this is bbc news. the headlines: further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus this is bbc news with the latest in both england and scotland. headlines for viewers in the uk in england, the prime minister has and around the world. warned of tough weeks to come. i'm rebecca jones. what we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus. the roll—out of the oxford it is a bit unclear at the moment, astrazeneca jab begins in the uk this morning — but if you look at the numbers the government describes it as a "pivotal moment" in the pandemic. there is no question that we are going to have to take the vaccine means everything to me. tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. i mean, to my mind, it's the roll—out of the the only way of getting back oxford—astrazeneca jab has begun — to a bit of normal life. the prime minister says tens you know, this virus of millions of doses will have been is terrible, isn't it? administered by the end of march. the nhs already has over half the vaccine means everything to me. a million doses of the jab, with millions more due in the coming weeks, and says today is even more significant than the first pfizer vaccination last month. to my mind it's the only today, when i saw the firstjab in the building behind me way of getting back of the astrazeneca vaccine, it felt like an even bigger moment, another turning point in our way

out of this pandemic. primary schools in most of england reopen this morning, but there's growing concern over safety and staff shortages. to a bit of normal way of life. this virus is terrible, isn't it? the nhs already has over coming up, we'll be speaking 500,000 doses of the jab, to the trades union congress, and says today is even more who are calling for all employers significant than the first pfizer to offer furlough to all parents vaccination last month. today, when i saw the firstjab affected by school closures. in the building behind me of the the uk health secretary says astrazeneca vaccine, felt like an even bigger moment, the tier system is no longer strong another turning point in our way out enough to control the spread of this pandemic. of the new variant of primary schools in most of england coronavirus in england. re—open, but there's growing concern in scotland, the first minister over safety and staff shortages. is expected to announce new covid—19 president trump is heard on tape restrictions following a sharp asking an election official to ‘find' him enough extra votes rise in cases. to have won the state of georgia. democrats call it a disgrace. a coroner in malaysia delivers president trump is heard on tape a verdict of death by misadventure asking an election official in the case of the franco—irish to "find" him enough extra votes to have won the state of georgia. teenager, nora quoirin. democrats call it a disgrace. a coroner in malaysia delivers a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of the franco—irish teenager, nora quoirin. good afternoon.

borisjohnson has said there is "no question" he will soon be forced to implement tighter coronavirus restrictions in england. he warned people should be braced for "tough, tough" weeks to come. he's under pressure to announce the restrictions — with the labour leader keir starmer calling for a national lockdown starting today. this morning the health secretary hello and welcome if you're watching matt hancock said the current in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news restrictions are not working. and analysis from here 0ur political correspondent and across the globe. ben wrightjoins us now. is there any indication as to when we are likely to get any sort of the first doses of the oxford—astrazeneca coronavirus announcement? not yet. all we have vaccine have been given to patients to go on as the prime minister's in the uk this morning, words this morning during a hospital at the start of what's visit in north london where the being described as the "biggest vaccination programme first doses of the in the history of the nhs". oxford—astrazeneca vaccine were starting to be administered, in the nhs has over half a million which he clearly again was putting england on notice that further doses of the vaccines ready to go, restrictions are coming, and this is what boris johnson had with care home residents and staff, restrictions are coming, and this is what borisjohnson had to say. people aged over 80, if you think about it, and frontline nhs staff we have already got a lot of the country in tier 4, being first to receive it. some of it in tier 3. what we have been waiting for is to the health secretary says see the impact of the tier 4 it is a "pivotal moment" in the uk's fight against the virus. measures on the virus.

the prime minister has warned that it is a bit unclear restrictions in england still at the moment, but if you look at the are "probably about to get tougher" numbers there is no question as concern gi’ows about a new, that we are going to have to take fast—spreading variant of the virus. tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. we wait to see what "in due course" labour said coronavirus was "clearly out of control" means. the prime minister also said and it was "inevitable more schools the government was studying how are going to have to close" as part effectively the tier for measures of a wider strategy that has we re effectively the tier for measures were working in terms of trying to "a national lockdown in place in the next 2a hours". contain this particularly new more on that later. virulent form of covid before announcing what those new measures might be. remember, three quarters the first patient to be given the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine this morning of england are already in the at oxford university hospital highest tier, tearful, so is the was 82—year—old brian pinker. government considering tier for plus he gave this reaction just after he received it. four parts of england? is it considering bringing areas in tier 3 well, to be honest, i didn't feel a thing. up brilliant, yeah. considering bringing areas in tier 3 up to tearful, effectively another national lockdown, we wait and see but they have raised the possibility the vaccine means everything to me. that this coming around the corner. i mean, to my mind, it's what has he said about schools? he the only way of getting back to a bit of normal life. repeated he wants to see children at school, he thinks that is where they you know, this virus should be and the harm done to is terrible, isn't it? saturday, first i knew that education is great and i think i was going to be here today, yeah. people across the political spectrum

very pleased, yeah, very pleased. and to work in the education sector understand that. but the government's current plan is to see the nurse who administered the firstjab, sam foster, all primary schools and secondary spoke to our medical editor, fergus walsh, shortly afterwards schools returning from january 18, and explained what it was like. that's the current aim. but during his remarks this morning the prime it was a huge privilege. every single patient that we have minister, i thought, his remarks this morning the prime minister, ithought, raised his remarks this morning the prime minister, i thought, raised a his remarks this morning the prime minister, ithought, raised a big question mark over that date because vaccinated over the last couple of weeks has got their own personal he accepts that certainly the secondary schools seem to be a much story as to the difference it's going to make for them so no more liable to transmit the virus different in this morning with our first two patients. from children to other families than and what about you? primary schools do so this is have you been immunised yet? i have been immunised, yes. something that is clearly under i was immunised, i've been working intense review at the moment and in the vaccine centre that current january 18 deadline, it for a couple of weeks so i have received my vaccine. so it is obviously looks to me, could certainly slip. all systems go now. everybody wants to be immunised there is a meeting today in as soon as possible. westminster as they weigh up all of how quickly can you do this? these issues. that is correct. i think there is nothing more that the nhs wants to do now whitehall is considering this than to get this programme intensely today because the fact is going at real scale. across the nhs there are many, many, that hospitals are now as full as many peer vaccinators that will now they were back in mid april during go out and support staff vaccines, continue with our patient they were back in mid april during the height of the first wave and vaccines and with colleague vaccines across the nation. this virus is spreading exponentially. so whitehall is

so there is nothing more knuckling down to work out what that we want to do than to get this vaccine programme done at a scale. restrictions to announce and when. the prime minister talked again about trying to reinforce good professor stephen powis, national medical director of nhs behaviour. basic hygiene, social england, says this is a significant moment in the way out of the pandemic. distancing, wearing masks, trying to double down on that core message, and i'm sure we will hear ministers four weeks ago i had the privilege repeat that during the course of to be in coventry for the first jab today. also there is a meeting of of the pfizer vaccine. remember, maggie keenan the scottish parliament in holyrood to discuss what the response should got that first jab. that felt like a huge moment in this pandemic and, be north of the border. that frames to be honest, today, when i saw the first jab the uk wide action that we are in the building behind me likely to see in the next day or so. of the astrazeneca vaccine, it felt like an even bigger moment, thank you very much, ben. another turning point in our way out of this pandemic. the roll—out of the coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca and the health secretary, matt hancock, says 530,000 doses of the vaccine are ready for use has begun in the uk. this week, and that the distribution programme is being accelerated. more than 500,000 doses are ready for use from today and the health secretary, matt hancock has called it it is a matter of getting a "pivotal moment" in the fight against the pandemic. the vaccine, as soon brian pinker, an 82—year—old dialysis patient, as it is manufactured, was the first person to receive and then goes through the jab this morning the crucial safety checks, at 0xford's churchill hospital. which obviously are very important, he said he was so pleased to get it. and getting it into the nhs and delivered into people's arms.

in fact, we have been able to accelerate that process because we now know that you get your protection after the first dose and the second dose can wait until 12 weeks away. that means that, over the first few months of the programme, we can effectively vaccinate twice well, to be honest, as many people as we would have i didn't feel a thing. been able to otherwise. yeah, brilliant. the vaccine means everything to me. to my mind, it's the only way of getting back and obviously that is very good news to a bit of normal life. in terms of protecting people this virus is terrible, isn't it? and saving people's lives saturday the first i knew i was going to be in today. and of course getting us out of this pleased, yeah. very pleased. pandemic and all the restrictions the nurse who administered the first jab, sam foster spoke to our medical editor fergus walsh shortly afterwards and explained what it was like. that we have to live with. it was a huge privilege. every single patient we have vaccinated over the last couple of weeks have their own personal health secretary matt hancock. stories of what difference our medical editor, fergus walsh, it is going to make for them. gave his assessment of today's roll—out. it's no different this morning with our first two patients. i really think it is a game changer and what about you? because this vaccine doesn't need have you been immunised yet? i have been immunised, yes. i was immunised, i've been working to be transported at —70, in the vaccine centre it can be stored in a fridge, for a couple of weeks so i have transported in a fridge, received my vaccine. so it's obviously and that makes it vital not only all systems go now. for the uk but indeed globally. everybody wants to be immunised as soon as possible.

how quickly can you do this? because this is really the first i think there is nothing more global covid vaccine. the nhs wants to do more than get astrazeneca has said it will provide this programme going at real scale. across the nhs and there are many, 100 million doses to the uk this many peer vaccinators that will now go out and support staff vaccines, year but 3 billion doses worldwide continue with our patient vaccines and with colleague and it will do that at cost. vaccines across the nation. so there is nothing more it is five times cheaper that we want to do then get this programme rolled out at scale. than the pfizer vaccine. it really has the potential to make a big impact notjust here in the uk professor stephen powis, but across the world. national medical director of nhs the first doses were given, england says this is a significant moment in the way out of the pandemic. there are people queueing four weeks ago i had the privilege to be in coventry for the firstjab behind me here to come in, health care workers and others of the pfizer vaccine, remember maggie keenan who are in the priority groups. got that first jab. and just to give you a reminder that felt like a huge moment in this pandemic. of those groups, it is people over and to be honest, today when i saw 50, at the moment we are doing the firstjab in the building the over 80s but then behind me of the astrazeneca there are front line health care vaccine, felt like an even bigger moment, another turning point workers and people with underlying health conditions aged 16—64. in our way out of this pandemic. a huge number of people, a million so far have received the health secretary, the pfizer vaccine but 30 million matt hancock says 530,000 doses of the vaccine are ready for use more — 30 million — this week, and that the distribution still need to receive just one dose programme is being accelerated.

and to do that we have heard the nhs it is a matter of getting the vaccine, as soon saying they could do 2 million immunisations a week butjust as it is manufactured, and then goes through the crucial safety checks, to give you a sense of that, even if they managed 2 million which obviously are very important, and getting it into the nhs immunisations a week, and delivered into people's arms. that would not give everyone one dose by easter so it is a huge task. in fact, we have been able to accelerate that process because we now know that and of course what could be you get your protection the bottleneck is getting those after the first dose and the second doses to these centres around the country — maybe a thousand dose can wait until 12 weeks away. by the end of the week. that means that, over the first few months of the programme, the government says there we can effectively vaccinate twice will not be any hold—up as many people as we would have but each batch of doses, been able to otherwise. whether it's from pfizer or astrazeneca, needs to be approved and needs to be safety checked. and obviously that is very good news so i don't think we should judge in terms of protecting people this roll—out on the first few days and saving people's lives and of course getting us out of this because initially it is just pandemic and all the restrictions going to be a few hospitals that that we have to live with. are giving this vaccine just to check that there are no unexpected side—effects matt hancock. and also to do surveillance let's speak to our health correspondent katharine da but by the end of the week, costa who's in oxford. 1000 centres around the country will be giving the vaccine and then so, we are told it is an even bigger we should see this thing moment than the roll out of the

really ramping up. pfizer vaccine last month. tell us how quickly it is going to be rolled out. a really significant moment. you heard from the first patient 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh. dr chris smith works brian pinker, and the third person as a consultant virologist at addenbrooke‘s hospital to be vaccinated was professor in cambridge and presents the the naked scientists podcast. andrew pollard from oxford hejoins us now. university. he was on the team of scientists that helped develop this good to have you with us. fergus vaccine and get it through clinical trials in the last 12 months, and he touched on the differences between said it was a really proud moment the two vaccines, the oxford and a triumph for british science. as to how quickly you can get it astrazeneca vaccine and the fighter vaccine in terms of how they are out, the churchill hospital in stored but can you tell us a bit 0xford out, the churchill hospital in oxford is one of a small number of hospitals starting to use it from more about the differences between today so that patients can be them? —— and the pfizer vaccine. and monitored before. about 1000 vaccination centres across the uk how efficient they are. the pfizer will start using it towards the end vaccine is a genetic vaccine and of the week. the race is on to have taken the genetic code from the protect 30 million of the most virus which it uses when in fact one of our cells to make one specific vulnerable in this country, so that's front line nhs workers, care pa rt of our cells to make one specific part of its outer coat, the s home staff, people over the age of protein or spite we hear about. that 50, as well as people with underlying health conditions. the is crucial because that part of the

virus is what it uses to grab hold of and infect our cells so if you reason why the oxford vaccine is provoke an immune response against seen as such a game changer in that, you stop it in its tracks. by helping to speed that up is because it is much more adaptable than the wrapping up that in an oily bag pfizer vaccine, it can be restored which is what pfizer have done and ina pfizer vaccine, it can be restored in a regularfridge injecting it into the body, you pfizer vaccine, it can be restored in a regular fridge which makes pfizer vaccine, it can be restored in a regularfridge which makes it easier to get to care homes and basically get ourselves at the sight of the injection to pick up those community vaccination centres like sports stadium, conference centres particles, unwrap them, read the and village halls etc. that will code as though the coronavirus was make it much easier to vaccinate as in those cells for real and make many people as quickly as possible. that part of the virus, thereby educating the immune response and the priority is to protect the you make white blood cells that can majority of people in care homes and recognise cells that have virus in them and by was floating around the ca re rs majority of people in care homes and carers by the end of this month. we blood stream, you make antibodies against it. the oxford astrazeneca know that 500,000 doses have been made available from this week and vaccine is a bit different but also the government says that will increase to tens of millions by the quite similar. it is different in that what they are doing is using a end of march. the hope is to modified virus to get that same gene vaccinate about 2 million people a week by the end of january. that's into the body. they use a chimpanzee as long as supplies allow. there are cold virus called chadox which has big logistical challenges because each batch of vaccine, whether been removed by the removal of 0xford or pfizer, has to be tested

for quality standards before it is crucial genes it needs to run so it can't grow in the body but it works certified and released for use. so a bit likea can't grow in the body but it works a bit like a trojan horse and they there are challenges ahead. but the put inside that empty virus the gene sense of urgency is really being driven by this new variant of the for the outer coat of the coronavirus. you for the outer coat of the virus that's spreading across the coronavirus. you can grow for the outer coat of the coronavirus. you can grow that in a laboratory and pfizer say they can country now, not just virus that's spreading across the grow at fast producing one or 2 country now, notjust in london and the south—east, but uk wide. that is million doses per week. when putting real pressure on hospitals injected into the body, cells at the and we have been hearing reports sight of the injection are targeted that some are now busier than they by this virus particle, they pick it we re that some are now busier than they were at the first peak in the up by this virus particle, they pick it up and unwrap and all it that is in spring. so to ease the pressure you there is the coronavirus gene which need to vaccinate as many people as they then read, they make it and you can as quickly as possible and educate the immune system in the same way and you again get a white vaccines are you can as quickly as possible and vaccines are seen as a way out you can as quickly as possible and vaccines are seen as a way out of this pandemic but we know the next blood cells capable of recognising few weeks are going to be really virally infected blood cells capable of recognising vi rally infected cells blood cells capable of recognising virally infected cells but also antibodies that can go round in the difficult. thank you very much, bloodstream and soak up anything katharine da costa. ijust want that should not be there and katharine da costa. i just want to bring you katharine da costa. ijust want to bring you a thread on crucially, in both cases, you get twitter from jeremy hunt, the former health secretary and now chair of memory so crucially, in both cases, you get memory so that if you really encounter that threat in the future, the health select committee. he has you can create that immune response put out a strong thread saying time from the get go very and quickly. to act, thread on why we need to that is very interesting because you close schools, borders, and ban all are saying that although, as you household mixing right away. i'm going to run through what he says.

