hello, this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines: borisjohnson promises big changes following his brexit trade deal, with a pledge to focus on spreading opportunity and delivering for those left behind. the roll—out of the pfizer biontech covid vaccine begins for millions of people across the eu, starting with italy and the czech republic. storm bella brings gusts of more than a hundred miles an hour, with roads in parts of wales, and devon and cornwall blocked by falling trees.

before the papers, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. bryony frost should have been getting back into the saddle today after her history—making win in the king george vi chase yesterday, but the welsh grand national meeting at chepstow has been abandoned due to storm bella, causing parts of the course to be waterlogged. as for yesterday, frost became the first female jockey to win the king george on 20 to 1 shot frodon. joe wilson reports. boxing day sport, jockeys in facemasks. perfectly 2020. the horses have no idea what tier kempton may be, but as ever, they race. the king george's boxing day tradition — that doesn't mean every year is a repeat. look at frodon at the front, the blue—and—white silks of bryony frost. the favourites loomed, but as the fence is passed, it is still frodon. trainer paul nicholls virtually had the grandstands to himself, watching, willing.

his horses have dominated this race, but here it was an outsider, leading from start to finish. commentator: frodon has won the king george! bryony frost, the first woman to win this exalted race — she only realised that later, when journalists told her. i have won a king george on frodon, for paul and the team, yeah, that's the big thing for me. regardless of the girl stuff and the winners and the numbers. taking history in your stride — well, how else to end 2020? joe wilson, bbc news. covid restrictions meant there were no fans present at any of yesterday's premier league matches — all the home teams were in tier 3 or 4. but wherever and however they were watching, arsenal supporters would have been relieved after they beat chelsea 3—1. they hadn't won in the premier league since the beginning of october. drew savage rounds up the boxing day action.

relief for mikel arteta exactly one year after he took charge of the gunners, engineering a necessary turnaround in arsenal's fortunes. five months after beating chelsea in the fa cup final, they needed to end a run of seven games without a premier league win and did it in style. granit xhaka put them 2—0 up by half—time. bukayo saka made it three. he claimed on purpose. arsenal could have scored more, although a lacklustre chelsea did pull one back. bernd leno kept a smile on arsenal's faces with an injury time penalty save. i'm really pleased, first of all for the players, because they are the ones that had to come out here and win the game, and then for our supporters, because we have let them down for many weeks with results and i think it is a good day to give them something to cheer about. everton also have something to cheer about. they were heading for a goalless draw in the rain at bottom club

sheffield united but it all changed with ten minnutes to go. carlo ancelotti's side rise to second in the premier league thanks to gylfi sigurdsson. a 1—0 win puts them two points behind liverpool who play west brom this afternoon. leicester city are third, they came from behind twice to draw 2—2 with manchester united. jamie vardy‘s deflected equaliser means brendan rodgers' side stay just above their opponents. manchester city are now fifth in the table behind united. pep guardiola's side are building up a head of steam. they beat newcastle united 2—0, and remain unbeaten in december. and aston villa beat crystal palace 3—0, despite having tyrone mings sent off and el ghazi rounded up their last home game of 2020 with a flourish, up to sixth on the table. drew savage, bbc news. rangers made it 12 scottish premiership wins in a row after a hard —fought victory over hibernian at ibrox. steven gerrard's side had to work for the win, the only goal of the game coming in the first half from ianis hagi. that keeps them 16 points clear of celtic, who

were 3—0 winners at hamilton. exeter‘s final match of 2020 went the way of most of the others. they beat gloucester 28—20 to stay top of the premiership, having recovered sufficiently from a covid outbreak in the squad. england forward sam simmonds scored two tries for the chiefs to maintain their perfect domestic record this season. bristol are second after beating harlequins. a late converted angus 0'brien try earned scarlets a 16—14 win over 0spreys in their derby match, while cardiff were winners at dragons in yesterday's other game. india might be without their star man in virat kohli for the boxing day test against australia in melbourne, but stand in captain ajinkya rahane's century sees them on top after day two at the mcg. kohli has returned home for the birth of his first child, with rahane taking over the reins

as skipper, and he's been leading from the front, bringing up his 12th test century in style. and he's made the most of some good fortune, dropped here on 104 by travis head, who somehow let the ball out of his grasp. india closing on 277 forfive, a lead of 82. 1—0 down in the four match series. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us. with me are businessjournalistjohn crowley and sian griffiths, the education editor of the sunday times.

