this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940, according to new official figures. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk's most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known what do that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. downing street rejects suggestions that borisjohnson broke the rules on only exercising in your local area after he was seen cycling

in the olympic park in east london. uk supermarkets morrisons and sainsbury‘s take a tougher stance on people refusing to wear masks while shopping. what do you think about how the lockdown rules are being enforced where you are? are you confused by the rules themselves? if you'd like to get in touch on this or any of our stories you can contact me on twitter @geetagurumurthy or #bbcyourquestions. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up tojoe biden‘s inauguration. plus, the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is due to be published by the irish government. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis

from here and across the globe. figures released in the last hour by the office for national statistics show that last year saw the largest increase in deaths in the uk for 70 years. the big increase of around 90,000 is the sharpest since the 1940s. this historic rise undoes around ten years of progress in life expectancy. let's get more from our head of statistics, robert cuffe. robert, this is a very grim set of figures that has been released, just put it in some context for us? yes, it is not going to be surprising to anybody that last year was not a good year, but this just gives some historical context to those figures. so, we saw about 700,000 deaths registered in the uk last year, and for context, the average in the five yea rs before for context, the average in the five years before that was just a little bit over 600,000. that is a big increase year—on—year, about 15%. as

we said it is the biggest rise since world war ii. it doesn't bring us all the way back to death rates that we saw back in the 19405 and 505, it i5a we saw back in the 19405 and 505, it is a big increase, but the death rate5 is a big increase, but the death rates have moved back to roughly where we were probably in the mid noughtie5. so it has moved u5 where we were probably in the mid noughtie5. so it has moved us back ten years. but the long—term trend has been improving death rates, and this other single year increa5e has been improving death rates, and this other single year increase is the largest we have seen in a very long time. and we have seen an increa5e long time. and we have seen an increase in the number of deaths registered 26% above the five—year average? well, consistently throughout november and december we have seen increasing numbers of coronavirus death5. it has not filtered through totally into the excess filtered through totally into the exce55 deaths in the way that it did in the first wave, and we need to be a little bit cautious about the

figures about deaths registered over the christmas period, because registration offices are shut and so the numbers move around a little bit depending on the bank holidays. but the overall trend is pretty clear, and moving in the wrong direction, and moving in the wrong direction, and of course at these figures only go and of course at these figures only 9° up and of course at these figures only go up until the end of 2020, and it i5 go up until the end of 2020, and it is only since then that we have seen even worse figures with the daily death figure sometimes exceeding 1000 ina death figure sometimes exceeding 1000 in a day, so these figures are going to look wor5e 1000 in a day, so these figures are going to look worse in the weeks to come. in terms of trying to understand the uk position compared with europe, the us and other parts of the world, thejohns hopkins numbers of the world, thejohns hopkin5 numbers 5how of the world, thejohns hopkin5 numbers show that still the uk is pretty high globally, we've seen that in east asia they have been able to control the numbers, give us able to control the numbers, give us a sense of context if you can as to how the uk stands? well, a lot of the big comparisons on the total number of deaths that we've seen, they're still largely driven by the first wave. the second wave is building and going to get worse in

the coming weeks and months. so, it i5 the coming weeks and months. so, it is hard for us to know exactly how things are going to shake out in the. but the trends that we are 5eeing, provisionally, are that some of the countries that avoided very high deaths in the first wave, like slovenia, they're starting to see increasing numbers of excess death5, countries like the uk that had a very difficult first wave, the coronavirus deaths aren't translating in the same way into total expected mortality. and countries like the united states, that have seen study, more regular deaths throughout the year, are catching up on countries that were ha rd e5t catching up on countries that were hardest hit in the first wave. and of course the uk has these new variant which is bringing increased transmission. robert cuffe, thank you very much indeed. the uk'5 most senior police officer has said people who break lockdown rules are being fined ‘much more quickly‘ but says that more clarity on the meaning of "local" on exercise guidelines is needed from the government.

it comes as the health secretary says that tighter measure5 for england cannot be ruled out. metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick wrote that it's "preposterous" that anyone could now be unaware of the need to follow restrictions and covid rulebreakers are "increasingly likely" to be fined. morrisons and sain5bury‘5 say people who refuse to wear ma5k5 will be banned from their shops, but it's unclear if they will receive police support. it comes as downing street has made it clear that borisjohnson did not break any rules when he went cycling in east london at the weekend. this report from our political correspondentjessica parker. with hospitals under huge 5train, people are being urged to follow the rules to try and bear down on infections and admissions. this is 42—year—old hanifa, who5e condition worsened after testing positive. it is loud and clear. covid is serious. national lockdown rules may be tough on many, but there are warnings that they could yet become tougher, especially if people don't follow the current restrictions. there's been speculation

about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it's needed. but it's your actions now that can make a difference. the supermarket morrisons says it will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings unle55 medically exempt. sain5bury‘5 is also set to challenge people without a mask. and writing in the times, britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, said... labour has suggested tighter rules in england should be considered. so, we're in this extraordinary situation, if you like, where, having got to at least as serious, if not a more serious position than in march of last year, we've got le55er re5trictions in place, and we need those in place as quickly as possible. meanwhile, boris johnson,

a keen cyclist, was seen on his bike in east london on sunday around seven miles from downing street. advice is to stay local when exerci5ing, but a number 10 source insists he was within the rules. jessica parker, bbc news. let's hear more from the head of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick. she says people who break covid rules will more likely find themselves to be fined. we have said last week and again today that we are moving more quickly to enforcement, so this doesn't mean that we won't engage with people. of course, we will. we will explain, we'll encourage people, but we will move more quickly to enforcement, and particularly where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people.

0ur chief political correspondent adam fleming 5aid police chiefs are asking the government for more clarity of how the rules should be enforced. cressida dick was saying it is only a minority of people who are breaking the rules, but her officers are going to move more quickly from guiding people towards the guidance, asking them what they're doing, and handing out more fines. so, i think we could see more people getting fined if the police feel they are not sticking to the rules. but there is a crucial distinction there. the police, when they are dealing with the law, it is very clear. however, lots of the coronavirus stuff is in guidance, which is voluntary, doesn't have legal force, and isn't necessarily that clear. so, she went on to say in that interview that it would be helpful if the government clarified, for example, what it meant by saying you should stay local when doing your exercise. i am not sure the government will want to clarify that because i think they left it

deliberately vague so that people can make their own decisions. but she also said 300 notices had been handed out to people who may have breached the rules in london in just 24 hours, which she said is quite a high number. and perhaps what you do outside is perhaps more of a distraction because the key worry is what people do indoors, gathering, but of course, borisjohnson, questions about that bike ride over the weekend, and whether or not it was undermining the government me55age? downing street are very clear, in their mind, the prime minister did not break the law and the law does not say how many miles a local bike ride is. they also say he didn't break the guidance because all the guidance says is that you shouldn't leave your village or your town or go to another part of your city if you are going for exercise. and the policing minister kit malthouse has been on the airwaves today and he did not want to talk about the specific case of the prime minister, but his case to the general public was, focus on the big stuff,

not the small stuff. well, he was taking his once—a—day exercise, as i understand it, and obviously some people, their average cycle will be much greater than that. and i know thatjoggers willjog more than that. but if they do, then obviously as long as they are staying local within theirown mind, they are not interacting, not mixing with other people, and they do it efficiently and quickly and get back, then that is reasonable. we understand that people need to go outside to take their exercise. however, i think this bori5johnson bicycle story might have a few more hours left in it, because in that interview, cressida dick of the met police also said that in her mind, the definition of local exercise in london is, you start and finish your exercise from yourfront door, apart from in a few specific circumstances, which means political

journali5t5 will be spending another day asking no 10 downing street if the prime minister got a lift to the olympic park for his bike ride or whether he cycled the whole way, which i am sure to downing street officials and ministers will be a massive distraction, because they want people to focus on the big stuff, following the rules in general, rather than looking for these very small, specific bit5 on the edge of the guidance. and very briefly, the point about this in terms of what the prime minister does is, does he undermine the government's main message? because people than use this as an excuse, they say, if people in power don't listen, if celebrities don't li5ten, why should i? that is a very interesting point to make. because it is in guidance and he hasn't broken the law, this is something that is in the eye of the beholder, and to some people this will be like dominic cummings minus, his former adviser who drove to the north of england during the lockdown, and to others,

it will be the dilemmas facing all of us, plus, it'sjust that he's a bit more high—profile. what i find interesting is how this whole enforcement thing has been working in the last few days. we talk about the police and fines but actually mo5t of it is being done in quite a softly, softly way. for example, supermarkets, over the weekend, there was a meeting of senior ministers in the government to look at what they could do to get adherence to the rules by the public. one of the issues they looked at was supermarkets as a potential source of infection, because the statistics suggest that maybe they are. so then defra, the government department which manages the government's relationship with supermarkets, did not want to be too heavy—handed, they had a chat, they reinforced with them the idea about the rules, then you got sainsbury‘s and morrisons coming out yesterday saying they would insist that all their customers wear masks. i know from my own experience of going to a supermarket last night, the social distancing

in my local supermarket was much tougher last night that it has been in the last couple of weeks. so maybe that will have a much bigger effect on people's daily lives than individual high—profile cases like the prime minister. but we will have to wait for a couple of days to see what impact all of this has on the coronavirus case numbers. and we have just heard from germany that angela merkel has said that she expects the lockdown there to last until the beginning of april. she is quoted as saying, if we don't manage to stop this british virus, then we will have ten times the number of cases by easter. we need 8—10 more weeks of tough measures, that is quoting angela merkel, we will confirm that as sooner we can.

the impact of last week's attack on the capitol building in washington continues to shake the us. president trump has now approved a state of emergency to run untiljoe biden has been inaugurated as president next week. the fbi is warning of further possible violence and armed protests by pro—trump and right—wing groups as security in all state capitals is stepped up. the democratic party is also pursuing its twin—track efforts to punish mr trump, either through his removal from office by vice—president pence, or by seeking to impeach him. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. washington, eight days before joe biden is due to be sworn in as the next president. unprecedented security around the capitol building, where the national guard is on patrol. from tomorrow, parts of the city will be under lockdown, and president trump has approved a state of emergency lasting until the end of next week. inside the capitol, more political high drama. the democrats don't want to wait

to see the back of mr trump — they want him out now. resolution calling on vice—president michael r pence... it's a long shot, but they're hoping the vice—president and a majority of the cabinet will agree to invoke the 25th amendment, declaring mr trump unfit to continue in office. he will be removed immediately. if that doesn't happen, the democrats will move forward with articles of impeachment, accusing the president of incitement of insurrection, that he gravely endangered the security of the united states. around the country, feelings are running high. you know, if one of us was inciting a riot we would get thrown in jail, so i think that somebody like... you know, just because you're the president doesn't mean you are exempt from the law. and i think he should be held accountable. hurry up and impeach him! but we're only hoping that he will never run for anything ever again. except from the police. yes. so lock him up. while washington debates the president's immediate future,

mr trump is planning to head to texas to see part of the border wall that he promised to build. in the meantime, the most famous coachin in the meantime, the most famous coach in american football, bill belichick, says he will not accept donald trump's offer of the presidential medal of freedom. for his part... ..joe biden has been focusing on the coronavirus, receiving his second dose of the vaccine. he was pressed by reporters on whether he was concerned about the open—air inauguration ceremony next week. i'm not afraid of taking the oath outside, and we've been getting briefed. butiam... i think it's critically important that there be a real, serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition, and threatened people's lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable. the head of the national guard has

said up to 15,000 troops could be deployed in washington for mr biden‘s inauguration, while the fbi has warned that armed protests could take place in the capital cities of every state in the country over the next week. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's get the latest now from washington and cbs news correspondent debra alfarone. how much fear is there on the violence that we could see any sort of repeat of what we saw last week? well, it is pretty unnerving to think about, 50 states having some type of armed protest, but those are the actual words that we are hearing, we are hearing from the fbi, that there could be some trouble. when you are hearing about armed protests, and then you see what happened here where i am standing right now, in the capitol,

it really is almost too much for your mind to take in. today, when i came to work, there was absolutely extra security here, there are national guard members on every cornerfor national guard members on every corner for blocks around this area. and there is also a 7ft non—scalable fence that is being erected around the capitol, and it is getting closer and closer to being done. they were working on it yesterday when i came in, it was not quite at the entrance in which i was coming m, the entrance in which i was coming in, and today they had it erected in that area. i was also met by five capitol police offices on the corner, whereas normally i can walk through that area, there is no fence 01’ through that area, there is no fence or police officers, you would only encounter someone when you or police officers, you would only encounter someone when you get to the door of the entrance. so, absolutely, there is a step up security here by the capitol, and in the surrounding area. and on the political front, what are we expecting to see in the next day or two on these key votes, the moves by the democrats, to try to force trump

out of office potentially early? in a few hours, the house is going to get together and they are going to vote on a resolution to essentially force the vice—president to invoke the 25th amendment. rather than enforce, i should say urge, is really the word. he of course does not have to do that. he is not expected to go forward with that. so, that is going to happen today. then they have tomorrow, when the house democrats say they are going to introduce articles of impeachment. they have the votes, they say they're confident that they have the votes, and that means that the president would be impeached twice, if they go forward with that. however, when it hits the senate, thatis however, when it hits the senate, that is when things get a bit muddy because right now, the senate is not in session. will they force people to come back? will they vote right away? will they go forward and vote and not convicted or will they hold on until after the 20th of january, when they are supposed to be coming back? so, we don't even know if this