explained, they are different but both have this memory but how to those arguing that winter is a lwa ys to those arguing that winter is always like this in the nhs you are effective are both vaccines against wrong. i faced four serious winter this new variant of coronavirus crisis as health secretary and the which we understand or are told situation now is off the scale, originated in kent? and we are also worse than any of those. it is true we often had to cancel being told it is far more elective care injanuary transmissible? the changes that new it is true we often had to cancel elective care in january to it is true we often had to cancel elective care injanuary to protect emergency care but that too is under variant carries, there are some 17 severe pressure, with record trolley genetic mutations or spelling errors waits for the very sickest patients. in the genome of the virus, and they are peppered across the genetic code he says even more worryingly if you of the virus but there was a concentration of them in the crucial are heart attack patients appear to be presenting in intensive care units, perhaps because they are not gene that codes that spike protein i was talking about. it will change dialling 999 when they need to. full the outer coat of the pie was a bit credit to the nhs for keeping cancer and we think that probably it is a services open, but in the first wave there was still a two thirds drop in natural evolution of the virus to become more efficient at spreading cancer appointments. people didn't among humans —— outer coat of the come forward to gps, or want to go virus. we also think the changes to hospitals with many potentially avoidable cancer deaths. we hoped to conferred by those mutations are not avoidable cancer deaths. we hoped to avoid that this time, but now sufficient to make the spike looking unlikely. he says the number different enough that the immune response you make when you see the one lesson is countries that act virus for real or when you receive early and decisively save lives and the vaccine will mean the protection

get their economies back to normal that immunity confers will not work faster. wuhan is free of any any more. in other words, we don't restrictions now but the university think these changes are sufficient of southampton show if they had to place this new variant of the locked down one week earlier they would have reduced infections by two virus beyond the realms of the thirds. he says we therefore cannot protection conferred by vaccination that it needs be formally approved afford to wait. all schools should be closed, international travel and experiment which are quite easy to do are ongoing and we are waiting for the data to confirm that is the stopped, household mixing limited case but what i know about how the and the tier system reviewed so that immune system works and this virus the highest tier really does bring works, we don't think there's a big down infection levels, as with the mess at the moment that the new first lockdown. he says the good variant will not be prevented by the news is that unlike before these vaccine. —— a big risk. restrictions will be time limited to variant will not be prevented by the the 12 weeks or so that it will take vaccine. -- a big risk. what about the new variant discovered in south to get the vaccine out to those most africa because you might be aware vulnerable to covid, so there is that a key member of the oxford light at the end of the tunnel. he says i know all of these things will vaccine team, sirjohn bell, has suggested the south african variant be under consideration with could be more likely to evade the decisions potentially imminent. my point is in the face of exponential vaccine so what are your thoughts on growth, even waiting an extra day that? it's very important we study because as many avoidable deaths, so these things and it's very early these plans must now be urgently days. the information about these variants and how they behave in the accelerated. so strong words from a bodyis variants and how they behave in the

body is quite sketchy and it's early days so it is important that proper senior tory mp, former health secretary, and now chair of the experiments are done, vigorously and health select committee. let's get scientifically come in order to test the thoughts now from jane clare these hypotheses to find out whether they are rooted in fact orjust gerada, gp and former head of the these hypotheses to find out whether they are rooted in fact or just a speculation. it is certainly true royal college of general that when viruses evolve and change practitioners. thank you forjoining us. did you hear what i was reading they can change shape and that can enable them to sidestep the immune out from jeremy hunt?” response but until we actually test us. did you hear what i was reading out from jeremy hunt? i did and jeremy is of course a very this formally and find out to what extent this may or may not be experienced, longest serving health secretary we have ever had, and happening, i can't say. doctor chris makes a lot of sense. i listen and smith, i know you would if you ta ke could! always good to talk to you makes a lot of sense. i listen and take on board what he says. it is and thank you for your time. clearly a bove take on board what he says. it is clearly above my pay grade to make primary schools in many parts those decisions but i think we need of england have reopened today. that's despite teaching unions to be alert and cognisant of what he and some councils asking the government to keep them closed is saying. it is notjust hospitals to limit the spread of the new variant of covid—19. that are busy. i know there is a lwa ys that are busy. i know there is always a focus on hospitals because ministers insist any move to online they are easy to look at and easy to measure and easy to film, but learning should be a last resort. general practice is also full. it sian elliott is the women's equality 0fficer may not actually be full of covid at the trades union congress. but it's full of everybody else. i the tuc are calling for all did a very long surgery on new employers to offer furlough

to all parents affected year's eve, did a very long surgery on new yea r‘s eve, and did a very long surgery on new year's eve, and every single person i had contact with, some of those by school closures. face—to—face, some of those remotely, where a step up in terms welcome to you and thank you for joining us on bbc news. tell me more of complexity to, say, this time about why you think parents should last year. and we are full, notjust be eligible for the furlough scheme. full giving the covid vaccines, but pa rents a re also keeping the nhs taking a long be eligible for the furlough scheme. parents are eligible for the furlough scheme and they have been as it should be for everybody else. since april conductorjob retention not everybody has covid. there are scheme allows bosses to furlough all sorts of people out there with pa rents scheme allows bosses to furlough parents who cannot work due to a lack of childcare and if your child illnesses that we often see at this is at home because they cannot go to time of the year and other problems. school, even if they are online we need to be mindful it is notjust learning, there is still a high hospitals we need to protect by amount of care and supervision getting people vaccinated, it is needed, particularly for primary also general practice and community aged children and so we are calling care. how long can medical services on all bosses to proactively offer carry on like this, and what are furlough to any working parents are affected by these school closures your thoughts and concerns about the and remote learning. some parents casualties of the limitations of the are eligible for the scheme, i know health service currently across all the areas that you talk about and you're talking particularly about pa rents you're talking particularly about parents who cannot work because thatjeremy hunt mentions they are their children are not at school. i talking about patients with heart

think 10 million people are on the issues not being able to come furlough scheme at the moment but do forward , issues not being able to come forward, cancer patients? and also we know how many employees are on all sorts of other patients. well, that scheme because of childcare commitments at the moment? we don't listen, we might not physically take have that precise figure but we know a hippocratic oath but we mentally that during the last lockdown there ta ke a hippocratic oath but we mentally take a hippocratic oath, doctors, was a high number of particularly nurses and all health professionals working mums who had to be that all serve patients and we all furloughed in order to balance work and care. those that can do that at do our best in these times of crisis to continue providing care as we home and perhaps work more flexibly, need to. we will do it despite being that might be another option, but particularly those parents on low exhausted, despite many, including myself, cancelling annual leave. we paid jobs, where only one in ten will continue to do what is best for jobs can be done from home, we are our patients. this is, as many saying those parents need to be people have said, notjust one furloughed and there will be a vast marathon but a series of marathons, and as your piece rightly said there number of parents affected. in is hope at the end of the tunnel, we london alone there are 21,000 primary schools that are closed have the vaccines. i was part of the which will be effecting a huge programme that vaccinated the last number of working families. some time round just before christmas and i wept, i cried with joy. employers, as you don't need me to tell you, are struggling to keep time round just before christmas and i wept, i cried withjoy. the hope businesses afloat and putting a of seeing these very elderly people, member of staff on furlough is not who i hadn't seen since march, many without costs for an employer. they of them tucked up at home, not

have to pay pension contributions making any outings, coming with for example. it might not be perhaps their children, their grandchildren, trusting us to give them their asa vaccination, that really gave me for example. it might not be perhaps as a straight you would like? hope. i'd like to also say that employers can claim back up to 80% there is hope and light at the end of any wages and the cost of not of the tunnel. but we've got probably 12—16 weeks of incredibly ha rd probably 12—16 weeks of incredibly furloughing staff, losing staff and hard work ahead of us and we will all pull together and we will all do particularly forcing women out of this together. we heard from boris the workplace, we have seen that during the last nine months, it is johnson earlier saying the issue overwhelmingly women who have had to with rolling out the vaccine as fast give up work and pay and employers cannot afford to lose that talented, as possible is not because there skilled workforce. they have to work isn't the ability to deliver it, but with their staff to come together there are currently restrictions this is everybody‘s issue and around checking every batch and that problem and we all have a role to is slowing down the process of play in solving it so we can get getting the batches to the front through this latest crisis you say line to then be administered. how do you see it? is the infrastructure in they can claim, employers can claim place to roll out the vaccine to the back 80% but that means they are sort of scale the government is having to make a 20% contribution talking about, which is 2 million andi doses per week? yes and no. we are having to make a 20% contribution and i wonder, would it not be better to have a specific childcare system gearing up now and hopefully we can for pa rents do more than 2 million per week. i to have a specific childcare system for parents rather than use this existing employer — employee mean, we know everybody, we have a

furlough scheme? the government must registered list on the system. on do more to fix our broken parental the computer we have stratified everybody according to their covid leave system. we know the childcare tier, so at the push of a button we sector has been under huge strain can tier, so at the push of a button we ca n co nta ct tier, so at the push of a button we during this crisis but parents do can contact people, and the further down you get those tiers the easier not have any right to any periods of it becomes because the elderly paid leave to deal with emergencies people might not use smartphones, like a child being sick at school don't have e—mails but further down and so as well as the changes around that we can use those communication systems. i don't think the furlough and as well at a day one rate—limiting step will be the number of vaccines, to be honest. i right to flexible working so you can try to better balance work and care, think the rate—limiting step will be we are calling for big changes to the operation and organisation the parental leave system. we have issues, the venues you describe, the one of the least generous parental staff you describe to administer, leave systems in europe and we think getting the people into the spaces that urgently needs fixing to put up that they can present their arms. ten days of paid parental leave and again, that's not in my would help employers and workers balance at this period as well so territory, gps are helping with this absolutely we are calling for more to be done. its notjust about the through so—called federations. hopefully we can really scale this furlough scheme but that is a up hopefully we can really scale this up and it shouldn'tjust be a 9—5, it should be a 24/7, younger people lifeline that parents and employers can use right now. sian elliott from can come at night, why not? and i think, it's not what i'm going to be the tuc, thank you forjoining us. organising but i hope those organising, this isn't just

the prime minister is under pressure to impose tougher coronavirus organising but i hope those organising, this isn'tjust a daytime activity, for the first time restrictions across the country, i think we need to be providing a with coronavirus cases and hospital admissions soaring. 24/7 system, and if necessary provide transport to the venues in the labour leader, keir starmer, order to get massive numbers has called for a national lockdown immunised across the next few weeks. starting today and this morning the health secretary, matt hancock, says the current what is the evidence you have seen restrictions are not working. so far about take up and trust in 0ur political correspondent the vaccine? incredibly well. very nick eardley has the latest. i do think more restrictions early on i think there was some are coming in england reticence among our black and asian and it is a question minority groups about coming forward. i think a lot of work has of what they look like. been done to gain their trust. a couple of things we know, the government is looking at moving looking at who is coming, bearing in mind the first group with a very some of the areas are still in tier elderly, please forgive me if you 3, about a fifth of the population in england, into tier 4 and that may are 80 plus, 90 plus. iwas happen at some point. there is also the possibility that more schools will be kept closed surprised how willing that group over the next few weeks, we re surprised how willing that group were to come. because a lot of these there is a process whereby local people have got coexisting authorities can apply to central illnesses, they have not left their government for that to happen home and they were coming. we used and we know the government is considering some of those applications. all of our vaccines, every last one of them, 900 and something, in the we heard from health secretary matt first group and i'm hoping that will

continue with all the other vaccines hancock this morning, that are coming. please come and get your vaccine if you are called for that the tier system it. it is the only way out of this that was brought in at the end of the lockdown in england, as far as it. it is the only way out of this as farasi it. it is the only way out of this as far as i can see. do you have any at the start of december, was not strong enough which is why concerns around extending the gap tier 4 was brought in but it seems between the first and second dose? pretty clear that more people are going to end up in that that is a very interesting question. top tier of restrictions. this was the health secretary. the science makes sense. the science in some of the tier 3 areas, says that you get your immunity cases are rising sharply levels after the first dose and it's so clearly more action, the second dose that extends that as the prime minister said, is going to be needed. immunity time period. so the science and it is also about makes sense, certainly, for the how we all behave. if the vaccine roll—out astrazeneca—oxford vaccine, and also for the pfizer one when you start is a national effort, looking at the actual data. so it does make sense. it makes sense to so too is there now a national effort to keep people safe vaccinate as many people as possible until that vaccine roll—out works. with the first dose and then get some emphasis on individuals taking people in for the second dose within the 12 week window. doctor dame the rules a bit more seriously as well and the question many clare gerada, thank you very much are asking is whether the government for joining clare gerada, thank you very much is prepared to go far enough forjoining us. thank you very much. and the labour party is saying hgppy forjoining us. thank you very much. happy new year. happy new year to at the moment that no, you as well. let's go to cardiff

