he was planning an escape, smashing india ever closer. pujara went, agarwal followed, pant continued. a late indian wobble did not affect him — one last glorious shot in a remarkable series. incredible! one more doubt over australia's captain. i'm loving doing myjob. it's a difficultjob and at times like this, it can be bloody hard work when you are copping it left, right and centre but it's what i signed up for. we've got to keep perspective on it. we've been outplayed. we had our chances. to win the series and win this test match. and we did not take them. this has been a series you could not take your eyes off. and with the ashes approaching and the aussies losing, england have watched with some interest. patrick geary, bbc news. areas of northern, central and eastern england are preparing for flooding as storm christoph approaches the uk. yellow warnings have been issued for england, wales, northern ireland and southern scotland — and the met office has issued an amber warning across a large swathe of the country, saying there could be a danger

to life caused by floods, gales and snow. time for a look at the weather — here's chris fawkes. that tony's dominating? —— that storm. that tony's dominating? -- that storm. ., ., , storm. some of them as attachments have already — storm. some of them as attachments have already started _ storm. some of them as attachments have already started to _ storm. some of them as attachments have already started to respond - storm. some of them as attachments have already started to respond but l have already started to respond but this is day one of a three—day storm system, storm christoph bringing heavy rain widely across parts of england, wales and northern ireland, but across these more hilly areas we will see the problems, 150 two 200 millimetres of rainfall expected across the high ground, and amber met office weather warning for these areas, because snowmelt is combining with the heavy, persistent rain and rivers already running high in these areas. so the risk of flooding and severe flooding its greatest here, but that is not to say that could

not be issues elsewhere. not much rain for south—east england, in scotland, showers in the highlands, hebrides, orkney and shetland. overnight tonight, the rainbow get heavier across wales later in the night, all the while we will have these brisk south—westerly winds feeding in the mail, frost in scotland and a risk of icy stretches to take us into wednesday. more of the same in many respects on wednesday, with rain, heavier across wales and northern england and every hour that those by we increase the risk of flooding and severe flooding problems building in. we still have those temperature contrasts, but the air is getting even colder in scotland if anything. further problems to come, on wednesday night this area of precipitation works into the cold air and turned to snow, five or ten centimetres at low levels, which could cause it

problems, but the grampians and the southern uplands, 20 to a0 centimetres of snow, it is not a good time to head out on those high—level routes, because as snowploughs clear the roads, gale. winds will blow it back. a high risk of disruption, we could season stranded vehicles, power lines could come back and through thursday we will probably see some snow and accumulating snow pushing into the hills of northern england, quite a cold and windy day on thursday. storm christoph certainly causing trouble. initially the risk of flooding will build over the next couple of days to two thursday, especially focused across parts of england, and for scotland, some horrendous conditions high up on wednesday night into thursday, with drifting of the snow and some blizzards, i would not recommend travelling in those conditions. a reminder of our top story... hospitals face increasing pressure, as one in ten people across the uk

had contracted covid—i9 by the end of december. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. it's being called one of the best test series wins by an any away team — india beating australia in the fourth and final match at the gabba in brisbane, a ground where the home side haven't lost in 32 years. they sealed it with a record run—chase. shubman gill and rishabh pant edging them closer to their target of 328 on a thrilling final day. but with wickets still falling, it all came down to a tense final few overs. pant eventually seeing india home as they won by three wickets with 18 balls to spare.

it's been a dramatic turnaround, after india were bowled out forjust 36 in the first match of the series, their lowest test score. i got emotional. i am not someone who generally _ i got emotional. i am not someone who generally has _ i got emotional. i am not someone who generally has tears _ i got emotional. i am not someone who generally has tears in - i got emotional. i am not someone who generally has tears in my - i got emotional. i am not someone who generally has tears in my eyes but there were tears in my eyes. this is unreal. what these guys have pulled off will go down in history as one of the greatest series ever played. i as one of the greatest series ever -la ed. , ., �* as one of the greatest series ever .la ed. , .,�* 4' ., as one of the greatest series ever .la ed. , ., �* 4' ., ., played. i still don't know what happened. — played. i still don't know what happened. i— played. i still don't know what happened, i still— played. i still don't know what happened, i still don't - played. i still don't know what happened, i still don't know i played. i still don't know what i happened, i still don't know how played. i still don't know what - happened, i still don't know how to describe _ happened, i still don't know how to describe it — happened, i still don't know how to describe it. everyone contributed. guys _ describe it. everyone contributed. guys who— describe it. everyone contributed. guys who came into the team, they all contributed. guys who came into the team, they all contributed. india have named their test squad for the first two matches against england when the series starts next month. captain virat kohli returns after his paternity leave, with ishant sharma and hardik pandya also back. two players have tested positive for coronavirus ahead

