good afternoon. scientists and senior public health officials are warning that tougher restrictions are needed in england to curb the surge in coronavirus cases, hospital admissions and deaths. their calls come as staff in one london hospital are preparing to move some patients to a hotel to free up capacity. more than 1,300 deaths from coronavirus were reported across the uk yesterday — the highest daily figure of the pandemic. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports.

with many major hospitals in the capital under unprecedented pressure there is an urgent need to free up beds. this hotel in south london is preparing to take on a small number of homeless or vulnerable covid patients from king's college hospital, while they continue their recovery. the first is expected later today. the hospital's lead for social care says it has been successfully used for non—covid patients. we know there is a demand for more of this hotel beds to be set up in order to ease the pressure on the nhs, we hope by starting small we can up scale in order to meet demands of the trust. london's declared a major incident, with more than 7,000 covid patients in the hospitals and admissions approaching a thousand a day, staff say this yea r‘s a thousand a day, staff say this year's winter pressure is off the charts. it really is unprecedented,

in terms of the number of patients that require intensive care, being put on a ventilator at one time, and most hospitals have reached, have expanded capacity to somewhere in the region of three time theirs normal capacity but it is very pressurised and the staff are doing their utmost but they are being worn down by their pressure. once more we must all stay home. a simple clear message, the government hopes will hit home in this new advertising campaign. it reinforces just how critical it is to follow the social distancing rules, to wear a mask, wash your hands and ventilate indoor spaces. but even with uk—wide lockdown, experts warn the new variant spreads more easily which is likely to make it harder to control. the more people who are out and about and in contact with each other, the more the virus will spread, and because we have the more infectious variant which is somewhere round 50% more

infectious than last time round, in march, that means that if we were to achieve the same result as we got in march we would have to have a stricter lockdown and it is not stricter, it is less strict. mass vaccinations will eventually help to leave pressure on the health service. but with new infections still at record levels, hospital admissions and deaths are expected to continue rising for several weeks to continue rising for several weeks to come. 0ur political correspondent nick eardleyjoins me now. nick. is the government worried too many people are breaking the rules? i think there is considerable connoisseur in government about the figures we have seen over the last few day, understandably. there is a feeling that they really need to hammer home this message, that things at the moment are extremely veen things at the moment are extremely veer, that is why you are hearing the prime minister saying overnight that he is more worried now than at any point in the pandemic about the

strain, the nhs is under. it is worth bearing in mind most of the uk is now under a very severe lockdown. 0nly came in five days ago, in england but the view in government is, that maybe small tweaks they can make, but there isn't a lot more they could do to crackdown on household mixing and on people being out, so i think you will hear a lot more about compliance, that message that people need to stay at home, where ever possible and act like they have the virus. there are lots of questions that will continue to be asked, about when decisions were made, whether the government has gone far enough at different points but the firm view of the prime minister and of number ten at the moment, is that compliance is more vital than ever. moment, is that compliance is more vitalthan ever. many moment, is that compliance is more vital than ever. many thanks. many thanks. a plane with more than 60 people on board has gone missing over the sea shortly after take—off in indonesia. the indonesian authorities soon lost contact with the boeing 737 passenger plane, operated by a local carrier sriwijaya air, as it departed the capital jakarta.

a search and rescue operation is now under way. the us president donald trump has been permanently suspended from twitter. the social media company said it was concerned about the risk of further incitements to violence, following the storming of the us congress on wednesday. 15 people have now been charged in connection with their involvement in the unrest. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. the most powerful man in the world no longer has absent to twitter. donald trump's preferred platform for picking fights, settling scores and promoting conspiracy theories has blocked him for good. president trump has been blamed for starting the protests that led to the deaths of five people at the us capitol and twitter believes his continued use of the platform could stoke further violence in the run—up tojoe biden‘s inauguration in ii

violence in the run—up tojoe biden‘s inauguration in 11 days' time. facebook having already banned donald trump for the remainder of his term in office, the president is looking increasingly isolated. facing multiple resignations and with members of his own party deserting him, some are concerned about what he might do next. in the final tweet before his account was closed he said one thing he won't be doing is attending his successor‘s swearing in, breaking with a tradition stretching back more than 150 years. joe biden said he was fine with that and called mr trump a national embarrassment. he has been an embarrassment to the country, embarrassed us around the world. not worthy, not worthy to hold that office. there are those who believe the president should also be denied access to the nuclear button, the house speaker nancy pelosi is actively seeking his remove moll. democrats plan to introduce an impeachment resolution on monday.