rather than hinting where the first minister vaughan at new restrictions coming, gething is giving the first briefing they should just make the decision from the welsh government of the new and get on with it so we have heard year. it is not the easiest vaccine keir starmer saying there should be to use because it has to be stored a national lockdown starting today. what is less clear at ultralow temperatures and cannot from the labour party is what they want to happen be stored easily. with the schools. they have said they don't we have been primarily vaccinating front—line health and care staff at necessarily want all schools to shut although they do think that it is inevitable that some will. the 14 mass vaccination centres set have a listen to the shadow up the 14 mass vaccination centres set up by health boards around wales. education minister, kate green. however, care home residents and we don't think schools should close, over 805 have also had the pfizer we want them to remain open, jab over the last few weeks. the right place for children to be if they can is safely in school. what we do think and indeed however, the new oxford—astrazeneca vaccine is a real game change what the prime minister admitted because it can be stored in a fridge yesterday on the marr programme and is much easier to transport. the was that sadly more closures are inevitable and that is because the government uk government invested in the has not got a grip of the virus research for this vaccine and has and that's why we are pressing bought 100 million doses for the uk. for the national lockdown. wales will receive our population share. its approval will help us to speed up our vaccination programme it seems that more restrictions and run more clinics closer to are coming in some form in england people's homes. we will also take

and it looks like they are coming in scotland today as well. the vaccine into every care home to the scottish cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss what that might com plete the vaccine into every care home to complete the protection of care home look like but my understanding residents and staff. we received the is we could well see the school year delayed in scotland and a much stricter stay at home message first supply of 22,000 doses of the with legal enforcement more akin 0xford vaccine, and more will be to what we saw back in march so the start of the new year coming. the first 0xford vaccines is looking like a pretty grim are being given today. 0ver picture at the moment. coming. the first 0xford vaccines are being given today. over the next couple of weeks we will increase the today marks the first full working day with the uk number of mass vaccination centres outside the european union. negotiators came up with a deal to 22 and more than 60 general which will allow tariff—free trading practice surgeries will offer the 0xford vaccine. mobile units will but additional paperwork is expected also be set up throughout wales. we to cause delays at borders and customs hold—ups in the early days. are training a range of health care workers to give the vaccine and we it's also the first day of trading, have plans to work with local so how are the markets reaacting to the uk having left the eu? pharmacists, dentists and optometrists to provide vaccination clinics. we will continue to use the let's speak to our business correspondent, darshini david. how is it looking? good morning, i'm pfizer vaccine at the mass vaccination centres across wales and we are working to the priority list pleased to be able to bring you some good news because the ftse 100 agreed by the joint we are working to the priority list agreed by thejoint committee for vaccination and immunisation. the pleased to be able to bring you some good news because the ftse100 index of leading shares in london it's up by almost 3% and at one stage it was rest of the uk is working to the

same priority list. the immediate up by almost 3% and at one stage it was up by by almost 3% and at one stage it was up by more than 3%. this is notjust about lining the pockets of those in the city because those are the kind priority is to vaccinate front line of shares that are pension funds, health and care staff, care home residents and staff and people over investments, good news for the age of 80. this will help to longer—term savings. as well you can see the london market is doing protect our most vulnerable citizens substantially better those across and help to save the greatest number europe but the mood is one more of of lives. everyone in these groups relief and hope. hope because of will be invited to come to a clinic course all those traders in the city are watching the pictures of the foran will be invited to come to a clinic roll—out of the oxford astrazeneca for an appointment. health boards and local authorities will be vaccine and that getting under way writing to everyone in wales with and relief that we have not seen any more information about the vaccine in the coming days. everyone will visible signs of disruption yet from the new trading arrangements which get two doses. the second dose will are now in force at crossings be given up to 12 weeks after the between here and the rest of europe. first dose in line with the latest but on the whole, not a bad day for the markets and there are reasons advice from not just the jcvi, but for that. we are also seeing the from all four chief medical officers dollar weakening and when that from all four chief medical officers from across the uk. these two happens it means that the prophets of things like energy companies and vaccines offer us a path out of this miners as well tend to be higher because commodities are cheaper if pandemic. but it will take a huge you are buying them in that currency

so that has pushed up markets across effort and time to vaccinate the board and it also means, the everyone. we are not out of the wea ker the board and it also means, the weaker dollar, that the pound is at woods yet. we all need to keep on taking steps to protect ourselves, a level of almost three year high ourfamilies, and taking steps to protect ourselves, our families, and each taking steps to protect ourselves, ourfamilies, and each otherfor some time yet, especially while against the dollar which would be great news if you were travelling to countries like the us but that is cases of coronavirus remain so high. not on the radar right now! but that means keeping the number of looking at that you might think this people we are in close contact with is all qualified good news but as ever, a closer look at what is going to an absolute minimum. it means on behind the scenes with the ftse 100 and we can see if we can get it keeping our distance, washing our back up, nothing ever works is you hands, wearing a facemask, and wa nt back up, nothing ever works is you want it too! 0ver back up, nothing ever works is you want it too! over the last year you working from home where ever we can. can see, there we go, that in actual it means keeping ourselves safe and keeping wales safe. thank you very fa ct can see, there we go, that in actual fact the ftse 100 much. i will now take questions from can see, there we go, that in actual fact the ftse100 is substantially down, about 1000 points or even more journalists. as always, the answers compared to where we were at the will be broadcast live on our social same point last year and there are a media channels. studio: vaughan couple of reasons for that. firstly, gething with the latest from wales, we don't quite know as yet whether the vaccine being rolled out, and of or not there is going to be course tough restrictions in place disruption at the borders because of in wales as we wait to hear whether course we are not seeing the volume restrictions in england are going to of traffic we normally do. we don't be expanded.

know exactly how the trading the prime minister saying today it arrangements are bedding down and is inevitable. primary schools in there are still questions, banking many parts of england have reopened stocks are not doing great because today despite teaching unions and there are questions about the future some councils asking the government of financial services under the new deal. and the biggest question of to keep them closed to limit the spread of the new variant of all of course is what is going to covid—19. ministers insist any move to online happen to our economy because we know as we look down the barrel at learning should be a last resort. perhaps further restrictions on movement and indeed school closures as well, that is the kind of the prime minister sought to reassure pa rents , disruption that weighs very heavily, the prime minister sought to reassure parents, teachers and we know this from looking at last stu d e nts reassure parents, teachers and students that he believes going to school is safe. the issue is not the year, on gdp and we are already looking at an economy several percentage points smaller than a safety of the schools, it is year ago so how much smaller could important to get this across, the it get and how long will it take to issueis important to get this across, the issue is the extent to which the mingling of kids in schools by recover? the good news we have seen putting lots of households together todayis recover? the good news we have seen today is we have had a survey out in the last hour which shows that causes the epidemic to spread even manufacturing activity in factories was at its highest for about three faster. alas, that's why in some yea rs was at its highest for about three years in december and part of that was down to preparations ahead of parts of the country we have had to brexit as manufacturers were ask primary schools as well to concerned about possible disruption. but there are signs of life there and also we saw some figures from postpone their return. i don't want the bank of england showing that to do that but it is necessary. and

consumers have been paying down debt, in other words sitting on a we will keep all measures under more cash because they were not spending as much soap went review. as it happens, it looks as restricted easing there is hope that though secondary schools probably play more of a role in the spread of we could see businesses getting back to normal soon rather than later. the epidemic than primary schools. but there are still big questions over the near term and that is why so we will have to look very hard at when you look at the markets as they what we do with secondary schools stand at the moment, they are a way later in the month. i think it's wrong to say that schools are off where they were a year ago and u nsafe. wrong to say that schools are unsafe. schools are safe. the relatively speaking, that is an anxiety we have as a government is underperformance compared to some of the major markets in europe and about the role of schools, or any indeed on wall street opened we have a long way to go as yet. thank you activity, in spreading the disease. and that's why i would really ask for the update. people to focus now, as we roll out a recording has emerged which appears to show the vaccine, on what we can all do president trump putting pressure to stop transmission and what we can on a senior republican official all do to follow the guidance. to overturn joe biden's election victory in georgia. borisjohnson. the trades union congress is calling for all the washington post says the audio employers to offer furlough to any is from an hour—long phone call and all parents affected by school with georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger. closures. the women's equality the vice president—elect, kamala harris, called it officer at the tuc sian elliott a "bold abuse of power". paul hawkins reports. explained a little earlier what pa rents a re explained a little earlier what parents are already entitled to.

impeachment, the russia parents are eligible for the fellow scandal and catching covid in the middle of a pandemic. scheme and have been since april. the trump presidency has been the job retention scheme allows a roller—coaster ride. bosses to furlough parents who cannot work due to a lack of so, on one level, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. childcare and if your child is at after all, donald trump himself said... losing is never easy. home because they can't go to school, even if they are online not for me, it's not. learning, there is still a high but on another level, amount of care and supervision no—one could have foreseen that the president of needed, particularly for primary the united states would ask aged children, and so we are calling on all bosses to proactively offer georgia's top election official to find the votes that would change november's result. furlough to any working parents affected by these school closures and remote learning. we know that during the last lockdown there was a high numberof during the last lockdown there was a high number of securely working mums who had to be furloughed in order to balance work and care. to those that can do that at home and perhaps work more flexibly that may be another option. but particularly those the call lasted an hour, parents in low— paid jobs option. but particularly those parents in low—paid jobs where only one in ten jobs the president angrily making parents in low—paid jobs where only one in tenjobs can be done from home, we are saying those parents need to be furloughed and there will unsubstantiated claims that ballots had been shredded and voting

machinery removed — bea claims that were denied by a lawyer need to be furloughed and there will be a vast number of parents for the state. affected. in london alone there are with secretary 21,000 primary schools that are raffensperger saying... closed. that will be effecting a the president called him a child. huge number of working families. condemnation of the call has been swift. well, it was, yes, certainly let's catch up with the weather and the voice of desperation join matt taylor. i'm going to be and it was a bold, bold—faced, selfish and ask a personal question because it is my 50th birthday tomorrow and i have been monitoring bold abuse of power. the weather to see if it will be snowing because the forecast indicates it might be. is it going the president's refusal to accept to? the result had split his own party with the former republican leader as it is your 50th birthday, close of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive your eyes, you can picture whatever of a more anti—democratic your eyes, you can picture whatever you want but it is most likely to be and anti—conservative act. well, it is tough to be shocked any rain. have a happy birthday from all of us more by what the president does at the weather centre. mainly rain but this was truly shocking. across the south—east of the country extraordinary. as we going to tomorrow and it is to put pressure on a raining quite heavily across parts of south—east england towards the republican secretary channel islands. this is the zone of state to find the votes, where we could see minor flooding i mean, that's awful stuff. over the next few days as rain totals tot up. there is some snow but 11 republican senators, around the southwest and the led by ted cruz, are still planning pennines and higher ground of a to challenge the election result southern scotland. rain and sleet when it's officially certified on wednesday. for many at lower levels but still we live in a world where truth,

coming and going throughout the day, literally does not matter lots of the dry weather towards the any more, evidently. west. it is a windy day across at least here in the us england and whilst today, it will and the american media make it feel colder than 2—4 c into truth does not matter. it's all about propaganda from the liberal media the evening at temperatures dropping and so the reality is, in western scotland and northern you go listen to the call, all the narrative of ireland again, widespread frost, icy that is literally a not... a nonsense call. conditions into tomorrow. tonight across the south—east of scotland in donald trump is holding an election the southern uplands and around the rally on monday night in georgia, borders, we could see a good where two republican—held senate covering of snow over higher ground seats are up for grabs and the showers continue to run in in tuesday's election. across northern parts of england polling suggests both races producing some snow across the are tight, with the outcome pennines. another cold, icy start deciding who controls the upper house of congress. tomorrow. i will have more details but with donald trump questioning the voting process in georgia, tomorrow. i will have more details to come. will republicans still turn out to vote? paul hawkins, bbc news. lawrence douglas is a professor of law at amherst college in massachusetts. he says the recording is significant on more than one level. i think the problem with trump is less that he is engaging with violations of federal law, though again, you could arguably make the case that he is violating this

federal statute that criminalises intimidating or trying to coerce people into engage in an act of election fraud. but i think more generally, it is just this pattern we have seen throughout his presidency of trampling on norms. and that of course, it has been going on for years and he has never really had to pay a political price for trampling on the soft underbelly of constitutional democracy. maybe we can look at two possible things. one is, could it have an effect on the run—off elections we are going to see in georgia on tuesday, january 5th? maybe that is possible. at least from my perspective, maybe hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the silver lining from this is that further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus in both england and scotland — in england, first that some republicans might the prime minister has warned take his claims of fraud seriously and think that, well, if the electoral system of tough weeks to come. is rigged to begin with, why should i even vote? we have been waiting to see the and secondly, it's possible that some more moderate republicans and impact of the tier for measures on

independents will be so appalled by the virus. —— tier 4. the president's blatant interference in the electoral process that they will cast their ballots it is unclear at the moment, for the democrats so that is but if you look at the numbers one possible outcome. there is no question we are going to make tougher measures. we will be announcing those in due course. the rollout of the oxford astrazeneca jab has begun — the prime minister says tens of millions of doses will have been hello, this is bbc news administered by the end of march. with rebecca jones. it means everything to me, to my the headlines... mind it is the only way of getting the rollout of the oxford astrazeneca jab begins back to normal life. in the uk this morning — this virus is terrible, isn't it? the government describes it as a "pivotal moment" in the pandemic. the nhs already has over half a million doses of the jab, the vaccine means everything to me. and says today is even more significant than the first pfizer i mean, to my mind, it's vaccination last month. the only way of getting back today when i saw the first jab to a bit of normal life. in the building behind me, you know, this virus it felt like an even bigger moment. is terrible, isn't it? another turning point in our way the nhs already has over half a million doses of the jab, out of this pandemic. with millions more due in the coming primary schools in most of england reopen, weeks, and says today is even more but there's growing concern over significant than the first pfizer safety and staff shortages. vaccination last month. president trump is heard on tape asking an election official to ‘find' him enough extra votes

today, when i saw the firstjab to have won the state of georgia. in the building behind me democrats call it a disgrace. of the astrazeneca vaccine, it felt like an even bigger moment, a coroner in malaysia delivers another turning point in our way a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of the franco—irish out of this pandemic. primary schools in most of england re—open this morning, teenager, nora quoirin. but there's growing concern over safety and staff shortages. the uk health secretary says a court in london has ruled that the wikileaks founder, the tier system is no longer strong julian assange, cannot be extradited to the united states enough to control the spread of the new variant of to face charges relating coronavirus in england — to the disclosure of thousands in scotland the first minister of secret military documents. is expected to announce new covid—19 restrictions following a sharp rise in cases. the wikileaks disclosure in 2010 was the largest leak of classified documents in us history. a little earlier, our president trump is heard on tape giplomatic correspondent, asking an election official james landalec explained how to ‘find' him enough extra votes to have won the state of georgia. the judge came to her decision. democrats call it a disgrace. thejudge went the judge went through a very close detail all the defence case made by julian assange's legal team about why, in their view, a malaysian coroner has delivered julian assange's legal team about why, in theirview, he julian assange's legal team about why, in their view, he should not be expedited to face all the charges a verdict of misadventure in the case of nora quoirin, relating to the release of thousands the french—irish schoolgirl whose body was found of military documents almost a

