this is bbc news with the latest headlines. calls for more support for the uk's travel and tourism sector — after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland, with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. the world's biggest vaccination programme gets under way in india. the country hopes to inoculate 300 million people byjuly, with priority being given to front line health care workers. feeling absolutely safe, absolutely fit, absolutely fine. verijyous, very ecstatic. president—electjoe biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the united states, promising to vaccinate 100 million people within his first 100 days in office.

and coming up in half an hour, the world's biggest tech show takes place online and click takes a look at what's on offer. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has insisted that its new travel measures will protect the public from variants of covid—19. air corridors are being closed on monday, meaning visitors to the uk will have to quarantine. there've been fresh calls from the travel sector for support to help the industry survive. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. travel corridors mean people coming into the uk from a certain list of countries don't have to quarantine upon arrival. right now, though, we're being told to stay home and the system is being suspended.

to protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily close all travel corridors from 0a:00 hrs on monday. that means arrivals from anywhere will have to quarantine for ten days, or pay for a covid test on the fifth day, when they can leave quarantine early if it's negative. this also applies to eurostar and sea ports, but not people travelling within the uk or ireland, or somejobs, like hauliers. groups representing the travel industry — already battered by coronavirus restrictions — accept the need for rules to tighten, but they're asking where things go from here. we're saying to the government that they need to look at all of the measures that they've got in place for travel at the moment, and of all those restrictions, and actually come up with a plan to move forward, so that when restrictions start to lift, there is a clear plan in place.

there have been renewed calls for targeted support for aviation and aerospace. the aviation minister accepted the announcement was bad news for them. the most important thing l for all of the travel industry is that we're able to get people out and about travelling again safely. as soon as possible. and it's what we're doing _ with the vaccine, a massive roll—out of over 3.2 millionjabs — _ that's what offers the real prospect of better times for the aviation industry and the whole - of the travel industry. strong bookings for later in the year by the over—50s were providing some optimism, but for many in the holiday industry, the light at the end of the tunnel looks a little more distant than it did. katy austin, bbc news. tim jeans is the chairman of newquay airport in cornwall, and is a former managing director of ryanair and monarch airlines. good afternoon to you. thank you for joining us. is newquay airport still open?

joining us. is newquay airport still oen? ., ., . , . open? no, we are currently closed. the airport — open? no, we are currently closed. the airport terminal _ open? no, we are currently closed. the airport terminal has _ open? no, we are currently closed. the airport terminal has been - open? no, we are currently closed. l the airport terminal has been closed since early in the month and would not expect to be able to reopen until the very end of march. what until the very end of march. what does that mean _ until the very end of march. what does that mean in _ until the very end of march. what does that mean in terms - until the very end of march. what does that mean in terms of- until the very end of march. what does that mean in terms of the staff and support services that keep the airport going?— and support services that keep the airport going? eternal staff are now on furlough — airport going? eternal staff are now on furlough and _ airport going? eternal staff are now on furlough and that _ airport going? eternal staff are now on furlough and that scheme - airport going? eternal staff are now on furlough and that scheme has i airport going? eternal staff are now i on furlough and that scheme has been vital for us to be able to retain those jobs. vital for us to be able to retain thosejobs. the vital for us to be able to retain those jobs. the airfield vital for us to be able to retain thosejobs. the airfield itself vital for us to be able to retain those jobs. the airfield itself is open for things like search and rescue, but at the moment, effectively, the business is shutdown. it effectively, the business is shutdown-— effectively, the business is shutdown. ., shutdown. it has mothballed. because we are in lockdown, _ shutdown. it has mothballed. because we are in lockdown, nobody _ shutdown. it has mothballed. because we are in lockdown, nobody is - we are in lockdown, nobody is supposed to travel abroad at the moment except for in a few exceptional cases. eventually, the travel industry will reopen. how worried are you that these new restrictions will have a knock—on effect for smaller airports like yours? effect for smaller airports like ours? ., , , ., . ., yours? probably in more uncertain times and we _ yours? probably in more uncertain times and we have _ yours? probably in more uncertain times and we have ever— yours? probably in more uncertain

