this is bbc news. the headlines at four... 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 in half an hour,

the travel show is in turkey, trying out some unusual alternative therapies. 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 have been fresh calls from the travel sector for suport 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. 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. it comes as scotland has recorded 1,753 new case in the past 2a hours, and 78 deaths of people who tested

positive for covid—19 in the last 28 days. 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 we're 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 outside by a member of staff 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. and you have to make an appointment. you cannotjust turn up and you cannot 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 today is an outbreak of coronavirus on the island of barra. up until now, there have not been cases in barra, 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 self—isolate — more than 100 people. that is around a tenth of the island's population. it is the time of the afternoon with a daily coronavirus figures for the uk come in. we havejust had the one for new cases on saturday stop there has been recorded 41,3116 in cases, that will be people who have just been reported today. that compares with 55,761 on friday. quite a drop from friday, but we have to remember that, often at the weekend, we see smaller numbers of cases being reported. that is the daily figure for today. 41,346. we do not yet have the daily death figures and we

will of course bring you those as soon happen. 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 for 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 absolutely 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. 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.

we have just had a we havejust had a daily we have just had a daily vaccination figures from the department of health. they say that 3,559,000 have had their first dose of a covid—19 vaccination. so in these difficult times, that'll be the of hope people need to hear that that is being rolled out. a reminder too that we had a little earlier the daily figures new cases on saturday. the new cases in the uk, and they stood at 41,346. you can see that there. that compares to yesterday's figure of 55,761. that is quite a drop of around 15,000. we have to remember that saturday, the weekend, is often a little low in terms of reporting cases. a little low in terms of reporting cases. 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. we've got to increase the pace and distribution and the administration of these vaccines. the reality is we need to get these vaccines out of the freezer and get them 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. the headlines on bbc news... 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. a sanitation worker becomes the first person in india to receive a covid vaccine, as the country begins to vaccinate more than 1.3 billion people. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. 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—brighton is into the second half — brighton 1—0 up there. west ham leading 1—0 against burnley. celtic are struggling to cut rangers' huge lead at the top of the scottish premiership. they're playing livingston — the game is into the second half now and it's still goalless. rangers are 21 points ahead of their old firm rivals, but celtic have three games in hand. rangers are at motherwell tomorrow. arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil is close to completing a move to turkish club fenerbahce.

0zil still has half a season left on his arsenal contract, but both parties are in advanced talks to terminate it. 0zil has not played for arsenal since a 1—0 win over west ham in march, and has been frozen out by boss mikel arteta. 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. straight to deep mid—wicket. well, by then, he had made 228 — a monumental innings. it felt like a match—winning performance. well, not yet. upstairs, lunch, prepare to bowl. home side batting again, 286 behind, with plenty to prove. there is more to sri lanka than ducks. four os 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 fielder. sometimes the luck is with you. sometimes. 0ne caught, now one dropped. and the captain? well, it is still a lovely view from up there. sri lanka's fightback continued as the skies darkened. england needed something from before the close. here it comes. beauty! a faint touch. the delivery found the 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. the australian open is due to start on the 8th of february. as well as watson, two—time champion victoria azarenka and former us open champion sloane stephens are reportedly among those having to isolate. 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. despite 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 includes all the latest from the semifinals of the uk masters snooker. for me, for now. now, 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. this is extraordinarily serious. priti patel will be responsible for criminals walking free, because we're not going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the dna and without the fingerprint evidence. yesterday, the home secretary was hiding, not even giving an explanation to the public, and she still hasn't done that. 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, but 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, but 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 centrist, armin laschet, as their new leader, putting him in a strong position to succeed angela merkel as chancellor in the autumn. mr laschet, who's seen as the continuity candidate, defeated two rivals in the party's virtual conference. but it's not yet clear whether the cdu will put him up as its candidate for chancellor in september's general election. 0ur correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. i think most people thought it would be, as indeed it was, a run—off between mr laschet, and friedrich merz. mr laschet is a popular choice, he is a very popular chap, actually. he leads the state of north rhine—westphalia, germany's most populous state.

