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hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment withjoe twyman and lynn davidson. first, the headlines. the health secretary warns people against bending coronavirus lockdown rules in england, and backs tough police enforcement. we can all do something to help, which is to stay at home, because every time you try to flex the rules, that could be fatal and we all have a part to play. with hopes pinned on vaccinations, the government promises that every uk adult will be offered the jab by the autumn. disruption to supermarket supplies in northern ireland, as food shipments from great britain become more complex after brexit. and league two's crawley town deliver an fa cup upset, beating their premier league visitors, leeds, 3—0.
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hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. to what the papers will be with me arejoe twyman, founder of delta poll, and journalist and conservative commentator lynn davidson. welcome to you both. nice to have you with us. very nice ambient lighting you have gone for there tonight. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. joe has gone for the arc light look so we can see joe has gone for the arc light look so we can see him. ‘covidiots goad cops'. the metro say police will get tougher during lockdown following a so called staged stunt by protestors that was filmed to make officers in dorset look like they'd overreacted. the telegraph say ministers are considering a tightening of lockdown restriction as tougher rules on exercise and mask wearing in the workplace are discussed.
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the guardian carries a similar story saying stricter rules could be on the way as mass vaccination centres start to open. ‘stop bending the rules.‘ the i says shock tactics are to be deployed in a bid to scare the public in to following lockdown rules as cases and deaths continue to rise. the daily mail focusses on care homes and the covid vaccine. they say thatjust one in ten vulnerable care home residents have been given the jab. the financial times says that as anger grows over wednesday's riots at the us capitol building, senators are resisting calls to impeach president trump for inciting the violence. a great deal in this paper review then, about the vaccination and how quickly we can all be vaccinated, but also our behaviour during the current restrictions. let's start with the telegraph, and ministers are considering tightening lockdown.
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tougher rules on exercise and masks in the workplace being discussed as covid—19 cases soar, because we still have more freedom at this moment than we did in the first lockdown last year. yes, we do. it's not quite as tight as it was last time and you can see by some of the statistics published, there were some in the sunday times today, but showed that traffic on the roads and people walking around is almost double ina people walking around is almost double in a lot of cases compared to last time, and there are more relaxed things like going to places of worship, churches just now, relaxed things like going to places of worship, churchesjust now, and what ministers are looking now is seeing what they can tweak. they are saying we are only four days in from the latest restrictions brought in, but what they are wanting to do is there is a description in the telegraph piece about how people are looking creatively at the restrictions and finding their way around them, so they are looking up when people go outdoors to exercise, if you are a single household, they
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are saying you have to just use it as an excuse to go to the park and meet for coffee and they are also at mask wearing so whether in supermarket queues or other outdoor busy places, perhaps in the workplace they should introduce masks there. the mayor of london has also called for that. the exercise restrictions, and in supermarkets, reintroducing the one—way systems. we probably remember from reintroducing the one—way systems. we probably rememberfrom last time which has become a bit more relaxed now. the thing is, people have grown a little tired of the restrictions would be an understatement, but at the moment with the cases arising there is a case to be made by public health officials that we are going to have to be stricter with ourselves, or made to be stricter with the police intervening. that's right, the infection is rising and the rate of infection is rising with the rate of infection is rising with the new mutation emerge in the country over christmas. but my sense is what we are seeing in terms of public behaviour is that, back in
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march, people would err on the side of caution when it came to the specific rules. this time around, the opposite is true. in many cases they are seeing what they can get away with and the government really doesn't have that many levers left available to them to pull in terms of specific changes to the rules. they can close nurseries, they can prevent individuals from different households meeting for exercise and cut down the amount of exercise allowed, but i think actually what will make the difference is the enforcement, so the police and the action that the police take, whether it is informing people, educating people on the rules or enforcing those rules, that and the coverage of that over the next couple of weeks will probably have an impact and cause a change in behaviour, and if that is accompanied with very obvious changes to the rules, such as the enforcement of masks being woi'i'i as the enforcement of masks being worn indoors and outdoors in all public places, that could make a