the president is a deranged unhinged dangerous president of the united states. after a week of unprecedented turbulence it is difficult to know what will affect donald trump's fortuned more, impeachment if it happens or the lack of access to a social media soapbox that has been so effective in building and rallying his mass band of supporters. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. at least three deaths have been reported in the worst snowstorms to hit spain for up to half a century. storm filomena has blanketed parts of the country in heavy snow , of the country in heavy snow, causing disruption and travel chaos. the capital madrid, one of the worst affected areas, is set to see up to 20cm of snow in the next 2a hours. with all the sport now, here's gavin ra mjaun at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's fa cup third round weekend — six games are under way already and we start with one of the pick of the ties. it's national league north club, chorley, who are in round three

for the first time. against championship club derby county who have had to field a youth side due to a covid outbreak in the first team. forward connor hall putting them ahead afterjust ten minutes. it's 1—0 at half time. national league club boreham wood are also in the third round for the first time. in the third round for the first time, but their hopes of causing a shock against millwall have taken a blow as kenneth zohore put the championship side ahead. the second half just getting under way there. as it is at goodison park where everton will be hoping to avoid an upset. they're also 1—0 up against rotherham of the championship. cenk tosun with the goal. elsewhere, nottingham forest are in front against cardiff city thanks to this from lyle taylor. a great strike. luton and norwich also lead in their games. you can follow it all on our website. birmingham city have pulled

out of tomorrow's wsl match at tottenham, because of a shortage of players. the club say they had just ten players fit, due to injuries and one positive covid—i9 result. the football association denied their request to postpone the game. three other wsl games have been postponed this weekend due to coronavirus cases. there have been fresh doubts over the already delayed olympic games this week. as it stands, it'll go ahead injuly, despite a third wave of cases in tokyo. but how are athletes coping with the uncertainty? they are still allowed to train in this lockdown, but doing that is one of many challenges, asjoe lynskey reports. you won it, kelly! you've won it! it looks like it could be — adlington's going to be the gold medallist. mo farah, gold for great britain again! tokyo still waits to make 0lympic memories. the 2020 games are on hold and british athletes have to reach their peak in a lockdown. so, dai greene's way to the far east is through a farm in the east midlands. he's turned it into his own gym.

i was in the giant green shed that they've got here doing a biometrics session by thejcb diggers and a big pile of grain and a log pile with 101 layers on just to try and keep warm. that said, i think the motivation is still strong with all the athletes i see, everyone has that goal and ambition. athletics' indoor season is mostly cancelled and track races are hard to find. so too are hockey matches. gb‘s women won gold in rio but they've played four games since march. they can still train together and that helps them stick together. you've got 26 individuals in our squad and at each particular time someone will be having a bit of a struggle or a bit of a low point and that's where you lean on your team—mates. i think we've all realised how lucky we are. but cases injapan are rising again. tokyo went into a state of emergency this week, and so much is still uncertain. it could be that these games are postponed or cancelled altogether, so how does that affect you as an athlete? i guess it affects me a lot,

because i'm going to be 35 in a few months‘ time so i haven't got too many years left. to be honest, i try not to think about that too much. it wastes a lot of negative energy inside my head thinking about the what—ifs. you know, in my head it's going ahead. this weekend, elite athletes will keep training but the tokyo finish line is still some way off. joe lynskey, bbc news. and that's all the sport for now. five of the six games aren into the second half of their matches. chorley 1—0 second half of their matches. chorley1—0 against derby, that is still at half—time. that is all the sport from us. that is all the sport from us. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:05pm. bye for now. hello.