times and we have ever been. - yours? probably in more uncertain times and we have ever been. as | yours? probably in more uncertain i times and we have ever been. as you have been saying, the industry is shutdown at the moment and although the vaccine and as people get the vaccine, they will be more confident to fly, i think they will be more cautious about flying, certainly to a lot more destinations. and possibly to destinations that have had a particularly difficult time, as we have had. we face a great deal of uncertainty throughout the summer. undoubtedly, as the warmer weather returns and the vaccine starts to be put into the arms of more and more people, travel will return and whilst it will not be a bumper summer, we can certainly look forward to a better and more sustained recovery than was possible at the end of last year, for example. at the end of last year, for example-— at the end of last year, for example. at the end of last year, for examle. ~ ., ., example. we were hearing earlier in the week that _ example. we were hearing earlier in the week that the _ example. we were hearing earlier in the week that the number _ example. we were hearing earlier in the week that the number of - example. we were hearing earlier ml the week that the number of holidays that were being booked by people over 50 had had a boost because of the anticipation of the vaccine, but presumably the taking away of travel

corridors has a dampening effect on that? ' . , corridors has a dampening effect on that? f . , ., ., that? effectively, although there has been some _ that? effectively, although there has been some optimism - that? effectively, although there has been some optimism that i that? effectively, although there| has been some optimism that the remainder of the summer, from the period ofjuly onwards, there is no doubt about it that the imposition of the corridors, which is absolutely the right to do at the moment, has given more uncertainty and has cast in a cloud over the recovery will be that much slower and actual anger. share recovery will be that much slower and actual anger.— recovery will be that much slower and actual anger. are there further reassurances _ and actual anger. are there further reassurances and _ and actual anger. are there further reassurances and supporting i and actual anger. are there further reassurances and supporting one i and actual anger. are there further i reassurances and supporting one from government?— government? there is one thing in articular. government? there is one thing in particular. there _ government? there is one thing in particular. there is _ government? there is one thing in particular. there is no _ government? there is one thing in particular. there is no magic- government? there is one thing in particular. there is no magic one | particular. there is no magic one the government could waive, what they could do for regional airports like newquay is to alter the air passenger duty regime. at the moment, if somebody wanted to fly to newquay from manchester, they have got to pay £26 in passenger duty, that was able imposed in part

because of eu regulations. post—brexit, there is a possibility that the government could charge that the government could charge that on only one leg of the journey, meaning tax would be hard from 26 to £13. although that sounds a relatively small amount, it would mean a enormous difference to small regional airports and of course to the propensity of people to just get up the propensity of people to just get up and travel at short notice, on short flights, which everybody thinks are going to be the first to recover. . ~' thinks are going to be the first to recover. ., ~ , ., ., , ., toughened lockdown restrictions have come into force in scotland due to a rapidly spreading strain of covid—19. further measures have been brought in to stop the spread of coronavirus and limit non—essential contact. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has been talking us through these tougher restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown, but the number of new cases is still stubbornly high. the

new variant is dominant and there is increasing pressure on the nhs. that is why we are seeing these new restrictions. if people went for their takeaway coffee or takeaway food today, which were still able to do, but you are not allowed to go into the cafe or restaurant any more for that. you have to stay outside, and it will either be delivered by a member of staff outside or delivered through a hatch. another thing that will change if you do some shopping over click and collect, it will be a bit more restricted as to the things that you can order. it will be what has been described as more essential items. baby equipment or clothes, books or shoes. you have to make an appointment. you cannotjust turn up and go inside the shop, your items will be brought outside. it is things like that that are discouraging people from hanging around in groups of people outside shops. and trying to avoid the

transmission of the virus, or at least cut down on the transmission of the virus. but even though these new restrictions are coming in, the main message from the scottish government is very much to stay at home unless what you are doing outside is absolutely essential. another thing we are hearing about todayis another thing we are hearing about today is an outbreak of coronavirus on the island of barra, up until now, they have not been cases in direct, but health officials in the western isles have described this as serious and escalating. the number of figures, cases they had yesterday, it was up to 27. and more people were having to sell nicely. more than 100 people. that is around a tenth of the island's population. one of the biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes has got under way in india. the world's second most populated country hopes to inoculate 300 million people byjuly.

the task is made harder by public scepticism and shaky infrastructure. 0ur south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, sent this report from delhi. in a nation of 1.3 billion, sanitation worker manish kumar became the first to receive the covid vaccine. front line and health care staff priority in this initial roll—out. at another hospital in delhi, a red rose to everyone who has had a jab, like this doctor, who has treated countless covid patients himself in recent months. how are you feeling now you have had vaccine? i am feeling absolutely safe and fit and absolutely fine. verijyous, very ecstatic. there is no need to worry at all after this vaccine. this vaccine is absolutely safe and we all should come forward to have this vaccine. this is one of around 3000 vaccination centres which have been set up across india.