will happen before president trump is set to leave office, but certainly, they are not taking their time, they are getting right to this. and they say every day is a day, nancy pelosi says, a day in which there is a dangerous person at the white house, so they want to make sure that they move forward and not only punish but also really, they want to make sure that things are peaceful, they want to make sure that the president doesn't do anything or incite anything that might happen in the future. we have not heard from the president in a while but we are sad to hear from him today. yesterday his aides said he would speak, and today, we are hearing again that he will speak when he goes down to the border wall in texas. just briefly, there were questions about the lack of security last week, has more information been revealed on that front? there has been investigations into what took place here, and there has been a timeline put together, it appears

cbs news has spoken to the capitol police chief, who has since resigned, and he was saying that he had asked for back, and he wasn't given the backup, and there is a whole bunch of back and forth about whole bunch of back and forth about who said that they couldn't go forward and ask, the timeline of asking, who didn't go quickly enough, et cetera. but there was a request for backup, and they did need backup. now, there has also been an investigation into several capitol police officers here who they say could have helped some of these people who broke in, busted in and rioted here, in a violent way at the capitol, one of whom took a selfie with one of the people, and then another person, who wore a make america great hat, which is what the president's supporters wear. so, it is interesting, i am sure there is a lot more to be found out, i am sure there is a lot more going on behind there is a lot more going on behind

the scenes that we don't even know about. debra alfarone from cbs news, many thanks for your time today. a device used to locate the black boxes from the boeing 737 that crashed off the coast of indonesia is suffering officials say the crew did not declare an emergency before the passengerjet suddenly plunged into the sea. there were 62 people on board the plane when it crashed. callistasia wijaya from the bbc‘s indonesian service is at the port injakarta. so, the search for the black boxes continued today, and earlier, the officials said that they have located those black boxes. however, when the team, the search team, tried to discover the black boxes, their effort was hampered by a lot of debris under water, so they are now trying to clear out the debris in order

to find that black box. and we also heard today from the national transportation safety commission that they will receive from singapore a tool that will help them locate those black boxes. they call it a ping locator, so this tool will make sound when it approaches the black boxes. according to the commission, the team's locator was damaged, and they are hoping this help from singapore, this locator, will help with the search. however, today the search team has also ensured that they have enough equipment and human resources to continue the search. some news from our business correspondent emma simpson, who says that a deal has been agreed to rescue the edinburgh woollen mill, a business owned by the retail tycoon

philip day, it fell into administration last year and it is now thought that 2500 jobs and about 300 stores will be saved. the buyers area 300 stores will be saved. the buyers are a consortium of international investors, who are going to inject fresh capital, led by the existing management team. some good news there potentially. there are concerns that the quality and quantity of food being provided to some children from low—income families as part of the government's free—school meals pledge, is inadequate. the labour leader keir starmer says that some images of free schools appearing online are woefully inadequate, calling it a "disgrace" childrens minister vicky ford says she will urgently be looking into the matter. in a tweet, she said food parcels should cover all lunchtime meals, and be nutritious. andy moore reports. even though many children may not be at school because of covid, the government is still committed to providing free school meals in the

meals in the form of vouchers or food parcels. but some of those deliveries have been falling short of expectations. this is claimed to be the supply of food for one child for ten days issued in place of a £30 voucher. the company believed to have supplied it says an investigation is underway. it says the photo doesn't reflect the specification of one of its hampers. and now, this example, and other hampers provided by different companies, have come to the attention of marcus rashford, the manchester united player and school meals campaigner. he tweeted an image of a parcel said to be three days of food for one family, saying it was just not good enough. he added that children deserve better than this. when marcus rashford raises an issue, ministers take note. the claims can't be verified but they have already prompted the children's minister, vicky ford, to say she will be looking into the issue urgently. the department for education said parcels should be nutritious and contain a varied range of food. it said there were clear guidelines

which it expected to be followed. the night after the prime minister made the announcement i was at the supermarket getting all our packed lunches for the next two days, and what i bought looks much better than what we get from the company we use, and it was half price, we use, and it was half the price, and that is what we found throughout lockdown, what we have been getting from the company has been not the greatest in the world and is believe it or not nearly double the price that we paid for the hot meals pre—lockdown. so, yes, we weren't happy at all. some parents have been happy with the food hampers they have received, but the government will be keen to defuse this row before incurring the wrath of marcus rashford once again. india's supreme court has temporarily paused the implementation of new agricultural laws that have led to widespread protests from farmers. for more than a month, tens of thousands of farmers, mainly from punjab and haryana, have been camping out at various

borders in delhi protesting against government reforms on farming laws in the country. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more from delhi. it certainly does leave things on the farmers' side rather than the government because effectively the supreme court has put a stay on these government laws, these three laws which the government says will liberalise the farming sector, open it up to private players. and the government says this will actually be beneficial to farmers, but farmers fear that these new laws will actually in the end grind down their livelihoods, see their crop prices go down, and they fear that the minimum prices that they get for certain crops will in the long run go away. so that is why they are continuing to protest. now, as we know, this is a stay on the law. what the supreme court will do now is to form a committee to try and come to some kind of agreement, to try to air grievances between the farmers unions and the government. i

think there is also an economist who will sit on the committee. but i don't know whether this will actually come to a solution because we have now had something like eight rounds of talks between farmers unions and the government, and there is still an impasse. ajudge in the united states has halted the execution of the only woman on federal death row a day before she was due to be killed by lethal injection. thejudge ruled that lisa montgomery, a convicted murderer, was not mentally competent to understand the government's rationale for her execution. montgomery was convicted in 2007 of strangling and killing a pregnant mother and taking her unborn child. her lawyers said she had admitted her guilt but deserved clemency because of severe mental illness and the sexual abuse she suffered during her childhood. let's talk now to clive stafford smith, the founder of reprieve, who's spent 25 years working on behalf of defendants facing the death penalty in the us. thanks forjoining us, this is a

horrific case in every sense, isn't it? what is your response to the announcement we have had in the last few hours? well, is a horrific case in every sense. she has actually got two stays at this point, one from the dc circuit in washington and one from thejudge in indiana. what it is not that unusual to get a stay on the grounds of competency, and she is in such a predicament. because of covid her lawyers could not go to prison, two offence code covid when they assessed her. there is only one solution, to stop the madness of the execution, we will have to see effort happens. what would you say to people who when they read the details of this crime, in the us where the death penalty is permitted, say there have to be limits as to what is permitted under

this crime was beyond anything anyone can imagine. some crimes reflect the profound mental illness of the person who commits them, this is such a case. it is horrific, she cut a baby out of a pregnant woman, but that is not a sign of madness i do not know what is. when she was a child, her stepfather and mother project type on her mouth if she spoke out of turn, she was gang raped by her stepfather and all of his friend, a police officer, a cousin, new all about it, was that, and did nothing. she went through endless trauma, her mental illness at this point reads like the entire diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders. she had life in prison at the very best, whether we should execute her, the

first woman to be executed 1953, which i suspect is out of the lifetimes of you and me and many of your listeners, the first person killed by the feds since ethel rosenberg, you have to ask if this case deserves the death penalty. what happens now? we have a long 13 hours, i was in touch with her lawyers in the us yesterday and they had ina lawyers in the us yesterday and they had in a fantasticjob but with 13 hours between now and 11pm gmt, where she is scheduled to be executed, i suspect it will go to a lot of courts and donald trump has to rule on pregnancy, which he has not yet done, and i do not think he will show a whole lot of compassion —— donald trump has to rule on clemency. clive stafford smith from qatar reprieve, thank you.

there are more than 30 thousand coronavirus patients in uk hospitals. that's 10,000 more than during the peak of the first wave in april. let's hear from two people who have been treated for the virus. my my name is ali sherlock. i came into hospital on the 28th of december. i tested positive for covid. i have been very, very unwell and extremely frightened. i had seen two people die in that either side of me while i have been at this hospital, and not elderly people either, people with families, children. how will they ever be able to explain to their families what has happened to them? i have had antibacterial lines, i have feeding tubes, i have

a facemask i to use regularly called a facemask i to use regularly called a cpap mask, to inflate my lungs.|j just want to cuddle my babies, i have never been separated from my children before and ifind it very difficult. i just can't children before and ifind it very difficult. ijust can't reiterate how wonderful our nhs service is. they have literally said to my life, it could have gone one way or the other and i feel so very, it could have gone one way or the other and ifeel so very, very lucky to be yet —— they have literally saved my life. i got a headache, shortness of breath and i was bedbound, i was calling my dad and my sister drenched in sweat, i could not move, could not eat. from here upwards was the only working part of my lungs, the rest of my lungs went into type one respiratory failure.

for days. that is how it was for days. i couldn't nearly catch my breath. i had two nurses on their side, holding my hand, stroking me, saying it is ok, and then another nurse. it was horrible. my dad does not really cry but he is my best friend, my superhero, gigi subbing down the phone saying, please, just fight one more day, you have got this, but your body is so weak you cannot say i love you back. —— two here him stopping down the phone. it's message you up. it feels so empty and none and worthless —— it messes you up. all you want is to cuddle your family. if you are going

to pass, as horrible as it is, you wa nt to pass, as horrible as it is, you want to hold your family and say goodbye and have those final moments with them and i couldn't. it affects everyone , with them and i couldn't. it affects everyone, not just with them and i couldn't. it affects everyone, notjust the elderly. we need to open our eyes and realise how serious it is. from this -- some m essa g es how serious it is. from this -- some messages from inside hospital. this morning the health and social care committee has been hearing evidence about nhs workforce burn—out. dr samara afzal is a gp at netherton health centre in dudley, as well as an urgent care doctor. dr samara afzal is a gp at netherton health centre in dudley, as well as an urgent care doctor. dr samara afzal is a gp at netherton health centre in dudley, she says it's an extremely stressful time for front line nhs workers. because it is the third lockdown, we are seeing a number of covid cases, increasingly, and also we are responsible for the roll—out of the vaccines. you have to remember that apart from doing our usual general practice work, we are also now ensuring that thousands of people are getting their vaccines,

and it is a huge effort and i really have to commend everybody from the admin staff to the practice managers and doctors and nurses giving out the vaccines and the thousands of volunteers who are coming in and making sure everything is running smoothly. it is an incredibly difficult time. we want to roll out as many vaccines as we can but ensuring that we are still providing our usual work because we have got patients who have got cancers and other medical problems. so, it is an increasingly difficult time. i've heard a couple of colleagues in intensive care and some nursing staff who have really struggled with their mental health because they see very, very unwell covid patients day in, day out. so, it is difficult. i don't know of many people at this particular moment leaving the nhs and i think as health workers everybody has stuck together. we've all got various groups and we all encourage and support each other. so, everybody is working really hard. of course people are burnt out

and stressed and i think that we have some hope, and this vaccine is giving us a lot of hope to continue to work hard. that was a gp and urgent care doctor. speaking to the health committee hearing, the chief executive of nhs providers, chris hopson, says fundamental problem is that for the last ten years the nhs hasn't been able to keep up with the rapidly rising demand. we can't keep trying to run the nhs and close that capacity — demand mismatch by effectively asking our staff to work harder and harder and harder. it was already pretty unsustainable before we got into covid. it seems to us that this is just really reinforcing it. the message we're getting very, very clearly is that people will do everything they need to do in this immediate period because they don't want to let their colleagues down, they don't want to let patients but what all of our chief execs are saying is that they worry that when we get through this immediate face, we will start to see people

like for example those who are near to retirement, junior doctors or people who have come from overseas to train, they will leave the nhs and we will get core workers leaving, because effectively, this whole concept of trying to close that gap by asking our staff to work harder and harder and harder, it is just creating an impossible and unsustainable workload for our frontline staff. i have had quite a few questions on twitter on both the vaccine and social distancing annuals, because the uk is in lockdown at the moment. carolyn says what is considered your local area, is at the same postcode area? i would like to form a bubble with my mum who lives 15 miles from me but we shared the same postcode, is this allowed? maddy says that

wearing a hybrid jacket not make you immune from covid—19? —— maggie says, does wearing a high visibility jackets? she says construction workers should be on furlough because we need them to be healthy post—pandemic. alan curtis eight why can't we introduce a permit system like many other countries? if you are, we have a document saying why urls, when you started and when you will be returning home and if you are not eligible a reason you are given a healthy sign. —— a document saying why urls. thanks for your messages, keep them coming in. let's take a look a look at the measures supermarkets are taking to ensure customers following the social distancing rules. morrisons were the first to announce that they're putting security guards on store entrances to offer every customer a face covering. if you decline, they won't let

you in unless you have a medical exemption. sainsbury‘s also say they'll challenge customers to wear masks and to shop alone. you can expect security guards at their stores, too. but unlike morrisons, sainsbury‘s say they cannot deny entry to those who decide to break the rules. so whose responsibility is it? well, the police can issue fines to people not following the law — £200 in england and £60 in the rest of the uk, with repeat offenders facing bigger penalties. but that doesn't actually happen very often. the latest figures show that since june fewer than 1,000 fixed penalty notices have been issued in england and wales to people breaking rules on masks. a tiny proportion of the 32,000 fines issued for breaking coronavirus regulations over that period. police say they simply can't do it all — and businesses must play their part. but those in retail say they are doing their best, despite regularly facing verbal and sometimes physical abuse. and some industry experts say enforcement really should be a police matter. let's get more on this

