good morning welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: large—scale vaccinations are to begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow, with more than a million over—80s invited to receive their coronavirus jab. it comes as the duke of cambridge praises nhs staff and volunteers for their work in the covid vaccine rollout. i want to say a huge congratulations to everybody involved in vaccination programme, because it looks tremendous, it really does. new financial support for airports in england hit by the latest travel curbs, but the industry warns

more help is needed. nasa fires up the engines of its megarocket, which it hopes will send american astronauts back to the moon. socially distanced celebrations in the premier league. james maddison and leicester city show that the message is getting through, as they move up to second in the league. good morning. it is a sundae of sunny spells for many of us. a bit more of a breeze north and west, and thatis more of a breeze north and west, and that is where we will see most of the showers. i will have all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday the 17th of january. our top story: ten new mass vaccination centres across england are set to open tomorrow to help meet the government's target of offering vaccines to the most vulnerable groups by the middle of february. theyjoin seven other regional hubs already in operation. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more.

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away, and if people don't want to go to a vaccine help they can wait to be contacted by their gp. the focus right now is on people who are over 80. nhs england says last week, a million letters were sent to this group, and another half million will be invited to the vaccine hub is next week. be invited to the vaccine hub is next week-— be invited to the vaccine hub is next week. ~ . ., , , next week. what it will do is let us aet more next week. what it will do is let us get more vaccine _ next week. what it will do is let us get more vaccine out _ next week. what it will do is let us get more vaccine out to _ next week. what it will do is let us get more vaccine out to more - next week. what it will do is let us i get more vaccine out to more people more quickly, which will let us protect more people from becoming seriously ill, and that will start to lower the demand on our hospital services, and that is the way out of some of these really difficult rules that people are currently following. the government is also asking the public for help, by asking them to support the over 80s to book their appointments and plan their visit. this is the biggest immunisation programme in nhs history. larger vaccine hubs are already in operation in wales, northern ireland and scotland, with many more planned. across the uk, more than 3.5 million people have now been

given theirfirst dose, 3.5 million people have now been given their first dose, but the target is to offer vaccines to 15 million by the middle of february. the government is offering help to airports which will be badly hit by the suspension of travel corridors. ministers say a scheme announced in november will start running in the next two weeks, offering up to £8 million to cover fixed costs such as business rates. cornwall has been chosen to host the leaders of some of the world's biggest economies for the g7 summit injune. the seaside town of carbis bay will be the venue for discussions on debt, climate change and post—covid recovery. incoming us presidentjoe biden is expected to attend the event, along with leaders from canada, japan and the eu. large parts of the us are on alert for possible violent protests ahead of president—electjoe biden's inauguration on wednesday. much of washington dc will be locked down, with national guard troops deploying in their thousands. let's get the latest now from our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, what is wednesday's

inauguration expected to look like? yes, good morning to you. it is certainly going to be a very different inauguration. the event itself will be largely virtual. very few people have been invited because of covid—i9, of course. the key characters will be there, joe biden and his wife and others, president trump will not be there. but it will be taking place in a city which currently resembles a fortress, and thatis currently resembles a fortress, and that is because of the huge amount of security. there will be more troops in washington, more members of the national guard, than are in iraq, syria and afghanistan. something like 25,000 by next wednesday. that is because of warnings issued by the fbi but there could be more armed protests by supporters of president trump. that is something which it is feared

could be repeated around the country in every state capital. i'm in california at the moment and certainly there is lots of security at the state capital here, which is sacramento. lots of armed police around the home of the governor of california. this really is a country looking ahead to these next few tents days, and it is fair to say, a country holding its breath.- country holding its breath. peter bowes in les _ country holding its breath. peter bowes in los angeles, _ country holding its breath. peter bowes in los angeles, thank - country holding its breath. peter bowes in los angeles, thank you. indonesia's mount semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke an estimated 3.4 miles into the sky above java. the volcano is one of the country's most popular hiking destinations but so far no—one has been asked to evacuate and no casualties have been reported. villagers living on the mountain's slopes have been warned of possible "cold lava" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall. nasa has cut short a ground test of four huge engines from its new megarocket in the us. it's not yet clear why the test, which was part of a project to send us astronauts back to the moon, was stopped after two minutes. nasa insisted it had been a success. mark lobel has more.

rea, go, mtc... take off. it is one ofthe rea, go, mtc... take off. it is one of the most _ rea, go, mtc... take off. it is one of the most anticipated _ rea, go, mtc... take off. it is one of the most anticipated moments i rea, go, mtc... take off. it is onel of the most anticipated moments of any space mission, here igniting all four engines together for the first time to simulate the sls rocket�*s rise into orbit for the first manned trip to the moon in decades. and here they go. gearing up to one day reach £8.8 million, orto gearing up to one day reach £8.8 million, or to those in the know, 39.1 meganeutons of thrust, to make it the most powerful rocket ever to fly to space. and to put you out of your misery, this is what liftoff should look like. later this year it

is hoped these rockets will send nasa's next—generation orien spacecraft for an unmanned spin around the moon. —— orion. the artemis missions should eventually lead to the first woman on the moon, in three years or so, to search lunar soilfor in three years or so, to search lunar soil for earthshattering scientific discoveries with economic efforts to. —— benefits too. but back on earth, this nasa project, already years later and billions over budget, quickly lost its sparkle, as it was aborted early. and we've got to shut down. seven minutes early. _ and we've got to shut down. seven minutes early, in _ and we've got to shut down. seven minutes early, in fact, _ and we've got to shut down. seven minutes early, in fact, after - and we've got to shut down. seven minutes early, in fact, afterjust i and we've got to shut down. seven minutes early, in fact, afterjust al minutes early, in fact, afterjust a minutes early, in fact, afterjust a minute or so, just when we were going to see the rocket start to pivot. no—one ever said travelling to the moon was easy. nasa denies the exercise was a failure, despite the exercise was a failure, despite the as yet unexplained white flash that caused the shut down.

how incredible is that? those pictures are amazing, aren't they? we will talk more about that a bit later. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering: reaching the summit of the world's second highest peak, k2, in winter. it's the last of the ia tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. k2, which is only 200m shorter than everest, is widely considered the most demanding of all in winter. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. the sunday telegraph claims every adult in britain could be vaccinated by the end ofjune. the papers says the government is optimistic this target could be achieved, as it plans to vaccinate four to five million people a week within months. the sunday times reports claims that quarantine hotels are being prepared for people arriving in the uk and gps and facial recognition

technology is to be used to check that people are staying in isolation. the picture is of a nepali climber whose team has set a new world record by becoming the first to reach the summit of k2, the world's second highest mountain, in winter. the observer reports that staff are being "pressured" to return to work when they still risk spreading coronavirus, and employers who breach covid guidelines are avoiding serious punishment. a quick look inside the papers this morning, then. what has been your lockdown listen? have you been listening to new musicals —— or revisiting the old classics? the roblem revisiting the old classics? the problem is _ revisiting the old classics? the problem is when _ revisiting the old classics? tie: problem is when you revisiting the old classics? tue: problem is when you have revisiting the old classics? tt2 problem is when you have streaming services they are very good at serving up what you already listened to. ., ., , ., serving up what you already listened to, ., ., , ., which serving up what you already listened te— which is i to. the algorithm, yeah. which is -robabl to. the algorithm, yeah. which is probably not _ to. the algorithm, yeah. which is probably not a — to. the algorithm, yeah. which is probably not a great _ to. the algorithm, yeah. which is probably not a great thing. - to. the algorithm, yeah. which is probably not a great thing. stuck| to. the algorithm, yeah. which is i probably not a great thing. stuck in a rut.

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season, when up to 4 million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their formations in the skies are beautiful, but their droppings create a hazard, and the city authorities are trying new methods to move them on. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. in the roman twilight, nature's great dancers flock to the stage. the acrobatic swells like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings winter south to africa, nesting out tonight in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid

predators. amm oration, it is called, and this city of art marvels at the show. —— a murmuration, it's called. but beneath our charm, rome is rotting. and it is a hell of a mess. in the cold light of day, the other side of these gorgeous birds is clear. for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it is not exactly slightly. it can be a safety hazard. i can tell you that even with a mask, the stench is rancid. translation: i mask, the stench is rancid. translation:— mask, the stench is rancid. translation: i slipped on the dro inas translation: i slipped on the droppings when _ translation: i slipped on the droppings when it _ translation: i slipped on the droppings when it was - translation: i slipped on the droppings when it was muddy, | translation: | slipped on the - droppings when it was muddy, this man says. the world has invented everything, just not bird underpants. everything, 'ust not bird underpants._ everything, 'ust not bird underants. �* , ., . underpants. beside the ancient forum, a underpants. beside the ancient forum. a new _ underpants. beside the ancient forum, a new attempt - underpants. beside the ancient forum, a new attempt to - underpants. beside the ancient forum, a new attempt to try i underpants. beside the ancient forum, a new attempt to try to | underpants. beside the ancient i forum, a new attempt to try to solve the problem. city officials shining lasers onto trees, which the birds

dislike, prompting them to move on. the project is focused on rome's tourist heart, in a bid to clean up its image. translation: this doesn't cost the birds — its image. translation: this doesn't cost the birds -- _ its image. translation: this doesn't cost the birds -- because _ its image. translation: this doesn't cost the birds -- because the - its image. translation: this doesn't cost the birds -- because the birds i cost the birds —— because the birds any stress. it is more like a neutral for them. any stress. it is more like a neutralforthem. i any stress. it is more like a neutralfor them. i do this any stress. it is more like a neutral for them. i do this work but i'm actually a nature lover. we're not stopping them from sleeping, just telling them to find another location. and it works. this tree used to be completely full and now there are about 10% of what they were. there are about 1096 of what they were. , ., ., , , were. even the starling fans seem sopportive- _ were. even the starling fans seem sopportive- i— were. even the starling fans seem supportive. i love _ were. even the starling fans seem supportive. i love to _ were. even the starling fans seem supportive. i love to see - were. even the starling fans seem supportive. i love to see them, i were. even the starling fans seem supportive. i love to see them, it| supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing- _ supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing. but _ supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing. but as _ supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing. but as long - supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing. but as long as i supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing. but as long as it i supportive. i love to see them, it is amazing. but as long as it is i supportive. i love to see them, it. is amazing. but as long as it is not hurting the birds, i think it is a good system. hurting the birds, i think it is a good system-— hurting the birds, i think it is a roods stem. ~ , ., good system. while the lasers are harmless, fireworks _ good system. while the lasers are harmless, fireworks are _ good system. while the lasers are harmless, fireworks are not. i good system. while the lasers are harmless, fireworks are not. this| harmless, fireworks are not. this last new year's eve, starlings were caught and killed by the firecrackers, pictures going viral. not managing the issue can end in tragedy. in ancient rome, the starlings were seen to order the gods' wishes. centuries on, these

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so enjoy today because i am very pleased to say that it will be dry for many of us and there will be some decent sunny spells around. the reason being we have this ridge of high pressure that is quite the story down for a day or two at least. wind direction stronger in the far north—west, driving in some showers, with gusts in excess of a0 miles an hour on exposed coast. if you manage to stay in bed for another hour or so you will mist the showers in the south. they should ease away and sunny spells come through. but shall continue in the far north—west of scotland, driven in by gusty winds and into northern ireland as well. a blustery day but hopefully dry with plenty of sunshine for many of us, particularly in comparison to of late. in terms of the feel of things, we are about 6—9, late. in terms of the feel of things, we are about 6—9 , about average for this time of year. moving out of sunday, that showery rain continues to push its way

steadily south into perhaps the north—west of england through the night. a line of more significant rain moving out of scotland into northern ireland as well. there are massive cloud overnight. temperatures chilli, not as low as they have been, but it will be a chilly start to monday morning. monday is a transition day, so some of us will see some sunshine from time to time. —— chilly. certainly more cloud around and pieces of sherry rain, one into the finals of one pushing into the south—west. sheltered eastern areas the best in terms of brighter, clearer weather. and it all changes as we move out of monday into tuesday. we see low pressure starting to dominate the weather story for the part of the —— that are part of the week. it will bring mild weather, but wet weather. heavy rain is expected tuesday into wednesday, putting steadily northwards. it could bring the

dental for localised flooding. back to ou. dental for localised flooding. back to you- thank— dental for localised flooding. back to you. thank you _ dental for localised flooding. ezéts’. to you. thank you louise. we dental for localised flooding. e2c2 to you. thank you louise. we promise we will not make you follow that report about birds or morning. the birds what the problem! yes. i birds what the problem! yes. we will see ou birds what the problem! yes. we will see you soon- _ now it's time for click with spencer kelly. every january, the tech world descends on las vegas for the consumer electronics show. it's a massive affair where companies launch their products for the year and fight to be seen and heard over the din. and this year... wind howls. ..not so much. not a casino or convention centre in sight!

it's weird, really! after going to vegas every january for 15 years, i was so over it. and then, this year, it turns out i really miss it. i know. ourjanuaryjaunt may not be happening but that doesn't mean that technology is standing still. of course it's not. yeah. ces is still happening — it's online—only — and we're going to try and bring you a sense of what the show is like. and yes, there will be weird gadgets, there will be big announcements, but there won't bejet lag! and i'm still in for a bit of a treat. i'm being spoiled this week by having someone else film me remotely, using something being shown at ces this year. so you may have heard us mention, by now, that we're both self—shooting our bits of the show, and that can mean a bit of stopping and starting as we're trying to respond to changes in lighting, or tweaking focus if we move a bit — all the bits that you never need to know

about that can be rather fiddly for us. ratherfiddly? it drives me up the wall! well, i didn't need to worry about any of that this week — sorry, spencer — as i unwrapped crew in a box. ok, it's not literally a crew inside a box, but it is a high—end plug—and—play studio kit in a box, to be operated remotely. lift the lid and you'll find a 6k camera, a teleprompter, a triple led light panel, two microphones and a whole load of leads. once you figure what goes where, you just power it up and you can meet your remote production team. award—winning director ira was one of a trio of hollywood professionals who co—founded the company back in march after realising that production could be disrupted for a while. so i think it was march 17 —

i think that was the day that we found out that there would be a lockdown in la and i imagine, like a lot of other people in the business, i panicked, thinking when would production ever come back? my first call was actually to dallas. dallas sterling is a really innovative cinematographer that i have worked with and he is also really great with building things, so i brought him on board and i think within two months, dallas had built a prototype in his garage. as soon as talent receives crew in a box and they plug it in, it immediately connects over bonded cellular, over the internet, to a remote operator. and at that time, the remote operator controls all of main integrated components the box. outside of the us, it does need a wi—fi connection, though. but once set up, i had nothing to think about, other than to sit down and talk. let's talk through what you're doing to this image of me. so that's off and that's on. watch your eyes — i'm going to go full—blown. there you go, that is full up. and then i have the ability

to control the warmth of it, so that is max cool and this is max warmth. it makes me want to move around and cause more bother to give you more work to do. it's challenging. the box comes with a serious price tag of $55,000, but it is mostly intended for rental use. and this is a high production value set—up, so you have to think about what it's actually replacing. and right now, it's maybejust keeping things going. phone rings patrick! currently, it does only offer a static locked—off shot, though, which does limit its uses — but i guess that is not that dissimilar to my at—home click studio anyway. still, it's got to help though, hasn't it? honestly, i am so jealous of you right now. someone, just someone to come and pull focus for me! i'd kill for that! yes! it really did make

things easier! now, as we said, ces has moved online this year, and for the organisers, that has been a massive undertaking, a big risk and a huge unknown. since 1967, people have been flocking to ces to see the latest innovations in technology. last year, it attracted more than 170,000 people. these big tech shows can be overwhelming but many, many companies feel that they are essential to attend, whether to network, to make deals orjust to get a taste of what is going on in other tech areas. so how do you recreate all of that noise, the excitement and the buzz of being in las vegas when you are forced to go online—only? ces is organised by the consumer technology association, and i caught up with its president gary shapiro. so we've adjusted in just about every way you can adjust at this point. and it'as not been easy, i'm not going to lie! and, you know, we had concerns about the speed and the pace and the offering. to be honest, i was expecting

ces online to be this 3d world of virtual conference halls, but it's not — it's a directory of exhibitors. the larger of which will have their own flashy micro sites, but the smaller start—ups, who usually only have a small booth anyway, well, theyjust get a page to upload their presentations to. we get around i would say 20,000 contacts there, so that's a big fallout if you're not there. we are not so impressed currently, because itjust looks like a big phone book of companies in alphabetical order. so i'm thinking it's really hard to be noticed there, unless someone is specifically looking for you. a lot of people assumed we would go ar, vr, 3d as you mentioned. and we said we're not going to do that, we're not even going to encourage that because it's too high of a reach, frankly. given the current unknowns, next year's ces will be an as yet unspecified mix of real—world and online events. the pandemic has shown us that we don't really all need to fly to one city to do business. but i can't help thinking that the need to touch and feel

the tech and to look each other in the eye will mean that these big, physical events will be back. in a world where no—one wants to touch anything at the moment, it is no surprise that contactless payments are now the preferred way to pay. you just tap your card on a terminal to make a transaction. it's done using nfc chips — nfc is near—field communication — and you get them in your credit cards, on your phone or in smart watches. but these chips, well, they can be put into anything. which explains why i have been sent some headphones, a lipstick, and a chicken. wearables company tappy has partnered with mastercard is to put payment chips into practical accessories

like rings, watch clasps and watch straps, and non—practical accessories just designed to get media coverage. hmm. which works, apparently. but why might you want a payment chip in something other than a nice, small, thin credit card? let's say if you are shopping in a grocery shop and you are already checking out with a lot of things in your bag. at the same time, you want to take your wallet out all your phone out and pay, you just feel that sometimes, it won't be as efficient. so if it is already on your wrist, it isjust much more convenient, it's quicker for the checkout. first, you associate a chipped item to a particular credit card using this cradle and going through a security set—up on the accompanying app. and from then on, your whatever it is acts just like a contactless payment card, but with the added advantage that you can activate and deactivate items at will using the app.

so there are a few devices featuring at ces that can actually help you avoid touching stuff, and i'm talking work computers, touchscreens, phones, all of that. first up, this wristband by corso. it houses a biosensor that reads muscle movements, so, by making gestures, you can control the laptop, the phone, the tablet that you are connected to via bluetooth. it is kind of like using the force. look. click on spencer kelly. and we've got spencer. argh! no, i did not mean to do that! let — let go of the window! it does take some getting used to, it's a little bit unruly sometimes, but once you've the hang of it, it is actually quite useful. for general use, for gaming, controlling robots, prosthetics and rehabilitation for amputees. right, that is corso done. next up... po0f! ..is this ring created by a company arcx. it's for your workout, so that instead of getting your phone out, you can control it using

this little joystick here. so what that means that i'll put this on and then i can control what song i'm listening to, the volume, i can also take calls and take split times of my exercises. i can then continue my workout and if i'm saying "oh, i want listen to the next track", boom! music plays i can listen to it as i do my press—ups. ooh! oh, ok — that's enough. honestly, though, it doesn't work for every exercise. i mean, if i am using the dumbbells, sometimes the joystick will hit the side and do something that i don't want it to do. another drawback is that it is connected via bluetooth, so if you put your phone in a locker and it's quite a big gym, you walk quite far away to do your exercises, this will eventually stop working. but while it is connected, it does work really well.

well, there you have it — a few of the key wearables at ces. and that was our take on ces 2021. we hope to be able to bring you the latest and greatest from ces 2022 from las vegas itself. i will get on the strip and kiss it! i am going to give everyone a big high five! good plan. but is it from us for this week. as ever, you can keep up with the team on social media. find us on youtube, facebook, instagram, and twitter. thank you for watching, and we will see you soon. goodbye.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. the duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the coronavirus vaccine rollout in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers, describing the effort as a "monumental moment." he also said he was proud of the queen and the duke of edinburgh for having their covid—19 vaccinations. here's andy moore.

