because one of the things that boris johnson has gotten his favour in terms of imposing this lockdown is that we are not alone. we seen nicola sturgeon to explain very similarup in scotland nicola sturgeon to explain very similar up in scotland today and also if you look at those nhs statistics they really are quite terrifying. i think that the one that stuck out for me today was that actually the number of people being treated in hospital now is actually 40% higher than it was during the peak of that first wave back in march. and that's a significant strain on the nhs, and when the argument is being made that actually this lockdown is needed because it needs to protect the nhs to make sure that everybody that needs medical help that they can access it whether it's because they are suffering from coronavirus or some other critical illness, i think that people have a degree of sympathy for that but i think that as we go through this newspaper review you will see perhaps some newspapers to bea will see perhaps some newspapers to be a particular the daily mail, has

been anti—lockdown as has the telegraph for much of this campaign. i think you will see this talking about is being back to square one. picking up the guardian front page of this quote that says parents will ask why we didn't make this decision sooner ask why we didn't make this decision sooner about closing schools. is that a question you are asking as well? my kids are above school age now, but so many parents will be innocence of absolute disarray. not just managing the expectations of their children, these huge mood swings that come from one day you are back from the non—holidays, and your friends and the next minute you have got to make do with video which is incredibly difficult for kids, it was difficult for everybody. steve got this incredibly difficult parenting questions but also in

terms of people managing their work time with fractious and disappointed kids around them, the fact that women are bearing more of the brunt of that than men. so it's, again, don't forgetjust before christmas at the end of the last term of the christmas term parents and school heads, and local authorities were being threatened by gavin williamson and borisjohnson being threatened by gavin williamson and boris johnson with litigation being threatened by gavin williamson and borisjohnson with litigation if they tried to close their schools a week early. that seems cover the evidence already piling up then that any sense of relaxation over christmas, however small, was going to lead to this spike injanuary and so to lead to this spike injanuary and so at the risk of being right after the event, it is notjust me it's huge numbers of people with expertise telling the government to be far more cautious in december

which would have made what they are doing now in january, which would have made what they are doing now injanuary, and the situation injanuary doing now injanuary, and the situation in january but just a little bit less bad than the catastrophe that we are now in. little bit less bad than the catastrophe that we are now inm go to the daily telegraph that has a picture of poor shots giving a speech. i don't think there's any other photographs for the pages. p.m. says 13 million other photographs for the pages. p. m. says 13 million jabs other photographs for the pages. p.m. says 13 millionjabs will mean vulnerable or protected by mid—february. there was a journalist on social media during the mass who thinks it's just about doable if 1.9 millionjabs are thinks it's just about doable if 1.9 million jabs are given to those vulnerable, even that there's that promise of 2 million a week is just about doable if nothing goes wrong. is it realistic? i think the problem that we have is that the expectation of this government is that we see lots of promises not being delivered. is not the order we talked about this world are breeding

test entry system the promise which was never delivered upon. i think it's difficult to look at these promises and say that will definitely happen, it will be out of it all by the spring. one of the issues here in particular is that actually for the promises already made up around the vaccines have not come to pass, and in fact it was a suggestion that there be 20 million doses of the vaccine available by the end of last year. and of course when it came to the astrazeneca vaccine being rolled out today on the 530,000 of them available, and although the government is promising swift roll—out of accessing —— of that vaccine is a huge margin of error, negative factor into that the time like that you have in terms of the vaccine and how long it actually ta kes to the vaccine and how long it actually takes to give you the immunity and again there's been a great concern around whether you need that second dose of the vaccine and whether or

not... because we running out of time what it jump not... because we running out of time what itjump into ourfederal newspaper, the daily mail whose headline is it's back to square one. i almost thought if i did not get to or papers i was difficult to bring in from march 2020 and see if either of you noticed. it almost feels like march 2020 apart from the daffodils. does that feel like march last year? it feels a whole lot worse. that is just the reality. and i think one thing that is making people feel all the more angry and frustrated, and pessimistic is this tendency as caroline has said in her last thoughts that this prime minister particularly does the opposite of what they always tell you, which is to under promise and over deliver. he gives on overpromising saying it

will be jams tomorrow and he's going to sort all this in the great british this and that, and always the reverse happens. how less bravura, just quietly telling people it's going to be difficult and we cannot make guarantees. and unfortunately i cannot think, ijust think it exactly right. opened a lot of money sadly that they of course are not going to make the deadline they have artificially set. care like it would have the final word, worse than march 2020?|j like it would have the final word, worse than march 2020? i totally agree. absolutely. despite all the reasons we've outlined really can we fit in this now for a long time, people are exhausted from the nhs is strained of resources but also drained of hope and people are really burnt out and of course there's people that have lost their jobs around this crisis who have really had nothing to come back for.