senior conservative mps are concerned about plans to rush borisjohnson's christmas eve brexit deal through parliament before the year's end, says the observer, with fishing chiefs accusing the prime minister of "caving in" at the last minute. in coronavirus news, doctors are warning of "ppe style chaos", according to the sunday mirror, with some gp surgeries and hospitals still waiting for pfizer biontech jabs. there's a "betrayal of 12,000 care homes" says the sunday people, which claims that 80% of the 15,000 care homes in england are not currently being considered for the covid vaccine. but there is some better vaccine news, as the sunday times reports that the oxford astrazeneca jab is expected to win approval "in days." the sunday telegraph says the jab could be rolled out as early as 11th january. the paper also has an interview with borisjohnson who says big changes are coming following the trade

deal with the eu. the mail on sunday quotes chancellor rishi sunak in saying that britain could be free of tight covid restrictions by the end of february, after ministers pinpointed the 15 million people who would need vaccinations to end the cycles of crippling lockdowns. and a picture of flooding makes the front page of the sunday express, as storm bella sweeps the nation tonight with heavy rain and strong winds. let's rain and strong winds. start with the sunday telegraph. let's start with the sunday telegraph. the papers that seem to be divided between the good news on the vaccine and bad news, but let's just to look at the positive initially. the sunday telegraph predicting that january the 11th is when the first 0xford job is going to begin. yes, the starting gun is going to be fired on the biggest ever logistical undertake this country has ever done as we try to

vaccinate the whole country in the shortest time possible. and charging like a knight to the rescue is the 0xford vaccine and this is where the british government has invested the most of its resources and money certainly into this, so it has bought i think 100 millionjobs of this —— jabs of this, and it is hoping to get 2 million people receiving either this 0xford jab or the pfizer jab and receiving either this 0xford jab or the pfizerjab and the advantages of the pfizerjab and the advantages of the oxford jab over the pfizer one, the oxford jab over the pfizer one, the one okayed in december, is it costs £2 compared to £15 and can be stored in the fridge. the pfizerjab needs to be carried around at temperatures of —70 celsius, some are talking about logistics there. a lot more easy to administer. the

pfizer jab has been lot more easy to administer. the pfizerjab has been given at quite a number of people, around a million, already, according to the papers, but the mirror has some worrying news. it says the covid—19 vaccine roll—out could turn into a pb style fiasco from stop hundreds of gp surgeries, schools and hospitals still waiting for the pfizer vaccine, they are saying. yes, that is right. i think it is nice that at the end of 2020, which has been such a difficult year, we are getting some good news. i do think that the news about the oxford vaccine is absolutely fantastic and it really could be a game changer and it is wonderful that it could be in use by january the 4th, which is what the papers are saying, but on the ground still it is a really difficult situation. infection rates are still rising very sharply and this story in the mirror is really looking at almost top and gp surgeries are at

breaking point in some parts of the countries. they're saying that hundreds are still waiting for the pfizer jabs and there hundreds are still waiting for the pfizerjabs and there are fears that this is going to be a duplicate again of what happened with ppe at the start of the pandemic, when many front line staff did not get the personal protective equipment that they needed. unfortunately, nhs staff did die. again, it is a question of logistics, are they going to get the vaccines out to the places that need them and the people that need them quickly enough to beat the rising infection rates of the coronavirus? it is a race really. it is a worrying story in the mirror and suggesting it is a bit of a mess in some places at the moment. lots more optimism, if you wa nt moment. lots more optimism, if you want your optimism at this sunday morning, in the mail on sunday. 15 millionjabs to morning, in the mail on sunday. 15 million jabs to freedom and it is quoting rishi sunak who has done a