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my grandparents have had the vaccine and i'm very proud of them doing that. it is really important everybody gets the vaccine. that messa . e everybody gets the vaccine. that message appears _ everybody gets the vaccine. that message appears to be getting through, with confirmation that more than 3.5 million people in the uk have now been vaccinated. dr helen alefounder was one of those on the call with prince william, and we can speak to her now. helen, good morning to you. explain to us, first of all, if you would, how this call came about. we saw it in the video there, explain a bit of the background to this call? absolutely, good morning to you both. i received a phone call or a text message on monday from our lovely communications officer, catherine, at bangor, which is also where i work, to ask if i would be interested in doing the interview with prince william, and of course i said yes, i said i would be honoured.— said yes, i said i would be honoured. ~ ., ., , , , honoured. we heard a little snippet of it there and _ honoured. we heard a little snippet of it there and adding _ honoured. we heard a little snippet of it there and adding more's i of it there and adding more's report, but what did you talk about? what did he have to say? we

report, but what did you talk about? what did he have to say?— what did he have to say? we spoke about the vaccines _ what did he have to say? we spoke about the vaccines and _ what did he have to say? we spoke about the vaccines and the - what did he have to say? we spoke about the vaccines and the rollout, | about the vaccines and the rollout, and some of the challenges that we were facing giving them, because it is notjust were facing giving them, because it is not just as were facing giving them, because it is notjust as easy were facing giving them, because it is not just as easy as were facing giving them, because it is notjust as easy as giving a vaccine, there is a whole host of other issues. lots of planning and lots of considerations. lots of different ways of thinking, how do you must vaccinate people as quick and does safely and efficiently as possible. we know the most important thing at the moment, as everybody is saying, is to vaccinate everybody, because only if we do that going to because only if we do that going to be able to have some degree of normality. so lots of interesting things going on, but as you can imagine, when you have new ideas, you have challenges to go with it to ensure we are doing the right thing for our patients. we talked about that, and we talked about how for us in north wales the rollout has gone already, and from our practice in common bay how we've been vaccinating our care home residents.

also, you have a connection with prince william already, just explained that for people who may not know? ~ ., , , ., , ., ., not know? well, many years ago, i was one of— not know? well, many years ago, i was one of the _ not know? well, many years ago, i was one of the medical _ not know? well, many years ago, i was one of the medical officers i not know? well, many years ago, i was one of the medical officers at i was one of the medical officers at sandhurst, and obviously prince william and prince harry were both there at the same period of time, and my claim to fame was that i was in surrey and prince william's doctor, one of a team of doctors. 50 doctor, one of a team of doctors. so our doctor, one of a team of doctors. so your parts across before. you said there it is about the understanding of the logistics going into this massive rollout of the vaccine. talk to me a bit about that? because we know that is a huge undertaking, but one that he clearly had a good grasp of and understood some of the challenges you are all facing. t challenges you are all facing. i completely agree, he did challenges you are all facing. t completely agree, he did understand the challenges we were facing. but for us, we are in primary care, so with gps, we have a battle of our

own. the hospitals, as you know they have a well—publicised battle at the moment with all the sick patients coming in, we face different challenges, because not only are we still seeing sick patients and our normal workload of patients, we are now having to find the time to give the vaccines and we are all really keen, we all want this to make sure we handle this challenge, make sure the staff get adequate rest time, logistically, we are using the oxford vaccine currently, although, you know, that might change and we want plans in place to deliver more of those vaccines. we just want to be ready for when the vaccines rolling and then we can get them out to our next cohort of patients. fin to our next cohort of patients. on that call, prince william was also able to talk about his grandmother and grandfather, of course, who have had the vaccine. talk to me about

some of the pressure that you are all under, we are all wanting to know when the vaccine will be available for us. as you have touched on, this is a hugejob that you have to undertake, and a lot of pressure on the people undertaking it. , ., ., ., it. yes, i would agree. you will absolutely _ it. yes, i would agree. you will absolutely get _ it. yes, i would agree. you will absolutely get your _ it. yes, i would agree. you will absolutely get your vaccines, l it. yes, i would agree. you will. absolutely get your vaccines, we it. yes, i would agree. you will i absolutely get your vaccines, we are guarded about who we can give the vaccines to first. the care home patients first, then the over 805, and then it is an approach down through the cohorts of people who at the highest risk, and that is constantly being reviewed, and as more vaccines come in, new groups will be added. we can't do anything about it, we do what we are told, because that is the right thing to do, and therefore we can only give the vaccines to people that we are told to give them sue. i can assure everybody that we want everybody

vaccinated as much as everybody else does, but we can only do what we can do, we are working as hard as we possibly can, we have got staff working extra weekends, extra evenings, we have volunteers, people from all over a peer in north wales, all volunteering to help out. we will get it done as quickly as we possibly can. will get it done as quickly as we possibly can-— will get it done as quickly as we possibly can. what pressure does that ut possibly can. what pressure does that put on _ possibly can. what pressure does that put on you? _ possibly can. what pressure does that put on you? i'm _ possibly can. what pressure does that put on you? i'm looking i possibly can. what pressure does that put on you? i'm looking at i possibly can. what pressure does i that put on you? i'm looking at some of the numbers here. you have been talking about how between your practice and the one next door, 20,000 vaccines that you will have to deliver. that must take a personal toll as well? tt to deliver. that must take a personal toll as well? it does. you know, as personal toll as well? it does. you know. as i — personal toll as well? it does. you know. as i say. — personal toll as well? it does. you know, as i say, because _ personal toll as well? it does. you | know, as i say, because everything is still happening is normal, we're still having to look after, quite rightly, all of our patients and make sure that is well looked after, to make them as healthy as they can be going through the winter, because thatis be going through the winter, because that is really important. it does, and you know, i said to prince william, i'm not sure how we are going to look if we have to do this again in a few months time. it might

be very different. slightly more tired than i look at half past six this morning. but it is going to take a toll, it will be a monument or task over the next few months, but this is what the nhs do and we are actually very good at it. we pull together, we learn from each other, we change things to make things better for patients. other, we change things to make things betterfor patients. and other, we change things to make things better for patients. and we get on with it. that is what we do, and that is what we will do, and we will get these vaccines done. iloathed and that is what we will do, and we will get these vaccines done. what a lovely message _ will get these vaccines done. what a lovely message to _ will get these vaccines done. what a lovely message to and _ will get these vaccines done. what a lovely message to and on. _ will get these vaccines done. what a lovely message to and on. doctor i lovely message to and on. doctor helen, really grateful for your time this morning and gratefulfor all the work you are doing. i know it is really tough, but as you said, something that you willjust get on with. thank you, and we wish you the best of luck with the rollout of the vaccine. thanks for your time. thank ou ve vaccine. thanks for your time. thank you very much- _ vaccine. thanks for your time. thank you very much. she _ vaccine. thanks for your time. thank you very much. she is _ vaccine. thanks for your time. thank you very much. she is absolutely i you very much. she is absolutely riaht, you very much. she is absolutely right. isn't _ you very much. she is absolutely right, isn't she? _ you very much. she is absolutely right, isn't she? when _ you very much. she is absolutely right, isn't she? when you i you very much. she is absolutely right, isn't she? when you think| right, isn't she? when you think about_ right, isn't she? when you think about the — right, isn't she? when you think about the scale of it, 2 million every— about the scale of it, 2 million every week, and so many volunteers and staff_ every week, and so many volunteers and staff in_ every week, and so many volunteers and staff in the nhs making it possible. it and staff in the nhs making it ossible. , r, _ r, and staff in the nhs making it ossible. , r, r, possible. it is so easy to throw around these _ possible. it is so easy to throw around these big _ possible. it is so easy to throw around these big numbers - possible. it is so easy to throw around these big numbers but| possible. it is so easy to throw- around these big numbers but when you work out what that actually means, in bodies, volunteers, people

administering the vaccine, alongside all the routine work they are already doing... all the routine work they are already doing. . .— all the routine work they are alread doinu... �* .,, ., ,, already doing... and it has happened so cuickl , already doing... and it has happened so quickly. as — already doing... and it has happened so quickly, as well. _ already doing... and it has happened so quickly, as well. after _ already doing... and it has happened so quickly, as well. after seven - so quickly, as well. after seven oflock— so quickly, as well. after seven o'clock we _ so quickly, as well. after seven o'clock we will be speaking to the dean _ o'clock we will be speaking to the dean of— o'clock we will be speaking to the dean of blackburn cathedral, but is going _ dean of blackburn cathedral, but is going to _ dean of blackburn cathedral, but is going to be one of the sites where mass _ going to be one of the sites where mass vaccination is happening, they are hoping _ mass vaccination is happening, they are hoping to administer 1000 every single _ are hoping to administer 1000 every single day~ — now let's check in with john. please take us_ now let's check in with john. please take us to _ now let's check in with john. please take us to sunnier climes, that is what _ take us to sunnier climes, that is what we — take us to sunnier climes, that is what we need.— take us to sunnier climes, that is what we need. , ,, . . , what we need. yes, sri lanka, it was lookin: what we need. yes, sri lanka, it was looking very — what we need. yes, sri lanka, it was looking very sunny — what we need. yes, sri lanka, it was looking very sunny for— what we need. yes, sri lanka, it was looking very sunny for england, - what we need. yes, sri lanka, it was looking very sunny for england, but i looking very sunny for england, but now it is not looking so good. we have seen a sri lankan century in reply and england's lower order collapsing yesterday. frustration for england's bowlers this morning, the fourth day of the first test against sri lanka. the hosts trailed by 286 runs as they started their second innings, and they're slowly eating into england's lead. there have been a couple of wickets, sam curran removing lahiru thirimanne who'd scored 111,

so that was a good breakthrough. but they'll be hoping got more as the day goes on. football players are very much under the spotlight at the moment when it comes to goal celebrations in the pandemic. premier league bosses have reminded them to set a good example by avoiding handshakes, high fives and hugs when they score. and we saw yesterday that the message is getting through. this is james maddison scoring in leicester's 2—0 win over southampton. they're up to second in the league, and the celebration were still there, just more respectful of the rules. we got told in a meeting that is something that might be implement it in something we might have to do going forward to keep football going, and that is what we all want, thatis going, and that is what we all want, that is what everyone wants, i don't think you'll find one person that doesn't want football to continue. it is kind of keeping us going in these tough times. so it was just a

little bit of a creative idea, a light—hearted joke, and something we need to maybe start doing. somebody has got to start it. 50 james maddison hoping to lead the way, the rules weren't followed as strictly elsewhere in the premier league. there was a significant win for west brom. they beat wolves 3—2 in what was a real thriller of a local derby. this was a first win for sam allardyce since he took over as manager of west brom, and he says he can understand why his players didn't stick to the rules around celebrating. the way we have won the game and actually scoring three goals for only the second time this season, it is very difficult to control your emotions. even i wanted to kiss him, and that is saying something. i don't think it was totally out of control but i thought they tried. but obviously you can understand why that happened. he can understand, not can't understand! elsewhere in the premier league, the pressure on frank lampard eased slightly as chelsea beat fulham. lampard himself admitted that it wasn't a vintage performance over a fulham side who played half the match with 10 men. mason mount popping up with the crucial goal as chelsea

move up to seventh, leaving fulham four points from safety. brighton boosted their survival hopes with a i—o win away at leeds. it was a really well worked goal, have a look at this, neal maupey with the final touch which takes brighton five points clear of the bottom three. and there was another one nil win, west ham beating burnley thanks to michail antonio's finish. and what the game lacked in goals, was more than made up for in the forward's celebration — is that the back stroke?! what a game at anfield later. the champions, liverpool, up against league leaders manchester united. it's the first time they've been top at this stage of the season since sir alex ferguson won his last title at united. and jurgen klopp says he and united's legendary manager message quite a bit. yes, we have contact. he taxeds.

alex taxed mike —— alex texts me me quite frequently, and that is a big honour. in scottish premiership champions celtic dropped more points. they drew 0—0 at home to livingston. that means they're still 20 points behind rangers who play motherwell today. meanwhile, ross county got their first home win since the opening day of the season. they scored in the first minute on their way to beating aberdeen 4—1 to take them off the bottom of the table. glasgow survived a late fightback to just edge out edinburgh in rugby union's pro—14. this try from george turner put glasgow in control, edinburgh hit back and could have won it, butjaco van der walt�*s missed conversion preserved the hosts' i—point lead and moved them off the bottom of their conference. history will made at the masters snooker today. we'll either have the oldest ever winner injohn higgins or the youngest winner in 26 years in yan bingtao. two—time champion higgins,

who knocked ronnie o'sullivan out in the quarter finals and first made a masters final back in 1995, saw off david gilbert last night and described his 20—year—old chinese opponent today as "an old head on young shoulders." it is set up to be a bit ofa... it is set up to bea bit ofa... i it is set up to be a bit ofa... i mean, if you rock at ronnie o'sullivan, you know you are onto a good thing. but it is when you have to face those slightly more inexperienced players, not sure what you are going to get.— you are going to get. sometimes it can throw even _ you are going to get. sometimes it can throw even the _ you are going to get. sometimes it can throw even the most _ you are going to get. sometimes it i can throw even the most experienced players, can't it? can throw even the most experienced players. can't it?— players, can't it? exactly. but his o- onent players, can't it? exactly. but his opponent was— players, can't it? exactly. but his opponent was feeling _ players, can't it? exactly. but his opponent was feeling nervous - opponent was feeling nervous yesterday, so there is clearly something to that. it should be good fun. it something to that. it should be good fun. . . something to that. it should be good fun. , . . . fun. it will be a good match as well between liverpool— fun. it will be a good match as well between liverpool and _ fun. it will be a good match as well between liverpool and manchester| between liverpool and manchester united, looking forward to it. a, united, looking forward to it. a beauty, absolutely. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. good morning louise. good morning, all. a

good morning louise. good morning, all- a quiet — good morning louise. good morning, all- a quiet day _ good morning louise. good morning, all. a quiet day today _ good morning louise. good morning, all. a quiet day today with _ good morning louise. good morning, all. a quiet day today with lots - good morning louise. good morning, all. a quiet day today with lots of - all. a quiet day today with lots of dry weather for many of us. even some sunshine around as well. that is probably welcome news after yesterday with some snow in the last few days. this ridge of low pressure has built through the night, quietening things down. it is breezy and the strongest winds are on the west facing coasts, 30 miles an hour or even a0 miles an hour, driving showers into scotland. wintry on higher ground. showers entity the east of england will ease away in the next few hours, allowing the sky and cloud to break up nicely, with sunshine to come through. a strong westerly wind will always feed in the showery rain to the far north—west of scotland may be northern ireland, but elsewhere the sunshine sticks around into the afternoon with temperatures of 6—8 , about average for this time of year. tonight, we could see a band of

persistent rainjust tonight, we could see a band of persistent rain just moving steadily south, out of scotland, into the north of england. a little bit of cloud continuing to build from time to time and the wind remains a feature into the far north. temperatures on the chilly side. not as cold as they have been. for many they should stay freezing. 0n the chilly side for monday morning for many. we start monday with weakening light rain moving out of northern ireland into the north of england. generally speaking monday will see more cloud gathering from the south—west, showery rain arriving later in the day. still keeping frequent showers to the north of the grey glen. in terms of the feel of things, the best of the dry, brighter weather, ex—7 things, the best of the dry, brighterweather, ex—7 on the things, the best of the dry, brighter weather, ex—7 on the east coast, a tad milder. that will change on tuesday and wednesday with low pressure dominating the weather story, bringing spells of heavy rain and gale—force gusts of wind a time. it will bring mother weather across

england and wales, but keeping cold weather across much of scotland. i want to show you this. this is rental accumulation. we do not show you this often. i want to point out through north—west england, wales, and across parts of the south—west of england, we could see in excess of england, we could see in excess of 100mm of rainfall before the week is through. and that, potentially, could lead to the risk of some flooding. i could lead to the risk of some floodinr. , ., ., flooding. i will give you more details on — flooding. i will give you more details on all _ flooding. i will give you more details on all of _ flooding. i will give you more details on all of that - flooding. i will give you more details on all of that later - flooding. i will give you more| details on all of that later this morning. thank you. we liked that map. that is great. really clear. it is going to be a little wet. more from louise a little later. it is nearly ten _ from louise a little later. it is nearly ten to _ from louise a little later. it is nearly ten to seven. - now it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, what's in store for the year ahead? i think a phrase a lot of us can expect to hear in 2021 is "documents, please. " the world's tallest mountain. ever since i was a kid i have dreamt

of climbing mount everest. after a tumultuous yearfor travel, 2021 has got off to a gloomy start in the uk, with pretty much the entire country being back in lockdown. but with a vaccine just starting to be rolled out, can we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and start to build some idea of what the year ahead might look like for those who are desperate to travel? rajan has been finding out. last year, as we all stayed home and talked to our computers, much of the outside world fell eerily quiet. the latest data from the world tourism organisation says that between january and october 2020, global destinations welcomed 900 million fewer international tourists than in the same period the year before. and they believe that last year as a whole will have set tourism levels back to that

