as you celebrate your 75th year, it is with great pleasure that i send my best wishes to the listeners and all those associated with woman's hour. during this time, you have witnessed and played a significant part in the evolving role of women across society, both here and around the world. in this notable anniversary year, i wish you continued success in your important work as a friend, guide and advocate to women everywhere. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. still a wintry look for some of you. we have seen the weather changing to start this week. high pressure is to the north instead of the west. we have an easterly flow bringing slightly less chilly air. it stays cold. frost and ice continue to be a feature by night. quite a breeze blowing over the next few days in southern areas. rain will feature

more. rainfall totals will continue to talk up —— tot up in the south—east. rain across many southern counties of england and southern counties of england and southern ireland. a few showers further north in the eastern half of england and eastern scotland. a bit of snow over the higher ground. the further north we go, the higher the wind. in scotland and northern ireland that we have seen the best of the sunshine and temperatures willdip of the sunshine and temperatures will dip back. it will feel colder than temperatures suggest further south. a shallow stream into lothian and borders will produce significant snow over the hills. all ads into an icy risk for tomorrow morning with the widespread frost. temperatures

as low as —8 in scotland. a bit of sunshine here and there. wintry showers eating a bit in eastern scotla nd showers eating a bit in eastern scotland and northern england but it continues to rain. it will be another cold day, especially in that breeze across the south. the breeze will ease down a bit tuesday night into wednesday. the isobars will start to open up. more widespread frost to take us into wednesday morning. the persistent shower banned from the south—east into the channel islands will start to break up. afew channel islands will start to break up. a few showers dotted around. late in the day will see rain arriving into the far north west of scotland. another chilly night will follow. a sharper frost for england and wales to take us into thursday. a bit of cloud, rain, sleet and hail snow for scotland on thursday. most will be dry on friday after a pretty chilly start. for the weekend and next week the wind will shift round

toa next week the wind will shift round to a more westerly direction. looking now the next week. thank you for that. —— milder. a reminder of our top story. the prime minister warns of "tough, tough" weeks to come — as the government came under pressure to announce another national lockdown. that's all from the bbc news at one. so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... england all—rounder moeen ali has returned a positive corona virus test after arriving in sri lanka for england's two match test series. team mate chris woakes has been deemed a posible close contact and will self—isolate. strict coronavirus checks were undertaken when england arrived in the country, the 23—man squad and their kits were sprayed with disinfectant by airport staff in protective suits. here's our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. the england squad was tested on arrival with moeen ali being the only member to test positive, he

must now spend ten days of self isolation in his hotel room. chris woa kes has been isolation in his hotel room. chris woakes has been deemed to be a close contact so he will also observe close contact and further testing. who scored a self isolating and their roots with food delivered to their roots with food delivered to their doors, but following a further round of testing they hope to start training on wednesday. the captain joe root insisted the show must go on if possible, including in the event of positive tests stop. joe denly struck a half century as brisbane heat beat sydney thunder by five wickets in the australian big bash. fellow englishman alex hales hit 46 offjust 26 balls as thunder seat the heat 175 to win. denly started slowly but got sixteen off three balls to bring up his 50 injust his second game in this year's competition. brisbane reached their target in the final over. the world's best t20 batsman, dawid malan, was powerless to prevent hobart hurricanes losing to melbourne stars. he made 26 as the hurricanes fell 11

short of their target of 184. snooker‘s masters event — starting onjanuary the 10th — has been moved from the alexandra palace to milton keynes so that strict covid—i9 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 o'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. 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 against gary anderson, but nerves then got the better of him. eventually price 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 winners cheque and also becomes the new world number one.