with paddy lillis, general secretary of the shopworkers' union usdaw. it is very hard, we have all seen people in shops and supermarkets not wearing masks or not wearing them properly and not keeping their distance. should the big supermarkets at least pay for security? absolutely, everything we can do to safeguard the staff and the community has to be good, and we welcome sainsbury‘s and morrisons' decision to bring security council on and to block anybody from the store who does not have a legitimate reason for not wearing a mask —— to bring security guards in. this is a deadly virus, we have lost over 85,000 people to read, the highest jeff karlsson 1940, 85,000 people to read, the highest jeff karlsson1940, we had seen this morning. if this does not reinforce

the message to the british public that we need to safeguard workers, families and community, nothing will —— the highest death since 1940. what about smaller shops, newsagents who cannot necessarily afford to pay for security and they will not necessarily want to take on somebody who might get threatening or violent sar not wearing a mask, what do they do? —— sar not wearing a mask, what do they do? -- if sar not wearing a mask, what do they do? —— if they are not wearing. smaller retailers can combine with security companies who work alongside the police and local authorities. we are ten months into this and we are seeing lockdown fatigue and a significant minority of people ignoring the rules, and we have called for the restrictions to be enforced as they were set up in march and april last year, we will be working closely with the british

retail consortium to make sure the guidelines are robust enough to safeguard staff and the community, we need to the two meet at will, wearing ms, sanitising, fewer people in stores —— we need to reinforce the two metres rule, wearing a mask. he thinks i should be click and collect delivery for nonessential shops? —— do you think? should coffee shops be open?|j shops? —— do you think? should coffee shops be open? i think only shops needed to keep the country open, only does essential, should be open. a5 difficult as it is for the economy, this exciting lives and 80,000 citizens have lost their lives, more to come, the biggest death toll since 1940 —— this is saving lives. whatever we can close down, however we can restrict

movement, this vaccine will take time to roll out and this virus is spreading faster than any of us could have imagined. you want the rules to be tightened. should supermarkets and retail staff be given priority after the first nine priority groups? i have already written to matt hancock and alec sharma, the business secretary, along with the first ministers of the devolved administrations, pleading for retail workers to be moved up the priority risk. he workers needed first, along with the vulnerable, as unit we can move the retail sector of the priority list or better, they are front facing, they have been heroes, working throughout the pandemic in difficult circumstances, we had seen a doubling of abuse against retail workers, mind—boggling when these

workers, mind—boggling when these workers are there to help and supply the community with food during a pandemic which most of us will never see in our lifetime again. be kind, treat people with respect, where your mask, keep your distance and save your mask, keep your distance and save lives. on the rule changes that could come in, you think only essential shops should be kept open, not copy shops or click and collect, what about enforcement of wearing masks outside? you think the government has gone far enough orchid eight do more?” government has gone far enough orchid eight do more? i think the government can do more, we all want to see the back end of these restrictions but while we have this virus going through the country like wildfire we need to do everything we can, so local authorities, the government, police, trade unions, community groups, we all need to use our own pressures to ensure

everybody follows the rules and tightens up as much as we can to eradicate this. who would have thought this time last year we would be talking ten months later about the virus getting worse, not better? iam allforany the virus getting worse, not better? i am all for any restrictions to stop this spreading further.m there data about whether your members and other shop workers have had the virus more than other parts of the population? we have heard a lot from the police today, do you think it is realistic to expect the police to do something as people are not behaving as they shared in small shops? the police are under immense pressure, numbers have been cuts for the last ten or 15 years, we are 20 or 30,000 police officers down, but we expect police to respond to incidents where there is violence involved, there has been a doubling of violence in the retail sector.

police need back—up support, security companies, the management of these retail companies, it has to bea of these retail companies, it has to be a combined effort. we can't shrug that responsibility. in terms of retail owners, they have been at the front end for the last ten months, working, many hundreds of thousands have been furloughed, they have been making sure the communities are served and with such considered a risk of catching the virus, when they captured they transmit it to theirfamily. we they captured they transmit it to their family. we had they captured they transmit it to theirfamily. we had seen an increased number retail workers with the virus and sadly an increased number who have lost their lives. i cannot reiterate how dangerous this virus is and anything we can all due to safeguard workers and communities need to be done. paddy lillis, general secretary of the shopkeepers

union usdaw, thank you. the indonesian national transport safety committee chief says they have sent a black box recorder, the data recorder, from the plane that crashed 80 days ago. they say it will take two to five days to read that data recorder. a tragic event that data recorder. a tragic event that happened and still a lot of questions about what happened on that flight with all those people on board, including young children, as reported —— from the plane that crashed a few days ago. the headlines on bbc news... last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940, according to new official figures. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk's most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up tojoe biden's inauguration.

the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is expected to be published by the irish government today. at one mother and baby home in county galway, almost 800 children died during the mid—twentieth century. our ireland correspondent chris page has been to meet a man who was born and lived in the home. the only thing that i can remember is the bed being wet. wetting the bed an awful lot, then marched down to school. we had to go ten minutes late in the morning. we had to leave ten minutes early in the evening. and when it came to playtime, then we were all cornered off in a section of the playground by the nuns so you wouldn't mix with the other kids. locked up — what i called a prison, really. and to think, why? just because i was

born out of wedlock. pj haverty spent his first seven years in the home which once stood here. ireland in the 19505 was a deeply conservative catholic society. unmarried women who were pregnant were taken into religious institutions, and separated from their children. pj's late mother, eileen, eventually moved to london, where he met her. and i suppose then when you look at other people, i was lucky — i got to meet my mother. that's the most brilliant part of it, as well — i got to meet her. and, as i said, i got her side of the story so i could never blame her. but if i didn't meet her, i would be blaming herfor living in there. there's another reason why pj thinks he's lucky — he was fostered by a loving family near here, after a plan for him to be adopted in america fell through. at the tuam home, nearly 800

children aged up to three died between 1925 and 1961. investigators believe many were buried at the site in some kind of sewage system. when i go down there and stand there, to think that i could be in there, too. for i was born a healthy baby. and to think that the mothers of today are still looking for them babies, not knowing where they are — and to think, the possibilities that their baby could be in there in the sewer system — i was amazed, i was shocked that a religious country, that we are supposed to be, would do the likes of that to a helpless little baby. the irish government has committed to having this site excavated, so the children whose remains are beneath this ground can be reburied with some dignity. tuam is the mother—and—baby home which has generated the most international attention, but there are many other institutions in the republic of ireland with long histories of shame, neglect and unspeakable cruelty. back in 2011... the historian who discovered what happened at tuam says there should be a state apology. these babies were more than likely left to die,

but they were neglected. there were some little simple diseases that could have been treated. and let's give an apology to all those people who suffered at the hands of the state, the church and the religious. and pj is hoping the public inquiry report will lay out all the dark truths. the priest never went after the father — he never went to the father's house and said, like, "you're responsible here — you must look after this child, this is your child." it was always the woman's fault. and that's why i like to get my story out there, and i want this to go into the history books of ireland — what was done to the women in the past. chris page reporting.

president—electjoe biden had earlier said he had reverse donald trump's tightened restrictions and sanctions on cuba. mark lobel reports. cuba's efforts towards resolving colombia's civil war persuaded president obama to pay an historic visit to the communist state and remove it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, almost five years ago. but president trump, keen to steer away from his predecessor's policy and attract the votes of conservative cu ban—america ns, cut travel and remittances to cuba, gradually imposing sanctions instead. now us secretary of state mike pompeo says: so what misbehaviour is alleged? there's cu ba's refusal to extradite the leadership of the colombian guerilla group, the elm. offering refuge for people wanted in the us such as black panthers member assata shakur. and its support for venezuela's authoritarian leader nicolas maduro, who trump has been accused of trying to overthrow, which he denies.

the financial sanctions that would normally apply to a country when it is put on the terrorism list are less than the economic sanctions we already have on cuba because of the general embargo. so in that sense, it is more of a symbolic action. cuba's foreign minister said the move was hypocritical, cynical and opportunistic. havana's residents are unimpressed. translation: trump has a vendetta against cuba. he will never lose the desire to attack us. he will never get over it. president trump is also stymieing his successor‘s desire to re—engage cuba, but... a lot a lot of it can be undone right away by president biden if he simply restores the licenses for americans to travel and cuban—americans to send remittances. this age—old political football will soon be in joe biden's court. mark lobel, bbc news.

michael fox done covid restrictions, what about the state mask exemption ids being sold on ebay? you are watching bbc news. joanna is here next, that sarah keith—lucas has the weather first. hello. it's certainly a day of mixed fortunes out there today with colder, sunnier air working in from the north, but we are keeping more cloud and outbreaks of rain in the south and particularly the south—west. but most people will see a bit of sunshine in that colder air as we head on through the course of the afternoon. now, we've got a mix of milder air down towards the south, colder air in the north, and where these two air masses meet this weather front is bringing outbreaks of rain. that will be with us, in fact, for the next few days, shifting position. through the course of this afternoon, it will be sitting but, actually, for the rest

of england and wales and for northern ireland and scotland, a good deal of dry and sunny weather around. the odd wintry flurry across the north—east of scotland. and a real contrast in temperatures, just two or three degrees for the likes of edinburgh towards newcastle, down in the south—west with that milder air, we're likely to get into double figures. now through this evening and tonight, this weather front, initially in the south—west, will start to change direction, pushing its way back towards the north—east. cold conditions ahead of that. so as it bumps into the cold air it could turn to sleet, snow, even freezing rain across parts of northern england, into scotland as well. so sub—zero temperatures once again in the east under those clearer skies. through the day tomorrow, then we've got this weather front. it's going to be quite slow moving. it's a warm front, so it's bringing milder air in from the west, still pretty chilly around the east coast. and as this weather front meets that colder air there could be some fairly heavy sleet and snow. even down to some lower levels across parts of scotland and northern england we could see some snow. mainly falling as rain, though, down to low levels, particularly for northern ireland, down towards the midlands,

into the south—east of england as well. so a pretty cloudy, soggy sort of day, some wintry precipitation mainly over the higher ground in the north and the east. as we head into wednesday evening, we've still got this weather front bringing further accumulations of snow across the pennines into highland scotland as well. to the south, that will be falling as rain. but the mild air that's with us slowly starts to get cleared away towards the south as we move through the course of thursday and into friday. the blue colours returning to the map. so some colder conditions as we look towards the end of this week. still quite mild on thursday, with outbreaks of rain, a little bit clearer and colder into friday and on into the weekend as well. bye for now.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940, according to new official figures. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk's most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known what do that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. downing street rejects suggestions that borisjohnson broke the rules on only exercising in your local area after he was seen cycling in the olympic park in east london. uk supermarkets morrisons and sainsbury‘s take a tougher

stance on people refusing to wear masks while shopping. indonesia confirms that one of the black box flight recorders from the plane which crashed into the sea on saturday has been recovered. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up tojoe biden's inauguration. and the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is due to be published by the irish government. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here

and across the globe. last year saw the largest increase in deaths in the uk since world war two — that's according to figures released this morning by the office for national statistics. the provisional figures show in 2020, nearly 697,000 deaths were registered in the uk. that's compared to an average of nearly 606,000 each year between 2015 and 2019. this is the largest increase, or excess, in a single year since 1940. robert cuffe, our head of statistics joins me now. this increasing the number of access of deaths is quite extraordinary. tell us more about it. it is the biggest number of deaths recorded in a single yearfor a long time biggest number of deaths recorded in a single year for a long time as well, but it is hard to compare 2022 the 405 and 505 because the population changed, and we have

better technology. so a better way to do it is to compare each year for the years before it and you will get a better like for like comparison. we'll show that to the audience. a5 you can see on the far right at the chart, it went up by 15% last year as compared to 2019 and 2018. you have to go to a long, long way to getan have to go to a long, long way to get an increase like that, back to what time. this is where we get the comparison to world war ii because the five years before 1994 were in world war ii when people are dying, so world war ii when people are dying, so the excess deaths are difficult to calculate, but it makes it clear how unusual 2020 is. that is the overall figure, but it is it possible how many are directly covid doubts and how many of the result of the fallout due to covid and other

issues. we haven't got the full data yet. we do know that the of covid registered deaths, but it is hard to know whether the other deaths are undiagnosed, —— undiagnosed coronavirus or the victims themselves not been out access treatment or the pressures that exist in our society. we are not going to have a numberfor quite some time. there has been a lot of caution around comparisons of different countries since the start of it and what the government did say repeatedly is the access that —— access stats will give clear picture and so can we now do a comparison with other countries around the world ? with other countries around the world? unfortunately, i don't think we can because a trends are going up and going in the wrong direction. we know that in the last week, we have

seen more know that in the last week, we have seen more than 1000 that day registered. that means that we don't have a full picture for the second wave in the uk and it is once a second wave is over that will be out to make more comparisons. we knew know that when we go back to the first wave in the uk, we know it was one of the hardest hit nations, but it is yet to be seen how... the news we see in the next few weeks probably won't be good. the uk's most senior police officer has said people who break lockdown rules are being fined ‘much more quickly‘ — but says that more clarity on the meaning of ‘local‘ on exercise guidelines is needed from the government. it comes as the health secretary says that tighter measures for england cannot be ruled out. this report from our political correspondentjessica parker. with hospitals under huge strain, people are being urged to follow the rules to try and bear down on infections and admissions. this is 42—year—old hanifa, whose condition worsened

after testing positive. it is loud and clear. covid is serious. national lockdown rules may be tough on many, but there are warnings that they could yet become tougher — especially if people don't follow the current restrictions. there's been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it's needed. but it's your actions now that can make a difference. the supermarket morrisons says it will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings unless medically exempt. sainsbury‘s is also set to challenge people without a mask. and writing in the times, britain's most senior police officer — cressida dick — said... labour's suggested tighter rules

in england should be considered. so we're in this extraordinary situation, if you like, where, having got to at least as serious, if not a more serious position than in march of last year, we've got lesser restrictions in place, and we need those in place as quickly as possible. meanwhile, boris johnson — a keen cyclist — was seen on his bike in east london on sunday around seven miles from downing street. advice is to stay local when exercising, but a number 10 source insists he was within the rules. jessica parker, bbc news. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas is at westminster. over to you. yes, i think what is interesting here is that we saw yesterday the government focusing on the vaccine programme and today, with the roll—out of that programme, they do not want to be imposing tougher laws and restrictions at

this point. so today they have switched to this question of enforcement and we have seen cressida dick come out today, the metropolitan police chief and she has been saying, as you are hearing from jessica, that the police will be focusing much more now on enforcement. particularly, ithink, she means in a grievous cases. she has pointed out things like house parties, raves, even gambling events that the police have been breaking up that the police have been breaking up and this is what she was saying this morning. we have said last week and again today that we are moving more quickly to enforcement, so this doesn't mean that we won't engage with people. of course, we will. we will explain, we'll encourage people, but we will move more quickly to enforcement, and particularly where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people.