you're watching the bbc news channel. it's been confirmed that a number of people are missing after the indonesian authorities say they lost contact with a passenger plane shortly after take—off from the capital, jakarta. the sriwijaya air flight was en route to pontianak in west kalimantan province. the airline, which is an indonesian carrier, says it's still gathering more information. let's speak to our correspondent jonathan head who's in bangkok. jonathan, what information do we have on this at the moment? not a great deal more. the flight disappeared, they say they lost contact, one assumes they lost raider contact. whether they had no radio contact, flight radio websites have observed a very steep loss of altitude shortly after it took us from the main airport injakarta. that contact was lost when the plane would have been about 20 kilometres

north of the airport. not far off. that was five and a half hours ago, soi that was five and a half hours ago, so i think most people fear the worst. there have been one or two eyewitness reports, we do not know how reliable, that talk about a plane crashing into the sea. it will not take long for search and rescue vessels to get out to the area. though it is night time, of course, now, to search to see if there is any evidence to say what happened to this point. it was carrying, we believe, perhaps as many as 59 passengers plus an unknown number of crew. it was not full. it was a boeing 737 plane, and ironically, it went down any very similar area to the lion air boeing 737 max that crashed just over two years ago, would settle for the safety concerns about the 737 max resulting eventually being grounded. this is a much older model of the 737, and at this stage there are no indications as to what might have gone wrong. reports of families, children,

babies on board. it is absolutely tragic, isn't it, if all these lives have been lost? as always, there will be the scenes at the airport as relatives wait for some kind of news of what has happened. indonesia does have a very poor aviation safety record and we have seen scenes like this in several times over the past 20 years or so. your line, sriwijaya air, has not had a major accident before. it was up one of the carriers that expanded enormously, and lower the cost of it in indonesia over the last 20 years in indonesia. it has enabled people to move around much more. but that huge expansion has strained the infrastructure, showing the airports and raise serious questions about training and safety culture. the youth of the pirates. we will someplace have to see if that was a factor in this case as well. —— the

youth of the pilots. the information we are getting at the moment does seem to confirm that it is 62 passengers who were on board that flight. passengers who were on board that flight. information coming in all the time. let's get more now on the warning by scientists and senior public health officials that tougher restrictions are needed in england to curb the surge in coronavirus cases. a uk government source has said police will be asked to put a greater focus on enforcing rather than explaining the lockdown rules. john apter is the chair of the police federation of england and wales — which represents more than 100,000 officers. he told me about some of the difficulties police face. i think naturally, throughout this pandemic, enforcement has crept further into reality. let me explain why. when we first entered into this pandemic early last year, i think the country was so shocked by what they were seeing and the announcements from government, unprecedented, there was a very high level of compliance with the rules.

they were very clear, everybody had to adhere to the rules. as time has moved on, the rules have become different for different areas, right down to different postcodes. it has been confusing, there have been certain announcements, i heard the professor speaking earlier, certain announcements were made by government which were very poorly timed. but at the same time, we have a growing hardcore of people who, for whatever reason, do not believe the rules apply to them. because they do not like theirfreedoms being inhibited or they do not believe that the virus actually exists. we are having to deal with that. of course, because of that, there will be more enforcement. but i am certainly not getting the sense that my colleagues, i represent 130,000 police officers across england and wales, we are not getting a sense that the government are there with a big stick saying, "you must enforce more." but there are more people out there who are breaching the rules. and there is an awful lot of pressure on policing, an awful lot of pressure when you see the number of deaths that have been reported.

whether it is the media or the general public, they expect people who are wilfully breaking the rules to be challenged. that is what my colleagues are trying to do, but it is very, very difficult. we are trying to tread that fine line of keeping the public with that is, i think the vast majority are, not forgetting that the vast majority of the public are sticking to the rules, but we have to deal with that hardcore with the limited resources that we have. you might have seen a story we have been reporting about a couple of women who went for a walk in derbyshire in the midlands. they were five miles from their home, out in the countryside, and the police fined them £200 each. is that appropriate in your view or is that going too far and should police efforts be focused on other areas? i think no matter what we do, we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. there will be people who say that travelling five miles for exercise is not acceptable. i understand that the national