decade ago. as you went through it in the jungle in 2019. the 15—year—old had gone she said, the julian missing from an eco—resort decade ago. as you went through it she said, thejulian assange team had claimed that the department of outside kuala lumpur, where she'd been on holiday justice would treat him harshly, i with her family. have no evidence of that, the team had claimed the charges were howard johnson reports. political, she said she found no it was from this jungle resort evidence of any more hostility in in central malaysia that nora went the trump administration, and she missing on the morning of august went through all of these argument, the 4th, 2019. dismissing the defence case, but she'd arrived at the dusun resort then she came to the situation of with her familyjust the day before. then she came to the situation of the mental state ofjulian assange. the children and sebastian were tired because they really didn't get much sleep on the plane. 0n the mental state ofjulian assange. on that, she came to the conclusion they found the overnight that if he were extradited and taken flight quite tiring. to an american prison, and their total isolation he would likely so we had no ambition for the first face, she said, i am certifies that day beyond just acclimatising. but around sam the following the procedures described will not morning, father sebastian discovered nora was missing. preventjulian the procedures described will not prevent julian assange from the procedures described will not preventjulian assange from finding a way to commit suicide. for this reason, i have decided exhibition the site of where nora would be a present by reason of was staying was empty. mental harm and i order his i looked around. discharge. what happens now? this was the old bailey, weatherby and tried to keep my composure appeal? the americans have said they for a few seconds. immediately after that, will appeal, they have 14 days to do

run downstairs and start started searching around. so. at the moment this isjust will appeal, they have 14 days to do mother meabh said a window so. at the moment this is just a districtjudge, it could go to the in the downstairs kitchen area high court or supreme court. there that she said she had closed isa the night before was found open. high court or supreme court. there is a process to be done. the the family insisted there was a criminal element to the case americans have 14 days in which to as their daughter had difficulty walking unassisted and had lodge that appeal. the interesting never wandered off alone. question is what happens tojulian assange? there has been a request but the police always maintained that he be bailed, because if you it was a missing persons case. think about it, he has been in there is the possibility detention, facing these charges in that the missing person had woken up from sleep. belmarsh prison for the last 20 maybe she wanted to go mother once. before that he spent to the toilet and was confused by the sort of house seven mother once. before that he spent which was new to her and left seve n yea rs mother once. before that he spent seven years voluntarily held up in the ecuadorian embassy. this is a the house on her own. nora... man who has been confined, initially during the inquest, the court heard voluntarily and subsequently by the state, for a long period of time and how a massive manhunt was mobilised to search for the 15—year—old the question now is what he get any in the thickjungle bill conditions, will be allowed surrounding the resort. out, that is being decided at the missing person flyers were handed out in nearby communities. moment. the owner of the dusun resort told today marks the first full the inquest the area had never working day with the uk outside the european union. experienced anything like it. negotiators came up with a deal it has always been a safe which will allow tariff—free trading but additional paperwork is expected place for my family. to cause delays at borders and

we have never had a burglary, customs hold—ups in the early days. 0ur correspondent simonjones gave and we have never had an intruder in any of our houses. us the latest from dover. nora's naked body was we have seen a steady stream of eventually found ten days after she disappeared, lorries arriving this morning, close to a stream on a palm oil plantation. heading into the port, wanting to cross the channel to france, heading there was no sign she had been physically assaulted. to calais dunkirk. lorries arriving autopsies carried out both have to have the right customs in malaysia and london both declarations and safety concluded that nora had died certificates, otherwise they will be turned away, plus also the added because of a heavily ulcerated upper complication if they are going to intestine caused by extreme stress and lack of food. this is very unusual. france, they need a negative coronavirus test. so far, over the but there must be something more past three days, the start of the than the normal, i mean, stress. new year, traffic has been light, we this is tremendous. we re new year, traffic has been light, we were into the weekend after the a senior british pathologist said holiday, it is expected to pick up that scratches on nora's torso, today and in the coming days. let's legs and feet were consistent with her moving through speak to someone at the sharp end of the densejungle. today's verdict of death theirs, chris, from one of the ferry by misadventure means that coroner maimoonah aid, companies. from your point of view, believes that on the balance of probabilities, nora how has it gone? we are quite happy wandered off alone. with how it has gone, as expected, nora's parents called for this inquest. but it's delivered a verdict that the traffic much less the last year. will undoubtedly disappoint them. howard johnson, bbc news.

so far, we have got the roads clear and a little earlier, which is the main thing. people were howard johnson explained how nora's parents had reacted talking about potential chaos on the to today's verdict. roads, traffic jams in the last couple of hours talking about potential chaos on the roads, trafficjams stretching for miles, was like doom mongering are we still are early days? we are we have heard from them, still early days from the saying they are utterly disappointed with this verdict. perspective when it is always quiet they were hoping for an open verdict at this time of year, but what we're which would have opened the way seen so far is that freight potentially for a criminal investigation if evidence customers have done very well and emerged during the case. working out what they need to do in terms of customs clearances so we they said it was improbable that are happy with the compliance we nora could have wandered off alone. they pointed to the open window have seen and customs, so far it is which they said was, she was not capable of leaving good news. how does that work when a through the window. they also said it was impossible lorry driver goes into the port? she wouldn't have been what do they have to show, to show found in the jungle, given that there were hundreds of search and rescue personnel that they are bored already? the first thing they need to do is come looking for her and they said nora to the poor and show that they are really did not have the capability to hide, that wasn't something covid—19 ready, and then they go she had ever done before. through the perth for border control in fact, she had never wandered off alone, according to the family. and showing documentation. as long as they have a valid customs and they also said that sniffer dogs clearance document they are allowed could not pick up on the trace, to board. what happens then assault so how had it been she had the information is transferred to

disappeared so quickly and they the information is transferred to could not pick up on the scent? the customs agent in calais and they also said the evidence dunkirk and we can tell the drivers throughout the inquest, when they are on board whether they had concentrated on her physical are good to go, green light or abilities, rather than her orange light, and they have to pull personality and in a quote today, they said, "once again we see that aside. i orange light, and they have to pull aside. lam happy orange light, and they have to pull aside. i am happy to say that the justice struggles to support vast majority of freighter drivers have a green light to go, very the most vulnerable in society, only engaging with special needs important for every body to keep the at a surface level and not pores clear here and in calais. at the level that truly reflects children like nora." today has been described as a first real test of this new system but from what we have seen, traffic is still pretty light. when i do that was our correspondent howard johnson. expecting it to build up? when will as we've been hearing, millions of children should be we see the real test? over the next going back to school in england today — but most senior school week or two we will start to see pupils are learning from home this traffic build—up again. it is fair to say that after the last couple of week and many primaries will also remain closed to the majority of children. brexit build—up is we had, 2019 and it's all to stop the spread of coronavirus. graham satchell has been speaking to some parents in england about their concerns onwards, we saw a dip in traffic — and confusion. after that, that will take some time parents across the country to clear and there was a lot of with tough decisions to make stockpiling by companies in the as the number of covid cases run—up to new year to try to avoid continues to rise. any problems. it is all going well sean and aiden live in cheshire, so far. we are talking about lorries which hasjust moved into tier 4, but obviously looking ahead to the but their school will be

summer, hopefully the return of the open this week. for their mental health, summer, hopefully the return of the summer holidays, who knows? but how it's the right environment for them. ido summer holidays, who knows? but how i do expecting that to affect 0bviously, their education is key, tourist passengers? we have a job to but mine are only little — do to explain to customers what it they're still, you know, is they need to have in terms of seven and nine, and... some of the new documentation which you know, it's more about the social aspect of it. may come through around health insurance are being allowed to dry but, you know, if it's for the continent but we are for the greater good, confident we will have plenty of and if keeping them off an extra time to explain what customers need couple of weeks, an extra few weeks, and we are looking forward to bringing them back on board. we have would bring the rates down and get missed them over the last few it all under control, then, yeah, i'd be behind that 100%. months, as i'm sure everyone will in the midlands, leo and lucy's understand, so as soon as we see the school is also open — opportunity to open up travel again but their mum isn't sure and we are talking with government they should go. about when we can do that safely, we we are in a situation where we're will welcome them back, give them a saying it's not safe to go and get meal and set them on their way.” a haircut from someone in full ppe, can tell you from a wet and windy but we are expecting my sister, who teaches at a sixth form day, the idea of summer holidays college in leicester, does seem a very long time away. to go and mix with a group of 4,000 a recording has emerged which appears to show students on a daily basis. president trump putting pressure on a senior republican official to overturn joe biden's election victory in georgia. the washington post says the audio and if what is necessary to keep is from an hour—long phone call

everyone else safe is for me to, with georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger. the vice president—elect — you know, pull myself up kamala harris — called it by my bootstraps and print off some a "bold abuse of power". worksheets for a few more paul hawkins reports. weeks, i can do that. this is amy and her three children in richmond, in london. primary schools impeachment, the russia scandal and catching covid are closed in london. in the middle of a pandemic. amy is worried about her children, but needs them to go to school so she can work. the trump presidency has been a roller—coaster ride. so, on one level, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. after all, donald trump it's scary seeing the cases himself said... losing is never easy. rising all the time. not for me, it's not. so on that sense, i don't particularly want my but on another level, no—one could have foreseen children at school. that the president of the united states would ask but to allow me to go to work, georgia's top election official to find the votes that would change to allow me to earn the money november's result. that me and my children need to be you can't let it happen able to survive, to pay the bills, to eat — and you are letting it happen. yes, it is very important. leyla preston's children are enjoying some fresh air in the playground. cases here in hertfordshire have been rising fast, and schools are shut. we live in a very high—case area — hertsmere — and we haven't... i haven't heard of one case at my kids school, the call lasted an hour,

so i think they're doing really well the president angrily making in terms of safety. unsubstantiated claim that ballots had been shredded and voting so in that sense, i think it machinery removed — would probably be betterfor them claims that were denied by a lawyer for the state. to go back to schooljust because they need the socialising, they need the classroom environment, with secretary raffensperger saying, they need to have something "the challenge you have, different, something mr president, is that the data you have is wrong " more in their lives. the president called him a child. in sussex, chloe found out late last night her school — which was due to be open tomorrow — condemnation of the call has been swift. will now be closed well, it was, yes, certainly for at least two weeks. the voice of desperation she's saying to me, "mum, is it safe for me to go back to school?" and it was a bold, bald—faced, and i'm like, "i don't know!" in september, i absolutely bold abuse of power. felt that it was safe to go back to school. the president's refusal to accept all of the information coming through was showing that the result had split his own party transmission rates amongst children with the former republican leader was really, really small. and that felt really of the house of representatives safe with the measures saying it was difficult to conceive the school had in place. of a more anti—democratic and anti—conservative act. what's happened over the last few weeks indicates that that isn't now the case with the new strain. in north london, sam was told on friday that her daughter's well, it is tough to be shocked any more by what the president does primary school would stay closed for the time being. but this was truly shocking. sam's family really struggled extraordinary. with home schooling to put pressure on a in the first lockdown. republican secretary of state to find the votes, oh, gosh, the amount of times ijust i mean, that's awful stuff. ended the day sobbing

because it was just too much, but 11 republican senators, led by ted cruz, are still planning trying to handle a child with learning difficulties remotely, to challenge the election result when it's officially a 6—year—old who was unwilling certified on wednesday. to learn remotely, on top of my dayjob... and i think that's why my response we live in a world where truth to this one has been so much literally does not matter stronger than it was the first time any more, evidently. — because i fear going back at least here in the us into that same position that we had and the american media truth does not matter. earlier in the year. it's all about propaganda there are no easy answers here — from the liberal media each family with its own and so the reality is, you go listen to the call, concerns and worries. graham satchell, bbc news. all the narrative of that is literally a not... a nonsense call. meanwhile, secondary school pupils donald trump is holding an election are still on an extended rally on monday night in georgia, christmas holiday, as senior schools where two republican—held senate remain closed for an extra two seats are up for grabs weeks to allow them time in tuesday's election. polling suggests both races are tight, with the outcome to set up mass testing. deciding who controls the upper house of congress. but with donald trump questioning earlier, i spoke to val masson, the voting process in georgia, headteacher of a school in east london and elwyn boyle, will republicans still turn out to vote? paul hawkins, bbc news. whose daughter attends the school. we discussed how ready they are for testing once the students go back. a malaysian coroner has delivered there is a lot of guidance given a verdict of misadventure through the government about how in the case of nora quoirin, the french—irish schoolgirl to implement the tests. whose body was found in the jungle in 2019. so we've been reading all the documentation. the 15—year—old had gone the tests should arrive today missing from an eco—resort outside kuala lumpur,

where she'd been on holiday so we've been working out with her family. howard johnson reports. where to run the testing stations and who is actually going to do it. it was from this jungle resort in central malaysia that nora went and where and who, tell me! missing on the morning of august the 4th, 2019. she'd arrived at the dusan resort well, we had a bit of a chuckle with her familyjust the day before. about the nonporous flooring that the children and sebastian were tired because they really needs to be in place so we've got didn't get much sleep on the plane. some plastic sheeting to put down they found the overnight in the hall, and you need at least flight quite tiring. so we had no ambition for the first seven members of staff to oversee the testing procedure. day beyond just acclimatising. it could amount to more if we wanted to try and get it through more quickly but seven seems to be the minimum. but around 8am the following morning, father sebastian discovered nora was missing. have you got those staff available and what sort the site of where nora of training will they need? was staying was empty. i looked around. yes, you can find staff, in school, tried to keep my composure staff are generally very flexible for a few seconds. and very supportive, immediately after that, they will do whatever they can run downstairs and start started searching around. to provide a good service for the students and families. so i can use nonteaching staff mother meabh said a window in the downstairs kitchen area that she said she had closed because of course the teachers

the night before was found open. will all be teaching, it's just the family insisted there that they will be teaching remotely was a criminal element to the case so i think i will be able to find as their daughter had difficulty walking unassisted and had staff in the short term and that may never wandered off alone. buy me time to be able to get but the police always maintained outside staff in but of course, that will prove to be it was a missing persons case. difficult in itself, in that always inviting there is the possibility that the missing person had people into a school woken up from sleep. is unusual for the students. i understand. maybe she wanted to go to the toilet and was confused elwyn boyle, your daughter by the sort of house is a pupil at the school, do you which was new to her and left welcome the testing? the house on her own. nora... during the inquest, the court heard how a massive manhunt was mobilised yes, i do, i agree testing is needed to search for the 15—year—old in order to make the school safe in the thickjungle surrounding the resort. for my daughter to return so, yes, i agree. missing person flyers were handed out in nearby communities. do you feel in your gut, i suppose, or perhaps it's not in your gut, the owner of the dusan resort told the inquest the area had never it's your head or heart, perhaps, experienced anything like it. that a school is a safe place for your daughter to be? it has always been a safe place for my family. we have never had a burglary, that's a difficult one and in some and we have never had an intruder ways i do feel that a school is safe in any of our houses. because of the communication i've had with the school and the systems that they have put in place and of course my daughter nora's naked body was