of three decades ago. and while that means that we have missed out on cherished holidays, for the travel industry, it spells a loss of an estimated us$i trillion plus. that is cash that could have gone to the costs and wages of airlines, hotels, local taxis, guides — you name it. it all means that 2021 is going to start like no other year. and an awful lot is riding on it. we're going to be looking at a slow and possibly nervous start. the effects of this pandemic is people will appreciate how important travel is to them and the world they live in. cities are out of favour at the moment— cities are out of favour at the moment because _ cities are out of favour at the moment because they- cities are out of favour at the moment because they are i cities are out of favour at the i moment because they are busy. cities are out of favour at the - moment because they are busy. they will be _ moment because they are busy. they will be busy— moment because they are busy. they will be busy again— moment because they are busy. they will be busy again after— moment because they are busy. they will be busy again after the _ will be busy again after the pandemic _ so it will turn a whole new generation of people into global nomads. we will probably see prices go up. 2021 is going to be - a bumpy year for travel. and now is the time we usually all start making those holiday

plans for the year. but the way we choose to book my change. our research finds that people are increasingly turning to travel agents to book their future holidays. i think they really value the professionalism and expertise. the higher end will be promoting a more secure and safe environment, with larger, expensive rooms, and everything has been cleaned immaculately well and really pushing that high end, safe aspect. then you will have these great offers that are super cheap. and don't forget the availability of vaccine should be a game—changer. we are rolling out the biggest vaccination programme in our history. the governments who get together and vaccinate the population are going to see a short—term boost. we are going to find ways to boost the vaccinations. crucially, we don't know if the vaccine prevents you from transmitting the disease. that is going to be really crucial for holidays, because even if you have been

vaccinated and you can still transmit the disease, countries are not going to want to let you in. but for travellers it is going to be an important step towards booking with confidence. when the vaccine news for the pfizer vaccine came out in december, we saw a 37% increase in searches and bookings. once travel does open up again, the trips we actually take might also change. people haven't taken all their holiday allowance in 2020, and ultimately people are looking to use that in new and different ways. activity holidays, i think, will benefit very much from the collective experience that people have been through. we will be encouraged to see other places in those - countries, go to other. beaches, other national parks, other cities. i think that is fantastic. it spreads the wealth of tourism. _

the covid—19 impact is many people understand better sustainable tourism. now they are aware that is about communities, conservation, and, within a holiday, it is not just aviation, it's accommodation, tourism activities, food procurement, supply chains. and when we do travel this year, what will it be like? i think a phrase lots of us can expect to hear in 2021 is "documents, please. " that may be your vaccination certificate, or it may be your proof of a test. of course, there is one man who has been through this with us every step of the way. simon, hello. in terms of travel, when it does get going in 2021, what do you foresee? i am braced to pay quite a lot more. while there are certainly some bargains around — i am just looking at early march, a 1—way ticket to athens, 1500 miles for £8, it's ridiculous —

but generally, for these sorts of flights and holidays you were getting a couple of years ago, i would be prepared to pay 25% or even 50% more. and of course, we have now fully left the european union, the brexit transition phase is over, so lots of restrictions, particularly to go with passport validity. are there any reason to be cheerful about 2021, simon? so many reasons to be cheerful. in northern ireland, the game of thrones studio tour is opening up. and perhaps the biggest cultural event of the 2020s, the opening of the new egyptian museum outside of cairo, that will be momentous. i can't wait to be there. neither can i. let's hope it will happen soon. thank you, simon.

next this week, a visit to the world's tallest mountain. mount everest was closed for much of 2020 because of the pandemic. but could the lockdown have been a blessing disguise for this ultimate adventure destination? in the 1950s, there were only like four or five western tourists who came into the everest region. by 2019, we have thousands, more than 35,000 tourists, who came to the everest region. to put that in perspective, this is a region with about 7000 people, so it is five times the population that actually lives there. in 2019, nearly 900 people reached the mountain's summit. but bad weather and a short winter to reach the peak made it one of the deadliest seasons on record, with at least 11 casualties. some of the slower climbers held up those behind them, so the slowest person dictated the pace. fortunately, because our team's skill level was high enough, we could climb around people who were stuck. so we stayed on schedule, and got to the top, and came back down.

i think something was lost there. it became all about who's going to get there, how fast, and what am i going to get out of that experience? and i suspect that it is only going to get worse in the future, unless there is an intervention. although the nepalese government collected £8,000 fee from foreign mountaineers, until now, there has been little regulation on tour operators or climber skill level. in the last 10 or 15 years, the peak has become more accessible to climbers with a lower skill set, or less experience, because companies are offering trips to everest and not requiring a certain level of mountaineering experience and skill tojoin. and with more mountaineers, another problem has emerged. some have started calling mount everest the world's highest garbage dump.

after the crowded 2019 season, officials embarked on a massive cleaning expedition, bringing over 10,000 kilos of garbage down from the mountain. but there's still more to be done.

but nepal is not a wealthy country, so balancing environmental issues with everest�*s environmental impact can be difficult. while the government wants to increase the number of people visiting each year, there are plans to put new rules about who is allowed to some of the world's highest peak. coming up next week, carmen is here with a look back at some of our favourite adventures from southeast asia and henry

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good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: large scale vaccinations are to begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow, with more than a million over—80s invited to receive their coronavirus jab. it comes as the duke of cambridge praises nhs staff and volunteers for their work in the covid vaccine roll—out. i want to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved in the vaccination programme, because it looks tremendous, it really does. new financial support for airports in england hit by the latest travel

curbs, but the industry warns more help is needed. nasa fires up the engines of its megarocket, which it hopes will send american astronauts back to the moon. socially distanced celebrations in the premier league. james maddison and leicester city show that the message is getting through, as they move up to second in the league. it isa it is a sunday of sunny spells for many of us. more of a breeze in the north and west, where we will see most of the showers. i will have more details coming up shortly. it's sunday, the 17th of january. our top story: ten new mass vaccination centres across england are set to open tomorrow to help meet the government's target of offering vaccines to the most vulnerable groups by the middle of february. theyjoin seven other regional hubs already in operation. our science correspondent

rebecca morelle has more. hello, your royal highness. blackburn cathedral, transforming from a place of worship into an nhs mass vaccination centre. last—minute preparations are underway in the crypt. it opens tomorrow. thousands ofjabs will be given here. while this space was not being used, we felt it would be really appropriate to offer this space up as a place where people could come and feel safe and secure, a place that they know and a place that they feel at home in. so we were delighted when it was accepted as one of the mass vaccination centres. there are ten of these new regional vaccine centres opening across england. as well as blackburn, sites are in taunton, st helens and bournemouth, and there's slough, norwich, wickford in essex, lincolnshire, york, and wembley in london. theyjoin seven already in operation. appointments are by invite only to those living within a as—minute drive away, and if people don't

want to go to a vaccine hub they can wait to be contacted by their gp. the focus right now is on people who are over 80. nhs england says last week a million letters were sent to this group, and another half million will be invited to the vaccine hubs next week. what it will do is let us get more vaccine out to more people more quickly, which will let us protect more people from becoming seriously ill, and that will start to lower the demand on our hospital services, and that is the way out of some of these really difficult rules that people are currently following. the government is also asking the public for help, by asking them to support the over—80s to book their appointments and plan their visit. this is the biggest immunisation programme in nhs history. larger vaccine hubs are already in operation in wales, northern ireland and scotland, with many more planned. across the uk, more than 3.5 million people have now been given their first dose, but the target is to offer vaccines to 15 million by the middle of february. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

the government is offering help to airports which will be badly hit by the suspension of travel corridors. ministers say a scheme announced in november will start running in the next two weeks, offering up to £8 million to cover fixed costs such as business rates. the government is moving to head off a rebellion by backbench mps who could support a labour proposal to extend the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit. the chancellor intriduced the rise last april as the pandemic hitjobs and family finances but it is due to run out. how is it looking? is it set to be extended?— how is it looking? is it set to be extended? ., . ., , extended? not at the moment, but there is undoubtably _ extended? not at the moment, but there is undoubtably pressure - extended? not at the moment, but there is undoubtably pressure on i extended? not at the moment, but. there is undoubtably pressure on the

chancellor to keep this £20 per week increasing universal credit which came in, as say, last april in place. back then, of course, so many families were feeling the squeeze, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit. but many are still feeling those pressures now. so there is pressure on the chancellor to keep this increase in place at the very least until lockdown measures end. but potentially beyond that. there is also pressure from conservative mps as well as those on the labour benches as well. the government has moved to head off a potential rebellion of conservative mps who could have voted with labour tomorrow in a non—binding vote on this, which could have been potentially embarrassing for boris johnson. 50 they have defused that row, but the issue certainly isn't going away. it would be a very expensive move to keep increase in place. £6 billion per year at a cost

of the treasury.— of the treasury. jonathan, many thanks. cornwall has been chosen to host the leaders of some of the world's biggest economies for the g7 summit injune. the seaside town of carbis bay will be the venue for discussions on debt, climate change and post—covid recovery. incoming us presidentjoe biden is expected to attend the event, along with leaders from canada, japan and the eu. much of washington is under lockdown, as security is tightened ahead ofjoe biden's inauguration ceremony on wednesday. his team has unveiled details of what the next president plans to do during his first few hours in office, including the reversal of some of donald trump's key policies. here's peter bowes. america on high alert like never before. the nation's capital has turned into a fortress, with security worthy of a warzone. the national guard has been deployed to try to ensure a smooth transition of power whenjoe biden is inaugurated on wednesday.

in the meantime, there's concern that supporters of donald trump may try to stage more protests, still refusing to accept the result of the election. the capitol building, which was stormed by a mob earlier this month, is now surrounded by a high fence, and the city is under lockdown. it's a place in our history that i'm sad we've come to. american troops should not have to be armed against their fellow americans. but what we saw was an unprecedented attack on our democracy in the cradle of that democracy. by wednesday, 25,000 troops will be in the capital to try to keep the peace. the goal is to try to prevent a repeat of the attack that led to mr trump being impeached for a second time, on a charge of incitement of insurrection. he now faces a trial in the senate. the fbi has warned police agencies around the country that state capitals could be the target of further protests in the coming days. a state of emergency has already

been declared in maryland, new mexico and utah. state—by—state, members of the national guard are being deployed over fears that extremists may try to infiltrate planned protests. in minnesota, the national guard are stationed at the state capital, which has already been descended upon by protesters. in california, in sacramento, riot police are patrolling outside the home of the state governor, gavin newsom. in some cities around the country the post office has removed letterboxes from the streets as part of the security clampdown. away from the fray, for now, as he prepares to take office, joe biden has been to church and it has been revealed that within hours of moving to the white house, he will sign executive orders to reverse some of donald trump's key policies. they include rejoining the paris climate accord and scrapping a travel ban on several predominantly muslim countries. but this is a nation

on edge, holding its breath for the days ahead. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. indonesia's mount semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke an estimated 3.a miles into the sky above java. the volcano is one of the country's most popular hiking destinations but so far no—one has been asked to evacuate and no casualties have been reported. villagers living on the mountain's slopes have been warned of possible "cold lava" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall. ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering, reaching the summit of the world's second highest peak, k2, in winter. it's the last of the 1a tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. k2, which is only 200m shorter than everest, is widely considered the most demanding of all in winter.

the duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the coronavirus vaccine rollout in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers, describing the effort as a monumental moment. he also said he was proud of the queen and the duke of edinburgh for having their covid—19 vaccinations. here's andy moore. hello, your royal highness. good morning, everybody. prince william spoke to a number of medics from different parts of what he called the "world—leading nhs," all involved in the rollout of the vaccine. i want to see a huge congratulations to everybody involved in the vaccination programme, it looks tremendous, it really does. and i know what a massive difference it's going to make to everyone. and the vaccine was making a massive difference to around 1,000 over—80s who were treated to organ music as they got theirjabs at salisbury cathedral. these pensioners willing to come forward, but the prince was told that wasn't the same for everyone.

we do have vaccine hesitancy in some groups, your royal highness. it's really important to really get into communities. the prince said he was really glad that the queen and duke of edinburgh had been inoculated at windsor castle earlier this month. my grandparents have had the vaccine and i'm very proud of them doing that. it's really important everybody gets the vaccine. that message appears to be getting through, with confirmation that more than 3.5 million people in the uk have now been vaccinated. andy moore, bbc news. that's prince william there and his message for those in the vaccine rollout, so let's just check where we are with the numbers. the latest government figures show 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. blackburn cathedral is to become one of the new mass vaccination hubs. we're joined now by the dean of blackburn, peter howell—jones.

very good morning to you. what an exciting time. we hear are fascinated by the logistics of it all. how do you turn what is essentially a community hub into a place which could be literally saving lives overnight? morning, aood to saving lives overnight? morning, good to be _ saving lives overnight? morning, good to be with _ saving lives overnight? morning, good to be with you. _ saving lives overnight? morning, good to be with you. here - saving lives overnight? morning, good to be with you. here at - good to be with you. here at blackburn cathedral it has been a trojan of an effort by so many people. it is the people behind the scenes i've been so impressed with over these last six or seven weeks, carpenters and electricians and organisational people, responsible for the logistics. as you say, they have turned the undercroft, the crypt of blackburn cathedral, into a beautiful medical centre which opens tomorrow. find beautiful medical centre which opens tomorrow. �* . , ., . tomorrow. and many of them are volunteers. _ tomorrow. and many of them are volunteers, aren't _ tomorrow. and many of them are volunteers, aren't they? - tomorrow. and many of them are volunteers, aren't they? some i tomorrow. and many of them are volunteers, aren't they? some of those who have given their time and effort to make this turnaround possible, but also those who will be

there in hi vizjackets, making sure people get in safely, making sure people get in safely, making sure people get in for the vaccination. it is huge that so many people are giving up their own time? yes. it is huge that so many people are giving up their own time? yes, and it shows the _ giving up their own time? yes, and it shows the community _ giving up their own time? yes, and it shows the community spirit - giving up their own time? yes, and it shows the community spirit that l it shows the community spirit that is around. people really want to see these vaccinations delivered effectively, as quickly as possible. here at the cathedral, i think the reason the cathedral was chosen is that it is a public building, you know, there are cathedrals and churches in every community, every town and city of our nation, so people are familiar with these buildings. it isn't really like going to your doctor's surgery, to a hospital. forthose going to your doctor's surgery, to a hospital. for those who have vaccination hesitation, they are coming to a place they are familiar with. hopefully that will encourage more and more people to want to come. talk me through, for example, you must have had to have massive fridges delivered and bring those

down into the cellar, that must�*ve been really difficult? down into the cellar, that must've been really difficult?— been really difficult? absolutely, of course, when _ been really difficult? absolutely, of course, when the _ been really difficult? absolutely, of course, when the programme | been really difficult? absolutely, - of course, when the programme began the thought was that we would have the thought was that we would have the pfizer vaccine. that was the only one available at that time. and all these storage requirements for that made it quite difficult. now that made it quite difficult. now that has all changed. we are having the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, and of course the requirements for that are slightly different. 50, yes, we have numerous fridges being brought down here into the crypt and that has been an ongoing thing, day on day, things were arriving. these little places where people receive their vaccines are being built. it has been an enormous logistical task, but we are ready to go, and i am thankfulfor those who task, but we are ready to go, and i am thankful for those who have given up am thankful for those who have given up so much time. very exciting, and there have been several reports of what happens to left overdoses at the end of the day, if they haven't all been used up. are you involved in any of that, is there a plan, or is that left different authorities

to deal with?— to deal with? that is left to different — to deal with? that is left to different authorities, - to deal with? that is left to i different authorities, because to deal with? that is left to - different authorities, because the cathedral ourselves, we are not responsible for delivering the vaccines. we are working in partnership with the health authorities and everybody else. so it is their decision. they have been conversation so far to try to ensure that any vaccinations that remain at the end of the day will be used up in an appropriate way. it the end of the day will be used up in an appropriate way.— in an appropriate way. it sounds like ou in an appropriate way. it sounds like you are _ in an appropriate way. it sounds like you are working _ in an appropriate way. it sounds like you are working hand - in an appropriate way. it sounds like you are working hand in - in an appropriate way. it sounds l like you are working hand in glove well with those authorities. finally, how does it feel? i was at a vaccination centre with a member of my family on friday and it felt like being a witness to history. how does it feel to be part of that, such a big part of that? it very much does- — such a big part of that? it very much does. i— such a big part of that? it very much does. i had _ such a big part of that? it very much does. i had an _ such a big part of that? it very much does. i had an email- such a big part of that? it very i much does. i had an email from such a big part of that? it very . much does. i had an email from a much does. i had an emailfrom a member of my congregation last week, and he was talking about all the stresses and strains, he recounted the war years many years ago, talking about rationing and how even the war was over, rationing continued. he said, the thing you have to remember here is patience. everybody will get this vaccine, but it is going to take time. when you

are right, it will feel so much part of something so much bigger and it is a history making event. absolutely. best of luck with the rollout this week stop hope it all goes smoothly. that was peter howell—jones, the dean of blackburn cathedral. to help with the running of the new centres, people are being asked tojoin the nhs volunteer responder list. we're joined now by catherine johnson, chief executive of the royal voluntary service. good morning to you. i know a lot of --eole good morning to you. i know a lot of people have — good morning to you. i know a lot of people have only _ good morning to you. i know a lot of people have only responded - good morning to you. i know a lot of people have only responded to - good morning to you. i know a lot of| people have only responded to these calls to volunteer at centres like the one we were just hearing from. but you need more people still. explain a little about who you need right now. explain a little about who you need riaht now. . ., ., right now. calling for volunteer stewards- _ right now. calling for volunteer stewards. the _ right now. calling for volunteer stewards. the clue _ right now. calling for volunteer stewards. the clue is _ right now. calling for volunteer stewards. the clue is in - right now. calling for volunteer stewards. the clue is in the - right now. calling for volunteer l stewards. the clue is in the title. these are volunteers who will go into some of the information centres, the larger ones, but also some of the smaller ones, and help with the logistics. you could be, as

the dean was saying, wearing a hi viz vest in the car park or you could be booking somebody in, helping people to work out where they need to go. —— hi—vis. some people who come to the centre will want to rush through. some will be more hesitant. that friendly face, that extra support is really important. 50 that professionals and frontline volunteers giving vaccinations can just focus on that and not get distracted. forcedwhite the idea is to make it much more smooth, the passageway centre like that, to make sure people can arrive, get seen, and then get out as quickly as possible. give me a sense of how people that make how much time people might need to give up. much time people might need to give u -. �* much time people might need to give up. and crucially how to get involved- — up. and crucially how to get involved. we're _ up. and crucially how to get involved. we're looking - up. and crucially how to get involved. we're looking for| up. and crucially how to get - involved. we're looking for people who are a bit _ involved. we're looking for people who are a bit healthy _ involved. we're looking for people who are a bit healthy to _ involved. we're looking for people who are a bit healthy to step - who are a bit healthy to step

forward, to do to shifts a month. a bit of a commitment, but you will be part of the nhs team. you go to the nhs voluntary responders site. do a search and you will come to the landing page. it is an easy process. you will be called for duty through that application once the local sector is up and running. it is a tried and tested process, so we set “p tried and tested process, so we set up last year. you will remember me calling for volunteers last year. we have had volunteers who since last spring have been regularly switching on, doing 1.3 million tasks. that is impractical to us for shopping, prescription drops, helping with transport, and checking in on and

chatting with people. so you will be part of that team. as the dean said, everybody needs to pull together. we're history and soon we can all get back to normal, and then the sooner we can get on with it. has get back to normal, and then the sooner we can get on with it. as you said, so sooner we can get on with it. as you said. so much _ sooner we can get on with it. as you said, so much work— sooner we can get on with it. as you said, so much work has _ sooner we can get on with it. as you said, so much work has gone - sooner we can get on with it. as you said, so much work has gone into i said, so much work has gone into ghettos to this stage. clearly a lot more stage —— clearly at this stage a lot more needs to be done. == more stage -- clearly at this stage a lot more needs to be done. -- has one into a lot more needs to be done. -- has gone into get _ a lot more needs to be done. -- has gone into get us _ a lot more needs to be done. -- has gone into get us to _ a lot more needs to be done. -- has gone into get us to this _ a lot more needs to be done. -- has gone into get us to this stage. - gone into get us to this stage. we're so lucky. we have fantastic scientists who have delivered vaccine. forthe scientists who have delivered vaccine. for the counties have pulled together and i think there have been some advantages after what we went through last year on lockdown. it is not that we're used to it, but we better at it, better co—ordination. and this has been an amazing and history making event.