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difference, coupled with the vaccine, the hope is that in the next few weeks and months the rate of death, the rate of hospital admission and the rate of infections will all start to come down. let's stay with you for the guardian, stricter rules could be on the way as mass vaccination centres open. i suppose this is the difficulty with human beings. we see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we feel we are hurtling towards it perhaps faster than we are with the roll—out of the vaccine. we are months away from all adults being vaccinated. absolutely. my grandma is 96 years old. and she has not been vaccinated yet and w is the first letter of her surname and we hope it will happen in the next couple of weeks but i'm not holding my breath when i will be vaccinated because i don't imagine it will be anytime soon. but that is the big change in terms of way people view things compared to march. in march
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there was no end in sight, where for some people the vaccination is seen as an option. it's worth remembering that uptake of the vaccine is by no means universal. we have a situation at the moment where about two thirds of people say they are pretty certain to get the vaccine. around one in six say they are very certain not to get in. when you multiply that up by the population of the country, that is millions and millions of people who say they are not willing to have the vaccine on the impact that those millions of people could have in terms of still spreading the infection, still infecting people medically not able to have the vaccine and potentially swelling the nhs with their numbers in hospitals still, that could have an impact, so none of these things individually is the solution that will solve all of the problem is that covid—19 represents. instead it's a combination of all of these things and many of the newspapers have talked about the fact that
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these restrictions could be in place for a lot longer than people expect, perhaps even years, and indeed vaccinations could be an annual thing for many people. so whereas the situation is better than it was in march, it is by no means a good situation. let's look at the i newspaper because it says, stop bending the rules and we heard the health secretary matt hancock saying we can all flex and find a little way of pinching a bit more freedom than we are really allowed, but that's not in the spirit of the lockdown rules. know, and we saw on saturday with the newspapers, the front of the times, the two girls in derbyshire who had driven five miles toa derbyshire who had driven five miles to a beauty spot and gone for a walk. the fact that they had peppermint tea with them in disposable cups meant that it was considered a picnic and they received a £200 fine as a result. they are busily claimed they were going for a walk and the police took a different view and derbyshire
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police have been pretty stringent through the course of the last years when they've been speaking to members of the public, but we see that kind of flexing point and we are ina that kind of flexing point and we are in a situation where we were told seven weeks for this latest lockdown, but some of the report in the papers today there was mention of the made a public holiday being the first possible day that pubs might reopen. that is a long time away. there is light at the end of the tunnel but you can understand why some people want to bend the rules, but the problem is that so many of us despite this can still spread the virus, we can have it, not know we have it, but we can still spread it. and that is one of the main issues, the main bugbear is that the government is tackling. on a similar sort of vein, the metro says idiots goad cops as deny confrontation as both deaths and
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cases spiral. explain what has happened in bournemouth. this is to women what was described by the metro newspaper as a flash mob. i mean, call me a cynic, but i don't think two women being filmed constitutes a flash mob. i can't see exactly that going viral and really chugging up the internet, but they we re chugging up the internet, but they were doing it as a protest against the restrictions that were in place and as time goes on, i imagine we will see more of these. we have seen protests in london and other areas of the country as people have made it clear that they are not willing to take further action. around three quarters of people support the wearing of masks indoors and outdoors in all public places, but one in five people object to that and oppose that. so if even a small proportion of those people is willing to go out and protest, that could be a lot of people and those
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protests will see people mixing under potential for more spread of the disease. i think these are the kind of areas where we see the police clamp—down progressively more frequently, but clearly these people in bournemouth have some way to go. with their particular campaign. yes, just the two of them. but when the police clamp—down at the first time last year they were in some parts of the country accused of overreacting, so it's a delicate balance they have got to strike, isn't it, that they are trying to inform and educate people rather than find them but we still do have people who don't believe what they hear about how busy the hospitals are, and no matter how much doctors come on to programmes on the news channel for example and say no, really are being overwhelmed, and people of all ages. if only common sprints was as widespread as coronavirus. you got