not bad for someone who six years ago was playing professional rugby i remember, i neverfulfilled my dream are potential in rugby days, but if i had, would i have gone on and become a dart player? not sure. everything happens for a reason, and i had another opportunity at a com pletely i had another opportunity at a completely different sport i digressed it with both hands, over the past seven years, i am thankful that i have another opportunity and i have taken the opportunity in another sport. liverpool can restore their three point lead at the top of the premier league if they win at southampton tonight. just 4 points separate first from 6th in the table. last season was very tough, so it is not that we thought it was easy, so it's really find this yet is tough

again. so we worship it was not that close but i am not surprised it was close, so now southampton will ask for different things, we have to be ready again. aston villa, manchester united. this season is a tough one for the supporters. if they like it, if they are neutral, they will love itiam if they are neutral, they will love it i am pretty sure, we will go to the wire. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. borisjohnson has said tougher coronavirus restrictions will be announced "in due course" and warned the coming weeks will be tough. for the past six days, the number of new covid—19 cases reported in the uk has been above 50,000. the prime minister was speaking on a visit to chase farm hospital in north london where people were receiving the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccine.

the crucial thing is to recognise that we have got 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. i must stress, at this critical moment, it is also vital that people keep disciplined. huge numbers of people are following the guidance, some people understandably are becoming frustrated, impatient and not following a tender way that they should. the most basic things, hands, face, space, they really matter, particularly with his new variant. you think there is evidence of more people are not following the guidance? i don't think so, i think they have done their very best, but

ido they have done their very best, but i do think obviously, as months go by, people's patients understandably starts to wear thin, so all i am saying is, we have got to half weeks to come, it is clearly we have got the virus really surging, it is vital in addition to data tiers measures that we may have to take, it is vital that everyone does their bit to —— together. it is vital that everyone does their bit to -- together. what further restrictions will be put in place?” am going to ask you to wait, we will be producing everything that we think is necessary to keep people from spreading the virus. we have already got a lot of the country in tier4, already got a lot of the country in tier 4, some already got a lot of the country in tier4, some in already got a lot of the country in tier 4, some in tier 3, already got a lot of the country in tier4, some in tier}, what we have been waiting for is to see the

impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus, it is a bit unclear at the moment. if you look at the numbers, there is no question we are going to have to take tougher measures and we will be announcing those in due course. some primary schools have stayed close despite your choices are to save, they are ignoring you. are they not simply doing now what you will inevitably tell them to do in the coming days? it is important to understand that back in march one of the things i look back on both greatest misgivings what the closure of primary schools, because it is so important for young people to get an education, and the difference it can make to their lives being at school, not being in school at that age is really very important. that is why closing primary schools is for all of us closing primary schools is for all ofusa closing primary schools is for all of us a last resort, and postponing the opening of primary schools is a la st the opening of primary schools is a

last resort. we are looking at everything else we can possibly do to avoid that, given the social damage, educational damage that is done. what i would say to teachers, and to parents, thank you everybody for the immense work you have done to make schools safe. i would stress that schools are safe, and as you know the risk to kids is very small. the risk to teachers, we will 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, but i thank them for what they are doing. my message would be, we have a surging epidemic, the reasons for wanting to keep schools open are very powerful, what you have to look

at is the extent of the epidemic in the areas where it is really surging, and whether, not because schools are unsaved but whether you can actually do more to contain the epidemic by closing schools as well. that is the issue. you are saying to them, it is saved, the governments estate open, they are in large numbers across the country ignore you and closing, so they do not trust you when you say it is saved. i figure that is not right, schools are safe, and huge numbers of schools have opened and i thank them for what they are doing. —— i think thatis for what they are doing. —— i think that is not right. safety is not the issue, the issue is the extent to which the mingling of kids in schools by putting in lots of households together causes the epidemic to spread faster, alas that

is why in some parts of the country we have had to ask primary schools as well to perspiring their return, andl as well to perspiring their return, and i do not want to do that but it is necessary, and we will keep all measures under review. as it happens, it looks as though secondary schools, probably pay more ofa secondary schools, probably pay more of a role in the spread of the epidemic then primary schools. we will have to look very hard at what we do with secondary schools later in the month. by that be beyond january the 18th? the efforts that we are making as a government to try to keep prime schools open, i understand people's apprehensions andl understand people's apprehensions and i would just say respectfully, i think it is wrong to say that schools are unsaved, schools are safe, the insanity we have as a government is about the role of any