absolutely. thank you for speaking to us this morning. incredible work that you are doing. best of luck with it. i know there is still a lot of work to do. thank you for spending time with us this morning. that is catherinejohnson, chief executive at the royal voluntary service. �* . . executive at the royal voluntary service. �* , , ., service. i'm sure there will be, or hopefully. — service. i'm sure there will be, or hopefully, enough _ service. i'm sure there will be, or hopefully, enough people - service. i'm sure there will be, or hopefully, enough people joining| service. i'm sure there will be, or i hopefully, enough people joining up. hopefully, enough peoplejoining up. it could just be the friendly face, as it can be quite daunting. and there are a lot of moving parts. the logistics of organising it are incredible. but as you heard, so much work has gone into getting us where we are so far. we much work has gone into getting us where we are so far.— where we are so far. we are 'ust aroin to where we are so far. we are 'ust going to check-in i where we are so far. we are 'ust going to check-in now i where we are so far. we are 'ust going to check-in now with h where we are so far. we are just. going to check-in now with louise where we are so far. we are just going to check—in now with louise for the weather and what we have coming up next week. good morning. good morning. the good news first. this is more like it. not a bad start to the morning. not much in the way of cloud cover here in parts of hampshire even with sunshine. this ridge of high pressure is

whitening the weather story down. a brisk breeze on west facing coast. it is driving in some showers as we speak. the most frequent ones have been across western scotland but a little line runs down through the midlands into parts of the south—east. that will ease away quite readily and then the sunshine will come through. it further north and west that brisk wind will continue to feed in some sharper showers across the north—west of scotland and maybe into northern ireland as well. gusts of wind here potentially a0 miles an hour or more. a breezy of air —— affair. temperatures will be normal for this some of the year, ranging between six and nine celsius. in the evening overnight, the showers in the north will continue to be a nuisance. an organised liner showers will drift across central and southern scotland into northern ireland. around an area of low pressure we will see showers spiral intervene north of

scotland. elsewhere fairweather cloud around. temperatures on the chilly side but not as cold as it has been. moving into monday, monday is still a relatively quiet day. still plenty of showers in the far north of scotland close to an area of low pressure. as we go through the day there will be outbreaks of showery rain developing into the far south—west. indications of a change to come. sheltered eastern areas should see the best of the drier, sunnier moments. temperatures here around six or seven degrees, may be double digits in the far south—west. it is turning milder, but unfortunately wetter. as we move into tuesday and wednesday, low pressure is going to dominate the weather story. exactly where these lows are going to be sitting is still subject to question. but there will bring spells of heavy,

persistent rainfall, particularly across west facing slopes and there will bring go force gusts of winds. we don't often show the chart here. the brighter colours down into parts of devon show that we could see potentially 100mm of rain or over. that is going to potentially lead to some localised flooding. you will certainly need to keep abreast of the forecast through the middle part of the week. it turns mild but wet and windy. of the week. it turns mild but wet and windy-— of the week. it turns mild but wet and wind . . ~ ., i. and windy. back to you too. sound advice. —— two. work to restore hundreds of thousands of fingerprint, dna and arrest records accidentally wiped from police data bases is ongoing. the home office hasn't said how many records are likely to be restored, or how long it would take. let's get more on this now. we're joined by the former chief prosecutor for the north west, nazir afzal. good morning. thank you forjoining us. lovely to see you. how worried should be public because back more worried than we are being told. i think it is worrying that we have not had the home secretary for the last two days. the police have just

issued a statement. something like a00,000 offence records have been deleted, including tens of thousands of dna reports and also something a prince. and while they relate to people who are either were not charged or who were acquitted, we know from experience that in many of those cases they could be reopened if new evidence came to light. what is troubling for me and i suspect for anybody else is the vacuum of just silence around this information. we have seen a letter from the police chiefs council which is a worry about this. this may police chiefs council. they say this could have fallen through the gaps. —— police chiefs' council. if you do not have information about previous arrests, it could limit your

opportunities to identify a suspect and potentially bring an offender to justice. it is also leading to delayed because people who would have been arrested today, for example, because of a previous arrest or dna, have not been arrested. they could then commit crimes tomorrow and they could be more victims. it is worrying and concerning. in other ways, as well, we have spoken for example about claire's law where people can go into police stations and ask if their partner has previous arrests or convictions, and that information is not on the computer, it could potentially put them in great risk. we should be more worried than we are and i think a lot of that can be dealt with by simply the home office secretary going to parliament tomorrow and explaining what is going on. tomorrow and explaining what is aoian on. ., , tomorrow and explaining what is aoain on. ., , ., tomorrow and explaining what is aoainon. ., , ., , , going on. lots of people will be worried by _ going on. lots of people will be worried by the _ going on. lots of people will be worried by the fact _ going on. lots of people will be worried by the fact that - going on. lots of people will be worried by the fact that this - going on. lots of people will be worried by the fact that this can happen, it was a coding error, human

error, but if we're missing important pieces of the big jigsaw, why was no backup? this important pieces of the big 'igsaw, why was no backup?fi why was no backup? this is a big thina. if why was no backup? this is a big thing- if the _ why was no backup? this is a big thing. if the case _ why was no backup? this is a big thing. if the case has _ why was no backup? this is a big thing. if the case has not - why was no backup? this is a big thing. if the case has not been i thing. if the case has not been presented with, they need to delete dna and finger print evidence within three years. i suspect having a backup would actually undermine the law that says you need to delete this after three years. however, you know, you can imagine, we told it was human error and i've seen all sorts of conspiracy theories online suggesting it was intentional. let's forget that for a moment. but the point you should have some mechanisms by which you minimise the risk of things like this happening. tens of thousands of potential suspects, tens of thousands of potential criminals, now, are not on the police national computer. band potential criminals, now, are not on the police national computer. and it should be a worry _ the police national computer. and it should be a worry to _ the police national computer. and it should be a worry to us _ the police national computer. and it should be a worry to us all. - the police national computer. and it should be a worry to us all. the - should be a worry to us all. the home secretary is saying it is human error. ultimately where does the buck stopped?— buck stopped? insults with her. there is no _ buck stopped? insults with her. there is no getting _ buck stopped? insults with her. there is no getting away - buck stopped? insults with her. there is no getting away from l buck stopped? insults with her. | there is no getting away from it. this is the largest data catastrophe for the home office in years. i am

not sure where is the response will fall apart from with the home secretary. should it cost to her job? i had given up on calling for people's jobs. job? i had given up on calling for people'sjobs. less safe job? i had given up on calling for people's jobs. less safe than we were yesterday was that the before this data disaster but we then need to have accountability. the indication _ to have accountability. the indication now _ to have accountability. the indication now after - to have accountability. the indication now after 48 hours since indication now after a8 hours since we first heard about it is will we get this data back? questions about whether there will be progress or whether there will be progress or whether it is gone and gone forever. the home office say that they have data engineers, people better qualified than i am, but my senses a lot of this data is not recoverable and that is because the law says it must be deleted. and so when it is deleted, if you have a backup, you break the law. 50 i think my senses a lot of this material willjust not

be available and not be recoverable. they will do their best but that means that they will still be suspects' information, dna, prince, that will be not available to police in current and future inquiries. we went to see if it is recoverable. many thanks forjoining us. kit malthouse says that they are working with the police to resolve the issue and thanks them for their efforts. but as yet that data has not been recovered from the police national computer. stay with us. we had laser up next. —— the headlines are up next.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. four rowers have completed their 3,000 milejourney across the atlantic. they took on the challenge to remember a friend whose life was cut short due to motorneurone disease. so far they've raised more than £33,000 for charity. and mark, dan, justin and rauri join us now from antigua, where their challenge ended.

you lucky devils. i mean, i say lucky devils, it can't have been pretty throughout. how was it? and are you still powerless? we will start with you, mark. —— still pals. good morning. yes, we're still pals, you will pleased to hear. it certainly wasn't easy. it took us 35 days to get from the canary islands to antigua, but the trip was worth it. it to antigua, but the trip was worth it. , ., , ., , ., it. it is lovely to be here now. talk to us _ it. it is lovely to be here now. talk to us a — it. it is lovely to be here now. talk to us a little _ it. it is lovely to be here now. talk to us a little bit - it. it is lovely to be here now. talk to us a little bit about. it. it is lovely to be here now. | talk to us a little bit about why you put yourself through this, and rory, i know it is one of your best friends, wasn't it? —— rauri. explore that explain about that? abs, explore that explain about that? a chap called steph, who had played rugby— chap called steph, who had played rugby league with for many years, he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease _ was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in — was diagnosed with motor neuron disease in his early 20s, after his mother— disease in his early 20s, after his mother died of the condition when he was a _ mother died of the condition when he

was a teenager. and really, ever since _ was a teenager. and really, ever since he — was a teenager. and really, ever since he died, i have done a lot to try to _ since he died, i have done a lot to try to support meta— neurone disease charities _ try to support meta— neurone disease charities~ we — try to support meta— neurone disease charities. we did this in memory of him. _ charities. we did this in memory of him. with— charities. we did this in memory of him, with the doddy foundation, and another— him, with the doddy foundation, and another charity which helps adults with learning disability is also. and how— with learning disability is also. and how much of that helped you? there must have been moments when you thought yourself, what on earth am i doing here, and remembering why you are doing it would have got you through? you are doing it would have got you throuah? ., , you are doing it would have got you throuah? . , ,, ., you are doing it would have got you throuah? . , ,, . ., ., through? certainly. i spent a lot of time with him _ through? certainly. i spent a lot of time with him after— through? certainly. i spent a lot of time with him after he _ through? certainly. i spent a lot of time with him after he was - time with him after he was diagnosed, and seeing him through the strength that he face that challenge with, it was a massive inspiration — challenge with, it was a massive inspiration for me. we had some difficult — inspiration for me. we had some difficult times, in particular, new years— difficult times, in particular, new year's eve. — difficult times, in particular, new year's eve, i think, difficult times, in particular, new year's eve, ithink, it difficult times, in particular, new year's eve, i think, it was a day year's eve, ! think, it was a day that— year's eve, i think, it was a day that we — year's eve, i think, it was a day that we won't soon forget. we faced

a pretty— that we won't soon forget. we faced a pretty challenging weather front and some difficult weather conditions. and i think remembering some _ conditions. and i think remembering some of— conditions. and i think remembering some of the — conditions. and i think remembering some of the stubbornness that he showed _ some of the stubbornness that he showed when he was fighting his condition. — showed when he was fighting his condition, it definitely helped me keep going. we condition, it definitely helped me keep going-— condition, it definitely helped me kee- aoain.~ . . keep going. we are looking at some imaaes keep going. we are looking at some images now — keep going. we are looking at some images now of _ keep going. we are looking at some images now of you _ keep going. we are looking at some images now of you guys _ keep going. we are looking at some images now of you guys in - keep going. we are looking at some images now of you guys in action. i images now of you guys in action. talk me through what you have to do? how does it work? do you rowing ships? how do you make it work logistically?— ships? how do you make it work loaisticall ? ., , . logistically? so, our base plan was to do two hours — logistically? so, our base plan was to do two hours on _ logistically? so, our base plan was to do two hours on and _ logistically? so, our base plan was to do two hours on and two - logistically? so, our base plan was to do two hours on and two hours. to do two hours on and two hours off, to do two hours on and two hours off. in— to do two hours on and two hours off. in two— to do two hours on and two hours off, in two pairs. _ to do two hours on and two hours off, in two pairs. so— to do two hours on and two hours off, in two pairs. so there - to do two hours on and two hours off, in two pairs. so there are - to do two hours on and two hours| off, in two pairs. so there are two off, in two pairs. so there are two of us _ off, in two pairs. so there are two of us rowing — off, in two pairs. so there are two of us rowing at _ off, in two pairs. so there are two of us rowing at any— off, in two pairs. so there are two of us rowing at any one _ off, in two pairs. so there are two of us rowing at any one time. - of us rowing at any one time. basically. _ of us rowing at any one time. basically. your— of us rowing at any one time. basically, your entire - of us rowing at any one time. basically, your entire routine | of us rowing at any one time. i basically, your entire routine is created — basically, your entire routine is created so— basically, your entire routine is created so that _ basically, your entire routine is created so that you _ basically, your entire routine is created so that you can - basically, your entire routine is i created so that you can maximise basically, your entire routine is - created so that you can maximise the amount— created so that you can maximise the amount of— created so that you can maximise the amount of miles _ created so that you can maximise the amount of miles you _ created so that you can maximise the amount of miles you can _ created so that you can maximise the amount of miles you can do - created so that you can maximise the amount of miles you can do in - created so that you can maximise the amount of miles you can do in your. amount of miles you can do in your two hours — amount of miles you can do in your two hours while _ amount of miles you can do in your two hours while you _ amount of miles you can do in your two hours while you are _ amount of miles you can do in your two hours while you are rowing. i amount of miles you can do in your. two hours while you are rowing. when you are _ two hours while you are rowing. when you are not _ two hours while you are rowing. when you are not rowing. _ two hours while you are rowing. when you are not rowing, you _ two hours while you are rowing. when you are not rowing, you are _ you are not rowing, you are sleeping. _ you are not rowing, you are sleeping, stretching, - you are not rowing, you are. sleeping, stretching, eating, you are not rowing, you are - sleeping, stretching, eating, having a look— sleeping, stretching, eating, having a lookatm — sleeping, stretching, eating, having a look at... inaudible. _

sleeping, stretching, eating, having a look at... inaudible. because - sleeping, stretching, eating, havingi a look at... inaudible. because you are such _ a look at... inaudible. because you are such a _ a look at... inaudible. because you are such a long — a look at... inaudible. because you are such a long period _ a look at... inaudible. because you are such a long period of— a look at... inaudible. because you are such a long period of time. - a look at... inaudible. because you are such a long period of time. just. are such a long period of time. just making _ are such a long period of time. just making sure — are such a long period of time. just making sure that _ are such a long period of time. just making sure that everything - are such a long period of time. just making sure that everything is- are such a long period of time. just making sure that everything is 0k,| making sure that everything is ok, so that— making sure that everything is ok, so that when— making sure that everything is ok, so that when you _ making sure that everything is ok, so that when you next _ making sure that everything is ok, so that when you next go - making sure that everything is ok, so that when you next go back- making sure that everything is ok, so that when you next go back on i making sure that everything is ok, i so that when you next go back on you can put _ so that when you next go back on you can put in— so that when you next go back on you can put in another— so that when you next go back on you can put in another good _ so that when you next go back on you can put in another good shift. - so that when you next go back on you can put in another good shift. so - can put in another good shift. so that is— can put in another good shift. so that is two— can put in another good shift. so that is two hours _ can put in another good shift. so that is two hours on _ can put in another good shift. so that is two hours on end - can put in another good shift. so that is two hours on end two - can put in another good shift. so i that is two hours on end two hours off as _ that is two hours on end two hours off as the — that is two hours on end two hours off as the base _ that is two hours on end two hours off as the base rowing _ that is two hours on end two hours off as the base rowing period. - that is two hours on end two hours off as the base rowing period. 50 i off as the base rowing period. er: that off as the base rowing period. that must leave you, i imagine, craving certain things? not least a good nights sleep, but what do you miss most when you are on the boat for that length of time?— for that length of time? inaudible. probably quite _ for that length of time? inaudible. probably quite early _ for that length of time? inaudible. probably quite early in _ for that length of time? inaudible. probably quite early in the - for that length of time? inaudible. probably quite early in the crossing | probably quite early in the crossing itself. _ probably quite early in the crossing itself. there — probably quite early in the crossing itself, there are _ probably quite early in the crossing itself, there are quite _ probably quite early in the crossing itself, there are quite a _ probably quite early in the crossing itself, there are quite a few- itself, there are quite a few things. _ itself, there are quite a few things, aside _ itself, there are quite a few things, aside from - itself, there are quite a few things, aside from the - itself, there are quite a few. things, aside from the obvious things— things, aside from the obvious things like _ things, aside from the obvious things like having _ things, aside from the obvious things like having a _ things, aside from the obvious things like having a shower- things, aside from the obvious things like having a shower ori things like having a shower or having — things like having a shower or having proper— things like having a shower or having proper food, _ things like having a shower or having proper food, the - things like having a shower ori having proper food, the simple things— having proper food, the simple things like _ having proper food, the simple things like just _ having proper food, the simple things like just getting - having proper food, the simple things like just getting up- having proper food, the simple things like just getting up andi things like just getting up and going — things like just getting up and going for— things like just getting up and going for a _ things like just getting up and going for a walk. _ things like just getting up and going for a walk. the - things like just getting up and going for a walk. the boat - things like just getting up and going for a walk. the boat is. things like just getting up and . going for a walk. the boat is only eight _ going for a walk. the boat is only eight metres— going for a walk. the boat is only eight metres long, _ going for a walk. the boat is only eight metres long, of— going for a walk. the boat is only eight metres long, of which - going for a walk. the boat is only eight metres long, of which you i going for a walk. the boat is only. eight metres long, of which you can only move _ eight metres long, of which you can only move around _ eight metres long, of which you can only move around in _ eight metres long, of which you can only move around in about - eight metres long, of which you can only move around in about four - only move around in about four metres— only move around in about four metres of— only move around in about four metres of that. _ only move around in about four metres of that. so _ only move around in about four metres of that. so actually- only move around in about four i metres of that. so actually going out and — metres of that. so actually going out and stretching _ metres of that. so actually going out and stretching your- metres of that. so actually going out and stretching your legs - metres of that. so actually going out and stretching your legs is i out and stretching your legs is something _ out and stretching your legs is something we _ out and stretching your legs is something we missed - out and stretching your legs is something we missed early. out and stretching your legs isi something we missed early on, out and stretching your legs is - something we missed early on, but it 'ust something we missed early on, but it just wasn't— something we missed early on, but it just wasn't possible. _ something we missed early on, but it just wasn't possible. and _ something we missed early on, but it