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to think the police are in the front line and about like all of the key workers, they are front line and home secretary, priti patel has staunchly defended their position and empowered them. there has been fresh guidance issued to chief co nsta bles fresh guidance issued to chief constables on fines, and some of them have been increased and some of them have been increased and some of them have been given fresh guidance, so one of the powers strengthened has been when people fly back from overseas. they flow into and they have to fill in a form about where they will be and if there is any problems with the form filling and there is a £200 find which has been increased to £500 but the problem is some of the rules are a little bit loose and perhaps people interpret them ina loose and perhaps people interpret them in a ways. the problem comes if people interpret them widely and say ina people interpret them widely and say in a local park near me, lots of children and people playing football, and clearly that's not
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allowed on the guidelines but people are still doing it and i think it's perhaps outdoors and it's ok and pa rt perhaps outdoors and it's ok and part of exercise, but it does become difficult when we are at this crucial point and we are literally seeing nhs hospitals, and it is hard, because we don't get to see inside the wards, so we cannot see what is going on. we had some bbc footage this week which was very powerful, but the fact is we are in a situation now where people that need cancer operations that could be cured are not able to get treatment because the hospital wards are overflowing with covid patients and you can understand why the police are having to take this action and people just need to use their common sense and keep to the rules as much as possible. thank you. let's look at the financial times. virus battle as mutations test drug makers. we have the kent variant, as it is known in this country which has meant more infections and south africa is battling with a variant as
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well. that's right, and we know viruses mutate because anyone who has had a flu vaccine knows each year you have to have your flu vaccine around this time of year which is adapted for the most prevalent type of flu that season, which is not to say it's the only type of flu for that season and there will be many others out there as we might see the same thing with coronavirus, and we might see mutations notjust in the ones you mention but across the world, and we will see more drug companies having to adapt to that. now we don't know the precise efficacy of the vaccine, of any of the vaccine is available oi'i of any of the vaccine is available on the new types of mutations we have seen in this country, but we hear they are effective, but presumably this is something that will be an ongoing battle and essentially we could reach a situation where if we are not able to control the virus and eradicated completely, then perhaps, and this was raised in a number of papers, we
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could be seeing annual vaccinations for the entire country. the logistics of that are enormous, and how that works remains to be seen, but it shows some of the challenges that still await us for many months andindeed that still await us for many months and indeed years to come. that still await us for many months and indeed years to comelj that still await us for many months and indeed years to come. i suppose what is heartening in one of the interviews i did this week with professor sirjohn bell from the university of oxford who has been involved in the development of the astrazeneca vaccine was that at least they don't have to start from scratch. you are building on top of the knowledge that you already have, and they have got these vaccines, the pfizer vaccine one as well and the pfizer vaccine one as well and the maternal one in under a year whereas normally it normally takes more yea rs whereas normally it normally takes more years than that. it is amazing what has been done in such a short space of time. it really shows what can be done when everyone works together to one end. there are something like 17 million moderna vaccines that have been purchased
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this week for roll—out and the government has this target of 30 million and the prime minister has said we have 35 days, if i've worked that out correctly, until mid—february to get all of these people vaccinated, but it's a great achievement particularly in the uk to have the first one there and with the pfizer vaccine which has now been tested and it has been shown that it been tested and it has been shown thatitis been tested and it has been shown that it is able to combat this new variant, but as jojo that it is able to combat this new variant, but asjojo said, what we do know for sure is that the virus new “— do know for sure is that the virus new —— mutates and it was something we expected and it is something we will have to look to in the future and expected to happen again. on the daily telegraph they say all adults to receive the vaccine by autumn as the hubs open doors and give people a sense that they might be up to start planning to do normal things later in the year, but of course that requires people to take up the vaccine, as you have mentioned, and some people are not turning up for their appointments and vaccines can go to waste. that's right, if the