here, and in other places, they are hoping to vaccinate around 100 people a day, which means, if you do the maths, if all goes to plan, india's on track to vaccinate more than 300,000 people every day. known as the pharmacy of the world, india's the global leader in vaccine manufacturing. the oxford astrazeneca covishield jab, produced in the city of poona, is one of two being rolled out. there have been some concerns over the second, covaxin, developed by an indian company in conjunction with the government. it is yet to pass its phase three trials. officials say it is safe, but some doctors we spoke to in delhi say they won't take it until they know how effective it is. the phase three efficacy data is not out yet for covaxin, which is being administered here. as doctors, we believe in science. so at this moment, we will not

be going for covaxin — we don't want to be the guinea pigs. persuading people to take the vaccine is not the only challenge. so, too, is delivery, across this country are urban and rural, valleys and vistas. officials hope to draw on india's experience of mass immunisation programmes. with the second highest number of reported cases, india's been hit hard by covid—19. but today the nation celebrated an injection of hope. the us president—elect, joe biden, has set out details of his plan to immunise100 million americans in his first 100 days in office. he said mass vaccination centres would be opened, with people over 65 considered a priority. the united states has recorded far more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes sent this report.

in a city where officials believe one in three of its population has been infected with covid—19 since the start of the pandemic, there is a sense of urgency. hospitals in los angeles are overwhelmed. here, someone is dying of the virus every eight minutes. it is rough to see people who are really sick and we have to tell them there's not much we can do. we can take you to the hospital, but to sit on these gurneys, it's not comfy. the race is on to get as many people vaccinated as soon as possible. this is the car park at dodger stadium, the baseball venue in los angeles that has been transformed into the largest vaccination site in america. by the middle of next week, officials say at least 12,000 people a day will receive the covid jab here. but it is not enough. you've got to increase the pace and distribution in the administration of these vaccines. the reality is we need to get these vaccines out of the freezer and into people's arms. this is a scene that is playing

out around the country, around the world. but america's so—called 0peration warp speed has failed to live up to its name, at least as far as distribution of the vaccine is concerned. joe biden says, when he takes over from donald trump on wednesday, he'll launch an ambitious plan to roll it out fast. he said efforts so far had been a dismalfailure. our plan is as clear as it is bold — get more people vaccinated for free, create more places for them to get vaccinated, mobilise more medical teams to get the shots into people's arms. he is promising 100 millionjabs in 100 days, 100 mass vaccination centres around the country and mobile units to get into areas that are hard to reach. the president—elect also had a blunt warning for americans — things, he said, would get worse before they get better.

for more about the challenge of mass vaccination on a global scale, i've been speaking to professor david salisbury. he's associate fellow of chatham house's global health programme, and former director of immunisation at the department of health. i started by asking him what experience india has in rolling out a huge vaccination programme such as this. india has two really important advantages. they have a local vaccine manufacturer and india has experience of manufacturing huge quantities of vaccine. they provide half of the world's measles vaccines. production is something they are very good at. the other is that they are extraordinarily good at huge vaccination campaigns, and the eradication of polio was brought about by a huge contribution from india being able to interrupt polio transmission. you have to appreciate, of course, that that experience was for young children and this will be, essentially, a campaign targeted

towards older people, people with medical risk factors. but if there is one place i would say can do huge campaigns with great competence, it is india. very interesting. so they are used to being able to roll out major public health vaccination programmes like this, are they, despite the relative poverty in which a large proportion of the population lives? they did an extraordinaryjob on stopping polio in india. not only did they vaccinate, but their surveillance, their ability to find where polio might be, was again outstanding. every time i hear about the abilities to do campaigns in india, i am always impressed by the quality of what they do. but there are countries in the world that will not be able to manage that by themselves. what sort of international effort is there in order to help them? because unless the entire global

population is vaccinated, no—one will be safe. of course that is true. the industrialised countries have, for the greater part, looked to looking after themselves, as they always do when we have infectious diseases for which we need vaccines. and we have got covax, which is the facility that is bringing both money and research and vaccines to support the low—income countries with the global alliance for vaccines and immunisation, gavi, with unicef as a procurement agency, and, of course, the technical competence of the who. in a way, there is a lot going on at the top end with the industrialised countries, the low—income countries, but we also have to worry a bit about the middle—income countries

that do not have those sorts of support systems. and recently, they have been slower at getting access to new vaccines than the low—income countries and industrialised countries. what are you thinking of when you talk of middle—income countries? there are so many. look at eastern europe and parts of the western pacific region. there are many countries that do not have the gavi support, because their gdp is over a particular threshold level, and they do not have the sort of resources of the industrialised countries. there are many, many countries that come into that sort of band. they will be harder pushed to be able to firstly get vaccine and also, if they do not have seasonal influenza vaccine programmes, they do not have ability to vaccinate their older at—risk people. so i think that the world is better than it could have been insofar as we have got things like covax and we have got gavi, but there is a long way to go