but there is a problem for the police here. cressida dick was pressed on this and this is the question of exactly what clarity there is in the law and in the rules and there are different aspects there. the law states that you have to stay at home and there are exemptions for leaving. the rules around those exemptions are in the guidelines and those are not the legal part of it and this is where she was questioned about the actions of the prime minister at the weekend going seven miles from his home in downing street to the olympic park to ta ke downing street to the olympic park to take a cycle ride. the restrictions all the rules, regulations say that you should be exercising locally. she was asking what that man and she said when pressed that she thought local meant to and from your door. that is a good question to be pressed into downing street today. did the priming is the cycle all the way there? did he drive the way there?

question for him to answer. when asked about that, the police minister said this. well, he was taking his once—a—day exercise, as i understand it, and obviously, you know, some people, their average cycle will be much greater than that. certainly i knowjoggers willjog more than that — i don't know if you're a runner — but, if they do, then obviously as long as they are staying local within theirown mind, they are not interacting, they are not mixing with other people, then obviously... and they do it efficiently and quickly and get back, then that is reasonable, and we understand that people need to go outside to take their exercise. and that phrase, as long you are staying local in your own mind points to the government does not problem here and the police's problem. i think that is purely a question of personal interpretation and we have heard today from others and we have heard today from others and lawyers that have been involved in some of the cases that have been brought and psychologists that have

said that there is broadly across the range of the population are high compliance of rules, and rank—and—file police officers in yorkshire, the police federation saying that they are cheesed off because of the so—called woolly law. they are saying that this woolly law is hard to enforce. thank you very much. we can speak now to dr bharat pankhania, senior clinical lecturer, university of exeter medical school. he is also a liberal democrat councillor in bath. welcome. thank you very much for joining us. what do you think about the restrictions? do you think it is time for them to be tightened? we need to have tighter observation of all the regulations that we are ready have. if we followed that, we would be in a better place and if we are not going to adhere to strong infection—control measures, u nfortu nately, we infection—control measures, unfortunately, we will end up with tighter regulation. i am distressed to hear that we are arguing about what local means. it implies to me that people have not been taken

together about adhering to standard infection measures that we do know about. but, i mean, isn't it inevitable that it will get argued about when there is no actual clarity on when we are told that the prime minister going for a cycle ride seven miles away from downing street is not against the rules? yes. if we had got our messaging clear, correct and strong from the beginning, we wouldn't be debating about all these things about whether seven about all these things about whether seven miles is local or not, because what we would have done instead is taken our what we would have done instead is ta ken our people what we would have done instead is taken our people together. which is we are in a serious situation, there is serious, you can get infected and get ill and the national health service can't look after you and you will die. and then people would not even debate about one mile, two miles or seven miles. unfortunately we have a diversion now. discussing whether seven miles is local or not. what we should be discussing a stay

indoors, stay away from people, stay away from crowded places and where your mass properly. so in the clearest possible terms that you can do it, then, say to somebody who may be watching and we do understand obviously that the majority people are actually complying with the rules and do want to do it, but if you think that there are people who are out there who don't get it, in really clear terms, explain to them what the risks are. there is a lot of virus being spread and because of this, there is a high chance even get infected. there are too many infectious people around. if you interact with people that you don't know, there is a high chance that you will get infected. my advisers don't get infected, don't infect others and don't get close to anyone, don't go into clouded places and don't going into indoor places with lots of people. where your mass properly. i would like to show you how to do this. look, put it on like

this and make it, mould it clearly. there we are. it is tight and snug and that is the way to wear your mass properly. and if we did those simple measures, we would be in a much better place today. do you think it is time the mass to be worn all the time when outside, when away from home? the evidence is that when you are amongst the crowds indoors or outdoors, we should now in view of the variant take extra precautions. considering i was not pro mass outdoors, but i now think in the instant of having a variant thatis in the instant of having a variant that is more effective, i think she should wear a mask. thank you very much. two british supermarket chains have said that they will step—up the enforcement of wearing face—coverings in their stores. morrisons said customers refusing to wear a mask without a medical exemption would be asked to leave. meanwhile, sainsbury‘s said

that it was putting trained security guards at the front of its shops to challenge people who do not comply. the headlines on bbc news... last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940, according to new official figures. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk's most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up tojoe biden's inauguration. the impact of last week's attack on the capitol building in washington last week continues to shake the us. president trump has now approved a state of emergency to run untiljoe biden has been inaugurated as president next week. and the fbi is warning of further possible violence and armed protests by pro—trump and right—wing groups as security in all state capitals is stepped up. the democratic party is also pursuing its twin—track

efforts to punish mr trump, either through his removal from office by vice—president pence, or by seeking to impeach him. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports: washington, eight days before joe biden is due to be sworn in as the next president. unprecedented security around the capitol building, where the national guard is on patrol. from tomorrow, parts of the city will be under lockdown, and president trump has approved a state of emergency lasting until the end of next week. inside the capitol, more political high drama. the democrats don't want to wait to see the back of mr trump — they want him out now. resolution calling on vice—president michael r pence... it's a long shot, but they're hoping the vice—president and a majority of the cabinet will agree to invoke the 25th amendment, declaring mr trump unfit to continue in office. he will be removed immediately. if that doesn't happen, the democrats will move forward with articles of impeachment,

accusing the president of incitement of insurrection, that he gravely endangered the security of the united states. around the country, feelings are running high. you know, if one of us was inciting a riot we would get thrown in jail, so i think that somebody like... you know, just because you're the president doesn't mean you are exempt from the law. and i think he should be held accountable. hurry up and impeach him! but we're only hoping that he will never run for anything ever again. except from the police. yes. so lock him up. while washington debates the president's immediate future, mr trump is planning to head to texas to see part of the border wall that he promised to build. in the meantime there is more backlash. bill belichick, says he will not accept donald trump's offer of the presidential medal of freedom. for his part...

joe biden has been focusing on the coronavirus, receiving his second dose of the vaccine. he was pressed by reporters on whether he was concerned about the open—air inauguration ceremony next week. i'm not afraid of taking the oath outside, and we've been getting briefed. butiam... i think it's critically important that there be a real, serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition, and threatened people's lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable. the head of the national guard has said up to 15,000 troops could be deployed in washington for mr biden's inauguration, while the fbi has warned that armed protests could take place in the capital cities of every state in the country over the next week. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. i'm joined now by greg swenson from republicans overseas uk.

thank you very much forjoining us. the polling indicates that 56% of americans think you should now be removed from office, which obviously indicates that former champ supporters are in that camp. what do you think? that does not surprise me because the president hasn't done well since the election. it wasn't just last week. it was a complete blunder losing us to senate seat in georgia and i think a lot of people in the party are really disappointed with the president really abandoning the senate election in georgia as well as his behaviour last week asking vice president p to do some things that, you know, were inadvisable. he didn't do that of course, and he stuck to the law, but i think that there is a lot of discouragement and disappointment from the party. you point to those two senate seats being lost, and

also what he said to mike pence, but also, very pertinently, is what happened with the capital when he was referring again to the election being stolen with apps that you no evidence for it. there's been 62 lawsuits file and 61 have been lost, it is absolutely clear that there was no fraud in the election. he continues to say and he told as verities to go and basically march on the capital. there are a couple of points there. he did say that he encouraged them to march on the capital and their is the free amendment of speech and people march on the capital all the time, and it is usually peacefully... against the backdrop of inciting that action over something that there is absolutely no proof for. over something that there is absolutely no proof forlj over something that there is absolutely no proof for. i would not say apps that you no proof. i am not

there to debate the election integrity. there is concern on the right on the left about election integrity. i think what president—elect biden said last week, this is a small group of extremist dedicated to violence. i think they should be prosecuted absolutely. time to present to that is easy from a political perspective because he was there at the rally speaking to his supporters, but it was only a small fraction of them. i think tying that into the impeachment on 25th amendment will bea impeachment on 25th amendment will be a challenge for the democrats. i think they will do it anyway, but it will be a challenge. there are and nancy pelosi says that every day that trump remains in office is there is a dangerous person in the white house. he has been quiet now

because he is no longer got a voice on social media, by much freedom does he have now? we know he will be going to the mexican border today. there will be coverage around that and how inflammatory could that be? i don't think it will be. the president has toned it down, which we where she had done that two months ago, but he has turned it down since last week. i don't think he was aggressive enough right after... i think you should have been on television from the oval office. since then, he has scaled it down and i think he is doing the right thing. he has approved a state of emergency in washington and that was offered, or at least extra security was offered before last wednesday and they turned it down. i think that since then he has been wise. i think that impeachment won't work because of the timing and the merits. they failed twice already in the third time might hurt the democrats more than they help them. more importantly, there is only a week later by the time the senate could convene to have a child, it

would be too late. i think it bad for the country, bad for biden and this is a chance to step up and talk more about unity which he has been doing since the election and i think impeachment and by the way the 25th amendment, it is completely not... has no application in this case i think this is a chance for biden to use this to calm people. it is an interesting time for him to dial down political tensions rather than increasing. would you like to see donald trump run for office again?|j donald trump run for office again?” don't think so. i think any chance of that went out the window last wednesday. i think it is better for the party, it is actually a great opportunity for someone in the party to step in and continue trump policies which are a very successful and the outcome is a very successful without the drama and the daily

twitter distraction. i think it is actually quite an opportunity for the republicans. thank you very much. search teams in indonesia appear to have located a black box from the passenger plane which crashed into the waters nearjakarta three days ago. tv footage showed investigators bringing a bulky item to shore. the search team has not yet confirmed the finding, which comes after a remotely operated underwater vehicle was deployed. all 62 people on board the sriwijaya airplane are thought to have died. india's supreme court has temporarily paused the implementation of new agricultural laws that have led to widespread protests from farmers. for more than a month, tens of thousands of farmers, mainly from punjab and haryana, have been camping out at various borders in delhi protesting against government reforms on farming laws in the country. our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan has more from delhi. it certainly does leave things on

the farm aside rather than the government because this has put a stay on these government laws. the three laws which the government says liberalise the farming sector, open it up to the private players and the government said that would actually beneficial to farmers. farmers fear that these new laws will actually in the end drive down their livelihoods, their crop prices go down and they fear that the minimum prices they will get the certain crops will in the long run go away. that is why they are continuing to protest. a5 that is why they are continuing to protest. as we know, this is a stay on the law. what they will do now is form a committee to try and come to an agreement, to try and get an agreement between the farmers unions and the government. really, i don't know if this will actually come to a solution because we have now had something like eight rounds of talks between farmers unions and the government and they are still at an

impasse. if you are watching us outside of the uk, it assigned say goodbye. thank you for your company. there are concerns that the quality and quantity of food being provided to some children from low—income families as part of the uk government's free—school meals pledge, is inadequate. labour party leader keir starmer says that some images of free schools appearing online are ‘woefully inadequate‘ — calling it a ‘disgrace. the children‘s minister vicky ford says she will urgently be looking into the matter. in a tweet, she said food parcels should cover all lunchtime meals, and be nutritious. andy moore reports. even though many children might not be at school because of covid, the government is still committed to providing meals. some of those deliveries are falling short of expectations. this is claimed to be the supply of dues for one child for

ten days and is replaced by a £30 voucher. the government agrees and says an investigation is under way. it says the photo does not respect the requirements of their hampers. this is come to the attention of marcus rashford, the manchester united player and school meals campaigner. he tweeted in image of a parcel said to be three days of food for one family, saying that itjust was not good enough. when marcus rashford raises an issue, ministers ta ke rashford raises an issue, ministers take note. the claims can‘t be verified, but they have already prompted the child ren‘s verified, but they have already prompted the children‘s minister to say she will be looking into the issue urgently. the department for education said parcels should be nutritious and contain various ranges of food. is that there are clear guidelines that it expected to be followed. we were down at the

supermarket kennel are packed lunches for two days and what i for further packed lunches was better than the company we use and it was better... what we have been getting from the company is not the greatest in the world and nearly what the price we would have paid for the hot meals pre—lockdown, so we were not happy at all. some parents have been happy at all. some parents have been happy with the food hampers they have received. but the government will be keen to diffuse this row before incurring the raft of marcus rashford again. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello, we have got some contrast in a weather picture across the uk today. from the north, clear and brightair is

today. from the north, clear and bright air is moving on. it will be colder from the north with that sunshine. milder air in the south, but clouds and rain all day in the south and west of england. for the rest of the uk, away from the south and south—west, plenty of sunshine developing. it will feel cold out there in the east with 2 degrees in there in the east with 2 degrees in the likes of edinburgh and newcastle and ten or 11 down to plymouth in two this afternoon. that pushes back into the north—east. bumping into cold air, there could be sleet and snow on northern england and scotla nd snow on northern england and scotland as well. freezing rain and icy stretches are possible in the morning. we have got this band of rain slowly nudging north eastwards affecting many parts, still mild in the south—east butjust two or three in the north—east. goodbye.

hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940,

according to new official figures. 90,000 excess deaths. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk‘s most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known what do that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. uk supermarkets morrisons and sainsbury‘s take a tougher stance on people refusing to wear masks while shopping. indonesia confirms that one of the black box flight recorders from the plane which crashed into the sea on saturday has been recovered. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up to joe biden‘s inauguration. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre.

good morning. the australian grand prix — the first race of teh formula one season — has been postponed, which means a delayed start to this year‘s campaign. it‘s been moved in the calendar. a new date‘s also being found for the third race of the season — the chinese grand prix — as covid restrictions in both countries force organisers into a rethink. our formula one reporter jennie gowjoins us now. jennie — disruption to the calendar, but formula one still planning on staging a record number of races? 23 race season is what they came out with provisionally and even worse as revised calendar they are sticking to it. the season will start a week later, it will be a bahrain opener. a break before we head to italy which is a race that we were not expecting on the calendar, that has taken one spot. china looks as if it will not happen at the moment because of covid restrictions, think

that to be announced. australia travelled back eight months and it will now be in november. will formulate and get all these races away, that is the big question. actually, fingers crossed they are expecting to welcome back fans back so expecting to welcome back fans back so it will be fascinating to see what the reality of the season is. for the moment, many thanks for that. pressure‘s growing against the continuation of elite football. it comes as the premier league reminds players and staff of adhering to the rules as they step up their protocols. referees will be asked to remind players to socially distance and avoid unnecessary contact on the pitch like goal celebrations and handshakes. there are growing concerns that footballers are breaching too many of the regulations. after the excitement of the third round, i think we can expect plenty more in the fourth round of the fa cup. not least for non league chorley — who‘ve been drawn at home

against wolves. having beaten championship side derby, they‘ve been rewarded with a tie against premier league opposition. it‘s the farthest they‘ve been in the competition, but it‘s not the first time they‘ve played wolves. they actually beat them in the first round back in 1986. what of the weekend‘s other giant killers crawley town? well, they‘ve been drawn against bournemouth. cheltenham face manchester city at home. what a match that is, but if it‘s two heavyweights you‘re looking for, then the tie of the round is at old trafford, united boss ole gunnar solskjaer hoping for a repeat of scenes like this. he scored the winner when the sides met in the fourth round in 1999, the year that united went on to complete the treble. there‘s more pressure on celtic, who had to cobble together a side for their scottish premiership game against hibs last night. they were without 13 players and boss neil lennon after a positive coronavirus test following their

much—criticised training camp in dubai. they went ahead through david turnbull‘s free kick, but hibs got themselves an equaliser in stoppage time. celtic are 21 points behind rangers with 3 games in hand. there‘s been a significant managerial departure in women‘s football, vickyjepson has left liverpool. she‘s been at the club in various roles for 12 years, and has been in charge since the back end of 2018. liverpool were relegated from the women‘s super league last season, and are eight points adrift of the leaders in the championship this season. and the legendary american football coach bill belichick says he will not accept president donald trump‘s offer of the presidential medal of freedom. the new england patriots boss — who‘s won a record six superbowl titles — said he was ‘flattered‘ when he was first offered the medal which is the top award given to civilians in the us. but he has now refused it after last weeks riot at the capitol building in washington.

belichick had previously spoken of his friendship with president trump. that‘s all the sport for now. i will be back with another date a little bit after lunch. the uk‘s most senior police officer has said people who break lockdown rules are being fined much more quickly, but says that more clarity on the meaning of ‘local‘ on exercise guidelines is needed from the government. it comes as front pages this morning ask if we are heading for the three metre rule and more places will enforce mask wearing. paul hunter is professor of medicine at the university of east anglia. thank you forjoining us. the briefing so far is it is not on the way but it is being discussed. what do you think about three metres? it will have some value. the problem is how much and... the two metres isn‘t a magic number. the further away you

are from somebody the lower the risk. most benefits occur west reducing the risk, the distance of half a metre and a metre and then so on. it would have some benefit but probably not huge. probably what is most important is ensuring people do stick to the existing two metre rule. i think that would have more impact than extending it to three metres. we have been living under restrictions now for a very long time in the case numbers are where they are. what do you think would make a difference? the obvious a nswer make a difference? the obvious answer is getting the vaccination out and i think that is going to be absolutely crucial. we are very close to the lockdown that we had in spring, but there are certainly some differences. many churches can still open although a lot of churches have decided against opening. and we know

that there have been supercluster events, super spreader events surrounding shared worship. nursery schools it is difficult to be sure the evidence that nursery school is as important is weak. but certainly as important is weak. but certainly as people go to and from nursery schools, the up the risk and they could stand and chat with friends also picking up their children. yes, there are some more things that we could do. but the benefits over all will not be that much greater then i think what we have got at the moment. there are countries that have declared themselves covid free after restrictions, just reducing and eradicating covid before a vaccine was even there. what did they do differently from us?”

vaccine was even there. what did they do differently from us? i think they do differently from us? i think the classic example is new zealand. they went in very soon, before they had huge numbers of cases and they we re very had huge numbers of cases and they were very rigorous early on and have subsequently reaped the benefits of that early response. and i think to a large extent the success of new zealand was that early, clear, absolute response very early on in the epic as soon as they were aware. sadly, we did not respond as well are as rapidly as that and by the time you have got large numbers of cases circulating in the community as we had by march, in spring, and as we had by march, in spring, and as we had by march, in spring, and as we certainly have no, it is very difficult to get numbers under control. when you impose restrictive measures to limit numbers, the case numbers decline but generally much more slowly than the increase. the

office for national statistics has released shocking figures today about the number of excess deaths last year. the highest number since 1940, 90,000, up compared to the year before. what is your view of how much covid sets us back in terms of life expectancy and the longer term impact of it? that is clearly a difficult topic and it is still being quite heavily debated. i think there is no doubt that a proportion of people who have succumbed to covid probably are within, you know, a year or two of their allotted life span anyway. we are seeing a lot of deaths in younger people. if it had not been for covid would have lived many years yet to come. i think the big uncertainty as long covid, how long that lasts and how much impact

it has on society in the coming yea rs. it has on society in the coming years. that to me at the moment is a big uncertainty. because it seems to also affect younger people as well as older people, long covid, we may be living with the burden of covid for many years to come. paul hunter, professor hunter in the university of east anglia, thank you. thousands more people will be visiting one of the seven mass vaccine centres that opened across england yesterday. vaccines are due to play a key part in the pandemic response, with health secretary matt hancock urging people to follow the government‘s covid rules until the vaccine could provide a "way out". with me now is 82—year—old brian hoare from buckinghamshire who was vaccinated at the epsom vaccine centre yesterday. welcome. thank you forjoining us. yes, ok. what happened yesterday? i believe you had a bit of a palaver getting their vaccine? it was horrendous. my appointment was at

1115. i arrived at 11 o‘clock. i was directed to a slot in the car park. the guy who directed me there said, stay in your car. we will call you when it is ready. after about half an hour beyond my allotted time, i asked him what was going on. he said, it is a delay. we will keep you informed. anyway, another half hour went past. i asked a more senior guy what was going on. he said it is likely to be a 3—4 hour delay. i said that is that despite the fact that i have a booked appointment? he said, i am sorry, i am afraid it is. i stayed in my car for another hour or so. and...

finally, went up and said, what is going on? he said we are going to start at the beginning of the car park which was ranks of cars about eight long. and i was about ten or 12 rows from the front. and he said, we are going to start at the front. and we will come back to you when we can. anyway, iwas and we will come back to you when we can. anyway, i was prompted by a car that just pulled in can. anyway, i was prompted by a car thatjust pulled in and i guy went to his boot and i said, look, don‘t hurry. because we have got a 3—4 hour wait. he carried on. he went round to his passenger‘s seat and an elderly person got out. someone who has got mobility problems. he put into the wheelchair, walked up to the pedestrian q and went straight

in. andi the pedestrian q and went straight in. and i said, well, ifi the pedestrian q and went straight in. and i said, well, if i can do that, you know, itry in. and i said, well, if i can do that, you know, i try to abide by the rules. so i went up and join the queue. i was in the queue which was about 80, 100 people they are. in the immediate group around me, there was at least three people who had 11 o‘clock appointment and were now getting close to two o‘clock. o‘clock appointment and were now getting close to two o'clock. sorry to interact. in the end how long are you waiting, then? i actually finally got my injection at three o‘clock. finally got my injection at three o'clock. did you feel, obviously it was a very frustrating process, did you feel vulnerable? i am assuming you feel vulnerable? i am assuming you went from an environment where you went from an environment where you have been staying home, protecting yourself and then you ended up there? i live on my own and, you know, so my immediate circle is very small. and, yeah, i

am staying at home. obviously jumping on the car and driving 40 miles to the centre. and then mixing with people, although i was masked up. and, you know, ifelt myself vulnerable. and when i got... i had my injection and the nurse said, look, if you have driven here, you better wait in the car for another quarter of an hour before you drive away. as i was walking past, one of the car park attendants, i said this to her and she said, this is the thing that has caused the problem this morning. people are having their injections, coming back to the car park. we don‘t know whether they have had their injections or

waiting. and we have completely lost control. in the hall, let me stress that, once i was on the whole, it was immaculate. it couldn‘t have gone smoother. that bit is good to hear. how do you feel now about having had the vaccine. what does it mean to you? if i canjust having had the vaccine. what does it mean to you? if i can just finish having had the vaccine. what does it mean to you? if i canjust finish my narrative, i will not be long doing that. when i spoke to this car park attendant, she said that was the problem. there was loads of room in the whole. and i think there ought to in the whole. and i think there ought toina the whole. and i think there ought to in a waiting area in the hole where drivers could set their further 14 or 15 minutes and then return to their cars and drive straight. it would stop that confusion for the guys that are monitoring it outside. anyway, going back to your question, yes, i am glad i have had the injection. touch

wood it is... i have got no reaction to it. but, you know, iwould be very cautious about... in fact, i have got a very good friend of mine who is with a very ill way. he asked my advice. at the moment i would not advise you to go to the centre. i would ring your doctor and get a local appointment. that is obviously something that is an offer for anyone who is being offered a vaccine right now. briefly, are you looking forward to getting some freedom back? yes, of course i am. i like to play golf at the golf course but that is shut. that is my form of exercise. and i also am an amateur magician and i have not picked up my trombone since march. —— musician.

these are activities so many others are desperate to get back to. let‘s hope it happens as soon as it can. thank you so much for talking to us, brian. my pleasure. have a good day. the headlines on bbc news... last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940, according to new official figures. 90,000 according to new official figures. excess deaths las according 90,000 excess deaths last year according to new official figures. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk‘s most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up tojoe the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is expected to be published by the irish government today. at one mother—and—ba by home in county galway, almost 800 children died

during the mid—20th century. between 1920 and 1960. our ireland correspondent chris page has been to meet a man who was born and lived in the home. the only thing that i can remember is the bed being wet. wetting the bed an awful lot, then marched down to school. we had to go ten minutes late in the morning. we had to leave ten minutes early in the evening. and when it came to playtime, then we were all cornered off in a section of the playground by the nuns so you wouldn‘t mix with the other kids. locked up — what i called a prison, really. and to think, why? just because i was born out of wedlock. pj haverty spent his first seven years in the home which once stood here. ireland in the 19505 was a deeply conservative catholic society. unmarried women who were pregnant were taken into religious institutions, and separated from their children.