piece for the mail on sunday as saying that 15 million are the people who would possibly be hospitalised if they got covid, so they are the key people to vaccinate and if they can be vaccinated, the restrictions could start to end by the end of february. that is a very optimistic timescale. yes, government sources are describing this as the path to liberation and rishi sunak is kind of interesting, he has been quite hawk on these matters, it is hisjob to deal he has been quite hawk on these matters, it is his job to deal with the economy and is growing behind this mass vaccination programme that the government is planning to do because this is the only way out that we can see at the moment of getting the country and the economy back on track. the government believes 12 to 15 million people, this range are people, could be potentially hospitalised and this is why they are talking about this number that they need to get this vaccine into their arms as quickly as possible. as you said, hopefully

by the end of february. sian, talking about hospitals, that is the front page of the sunday times, vaccine boosts the millions as hospitals near breaking point. again, talking about the oxford jab expected to win approval in a matter of days. we are hearing may be the 28th or 29th of december. yes, that is what we heard as well. i think there is a piece of good news in this sunday times story. there is an interview with the astrazeneca chief and he was saying, i think this is the first time i have seen this, but to be vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca could actually or should be, those were his words, should be effective against this mutant virus strain we are seeing, because there have been questions about when it work against the new strain? he is thinking that it should. which i think it is very good news. but again, talk that we would have to really ramp up delivery of the vaccines, both the

vaccines, if we're going to stop the death toll atjuggling by vaccines, if we're going to stop the death toll at juggling byjuly. scientists say the jabs must be ramped up to 2 million a week and we're quite a long way from that at the moment. let's switch away from covid and talk about brexit and the trade dealfor the prime minister has done an interview with the sunday telegraph, often accused of overpromising, lots of bold promises here and he says big changes coming for britain. according to telegraph, red tape reform and levelling up the new priority, showing that brexit has returned to us our freedoms. new priority, showing that brexit has returned to us our freedomsm quite a punchy interview with the prime minister. when the brexit trade deal was sealed on christmas eve, we were talking about all the pages were talking about peace and harmony for all, but it seems that borisjohnson certainly harmony for all, but it seems that boris johnson certainly is harmony for all, but it seems that borisjohnson certainly is not going to rest on his laurels. it is a message of certainty to a domestic

audience, about levelling up certainly in the north of england where they won those red wool seats at the general election, but he also hinting at tax and regulatory as well. which i think a foreign audience, or an audience certainly in brussels, will certainly have issues with, because it suggests, what this piece is suggesting, is that the uk will certainly move to diverged from standards with the eu and we saw before the deal was sealed there was a lot of arguments over the level playing field and who would police that, because the eu wa nted would police that, because the eu wanted to have control and hit the uk with sanctions commit the uk said it wanted an independent arbiter and it wanted an independent arbiter and it looks like this independent arbiter will be quite busy, because if we diverge from these standards, the eu will surely act. one of the big issues which has not been dealt with at the moment is that services. that was not dealt with in the trade

deal, so financial services, the uk can claim to be a world leader in financial services, that has not been dealt with, so it will be interesting to see how the eu reacts to that and perhaps uses that as a bargaining chip if the uk tries to diverged on tax and regulatory issues. and boris johnson it may not be as pleased with the observer front page, sian, because it is talking about fishing industry chiefs talking about a betrayal and caving in when it comes to british fishing rights in those trade negotiations and also saying that brexiteers mps are not happy about what they see as a rush to ratify the deal in parliament and one date debate they are saying is not enough. yes, there is a real triumphant feel to many of the papers this morning and unusual to get articles by both rishi sunak and borisjohnson in get articles by both rishi sunak and boris johnson in sunday get articles by both rishi sunak and borisjohnson in sunday papers on the same day, but there are those of course he will not be happy with the deal and the fishermen are one of