we look at it and say they will be out of it in the spring, there is a lot of people out there who will have these jobs in the number will increase over and above that, every month that we remain in this lockdown. caroline wheeler and john, thank you both so much. be back in half an hour to look at more the stories covered on the front pages. goodbye for now. good evening. hello i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre with a round—up of the latest sports news. liverpool have dropped points in the premier league title race tonight after a 1—0 loss at southampton. former liverpool player danny ings put the saints ahead from just two minutes in with a lovely lob... and the hosts held on strong all the way from there —

sadio mane went so close in stoppage time with liverpool camped out in their area. but it was southampton's first win in five games. boss ralph hasenhuttel clearly moved by it. a second loss of the season for the champions though and both manchester united and manchester city could leapfrog them if they win theirgames in hand. well, premier league football and other elite sports with testing regimes and bubbles in place will continue behind closed doors in england despite the latest coronavirus restrictions announced by the prime minister borisjohnson. exercising outside is allowed once a day, but venues such as golf courses, gyms and tennis courts will be closed, while the fa say all non—elite football is now suspended. in scotland, professional sport will continue. derby county say several first—team players and staff members have tested positive for coronavirus, with the club closing

their training ground. derby say they are holding discussions with the efl and the football association in relation to their upcoming fixtures. they're next due to play on saturday in an fa cup third—round tie against non—league side chorley. manchester city women are also affected. four first—team players tested positive for covid—19 and are now self isolating. it's not clear whether their wsl game against west ham on saturday will go ahead. and with the latest restrictions also impacting non—elite football — the women's fa cup will now be suspended. managerjoey barton has left fleetwood town with immediate effect after nearly three years in charge. the former manchester city and newcastle midfielder leaves the league 1 side with the club tenth in the table, just three points off the play—off places. he was initially appointed in 2018 and led fleetwood to last season's league1 play—offs.

meanwhile, league 2 club port vale have parted company with managerjohn askey. they're currently 17th. england all—rounder moeen ali is likely to miss the first test against sri lanka next week after testing positive for coronavirus. team mate chris woakes has been deemed a possible close contact and will also self—isolate. here's our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew. they were tested on friday, and they threw on saturday and arrived sunday morning where they were tested again twice at the airport. two different types of tests i understand. one set of tests came back negative, but then the one that did come back showed that moeen ali was testing positive. so it is clear that there is an issue as to why everyone tested negative on the friday and then this one now positive appears. moeen ali is ok. he faces ten days of self—isolation in his hotel room. he has food delivered to his door.

he is not allowed out of his room. so he has got ten days ahead of him i suspect he would rather not have. it also knocks him out of the first test match, which he might not have played, but he is there is the third test spinner in that squad, but now having spent ten days in his room, there is no way he'll be fit to play in ten days' time. snooker‘s masters event — which starts on sunday — 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 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 netball series between england and jamaica later this month has been called off because of covid—19.

extended restrictions to international travel between the uk and jamaica mean it is not currently possible to stage the fixtures. it's hoped the four—match series can be rearranged for later in the year. the new pdc world darts champion, gerwyn price says he's grasped the opportunity of reaching the pinnacle of the sport after winning his first world title last night. price beat gary anderson to take home the £500,000 winners cheque and become the new world number one. not bad for someone who six years ago was playing professional rugby. i never really fulfilled my dream potential in the rugby days, but if i had what i have gone on to become a darts player? i'm not sure i would. everything happens for a reason and i've had this opportunity in completely different sport

and over the past seven years i'm thankful i've got another opportunity and i've taken another opportunity in another sport. and that's all the sport for now. well, tuesday is going to be a cold day again across the uk. the persistent north—easterly wind is here to stay for a few more days yet. and will continue to bring wintry showers at least two parts of the country. for most of us, though, it is actually rain. so through the early hours, so we've got rain showers in the southeast of the country. the further north you are, and across the hills it's

more likely to be snow. sleet or snow. patches as well, particularly across northern and eastern parts of england. and then tomorrow, basically, through the morning and afternoon the further east you are the more likely you are to catch the showers. some of them wintry.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. boris johnson announces emergency lockdown measures — and warns the coming weeks will be the toughest yet of the pandemic. in england, we must therefore go into a national lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant. that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. south african officials say they're facing a new variant of the coronavirus that is more of a risk than the mutation found in the uk. as britain's coronavirus cases rise to more than 50,000 a day, the first dose of the uk's oxford — astrazeneca vaccine, is given to an 82—year—old patient. democrats call on the fbi to investigate donald trump's phone call to georgia's top election official asking him to "find" more votes.