pj‘s late mother, eileen, eventually moved to london, where he met her. and i suppose then when you look at other people, i was lucky — i got to meet my mother. that‘s the most brilliant part of it, as well — i got to meet her. and, as i said, i got her side of the story so i could never blame her. but if i didn‘t meet her, i would be blaming herfor leaving me in there. there‘s another reason why pj thinks he‘s lucky — he was fostered by a loving family near here, after a plan for him to be adopted in america fell through. at the tuam home, nearly 800 children aged up to three died between 1925 and 1961. investigators believe many were buried at the site in some kind of sewage system. when i go down there and stand there, to think that i could be in there, too. only for i was born a healthy baby. and to think that the mothers of today are still looking for them

babies, not knowing where they are — and to think, the possibilities that their baby could be in there in the sewer system — i was amazed, i was shocked that a religious country, that we are supposed to be, would do the likes of that to a helpless little baby. the irish government has committed to having this site excavated, so the children whose remains are beneath this ground can be reburied with some dignity. tuam is the mother—and—baby home which has generated the most international attention, but there are many other institutions in the republic of ireland with long histories of shame, neglect and unspeakable cruelty. back in 2011... the historian who discovered what happened at tuam says there should be a state apology. these babies were more than likely left to die, but they were neglected. there were some little simple diseases that could have been treated. and let's give an apology to all those people who suffered at the hands of the state, the church and the religious. and pj is hoping the public inquiry report will lay out all the dark truths.

the priest never went after the father — he never went to the father‘s house and said, like, "you‘re responsible here — you must look after this child, this is your child." it was always the woman‘s fault. and that‘s why i like to get my story out there, and i want this to go into the history books of ireland — what was done to the women in the past. well we saw local historian catherine corless there in chris‘ report — it was her revelations which led to the establishment of the mother and baby homes commission. she‘s with us now from tuam in county galway. thank you so much forjoining us. obviously it is very distressing to

hear the testimony there of pj and to know that so many people endured those dreadful times and obviously many are still living and are eagerly awaiting what this report says. how do you feel about what you uncovered? well we are waiting in anticipation of what is going to come out today because we have no idea. we are all hoping that today will bring justice like pj there. i have heard a story so many times. i am delighted that people like pj have found the courage to tell their stories. before the story broke, they did not have a platform to speak on. there are many of them around. they came to me by degrees and given me their stories. thanks to the media, the media could take studies on board and highlight them.

the commission was set up in february 2015 and today we are getting the result of their findings. so we can only hope that a truthful account of what did go on an island and it was horrific. tell us more about the culture that allowed the secrecy to continue around what was happening. allowed the secrecy to continue around what was happeningm allowed the secrecy to continue around what was happening. it did start with a church way back when the irish state was founded. the government at the time, the new government, it was the first time that a government was put in place. they more or less left the running with regards education and the education for the people of ireland. they left it to the religious. they never really questioned what went on in those homes. that is where it really started. the church created a

culture and they decided that pregnancy outside marriage was devious and a terrible sin. it grew from that. i know that parents who did put their pregnant daughter into homes. but there was no option for them really at the time because pregnant women were frowned on and often their names were read out in mass in the churches. that was the culture and it was started by the church. there was a lot of people complicit in everything that went on. this date turned a blind eye and the religious could do what they wa nted the religious could do what they wanted at the end of the day. so this was the start of this terrible corruption that happened and poor innocent little babies, illegitimate babies as they were called, and nobody cared. that is what happened. many will have become aware of the story having seen their oscar—nominated film philomena

played by dame judi oscar—nominated film philomena played by damejudi dench. yes. and very powerful film. played by damejudi dench. yes. and very powerfulfilm. she has been speaking about what she wants to come from this enquiry and she says that families should be compensated for the unbearable suffering and loss caused by the institutions. do you expect there will be compensation? what difference would compensation? what difference would compensation make now and whether that be enough, what would you like to see happen? from my experience, survivors first and foremost, this is the plea for acknowledgement about what happened to them. on top of that an apology that these issues are very important to them. it comes way before the redress of that need. that has been my experience, they wa nt that has been my experience, they want and acknowledgement an apology from all sides, notjust the state but the religious and state —— like

church as well. that is the healing for them saying that what happened to me. and there should be a redress. i happen —— might have not come across any survivor redress. i happen —— might have not come across any survivor that is looking for a lump sum. one thing they would need is a health package, just counselling, proper counselling to bring the trauma that is still worth, all the trauma of losing their mothers of never knowing their mothers, not being given information, even to this day. a lot of people do not have the courage to find their birth mothers. they are beginning to do it through dna and companies where they can find relations. the law is still in place that it relations. the law is still in place thatitis relations. the law is still in place that it is the mothers right if they are trying to find their mother, they have to have support through social workers. they say we cannot give you that information, it is a close draw, it is inhuman what they

are doing to those survivors. thank you for taking the time for talking to us. we will have full coverage of that report when it is reported —— might later. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. we will have mild air in the south back cloud and rain will linger all day, particularly for parts of the south and east of england into south wales. for the rest of the uk, plenty of sunshine developing. feeling cold air out there in the east, two, three degrees at edinburgh and newcastle. ten, 11 down towards the myth this afternoon. this evening, this is where the front pushes on, bumping into cold out there could be sleet and snow. there could be down to low ground. freezing rain and icy

stretches to the start of wednesday. three tomorrow, this band of rain nudging north—east. mild in the south—west virtually, two, three in the north—east. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... new figures suggest the pandemic has caused excess deaths in the uk to rise to their highest level since the second world war. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk‘s most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known what do that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. uk supermarkets morrisons and sainsbury‘s take a tougher stance on people refusing to wear masks while shopping. ministers say they‘re looking into claims that some food parcels sent to children who would normally get free school meals are inadequate. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up to joe biden‘s inauguration.

and the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is due to be published by the irish government. last year saw the largest increase in deaths in the uk since world war two — that‘s according to figures released this morning by the office for national statistics. the provisional figures show in 2020, nearly 697,000 deaths were registered in the uk. that‘s compared to an average of nearly 606,000 each year between 2015 and 2019. this is the largest increase, or excess, in a single year since 1940.

our head of statistics explained how this increase looks historically. it‘s hard to compare 2020 to, say, the ‘405 or ‘505 because the population has changed, we‘ve grown older and medical technology has improved. so a fair way to do it is if you compare each year to the five years just before it, you get a kind of like for like comparison. i think we can show that to the audience now. i want you to see on the far right hand side of the chart is that it went up by about 15% last year compared to the years 2015 to 2019, and you have to go back a long, long way, properly back to wartime before you see an increase like that. of course, you get a little bit... you have to be a little bit wary when get into comparisons during world war ii because, the five years before 1944 were in world war ii when lots of people were dying, so the excess death comparisons

to get a little bit tricky, but it does make pretty clear how unusual has been. and so that is the overall figure. is it possible to break it down into how much is direct covid deaths and how many deaths are the result of the fallout of covid in terms of a lack of treatment for the issues? we have not really got the full break—out for that yet. we do know that the number of covid registered deaths is kind of in the 80,000 range, but it is hard to know whether the other deaths we have seen, whether they are undiagnosed coronavirus or whether they suggest that these are victims that have not been able to access treatment or having the pressures that coronavirus has put on society. so we will not have that number for quite some time. there has been a lot of caution around comparisons with different countries since the start of it and what the government did say

repeatedly was that it is the excess deaths that will give a clear picture. now that we have got the clear picture for last year, is it possible to do comparisons with elsewhere in the world? unfortunately, i don‘t think we can do comparisons as neatly as that just year by year because the trends are still going up. they are going in the wrong direction. we know that in the last week or so we have seen more than 1000 deaths a day registered, so it looks like the trend are going to go for a while. , go up. that means that we do not have a full picture of the second wave in the uk and is once that second waves over that will be to make more comparisons. we do know that when we go back and look at the first wave in the spring, the uk was one of the hardest—hit nations, certainly among the developed economies and so it is difficult to judge how it will shake out this time round, but we do know that the news that is coming in the next weeks probably will not be great. the uk‘s most senior police officer has said people who break lockdown rules are being fined ‘much more quickly‘ — but says that more clarity on the meaning of ‘local‘ on exercise guidelines is needed from the government. it comes as the health secretary

says that tighter measures for england cannot be ruled out. this report from our political correspondentjessica parker. with hospitals under huge strain, people are being urged to follow the rules to try and bear down on infections and admissions. this is 42—year—old hanifa, whose condition worsened after testing positive. it is loud and clear. national lockdown rules may be tough on many, but there are warnings that they could yet become tougher — especially if people don‘t follow the current restrictions. there's been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it's needed. but it's your actions now that can make a difference. the supermarket morrisons says it will bar customers who refuse to wear face coverings unless medically exempt. sainsbury‘s is also set to challenge people without a mask. and writing in the times, britain‘s most senior police officer —

cressida dick — said... labour‘s suggested tighter rules in england should be considered. so we‘re in this extraordinary situation, if you like, where, having got to at least as serious, if not a more serious position than in march of last year, we‘ve got lesser restrictions in place, and we need those in place as quickly as possible. meanwhile, boris johnson — a keen cyclist — was seen on his bike in east london on sunday around seven miles from downing street. advice is to stay local when exercising, but a number 10 source insists he was within the rules. jessica parker, bbc news.

that was also echoed this morning by the head of the metropolitan police, that was also echoed this morning by the head of dame cressida dick. she says people who break covid rules will more likely find themselves to be fined. we have said last week and again today that we are moving more quickly to enforcement, so this doesn‘t mean that we won‘t engage with people. of course, we will. we will explain, we‘ll encourage people, but we will move more quickly to enforcement, and particularly where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. public health officials in liverpool are warning of an alarming and substantial increase in the number of covid—19 cases. the city has recorded a doubling in the number of infections in a week. its director of public health has described the pressure on hospitals in the city as immense. councillor paul brant is the liverpool city council cabinet member for

health and social care. hejoins us now. thank you he joins us now. thank you very much for joining he joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us. kate is doubling in a week, tell us more about what is going on. —— cases. a week, tell us more about what is going on. -- cases. what we are seeing in liverpool is the increase past the whole of liverpool football, endemic transfer across the wider population and moving up the wider population and moving up the age levels as well. we are seeing the impact of christmas mixing feed through and probably the new virus strain as well will have been transferred from london and the south—east and we are likely to continue to see residual pressure put on our nhs as a result. the rate of change is very alarming up there. and you said that you will expect you obviously have continuing residual pressure. if you are saying

this is the fall effectively from christmas, how concerned are you when you look at the pressure already on the situation in hospitals? the rate of increase is much greater than it was in the first or second wave and that shows that the pressure and virus transmission is much greater than it was in either of those two points. that means that we are looking at, and the evidence shows that the new variant is as over 60 or 70% more transmittable, variant is as over 60 or 70% more tra nsmittable, it means variant is as over 60 or 70% more transmittable, it means we need to have in place measures to restrict that transmission. that 60 to 70% more effective than they were in wave one or wave to just a standstill. at the moment, the pressure put on our nhs is a ready mounting to a point where hospitals that don‘t normally take over the patients have agreed to do so,

including our specialist chest and children‘s hospitals and that is only the reserve position if the pressure on acute hospitals, our main hospitals become poorer unsustainable. the pressure on our nhs is unsustainable. we are bracing ourselves for the next couple of weeks because we know this will probably be the most substantial pressure that we have had to face ayr on our nhs, either in comparison to the first or the second way. how much capacity remains when you say the hospitals that were not previously taking covid patients now are, how much room for manoeuvre is there? we heard from one hospital in essex that is limiting oxygen for covid patients, can you just tell us more about your case? we are very fortu nate more about your case? we are very fortunate here. we have a series of

specialist hospitals who are growing in to support our two main district hospitals, the royal and aintree hospital. that means that we have a greater capacity to ensure that additional beds with piped oxygen, sufficient piped oxygen are available. we can also ensure that by turning off the elective surgery, the standard surgery — very important procedures that nonetheless, turning them off now, freeze up pressure elsewhere. it should be said that turning that off isa should be said that turning that off is a bad thing. people need those operations. it has poor consequences, but here we are, tolerably confident that the system will maintain the stress that it is currently under, but that the measures taken in order to create

that additional capacity have real... cause real hardship to people who would otherwise be getting a treatment. councillor paul brandt. thank you very much indeed for updating us on the situation there. two supermarkets

i think it would be helpful if there was more detailed guidance about travelling away from home. i‘ve just been talking to the constable here in nottingham. people were getting in theircars and in nottingham. people were getting in their cars and travelling a short distance into the countryside to build a walk. walking in the open air is good for people. transmission is generally limited in the open air andi is generally limited in the open air and i do think that there is a need for further clarification and i and i do think that there is a need forfurther clarification and i hope the home secretary will say something about that this afternoon. it isa something about that this afternoon. it is a really good point because obviously it is good for our mental

and physical health to walk and the case of the two women in derbyshire that were fined for doing that because they were holding a cup of tea at the time will of course to people and may make people stay at home when actually they are able to go out. how difficult is it to strike the right balance?” go out. how difficult is it to strike the right balance? i think we have got to just recognise that people are getting used to this. police are used to dealing with crises, but this has been lasting for nine months now. they are fed up and people want to get out of the house and they can‘t get out of the house. but provided they follow the law and try and follow the guidance as well, they can. we need to get a balance and we need to ensure that people have the right to exercise. the right to meet one person outside and walk with them and of course, to be able to go and do essential