just wasn't possible. and then, - just wasn't possible. and then, linked — just wasn't possible. and then, linked to— just wasn't possible. and then, linked to that _ just wasn't possible. and then, linked to that shift _ just wasn't possible. and then, linked to that shift pattern, - just wasn't possible. and then, i linked to that shift pattern, after every _ linked to that shift pattern, after every shift. _ linked to that shift pattern, after every shift. you _ linked to that shift pattern, after every shift, you need _ linked to that shift pattern, after every shift, you need to - linked to that shift pattern, after every shift, you need to get - every shift, you need to get undressed. _ every shift, you need to get undressed, get _ every shift, you need to get undressed, get into- every shift, you need to get undressed, get into bed, i every shift, you need to get. undressed, get into bed, and every shift, you need to get - undressed, get into bed, and get changed. — undressed, get into bed, and get changed. six— undressed, get into bed, and get changed, six times _ undressed, get into bed, and get changed, six times a _ undressed, get into bed, and get changed, six times a day, - undressed, get into bed, and get changed, six times a day, and i undressed, get into bed, and get i changed, six times a day, and doing that on— changed, six times a day, and doing that on your— changed, six times a day, and doing that on your back, _ changed, six times a day, and doing that on your back, it _ changed, six times a day, and doing that on your back, it is _ changed, six times a day, and doing that on your back, it is incredibly- that on your back, it is incredibly uncomfortable, _ that on your back, it is incredibly uncomfortable, so— that on your back, it is incredibly uncomfortable, so being - that on your back, it is incredibly uncomfortable, so being able . that on your back, it is incredibly uncomfortable, so being able to| that on your back, it is incredibly. uncomfortable, so being able to get in and _ uncomfortable, so being able to get in and out _ uncomfortable, so being able to get in and out of— uncomfortable, so being able to get in and out of bed _ uncomfortable, so being able to get in and out of bed and _ uncomfortable, so being able to get in and out of bed and get— uncomfortable, so being able to get in and out of bed and get changed i uncomfortable, so being able to get| in and out of bed and get changed in the normal— in and out of bed and get changed in the normal way. _ in and out of bed and get changed in the normal way, have _ in and out of bed and get changed in the normal way, have a _ in and out of bed and get changed in the normal way, have a shower, - in and out of bed and get changed inl the normal way, have a shower, have a decent _ the normal way, have a shower, have a decent amount— the normal way, have a shower, have a decent amount of— the normal way, have a shower, have a decent amount of sleep, _ the normal way, have a shower, have a decent amount of sleep, those - the normal way, have a shower, have| a decent amount of sleep, those were all incredible — a decent amount of sleep, those were all incredible luxuries. _ a decent amount of sleep, those were all incredible luxuries. pimp _ a decent amount of sleep, those were all incredible luxuries. pimp i _ a decent amount of sleep, those were all incredible luxuries.— all incredible luxuries. am i right in sa ina all incredible luxuries. am i right in saying that — all incredible luxuries. am i right in saying that a _ all incredible luxuries. am i right in saying that a luxury _ all incredible luxuries. am i right in saying that a luxury was - all incredible luxuries. am i right in saying that a luxury was you i in saying that a luxury was you being able to shave. i notice that dan, rauri and mark are sporting decent beards?— dan, rauri and mark are sporting decent beards? yes, the bed was particularly _ decent beards? yes, the bed was particularly horrible, _ decent beards? yes, the bed was particularly horrible, so _ decent beards? yes, the bed was particularly horrible, so i - decent beards? yes, the bed was particularly horrible, so i was - particularly horrible, so i was quite — particularly horrible, so i was quite pleased _ particularly horrible, so i was quite pleased to _ particularly horrible, so i was quite pleased to get - particularly horrible, so i was quite pleased to get rid - particularly horrible, so i was quite pleased to get rid of. particularly horrible, so i was i quite pleased to get rid of that. but now— quite pleased to get rid of that. but now it — quite pleased to get rid of that. but now it looks _ quite pleased to get rid of that. but now it looks like _ quite pleased to get rid of that. but now it looks like i— quite pleased to get rid of that. but now it looks like i haven't i but now it looks like i haven't really — but now it looks like i haven't really done _ but now it looks like i haven't really done much _ but now it looks like i haven't really done much in _ but now it looks like i haven't really done much in the - but now it looks like i haven't really done much in the pasti but now it looks like i haven't i really done much in the past 35 days _ really done much in the past 35 da s. ~ ., really done much in the past 35 da s. . . . ., really done much in the past 35 da s. . . . . ., ~ ., days. what i always want to know, because i think _ days. what i always want to know, because i think about _ days. what i always want to know, because i think about being - days. what i always want to know, because i think about being even i because i think about being even with my very best friends are not confined space for that amount of time, who was the grumpy is?! confined space for that amount of time, who was the grumpy is? i think that might have been me! for

time, who was the grumpy is? i think that might have been me!— that might have been me! for the last week i _ that might have been me! for the last week i just — that might have been me! for the last week i just really _ that might have been me! for the last week i just really wanted - that might have been me! for the last week i just really wanted to l last week ijust really wanted to .et last week ijust really wanted to get home — last week ijust really wanted to get home it _ last week ijust really wanted to get home. it was _ last week ijust really wanted to get home. it was a _ last week ijust really wanted to get home. it was a good - last week ijust really wanted to - get home. it was a good motivation for putting — get home. it was a good motivation for putting effort _ get home. it was a good motivation for putting effort in— get home. it was a good motivation for putting effort in because - get home. it was a good motivation for putting effort in because i- for putting effort in because i think— for putting effort in because i think i— for putting effort in because i think i was— for putting effort in because i think i was fairly _ for putting effort in because i think i was fairly quiet - for putting effort in because i think i was fairly quiet for - for putting effort in because ij think i was fairly quiet for the last part. _ think i was fairly quiet for the last art. ., , think i was fairly quiet for the last aart. ., , ,., think i was fairly quiet for the last aart. ., , ,, last part. fairly quiet, so you became introverted - last part. fairly quiet, so you became introverted rather i last part. fairly quiet, so you i became introverted rather than shouting? became introverted rather than shoutina ? ., ~ became introverted rather than shoutina? ., ~ ., shouting? yeah, i think more so. everybody _ shouting? yeah, i think more so. everybody goes _ shouting? yeah, i think more so. everybody goes through - shouting? yeah, i think more so. everybody goes through the - shouting? yeah, i think more so. everybody goes through the ups l shouting? yeah, i think more so. i everybody goes through the ups and downs. _ everybody goes through the ups and downs. he _ everybody goes through the ups and downs, he has been modest. i think we looked _ downs, he has been modest. i think we looked after each other, somebody was having _ we looked after each other, somebody was having a low period in the morning — was having a low period in the morning or in the afternoon, and the other— morning or in the afternoon, and the other people who are feeling better would _ other people who are feeling better would talk about how they were feeling — would talk about how they were feeling and that is what you would use to _ feeling and that is what you would use to really come through, really well. _ use to really come through, really well. i_ use to really come through, really well. i think that is something which — well. i think that is something which worked well as a group. i was 'ust aoain which worked well as a group. i was just going to — which worked well as a group. i was just going to say. — which worked well as a group. i was just going to say. you _ which worked well as a group. i was just going to say, you must - which worked well as a group. i —" just going to say, you must have learned so much about one another. yeah, sometimes too much, really. abs, yeah, sometimes too much, really. a quick yeah, sometimes too much, really. quick word, sorry to interrupt, guys, a quick word on how much you have raised so far and the target. i

know the target was £50,000, wasn't it? ., ., ., , i: i: i: i: it? yeah, the target was £50,000, it is 'ust it? yeah, the target was £50,000, it is just amazing _ it? yeah, the target was £50,000, it is just amazing to _ it? yeah, the target was £50,000, it isjust amazing to have _ it? yeah, the target was £50,000, it isjust amazing to have reached - it? yeah, the target was £50,000, it isjust amazing to have reached the l is just amazing to have reached the amount of money that we have raised already. when you set off, i remember, i think we were just under £20,000 when we set off, so it has been amazing to receive the updates while we have been away, we have had a bit of email contacts, and hearing about that number going up while we were going away, it has been incredible. it has continued to go up incredible. it has continued to go up since we have arrived and we are just overwhelmed by the generosity, with what has obviously been a really difficult year for all of us. so i think anything that we have raised is amazing and it was really great. raised is amazing and it was really areat. ., . . ., , raised is amazing and it was really areat. ., . . . ., great. congratulations, you have got there, well done, _ great. congratulations, you have got there, well done, an _ great. congratulations, you have got there, well done, an amazing - there, well done, an amazing achievement. thank you tojustin, dan, rauri and mark stop hopefully you can enjoy a bit of time off to recover. they are on the shoulders

of giants. recover. they are on the shoulders of aiants. ., recover. they are on the shoulders of aiants. . , , , of giants. imagine the sleep they are aoain of giants. imagine the sleep they are going to _ of giants. imagine the sleep they are going to have! _ of giants. imagine the sleep they are going to have! i— of giants. imagine the sleep they are going to have! i wonder - of giants. imagine the sleep they are going to have! i wonder if - of giants. imagine the sleep they | are going to have! i wonder if you get into a routine and you wake up every two hours?— every two hours? couldn't keep havina to every two hours? couldn't keep having to do — every two hours? couldn't keep having to do that! _ every two hours? couldn't keep having to do that! yes, - every two hours? couldn't keep having to do that! yes, they - every two hours? couldn't keep| having to do that! yes, they are every two hours? couldn't keep . having to do that! yes, they are on the shoulders _ having to do that! yes, they are on the shoulders of— having to do that! yes, they are on the shoulders of giants, _ having to do that! yes, they are on the shoulders of giants, and - having to do that! yes, they are on the shoulders of giants, and they i the shoulders of giants, and they have a giving page, if you want to contribute. have a giving page, if you want to contribute-— contribute. staying with the saoartin contribute. staying with the sporting team, _ contribute. staying with the sporting team, john - contribute. staying with the sporting team, john joins i contribute. staying with the | sporting team, john joins us contribute. staying with the - sporting team, john joins us with the details. england are up against sri lanka in the first test. a slightly frustrating day so far for england, 30 say. they have only taken three wickets. they will want a few more because sri lanka are certainly eating into england's lead at this stage. there to say that england is a bit frustrated on the first day of the fourth test. the hosts trailed by 286 runs as they started their second innings, and they're slowly eating into england's lead. there have been a couple of wickets, sam curran removing lahiru thirimanne who'd scored 111, so that was a good breakthrough. but they'll be hopinh got more as the day goes on. sri lanka 2a2/a at

lunch, aa runs behind. football players are very much under the spotlight at the moment when it comes to goal celebrations. in the pandemic, premier league bosses have reminded them to set a good example by avoiding handshakes, high fives and hugs when they score. and we saw yesterday that the message is getting through. this is james maddison scoring in leicester's 2—0 win over southampton. they're up to second in the league, and the celebration were still there, just more respectful of the rules. we got told in a meeting that's something that might be implemented and something we might have to do going forward to keep football going, and that's what we all want, that's what everyone wants, i don't think you'll find one person that doesn't want football to continue. it's kind of keeping us going in these tough times. so it was just a little bit of a creative idea, a light—hearted joke, and something we need to maybe start doing.

somebody�*s got to start it, eh? 50 james maddison hoping to lead the way, the rules weren't followed as strictly elsewhere in the premier league. there was a significant win for west brom. they beat wolves 3—2 in what was a real thriller of a local derby. this was a first win for sam allardyce since he took over as manager of west brom, and he says he can understand why his players didn't stick to the rules around celebrating. elsewhere in the premier league, the pressure on frank lampard eased slightly as chelsea beat fulham. lampard himself admitted that it wasn't a vintage performance over a fulham side who played half the match with 10 men. mason mount popping up with the crucial goal as chelsea move up to seventh, leaving fulham four points from safety. history will made at the masters snooker today. we'll either have the oldest ever winner injohn higgins or the youngest winner in 26 years in yan bingtao. two—time champion higgins, who knocked ronnie o'sullivan out in the quarter finals and first made a masters final back in 1995, saw off david gilbert last night and described his 20—year—old chinese opponent today

as an old head on young shoulders. so that all get under way at 1pm and you can watch it on bbc two. the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9:00. andrew, what do you have coming up on today's programme? it isa it is a busy programme, a busy week ahead. on wednesday, president biden is inaugurated in washington. i'm speaking to the foreign secretary, dominic raab, and the veteran cnn commentator, julia borja about that, but here, according to some doctors, the next 100 hours will be absolutely critical as to whether the nhs can cope with this pandemic. i'm going to be talking to the chief executive of the nhs, sir simon stephens, and also the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey. all about at 9am. nasa has tested four huge engines for its new megarocket, which it hopes will one day take astronauts to the moon. but the exercise — designed to replicate the power necessary for take—off — was stopped early, and it's not yet clear why. mark lobel has more.

hea, go, rea, go, mtc... take—off. it's one of the most anticipated moments of any space mission, here igniting all four engines together for the first time to simulate the sls rocket�*s rise into orbit for the first manned trip to the moon in decades. and here they go. gearing up to one day reach 8.8 million pounds, or to those in the know, 39.1 meganewtons of thrust, to make it the most powerful rocket ever to fly to space. and to put you out of your misery, this is what lift—off should look like. later this year it is hoped these rockets will send nasa's next—generation orion spacecraft for an unmanned spin around the moon.

the artemis missions should eventually lead to the first woman on the moon, in three years or so, to search lunar soil for earth—shattering scientific discoveries with economic benefits too. but back on earth, this joint nasa and boeing test, already years later and billions over budget, quickly lost its sparkle, as it was aborted early. and we've got a shutdown. seven minutes early, in fact, afterjust a minute or so, just when we were going to see the rocket start to pivot. no—one ever said travelling to the moon was easy. nasa denies the exercise was a failure, despite the as—yet unexplained white flash that caused the shutdown. mark lobel, bbc news.

let's speak now to vinita marwaha madill who's a space engineer based in ottawa, canada. good morning to you. lovely to see you. good morning to you. lovely to see ou. , ., ., ., good morning to you. lovely to see ou. ., we good morning to you. lovely to see you-_ we are - good morning to you. lovely to see you._ we are looking good morning to you. lovely to see i you._ we are looking at you. good morning. we are looking at some of those — you. good morning. we are looking at some of those pictures _ you. good morning. we are looking at some of those pictures that _ you. good morning. we are looking at some of those pictures that of - you. good morning. we are looking at some of those pictures that of the - some of those pictures that of the launch or the test, incredible pictures, and do you know why it was cut short? it was much shorter than many people expected?— cut short? it was much shorter than many people expected? that's right. so the baseline _ many people expected? that's right. so the baseline system _ many people expected? that's right. so the baseline system was - many people expected? that's right. so the baseline system was actually | so the baseline system was actually nasa's so the baseline system was actually nasa's next—generation heavy lift rocket, so it carries rockets to the moon as part of nasa's artemis programme. yesterday i was mentioning that the test was putting the engines through their paces, and there are procedures used from launch day to fuel the rocket, just to check the systems are working as expected before the rocket actually lifts off as well. so as mentioned, the test was actually terminated a few minutes earlier than expected.

we don't know why that occurred at the time, but nasa will provide the data and we will have a path forward from there. it is interesting to note that nasa has collected 800 tb of data from this test, so that is exciting. of data from this test, so that is excitina. . of data from this test, so that is excitina. , ., ., exciting. there is nothing to su a a est exciting. there is nothing to suggest this— exciting. there is nothing to suggest this has _ exciting. there is nothing to suggest this has blown - exciting. there is nothing to - suggest this has blown anything off course? just explain where this fits in on the chain reaction of sending maximum admission to the moon? absolutely. —— manned mission to the moon. it is a really exciting time for space exploration, we are currently working on the artemis programme which is nasa's gold to establish a sustainable human presence on the moon, in collaboration with international partners, such as the european space agency, the canadian space agency and the japanese space agency, jaxa, we are paving the way and aiming to send the next man and woman to the surface of the moon in 202a, making way for a new generation of this exploration. this baseline system is a really crucial part of this. the

first artemis mission that will launch with the space launch system is artemis one, that was planned to be launched later this year, that is the journey beyond the moon and back to earth. that will be crewed —— unaccrued, it isjust to earth. that will be crewed —— unaccrued, it is just to test the system and test the orion spacecraft which sits on top of the rocket. we are actually going to launch artemis to in 2023, and that will be crewed with astronauts. so it'll be really exciting this generation of young people looking at the artemis programme, and really inspiring, and that will take astronauts around the moon and back to earth. that leads up moon and back to earth. that leads up to artemis three, which will be as soon as 202a. that will carry astronauts to land on the surface of the moon so that is really exciting to look forward to in the near future. nasa have actually selected 18 astronauts from their cohort that will be part of this incredible journey back to the moon, including nine men and nine women. it is journey back to the moon, including nine men and nine women.- nine men and nine women. it is so excitina , nine men and nine women. it is so exciting. things — nine men and nine women. it is so exciting, things like _ nine men and nine women. it is so exciting, things like this, - nine men and nine women. it is so exciting, things like this, i - nine men and nine women. it is so exciting, things like this, i love . exciting, things like this, i love talking about it and i know that you

have done a lot of work to encourage not only a new generation, but as you are talking about there, young girls and more women into space exploration, space travel. talk me through that? 50. exploration, space travel. talk me through that?— exploration, space travel. talk me through that? so, i think seeing the first woman — through that? so, i think seeing the first woman on _ through that? so, i think seeing the first woman on the _ through that? so, i think seeing the first woman on the moon _ through that? so, i think seeing the first woman on the moon will- through that? so, i think seeing the first woman on the moon will be - first woman on the moon will be incredibly inspiring and allow young girls to ultimately see themselves in the face of the first woman on the moon, seeing somebody that looks like you both shows you and allows you to believe that it is possible to achieve your goals. 50 as i worked through myjourney in the space industry and progress to each stage of my career, i noticed there were fewer women around me as i went through each step. and if you look at the numbers only about 12% of engineering professionals in the uk are female. that is about 8% for asian and minority ethnic and that is something we need to think about. and the goal of rocket women, the platform i developed, is to reverse this trend and provide inspirational voices and the stories of women globally around the world and a platform to spread their advice and ensure their voices are heard, and

as one of the first minute space said, you can't be what you can't see, which is true. so i'm excited to promote that next generation through scholarships and education resources during this time when we are all learning from home. it is resources during this time when we are all learning from home.- are all learning from home. it is so lovel to are all learning from home. it is so lovely to talk _ are all learning from home. it is so lovely to talk to _ are all learning from home. it is so lovely to talk to you. _ are all learning from home. it is so lovely to talk to you. thanks - are all learning from home. it is so lovely to talk to you. thanks for . lovely to talk to you. thanks for explaining all of that. it is really inspiring stuff. thank you so much. just incredible, think, we could only— just incredible, think, we could only be — just incredible, think, we could only be three years away from those pictures— only be three years away from those pictures of— only be three years away from those pictures of people walking on the moon _ pictures of people walking on the moon we — pictures of people walking on the moon. we are here on the bbc news channel— moon. we are here on the bbc news channel until 9am this morning. coming up in the next hour, we'll be live in the tiny cornish seaside resort of carbis bay, where joe biden is expected to be among the world leaders attending this year's g7 summit injune. all that to come across in the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. goodbye for now.