has not become ill. eventually found ten days after she disappeared, close to a stream on a palm oil plantation. but looking at the bigger picture, if there is no testing and students there was no sign she had been physically assaulted. autopsies carried out both are allowed to go back to school, in malaysia and london both then come back and interact concluded that nora had died with their families, definitely because of a heavily ulcerated upper i would not feel it is safe. intestine caused by extreme val masson, do you think stress and lack of food. the school will be safe? this is very unusual. but there must be something more well, the thing is there is no such than the normal, i mean, stress. thing as social distancing this is tremendous. in schools amongst the students. a senior british pathologist said there is social distancing that scratches on nora's torso, between adults but not among the students. legs and feet were consistent with her moving through the densejungle. and so, it seems difficult to understand how it can be deemed as definitely safe — that seems to be factually today's verdict of death incorrect in that the two by misadventure means that coroner maimoonah aid believes that on the balance things aren't compatible. of probabilities, nora wandered off alone. no social distancing amongst older children seems to be a problem. nora's parents called for this inquest. understood. but it's delivered a verdict that will undoubtedly disappoint them. howard johnson, bbc news. elwyn boyle, i know you have three children, you've also got millions of children should be a job and certainly, going back to school today, your eldest daughter cannot go back but most senior school pupils are learning from home this week to school for a couple of weeks. and many primaries will also remain

closed to the majority of children. what kind of challenges is that it's all to stop the going to post not only spread of coronavirus. for her but also for you? graham satchell has been speaking actually, the other two children to some parents in england about their concerns and confusion. who attend primary school are not going to be going back either parents across the country with tough decisions to make so i have three children as the number of covid cases continues to rise. at home and my employer, barking and dagenham council, sean and aiden live in cheshire, is very flexible in terms which hasjust moved into tier 4, of childcare and letting me work but their school will be from home although there are two open this week. days i was supposed to be for their mental health, in the office that i need cover it's the right environment for them. for but as a magistrate, i have to be in court too 0bviously, their education is key, so that is difficult. but mine are only little — the difficulty i will face — how do i get childcare they're still, you know, seven and nine, and... you know, it's more for the entire day when i have to be in court? about the social aspect of it. us being told at such but, you know, if it's for the greater good, short notice is really and if keeping them off an extra distressing so i am scraping, couple of weeks, an extra few weeks, trying to figure out how to get would bring the rates down and get childcare so i can be in court. it all under control, then, yeah, i'd be behind that 100%. staying in the uk, five teenagers are being held by police in connection in the midlands, leo and lucy's with the fatal stabbing school is also open — of a 13—year—old boy in reading but their mum isn't sure yesterday afternoon. four boys and a girl — they should go.

all aged between 13 and 11! — we are in a situation where we're have all been arrested on suspicion saying it's not safe to go and get of conspiracy to commit murder. a haircut from someone in full ppe, thames valley police but we are expecting my sister, who teaches at a sixth form is appealing for witnesses. college in leicester, to go and mix with a group of 4,000 students on a daily basis. the headlines on bbc news... and if what is necessary to keep the rollout of the oxford astrazeneca jab begins everyone else safe is for me to, in the uk this morning — the government describes it as a "pivotal moment" in the pandemic. you know, pull myself up by my bootstraps and print off some primary schools in most of england worksheets for a few more reopen this morning, but there's growing concern over weeks, i can do that. safety and staff shortages. the uk health secretary says this is amy and her three children the tier system is no longer strong in richmond, in london. primary schools enough to control the spread are closed in london. of the new variant of amy is worried about her children, coronavirus in england. but needs them to go to school so she can work. in scotland, the first minister is expected to announce new covid—19 it's scary seeing the cases restrictions following a sharp rising all the time. rise in cases. so on that sense, i don't particularly want my children at school. but to allow me to go to work, to allow me to earn the money that me and my children need to be today marks the first full working day with the uk able to survive, to pay outside the european union. the bills, to eat —

negotiators came up with a deal which will allow tariff—free trading yes, it is very important. but additional paperwork is expected to cause delays at borders leyla preston's children are enjoying some fresh air in the playground. and customs hold ups cases here in hertfordshire have been rising fast, and schools are shut. in the early days. 0ur correspondent we live in a very high—case area — hertsmere — and we haven't... simonjones is in dover. i haven't heard of one case at my kids school, what's happening there, simon? we've so i think they're doing really well in terms of safety. seen a steady stream of lorries so in that sense, i think it would probably be betterfor them to go back to schooljust arriving this morning, heading into because they need the socialising, the port, wanting to cross the channel to france, heading to calais they need the classroom environment, they need to have something different, something or dunkirk. lorries arriving after more in their lives. have the right customs declarations in sussex, chloe found out late and safety certificates otherwise last night her school — they will be turned away, plus also which was due to be open tomorrow — will now be closed they will be turned away, plus also the added complication, if they are for at least two weeks. going to france, they need to have a she's saying to me, "mum, is it safe negative coronavirus test. so far, for me to go back to school?" over the past three days, the start and i'm like, "i don't know!" of the new year, traffic has been in september, i absolutely felt that it was safe light, we had new year's day and to go back to school. all of the information coming then move into the weekend, but it's through was showing that transmission rates amongst children expected to pick up the day and in was really, really small.

and that felt really the coming days. let's speak to safe with the measures the school had in place. someone at the sharp end, chris from what's happened over the last few dft s, one of the very companies weeks indicates that that isn't now the case with the new strain. running from dover. from your point of view, how has it gone? quite in north london, sam was told on friday that her daughter's happy with how it's gone. traffic primary school would stay closed for the time being. sam's family really struggled much less than last year, as we with home schooling in the first lockdown. thought it was going to be, so far, we have kept the roads clear which oh, gosh, the amount of times ijust is the important thing. when people ended the day sobbing we re is the important thing. when people were talking about potential chaos because it was just too much, trying to handle a child on the roads, trafficjams, with learning difficulties remotely, a 6—year—old who was unwilling stretching back from mars, was that to learn remotely, just doom mongering or are we still on top of my dayjob... early days? i think it's early days and i think that's why my response from the perspective it's always a to this one has been so much quiet time for freight traffic of stronger than it was the first time — because i fear going back the year. but we have seen so far is into that same position that we had actually freight customers have done earlier in the year. very well in working out what they there are no easy answers here — need to do in terms of customs each family with its own concerns and worries. clearance so we need to do in terms of customs graham satchell, bbc news. clearance so we are need to do in terms of customs clearance so we are actually very happy with compliance that we've seen on board and at customs. so far, good news. how does it work when a lorry driver goes into the the headlines on bbc news... further restrictions are expected port, what does he have to show you to control the spread of coronavirus in both england or piano that they are border ready. and scotland — in england, the prime minister has warned

of tough weeks to come. the rollout of the oxford the first thing they need to do a astrazeneca jab has begun — the prime minister says tens show they are covid ready, they go of millions of doses will have been administered by the end of march. through the border control panel, showing documentation, as far as we are concerned as long as they have a primary schools in most of england reopen this morning, valid customs clearance document but there's growing concern over they will be allowed into the port at what actually happens then, all of the information is transferred to safety and staff shortages. the customs agency in calais and dunkirk, we can actually tell the drivers when they are on board ever since the brexit vote —— whether they have got the green light oran the uk has been looking forfresh whether they have got the green light or an orange light and i am trade deals around the world — and a free trade agreement happy to say at the moment the vast with australia may be among majority of freight drivers have a the first to be signed. australia's winemakers are among green light to go. very important those hoping to benefit —— for everybody as we know to keep the those hoping to benefit — pores clear, here, in calais and dunkirk. today is described as the first real test of the system but to they shipped more than £200 million be fair, from what we've seen, worth of wine to britain traffic is still light so when are in the last financial year. you expecting it to build up and shaimaa khalil reports from south australia. then will be see the real test?|j quenching the international thirst for australian wine means doing think over the next week or two we things on a massive scale. accolade is one of the country's will start to see traffic build—up again, ithink biggest producers. will start to see traffic build—up again, i think it's fair to say each of these vats holds after the last couple of brexit the equivalent of almost build a period that we had, last 400,000 bottles, and much

year, 2019 now, she'd say, we saw a of it is destined for britain. realdip in year, 2019 now, she'd say, we saw a real dip in traffic for a few weeks after that so i think that will take pumped into shipping containers, time to clear and of course there it's sent to the other side of the world to be was a lot of stockpiling by companies in the run—up to new year packaged and sold. to try and avoid any problems. as brands made here are some you can see, it's going well. we are of the uk's best sellers. talking about lorries but obviously, britain leaving the eu has allowed looking ahead to the summer, it to negotiate free trade deals, hopefully, the return of the summer including with australia, holidays, who knows with this a prospect they relish here. situation? how are you expecting but brexit isn't all good news that to effect tourist passengers?” for australian winemakers who still don't know what it think we have a job to do to extend will mean for moving their products a customer is what it is they need from the uk into mainland europe. to have in terms of some of the new documentation which may come through and there are questions over how labelling requirements will change around health insurance or being and the costs involved. able to drive on the continent but we are very confident we will have ple nty of we are very confident we will have plenty of time to explain exactly what customers need and we are we're doing everything possible really looking forward to bringing to minimise any disruptions on the back of brexit. them back on board. we have really missed them over the last few i think for us, regardless of the outcome, what we're looking months, i'm sure everyone will for now is the potentials associated understand. as soon as we see the with the free trade agreement between the uk and australia. opportunity to open up travel again, and we are talking with government at the moment, the tariffs imposed on australian wine imports when we can do that safely, we will into the uk are anywhere between 13 welcome them on board, give them a pence and 15 per litre. meal, send them on their way. thank

that is compared to new world you forjoining us. i can tell you competitors such as chile and south from a wet and windy dover the idea africa which have a zero tariff. of summer holidays seems a very long time away! simon, thank you. australia exports more wine to the uk than anywhere else in the world, but most of it is that the cheaper "helen's law" finally comes into force in the uk today. end of the market. it means convicted killers so could a free trade deal could remain behind bars if they refuse to say exactly with britain help producers here sell their more where they put their victim's body. the change comes too expensive brands competitively? late for marie mccourt, who fought for the law in her daughter's name. we are going to the old bailey, the but she hopes it will spare other families from a similar ordeal. chief executive of coghlan is talking about the judge prospect marie's been speaking to linda jones — whose daughter danielle decision not extraditejulian was murdered in essex in 2001. assange. thank you for coming. i had her body was never found. jayne mccubbin reports. hoped that today would be the day thatjulian hoped that today would be the day that julian would hoped that today would be the day thatjulian would come home. today is not that day. but that day will i hope that one day helen will be found. come soon. as long asjulian has to i hope that it could happen, but my faith is... there is the reason. endure suffering and isolation as an unconvicted prisoner in belmarsh

there is a reason — prison, and as long as our children we're put on this earth for a reason and my reason, continue to be bereft of their i think, is having helen's law. marie and linda's daughters father's love and affection, we were both murdered by men cannot celebrate. we will celebrate who refused to admit their guilt, who refused to say where their victims were buried. the day he comes home. today is a for years, marie fought for helen's law — a law which would keep her daughter's victory forjulian. today's victory killer behind bars until he confessed. that law comes into force today. is the first step towards justice in this case. we are pleased that the having to live day to day like this, it really is hard. it's the one thing that disturbs me the most — that i don't know where she is. court has recognised the seriousness and inhumanity of what he has you know, i walk along and just endured and what he faces. but let's think, "did we search that field properly?" it's with you pretty much all the time. not forget the indictment in the us i could have walked past her has not been dropped. we are a million times and not know. marie's daughter, helen, was killed externally concerned that the us in 1988 by pub landlord ian simms. government has decided to appeal he was the first to be convicted using dna evidence this decision, it continues to want without the discovery of a body. to punish julian and but almost a year before the law this decision, it continues to want to punishjulian and make him was enacted, simms was released.

disappear into the deepest, darkest since then, does he encroach whole of the us prison system. the on your thoughts? rest of his life. —— for the rest of absolutely, absolutely. in every way. her hope now is that helen's law his life. that can never happen. we will force danielle's killer to reveal where he has hidden her body. stuart campbell is due will never accept that journalism for parole this year — 21 years after danielle disappeared. his life. that can never happen. we will never accept thatjournalism is a crime in this country or any and we've brought both mothers other. let's not forget that us together to discuss their hopes. the parole judges have to obey that law and they have to look into us agents plotted to killjulian on a lot more careful than they did in my case. hopefully, fingers crossed, british soil, his british solicitors we might benefit from this. well, i'm sure we will. we re british soil, his british solicitors were deliberately targeted by name and i'm just so sad and their documents were stolen. for you that you didn't. but i know... i know how you feel. their illegal operations even sorry, i'm getting emotional now. i know that you've done targeted our six—month—old baby. it everything you can. helen would be proud. and i'm sure, hopefully, is sickening at is also a threat to with everything you've done that we will benefit from this. the law marie petitioned for won't everyone. 0n is sickening at is also a threat to everyone. on behalf ofjulian and mean "no body, no parole" — myself i want to thank the millions which the government say would face of people around the world and the

legal challenges — but helen's law does force parole institutions that are already boards to fully consider calling for this persecution end. i an offender's decision not to disclose information. ask you to shout louder, lobby i'm sure that, up there somewhere, harder until he is free. i call on helen and danielle are together and saying, "this is going to work." how are you coping? eve ryo ne harder until he is free. i call on everyone else to come together to because i know... i know what that stress is like. defend julian's rights. not just i am beginning to get a little bit anxious about the prospect julian's rights, they are your of the parole hearing starting — rights also. julian's freedom is yeah, very anxious. i believe that it's prayers that coupled to all our freedoms. and our have got me to where i am today. yeah. freedoms are lost in the blink of an and i will certainly be praying out. i call on insiders to come that this man is kept in prison until he says where he put danielle's remains. forward to expose the full extent of yeah, yeah. the misconduct that has led to and that is what is so important julian's imprisonment. —— the blink ofan r. to us — to have her back. this month, marie willjoin an independent forensic expert and i call on the president of the to begin a fresh search for her daughter's body, while linda prepares united states to end this now. mr for campbell's parole hearing. no, and ijust hope

i can take a little bit of your strength with me, marie, cos you've got strength in abundance. so... president, tear down these prison so have you — so have you. you could move a mountain walls, let our little boys have to get your danielle. thank you. their father. free julian, both mothers say they will never give up hope... that's for me and helen, as well. ..of one day being able walls, let our little boys have theirfather. freejulian, free the press, free us all. to lay their daughters to rest. and you stay strong. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. cheering the indian manufacturer of the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine says three julian assange! that was the government is preventing it from supplying other countries. the serum institute said india wanted to protect its own people first. stella morris, the partner ofjulian it's set to be the world's biggest assange, the mother of his two covid—19 vaccination programme, with 300 million people expected children, and as you can see and to to be innoculated byjuly 90, children, and as you can see and to go, quitea children, and as you can see and to go, quite a crowd. gathered at the 0ld go, quite a crowd. gathered at the old bailey on the day the court the japanese government says it's considering declaring a state ruled he cannot be extradited to the of emergency to try and halt the spread of coronavirus united states. this is the editor in in the tokyo region. chief of wikileaks, we have a moment restaurants and karaoke parlours to listen to him. we have all must now close two hours earlier than before, and businesses serving alcohol must close by seven in the evening. experienced a horrible year in 2020,

