to what subject matter she is going to what subject matter she is going to talk about. i think we can guess what she will be talking about and i'm sure she'll be full of prayers

for the nhs and all the essential services and the width of the country has battled through this tough times. she is going to be bubbled in herself with prince philip during this so it's not going to bea philip during this so it's not going to be a normal christmas for her and i think the palace and the queen wa nt i think the palace and the queen want this to be a message that many people as possible here this christmas and sometimes is put out before, people of the scene which is going to be talking about i think she's going to be too busy eating christmas dinner when the big speech from her, ithink christmas dinner when the big speech from her, i think he was in march or april when she knew she was talking about when they meet again as a nation and being normal again, about when they meet again as a nation and being normalagain, i think by the looks of it, they wanted to be at his is that when it is meaningful is that one was too andl is meaningful is that one was too and i think it would be a special queen speech this year and that is what they're trying to keep this under wraps as possible. very quickly, your thoughts on this, susie. they never reveal very much,

they give you a couple of quotes not revealing anything on the issue. but they recorded later than usual because of changing offence, who knows, we will have to see on christmas day. how's that for a tease to stay tuned. michael, thank you very much and i'll see you again at half past 11, i can't wait. thank you. that's it for the papers this hour. michael and susie will be back in just over half an hour. from us all goodbye for now. good evening. some of britain's most successful olympic sports are set to lose millions of pounds in support in a major shake—up of how they are funded by the government. swimming and rowing are among those taking a hit, whilst sports new to the olympics, such as skateboarding and climbing, willall gainfunding. here's our sports editor dan roan.

for two decades, they have established themselves as olympic and paralympic power houses. but amid mounting concerns that metals we re amid mounting concerns that metals were all that mattered, there was a shift with a wide range of sports funded and an emphasis on winning in the right way. there's a chance that some of the metals will be affected, but we still believe in the efficiency made that will still be able to deliver great results because this is still about winning as ofa because this is still about winning as of a great success. of that success as of a great success. of that success is delivered is important. more sports and everest were doing a better. the funding plan was basketball, giving more than £1 million of the previous cuts despite its popularity. knowing the big additions like climbing and surfing among 43 sports also given support. skateboarding will also feature for the first time in tokyo and is another awarded for its potential to

increase participation and reach broader audiences. creating the world talented performers and nothing that it does is it enables us nothing that it does is it enables us tojust give nothing that it does is it enables us to just give the nothing that it does is it enables us tojust give the gift nothing that it does is it enables us to just give the gift to skateboarding to more people which is phenomenal. some of britain's most successful sports handle cuts to budget for repairs 2024 with canoeing facing a £4 million drop to 12 million, rowing where the best funding list 2.4 million in swimming also down more than 2 million. another traditional sports and was disappointed by the 20% cut. another traditional sports and was disappointed by the 20% cutm another traditional sports and was disappointed by the 20% cut. it is a massive cut trying to invest and help those future athletes is going to be that much more difficult and it's going to be really challenging to support everyone for the next cycle. today marks a departure from uk sports no compromise approach in his pride create metal success but it is also been blamed for recent athlete welfare scandals. the hope

by investing in sports like this, a tea m by investing in sports like this, a team to be created is more reflective among britain. amid financial uncertainty, olympic and paralympic athletes saw that there funding was securable to seven months to go into tokyo, the focus seems to be on more than just metals. scarlets' champions cup clash with toulon was called off with just two hours notice after the french club decided not to play because of concerns over a scarlets player whos'd tested positive for covid—19 before being withdrawn from the game. it comes as exeter, bath and glasgow were handed 28—0 "defeats" after they were unable to fulfil their european fixtures because of the virus. tonight wasps beat montpellier 33 points to 14. fly half charlie atkinson with the last of their five tries, to make it two wins from two. wasps helped by a seventh minute red card from their opponents to secure the bonus point win.. in the european challenge cup, newcastle falcons finished strongly to beat castres by 26

points to 17, to record their first home victory. england's 2014 world cup winning captain — katy daley—mclean — has announced her retirement from international rugby... (00v)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 amount of time away really was the first thing that struck me. but also i thought about what a world cup looks like and what it requires andi cup looks like and what it requires and i have done for cycles and a kind of know the judge to be and i have done for cycles and a kind of know thejudge to be in it andi kind of know thejudge to be in it and i looked at it and i'm like i do not want to be away from her this long and i don't want to do this

anymore. preston beat bristol city in the championship this evening. a penalty in the first half from danieljohnson was the difference between the two sides moving preston up to thirteenth. that's four defeats in five for city who sit ninth. portsmouth took top spot in league one from hull city as they beat them 2—0. the home side conceded two own goals from jacob greaves and josh magennis as they missed the chance to stay at the head of the table. callum smith towered over saul canelo alvarez as the two fighters came head to head at the weigh in for their world title bout in texas this weekend. the liverpudlian is seven inches taller than the mexican but is a big underdog when they meet in the early hours of sunday morning. both weighed in on the 168 pound limit as they put their respective super middlewight world titles on the line. sixty six—year—old paul lim came from two sets down to reach the second round of the pdc world darts championship. the singaporean, who made his debut at the original world championship in 1982, beat luke humphreys

at alexandra palace in london. the slinger‘s greatest moment came in 1990 when he had the first nine dart finish in such an event. and that's all the sport for now. hello. friday brought a lot of wet weather, especially in the west, pets and flooding problems across parts of wales, western england in the skull and put through the weekend there is some in the forecast will be scattered showers with a bit of sunshine around as well. we have this band of what with the pushing across eastern england through the early part of saturday and make clear eastwards were on the sunny spells and blustery showers quickly on that brisk south westerly wind and blustery showers quickly on that brisk south westerly wind in temperatures nine to 12 degrees and a touch cooler in recent days with some hail some thunderstorms that

continue overnight, most frequent in the west and along the south closed as well. and a touch cooler and still breezy with overnight lows around five to 7 degrees. sunday brings us a pretty similar data saturday and that we have sunny spells and blustery showers, not quite as windy most of the showers should start to ease away in the afternoon, bit of cooler with temperature up to around nine and 11. goodbye.

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