shopping. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... last year saw the largest increase in uk deaths in a single year since 1940, according to new official figures. up up 90,000 according to the previous year. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk‘s most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. ministers say they are looking into claims that some food parcels sent to children who would normally get free school meals are inadequate. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. the f1 -- the f1 —— the australian grand prix has been moved to mid november and it means that the season will start

in bargreen. it means that the season will start in bar green. the chinese grand prix has also been put on hold because of travel restrictions there. but is yet to be rearranged and so formula 1 bosses have bought a miller in italy back on. it is still planned to stage a record 23 races this season. as to stage a record 23 races this season. as pressure grows to stage a record 23 races this season. as pressure grows against the continuation of elite football, bre ntford the continuation of elite football, brentford are the latest to postpone fixtures. everyone is reminded that players and staff are adhering to the rules is a step up their protocols. referees will ask for players to avoid unnecessary contact on the pitch such as handshakes. there are concerns that they are breaching too many of the regulations. european rugby champion cup and challenge cup have been temporarily suspended because of the pandemic. they should not play

because of the public health rest. this is from chrisjones about because of the public health rest. this is from chris jones about what it means for the future. there was a lobbying to bring premiership matches forward to fill the void left by europe to get some of the rounds of premiership matches out of the way or free up space for later, or to have some games with the internationals where they were available. some of them start on the 6th of february and so the internationals will not be playing clu b internationals will not be playing club rugby and so they were unable to agree on this in the schedule is now it is without the two—week brace. a5 for the six with that under threat after the decision from the french government, but also perhaps the six nations can go ahead

as planned on the 6th of february. perhaps the teams can bubble up for that period of time to make it safe as possible. until then, that period of time to make it safe as possible. untilthen, it that period of time to make it safe as possible. until then, it will be under something of a cloud. that is covid continuing to cause issues with the sporting calendar. this is the full draw for the fourth and fifth rounds of the fa cup. that will be just after the fifth rounds of the fa cup. that will bejust after the 1pm fifth rounds of the fa cup. that will be just after the 1pm news. there are concerns that the quality and quantity of food being provided to some children from low—income families as part of the government‘s free—school meals pledge, is inadequate. the labour leader keir starmer says that some images of free schools appearing online are ‘woefully inadequate‘ — calling it a disgrace. the children‘s minister vicky ford says she will urgently be looking into the matter. in a tweet, she said food parcels should cover all lunchtime meals,

and be nutritious. (biv)andy even though children not be receiving these... this is going to be the supply of food for one child for ten days issued in place of a £30 voucher. the company believed to have supplied it says an investigation is under way. it says the photo doesn‘t reflect the specification of one of its hampers. and now this example, and other hampers provided by different companies, have come to the attention of marcus rashford, the manchester united player and school meals campaigner. he tweeted an image of a parcel said to be three days of food for one family, saying it was just not good enough. he added that children deserve better than this. when marcus rashford raises an issue, ministers take note. the claims can‘t be verified but they have already prompted the children‘s minister, vicky ford, to say she would be looking into the issue urgently. the department for education said parcels should be nutritious

and contain a varied range of food. it said there were clear guidelines which it expected to be followed. the night after the prime minister made the announcement i was at the supermarket getting all of our packed lunches for the next two days. what i have bought for packed lunches was much better than what we get from the company we use and it was half the price, and we found that throughout all of lockdown — that what we have been getting from the company has been not the greatest in the world and is, believe it or not, nearly double the price we paid for the hot meals pre—lockdown. so we weren‘t happy at all. some parents have been happy with the food hampers they‘ve received. but the government will be keen to defuse this row before incurring the wrath of marcus rashford once again. andy moore, bbc news.

let‘s go now to our correspondence. some of those pictures that we were seeing online of what has been in these boxes clearly was not what was expected. tell us more about what‘s been going on with this. overnight, tweets emerge from a user calling themselves roadside mum. it included basic items such as cheese and bread, but not enough to justify what she felt should have been provided. she fell and she estimated that she could purchase the same items for £5 22 from a local supermarket. we have been making effo rts supermarket. we have been making efforts to contact this woman to verify the supply chain. in the meantime, the catering company there are alleged to have delivered this package are saying that they will also investigate this issue because they say that this picture does not meet the specification of one of

their hampers. this becomes rather important because the department for education, as you say, has been very clear when they say that there needs to bea clear when they say that there needs to be a variety of food and it needs to be a variety of food and it needs to be a variety of food and it needs to be nutritious. very much picking the public attention after the campaign from the footballer marcus rashford who forced a reversing position on the government for free school meals. and what is he said about this latest issue? he has been tweaking again fairly recently. he has got a game today, but he was reporting a conversation with the catering company. he said in a series of tweets that they would be a meeting between that company and the department for education. he is certainly responding to the company questioning the specification of that hamper. they are now really clear in saying that they would like to identify the school that may have

passed out the parcels, because it is important to rememberfor those not receiving vouchers in place of these free school meal parcels, they are distributed closely and the companies that they want to find out what happened. marcus rashford said that certainly notjust every picture in the case of roadside mum, but also the other pictures circulating, he says it is just not good enough and he and have written saying... royal mail has published a list of areas where there have been delays in delivering post. 27 areas in england and one in northern ireland are affected. the postal service says the reduced service is due to workers being off royal mail has published a list of areas where there have been sick or self—isolating. a deal‘s been agreed to rescue edinburgh woollen mill group — which also operates ponden homes and bonmarche stores. the businesses fell into administration last year because of the pandemic.

a consortium of international investors says its plan will save around 2,500 jobs at around 300 stores. the findings of an inquiry into cruelty suffered by unmarried mothers and their children in religious institutions is expected to be published by the irish government today.at one at one mother—and—baby home in county galway, almost eight hundred children died during the mid—twentieth century. our ireland correspondent chris page has been to meet a man who was born and lived in the home. the only thing that i can remember is the bed being wet. wetting the bed an awful lot, then marched down to school. we had to go ten minutes late in the morning. we had to leave ten minutes early in the evening. and when it came to playtime, then we were all cornered off in a section of the playground by the nuns so you wouldn‘t mix with the other kids. locked up — what i called a prison, really. and to think, why? just because i was born out of wedlock.

pj haverty spent his first seven years in the home which once stood here. ireland in the 19505 was a deeply conservative catholic society. unmarried women who were pregnant were taken into religious institutions, and separated from their children. pj‘s late mother, eileen, eventually moved to london, where he met her. and i suppose then when you look at other people, i was lucky — i got to meet my mother. that‘s the most brilliant part of it, as well — i got to meet her. and, as i said, i got her side of the story so i could never blame her. but if i didn‘t meet her, i would be blaming herfor living in there. there‘s another reason why pj thinks he‘s lucky — he was fostered by a loving family near here, after a plan for him to be adopted in america fell through. at the tuam home, nearly 800 children aged up to three died between 1925 and 1961. investigators believe many were buried at the site in some

kind of sewage system. when i go down there and stand there, to think that i could be in there, too. only for i was born a healthy baby. and to think that the mothers of today are still looking for them babies, not knowing where they are — and to think, the possibilities that their baby could be in there in the sewer system — i was amazed, i was shocked that a religious country, that we are supposed to be, would do the likes of that to a helpless little baby. the irish government has committed to having this site excavated, so the children whose remains are beneath this ground can be reburied with some dignity. tuam is the mother—and—baby home which has generated the most international attention, but there are many other institutions in the republic of ireland with long histories of shame, neglect and unspeakable cruelty. back in 2011... the historian who discovered what happened at tuam says there should be a state apology. these babies were more than likely left to die, but they were neglected.

there were some little simple diseases that could have been treated. and let's give an apology to all those people who suffered at the hands of the state, the church and the religious. and pj is hoping the public inquiry report will lay out all the dark truths. the priest never went after the father — he never went to the father‘s house and said, like, "you‘re responsible here — you must look after this child, this is your child." it was always the woman‘s fault. and that‘s why i like to get my story out there, and i want this to go into the history books of ireland — what was done to the women in the past. now, the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. we have got some contrast in the weather picture across the uk today. from the north, clearer, brighter, drier air is moving in but it is also moving colder from the north but that sunshine. there will be milder air

in the south, but cloud and rain will linger around all day, particularly in parts of the south and west of england and south wales as well. for the rest of the uk apart from this, plenty of sunshine developing. it will feel cold out there, especially in the east with just two or three degrees for the likes of edinburgh or newcastle and ten or 11 down towards plymouth this afternoon. this evening, this weather front starts to push back to the north—east, bumping into cold air. they could be some sleet and snow, mainly of a higher ground but also in parts of northern england and scotland as well. a sub—0 start to wednesday, some freezing rain and icy stretches are possible. through tomorrow, we have got this band of rain slowly nudging north eastwards affecting many parts. still mild in the south west, but chilly — just two or three in the north—east. goodbye. hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: new figures suggest the pandemic has

caused excess deaths in the uk to rise to their highest level since the second world war. enforcing lockdown rules — the uk‘s most senior police officer warns rule—breakers are increasingly likely to be fined. where somebody is breaking, you know, breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. uk supermarkets morrisons and sainsbury‘s take a tougher stance on people refusing to wear masks while shopping. ministers say they‘re looking into claims that some food parcels — sent to children who would normally get free school meals — are inadequate. security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the united states in the run—up to joe biden‘s inauguration. there are more than 30,000 coronavirus patients in uk hospitals.

that‘s10,000 more than during the peak of the first wave in april. let‘s hear from two people who have been treated for the virus. hi, my name is ali sherlock. i came into hospital on the 28th of december. i tested positive for covid. i have been very, very unwell and i‘ve been extremely frightened. i have seen two people die in that either side of me while i have been at this hospital, and not elderly people either, people with families, children. how will they ever be able to explain to their families what has happened to them? i have had arterial lines, i have feeding tubes, i have a facemask i to use regularly called a cpap mask, which helps inflate my lungs.

ijust want to cuddle my babies, i have never been separated from my children before and i‘m finding it very difficult. ijust can‘t reiterate how wonderful our nhs service is. they have literally saved my life, it could have gone one way or the other and i feel so very, very lucky to be here to tell the story. so i got a headache, shortness of breath and i was bedbound, i was calling my dad and my sister drenched in sweat, i could not move, could not eat. from here upwards was the only working part of my lungs, the rest of my lungs went into type one respiratory failure. it was like... for days. that is how it was for days.

i could never catch my breath. i had two nurses on this side, holding my hand, stroking me, saying it is ok, and then another nurse held my phone next to my ear. it was horrible. my dad does not really cry but he is my best friend, my superhero, to hear my dad sobbing down the phone saying, please, just fight one more day, you have got this, but your body is so weak you cannot say i love you back isjust... it's messes you up. you feel so empty and numb and worthless. because all you want is to cuddle your family. if you are going to pass, as horrible as it is, you want to hold your family and say goodbye and have that last final

moments with them and i couldn't. it affects everyone, notjust the elderly. we need to literally open our eyes and realise how serious it is. we‘re joined now by the conservative mp — chair of the house of commons health select committee and the former health secretary, jeremy hunt. select committee and the former do select committee and the former you believe some don‘t do you believe some people still don‘t have their highs fully open when it comes to the seriousness of covid? yes. i wish they could see those powerful testimonies you have just heard or listen to a select committee this morning, because we heard their chief executive of nhs providers talking about a triple whammy on the nhs which is firstly that the infection rates are not going down as quickly as they did in the first lot down. and so this means that the peak for the nhs may

extend into february which is a much longer period of really sustained pressure. then the nhs has had before. secondly, it is spreading from london and the south east up to the north, down to the south—west. so it is something that is affecting the whole country. we heard yesterday from one hospital in essex which is rationing oxygen supplies in some parts of essex, covid cases are running one in 18. what did your committee hear about the pressures on the health service and if rationing is happening anywhere else. there is rationing happening everywhere because this is an extreme situation, the like of which we have not had in our lifetimes. what the nhs is very good at doing, and this is in it being a national organisation, the links between hospital and much stronger than in other systems, so they are contacting neighbouring trusts, sending critical care patients to hospitals where there are spare

beds. and doing an amazing amount to make sure that people who need a critical care bed with oxygen get one. sorry to interrupt, are you confident that everybody that needs critical care is getting the correct level of care that they should be getting, or are somebody turned away because where previously they would have been taken in for treatment?” probably would use the word hopeful rather than confident. because i know the nhs is really good at trying to solve problems but they have never had to experience anything like this before the stock asi anything like this before the stock as i understand it, at the moment, eve ryo ne as i understand it, at the moment, everyone who needs an intensive care bed, who needs oxygen or a ventilator, is broadly getting them. iam sure ventilator, is broadly getting them. i am sure there will be a few cases thatis i am sure there will be a few cases that is not the case. going forward, as the pressure increases, it is a very, very hard thing to call, it is

a knife edge. you have spoken of the need to have strong restrictions. you will no doubt have seen the stories of boris johnson you will no doubt have seen the stories of borisjohnson cycling seven stories of borisjohnson cycling seven miles away from downing street in east london. the government said today he did not break the law. cressida dick of the metropolitan police said he hasn‘t broken the law. he has not broken the law but do you think it is in the spirit of the guidelines? i think it is. this isa the guidelines? i think it is. this is a bit ofa the guidelines? i think it is. this is a bit of a silly story, if you go for a five mile run, you can go for a seven for a five mile run, you can go for a seven mile bike ride as long as you are starting to and from your front door. i think this is a non—story but it is absolutely the case that whether the nhs does or doesn‘t fall over is as much a to as as it is to the nhs. because if you look at the infections that are spreading because households are continuing to mix, even in places like supermarkets where some people are still not wearing masks, we have