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vaccines are not used that day, they cannot be used in some cases. matt hancock is already optimistic about what he calls a brilliant summer ahead and has booked his cottage in cornwall, apparently. ithink ahead and has booked his cottage in cornwall, apparently. i think that is best described as wishful briefing. we will have to see how things go because there is a big challenge, but the interaction, to go back to what we were talking about, the interaction between vaccinations and enforcement of the rules is an interesting question. at the moment about 2% of the population are vaccinated, so far, but what happens when that rises to 10% or 20% when it is one in five or one in four people, then does everybody have to stay indoors all the time? can two people who have been both been vaccinated not meet for a long walk and a cup of peppermint tea? the intricacies of the enforcement around that will get very, very complicated and i think it is perhaps inevitable that we will see some form of adaptation of
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rules to allow people with some fourth of proof of immunity to re—enter normal behaviour —— some form of proof. whilst others will be restricted, but this makes enforcement more difficult. it's all an illustration of just enforcement more difficult. it's all an illustration ofjust out, go to the situation is ahead and the trouble that we have in 2020 might well be replicated in 2021. lets look at something else besides coronavirus. trump. the financial times. senators resist call to impeach trump despite anger over riot. democrats, though, are pushing foran riot. democrats, though, are pushing for an impeachment at some point. it might not be until after president trump steps down. there is a bit of a combination of trains of thought on both sides here. namely, first, i think the democrats are concerned that incoming presidentjoe biden's first hundred days, which are very
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important, always spoken about, will be affected entirely because of this ongoing impeachment trial and they would like to delay it. there's also a train of thought that actually will take too long to happen before he is due to leave office and in ten days' time actually it's just a distraction from the incoming president and the campaign he will wa nt to president and the campaign he will want to launch. the new cabinet he will want to appoint, so they would like to delay it. even arnold schwarzenegger, remember him, the former california senator, in that piece where the ft compares the trump populism to the rise of nazism in europe and says that he will go down as the worst president in history. he does not mince his words in that piece. there's also the fact the democrats, in the main, will wa nt to the democrats, in the main, will want to try and do this to stop the president ever having a chance to run again, but you can see there are
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a few different thoughts on that process and entirely why they don't wa nt process and entirely why they don't want it to tarnish president biden's incoming moves. how great is the danger that if they do move to impeach it will inflame the situation further with his supporters who still believe, wrongly, with no evidence, that he was cheated out of victory? he's leaving the white house. donald trump is not going to be present on the united states after the 20th of january and that is certain now. so why impeach him? why impeach him before the inauguration or afterwards? the only reason is the fa ct afterwards? the only reason is the fact that it then prevents him from running for office again and there are very few restrictions on running for president and one of the few is that you cannot previously have been impeached. you can't run for more than two terms, but those two terms don't need to be consecutive, so he could run again. but in order for
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him to actually be successfully impeach, the democrats will need to win over the views of 17 republican senators. in a party that is still, at least to some extent, in the thrall of the trump, shall we say, bubble and with so many hard—core donald trump supporters shall we say wavering towards the republicans, will those senators, 17 of them, switch to support the democrats in impeaching him? ithink switch to support the democrats in impeaching him? i think it's highly unlikely. so far two of them have sided with democrats and called for donald trump to go, but i think the likelihood of them getting 17 is virtually zero unless donald trump comes out and does some more crazy stuff between now and whenever. so instead, if you don't impeach him, what are the options? it means you then have more opportunity for bipartisan communication and work between the two parties, in theory
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at least. mitch mcconnell, the republican leader of the senate has already signalled that that is something he wants to work towards, because he would say that, wouldn't he? that might make joe biden's early weeks and months and the presidency easier, and donald trump is still facing potential lawsuits from not least the southern district of new york and some aggressive prosecutors who may go after him. whereas he cannot run for president if he's been impeached, he also cannot run for president if he's in jailand cannot run for president if he's in jail and the democrats may think that their greater chance of preventing him from causing any more trouble is to have him injail in new york as a result of that rather than being prevented from impeachment since the numbers look unlikely, but we've seen a lot of disruption in american politics, the roller—coaster ride is not over yet, but it remains to be seen how this particular instance plays out. do not unbuckle your seat beltjust