activity in spreading the disease, thatis activity in spreading the disease, that is why i would ask people to focus now as we roll out the vaccine on what we can all do to stop transmission at what we can do to follow the guidance. do you see secondary school potentially staying cold beyond january 18? we will keep under review everything, education isa under review everything, education is a huge importance for young people, it is a real loss to them if they do not get it, that is why 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 a tier4, we do, most of the country is already a tier 4, we will look at everything else we can do to contain the virus but we will take the necessary decisions to protect public health. we have waited nearly a year for this vaccine, we applied for this moment, why does the nhs not merely have the capacity to administer the 2 million doses a week that you are calling for? we do have the

capacity, the issue is to do with supply of the vaccine. they have got to... it is not so much a manufacturing issue, though that is pa rt of manufacturing issue, though that is part of it, it is also that each batch needs to be properly approved and quality controlled. because this isa... it and quality controlled. because this is a... it is fantastic news that we have a vaccine and we have to be vaccines, several coming down the track, and i think it has been amazing that it has taken us little asa amazing that it has taken us little as a year amazing that it has taken us little asa yearto amazing that it has taken us little as a year to produce it. but you have to make sure it is properly approved before it goes into people's arms, that is what we're doing. people ask, where's the big grand plan to get this done? we are going beyond hospitals, getting the army involved, getting as many as people as possible, where is that big grand plan? be endowed out there isa big grand plan? be endowed out there is a massive, the certificate

vaccine roll—out in the history of the country. i know that your viewers may be aware that this country has already done well overi million vaccines more than the rest of europe put together, so i do not think we are being slowed by international comparison. but there isa international comparison. but there is a massive ramping up operation now going on. you mention the army, all sorts of volunteers, all that is going to be done, but what they called the rate limiting factor is now not supply of vaccine, we what not to go faster, it is getting them properly tested, getting them to the nhs, so the rate limit is not the ability to distribute the vaccine, it is not the shortage of staff to get into people's arms, it is

getting a properly tested and out there. that will ramp up in the weeks ahead, but as i said yesterday, it is 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 the authority committed to, 2 million in the week, we will be given e—mail. committed to, 2 million in the week, we will be given e-mail. will be get that first? as soon as we can give you that data, we will. don't think it will happen in the next few weeks? we will be giving you more detail in the course of the next few days. 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 reopened this morning, but there's growing concern over safety and staff shortages. 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. 0ur correspondent simonjones gave us the latest from dover we have seen a steady stream of lorries arriving this morning, heading into the port, wanting to cross the channel to france, heading to calais and dunkirk. lorries arriving have to have the right customs declarations and safety certificates, otherwise they will be turned away, plus also the added complication if they are going to france, they need a negative coronavirus test. so far, over the past three

days, the start of the new year, traffic has been light, we were into the weekend after the holiday, it is expected to pick up today and in the coming days. let's speak to someone at the sharp end of this, chris, from one of the ferry companies. from your point of view, how has it gone? we are quite happy with how it has gone, as expected, the traffic much less the last year. so far, we have got the roads clear which is the main thing. people were talking about potential chaos on the roads, trafficjams stretching for miles, was that doom mongering or are we still at early days? we are still early days from the perspective when it is always quiet at this time of year, but what we're seing so far is that freight customers have done very well and working out what they need to do in terms of customs clearances so we are happy with the compliance we have seen and customs, so far it is good news. how does that work when a lorry

driver goes into the port? what do they have to show, to show that they are border—ready? the first thing they need to do is come to the port and show that they are covid—19 ready, and then they go through the portfor border control and showing documentation. as long as they have a valid customs clearance document they are allowed to board. what happens then is all the information for the customs agent in calais and dunkirk and we can tell the drivers when they are on board, whether they are good to go, green light or orange light, and they have to pull aside. i am happy to say that the vast majority of freight drivers have a green light to go, very important for everybody to keep the ports clear here and in calais. 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 are you expecting it to build up? when will we see the real test?

