this is bbc news the headlines at seven. 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. a further 1,295 people have died in the uk — according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. the world's biggest vaccination programme gets underway in india. the country hopes to inoculate 300 million people byjuly, with priority being given to frontline healthcare workers. senior police officers in the uk say their investigations have been compromised — after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were deleted from the police national computer. 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 at 19.30 — mark kermode takes a look at the newest releases — in this week's edition of the film review. good evening. the airline industry says it need urgent financial support from the government if it is to survive another long period of travel curbs. the calls come after the government announced tougher restrictions on arrivals which it's insisting will protect the public from new variants of covid—19. from monday, all visitors arriving in the uk will have to quarantine. here's our business correspondent katie austin.

we are being told to stay home now but last summer the travel corridor system help some holidays happen. now new virus variants are emerging in that system is being suspended. it affects jeff who is working in bahrain. he is due to fly to britain in early february when his contract ends. if they cancel that, basically we will be living in a hotel here until such time we can get a flight home. the halt to travel corridors is the latest restriction to be introduced. it means from monday, people arriving into the uk from anywhere must quarantine for ten days, or they can take a covid test on the fifth day, pay for it, and if it is negative they can leave quarantine early. the rules applied to eurostar and seaports, but not some jobs like hauliers, and not to people

travelling within the uk and ireland. also from monday, the requirement kicks in to show a negative covid test within 72 hours of departing to the uk. there have been fresh calls for urgent targeted support for the aviation and aerospace sectors, which have suffered badly already, losing thousands ofjobs. the aviation minister accepted the announcement was bad news for them. the most important thing for all of the travel industry is we are able to get people out and about travelling again safely as soon as possible. it's what we are doing with the vaccine, a massive roll—out of over 3.2 millionjobs, that is what offers the real prospect of a better time to the aviation industry and the whole of the travel industry. labour said the government should have acted earlier. groups representing the travel industry accept the rules need to tighten but they are asking where things go from here. we are saying to the government that they need to look at all of the measures they've got in place for travel at the moment and all of those restrictions, and has actually come up with a plan to move forward so where there are restrictions they start to lift

and there is a clear plan in place. for many travel and holiday companies, the light at the end of the tunnel looks a bit more distant. katie austin, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 41,316 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means that on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 48,565 — a sign that those cases are beginning to fall. across the uk an average of 35,882 people were in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to thursday. 1,295 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week — 1,103 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 88,590. the uk has now started a programme of mass vaccinations, 32a,233 people have had their first dose

of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. taking the overall number of people who've had theirfirstjab tojust over 3.5 million 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. uk police chiefs say their 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 . ms patel says home office engineers are working to restore the data. this is extraordinarily serious. priti patel will be responsible for criminals walking free because we aren't going to be able to link suspects to crime scenes without the dna and the fingerprint evidence. yesterday the home secretary was hiding, not even giving information. 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 of the other material that may be lost, i understand 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 the number of women and people who report rape and other serious sexual offences, less than 3% result in a prosecution and even less in a conviction. that doesn't mean there aren't, you know, that those men aren't responsible for the sexual attacks. like the john 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 those... that evidence together, and realised that a 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 aren't convicted of a crime. from offending. the police national computer isn't only for investigations, either, it is used investigations, either, it is used in a number of different ways. for example, in parole. in the family courts it can be very important, because sometimes you won't meet the threshold for a criminal conviction, but there is nonetheless evidence that somebody was abusive, domestic abuse relationship, or a sexually

violent... because he wasn't convicted it doesn't mean that that evidence isn't really, really important. those are some examples of areas we deal with where we are very, very concerned about the potential permanent loss of evidence. the doctors�* union, the british medical association, has said it's "extremely concerned" by reports that some unused coronavirus vaccines are being thrown away. 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa. katharine, explained a little earlier what's happening to the vaccines the government set a target to vaccinate 15 million of the most vulnerable people by mid february with the aim of reaching 2 million vaccinations a week. some vaccinations a week. some vaccination centres are running 12 hours a day, seven days a week. the pfizer vaccine has a limited shelf life once defrosted. the doctors magazine pulse says there are reports that dozens of doses are being wasted at the end of the day rather than being given to other patients or as second doses under current guidance. 0ther