police chiefs council have now given out further guidance, that should have come sooner, of what is and is not right. travelling for exercise is not defined in law. there is no case law there yet. what is the guidance? it is about being reasonable and responsible. the guidance has been issued to the constabulary overnight, which i understand says that it is not in the law. it is about police officers being reasonable in the circumstances. what you could have, and i do not know the facts, which is why i am not going to come on television and criticise my colleagues who are already under the cosh for trying to do the right thing, but what we have had in certain locations, such as beauty spots, is car parks being overwhelmed with people travelling there, not great distances, to do their daily exercises. that is bringing more people together, so it is trying to do the right thing in the right circumstances. we are all learning as we go, we are not going to get this right every time. if you live in the town or city and you want to go somewhere

beautiful for a walk, it is pretty depressing living in lockdown, as we know, especially after such a long time, then people, you cannot blame them for wanting to do that. but of course crowds are to be avoided and the police are already overstretched. what about other breaches? are you finding it is amongst youngsters, is it after dark, does there need to be a curfew? what changes would you like specifically? the police federation and the national police chiefs council are not calling for greater powers. we want clarity for the public‘s benefit and my colleagues' on the rules that are in place. what we are seeing is there is clearly some large—scale breaches, whether it is demonstrations, because you cannot meet in groups outside, but demonstrations are very difficult, we cannot give every member of thousands of people a ticket. house parties, where the health risk is significantly increased, we are seeing more and more of that.

we are targeting and dealing with them. people just simply refusing, not the majority, not the majority, refusing to wear masks. we are trying to deal with that at the same time in addition to all of the normal police work that my colleagues have to deal with. the 999 calls, they carry on coming in and we have to deal with them as well. at the same time, a growing of my colleagues are either being struck down with this virus, so they are not at work, or having to self—isolate, so there is fewer people but more is expected of those who are left behind. john apter, chair of the police federation of england and wales under very difficult challenges facing all of us in these lockdown times. the message from government is very clear at the moment. gibraltar is set to receive its first supply of coronavirus vaccines today — with the firstjabs due to be administered tomorrow. last week gibraltar imposed a second lockdown to slow soaring rate of the virus — just days after striking

a new agreement with the uk about its post—brexit border with spain. a study of covid—19 patients in wuhan in china, where the virus first emerged, has found that more than three quarters have at least one continuing symptom, six months after they first fell ill. over 60% continued to experience fatigue and muscle weakness. some businesses in europe have suspended deliveries to the uk as they grapple with the changes brought about by brexit. the christmas eve trade deal with the eu left little time to prepare for the new paperwork needed, and companies have warned they will have to pass on higher costs to british consumers. 0ur europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. some of belgium's finest and most famous products, normally heading to uk customers, but some are now on hold while businesses figure out new systems and bide their time. this is one of the largest plant

suppliers in the country and three quarters of kath‘s stock goes to the uk. as you can see, it's quite empty today, because we have decided to wait another two weeks before actually shipping plants to the uk. she's worried about hold ups. on top of new customs checks, her plants now need to be inspected for diseases on both sides, increasing the delivery time from one day to four. if there is damage, who are they going to blame for it? it's not very easy to accept for us that it's made so difficult really. it's really putting the clock back. normally when you make trade deals, you make things simpler. this belgian beer company has stopped shipping too and when they start back up, large orders could cost british customers almost 40% more, because of new vat rules and taxes on alcohol. it will be very expensive for them. we keep the same prices, but they have to pay a little bit more there to receive them.

lorries have rolled through calais and dover smoothly so far, but traffic is far from its peak. i think the big problems are still to come. a lot of our companies, small businesses in our country, have not the experience to export outside the european union, so they will have to learn and this will be the cost in the next months, the cost of learning how to do this. with a long history of delivering chocolates to the uk, deliveries here are continuing to get these on the shelves for easter. but the extra admin will come at a cost to the customer. the extra transport, the extra documents, it will cost money and time and someone needs to pay this, so the products will become more expensive, yes. do you think the customers will pay more? we hope it. british people love belgian chocolates. these are early days and hiccups were expected.