if you are still with us, let's talk about some of the weather before jetting off to space.— jetting off to space. louise, good mornina. jetting off to space. louise, good morning- it _ jetting off to space. louise, good morning. it looks _ jetting off to space. louise, good morning. it looks like _ jetting off to space. louise, good morning. it looks like a _ jetting off to space. louise, good morning. it looks like a rocket i morning. it looks like a rocket behind me! seamless, isn't it? good morning everyone. i wanted to show you the beautiful clear skies. not that many pictures coming in from our weather watchers. that is an allowed! this little ridge of high pressure is building on an quietening things down. a westerly wind is feeding in some showers across the country, mostly through scotland. the showers at drifting out of northern england and pushing into the south—east corner. they should ease away and you can see that there is this window a finer weather behind. the slice of

sunshine expected today. showers continuing in the north—west of scotland, accompanied by a brisk breeze as well. gusts of 30 or a0 miles an hour here. but in terms of the weather story generally, quoted and we have seen. temperatures picking between six and nine degrees. it looks like a week ahead is good used a pretty unsettled. so make the most of today's weather because if we look at the week ahead, i can tell you briefly there will be spells of heavy rain, particularly along the west facing coasts. especially during the week, there could be some localised flooding. taste there could be some localised floodina. ~ , flooding. we will en'oy the dry well we can. mark — flooding. we will en'oy the dry well we can. thank you i flooding. we will enjoy the dry well we can. thank you louise. - flooding. we will enjoy the dry well we can. thank you louise. thank i flooding. we will enjoy the dry well i we can. thank you louise. thank you louise. now it's time for the film review with mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review with me mark kermode.

and despite the fact that covid has closed cinemas and put us in lockdown once again, there is still plenty of new movies for you to experience and enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. this week's most arresting release is dear comrades, the latest from acclaimed russian film—maker andrei konchalovsky. set in 1962 in a provincial town in the southern ussr, this increasingly harrowing drama stars acclaimed stage and screen actor yuliya vysotskaya as lyudmila, a party devotee with a nostalgia for stalinist ideas in the age of khrushchev.

"what am i supposed to believe in if not communism", asks lyuda as her beliefs are challenged in the fallout of a factory strike and protest to which the army and kgb respond with deadly force. as the authorities rush to cover up a state—sponsored atrocity, lyuda searches for her missing daughter, for whose life she fears after scenes of terrible violence. based on real events, that were not officially acknowledged until 30 years later, dear comrades is a powerfulfilm that draws visual inspiration from soviet classics like the cranes are flying and ballad of a soldier. presenting its bleakly crisp black and white images in a retro four by three frame. the result is an affecting recreation of a terrifying historical event that at times recalls the impact of the infamous odessa steps scene from battleship potemkin.

conjuring an utterly convincing world in which the stillness of the cameras merely amplifies the sense of growing chaos. yet despite the true grit of its historical setting, it's the personal story of lyuda's journey that gives dear comrades such an emotional punch, with vysotskaya perfectly embodying a character who slips from stoic political stalwart to frantically anguished mother before our very eyes. it's available now on curzon home cinema with plans for a big—screen theatrical release whenever that becomes possible. david. i'm sorry, can you repeat the question? who, or what is david bowie? from the sublime to the ridiculous with stardust, a trite, unauthorised reimagining of david bowie's 1971 american tour which opens with the disclaimer "what follows is mostly fiction". it's also mostly rubbish, hobbled by the legally required absence of any original songs

by bowie, who died five years ago, and whose estate wanted nothing to do with this movie. i need to be known, i need them to know me! instead, accomplished actor/musician johnny flynn is left to bash out a couple of bowie related cover versions like jacques brel�*s my death. while musicjournalists merrily misquote lyrics to the man who sold the world. presumably because the film—makers don't have the rights to use the real ones. now, this in itself would not necessarily be terrible. tom haynes brilliantly inventive velvet goldmine was similarly denied access to bowie's back catalog, but sparkled in the last. there is no authentic to me. it'sjust fear. yet with stardust, a clunky script co—written by director gabriel range makes heavy weather of alleged psychological scars, painting bowie's suppose it fear of family schizophrenia in unsubtle strokes that lack invention, insight or width. the key elements of bowie's

ever—changing career. perhaps a different way to talk about me when on the phone. comedian podcast or mark maron does his best to hold it all together as stateside publicist ron oberman, and jenna malone cuts a vaguely sympathetic figure as bowie's wife angie. butjust when you think that maybe they can save this debacle, along comes james cade whose impression of mark bolan is so toe curling that i had to take my shoes off and then throw them at the screen. it all recalls the opportunist silliness of 2003's grand theft parsons, another film which turned a modern rock legend into a bad joke. you can find stardust on a range of home viewing platforms, but bowie fans would be better served just dusting off their old lps and basking in the majesty of a talent to which this shoddy affair cannot hold a candle. oh, and if you want some of the real bowie on screen, then check out next week's secrets

of cinema on pop movies. bbc four, tuesday night. i mention it only in passing. now we are getting somewhere. now, 19a5 saw the release of david lean's acclaimed adaptation of noel coward's blithe spirit. a hit stage play which had taken london and broadway by storm. margaret rutherford and kay hammond, both of whom started in the original stage production, reprised their roles as a medium and a ghost. the letter conjured up by a seance which reintroduces her to former husband rex harrison, now remarried to constance cummings. now these roles have been refilled by respectively damejudy dench, leslie mann, dan stevens and isla fisher in a new version of blithe spirit which add some perfunctory nods to modernity while still retaining a basic skeleton of the original.

elvira? hello? i haven't the foggiest idea of how to send her back. directed by downton abbey alumnus edward hall from a script by nick moorcroft, meg leonard and piers ashworth, this latest incarnation was due to open in uk theaters last year emma but after covid delays it was acquired for sky cinema. you're in trouble now. but to be honest, i can't imagine this somewhat lackluster production ever setting movie theaters alight, even with a starry cast whose performances range from the kooky to the caricatured come up with a rather irritating lack of panache. i can feel it in my base chakra. probably trapped wind. and while lean's original won oscars for its spectacular poltergeist effects, this looks more like a drab tv movie thatjust happens to be set in some eye—catching art deco surroundings. how dare you! "just photograph it, dear boy," coward apparently told lean. believing his play

to be near perfect. i shudder to think what coward would have made of this adaptation, which is, at best, innocuously forgettable. altogether more ambitious, although also derivative, is archive. an eerie science—fiction drama from writer—director gavin rothery. which lifts rifts from everything from moon and ex machina, to blade runner, marjorie prime, ghost in the shell and even robot and frank. how are you feeling? theo james is george almore, an isolated scientist attempting to imbue the spirit of his dead wife into a secretively developed artificial intelligence. having previously built two prototypes, george seems to have struck gold with his third attempt, a biomechanical creation that can carry the recorded thoughts and consciousness of his lost love.

i know what you're doing in there. but what will happen to the cast—offs that still need to be cared for, and can george really conduct such wild experiments under the radar? we received the notifications of your wife's transition. i she's not ready to go yet. of course. it may not be the most original idea, and the final reel twists won't surprise any genre enthusiasts, but an atmospheric score by steven price, who won an oscar for his work on gravity, and typically eye—catching cinematography from the great laurie rose lift this above the realms of mere repetition into something strangely haunting and effecting. it's nice to finally talk to you. supporting players stacy martin and the recently nobled tobyjones obe add lively half, but it's james who carries the drama following in the footsteps of lonely screen astronauts like bruce dern and sam rockwell. do you need my help?

leave me alone. current lockdown restrictions may have nixed the planned cinema release, but viewers can find archive on digital download from monday. free at last, free at last! thank god almighty, we are free at last! i'll leave you with news of mlk/fbi, an engrossing documentary about the us government's surveillance and harassment of martin luther king that seems all the more relevant in these troubled times. after the march on washington, it's clear that martin luther king junior is the most dangerous negro in america. and we have to use every resource at our disposal to destroy him. considering doctor king to be a communist threat, j edgar hoover went to great length to dig into his private life hoping to discredit him with evidence

of extramarital infidelities. this represents the darkest part of the bureau's history. tracing the racist tropes of hoover's campaign back to birth of a nation and beyond, sam pollard's film argues that the fbi's activities were to some kind of renegade aberration, but a key part of an existing political order. they were running a surveillance state. along the way we hear from former fbi directorjames comey who says that the records of the bureau's action made him feel physically sick when learned of a cache of unreleased surveillance tapes that some believe should never be heard. it's compelling and alarming fair, a warning from history that there are those who will stop at nothing to retain white power. the greatness of america is the right to protest for rights. mlk/fbi is available on vod and through virtual cinema screenings now. that's it for this week, thanks for watching the film review, stay safe and i will see you next week.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: large—scale vaccinations are to begin at another ten centres in england from tomorrow, with more than a million over—80s invited to receive their coronavirus jab. it comes as the duke of cambridge praises nhs staff and volunteers for their work in the covid vaccine roll—out. i want to say huge congratulations to everyone involved in the vaccination programme because it looks tremendous, it really does. new financial support for airports in england hit by the latest travel curbs, but the industry warns more help is needed.

nasa fires up the engines of its megarocket, which it hopes will send american astronauts back to the moon. frustration for england's cricketers — they take wickets, but sri lanka make it diffuclt for the bowlers in the first test in galle. good morning. it's a sunday of sunny spells for many of us. a bit more of a breeze further north and west, and that's where we'll see most of the showers. i'll have all the details coming up very shortly. it's sunday, 17th january. our top story: ten new mass vaccination centres across england are set to open tomorrow to help meet the government's target of offering vaccines to the most vulnerable groups by the middle of february. theyjoin seven other regional hubs, already in operation. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. blackburn cathedral, transforming from a place of worship into a nhs mass vaccination centre.

last—minute preparations are under way in the crypt. it opens tomorrow. thousands ofjabs will be given here. whilst this space was not being used, we felt it would be really appropriate to offer this space up as a place where people could come and feel safe and secure, a place that they know and a place that they feel at home in, so were delighted when it was accepted as one of the mass vaccination centres. there are ten of these new regional vaccine centres opening across england, as well as blackburn, sites are in taunton, st helens and bournemouth, then there's slough, norwich, wickford in essex, lincolnshire, york and wembley in london. theyjoin seven already in operation. appointments are by invite only to those living within a 45 minute drive away and if people don't want to go to a vaccine help they can wait to be contacted by their gp. the focus right now

is on people who are over 80. nhs england says last week a million letters were sent to this group and another half a million will be invited to the vaccine hubs next week. what it will do is let us get more vaccine out to more people more quickly, which will protect more people from becoming seriously ill, and that will start to lower the demand on our hospital services, and that is the way out of some of these really difficult rules that people are currently following. the government is also asking the public for help by asking them to support the over—80s to book their appointments and plan their visit. this is the biggest immunisation programme in nhs history. large vaccine hubs are already in operation in wales, northern ireland and scotland, with many more planned. across the uk, more than 3.5 million people have now been given their first dose, but the target is to offer vaccines to 15 million by the middle of february.

the government is offering help to airports which will be badly hit by the suspension of travel corridors. ministers say a scheme announced in november will start running in the next two weeks, offering up to £8 million to cover fixed costs, such as business rates. the government is moving to head off a rebellion by backbench mps, who could support a labour proposal to extend the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit. the chancellor introduced the rise last april as the pandemic hitjobs and family finances, but it is due to run out. let's speak now to our political correspondentjonathan blake. will the rise be continued? well, government sources insisted no decision has been taken yet, but the chancellor has a big call to make here and one that will have a huge impact on many�*s lives. people have been able to claim an extra £20 a week and universal credit since last

april, that is due to come to an end at the end of march, but labour, campaigners and some conservative mps are keen for that to continue until at least lockdown restrictions then. many say it should stay permanently. labourare then. many say it should stay permanently. labour are holding a vote on this in parliament tomorrow, a debate and a non—binding vote. in a debate and a non—binding vote. in a sign that the conservatives were perhaps worried about how many of their mps would vote against the government, the government is among them to abstain and sit it out. labour say that leaves the prime minister running scared from his own backbenchers. it might give you so could have been an embarrassing moment for the government tomorrow, but the issue isn't going away with the budget looming in march it will cost £6 billion a year to keep this universal credit increase in place, so one of many expensive decisions for the chancellor to weigh up in the weeks ahead.— thank you. cornwall has been chosen to host the leaders of some of the world's

biggest economies for the g7 summit injune. the seaside town of carbis bay will be the venue for discussions on debt, climate change and post—covid recovery. incoming us presidentjoe biden is expected to attend the event, along with leaders from canada, japan and the eu. much of washington is under lockdown as security is tightened ahead ofjoe biden's inauguration ceremony on wednesday. his team has unveiled details of what the next president plans to do during his first few hours in office, including the reversal of some of donald trump's key policies. here's peter bowes. america on high alert like never before. the nation's capital has been turned into a fortress, with security worthy of a warzone. the national guard has been deployed to try to ensure a smooth transition of power whenjoe biden is inaugurated on wednesday. in the meantime, there's concern that armed supporters of donald trump may try to stage more protests, still refusing to accept the result of the election.

the capitol building, which was stormed by a mob earlier this month, is now surrounded by a high fence, and the city is under lockdown. it's a place in our history that i'm sad that we've come to. american troops should not have to be armed against their fellow americans. but what we saw was an unprecedented attack on our democracy and the cradle of that democracy. by wednesday, 25,000 troops will be in the capital to try to keep the peace. the goal is to try to prevent a repeat of the attack that led to mr trump being impeached for a second time, on a charge of incitement of insurrection. he now faces a trial in the senate. the fbi has warned police agencies around the country that state capitals could be the target of further protests in the coming days. a state of emergency has already been declared in maryland, new mexico and utah.

state—by—state, members of the national guard are being deployed over fears that extremists may infiltrate planned protests. in minnesota, armed guards are stationed at the state capital, which has already been descended on by protesters. in california, in sacramento, riot police are patrolling outside the home of the state governor, gavin newsom. in some cities around the country, the post office has removed letterboxes from the streets as part of the security clamp—down. away from the fray, for now, as he prepares to take office, joe biden has been to church and it has been revealed that within hours of moving into the white house, he will sign executive orders to reverse some of donald trump's key policies. they include rejoining the paris climate accord and scrapping a travel ban on several predominantly muslim countries. but this is a nation on edge, holding its breath for the days ahead. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.

rescue teams in indonesia are continuing to search the rubble of buildings brought down by an earthquake on friday. at least 56 people are now known to have died and hundreds more were injured. straddling the so—called 'pacific ring of fire', indonesia is regularly hit by earthquakes. nasa has tested four huge engines for its new megarocket, which it hopes will one day take astronauts to the moon. but the exercise, designed to replicate the power necessary for take—off, was stopped early and it's not yet clear why. we did have a space engineer on

earlier saying there is nothing to imply it is gone of course yet. it makes sense you have to test them before it goes out, but it is weird that it doesn't go anywhere! ten climbers from nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering — reaching the summit of the world's second highest peak, k2, in winter. it's the last of the 14 tallest mountains to have been conquered during the winter months. k2, which is only 200 metres shorter than everest, is widely considered the most demanding of all in winter. you are up—to—date with all the top stories this morning. good morning to you. good morning to you. the duke of cambridge has praised those involved in the coronavirus vaccine roll—out in a video call with nhs staff and volunteers, describing the effort as a monumental moment. he also said he was proud of the queen and the duke of edinburgh for having their covid—i9 vaccinations. here's andy moore. hello, your royal highness.

good morning, everybody. prince william spoke to a number of medics from different parts of what he called the world—leading nhs, all involved in the roll—out of the vaccine. i want to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved in the vaccination programme because it looks tremendous. it really does, and i know what a massive difference it is going to make to everyone. and the vaccine was making a massive difference to around 1,000 over—80s who were treated to organ music as they got theirjabs at salisbury cathedral. these pensioners were keen to come forward, but the prince was told that wasn't the same for everyone. we do have vaccine hesitancy in some groups, your royal highness. it is really important to really get into communities. the prince said he was very glad that the queen and duke of edinburgh had been inoculated at windsor castle earlier this month. my grandparents have had the vaccine and i am very proud of them for doing that, so it is really important everyone gets their vaccine when they are told to. that message seems to be getting through, with confirmation that more than three and a half million people

in the uk have now been vaccinated. andy moore, bbc news. that's prince william there and his message for those involved in the vaccine roll—out. we're joined now by one of the retired nhs workers who have voluteered to help. dr lesley bromley is a former consultant anaesthetist. good morning to you. i hope you don't mind me saying, ye retired nine years ago, so you are 69 now and you are a volunteer. explain why you wanted to get involved again. like a lot of retired doctors, when the pandemic started, the general medical council gave me back my license to practice, so i thought i must do something. ijoined to bring them back a campaign in april, but they didn't want to stem because i don't think they knew enough about the disease, but once the vaccination programme started, they contacted me again and i said, yes,

i will definitely do that, so i have been going through the process of rejoining the nhs.— rejoining the nhs. there are a lot of hoo -s rejoining the nhs. there are a lot of heaps you _ rejoining the nhs. there are a lot of hoops you have _ rejoining the nhs. there are a lot of hoops you have to _ rejoining the nhs. there are a lot of hoops you have to jump - rejoining the nhs. there are a lot| of hoops you have to jump through rejoining the nhs. there are a lot - of hoops you have to jump through to make sure you are fit and able to carry out this role. what if you had to go to and what do you know about the work you will be doing? i to go to and what do you know about the work you will be doing?- the work you will be doing? i went to a face-to-face _ the work you will be doing? i went to a face-to-face training - the work you will be doing? i went. to a face-to-face training programme to a face—to—face training programme held in brighton, which is the nearest centre to me, with a lot of other retired doctors, which was very well done. they showed us basic things like giving injections and doing resuscitation. iam pleased things like giving injections and doing resuscitation. i am pleased to say i could still remember all of them. i have been doing endless modules on the internet since then, some of which have been very good about the vaccine, learning a lot about the vaccine, learning a lot about it. others were slightly rests —— less relevant, i felt. about it. others were slightly rests —— less relevant, ifelt. i have done them all and i am ready to go.