of the australian open, as well as another person who is linked to the tournament. the news comes amid growing frustration from players under the most strict quarantine rules. great britain's katie boulter is one of the lucky ones allowed to leave their rooms to practice for up to five hours a day. she says they all have to appreciate the bigger picture. i think we need to keep things in perspective. there is a lot going on in the world right now that is more important. obviously, this means everything to me and i am lucky and privileged to be in the position i am, but i have come from a country which is struggling so much with coronavirus and just to be in a country which doesn't have any, i think it is important that we respect that and i'm very lucky to be here and that is how i feel about it at the moment. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who told us melbourne residents who were placed under a hard lockdown last year are understandably fearful of a renewed outbreak.

many are very suspicious of all these players arriving with the risk of an increase in community transmission of covid, which has virtually been eradicated over the last few months. this is not tennis australia's decision, this is the victorian state government's decision, the health people. the experts, they decided the rules and, unfortunately, this is what the players have signed up for. aston villa manager dean smith has been talking about the covid outbreak at the club that led to the postponement of two premier league matches. nine players and five staff tested positive and their training ground was closed. villa back in action at manchester city tomorrow and smith admitted he'd been surprised by the speed the virus spread. asa as a doctor put it straightaway, there was an uncontrolled outbreak within our bubble. our bubble had been pierced and unfortunately a lot of people had tested positive. a lot of people had tested positive. a lot of them were asymptomatic. i said to

one of the players, i broke the news to him that he had tested positive and he said, no, ifeel fine, to him that he had tested positive and he said, no, ifeelfine, ifeel good, then two days later he was laid up in bed with symptoms. there's more on that and all today's stories on the bbc sport website. including use of the norwegian international due to take charge of the england's women's squad. so, in a moment we're going to bring you first minister's questions in wales — but first the welsh health minister, vaughan gethin, has been asked an emergency question on the roll—out of the vaccine in wales. every vaccine is going to people who need them. vaccines are not being held back in wales. every week we are vaccinating more people. this week we will provide a further

60,000 pfizer vaccines and mass vaccination centres, almost double the number last week. today's figure shows that at least 161,900 people have not had their first dose and an average of 10,000 people a day are being vaccinated. i expect to see that increase further during the rest of this week. we are on track to reach the milestone in the vaccination plan that i published last week. , ., ., last week. getting vaccination right is ve , last week. getting vaccination right is very. very _ last week. getting vaccination right is very, very important. _ last week. getting vaccination right is very, very important. it - last week. getting vaccination right is very, very important. it is - last week. getting vaccination right is very, very important. it is the . is very, very important. it is the light at the end of the tunnel, the hope that so many people have been clinging to. there has to be real confidence among the population that things are on track. people waiting for the vaccine for themselves or their loved ones have been told to call us we will call you. if people are being asked to be patient they must be given reason to have faith that their turn will come soon.

unfortunately, welsh government has severely dented the confidence, firstly figure shown we are lagging behind other parts of the uk. the first minister has tried to brush this off saying it is just small fractions, but whilst 6.6% of the population vaccinated in england may not sound much bigger than a.8 vaccinated in wales or in scotland, thatis vaccinated in wales or in scotland, that is a 30% difference in the number of people vaccinated and that needs to be addressed right now. we have those figures about how many vaccines have been received in wales. hundreds of thousands received and at that time just tens of thousands actually put in people's arms where we want them. then we had to astonishing statements from the first minister said stocks would be spread out over the next few weeks, repeated statements, ratherthan the next few weeks, repeated statements, rather than get them out as soon as possible. if they were all given out, we were told,

vaccinated with be standing around doing nothing. the bma called it bewildering. i haven't seen any clinical reason why that would make sense and is what makes sense to the welsh public i think is to get it out as quickly as possible. i welsh government statement yesterday was completely at odds with the first minister, as were the minister post my comments now. we were told in that statement that there would be no holding back of vaccines, so which is set, that statement or what we heard repeatedly from the first minister? we need to be able to measure exactly what is going on. again i ask today, give us regular updates of how much of each kind of vaccine has been given to each uk nation. that is crucial. we need to be absolutely sure that we are getting our share of the easier to use astrazeneca vaccine for example. we need to know how much of each has

been given to each health board and how many of each have been put in people's arms. i began by saying how important it is to get vaccination right and i will finish by quoting a comment by an esteemed poet on social media. she says, i will never forget this administration if my vulnerable husband having been shielded since march catches covid between now and his vaccination so that staff aren't hanging around doing nothing. we have abided by all the guidelines she says and i am angry and baffled by this approach to vaccinations in wales. many people are angry and baffled. we in clyde comrie want us to get this right. we know we have vaccinating teams already at work. —— plaid cymru. the government has to get