only in time will these businesses see if their customers are happy to wait longer and pay more. more now from spain — and the heaviest snowfall for decades has already left hundreds of drivers stuck and forced the closure of madrid airport. warnings of heavy rain and snow have also been issued for parts of italy, turkey and greece, as mark lobel reports. coronavirus victims remembered in spain's capital, madrid, as a different storm sets in. parks were closed early. translation: for those who don't work, it is great. for those who work, it is a little more complicated. translation: i came to madrid and i was surprised, as it is not snowing in berlin. it must have to do with climate change. the snow in spain stopping people getting to their plane. real madrid's footballers among many stuck on the tarmac for hours at barajas airport. 0perations here suspended at times.

storm filomena struck these houses on the portuguese island of madeira. translation: i am 66 years old and i had never seen so much rain and water like i saw yesterday. i have never seen anything like this. rescuers were on hand after this ferry ran aground in the canary islands. translation: we were afraid for the baby. as a blanket of snow covered eastern spain, lorries reach the end of the road. translation: we have remained in monreal del campo where we are stuck. things look bad. after high tides here in malaga, in spain's south, and a month's worth of rain in just two days in gibraltar, heavy weather alerts have been issued for italy, turkey, greece and the balkans. in between the fun, spaniards are being urged to avoid nonessential travel will stop many

now bracing themselves for a white many now bracing themselves for a white weekend like no other they have ever seen in their own backyard. mark lobel, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. some of the freezing fog we have seen this morning could linger all day once again. it was bitterly cold where we saw this sunshine first thing. that resulted in the coldest night for nearly a decade for parts of northern ireland and northern england. resulting in some sunshine. as well as the freezing fog in southern areas, still a few wintry showers close to the south coast, the channel islands. cloudier skies will invade across northern ireland this afternoon, as well as northern and western scotland, where we have got some rain falling onto frozen surfaces, some snow over the hills, still icy. that will be a risk throughout the day. where we see the sunshine, although temperatures will not rise very high, where we had the snow yesterday, much brighter, staying bright east of the grampians. actually, temperatures are recovering a bit in scotland. that is because we have got the atlantic influence. staying bitterly cold where the fog lingers.

that atlantic influence with its cloud, rain and hill snow will drift southwards and tend to weaken through the night. cold airfollows in behind, with snow showers returning and frosty conditions. even where we have got the weather front, remember the ground is frozen so still icy conditions, and rain falling onto frozen surfaces is not good. it will be cold and frosty in the south with some freezing fog again under this ridge of high pressure. that at least will keep a lot of fine and settled weather in southern areas. like we are seeing today, more breeze in the north, blowing in some further patches of rain, perhaps some fog will be still with us for a while in southern areas. as you can see, it will be rather showery in nature, the rain, but still some snow over the hills, perhaps the cloud starting to break elsewhere across england and wales and northern ireland into the second half of the day. by that stage, we are getting heavier rain back into the north and west. the temperatures tomorrow are slightly elevated, slightly less cold than it has been in recent days. with a brisk breeze, which will continue to the start of next week as well, so even though we have got higher temperatures, i do not think it will

feel particularly warm. we are bringing in atlantic air, bringing in further weather fronts to the north and west. we are also bringing in this milder air. as that comes in, that milder air, we are going to see two things happening. the rain on the weather fronts, but then after that, or with that, the snow thaw as well, there could well be some localised flooding. we are keeping an eye on that very closely. as ever, the warnings are on the website. as we are looking into next week, we are looking at things being not as cold as we have been, still some snow on the hills. goodbye for now.

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in the uk urging people to abide by lockdown rules. a boeing 737, believed to be carrying 62 people on board, has gone missing after take—off in indonesia. donald trump is banned permanently from twitter because of concerns his tweets could incite more violence. democrats reveal the draft of a new impeachment resolution against donald trump — the president elect accuses him of inciting an insurrection and endangering the security of the us. he has been an embarrassment to the country. embarrassed us around the world. not worthy to hold that office. and snow storm in spain have killed three people, and left hundreds of drivers trapped in their cars as roads are blocked and madrid airport remains closed. now on bbc news, witness history. in this edition we look back at some of our most memorable recent stories. we hear from the man who invented the polio vaccine and how