to make sure everybody gets protected and everybody becomes safe through vaccination. good afternoon. west brom have won for the first time under sam allardyce, beating local rivals wolves 3—2 at molineux. albion had scored early on, but wolves came back with two goals to lead 2—1 at half—time. however, allardyce's team responded in the second half. first semi ajayi drew them level following a flick—on from a long throw. and mateus pereira's second penalty of the match proved to be the winner. west brom still second from bottom but three important points. four more premier league games today. leeds—brigthton kicked off at three, brighton have just taken the lead. west ham leading 1—0 against burnley

celtic will be hoping to cut rangers' huge lead at the top of the scottish premiership today. rangers are 21 points ahead of their old firm rivals, but celtic have three games in hand. celtic v livingston is one of five matches today. rangers are at motherwell tomorrow. sri lanka have staged a fightback on the third day of the first test against england. they finished the day on 156—2 in their second innings, but england still have a lead of 130, after a stunning double century from captainjoe root. joe wilson reports. watch carefully as joe root finally makes a mistake. watch carefully as joe root finally makes a mistake.— watch carefully as joe root finally makes a mistake. straight to deep mid-wicket _ makes a mistake. straight to deep mid-wicket by — makes a mistake. straight to deep mid-wicket. by then, _ makes a mistake. straight to deep mid-wicket. by then, he _ makes a mistake. straight to deep mid-wicket. by then, he had i makes a mistake. straight to deep| mid-wicket. by then, he had made 228, a monumental— mid-wicket. by then, he had made 228, a monumental innings. it- mid-wicket. by then, he had made 228, a monumental innings. it felt| 228, a monumental innings. it felt like a match—winning performance. not yet. upstairs, lunch, prepared to bowl. home side batting again, 286 behind, with plenty to prove. there is more to sri lanka than

ducks. zeros on the scorecard, and a strong start this time. england had a problem for the first time. how to dismiss those who stubbornly remained. he could have hit this anywhere, but found a builder. sometimes the luggage with you. sometimes. 0ne court, one dropped. the captain, it is still a lovely view from up there. sri lanka's fightback continued as the skies darken. england needed something from before the close. here it comes. a faint touch. the delivery van beat batsmen�*s glove. he is out and sri lanka will resume still 130 behind. it is a contest. well, it is a test match. britain's heather watson is among almost 50 tennis players who will be confined to their hotel rooms for the next two weeks — ahead of the australian open. it's after positive coronavirus tests on two charter flights bringing players and staff into melbourne for the tournament.

0ur reporter adam wild joins me now for more on this — adam, really strict rules now for players and some of them are not happ. yes, a number of them taking to social media over the last couple of hours saying they were misled or were not fully briefed about how strict these rules will be on entry to australia. players have said they would have thought twice had they known that if one person on the plane was positive, the whole plane would have been in quarantine. they will have to stay in their room for 14 will have to stay in their room for 1h days. they would have had to stay 1a days. they would have had to stay in hotel 1a days but would have had dispensation to be out for five hours a day to train. were talking about the us open champion and heather watson, who has always also taken to social media. she says that two flights so far, rather

ominously. this has added to the disquiet over this tournament. because of the strict rules about entering australia, it means there are weekly caps. there are tens of thousands of australians around the world stranded around the world and they have allowed people into the stones, but given what has happened, it is added to the level of disquiet. b. it is added to the level of disquiet-— it is added to the level of disuuiet. �* , ., ., ., the american golferjustin thomas has been dropped by one of his main sponsors because of his use of a homophobic slur. the world number three apologised for using the word, which was made during a tournament in hawaii earlier this month. despte that apology, he's been dropped by ralph lauren. the company said it was "disheartened" by use of language that is entirely inconsistent with their values. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport that is including all of the latest

in the uk masters semifinal. and the very latest premier league results. back to you. police chiefs in the uk say that investigations have been compromised after thousands of fingerprint, dna and arrest records were accidentally deleted from the national computer. a letter sent by the national police chiefs council — and seen by bbc news — says the mistake might prevent officers from linking offenders to crime scenes. policing minister kit malthouse said officers are trying to recover the data. labour says the home secretary, priti patel, will be responsible for criminals walking free. harriet wistrich is a lawyer and founder of the centre for women'sjustice. she said that if any of the police records can't be recovered, it could compromise a number of active cases. in addition to the dna and all the other material that may be lost, i understand that they have lost records of hundreds