patients or as second doses under current guidance. other doctors are saying they are managing to use them all up. the bma says wasting vaccine is morally wrong and it wants doctors to be able to use their discretion. they say it is better to give it a patient outside of the priority group, or as a second dose, rather than seeing it end up in the bin. hns —— rather than seeing it end up in the bin. hns -- nhs rather than seeing it end up in the bin. hns —— nhs england says there is no reason for them to be wasted. vaccination centres need to be filling all of their slots and they should have a back—up list for patients and staff to be called in at short notice. dr chaand nagpaul is a gp and the chair of the british medical association council. how widespread is this? this is not a widesnread _ how widespread is this? this is not a widespread phenomenon. - how widespread is this? this is not a widespread phenomenon. in - how widespread is this? this is not | a widespread phenomenon. in most vaccination sites, not only are the staff working 12 hours a day at the end of the day many are staying behind precisely so that no vaccine is wasted. the difficulty here is that once the vaccine is taken out

of the fridge, and the vial is made up, you cannot actually keep it overnight. therefore, by the end of the day, if some patients have not attended. remember, these sites are vaccinating hundreds, some in the excess of 1000 patients, if some do not attend you may find at the end of the day you've got some vaccines left over. if they aren't used they will be wasted. what our own site does at that point is to try and contact patients. the problem is, many are very old because we are targeting those over 80. they may not be able to attend at short notice even if they are on a back—up list. no vaccine should be wasted. if it means that someone outside of that priority group can be given the vaccine or a patient who is due their second dose can be given that vaccine, that is surely better than throwing it in the bin. because each

vaccine wasted is denying a patient the ability to be protected, protected from hospitalisation, and saving their lives.— saving their lives. there is now talk of the _ saving their lives. there is now talk of the need _ saving their lives. there is now talk of the need to _ saving their lives. there is now talk of the need to protect - saving their lives. there is now. talk of the need to protect doctors or even more widely health care staff from the risk of prosecution. 0ver what and why? the staff from the risk of prosecution. over what and why?— over what and why? the prime minister has _ over what and why? the prime minister has himself— over what and why? the prime minister has himself stated - over what and why? the prime | minister has himself stated that over what and why? the prime - minister has himself stated that the nhs is in a precarious situation where if things don't improve we may be in a situation where patients, the demands on the health service are such, that we don't have the capacity to treat all the seriously ill and acutely ill people. we want to prevent that happening. the last thing any doctor or health care worker wants to be confronted with is that. but if that situation arises we want two things to happen. first, in advance we have been calling for the government to

produce guidance so there isn't a lottery and patients are suffering and it is locally determined. we want guidance on how the health service will be able to prioritise in that circumstance but also that if a patient or their relatives feel decisions have not been made in the best interests of any one patient, and there is any legal action, it would be wrong for the doctor to be held legally accountable for a situation not of their making. for a situation not of their making. for a situation where the health service didn't have the capacity to attend to the needs of patients. in that situation, if some patients weren't treated or some patients were treated or some patients were treated at the expense of others, we don't think it would be correct for doctors to be bearing any legal brand to be in that position. that's what we are looking for. legal protection in those circumstances. thank you very much for your time

this evening. the headlines on bbc news. there's been 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. a further 1,295 people have died in the uk — according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland — with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. a huge coronavirus vaccination programme has begun in india. with a population of over 1.3 billion, the government hopes to inoculate three hundred million people by august. to date india has reported over 10.5 million coronavirus cases — that's more than any any nation except the united states. from delhi, our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidya nathan reports.

in a nation of 1.3 billion, sanitation worker manish kumar became the first to receive the covid vaccine. translation: the fear in my mind has one. translation: the fear in my mind has gone- everyone — translation: the fear in my mind has gone. everyone should _ translation: the fear in my mind has gone. everyone should get _ translation: the fear in my mind has gone. everyone should get the - gone. everyone should get the vaccine because this is how we save our country. the vaccine because this is how we save our country-— our country. the country's prime minister used _ our country. the country's prime minister used a _ our country. the country's prime minister used a virtual— our country. the country's prime minister used a virtual address l our country. the country's prime | minister used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the worlds largest immunisation programme. front line and health care staff take 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. 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. as the day drew to a close, the government said it had only reached two thirds of that target. 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. the second, covaxin, developed by an indian company 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. junior doctors at a delhi hospital told me they won't be taking it yet. 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 just one challenge in a hard hit nation. it has been a dark year for this vibrant nation. but today the nation celebrated an injection of hope. dr hans kluge is the europe regional director for the world health organisation. he says 95% of all vaccine doses are being administered injust 10 countries, but he remains optimistic that will change. i think there is a global awareness that the basis for regional and global health security is really this kind of feeling that nobody is safe until everyone is. if you are a