over the next week or two we will start to see traffic build up again. it is fair to say that after the last couple of brexit build—ups we had, 2019 and onwards, we saw a dip in traffic after that, that will take some time to clear and there was a lot of stockpiling by companies in the run—up to new year to try to avoid any problems. it is all going well so far. we are talking about lorries but obviously looking ahead to the summer, hopefully the return of the summer holidays, who knows? but how are you expecting that to affect tourist passengers? we have a job to do to explain to customers what it is they need to have in terms of some of the new documentation which may come through around health insurance or being allowed to drive on the continent but we are confident we will have plenty of time to explain what customers need and we are looking forward to

bringing them back on board. we have missed them over the last few months, as i'm sure everyone will understand, so as soon as we see the opportunity to open up travel again, and we are talking with government about when we can do that safely, we will welcome them back, give them a meal and send them on their way. i can tell you from a wet and windy day, the idea of summer holidays does seem a very long time away. 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". paul hawkins reports. 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 the votes that would change november's result. you can't let it happen and you are letting it happen. the call lasted an hour, the president angrily making unsubstantiated claim that ballots had been shredded and voting machinery removed — claims that were denied by a lawyer for the state. with secretary raffensperger saying, "the challenge you have, mr president, is that the data you have is wrong " the president called him a child. condemnation of the call has been swift. well, it was, yes, certainly the voice of desperation and it was a bold, bald—faced,

bold abuse of power. the president's refusal to accept the result had split his own party with the former republican leader of the house of representatives saying it was difficult to conceive of a more anti—democratic and anti—conservative act. well, 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, i mean, that's awful stuff. 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 literally does not matter any more, evidently. at least here in the us and the american media truth does not matter. it's all about propaganda from the liberal media and so the reality is, you go listen to the call, all the narrative of that is literally a not... 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. the weather set up and let you days different to last week, high—pressure to the north, lopressor south ids, is to north—easterly flow across the country. still cold and by night temperjust dropping below freezing, frost and ice around. more on the way of the southern half, there will be sleet and hills though but for some it will be rain, particular across the south—east. where to spot in the next few days. the hills of north kent, east of surrey, channel

islands, we could see 50 millilitres of rain. there could be some minor flooding. the rest of the day the rain continues on the brisker when, showers across eastern areas, turning wintry of a higher ground, better dry weather towards the west. a breezy day for england and wales, winter touching gill for some of the eastern parts. that will make it feel colder, as we go into the evening. dropping below freezing in parts of scotland, northern ireland. another cold and frosty night to come. watch out for significant snow showers on the likes of the borders, southern uplands, some into the pennines into the morning, making for icy conditions. temperatures at the lowest, money 7—8, holding up in the lowest, money 7—8, holding up in the south ids for the rain continues to fall. watch out for ice in the morning, the snow showers in southern scotland should ease, rain, sleet and snow pushing in from northern eglin, particular across the pennines. reining towards parts

of south—east england and towards the channel islands. many will have a dry and bright day, feeling colder than today. tuesday night into wednesday, easterly flow, high—pressure stunts to hold firm across the north, winterfollowing lighter, more in the way of frost andi lighter, more in the way of frost and i in wednesday morning, they showers in the south—east made across parts of kent by this stage, su btle across parts of kent by this stage, subtle wind shift direction means things should improve. some showers dotted around two central areas but mostly dry and bright but chilly after that frosty start. the blue means another widespread frost to tickety wednesday night into thursday. some rain, sleet and snow around parts of scotland and northern ireland on thursday about brighterfor northern ireland on thursday about brighter for england and wales, most will be dry on friday.

this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines: the prime minister warns of "tough, tough" weeks to come — as the government comes under pressure to announce another national lockdown. we have been waiting to see the impact of the tier 4 measures on the virus, and it is still a bit unclear but if you look at the numbers, there is no question we are going to have to take tough measures and we will be announcing those in due course. are stricter restrictions on the cards for scotland? parliament is recalled and the first minister is expected to make an urgent statement shortly. we'll be live at holyrood. parents and teachers face a "confusing picture" of primary school closures in england — as unions call for a delay to children returning to classrooms. 82—year—old dialysis patient brian pinker becomes the first