of thousands of arrests. now, in relation to serious sexual offending, which is an area we deal with a lot, we know that of the number of women and people who report rape and other serious sexual offences, less than 3% result in a prosecution, and even less than that in a conviction. but that does not mean that there are not, you know, that those men are not responsible for the sexual attacks. like the worboys case — he attacked over 100 women before he was eventually apprehended and caught. 0ver ten women reported him — over and over again, the police didn't think they had anything to prosecute. it was only when they put that evidence together and realised that the pattern was very,

very similar that they were then able to prosecute him. so you cannot underestimate the importance of having records of somebody, even if they're not convicted of a crime, from offending. the police national computer is not only for investigations, either. it is used in a number of different ways, for example, in parole, in family courts. it can be very, very important because sometimes you will not meet the threshold for a criminal conviction, there is, nonetheless, evidence that someone was abusive, in a domestic abuse relationship or sexually violent. because he was not convicted, it does not mean that evidence is not really, really important. so those are some examples of areas we deal with where we are very very concerned about the potential permanent loss of evidence.

germany's christian democrats have elected a new leader — a key moment in the race to succeed angela merkel as chancellor. he's armin laschet, widely seen as the heir to mrs merkel�*s centrist brand of politics. the party will decide in the spring whether he will become its candidate to become chancellor in september's general election. angela merkel, who's led germany for 16 years, has said she plans to stand down at the election. katryn pribyl is a german journalist based in the uk. good afternoon to you. tell us more about armin laschet. who is the end what does he stand for?— about armin laschet. who is the end what does he stand for? anyone who is in favour — what does he stand for? anyone who is in favour of — what does he stand for? anyone who is in favour of angela _ what does he stand for? anyone who is in favour of angela merkel- what does he stand for? anyone who is in favour of angela merkel is i is in favour of angela merkel is very relieved today because he was the continuity candidate, a very centrist conservative stop angela merkel was economically centrist but

he also back angela merkel�*s refugee policy and so on. it was quite surprising that he won that clearly. that was against a rather right candidate, a right—winger, rather, friedrich merz. i think for angela merkel and the cdu, it is quite a good result, because he is one who is all about unity and identity polarisation and so on.- is all about unity and identity polarisation and so on. what does it sa to ou polarisation and so on. what does it say to you about _ polarisation and so on. what does it say to you about the _ polarisation and so on. what does it say to you about the mood - polarisation and so on. what does it say to you about the mood in i polarisation and so on. what does it i say to you about the mood in germany at the moment, then, given armin laschet has this?— laschet has this? within the cdu, the -a , laschet has this? within the cdu, the party. there — laschet has this? within the cdu, the party, there are _ laschet has this? within the cdu, the party, there are lots - laschet has this? within the cdu, the party, there are lots of - the party, there are lots of divisions, frankly. but all polls have shown that armin laschet, or rather a centrist angle is wanted by the public. the problem is, i guess,

armin laschet is not very exciting, he is not spectacular or anything, but it seems like, especially in these times, that is exactly what public wants. if he, though, will really succeed angela merkel, is a different question. if you will become the chancellor of germany, i am not so sure. it is become the chancellor of germany, i am not so sure-— am not so sure. it is funny say he is not exciting, _ am not so sure. it is funny say he is not exciting, because - am not so sure. it is funny say he is not exciting, because with i am not so sure. it is funny say he is not exciting, because with all. is not exciting, because with all respect, many would say angela merkel is not either. but that might be why she's so successful. but he is not a shoe in for become chancellor. becoming the leader of the cdu does not necessarily mean he will be chancellor.— will be chancellor. know, and polls show he is — will be chancellor. know, and polls show he is not _ will be chancellor. know, and polls show he is not actually _ will be chancellor. know, and polls show he is not actually as - will be chancellor. know, and polls show he is not actually as popular. show he is not actually as popular as some the alternatives, like the state premier of bavaria. he is leading in the polls way before armin laschet. the selection will only take place in the spring. my

guess is that the cdu will now wait and see, see how very important elections go in march to big stakes in germany in regional elections and see how armin laschet is doing, how the poles will turn out. so let's see. frankly, 16 years ago, no one thought angela merkel is charismatic enough, she was not very exciting, but that is exactly what the germans want. they are not as into... they kind of like it boring, let's put like that. in times like these when it is a pandemic going on and so on, we will see. the problem is with armin laschet, he was always considered, his management of a pandemic was considered very poor. his views on current domecq foreign foreign policies have been criticised very widely. so let's

see.