well done for persevering! what does it they like to be back on the front line at such a crucial moment? it feels really good. i think we all feels really good. i think we all feel terribly frustrated that we have not been able to use our medical skills, and nowi have not been able to use our medical skills, and now i feel i will be able to go and do something useful towards getting us out of this terrible pandemic and using the skills that i acquired over 30 years. it was very, very exciting. you have had your injection already, so talk to me about the significance of that and why that is important for you to have it, but also then the work that you will be doing, being able to help get as many people vaccinated as possible in a relatively short space of time. idietitian relatively short space of time. when we started they _ relatively short space of time. when we started they said _ relatively short space of time. when we started they said they _ relatively short space of time. firemen we started they said they weren't going to vaccinate us, but we said, hang on, we are in a risky group. they change their minds and now we

have been vaccinated. we have had the first dose, anyway. we are going to start work next week. i am going to start work next week. i am going to be on a team that is going around care homes, for elderly people who can get to vaccination centres, and be working with a team of other doctors and nurses, and there are plenty of care homes in west sussex so we will be very busy. this is a marathon not a sprint, we will be busy for some months to come. earlier of the programme we were talking to other people who are able to volunteer and some of those roles mayjust be things like chaperoning people through the vaccination centres, maybejust monitoring people through the vaccination centres, maybe just monitoring the car park, for example. what message would you have for anyone considering volunteering in any shape orform? i considering volunteering in any shape or form?— considering volunteering in any shae orform? ., ., . . shape or form? i would say go ahead and do it because _ shape or form? i would say go ahead and do it because it _ shape or form? i would say go ahead and do it because it is _ shape or form? i would say go ahead and do it because it is really - and do it because it is really worthwhile. we are all in this together and this is important that we all play our part. if you have an opportunity to help, come and help because this is probably one of the

most worthwhile things you will do this year. most worthwhile things you will do this ear. . ~ , ., most worthwhile things you will do this ear. . ~' , ., ~ most worthwhile things you will do this ear. . ~ ~ . most worthwhile things you will do this ear. . ~ . . , this year. thank you. we are really crateful this year. thank you. we are really grateful for — this year. thank you. we are really grateful for everything _ this year. thank you. we are really grateful for everything you - this year. thank you. we are really grateful for everything you are - grateful for everything you are doing. good luck with it and i hope it all goes well. good luck with it and i hope it all goes well. how attainable is the government's vaccination target? professor david salisbury is the former director of immunisation at the department of health. hejoins us now from oxfordshire. good morning. the ambitions are high, the stakes are also high. 2 million a week with the aim of 15 million a week with the aim of 15 million by mid february. i5 million a week with the aim of 15 million by mid february. is it doable? well, _ million by mid february. is it doable? well, it— million by mid february. is it doable? well, it is— million by mid february. is it doable? well, it is doable. to do any faxing campaign successfully you need three things all to come together at the same time at the same place. you need supplies of vaccine, you need people to do the vaccination, and you need people to come to be vaccinated. i'm sure people will come to be vaccinated.

the critical piece is matching supply against those other two elements. fist supply against those other two elements. �* ., elements. at the moment, the predictions _ elements. at the moment, the predictions are _ elements. at the moment, the predictions are that _ elements. at the moment, the predictions are that could - elements. at the moment, the predictions are that could be i elements. at the moment, the - predictions are that could be where the bottleneck emerges, getting enough vaccines to dissenters. at what point do you think we might be saying limitations in that regard? it is very difficult to predict. it is also hard to predict w —— he will get vaccine supplied by the manufacturers on the date they say you will get it. you never get more vaccine than you ask for. you will not always get the vaccine that you asked for, quite often you don't. it is all in the hands of the producers. we have two suppliers, thatis producers. we have two suppliers, that is really important, and as long as they can keep up production and we can then match the people to be vaccinated with the supply, that is really great. be vaccinated with the supply, that is really great-— is really great. with that in mind, david, if it _ is really great. with that in mind, david, if it is _ is really great. with that in mind, david, if it is not _ is really great. with that in mind, david, if it is not an _ is really great. with that in mind,

david, if it is not an exact - is really great. with that in mind, david, if it is not an exact science predicting the ebb and flow of supply in recent weeks, was at the correct decision to immunise as many people as possible with the first dose, ratherthan people as possible with the first dose, rather than trying to get both doses in quick succession. i am dose, rather than trying to get both doses in quick succession.— doses in quick succession. i am a big sunporter_ doses in quick succession. i am a big sunporter of _ doses in quick succession. i am a big supporter of getting - doses in quick succession. i am a big supporter of getting the - doses in quick succession. i am a big supporter of getting the first| big supporter of getting the first to south to as many people as we can. i am very much a strong supporter of doing just that. the issue that we have to keep a careful eye on is when the people who will be due for their second doses are coming, because that will double the number that will be attending, given that we will be continuing to roll first dose is out, so we have to watch very carefully that we will have sufficient faxing and back to nature is to double the number when we start doing second doses. that will come around _ we start doing second doses. that will come around quickly, won't it? what do you think about the fact

that some people will be invited into different ways as of this week, perhaps to a mass vaccination centre, perhaps to a surgery near the gp? is there a potential for waste? ., ., �* ~' the gp? is there a potential for waste? ., ., �* ~ ~ waste? no, i don't think so. ithink we have to — waste? no, i don't think so. ithink we have to give _ waste? no, i don't think so. ithink we have to give people _ waste? no, i don't think so. ithink we have to give people as - waste? no, i don't think so. ithink we have to give people as many . we have to give people as many options to get vaccinated as we can. using primary care facilities, using a pharmacy, these are important opportunities and as long as they can all be supplied. as long as we can all be supplied. as long as we can get the information pack about where people have been vaccinated, when they were vaccinated, then i think this is a great way forward to open up as many sites as possible, as late —— as long as they can be serviced with vaccine. irate as late -- as long as they can be serviced with vaccine.— as late -- as long as they can be serviced with vaccine. we know at some vaccination _ serviced with vaccine. we know at some vaccination sites _ serviced with vaccine. we know at some vaccination sites there - serviced with vaccine. we know at some vaccination sites there will. serviced with vaccine. we know at i some vaccination sites there will be left over files at the end of the day, what do you think should happen to those? you canjust day, what do you think should happen to those? you can just give them out willy—nilly. to those? you can 'ust give them out will -nill . . , .

willy-nilly. there are things that can be done- — willy-nilly. there are things that can be done. certainly _ willy-nilly. there are things that can be done. certainly in - willy-nilly. there are things that | can be done. certainly in primary care, they can't use their practice lists to phone people, to get them to come if they know they have got people who live nearby who could come. i know it is an additional task for them to be doing when they are already very busy, but the more that can be done to reduce wastage the better. one of the things that i think is really exciting is that clearly people who are doing the immunisations are getting more doses out of every vile than it actually says on the side, so when it says that a vial has five doses, people are clearly getting six and sometimes even seven. that is because files always have a bit more in then to allow for wastage, so we can vaccinate more people than is calculated on the vaccine supply. you have studied mass vaccinations in the past, where does this sit in

history, this incredible roll—out of millions every week? this history, this incredible roll-out of millions every week?— history, this incredible roll-out of millions every week? this clearly is bi aer millions every week? this clearly is bigger than — millions every week? this clearly is bigger than has _ millions every week? this clearly is bigger than has been _ millions every week? this clearly is bigger than has been done - millions every week? this clearly is bigger than has been done before. | millions every week? this clearly is. bigger than has been done before. it is ambitious, it is critically important that we make a success of it because we will save lives by making bash —— save lives by making a success of it. so far we have vaccine, have people to do the vaccine, have people to do the vaccine, and people who want to be vaccinated. it vaccine, and people who want to be vaccinated. , . vaccine, and people who want to be vaccinated-— vaccinated. it is a good combination. _ vaccinated. it is a good combination. many - vaccinated. it is a good i combination. many thanks vaccinated. it is a good - combination. many thanks for vaccinated. it is a good _ combination. many thanks forjoining us this morning. it is incredible when you think about the numbers. i went with a member of my family last weekend just sitting there watching them go in and out, thinking that is being replicated up and down the country. ten more centres opening tomorrow across england with similar things happening in scotland and wales, as well. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather.

it will be better today. it has been cold and wet recently. there is more rain in the forecast for today will be very promising. clear skies are the south coast at the moment because this ridge of high pressure is dominating the story for the next day. around the ridge of high pressure, a north—westerly wind is feeding on showers. i did say that those showers will ease away from the south—east and they have done so. it is an improving picture here. all the time will continue to see a feed of showers, particularly to the north—west of the great glen in scotland and into northern ireland, may be pushing down into the cheshire gap, as well. there will be lovely sunshine to get out through the afternoon. it is windy across the afternoon. it is windy across the west coast. we will see gusts of winds in excess of a0 miles an hour in the far north—west of scotland. temperatures should peak around where they should be for this time

of year, between six and nine. through this evening and overnight we see more cloud developing and we see a line of nuisance showers drifting their way across central and southern areas of scotland. showers continue in the far north of scotland, that will be the story moving into monday. a cold start, not to go by recent standards, but a chilly one with low single figures. tomorrow morning it looks likely that we will keep the showers in the far north and west. cloud will develop through the afternoon, particularly in the south—west is a new area of low pressure starts to move in that will be a player through the middle part of the week. in sheltered eastern areas, they will cling on to the best of the drier and brighter weather. then start to get interesting as we move into tuesday because a significant area of low pressure will stay with us and it will pump and a lot of moisture. it will be mild across the

south, but there will be spells of heavy rain at times. that could lead to some localised flooding. i want to some localised flooding. i want to show you this chart to choose you rainfall accumulation over the next five days. the yellows and the whites are donating with the heaviest of the rain is likely to be. we could see in excess of a hundred millimetres of rain. it is already very soggy underfoot, so i suspect that that could cause some issues with flooding through the middle part of the week. stay tuned to the forecast. it is going to be milder across england and, but a lot of rain to come. culture but drier by the end of the week. pumping in moisture is one of the best descriptions!

the leaders of the world's biggest economies will get a taste of the english seaside this summer when they gather for the g7 summit. the leaders of the world's biggest economies will get a taste the quiet village of carbis bay in cornwall will host top—level discussions on climate change and post—covid recovery injune. let's speak now to malcolm bell, who is the head of visit cornwall. good morning to you. how long have you had to keep this under your hat? quite a while, but it is excellent news and we are delighted to be able to showcase cornwall to the world. tell us what we can see behind you, is that carbis bay? the tell us what we can see behind you, is that carbis bay?— is that carbis bay? the tide is rollin: in is that carbis bay? the tide is rolling in on _ is that carbis bay? the tide is rolling in on the _ is that carbis bay? the tide is rolling in on the beach, - is that carbis bay? the tide is rolling in on the beach, the i is that carbis bay? the tide is - rolling in on the beach, the carbis bay hotel is there, and you are about two miles away from st ives. so not far from about two miles away from st ives. so not farfrom st about two miles away from st ives. so not far from st ives. about two miles away from st ives. so not farfrom st ives. looking behind you at the cluster of hotels and restaurants, presumably. we are

talking about g7 leaders, all of their entourage and the press following them. are you confident there is enough space in the area? yes, we will keep on working to make sure it works. it gives us the chance to showcase cornwall, not just as a tourist destination, but as part of the wonderful digital economy, renewables, space, there are lots of great stories in cornwall. there is a great story to tell about the future of cornwall. we are struggling to hear you slightly. forthose we are struggling to hear you slightly. for those who do arrive in cornwall, what a treat they have in store when it comes to local cuisine. ~ , . ., cuisine. well, the fishermen are out there now- — cuisine. well, the fishermen are out there now- we _ cuisine. well, the fishermen are out there now. we have _ cuisine. well, the fishermen are out there now. we have some _ cuisine. well, the fishermen are out there now. we have some of- cuisine. well, the fishermen are out there now. we have some of the - cuisine. well, the fishermen are out. there now. we have some of the best chefs in the country. we'll certainly be able to feed them and them well. a, . ., �* certainly be able to feed them and them well. a, .., �* ,., ,., , them well. malcolm, i'm so sorry it is 'ust a them well. malcolm, i'm so sorry it is just a little _ them well. malcolm, i'm so sorry it isjust a little bit _ them well. malcolm, i'm so sorry it is just a little bit windy _ them well. malcolm, i'm so sorry it isjust a little bit windy so - them well. malcolm, i'm so sorry it isjust a little bit windy so we - is just a little bit windy so we will have to leave it there, we are

struggling to hear you. most importantly, we have seen the cracking view that the new president will also be able to enjoy. malcolm bell, many thanks. what a shame! i am hoping the weather will be less wild. it is a beautiful part of the world, though. we will keep an eye on all of that. we will keep an eye on all of that. stay with us, the headlines are coming up.

hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. it is just approaching its 30 am. it is sunday. ten new mass covid vaccination centres are to open in england this week, joining seven regional hubs already in operation. the government is hoping to vaccinate 15 million people, across the uk by the middle of february. yesterday, 32a,000 vaccine doses were administered, taking the total across the country

above 3.5 million. the government is offering help to airports which will be badly hit by the suspension of travel corridors. ministers say a scheme announced in november will start running in the next two weeks, offering up to eight million pounds to cover fixed costs such as business rates. the government is moving to head off a rebellion by backbench mps, who could support a labour proposal to extend the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit. the chancellor introduced the rise last april, as the pandemic hitjobs and family finances, but it is due to run out in march. conservative mps have been told to abstain on labour's vote in the commons tommorrow. large parts of the us are on alert for possible violent protests ahead of president—electjoe biden's inauguration on wednesday. much of washington dc will be locked down, with national guard troops deploying in their thousands. president—electjoe biden's team has unveiled details of what the next president plans to do during his first few hours in office, including

the reversal of some of donald trump's key policies. rescue teams in indonesia are continuing to search the rubble of buildings brought down by an earthquake on friday. at least fifty—six people are now known to have died, and hundreds more were injured. straddling the so—called "pacific ring of fire", indonesia is regularly hit by earthquakes. nasa has tested four huge engines for its new megarocket, which it hopes will one day take astronauts to the moon. but the exercise — designed to replicate the power necessary for take off — was stopped early, and it's not yet clear why. mark lobel has more. take off. it's one of the most anticipated moments of any space mission. here igniting all four engines together for the first time to simulate the sls rocket�*s rise into orbit for the first manned trip

to the moon in decades. and here they go. gearing up to one day reach 8.8 million pounds, or to those in the know, 39.1 mega newtons of thrust. to make it the most powerful rocket ever to fly to space. and to put you out of your misery, this is what lift—off should look like. later this year it is hoped these rockets will send nasa's next generation orion spacecraft for an unmanned spin around the moon. the artemis missions should eventually lead to the first woman on the moon in three years or so to search lunar soil for earth—shattering scientific discoveries with economic benefits as well. but back on earth, this joint nasa and boeing test, already used late in a project

billions over budget... well, quickly lost its sparkle as it was aborted early. seven minutes early in fact afterjust a minute or so. just when we were going to see the rocket start to pivot. no one ever said travelling to the moon was easy. nasa denies the exercise was a failure, despite the as yet unexplained white flash that caused the shutdown. still on course to land on the moon in three years. winter in rome means starling season, when up to four—million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their formations in the skies are beautiful — but their droppings create a hazard, and the city authorities are trying

new methods to move them on. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. in the roman twilight, nature's great dancers flock to the stage. the acrobatic twirls like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings migrate in winter south to africa. nesting at night in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators. a murmuration it is called, and this city of art marvels at the show. but beneath their charm, rome is rotting, and it's a hell of a mess. in the cold light of day,

the other side of these gorgeous birds is clear, and for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not exactly cycling, it can be a safety hazard, but i can tell you that even with the mask, the stench is rancid. "i slipped on the droppings when it was muddy", this man says. "the world has invented everything, just not bird underpants." beside the ancient forum, a new attempt to try and solve the problem. city officials shining lasers onto trees which the birds dislike, prompting them to move on. the project is focused on rome's tourist heart in a bid to clean up its image. translation: this doesn't cause the birds any stress. _ it is more like a nuisance for them. i do this work, but i'm actually a nature lover. we are not stopping them from sleeping. we are just telling them to find another location.

and it works. this tree used to be completely full and now there are about 10% of what there were. even the starling fans seem supportive. i personally love to see them, like it's amazing, but as long as it is not hurting the birds, i think it is a good system. while the lasers are harmless, fireworks are not. this last new year's eve here, starlings were caught and killed by the firecrackers, pictures going viral. not managing the issue could end in tragedy. in ancient rome, the starlings were seen to auger the gods wishes. centuries on, these dazzling creatures keep visiting. how man and nature can coexist is the eternal problem of the eternal city. mark lowen, bbc news, rome.

that was the piece that had it all. existentialism, beauty. buried underpants. everything you need for a sunday morning. it was beautiful. i like those laser things. the birds don't like them. well, thatis the birds don't like them. well, that is the point. let's check in withjohn. ijust imagine the let's check in withjohn. i just imagine the face let's check in withjohn. ijust imagine the face of let's check in withjohn. i just imagine the face of the let's check in withjohn. ijust imagine the face of the owner of the white car who comes back to find it. how long do you reckon he had been away from? a long time. we need to set up a car wash in rome and then we would be raking it in. good bit of business. it was all going so well for england

against sri lanka at the beginning. england left a little frustrated on the fourth day against sri lanka — they will have wanted to have taken more wickets. sri lanka resuming on 156 for 2, lahiru thirimanne converting his 76 into a century before he was eventually out for out for!!! off the bowling of sam curran. the third ball after lunch produced another wicket, just the third of the day, dinesh chandimal caught byjoe root off the bowling of dom bess. so sri lanka 17 runs behind with five wickets remaining. football players in the spotlight at the moment when it comes to goal celebrations after premier league bosses reminded them to set a good example by avoiding handshakes, high fives and hugs. and leicester managed that in their 2—0 win over southampton, james maddison with a brilliant opener, that moves them second. there were celebrations, just a little more respectful. the rules weren't followed as strictly elsewhere in the premier league. west brom boss sam allardyce said he could understand why his side

celebrated their 3—2 win over wolves, their first win since he took over. the way we've won the game, actually scoring three goals for only the second time this season, it's very difficult to control your emotions. even i wanted to kiss him, and that's saying something. i don't think it was totally out of control, but i thought they tried. obviously, you can understand why that happened. what a game we have in store at anfield later. the champions liverpool up against league leaders manchester united. it's the first time they've been top at this stage of the season since sir alex ferguson won his last title at united. and interestinglyjurgen klopp says he and sir alex actually message quite a bit.. alex and i, we have contact. he texts. alex changes his phone number quite frequently and i always get the new version, so that's a big honour. i always get, "this is my new number".