it has been horrible for most of ours, but let's remember it was yet ten of a situation forjulian assange. but what a glimpse of hope to start the new year and hopefully you're watching bbc news. a new era. it is a day with a when now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. it's been a cold start to the day the fourjulian assange. the editor and it's going to be a cold day generally. we still have wintry showers in chief of wikileaks. the latest on in the forecast, but for many of us, that and the rest of the news coming it's going to be a dry day with some up that and the rest of the news coming up in that and the rest of the news coming upina that and the rest of the news coming up in a few minutes on the one o'clock news. i will say goodbye and sunshine, but brisk and gusty winds, especially with exposure leave you with the weather. and especially so across parts of the south and also the east. now, high pressure is still wintry are therefore some of dominating our weather. you can see low pressure you but the weather set up for the round the mediterranean and in between we're pulling next day so different from last in this northeasterly wind. that's a cold direction. week, high—pressure tendon low— pressure week, high—pressure tendon low—pressure south and east, more of plus, we've got a weather front draped across the southeast an ease to north—easterly flow. and the channel islands, and that's producing some rain, still cold and buying night temps which will be heavy at times are dropping to freezing sleet and across the channel islands. you, too, could hear the rumble of thunder. so a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. you can see where we've

got the showers. hillsborough, but also rain, most of them will be of rain, particularly in the south—east, the but on the hills we could way to spar over the next few days, see some wintriness. and if you're exposed to that hills of north kent, east of surrey wind, it will feel cool. these are the strength and across the channel islands we could see as much as 50 millilitres of the gusts of wind that we are expecting so 30 to 40, maybe 45 miles an hour. of rain in some spots, there could so although we've got temperatures of three to six, be some minorflooding. the rain which are poor for this time of year, it will feel continues on that bristol went, colder than that if you're showers across eastern irritated exposed to the wind. wintry over the high ground, best of through this evening the dry weather towards the west. a and overnight we hang on to this rain in the southeast, busy day for england and wales, wind and the channel islands. touching gale force are the eastern we still have some showers coming in across northern portion of the english channel. that and central parts of the uk, wintry on the hills. will make it feel colder, as we go but at times we'll see some of that get down to lower levels. into the evening. dropping below and there's the risk of ice freezing in parts of scotland and with those low temperatures and also some frost. northern ireland, and other cold in fact, in the west highlands, frosty night to come. we could see temperatures could fall as low as minus six. significant snow showers on the so tomorrow, still a lot of dry weather, still a fair bit likes of the borders, southern uplands, some as well back into the of sunshine, still gusty winds. pennines in the morning making for and still this rain in the southeast and also into the channel islands. icy conditions. temperatures at their lowest, where tyler —7 or —8, some of that could be wintry in nature, particularly on higher ground. holding up in the south and east and it's the same in scotland with the rain continues to fall. and northern england, watch out for ice in the morning, some wintry showers, some of those lower levels at times

in the heavier bursts. snow showers in scotland should but through tuesday ease, sleet and snow pushing through and into wednesday, high pressure moves away, northern include particularly across allowing this area of low pressure with its front to come our way. the pennines, still raining what parts of southeast asia down towards so basically, that means a lot the channel islands. a lot of you of dry weather, lighter winds, will have a dry and bright day, still a few showers across some eastern and southern areas. perhaps feeling a little bit colder and then this weather front comes than today. as we go to tuesday in, bringing in rain and also some snow across the far north night into wednesday, easterly flow, west of scotland. these are the temperatures, high—pressure stunts to hold firm across the north, when following one to six degrees. and as that weather front sinks lighter, more in the way and ties southward during wednesday into wednesday morning, the showers night into thursday, it will bring some further snow, in the south—east across parts of but it's weakening all the time. kent by the south—east across parts of kent by this date, a subtle wind and by the time it gets into the southeast, it won't bring change, things improving. showers much more than some sleet or maybe dotted around two central areas but the odd snow flurry. mostly dry and bright but a pretty chilly day after a frothy start. the blue and the chart means another widespread frost taking a suit when the night into thursday morning. more rain, sleet and snow across parts of scotland and northern ireland but brighter for england and wales and most will be dry on friday.

as the government comes under pressure to announce another national lockdown. visiting a hospital where the first this is bbc news. oxford—astrazeneca jabs were administered, borisjohnson says covid—19 is surging and hospitals i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. are under huge pressure. what we have been waiting the headlines at 11:00. the roll—out of the for is to see the impact of the tier oxford—astrazeneca jab begins 4 measures on the virus and it's in the uk this morning — the government describes it as a bit unclear still at the moment a "pivotal moment" in the pandemic. but i think there's, you know, if you look at the numbers, there's no question we're going to have to take tougher measures and we'll be announcing the vaccine means everything to me. to my mind it's the only way i'll those in due course. get back to a normal way of life. we'll be live in westminster and asking what are this virus is terrible, isn't it? the government's options. also this lunchtime... 82—year—old dialysis patient the nhs already has over brian pinker becomes the first 500,000 doses of the jab, with millions more due in the coming person to receive the new vaccine. it's hailed a "pivotal" moment. weeks, and says today is even more significant than the first pfizer the vaccine means everything to me. vaccination last month. today when i saw the first jab in the building behind me of the astrazeneca vaccine felt like an even bigger moment, another turning point in our way out of this pandemic. primary schools in most of england re—open this morning,

but there's growing concern over safety and staff shortages. the health secretary says the tier system is no longer strong enough to control the spread of the new variant of coronavirus in england. in scotland, the first minister is expected to announce new covid—19 restrictions following a sharp rise in cases. president trump is heard on tape asking an election official to ‘find' him enough extra votes to have won the state of georgia. democrats call it a disgrace. a coroner in malaysia delivers a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of the franco—irish teenager, nora quoirin.

hello, good morning. it's being described as the start of the ‘biggest vaccination programme in the history of the nhs', as the first doses of the oxford—astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine have been given to patients this morning. 82—year—old dialysis patient, brian pinker, has become the first person to be vaccinated with the new vaccine. he said he was "so pleased" and "really proud" it's one that was invented in oxford. the nhs has over 500,000 doses of the vaccine ready to go, with care home residents and staff, people aged over 80, and front line nhs staff being the first to receive it. the health secretary says it is a "pivotal moment" in the uk's fight against the virus. sirjohn bell, regius professor of medicine at oxford, said he was worried because the south african variant of the coronavirus is more likely to evade the vaccine than the new kent variant. the prime minister has warned restrictions in england are "probably about to get tougher" as concern grows about a new, fast—spreading variant of the virus.

labour said coronavirus was "clearly out of control" and it was "inevitable more schools are going to have to close" as part of a wider strategy that has "a national lockdown in place in the next 2a hours". brian pinker gave this reaction shortly after receiving the first patient to receive the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine. well, to be honest, i didn't feel a thing. yeah, brilliant. the vaccine means everything to me. to my mind, it's the only way of getting back to a bit of normal life. this virus is terrible, isn't it? saturday the first i knew i was going to be in today. pleased, yeah. very pleased. the nurse who administered the firstjab, sam foster, spoke to our medical editor fergus walsh shortly afterwards and explained what it was like. it was a huge privilege.

every single patient we have vaccinated over the last couple of weeks have their own personal story of what difference it is going to make for them. it's no different this morning with our first two patients. and what about you? have you been immunised yet? i have been immunised, yes. i was immunised, i've been working in the vaccine centre for a couple of weeks so i have received my vaccine. so it's obviously all systems go now. everybody wants to be immunised as soon as possible. how quickly can you do this? i think there is nothing more the nhs wants to do more than get this programme going at real scale. across the nhs and there are many, many peer vaccinators that will now go out and support staff vaccines, continue with our patient vaccines and with colleague vaccines across the nation. so there is nothing more that we want to do then get this programme rolled out at scale. professor stephen powis, national medical director of nhs england says this is a significant moment in the way out of the pandemic. four weeks ago i had the privilege to be in coventry for the firstjab of the pfizer vaccine, remember maggie keenan got that first jab. that felt like a huge moment in this pandemic. and to be honest, today when i saw

the firstjab in the building behind me of the astrazeneca vaccine, felt like an even bigger moment, another turning point in our way out of this pandemic. the health secretary, matt hancock says 530,000 doses of the vaccine are ready for use this week, and that the distribution programme is being accelerated. it is a matter of getting the vaccine, as soon as it is manufactured, and then goes through the crucial safety checks, which obviously are very important, and getting it into the nhs and delivered into people's arms. in fact, we have been able to accelerate that process because we now know that you get your protection after the first dose and the second dose can wait until 12 weeks away. that means that, over the first few months of the programme, we can effectively vaccinate twice as many people as we would have been able to otherwise. and obviously that is very good news in terms of protecting people and saving people's lives and of course getting us out of this pandemic and all the restrictions

that we have to live with. let's speak to our health correspondent katharine da costa who's in oxford. it is obviously a very big moment. the question is, how quickly can it be rolled out? it is a huge and really significant day. all morning there have been people arriving for their vaccinations here. they will bea their vaccinations here. they will be a mixture of front line nhs staff ca re be a mixture of front line nhs staff care home workers, and people in their 80s and 905. this care home workers, and people in their 805 and 905. this isju5t one ofa their 805 and 905. this isju5t one of a small number of hospitals that will start using the jab from today, about 1000 vaccination centres should start using it by the end of the week. and as you say, 0xford should start using it by the end of the week. and as you say, oxford is 5een the week. and as you say, oxford is seen as a real game change in speeding up the vaccination programme, and that's because the vaccine is much more adaptable than the pfizer jab. it vaccine is much more adaptable than the pfizerjab. it doesn't need the ultra—cold storage meaning you can get it out to care homes and to

larger community vaccination centres like sports stadium, conference centres, village halls etc. so the priority is to protect the majority of care home residents and their ca re rs of care home residents and their carers by the end of this month, and the race is on to protect 30 million of the most vulnerable by the spring. so that will be people over the age of 50, front line nhs workers and care home staff, as well as people with underlying health conditions. the hope is to vaccinate about 2 million people a week. that isa about 2 million people a week. that is a huge logistical challenge. but the pressure really, the sense of urgency, is because of this fast spreading variant. although it was centralised in london and the south—east it has now been seen spreading across the rest of the country. and although there is no suggestion that it makes the illness more serious, the fact that more people are getting ill with it means that more people are ending up in hospital. we are hearing stories of

significant pressure on the health service. and so this vaccine is seen asa service. and so this vaccine is seen as a way of relieving some of that pressure. if you can get it out to as many of the most vulnerable as quickly as possible you can relieve some of that pressure and ease the problems caused by the pandemic. there are questions now also around whether the priority on who gets the vaccine first up should be changed, with some suggesting teachers should actually be in the first wave too. is there any prospect of there being a change on that front? well, the body that decides who gets the vaccine first, that's the jcvi, they advise the government, they have said that because the elderly are most vulnerable from this virus, they should get it first. so that's ca re they should get it first. so that's care home residents and their carers, and then it's followed by people in their 805 and 905, front line nhs workers, and then it comes down in order of age and that will

also include people with underlying health conditions, then it comes all the way down to about nine different priority groups of those over 50, that they are hoping to protect by the spring. about 30 million people. so teachers, if they are over 50, if i have underlying health conditions, may be amongst some of the first to get the vaccine but at the moment that's the priority. thank you very much indeed, katharine da costa. meanwhile. the health secretary matt hancock says he is incredibly worried about the new variant of the virus identified in south africa. sirjohn bell — regius professor of medicine at university of oxford — who sits on the government's vaccine task force said there was a big question mark as to whether the current coronavirus vaccines would work on the new variant. professor lawrence young is a virologist and professor of molecular 0ncology at warwick medical school. welcome, thank you forjoining us. let's talk about the variant here

which is spreading much faster than the previous variant. is there any question around whether the vaccine will work against that variant? well of course, we don't know yet, but everything tells us that the way that the current vaccines work should mean that they will be effective against this variant, and asi effective against this variant, and as i understand it, public health england are looking at that in a bit more detail, but looking at the sequence of the variant we can get a very good clue as to whether or not current vaccines will work and every indication is that the current vaccines that pfizer, biontech and astrazeneca 0xford vaccines will be effective against this variant in the uk. what about the south african variant because there does not seem to be so much certainty there? that's right, that's a bit more disturbing, because as people have heard all the time we are dealing with this so—called spike gene which encodes the protein that sticks out of the surface of the virus in the spike is important both for the way the virus infects us, but also the

way that our body generates an immune response, and it is that spike gene that forms the basis of the vaccine. the worry about the south african variant which has spread very rapidly to become the dominant strain of the virus in south africa is that it contains more changes, more mutations in the spike gene, some of which are likely to affect the body's immune response, therefore there is a bit more of a question mark over that particular variant. lawrence young, stay with us, we want to keep talking to you but we are hearing from the prime minister who has been speaking so we want to break away for a moment to hear what the prime minister has been saying. cases are rocketing, hospital admissions are rising again, you have said more restrictions are likely needed, what are you waiting for? i think the crucial thing is to recognise that we have a new variant thatis recognise that we have a new variant that is requiring extra special vigilance and we will do everything

we can to keep the virus under control. people should be in no doubt that the government will do everything that is necessary. but i must stress that at this critical moment it is also vital that people keep discipline. huge numbers of people are still following the guidance. some people, understandably, are becoming frustrated, impatient, and they are not following it in the way that they should. the most basic things, hands, face, space, they really, really matter now, particularly with this new variant. do you think there are more people not following the rules ? are more people not following the rules? i wouldn't say that. i think the public have just been fantastic in the way that they have tried to follow the guidance and done their very best. but i do think obviously as months and months go by people's patience and understandably begins to wearthin, so patience and understandably begins to wear thin, so what i'm saying to

everybody is, look, we have tough, tough weeks to come now. clearly, as you rightly say, we've got the virus really surging. it is vital, in addition to the tough tiering that we have put in and the further measures we may well have to take, it is vital that everybody now does their bit together. on those further measures, this morning the health secretary said the older tier system is no longer strong enough, so what further restrictions will be put in place? i'm going to obviously ask you to wait and we will be producing everything that we think is necessary to keep people from spreading the virus. if you think about it, we have already got a lot of the country in tier 4, some of it in tier3. of the country in tier 4, some of it in tier 3. what we have been waiting for is to see the impact of the tier for is to see the impact of the tier for measures on the virus. —— tier four. it is a bit unclear at the moment, but if you look at the numbers there is no question that we are going to have to take tougher

measures and we will be announcing those in due course. primary schools, some have stayed closed today despite your assurances that its safe, they are effectively ignoring you. are they simply doing now what you inevitably tell them to do in the coming days?” now what you inevitably tell them to do in the coming days? i think it's very important to understand that backin very important to understand that back in march one of the things that i look back on with the greatest misgivings was the closure of primary schools because it's so important for young people to get an education. the difference it can make to their lives being in school or not being at school at that age is very important. that's why closing primary schools, i think for all of us, is a last resort. postponing the opening of primary schools is a last resort. that's why we are looking at everything else we can possibly do to avoid that, given the social, the damage, the educational damage that is done.