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yet. we finish with the daily telegraph, a quick thought. get your pe kit on, plimsolls, air text vest at the ready. did you take part in joe wicks's efforts last time customers i am embarrassed to admit i've never done a joe wicks work—out. you are in good company. i haven't, but maybe i ought to. what about you, joe? no. i'm a top level swimmer, soi about you, joe? no. i'm a top level swimmer, so i just about you, joe? no. i'm a top level swimmer, so ijust practice in the bath. we are struggling at the moment because the swimming pools are shut. i take the rishi sunak excuse, i got a pellet on and although there are other exercise bikes, but it is brilliant. joe wicks is saying he did not really wa nt to wicks is saying he did not really want to be back doing this, but he has answered the call.|j want to be back doing this, but he has answered the call. i think it's been great for parents, especially those with small children who need something to tire them out so they can sit down and work for the rest of the day. he's been an absolute
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godsend to them, so fair play. on a serious point. mental health is hugely important in this pandemic, and one of the best ways to help your mental health is to exercise, so anything people can do, whether it is following joe wicks or anyone else on the streaming services available or getting out and going for a available or getting out and going fora run is available or getting out and going for a run is going to be hugely helpful. especially if we are going to be restricted on the amount of time we can be outside but we don't know that yet, do we? that's it for the papers this hour, but we will be back again at 1130 for another look at the front pages and coming up next, it is the weather. hello. quite a few of us had a cloudy day on sunday but there were some cloud breaks and a bit of sunshine around, in the right place at the right time was this beautiful sunsetin at the right time was this beautiful sunset in the doncaster area of
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south yorkshire and sunday was a day a little bit less cold and it has been over recent days, but still chilly, justi degrees in hereford, fourin chilly, justi degrees in hereford, four in manchester but turning milderfor four in manchester but turning milder for the four in manchester but turning milderfor the vast four in manchester but turning milder for the vast majority of us and through monday temperatures between eight and 10 celsius pretty widely will stop the milder air is working on at the moment so temperatures are lifting and we do have rain around, damp across north—western areas in the rain turning more persistent in northern ireland and heavy rain in western scotla nd ireland and heavy rain in western scotland combining with snow melting brings the risk of flooding here. the only place that's really cold overnight is shetland where we will still see some frost and there will still see some frost and there will still be a few snow showers around as well. monday, milderair still be a few snow showers around as well. monday, milder air pushes him off the atlantic and with the milderairwe him off the atlantic and with the milder air we will have a strengthening western south—westerly winds. a mild labour cloudy for most of us and a few breaks every now and mcleod thickest in north—western areas with persistent areas of rain in northern scotland and we will see the rain turned to snow across the highlands and the grampians with
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accumulations above to 300 millimetres —— metres elevation and it could be heavy snow, but mild, eight to 10 celsius. 0n it could be heavy snow, but mild, eight to 10 celsius. on tuesday we have pressure building on the north of the uk, sending colder north—westerly winds across scotland and northern and eastern areas of england as well. might be colder, but loads more sun to go around, some wintry showers for northern scotla nd some wintry showers for northern scotland and the odd shower brushing into parts of norfolk. it will be cold for many of us with temperatures between two or six celsius but in the south—west where it is cloudy and damp, relatively mild, around ten in cardiff and plymouth as well. we still have mild air in western areas on wednesday behind this next weather front and the front pushes in bringing heavy rain which turns to snow for a time across the higher ground in scotland and the pennines. big temperature contrast. ten or ii celsius towards western areas but still cold in the north—east with temperatures about
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three and we could see some of the snow getting down to lower levels through wednesday night but some uncertainty about that.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. indonesian authorities locate the flight recorders of the passenger plane that crashed into the sea on saturday, minutes after take—off from jakarta. a senior democrat lays out the possible timeline for impeaching donald trump after at least 180 democrats give their support to a draft article of impeachment. at least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been opened following wednesday's assault on the capitol by pro—trump supporters. fresh warnings that the nhs — under increasing pressure — could soon be overwhelmed by coronavirus cases. the uk health secretary says people should all play their part in helping stop the spread, amidst calls from some that the rules are not tough enough. with less than 200 days to the olympics, japan has declared

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