got to play our part as the public. you say it as a nonstory. but doesn‘t cause confusion when the government‘s position is that people should have as few social contacts as they can. the further you get away from your home, the more you will come into contact with other people. if the prime minister is doing that, then that will inevitably lead people to think, thatis inevitably lead people to think, that is clear, it is ok to do it. it comes against the backdrop of what happened last week with the two women in derbyshire who were fined for going five miles away from their home and going for a walk. does the need to be just greater clarity here? i think it is always helpful to be clear as to what the definition of local is. but i don‘t think there is evidence in this particular case that there was any additional social contact. i think exercise is as important for the prime minister as it is all of us. but i think forward, the other thing

that we need to take out of this, is we need to ask why it is that the nhs was under such pressure. and how are we going to solve the long—term workforce challenges, how are we going to make sure we have enough doctors and nurses going forward. we have been shorter than for a very long time. i started to try and solve this but i don‘t think i in any means went as far as we need to. i think that is one of the other things are select committee is looking at. that is a longer term measure. in terms of the immediacy and what happens to try and get people to follow social distancing, the state home message to ease the pressure on the nhs. one thing the government is looking at is the three metre distance rule.” government is looking at is the three metre distance rule. i would follow the advice, the scientific advice we are getting. ministers have to make the final decision, you andi have to make the final decision, you and i are not scientists are experts in knowing what the measures are that will make the difference. sorry

to interact... there are members of sage saying it should be three metres. on that basis, do you think it should be? we need to listen to chris whitty whose job it is to balance the different scientific advice that he is getting from different members of sage. if he said that because of this new strain we need to stay further apart from other people, then of course i would listen to that. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. jeremy hunt. thank you. search teams in indonesia appear to have located a black box from the passenger plane which crashed into the waters nearjakarta three days ago. tv footage showed investigators bringing a bulky item to shore. the search team has not yet confirmed the finding, which comes after a remotely operated underwater vehicle was deployed. all 62 people on board the sriwijaya air plane are believed to have died. the impact of last week‘s attack on the capitol building in washington last week continues to shake the us. president trump has now approved a state of emergency to run

untiljoe biden has been inaugurated as president next week. and the fbi is warning of further possible violence and armed protests by pro—trump and right—wing groups as security in all state capitals is stepped up. the democratic party is also pursuing its twin—track efforts to punish mr trump, either through his removal from office by vice—president pence, or by seeking to impeach him. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. washington, eight days before joe biden is due to be sworn in as the next president. unprecedented security around the capitol building, where the national guard is on patrol. from tomorrow, parts of the city will be in lockdown. and president trump has approved a state of emergency lasting until the end of next week. inside the capitol, more political high drama. the democrats don‘t want to wait to see the back of mr trump — they want him out now. resolution calling on vice president michael r pence...

it‘s a long shot, but they‘re hoping the vice president and a majority of the cabinet will agree to invoke the 25th amendment, declaring mr trump unfit to continue in office. he will be removed immediately. if that doesn‘t happen, the democrats will move forward with articles of impeachment, accusing the president of incitement of insurrection, that he gravely endangered the security of the united states. around the country, feelings are running high. you know, if one of us was inciting a riot, we would get thrown in jail. so i think that somebody, just because you are the president, doesn‘t mean you are exempt from the law. i think he should be held accountable. hurry up and impeach him! but we're only hoping that he will never run for anything ever again. except from the police. yes. so lock him up. while washington debates the president‘s immediate future, mr trump is planning to head

to texas to see part of the border wall that he promised to build. in the meantime, there‘s more backlash against the storming of the capitol last week. the most famous coach in american football, bill belichick, says he won‘t accept donald trump is my coffer of the presidential medal of freedom. for his part, joe biden has been focusing on the coronavirus, receiving his second dose of the vaccine. he was pressed by reporters on whether he was concerned about the open—air inauguration ceremony next week. i'm not afraid of taking the oath outside, and we've been getting briefed. butiam... i think it's critically important that there be a real, serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition, and threatened people's lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable. the head of the national guard has said up to 15,000 troops could be deployed in washington for mr biden‘s inauguration, while the fbi has warned that armed

protests could take place in the capital cities of every state in the country over the next week. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. 82—year—old brian hoa re from buckinghamshire was vaccinated at the epsom vaccine centre yesterday. he had to wait in his carfor several hours. my my appointment was at 11:15am. i arrived at 11 o‘clock. i was directed to a slot in the car park and the guy who directed me there said, stay in your car. we will call you when it is ready. after about half an hour beyond my allotted time, i asked what was going on. he said, there is a delay. we will keep you informed. another half hour when past and i asked a more senior guy

what was going on. he said it is likely to be a 3—4 hour delay. i said is that despite the fact that i have got a booked appointment? he said, iam have got a booked appointment? he said, i am sorry, i am sorry it is. i stayed in my carfor said, i am sorry, i am sorry it is. i stayed in my car for another hour or so. i stayed in my car for another hour or so. ifinally went i stayed in my car for another hour or so. i finally went up and i said, what is going on? he said we are going to beginning of the car park, which was ranks of cars about eight long. and i was about ten or 12 rows from the front. and he said, we will start at the front and come back to you when we can. anyway, i was prompted by a car thatjust building and a guy went to his boots. i said,

look, don‘t hurry. we have got a 3—4 hour wait. he carried on, went round to his passenger and an elderly person got out. who was obviously got mobility problems. he put them in the wheelchair, walked up to the pedestrian queue and went straight in. i thought, pedestrian queue and went straight in. ithought, well, if! pedestrian queue and went straight in. i thought, well, if i can do that, i try to abide by the rules. soi that, i try to abide by the rules. so i went up and join the queue. i was in the queue which was about 80, 100 people they are. in the immediate group around me, there was at least three people who had an 11 o‘clock appointment and were now getting close to two o‘clock. o‘clock appointment and were now getting close to two o'clock. sorry to interrupt, in the end, how long are you waiting? i actually finally got my injection at three o‘clock.

did you feel, obviously it was a really frustrating process. did you feel vulnerable? i am assuming you went from an environment where you have been staying home, protecting yourself and then you ended up there? i live on my own. and so my immediate circle is very small. i am staying at home and obviously jumping in the car and driving 40 miles to the centre. and then mixing with people, although i was masked up. and, you know, ifelt myself vulnerable. when i... i had my injection and the nurse said, if you have driven here, you better wait in the carfor have driven here, you better wait in the car for another quarter of an air before you drive away. as i was driving —— walking past, i saw one

of the car park attendants. i said this to her. she said, well this is the thing that is causing the problem this morning stop people are having their injections, coming back to the car park and we don‘t know whether they have had their injections are waiting. and we have com pletely lost injections are waiting. and we have completely lost control. in the hall, and let me stress, once i was in the hole, it was immaculate. it couldn‘t have gone smoother. further restrictions have not been ruled out by the health secretary matt hancock, as he urged people to help the nhs by following the rules. many parts of our lives have already been impacted by lockdowns — from staying at home, to being unable to meet our families. graham satchell has been speaking to those who could be affected by even stricter measures. it looks quite busy, doesn‘t it? this was the high street in beverley yesterday.

there are more cars on the road than in march. parks are also busy. so as the number of covid cases continue to soar, there is a question — do the rules need to be tightened? we‘re going to keep the rules under constant review. where we have to tighten them, we will. but we have rules in place already which, if they are properly followed, we believe, can make a huge, huge difference. i think there probably is more that we could do. an example is the question of whether nurseries should be open. there are other examples. we may have to get tougher. # miss polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick. should nurseries close in england and wales? they are already shut in scotland and northern ireland except for vulnerable children. this is the sunflower children‘s centre in sheffield. here they say their children are safe and they should stay open so parents can work. people need to have childcare because if you‘re working

from home you can‘t manage a toddler and make good thejob. and there is no evidence at all about children in early years spreading the virus. why change it if it‘s not broken? what about garden centres? this is shannons garden centre in south london. people are coming to us as a destination because they are allowed to. which is fair enough. then they were coming. it's somewhere to go instead of the park, it's somewhere to walk around, somewhere to bring their children when they need a break. garden centres are shut in scotland, wales and northern ireland, but remain open in england. here, linda has now decided to close. it's not safe. it's not the be all and end all to be open all the time. you've got to make the decision in the end to say, look, this isn't right. there's something not right here. well, good morning, everyone, and welcome... an online church

service in county down. places of worship are open in england and wales, closed in scotland. but here in northern ireland churches have voluntarily decided to close. # he is my light, my strength. things are really difficult in this area. our numbers are really, really not good. and as a church, you know, christianity, it's talks about sacrifice. i think this is a small sacrifice for the greater good. will rules be tightened? the scottish cabinet will be discussing that later today. but most experts now say what is really important is that the message is clear — if you can, they say, you should stay at home. graham satchell, bbc news. from dance competitions to ping—pong ball challenges, many of us have been trying to find new ways to have fun at home. now we‘re living under tough restrictions once again, our reporterjayne mccubbin has been finding out how you‘ve been keeping busy and upbeat

while staying indoors. here we are again, and so many of us need to find a thing that will make all of this bearable. some have found that thing in the most unlikely place. kath, we‘re talking lockdown lifelines. what has saved you? k—drama. k—drama, for the uninitiated, is korean drama. one of the best things about k—drama is, very strong female roles. usually older women who have some power. i‘m very, very, very keen on that, and i‘m sure most women my age are! what saved your bacon through lockdown? personal challenge, i guess. this is tim. there's not much else to do,

so finding that challenge is the big elevator, i guess. start with one pan, end up with two pans. can't remember if it was four or five. ran out of pans. and yeah, i think that was five, six hours' time well spent. we got a decent video out of it. everyone's in the same boat, aren't they? you just got to keep yourself motivated somehow. when the sun has set on another day of grim news, so many have found solace here. for me, it's got to be looking at the night sky. i love it, i get a sense of peace and tranquillity about it, so it's kept me going. through the magic of twitter, i'll tell people, tonight, 7.30, go outside, take your phone with you and i'll be tweeting about the things you can see in the sky. one of the many families joining

mark to look outside their window up at the night sky, has been caroline and hayden. i believe you guys have been doing some stargazing? we have, yes indeed. it helps me relax. hayden is autistic and has adhd, and he‘s sometimes been overwhelmed by events. everything‘s so still and so quiet. and we wrap up really, really well, and we get all cosy and just look up, and it‘s just wonderful. it‘s the only way, really, these days that we can keep in contact. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. we have seen a real change

in our weather today and that started this morning, with a frost in the northern parts of the country. that continued on for many northern parts of the country seeing a cold, crisp, sunny winter‘s day. again, we have had more cloud in the far south and particularly the south—west sky here is very similar to what we had yesterday. the cloud and rain that we had yesterday swept southwards overnight, but that cloudy skies still hanging on in the far south—west and parts of northern ireland as well. clearer, colder air across the rest of the uk today and over the next few days, it is a battle between that cold air and this milder air on weather fronts trying to come in from the atlantic. quite a contrast of temperatures, even earlier this evening, it is milderfor northern ireland, wales and the south west already cold and the frost beginning to develop across other parts of the uk, where of course we had the clearer skies and lighter winds and any showers out into the north sea by this stage. we‘ll find it clouding over more and more across north wales in the south—west, outbreaks of rain pushing in here. that cloud will continue to spell its way steadily eastwards, but it remains cold and frosty in scotland, northern england and much of eastern england as well.

much milder again for western areas. along that boundary, there is the threat of some icy conditions and freezing rain in the morning in western scotland and the north—west of england. this band of wet weather moving very slowly north and eastwards, a bit drier in northern ireland, and wales and in the south—west for a while. later in the day, there is a sign of some snow beginning to arrive over the hills of scotland and the north of england. into the colder air, where temperatures are going to be on the low side for many northern and eastern areas. much milderfor northern ireland and the south—west. we have got a weather front moving in. bringing some wet weather. it doesn‘t really push quite across the uk, so it never really pushes away the cold air that we have across the north and eastern areas. across the night and into thursday, we will find some snow falling. primarily over the hills of scotland and northern england. more likely to be rain elsewhere and that rain finally easing away from northern ireland, continuing in other areas. it may turn drier for wales and the south—west. it may turn windy here with temperatures in double figures

and again, another chilly day for scotland and eastern areas of england. that weather front is bringing that wintry mix and then fades away thursday night and for many, it will be dry on friday ahead of the next weather system in the north—west later on in the day.

britain‘s top police officer warns that those who break covid rules are now more likely to face fines. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick says it‘s preposterous for anyone to claim they don‘t know what the rules are. where somebody is breaking the law, breaking the regulations, and it is absolutely clear that they must have known, or do know that they are, then we will move very swiftly to enforcement and fining people. we‘ll be getting reaction to the commissioner‘s comments. also this lunchtime: the covid deaths that have led to the largest increase in deaths in a single year since the second world war. a warning that core staff could leave the nhs after the coronavirus crisis due to the "unsustainable" workloads. our colleagues are working right on the edge of what feels safe or sustainable to them.