the main groups. they are saying that we caved in at the last minute. this was not what they were promised. that they were promised that we would get control of our waters back for the fishermen and the final deal that has been done, 2596 the final deal that has been done, 25% of eu boats fishing rights will be transferred to uk over five and a half years. i think when we went into the talks, we were demanding that the eu rights would be cut by 80%, so it is a long way short of what the fishermen were hoping for and they are angry and nicola sturgeon also talking about the scottish fishermen and talking again about the possible independence for scotland. and as well as the fishermen are being angry, conservative mps, although you think most of the brexiteers are going to back this deal this week, they are saying they have not had enough time to scrutinise what is a 2000 page

document and they would like more time to really go through the fine print and winkle out what is it... there are sure to be other things that people will object to saying they have not had enough time to look at the details. let's go back to the sunday telegraph. gavin williamson warning about an enormous battle to get the schools open again injanuary, battle to get the schools open again in january, which probably battle to get the schools open again injanuary, which probably will not come as a surprise to many, secondary schools that is. well, this feels like the education secretary is preparing the ground for that announcement that the secondary schools will not open certainly when they are due to open at the start of january. one of his comments was it is the lockdown fighting, it is not me, guv, i want to open schools but the lockdown is stopping me from doing it, which seems at odds with what the government is saying in other

fields, saying that there is the spread of this mutant covid—19 variant is going most quickest among children. gavin williamson, perhaps sian as education editor of the sunday times will have a better view than me of this, but it has not been the best of pandemics with what happen with gcses and a—levels and u—turns. earlier this month he was speaking in an interview where he said our regulatory regime was better than that of france, belgium and the us, which raised international hands. we are a better country, he said. sian, sincejohn has put your list box, what do you make of his record? —— has put you on the spot. it has been pretty disastrous over the last 12 months. as donna saying, he is preparing the ground for the possibility secondary schools not reopening fully on the

11th of january. apparently schools not reopening fully on the 11th ofjanuary. apparently there is a crunch meeting tomorrow at number ten and there is a real worry that the highest rates of infection now are among secondary schoolchildren, that age range and if we reopen schools and infection rates take off even more, then we are going to be in an even worse position. sol think there is a real battle going on about whether we should reopen schools. ministers have made it a priority and they have warned that the life chances of this generation could really be damaged by this consta nt could really be damaged by this constant opening and closing of schools, but personally i think it is unlikely that schools will be open fully on the 11th. ijust think the situation is too fragile at the moment. all right, thank you. john, ido moment. all right, thank you. john, i do not know what you're doing the new year, but you are stuck at home, how about, according to the sunday times, a new year takeaway? it will only cost you £415, but you would

get some hand harvested scottish scallops in their shells, some follow von with blue lobster and rum and vanilla french pastries. certainly with all the leftovers i have eaten so far, that sounds like a sumptuous meal. we have sorted out our own takeaway already, local curry house close to where i live, supporting the local community. i do not think there is enough money down the back of the sofa to pay for that meal, i'm afraid, but it sounds great, good luck to anyone who tries it. sian, would you be going for any kind of takeaway, 400 quid or not? we probably will, yes, but again we cannot afford this. but it is really lovely, where i live in north london, there is an entire street of restaurants and they are nearly all are doing takeaway is because obviously they cannot open because we are in tier 4 and we are getting amazing meals at amazing prices, so

there is always a silver lining to everything. i love that one of the points in this story is that there is an amazing £415 meal will be delivered in boxes are so beautiful that you do not need to decant it into place, it says on the washing up into place, it says on the washing up as well, how cool is that. thanks for that. let's go to the mail. about boxing day and normally bedlam on the streets as people queue for boxing day bargains, but depending on the tier you are in, you might have had empty streets and the mail on sunday highlights that rather well with regent street in london in tier 4, which is totally empty. yes, i have certainly been an old school chopper, but i have certainly switched to online this year and i certainly got a few purchases yesterday for —— old school shopper. you can see where things are going, this is the unintended consequences of the pandemic, all of us, the way