country and your people are vaccinated back to your neighbouring country is not that is an issue. the keyissueis country is not that is an issue. the key issue is that the priority should go to health care workers and elderly people. there is a strong awareness to help european neighbours but it is an issue of timing. that may increase geopolitical tensions for the time being. to discuss this further we can speak now to winnie byanyima — the executive director of unaids and a vocal advocate for a "people's the executive director of unaids and a vocal advocate for a "people's vaccine" for coronavirus. she joins us from geneva. what do you mean by that? what we mean is what is happening now can be avoided. what we have now is the law of the jungle. those with the deepest pockets and the sharpest elbows are grabbing the supplies of vaccine is available and leaving everybody else, including health

workers, people putting themselves out on the front lines to serve others, to die. in developing countries, in most countries, 95% of the doses are being taken by ten countries. rich countries. there is another way. we are happy that those countries have it and that they are vaccinating their people but there is a way in which the whole world could be served at the same time. we don't have to fight for doses because a few companies want to make maximum profit. super profit. we can't lie since many other producers who produce these vaccines in all regions. —— licence. a peoples vaccine is about sharing technology, intellectual property, through a pool that the un has set up where

then different companies are licensed and produce in different regions, and we all get served at the same time. but regions, and we all get served at the same time.— the same time. but surely pharmaceutical _ the same time. but surelyj pharmaceutical companies the same time. but surely - pharmaceutical companies that have poured in billions of pounds to get these vaccines ready in incredibly quick time are entitled to make some money from it. quick time are entitled to make some money from it— money from it. first of all let's aet money from it. first of all let's get some _ money from it. first of all let's get some facts _ money from it. first of all let's get some facts right. - money from it. first of all let's get some facts right. these . get some facts right. these companies, whether it is pfizer, biotech, or mdrna or astrazeneca, all of them have benefited from huge injections of public money. so, they all, ordinary people around the world, some of that money. —— so they owe ordinary people around the world. they must first give back. moreover, the second point is this. first, the money they are making

isn't all there is, there is public money. secondly, we need transparency on that. secondly, we are in a crisis. this is a war against a virus. in a situation of war you mobilise all producers for the war effort. when we've won the war, take a look at the super profit. while we are fighting the virus and all of our economies are locked down, people are dying, we must first fight back and get on top of this. ., , must first fight back and get on top of this. . , ., , ., ., i. of this. finally, how strong do you see the political— of this. finally, how strong do you see the political will— of this. finally, how strong do you see the political will in _ of this. finally, how strong do you see the political will in richer - see the political will in richer countries to get this to happen? sadly we are seeing a lack of leadership. a lack of vision. like i said, it shouldn't be some being served and others in developing countries and the rest of the world waiting in line. we can all be served and profits can be made by

many companies serving the hold world. we need leadership. the secretary of the un has been holding out for the vaccines to be declared to then be served to the whole world to then be served to the whole world to recover at the same time. —— the whole world. this is the only way to fight a global problem, you need a global solution. fight a global problem, you need a globalsolution. not fight a global problem, you need a global solution. not inward —looking politicians who are scared for their own fight for political terms, serving themselves, and elbowing everybody out. no. we need a global solution. a global public everybody out. no. we need a global solution. a global publi- solution. a global public inaudible thank ou solution. a global public inaudible thank you very _ solution. a global public inaudible thank you very much _ solution. a global public inaudible thank you very much for _ solution. a global public inaudible thank you very much for your - solution. a global public inaudible thank you very much for your time. j the us president—elect, joe biden, has set out details of his plan to immunise one hundred million americans in his first one hundred 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. salisbury cathedral has been turned into a temporary vaccination centre today, in the fight against covid 19. around a thousand 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. now it's time for a look at the weather. snow for some of us for the start of the weekend, much of that turn to

rain. by sunday, looking like a drier day. fine in most places with some sunny spells. tonight we will see showers drifting south—eastwards out of scotland and northern ireland and into parts of england and wales. long, clear spells. and into parts of england and wales. long, clearspells. notan especially cold night. some places will get cold enough for a touch of frost and may be some ice. lots of sunshine to be had for tomorrow, particularly for england and wales, some showers for north west wales and north—west england. scotland will see heavier rain, particularly in the afternoon when showers merge into longer spells of rain. still some snow over the highest ground. temperatures where they should be for the time of year. heading into the coming week, heavy rain at times, and that will bring with it the risk of flooding. hello this is bbc news, the headlines. there's been calls for more support for the uk's travel