and he made much, actually, during his campaign and then in today's speech before the vote, of the fact that of the three candidates, he is the only one who is in government right now. he runs that state. he spoke a lot about the day—to—day experience he has of dealing with all of the challenges that the three candidates were talking about. big question now of course is whether the party will indeed put him forward as their chancellor candidate in september. we are going to have to wait and see because they will not make a final decision on that person until the spring. prince william has spoken about the impact of seeing death and suffering while working as an air ambulance pilot. in a video call with emergency responders and counsellors from hospice uk'sjust b bereavement support line, he said he could understand the immense pressure front line staff were under. a lot of the people, a lot of the public don't understand that when you're surrounded by that level of intense trauma, sadness and bereavement, it really does, it stays with you at home. it stays with you for weeks on end, doesn't it? and you see the world in a much more slightly depressed, darker, blacker place.

salisbury cathedral has been turned into a temporary vaccination centre today in the fight against covid—19. around 1000 people over 80 are getting theirjabs beneath the historic spire. martinjones reports. ancient and modern, one of england's most beautiful buildings on the front line against an invisible enemy. we have been on this site for 800 years. and for 800 years, we have been about two things — giving glory to god and serving people of this city and region. and today, we are doing both of those things wonderfully, i hope. the system works like clockwork. after a short wait in the cloister, it's time for a jab in the south transept, and then wait to make sure there are no ill effects. they estimate 1000 people will be vaccinated here today by over 60 staff, including volunteers

from local schools. it's quite an iconic location to do it in. the size of it, the ability to have a decent flow—through of patients, and properly social distance was the key, as well as having a city centre location. this must be one of the only vaccination centres return soundtrack, and it sounds a note of relief. i feel a bit safer. i do feel a bit safer. i live in my own, so, you know, it's important. luckily, i have daughter—in—laws that are wonderful to me. relief, i think. yeah, really. yes. i was waiting to see my children. and my grandchildren. two great grandchildren were born when we had the first lockdown. it does take a big weight— off my mind, but i know now that up

to three weeks i think, i they say, i have still got to be really careful. which i will be. some are old enough to remember last great national crisis. louis godwin, who is 95, was a gunner on lancaster bombers flying over nazi germany. he says, in some ways, this is tougher. during the war, everybody could meet everybody, you could hug everybody, you could kiss everybody, and you could have romances. life went on although it was dangerous. in this epidemic, we have to keep apart, i can't see my family. there are further sessions for priority groups on wednesday and saturday. it's hard to believe you could be vaccinated in a more beautiful place. martin jones, bbc news. parts of the uk saw heavy snow overnight. a met office amber weather warning is still in place in across the east of england. police in norfolk said reports of collisions were burdening "already stretched emergency services" . and have urged drivers not to make unnecessaryjourneys. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather across the country.

hello there. a lot of the snow we had earlier this morning across some eastern parts of england has melted. and overnight tonight, we are looking to the north—west to see some showers coming in. those showers continuing to get blown across northern ireland into parts of england and wales for a while overnight, with clear skies returning later in the night. it will be chilly tonight. we are going to find those temperatures close to freezing, and it brings the risk of some icy patches, especially where we had that snow earlier on today. heading into tomorrow, though, a different look to the weather for eastern parts of england. for many parts of england and wales, it will be dry and sunny. not many showers left in the north—west, but more cloud coming in to scotland and northern ireland. some showers here. the bulk of the showers in western scotland replaced by longer spells of rain in the afternoon. temperatures around six, seven, 8 degrees. near—normal, really, for the time of year. as we head into next week, the weather turns more unsettled. the winds will be strengthening, especially for england and wales. there will be some rain, heavy at times, and that, unfortunately, brings the risk of some further flooding.