we consume and buy things was moving online, but things that may have taken five years to happen happened in about five months. it kind of just sums up 2020, where boxing day eve ryo ne just sums up 2020, where boxing day everyone is... not saying it is such a good thing, but fighting over each other in the shops, did not happen that much this year. the picture of the busy, bustling street is at northumberland street in newcastle yesterday afternoon, just a few were interested , yesterday afternoon, just a few were interested, contrasted with regent street in london. let's go to the other side of that mail story, centre spread, and they are talking about bridgerton, i don't know if you have been watching it, but one of the amazing things about it is julie andrews is voice as lady whistle down and she could afford

that new year takeaway because a p pa re ntly that new year takeaway because apparently she has been paid one and apparently she has been paid one and a half million for that. you do not think ofjulie andrews as being gossipy, scandalous kind of commentator which is what she plays ina commentator which is what she plays in a bridgerton and i think that is why it is so delicious really and the author of the books on which this blockbuster series is based said that when she discovered that julie andrews had agreed to fade this apart, she nearly stopped breathing, she just could not believe it, she was thrilled. it has been an absolutely smash hit for netflix and the good news is apparently the author has written enough books that we can look forward to more of this next christmas and it could become one of those christmas things we look forward to like doctor who or the crown and it is fantastic for stock if you have not watched it, it is

brilliant, a real period drama with a difference, raunchy, modern hits paid bya a difference, raunchy, modern hits paid by a classical quartet —— played by classical quartet. raunchy, i don't think we can talk about that on a sunday, how do you. julie andrews, from the sound of music, it is big for this. yes, some of the stuff she says is quite what herself, which you would not expect to come out of a julie andrews' mouth. it is subverting the period drama, as you said there is a multiracial cast, it is bringing it into the 21st century and in the piece it says this is expected to if not overta ke

piece it says this is expected to if not overtake the crown is netflix most popular series ever. i have watched the first episode, fellow mums in my house were keen to watch it and mums in my house were keen to watch itandi mums in my house were keen to watch it and i watched it with them. there was lots of naked flesh on show. —— fellow members of my house. will that encourage you to watch further episodes? all right, john and sian, thank you very much indeed. we will leave the papers there but thank you for joining leave the papers there but thank you forjoining with the review of the papers. goodbye for now. ata at a storming start to the day, the winds from storm bella are starting to ease down, but we have them in excess of 80 mph and that has caused some damage and disruption. as well, we have had more heavy rain and that is also starting to clear and all

parts are getting into the colder arctic air and that will be with us till the end of 2020 now. there are issues with snow and ice, that risk especially in the north through the rest of the day, but all parts heading to night—time. the winds are easing, still a windy day though and the flood warnings, severe flood warnings, still remaining. the rain is clearing, we have sunny spells and showers following, plenty of sunny spells across central and eastern areas but showers further north falling as snow even at lower levels, parts of northern ireland, northern england, wintry flavour over the hills further south. the winds are easing, but still pretty gusty and actually that will exacerbate how chilly it feels, so no where near as mild as yesterday and the temperatures having started relatively high, tens and 11 is in the south, are dipping away. that wind will exacerbate the chilly feel and through this evening and overnight the spell of more persistent snow comes to scotland, northern ireland, runs into northern

england and north wales. kit see a scattering of snow over the moors further south so much colder overnight, temperatures will fall to freezing or below so where we have had rain, surfaces are damp and those showers could be quite treacherous with ice and snow. that same area of low pressure, the re m na nts of same area of low pressure, the remnants of storm bella with us drifting southwards on monday, but just dragging the colder air south. them as they could be snow to lower levels, even further south and certainly a few centimetres in those showers over the hills will stop it is colder air and you can see those showers are rushing in to eastern areas, showers for parts of northern ireland, a colder date throughout, four or five, but the sunshine between the showers, it is just the is in the detail. but for the rest of the week, as i say, and into the start of 2021, it remains on the chilly side, getting a little drier. if you are showers around, a little bit of sunshine as well. but it does look as if it will be a cold and frosty and to the year with snow and

ice risk, warnings are online.

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