i always think, "wow!" he is clearly within his inner circle if he is changing as the number quite a bit. you might be aware of sir ben ainslie's attempts to qualify for the america's cup in march — his british team are competing in the challenger series for the right to face the holders team new zealand for the main prize. they're competing against two other teams, one of those american magic, who got into some difficulties as the boat tipped over. the boats designed to fly above the water on hi—tech foil arms.. conditions haven't been great in new zealand where they're racing, but things going well so far for ben ainslie, better than the american crew who were all ok. despite what looks like windy conditions, it hasn't been great racing conditions but fortunately everyone on—board was and things going 0k everyone on—board was and things going ok for ben ainslie's team. not the american crew though. the speed to those things move at.

how did they get it back? i presume someone has to go in and to put back up. they are incredibly fast speeds and it goes to show when things don't go right, that is what can happen. proves the skill that is involved. they make it look so easy when everything goes right. thirty years ago today, flight lieutenantjohn nichol was shot down in his raf tornado in iraq during the gulf war. it was one of the first daylight raids of operation desert storm. together with pilot john peters, he was paraded on iraqi television — then held for seven weeks before his eventual release. this is how the bbc reported their homecoming. they appeared well, seemingly recovered from their weeks in iraq in captivity. france lined the runway to greet the two released prisoners of war, relieved to see

them again. and it was a way for a private reunion with their families. the men emerged from the office of�*s mess some minutes later to speak publicly for the first time about their experiences. both clearly couldn't conceal their happiness. flight lieutenant nicholl had appeared on iraqi television calling for the what it stopped. he didn't want to talk about the experience today but what happens when the two men were shot down was revealed. it was quite a pleasant ride, i was conscions— was quite a pleasant ride, i was conscious for the whole thing. the arachute conscious for the whole thing. tue: parachute went out the window. when went on to seejohn and had a bit of a laugh. we can speak tojohn now. 30 years on now, i wonder what your defining memory is of that time. we heard about what happened but talk me through some of your memories. i

think that 30 years ago nobody in the military had ever been to war on the military had ever been to war on the scale before. the notion of the first 2a hours of the first gulf war, i think there was something like 2800 allied aircraft missions launched. there was an astonishing amount going on. and i remember excitement. there is no doubt about that. we were doing a job we never thought we would do. real fear and real trepidation, and as i glanced at those pictures that you should, i guess i was taken back to a very different time. as i look at the clock, i realise that within a matter of minutes it is almost 30 minutes ago to the second that we were in the air heading towards the target that would ultimately result in myself and john peters being shot down. the reality was i sat they

wore out, i was a prisoner of war for seven weeks after the first day. i met my friends and i know many of them are watching this morning, they showed incredible courage carrying on day after day after day, knowing what would happen to them if they were shut down. my overriding memories are of an incredible change, incredible fear and incredible excitement. he change, incredible fear and incredible excitement. he said you would never _ incredible excitement. he said you would never have _ incredible excitement. he said you would never have expected - incredible excitement. he said you would never have expected it, - incredible excitement. he said you would never have expected it, but| incredible excitement. he said you | would never have expected it, but it was strange what —— it was what you are trained to do. i was a get your website and use a desert storm was when it left at the hands of the politicians and became the practical business of the military. that is when you stepped in to do exactly what you are trained to do. it was. you have to _ what you are trained to do. it was. you have to take _ what you are trained to do. it was. you have to take yourself- what you are trained to do. it was. you have to take yourself back - what you are trained to do. it was. you have to take yourself back 30 | you have to take yourself back 30 years. we were a cold war air force. it was too is the end of the cold war but the tornado was primarily designed to drop nuclear weapons if the soviets invaded and to keep

their troops at bay in the opening stages of any conflict, using a couple of different weapon systems. when ijoined the military in 1982, i never thought i would go to war in that way. when you get airborne, and there are thousands... i have never seen anything like it. they were ticking off from the airfield 30 years ago with hundreds upon hundreds of hundreds of aircraft. it was the most astonishing sight. the men and women who joined the military to date and so today with incredible courage, they know they will be asked to fight. we just didn't think that way 30 years ago. i liken it possibly to being a firefighter. you never want to see anyone's house burning down but it is your job to anyone's house burning down but it is yourjob to put the flames out. we were going to be given the chance to put our skills to the test. iloathed to put our skills to the test. what do ou

to put our skills to the test. what do you think _ to put our skills to the test. what do you think changed _ to put our skills to the test. what do you think changed all- to put our skills to the test. what do you think changed all that time ago? you said you sat out the war, as you said you were shut down pretty early on in that involvement but a lot of the responses, certainly online this morning, said what you did was set the tone for the allied coalition and the public back home. it made it very real and a defining moment. and it was bringing it home to everyone's living rooms back then and now the media landscape has changed and the weight that was our fault, i imagine, has changed. yes, ithink ou would imagine, has changed. yes, ithink you would not _ imagine, has changed. yes, ithink you would not see... _ imagine, has changed. yes, ithink you would not see... you - imagine, has changed. yes, ithink you would not see... you have - imagine, has changed. yes, ithink you would not see... you have to l you would not see... you have to remember that on the 17th of january 1991 there were about 580,000 allied troops in the region facing about 5a0,000 iraqi troops. it was massive. it was a truly astonishing coalition. if you take yourself back, it was a worldwide coalition with united nations backing. people have forgotten all of this now. it

was one of the last truly successful multi—action was. people must remember that. the only reason for that first gulf conflict was to liberate kuwait from iraqi occupation and that is what we had done. what happened after that was a feeling of politics and diplomacy —— a feeling. that led onto the second gulf war and you could never draw a line between 1991 and what is going on today, but the break—up of... the chaos in iraq was predicted by people like james baker, the us secretary of state, if we went in and opposed the regime in 1991. things change completely from that one conflict in 1991. it is things change completely from that one conflict in 1991.— one conflict in 1991. it is easy for us to look _ one conflict in 1991. it is easy for us to look back _ one conflict in 1991. it is easy for us to look back 30 _ one conflict in 1991. it is easy for us to look back 30 years - one conflict in 1991. it is easy for us to look back 30 years later i one conflict in 1991. it is easy for. us to look back 30 years later and i know you have done a lot of work on motivational speaking and sending

that message you are talking about there, but it was pretty tough for you as well. you went through some pretty dreadful experiences. touching those briefly for me because we should remember this was a war. ., ., ~ ., . ., a war. look, we went through a tough time. we a war. look, we went through a tough time- we were _ a war. look, we went through a tough time. we were interrogated _ a war. look, we went through a tough time. we were interrogated brutally, | time. we were interrogated brutally, tortured, as were all the prisoners of war who worked there. some had a far worse time than me. we were paraded on tv, i had some of my friends killed. there were many troops who actually carried out the grand invasion in february who were killed. and so it was a war. we sometimes draw a —— glorify war or glamorise it, but let me tell you. no man or woman who has everfought any work will glamorise it. it was tough, brutaland any work will glamorise it. it was tough, brutal and nasty. any work will glamorise it. it was tough, brutaland nasty. i any work will glamorise it. it was tough, brutal and nasty. iwas lucky, i came home alive and some of my mates did not. that is probably what i would think of now. i

my mates did not. that is probably what i would think of now.- what i would think of now. i know ou are what i would think of now. i know you are live _ what i would think of now. i know you are live tweeting _ what i would think of now. i know you are live tweeting a _ what i would think of now. i know you are live tweeting a lot - what i would think of now. i know you are live tweeting a lot of - what i would think of now. i know you are live tweeting a lot of this| you are live tweeting a lot of this and almost to the second you are giving us an update of what you went through in what was happening at the time. to relive it like that, what does it mean now? can you believe we are here 30 years later? if does it mean now? can you believe we are here 30 years later?— are here 30 years later? if you had told me when _ are here 30 years later? if you had told me when i _ are here 30 years later? if you had told me when i was _ are here 30 years later? if you had told me when i was sitting - are here 30 years later? if you had told me when i was sitting in - are here 30 years later? if you had told me when i was sitting in a - told me when i was sitting in a cell, concrete cell, in baghdad being beaten, being burned, being brutalised with a gun against my head, being told i was about to be killed, if you had said 30 years later you will be talking to bbc breakfast about your experiences, it would have been impossible to think about. it would have been impossible. that is the way these things turn out. my life changed, i never thought it would but it changed. and all of the things i do, whether it was the writing of the books or media or podcasting or whatever, my life changed and i hung onto that. it is repetitive of me to say but i was lucky. yes, it was

brutal, yes, iwas say but i was lucky. yes, it was brutal, yes, i was brutalised but i came home alive. many others did not. many others still suffer the effects of that conflict. i was one of the lucky ones. i effects of that conflict. i was one of the lucky ones.— effects of that conflict. i was one of the lucky ones. i know you have one on of the lucky ones. i know you have gone on to — of the lucky ones. i know you have gone on to a _ of the lucky ones. i know you have gone on to a lot _ of the lucky ones. i know you have gone on to a lot of _ of the lucky ones. i know you have gone on to a lot of motivational i gone on to a lot of motivational speaking using some of the things you learned from the experiences you entry. if you look around the world right now, there is a of division and anger, there is a lot of resentment. what do you make of the situation we all find ourselves in now and maybe what are your hopes about what comes next? i now and maybe what are your hopes about what comes next?— about what comes next? i would robabl about what comes next? i would probably echo — about what comes next? i would probably echo the _ about what comes next? i would probably echo the words - about what comes next? i would probably echo the words of - about what comes next? i would i probably echo the words of captain tom who you have on regularly. tomorrow will be a better day. it will be. it is tough are so many people. it is tougher for many people. it is tougher for many people then i have at the moment. i noticed that one of the last female pilots who flew the spitfires and hurricanes delivering them during the war died recently and she said something really important in one of the interviews. i tweeted about it. she said, i try not to worry about

things i cannot change or that i cannot affect. as we move forward, recognising that some people had a truly terrible time, i hope that tomorrow will be a better date and thatis tomorrow will be a better date and that is what i hold onto. hate tomorrow will be a better date and that is what i hold onto.— that is what i hold onto. we all have to take _ that is what i hold onto. we all have to take that _ that is what i hold onto. we all have to take that away. - that is what i hold onto. we all have to take that away. it - that is what i hold onto. we all have to take that away. it is i that is what i hold onto. we all have to take that away. it is so j have to take that away. it is so lovely to talk to you this morning. thank you for spending some time with us, 30 years on from operation desert storm. you can tell it was bittersweet for him remembering the time he came back. i am off now to read for the andrew marr show. louise is here now with a look at this morning's weather. look at this, isn't it gorgeous? this will lift your spirits. this is where i would like to be walking the dog right now in north yorkshire. you can see the remnants of the snow, it has been critical to be silly. you have got some lovely sunshine coming through. for many of

us, that is going to be the story through today. the azza buyers are squeezing together to the north. that denotes that the strongest of the winds in the finals of scotland and is weather front and fortunately enhances some showers as we go through this afternoon —— isobars. generally a good quiet weather story to tell. this afternoon is the best time to go for a walk. reading to the north—west of the great glen, some showery rain into northern ireland and gusts as well in excess of 30, possibly a0 mph. bright and breezy for elsewhere. the temperatures perhaps settling where they should be for this time of year, between six and nine celsius. not too bad in the sunniest lots and as you go through the night tonight, we will see that rain drifting a little bit further south. because of the pressure is anchored to the far north, in the of scotland, a rash of showers running through here. there cloud across england and wales will

prevent damages from falling below freezing. it will be a chilly start to monday morning but not has cold hers it has been recently. yes, it is going to be relatively dry for many but certainly more cloud around on monday. there will be some showers just continuing to drift their way into the north of england, plenty of showers close to that the pressure in the finals of scotland, but the difference is to the south—west. low pressure starting to arrive. that will bring outbreaks of rain by the end of the afternoon. sheltered eastern areas are the best with drier settled weather on monday but it is all changed tuesday into wednesday, and there are some concerns about the weather story through the middle part of the week. it looks as though we are going to see a spell of heavy rain and strengthening winds. it will bring much milder air across england and wales, not necessarily the case though into the far north of scotland. because of the spell of heavy rain and because the ground is so saturated at the moment, keep watching the forecast. it could be some localised flooding. look at the difference in the feel of the

weather. 11, 12 degrees, so that is incredibly mild. maybe not in scotland, it may stay cool to hear and we could see more snow. 0h, where did you go? thanks, louise. she is for her weekend. during lockdown lots of us have enjoyed getting exercise in the countryside across its network of footpaths. but the wet winter has led to many farmers urging walkers not to stray off muddy tracks, as entering their fields could damage their crops. let's talk to 0lly harrison, who farms in merseyside. good morning to you. lots of people out walking because it is the exercise we are allowed to take right now, but as i was touching on there, that causes you a lot of problems. there, that causes you a lot of problems-— there, that causes you a lot of roblems. , , ., . problems. yes, first of all, i don't want to be — problems. yes, first of all, i don't want to be morning _ problems. yes, first of all, i don't want to be morning get _ problems. yes, first of all, i don't want to be morning get off- problems. yes, first of all, i don't want to be morning get off my - problems. yes, first of all, i don't i want to be morning get off my land. it is nice to see people outside enjoying it. but the problem is, i

just listened to your weather forecast, it might be raining or snow, there are so may be a chance of mud. that is the thing. these footpaths are sometimes through fields, the soil turns wet and intimate. most people go out with the wrong foot wear on. if we are working in a field we go out in boots or wellies, and everyone seems to go out in trainers. when they are out in the field, they are getting dishes muddy. they think they will walk on what is next to it, because it is not muddy. that is our crop, whether it is wheat, grass, barley, oats. once it is trodden in, it will not recover. oats. once it is trodden in, it will not recover-_ oats. once it is trodden in, it will not recover. what sort of crops will be in the ground _ not recover. what sort of crops will be in the ground right _ not recover. what sort of crops will be in the ground right now? - not recover. what sort of crops will be in the ground right now? manyl be in the ground right now? many people might think it is winter and not as a lot —— not a lot is growing, it is fine. not as a lot -- not a lot is growing, it is fine.- not as a lot -- not a lot is growing, it is fine. we have sown winter wheat _ growing, it is fine. we have sown winter wheat and _ growing, it is fine. we have sown winter wheat and winter - growing, it is fine. we have sown winter wheat and winter barley. l growing, it is fine. we have sown l winter wheat and winter barley. we do is for making bread, barley for making gin and beer. oilseed rape crops, it looks like a weed at this

time of year but it is not. everything is dormant. and the other thing we have in ourfarm is we everything is dormant. and the other thing we have in our farm is we use a no till approach so we will go into the next field's residue and the next crop in. it looks like the field is double but there will be little seedlings are emerging, but they won't because the ships gets tapped off by people standing on them. —— the shoots get snapped off. use a go, you would know it was a crop but on some farms now it is hard to see that.— hard to see that. these pictures rive us a hard to see that. these pictures give us a real— hard to see that. these pictures give us a real sense _ hard to see that. these pictures give us a real sense of - hard to see that. these pictures give us a real sense of how- hard to see that. these picturesl give us a real sense of how white these footpaths are getting as people spread out. there is also implications for wildlife as well, not just the crops. implications for wildlife as well, notjust the crops. the implications for wildlife as well, not just the crops.— implications for wildlife as well, not just the crops. notjust the crops. the wildlife is that 365 days — notjust the crops. the wildlife is that 365 days not _ notjust the crops. the wildlife is that 365 days not just _ notjust the crops. the wildlife is that 365 days notjust in - not just the crops. the wildlife is l that 365 days not just in lockdown. that 365 days notjust in lockdown. it knows where people are not going to disturb it and birds will be nesting. we see nature patches where

we put a cover crop in and the ground nesting birds of the in it, but when people walk all over. it is notjust but when people walk all over. it is not just the footpaths getting wider, peoplejust not just the footpaths getting wider, people just what oliver fields. forthe wider, people just what oliver fields. for the ground nesting birds, its books, especially if they were with a dog. they will come back, they willjust disappear elsewhere and then they will be further into the world and you will not see them. find further into the world and you will not see them.— further into the world and you will not see them. and i said you don't want to give _ not see them. and i said you don't want to give people _ not see them. and i said you don't want to give people rules - not see them. and i said you don't want to give people rules and - not see them. and i said you don't want to give people rules and tell| want to give people rules and tell them to get off their land, but you have been doing lockdown learning lessons on mine in trying to teach people a bit more about what they should and shouldn't be doing when they are out on land that you effectively need to work. it is your office. ., .., �* effectively need to work. it is your office. ., �* , . office. you couldn't stand the oldest see — office. you couldn't stand the oldest see and _ office. you couldn't stand the oldest see and get _ office. you couldn't stand the oldest see and get off. - office. you couldn't stand the oldest see and get off. stickl office. you couldn't stand the l oldest see and get off. stick to office. you couldn't stand the - oldest see and get off. stick to the path. isjust oldest see and get off. stick to the path. is just we don't want to be grumpy, we want people to enjoy it, but it isjust grumpy, we want people to enjoy it, but it is just an education. people don't be like. they think it is just grass or it is just this, but even if it is just grass, it is still animalfood. i have been doing a

video, it started as a joke. 301 days ago bc wanted to come out to do a film with me. because of the lockdown that couldn't get too close, so i shot the footage on a tractor cab with my phone. it was pretty because phones have come on a long way now. the next day as a joke i did another video and put it on facebook and twitter and instagram. it carried on, i am 301 days in. i am noticing the vegetation on your tractor there. am noticing the vegetation on your tractorthere. potato, is that right? —— registration. it tractor there. potato, is that right? -- registration. it slips throu~h right? -- registration. it slips through the — right? -- registration. it slips through the dvla's _ right? -- registration. it slips through the dvla's net. - right? -- registration. it slips through the dvla's net. i - right? -- registration. it slipsl through the dvla's net. i don't really realise what it is worth. it is so good to talk to you. thank you for talking to us on the difficulty is that all of those walks we might be doing to get out the house right now. bearthat be doing to get out the house right now. bear that in mind if you are

out for a walk. don't stray off the path. that's all from us for today. breakfast is back tomorrow from six. until then enjoy your weekend. goodbye.

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