what i would say to teachers is, first of all, and to parents, thank you to everybody for the immense work that you have done to make schools safe. and i would stress that schools are safe. and as you know, the risk to kids is very, very small. and the risk to teachers, and obviously we do everything we can to protect teachers, but the risk to teachers is no greater than it is to anybody else in any other line of work. i thank them for what they are doing. my message would be, look, we have a surging epidemic. the reasons for wanting to keep schools open, i think, are very powerful. what you've got to look at is the extent of the epidemic in the areas where it is really surging and weather, not because schools are unsafe, but whether you can actually do more to

contain the epidemic by closing schools as well. that's the issue. is there a trust issue? you are saying it is safe, the government is saying it is safe, the government is saying stay open, and they are in large numbers across the country ignoring you and closing so they don't trust you when you say it is safe. i think that's not right, i think schools are safe. huge numbers of schools have opened and i thank them for what they are doing. the issue is not the safety of the school. it's very important to get this across. the issue is the extent to which the mingling of kids in schools, by putting lots of households together, causes the epidemic to spread even faster. alas, that's why, in some parts of the country, we have had to ask primary schools as well to postpone their return. i don't want to do

that but it is necessary. we will keep all measures under review. as it happens, it looks as though secondary schools, probably play more of a role in the spread of the epidemic than primary schools, so we will have to look very hard at what we do with secondary schools later in the month. they could close be on january the 18th, do you think?” wa nt january the 18th, do you think?” want to stress to everybody the efforts we are making as a government to try to keep primary schools open. i understand people's apprehensions, and i would just respectfully safe to them i think it is wrong to say that schools are unsafe. the schools are safe. the anxiety we have as a government is about the role of schools, or any activity, in spreading the disease. and that's why i would really ask people to focus now as we roll out the vaccine on what we can all do to stop transmission and what we can all do to follow the guidance. very

quickly before i ask you about vaccines, can quickly before i ask you about vaccines, can you see quickly before i ask you about vaccines, can you see secondary schools closing beyond january the 18th? we are obviously going to keep everything under review. education is of huge importance for young people. it is a real loss to them if they don't get it. that's why, i think, as a society we have done the right thing to put such emphasis on it and we will look at everything else we can do. most of the country is already in tier 4. we will look at everything else we can do to control the virus but we will take the necessary decisions to protect public health. on vaccines, we have waited nearly a year for this public health. on vaccines, we have waited nearly a yearfor this moment and planned for this moment for a year. why does the nhs not immediately have the capacity to administer the 2 million doses a week you are calling for? that's completely untrue, we do have the capacity. the issue is to do with the supply of the vaccine. it is not so much a manufacturing issue, though that is part of it, it is

also that each batch needs to be properly approved and quality controlled because, it is fantastic news we have a vaccine, we have two vaccines, several vaccines coming down the track, and actually i think it has been amazing that it's taken as little as a year to produce this. but you've got to make sure it's properly approved before it goes into people's arms and that's what we are doing. people will be asking, where is the big grand plan to get this done, going beyond hospitals, getting the army involved, getting as many people as possible to get as many vaccines out as humanly possible? why is that big grand plan, prime minister? be in no doubt, this is the biggest vaccine roll—out in the history of the country. i know that your viewers may be aware that this country has already done well over1 million vaccines, more than the rest of

europe put together. so i don't think we're being slowed by international comparisons. but there isa international comparisons. but there is a massive ramping up operation now going on. you mention the army, you mention all sorts of volunteers, all that is going to be involved. but what they call the rate limiting factor is now not supply of vaccine, though we want that to go faster, it is getting them properly tested, getting them to the nhs. the rate limiting factor is not the ability to distribute the vaccine, it is not the shortage of staff to get it into people's arms, it is getting it properly tested and out there. that will ramp up in the weeks ahead. but, as! will ramp up in the weeks ahead. but, as i said yesterday, it's difficult to give exact numbers

today, except that it will be tens of millions by the end of march. as soon as we have some better numbers to give you about the millions of vaccines, and we have already committed to 2 million a week, as you know, we will give them. when will we get the first 2 million a week? when will we hit that first? as soon as we can give you that data we will. not in the next few weeks? may be until february or march?” will not rule that out but we will give you more detail across the next few days. thank you, prime minister. thank you. borisjohnson thank you. boris johnson covering a thank you. borisjohnson covering a lot of ground, some of the key points that emerged from what he was saying, he was saying that there is no question we will have to take tough measures with the numbers of covid cases increasing as they are in this country. there is a government meeting this morning, so whether there will be any sort of official

announcement later today, we just have to wait and see whether the tier 4, or something even beyond that, will be expanded on later. he also spoke about schools in particular, with primary schools opening today. not all primary schools, but the prime minister they are saying the ones that are opening he believes are absolutely safe to be doing so but he said it does look like secondary schools play more of a role in transmission of the virus than primary schools, so we will have to look hard at what we do with secondary schools later in the month. already the date for secondary schools to return has been pushed back for students doing gcses and a—levels back to the 11th, and for others to the 18th. he said that they will be looking at what happens later in the month. we will be talking to our correspondence in westminster in a moment. first, let's go back to professor lawrence young, at warwick medical school, before boris johnson came

young, at warwick medical school, before borisjohnson came through to speak. just a touch on what was being said though, we are in a situation where we have the oxford vaccine going into a roll out from today. the cases are rising and the prime minister is obviously talking about further restrictive measures to curb the spread of the virus. how do you see those three factors playing out? what do you think is the solution, the best answer to where we are right now? i think we have got to recognise that even though we are dealing with a variant, and possibly more variants of the virus, they all transmit in the same way, they transmit in the same way, they transmit by people to people contact, and therefore its really important, as the prime minister was stressing, that we restrict transmission with hands, face and space, and i think we are having to face more strict and harsher restrictions, and that's the only way to dampen down the infection, to protect the nhs, and in so doing

help with the capacity in terms of vaccination. i think we have a bit ofa vaccination. i think we have a bit of a battle at the moment between infection and injection, and we need to restrict the number of people getting infected by harsher restrictions and then vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible. and on the decision the government has taken to try to vaccinate as many as quickly as possible, that decision to extend the gap between the first and the second dose from three weeks up to 12 weeks, some are concerned that that could effectively leave a window for the virus to mutate further, because it will not be conferring full immunity on those who have only had the first dose, what do you think of that? we are ina dose, what do you think of that? we are in a difficult situation and we have to have the need to vaccinate as many people as possible and provide some initial protection up against the need for that full and more long—lived protection that comes from two doses. certainly, everything from an immunological

perspective suggests there are no real issues in extending to three weeks to three months and i think it's just a difficult judgment weeks to three months and i think it's just a difficultjudgment call. it is the right decision, we need to get as many people vaccinated, get some level of protection in the community, whilst we try and do our best to block the chains of transmission by having harsher restrictions. i think it's a very difficult balancing act, i have to say, but i don't think immunologically there are any serious issues in delaying the second booster vaccine, as long as people are getting that second vaccine, and that's what is really important. professor lawrence young, thank you very much. let's go to our political correspondent ben wright who was listening to the prime minister along with us. the prime minister talking about the prospect of more restrictions. is it feeling nowjust a question of when rather than if?”

think that's right, whether hours or days, we don't know at the moment, but it is clear that further restrictions are coming to england and the prime minister again, as he did yesterday, is putting england on notice that the restrictions across the country are likely to toughen up very the country are likely to toughen up very soon. the country are likely to toughen up very soon. he said there were tough, tough weeks to come in the government would be taking tougher measures and announcing those in due course. earlier today the health secretary matt hancock said that in areas that were currently tier 3 the virus was growing exponentially, as it is in tier 4 areas. there is huge pressure on hospitals, there are more people in wards than there were back at the height of the first wave in april, so this is obviously a pressing crisis right now for the government. it is going to have to act and labour is saying, why wait? why do they? announce a national lockdown now. don't wait any more, just level with the public and be clear. i think there is going to be great pressure on no 10 to do that over the course of today. the

minister making clear his determination to try to keep schools open and saying that there is a difference between keeping primary and secondary schools open in terms of how much the virus spreads. teachers are saying that they would like to be vaccinated in order to have that reassurance to support the opening of schools. is there any prospect that that may change? because obviously at the moment teachers are not in the first wave of those being vaccinated. they are not and the teaching unions are being very vocal in pressuring the government hard on these questions at the moment. i thought it was interesting too that the prime minister left a very big question mark over the return of secondary schools on january the 18th, the plan is a phased return of secondary schools starting with those year groups taking exams with a full return by january the 18th. groups taking exams with a full return byjanuary the 18th. he acknowledged that there did seem to be more transmission from pupils to families at secondary age than primary age. there is busily a patchwork of return of primary

schoolchildren this week depending on where you are in the country. but as labour was saying today, it looks inevitable that further school closures are coming, and i think they are telling the government now to just be clear with people that that's probably where we are likely to be heading. i thought that was an interesting part in the prime minister's interview a few minutes ago. thank you, ben. in the last few minutes a judge at the old bailey has ruled that wikileaks founder julian assange cannot be extradited to the united states. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is to the united states. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale is here. that is a dramatic ruling, james, what was said? the judge went through in very close detail all of the defence case made byjulian stange's legal team about why in their view he shouldn't be extradited to the united states to face all of these charges related to the release of thousands of military documents almost a decade ago now. as she went through it she said, the julian assange team claimed the department ofjustice would throw at

him harshly, no, i have no evidence for that, the julian him harshly, no, i have no evidence for that, thejulian assange teams claimed that thejudges for that, thejulian assange teams claimed that the judges were political and there was no evidence of any more hostility in the trump administration, and she went through the arguments dismissing the defence case, but then she came to the situation of the mental state of julian suncheon. and on that she came to the conclusion. —— julian assange. if he were extradited and taken to an american prison come in the total isolation he would likely face, she said, "i'm satisfied that the procedures described by the us will not prevent mr assange finding a way to commit suicide. by this reason i order his discharge as his extradition could cause mental harm." as they are going to be an appeal? the american said they are likely to appeal and they have 14 days to do so. at the moment this is just a districtjudge, it could go up just a districtjudge, it could go up to the high court and the supreme

court. so there is a process to be gotten under way. the americans have 14 days in which to lodge that appeal. the interesting question is what happens to julian appeal. the interesting question is what happens tojulian a sponge now. there is a question that he be bailed. —— julian assange. there is a question that he be bailed. ——julian assange. he's been in detention facing these charges in belmarsh prison for the last 21 months and before that he spent seven months and before that he spent seve n yea rs months and before that he spent seven years voluntarily held up in the ecuadorian embassy. this is a man who has been confined, initially voluntarily and subsequently by the state, for a very long period of time. the question now is, will he get any bail conditions? will he be allowed out or not? that's been decided at the moment. how long could the process go on for if there are appeals? as you say, this involves someone who is incarcerated. if it comes to an end he would be free to go. you have to be very careful about judging the length of legal processes but potentially a long

time. this extradition process, to get to this point, pointy one months since he was initially detained, you know have a substantial appeals process , know have a substantial appeals process, has to be granted or not, if it is then there is a process to go through. we are talking months, maybe years. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood another cold day in prospect, to go to much of this week that is the forecast. still some rain coming in across the south—east, into the channel islands, that will be thundery, some showers coming in across eastern scotland and north—east england. in the end towards the midlands and wales to the course of the day. wintry on the hills. couple that with a gusty, brisk and north—easterly wind i don't will feel cold with temperatures at best 3—6 c. this evening and overnight, hanging on to the rain in the south—east and

channel islands, further when teacher was coming in, some of those wintry even at lower levels, it will bea wintry even at lower levels, it will be a cold night with the risk of ice and frost. west islands, tempt us to between —4 and —6. tomorrow, showers and a north still wintry, still have rain in the south, i don't wednesday some more snow comes in across the far north—west. —— and on the wednesday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the health secretary, matt hancock, has warned that the tiered system of covid restrictions in england is "no longer strong enough" to control the spread of the virusfurther been waiting to see the impact of the tierfor been waiting to see the impact of the tier for measures editors unclear at the moment stellar, but if you look at the numbers there is no question we are going to make

tougher measures. the roll—out of the oxford astrazeneca jab begins in the uk this morning — the prime minister says tens of millions of doses will have been administered by the end of march. it means everything to me, to my mind it is the only way of getting back to normal life. this virus is terrible. the nhs already has over half a million doses of the jab, with millions more due in the coming weeks, and says today is even more significant than the first pfizer vaccination last month. today when i saw the first jab in the building behind me, it felt like an even bigger moment. another turning point in our way out of this pandemic. primary schools in most of england re—open, but there's growing concern over safety and staff shortages. president trump is heard on tape asking an election official to ‘find' him enough extra votes to have won the state of georgia. democrats call it a disgrace. a coroner in malaysia delivers

a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of the franco—irish teenager, nora quoirin. sport, and time for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the new world darts champion, gerwyn price, says he's so thankful he won and wouldn't care if he never took the trophy again. the welshman was in incredible form as he raced into a 6—2 lead — but nerves then got the better of him. eventually he managed to hit the winning double at the 12th time of asking to win by seven sets to three. he takes home the £500,000 winner's cheque and also becomes the new world number one. ifi if i never when their stroke again, it doesn't really matter, but there's time it feels good, but i never put too much pressure on

myself until tonight when i was trying to get that double, but it is ha rd to trying to get that double, but it is hard to speak, but i think i got over the line today and i don't have to chase their trophy any more. chelsea have dropped to eighth in the premier league after losing 3—1 at home to manchester city, putting the pressure on manager frank lampard. the three points put city right back in the title race. they got all their goals in the first half — including one from england midfielder phil foden — before kevin de bruyne rounded off the scoring. but for chelsea it's another bad result, despite the millions of pounds they spent on players in the summer. it puts pressure on me or not, regardless, one month ago everyone was asked me when i was signing a new contract and now people will be saying different things because in quick succession of a busy period we lost four games in football. so the pressure remains content in their job, ido pressure remains content in their job, i do know that in tough moments that will be there. —— and you know.

leicester are up to third after a 2—1 win at newcastle. james maddison, with a strike from the edge of the box. obviously a big fan of the darts. and youri tielemans doubled their lead with this brilliant finish. newcastle did pull one back, but leicester held on. there was just one match in rugby union's premiership after london irish against northampton saints was postponed. leicester tigers came from behind to beat bath 36—31 at welford road. leicester scored three tries after bath had gone 14—0 up with harry wells' second—half effort putting them into a lead they never relinquished. they're now seventh in the table, bath are ninth. snooker‘s masters event — starting onjanuary the 10th — has been moved from the alexandra palace to milton keynes so that strict covid—19 regulations can be followed. the tournament features the world's top 16 players, with stuart bingham defending the title against the likes ofjudd trump, ronnie 0'sullivan, neil robertson, john higgins and mark selby. all players will be tested the day before their first match,

and will remain within the bubble as long as they are participating in the tournament. cricket now, and australia bowler nathan lyon says players just need to "suck it up and get on with it" ahead of potentially stricter quarantine measures for their fourth test against india in brisbane. the teams play the third match in sydney this week, but the fourth and last match in queensland would see the players forced to abide by stricter biosecurity protocols. in my eyes, it is very small sacrifice for us to get out there and play the game that we love and put a lot of smiles on a lot of people's faces around the world. in my eyes, we just have to suck up and get on with it and get out there and play cricket for our respective countries and make sure that we are playing a really competitive brand of cricket. and finally — you might have seen that fog forced

0ldham's match against forest green to be cancelled at the weekend, well, it's lucky they didn't have to contend with the storms of portugal. how the match between santa clara and benfica even got started — we'll never know. after five minutes of splashing around in the puddles, and the rain showing no sign of stopping — the referee eventually saw sense and called the game off. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. today marks the first full working day with the uk outside the european union. negotiators came up with a deal which will allow tariff—free trading but additional paperwork is expected to cause delays at borders and customs hold—ups in the early days. it's also the first day of trading, so how are the markets reaacting to the uk having left the eu? let's speak to our business correspondent, dharshini david. what is the picture? this is the

kind of news we like to bring you. take a look at what is going on, all the markets in europe are in the green. all on the up, the ftse100 up green. all on the up, the ftse100 up by almost 3%. that is good news, it means there is billions being wiped on to our pension funds and the like, goodness knows we need to see that happening. it isn'tjust about the new trading arrangements in place, it is also about the hope that investors are getting from seeing the roll—out of the oxford vaccine from today. they are watching those pictures like the rest about. we have seen the shares of the company go up by 3% as we speak. there is clear water between the uk and the rest of the markets when it comes to how far we have risen. also going on is this relief that as yet we are not seeing any disruption when it comes to their new trading arrangements. we have also had a survey this morning which gave us more evidence that manufacturers were really churning

out the goods in december and trying to ship them ahead of the new changes coming into place. that is one reason why changes coming into place. that is one reason why we are changes coming into place. that is one reason why we are seeing very light traffic at the borders at the moment and it will be some time to before that gets back up to normal levels and we start to get that real test of how the new arrangements are working. there are signs of caution behind all that euphoria going on with the markets, banking shares for example not doing quite so well. one reason for that is that we do not go as yet exactly what the arrangements are going to be for financial services with the rest of the eu. that has to be thrashed out in full. taking a closer look at what is going on behind the picture, that is today's figures, then see if we can get it, doesn't want to play ball. ifi get it, doesn't want to play ball. if i can show what is going on a year ago, remember that? ahead of those times we had never heard of the word coronavirus most of us, the ftse 100 a the word coronavirus most of us, the ftse100 a year ago more than 1000

points higher than right now. if the present also, that is because we know economists are warning us that the economy is likely to have become 10% smaller than at the start of last year, the set a question about further restrictions in the coming weeks and school closures, day questions being asked about how soon the recovery could get under way, it looks like there will be more damage to repair to the economy when that recovery does come. the good news is the bank of england figures today show us that consumers are sitting ona show us that consumers are sitting on a bigger pile of cash than some have thought. there could be more money to be spent but we do not know when those restrictions are going to be easily, that is why we have this backdrop of unease still going on. a recording has emerged which appears to show president trump putting pressure on a senior republican official to overturn joe biden's election victory in georgia. the washington post says the audio is from an hour—long phone call with georgia's secretary of state,

brad raffensperger. the vice president—elect — kamala harris — called it a "bold abuse of power". impeachment, the russia scandal and catching covid in the middle of a pandemic. the trump presidency has been a roller—coaster ride. so on one level perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. after all, donald trump himself said... losing is never easy. not for me, it's not. but on another level, no—one could have foreseen that the president of the united states would ask georgia's top election official to find enough votes to overturn november's result. the call lasted an hour, a lawyer for the state refuting

the president's unsubstantiated claim that ballots had been shredded and voting machinery had been removed. condemnation of the call has been swift. well, it was, yes, certainly the voice of desperation and it was a bold, bold—faced, bold abuse of power. the former republican leader of the house of representatives said... it is tough to be shocked any more by what the president does, but this was truly shocking. extraordinary, to put pressure on a republican secretary of state to find the votes. that is of all staff. ——

awful. but 11 republican senators, led by ted cruz, are still planning to challenge the election result when it's officially certified on wednesday. we live in a world where truth no longer matters, at least here in the us and american media. it is all about propaganda from the liberal media so the reality is you go and listen to the call, although narrative, it is a nonsense call. donald trump is holding an election rally on monday night in georgia, where two republican—held senate seats are up for grabs in tuesday's election. polling suggests both races are tight, with the outcome deciding who controls the upper house of congress. but with donald trump questioning the voting process in georgia, will republicans still turn out to vote? paul hawkins, bbc news. a malaysian coroner has delivered a verdict of misadventure in the case of nora quoirin, the french—irish schoolgirl whose body was found in the jungle in 2019. the 15—year—old had gone missing from an eco—resort outside kuala lumpur, where she'd been on holiday with her family.

howard johnson reports. it was from this jungle resort in central malaysia that nora went missing on the morning of august the 4th, 2019. she'd arrived at the dusan resort with her familyjust the day before. the children and sebastian were tired because they really didn't get much sleep on the plane. they found the overnight flight quite tiring. so we had no ambition for the first day beyond just acclimatising. but around 8am the following morning, father sebastian discovered nora was missing. the site of where nora was staying was empty. i looked around. tried to keep my composure for a few seconds. immediately after that, run downstairs and start started searching around. mother meabh said a window in the downstairs kitchen area that she said she had closed the night before was found open. the family insisted there

was a criminal element to the case as their daughter had difficulty walking unassisted and had never wandered off alone. but the police always maintained it was a missing persons case. there is the possibility that the missing person had woken up from sleep. maybe she wanted to go to the toilet and was confused by the sort of house which was new to her and left the house on her own. nora... during the inquest, the court heard how a massive manhunt was mobilised to search for the 15—year—old in the thickjungle surrounding the resort. missing person flyers were handed out in nearby communities. the owner of the dusan resort told the inquest the area had never experienced anything like it. it has always been a safe place for my family. we have never had a burglary, and we have never had an intruder in any of our houses. nora's naked body was eventually found ten days after she disappeared,

close to a stream on a palm oil plantation. there was no sign she had been physically assaulted. autopsies carried out both in malaysia and london both concluded that nora had died because of a heavily ulcerated upper intestine caused by extreme stress and lack of food. this is very unusual. but there must be something more than the normal, i mean, stress. this is tremendous. a senior british pathologist said that scratches on nora's torso, legs and feet were consistent with her moving through the densejungle. today's verdict of death by misadventure means that coroner maimoonah aid believes that on the balance of probabilities, nora wandered off alone. nora's parents called for this inquest. but it's delivered a verdict that will undoubtedly disappoint them. howard johnson, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... further restrictions are expected to control the spread of coronavirus in both england and scotland —— in england, the prime minister has warned

of tough weeks to come. the rollout of the oxford astrazeneca jab has begun — the prime minister says tens of millions of doses will have been administered by the end of march. primary schools in most of england reopen this morning, but there's growing concern over safety and staff shortages. millions of children should be going back to school today — but most senior school pupils are learning from home this week and many primaries will also remain closed to the majority of children. it's all to stop the spread of coronavirus. graham satchell has been speaking to some parents in england about their concerns and confusion. parents across the country with tough decisions to make as the number of covid cases continues to rise. sean and aiden live in cheshire, which hasjust moved into tier 4, but their school will be open this week. for their mental health, it's the right environment for them.

0bviously, their education is key, but mine are only little — they're still, you know, seven and nine, and... ..you know, it's more about the social aspect of it. but, you know, if it's for the greater good, and if keeping them off an extra couple of weeks, an extra few weeks, would bring the rates down and get it all under control, then, yeah, i'd be behind that 100%. in the midlands, leo and lucy's school is also open — but their mum isn't sure they should go. we are in a situation where we're saying it's not safe to go and get a haircut from someone in full ppe, but we are expecting my sister, who teaches at a sixth form college in leicester, to go and mix with a group of 4,000 students on a daily basis. and if what is necessary to keep everyone else safe is for me to, you know, pull myself up by my bootstraps and print off some worksheets for a few more

weeks, i can do that. this is amy and her three children in richmond, in london. primary schools are closed in london. amy is worried about her children, but needs them to go to school so she can work. it's scary seeing the cases rising all the time. so in that sense, i don't particularly want my children at school. but to allow me to go to work, to allow me to earn the money that me and my children need to be able to survive, to pay the bills, to eat — yes, it is very important. leyla preston's children are enjoying some fresh air in the playground. cases here in hertfordshire have been rising fast, and schools are shut. we live in a very high—case area — hertsmere — and we haven't... i haven't heard of one case at my kids school, so i think they're doing really well in terms of safety. so in that sense, i think it would probably be betterfor them

to go back to schooljust because they need the socialising, they need the classroom environment, they need to have something different, something more in their lives. in sussex, chloe found out late last night her school — which was due to be open tomorrow — will now be closed for at least two weeks. she's saying to me, "mum, is it safe for me to go back to school?" and i'm like, "i don't know!" in september, i absolutely felt that it was safe to go back to school. all of the information coming through was showing that transmission rates amongst children was really, really small. and that felt really safe with the measures the school had in place. what's happened over the last few weeks indicates that that isn't now the case with the new strain. in north london, sam was told on friday that her daughter's primary school would stay closed for the time being. sam's family really struggled with home schooling in the first lockdown. oh, gosh, the amount of times ijust ended the day sobbing because it was just too much, trying to handle a child with learning difficulties remotely, a 6—year—old who was unwilling to learn remotely,

on top of my dayjob... and i think that's why my response to this one has been so much stronger than it was the first time — because i fear going back into that same position that we had earlier in the year. there are no easy answers here — each family with its own concerns and worries. graham satchell, bbc news. "helen's law" finally comes into force in the uk today. it means convicted killers could remain behind bars if they refuse to say exactly where they put their victim's body. the change comes too late for marie mccourt, who fought for the law in her daughter's name. but she hopes it will spare other families from a similar ordeal. marie's been speaking to linda jones, whose daughter danielle was murdered in essex in 2001. her body was never found. jayne mccubbin reports. i hope that one day helen will be found.

i hope that it could happen, but my faith is... there is the reason. there is a reason — we're put on this earth for a reason and my reason, i think, is having helen's law. marie and linda's daughters were both murdered by men who refused to admit their guilt, who refused to say where their victims were buried. for years, marie fought for helen's law — a law which would keep her daughter's killer behind bars until he confessed. that law comes into force today. having to live day to day like this, it really is hard. it's the one thing that disturbs me the most — that i don't know where she is. you know, i walk along and just think, "did we search that field properly?" it's with you pretty much all the time. i could have walked past her a million times and not know. marie's daughter, helen, was killed in 1988 by pub landlord ian simms. he was the first to be

convicted using dna evidence without the discovery of a body. but almost a year before the law was enacted, simms was released. since then, does he encroach on your thoughts? absolutely, absolutely. in every way. her hope now is that helen's law will force danielle's killer to reveal where he has hidden her body. stuart campbell is due for parole this year — 21 years after danielle disappeared. and we've brought both mothers together to discuss their hopes. the parole judges have to obey that law and they have to look into us a lot more careful than they did in my case. hopefully, fingers crossed, we might benefit from this. well, i'm sure we will. and i'm just so sad for you that you didn't. but i know... i know how you feel. sorry, i'm getting emotional now. i know that you've done everything you can. helen would be proud. and i'm sure, hopefully, with everything you've done

that we will benefit from this. the law marie petitioned for won't mean "no body, no parole" — which the government say would face legal challenges — but helen's law does force parole boards to fully consider an offender's decision not to disclose information. i'm sure that, up there somewhere, helen and danielle are together and saying, "this is going to work." how are you coping? because i know... i know what that stress is like. i am beginning to get a little bit anxious about the prospect of the parole hearing starting — yeah, very anxious. i believe that it's prayers that have got me to where i am today. yeah. and i will certainly be praying that this man is kept in prison until he says where he put danielle's remains. yeah, yeah. and that is what is so important to us — to have her back. this month, marie willjoin an independent forensic expert to begin a fresh search

for her daughter's body, while linda prepares for campbell's parole hearing. no, and ijust hope i can take a little bit of your strength with me, marie, cos you've got strength in abundance. so... so have you — so have you. you could move a mountain to get your danielle. thank you. both mothers say they will never give up hope... that's for me and helen, as well. ..of one day being able to lay their daughters to rest. and you stay strong. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. yes been a cold start of the day and it will be cold day generally. wintry showers in the forecast, for many it will be dry with sunshine. brisk and gusty wind, especially with the exposure, and especially so across parts of the south and also east. high pressure dominating our

weather, low pressure around the mediterranean. in between pulling in north—easterly wind, cold direction, plus a weather front draped across the southeast and the channel islands. that is producing some rain which will be heavy at times across the channel islands, you could hear the channel islands, you could hear the odd rumble of thunder. dry, sunshine, we have the showers here, most rain, in the hills we could see some wintriness, and if you are exposed to the wind it will feel cold. these are the strengths of the wind we are expecting. 30—40, may be 45 mph. temperatures of 3—6, poor for the time of year, it will feel colder if you are exposed. through this evening and overnight, rain and the south—east and channel islands, still showers coming in across northern and central parts wintry in the hills but at times we will see a get down to lower levels. if risk of ice with low temperatures, also some frost, in the west highland

temperatures could fall as low as -6. temperatures could fall as low as —6. this morning, still a lot of dry weather, if a bit of sunshine, gusty when thes rain, and also in the channel islands and south—east. wintry in nature are particularly on higher ground. they same in scotland and northern england, wintry showers, some at lower levels and heavier bursts. tuesday and wednesday, high—pressure moves away, allowing this area of low pressure with its front to come in. that means a lot of dry weather, light wind, still a few showers across eastern and southern areas, and then this weather front comes in, bringing rain and also some snow across the far north—west of scotland. these are the temperatures, 1—6 c, and as the weather front sink southwards during wednesday into thursday, it will bring further snow but it is a weakening all the time, by the time it gets to the south—east it will not bring much more than some sleet 01:58:57,778 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 or maybe the odd snow flurry.