this right and be completely transparent about what is going on and what problems there are in the system. they must build the confidence we need in this all—important vaccination programme. in terms of the comments, i will try to be as direct and as brief as possible. the first minister has clarified the remarks come as you are aware. we are clear that every vaccine is being used and new vaccines are being held back. i don't think we can be any clearer. it is worth reminding everybody who is lots —— not in the virtual meeting with outsiders well, that the stocks of pfizer are being released for use in every uk country. every one of the four uk nations had a delivery at the end of december and those are the stocks we are working through as fast as our

system can deliver them. we built up our infrastructure to deliver a great many more pfizer vaccines. that is why more than 60,000 injections have been released into nhs wales to make sure they are delivered people's arms. on the request for yet more information to be put into the public domain, we are being as open as possible. i haveissued are being as open as possible. i have issued a written statement setting out information on supplies and deliveries stop every thursday there will be a dashboard with more information. every tuesday we will provide more information still about what we are achieving, together with the daily figures. on the detailed information the member requests about the amount of supply we are receiving, i would say two things. firstly, i am clear we are getting a population share of all of the vaccine supply available. as long as the supply comes in, we will deliver those vaccines. the second point is,

the level of detail that the member asked for may not be possible to give. in scotland they had to remove the plan that they published online and then publish a new version because some potentially commercially sensitive information about vaccine supply was contained within that initial strategy. we do have to be careful about providing as much information as we can, and that might not meet all of the member's demands for additional daily information. the daily figures are being published. you will see an increase of delivery through this week and into next week, as well. it is worth reflecting that as we stand now i am confident that seven 10/80 is in wales by the end of this week will have their first shot, seven in ten of a care home residents and staff at the end of this week will have had their first vaccine. that is an increasing level of pace confident, increasing protection, exactly as the member asked for and

every member of this government wants to see because i recognise the crucial importance of this vaccination programme. there will be no lack of effort in doing the right thing on our part to keep wales safe. .. ., ., , ., safe. the fact of the matter is that on a pepulation — safe. the fact of the matter is that on a population share _ safe. the fact of the matter is that on a population share we - safe. the fact of the matter is that on a population share we are - safe. the fact of the matter is that. on a population share we are 40,000 on a population share we are a0,000 people behind were angler days, that is the equivalent of the town of sites at caerphilly. that gap is getting bigger. last week it was 15,000 citizens, the difference between where england is and will sit at the moment. confidence have you got that you will be in the position to close that gap and get more well set a tense vaccinated, despite the comments of the first minister yesterday in saying that the vaccinated others were struggling to keep up with demand because they didn't have enough

vaccines so we needed to ration the vaccines so we needed to ration the vaccine available. that stands a bewildering message to people wherever they live he wanted to see this genuine success story unfold here in wales because it is the light at the end of the tunnel that we are hanging on to. as each day goes by we are seeing an increasing gap opening up between other parts of the uk and wales. your communication strategy from the welsh government, typified by the comments yesterday from the first minister in particular, and a lack of detail in being able to understand exactly how this programme is progressing in a vulnerable communities. twice last week i asked you if you could give us a figure for the number of over 80s vaccinated here in wales and on both occasions she were unable to provide that information. i hear what she said in response to set up at the end of the week you hope seven in ten of over 80s will have

been vaccinated in wales with the first shot. can you confirm today how many over 80s as a percentage of the population will have been vaccinated. on sunday i could tell that in england because it was across the news bulletins that over 50% of over 80s have been vaccinated. we want to see the government succeed in its programme. if this programme succeeds, wales said cease. it is not unreasonable when you hear comments from yesterday that she would have doubts about the campaign. if you could respond to the points i have put to you. respond to the points i have put to ou. . ~' respond to the points i have put to ou. . ~ , ., respond to the points i have put to ou. ., ~' i., ., respond to the points i have put to ou. . ~ ,. ., .., , you. thank you for the comments. when it comes _ you. thank you for the comments. when it comes to _ you. thank you for the comments. when it comes to our— you. thank you for the comments. when it comes to our delivery, - you. thank you for the comments. | when it comes to our delivery, you will have noticed we have made real progress in increasing the number of mass vaccination centres. that means we can increase delivery of the pfizer vaccine. that is why we can confidently predict that we will deliver 60,000 doses to the nhs and they will be able to put them into

they will be able to put them into the arms of people to give them protection. we are making progress. the pace is increasing week on week and the figures demonstrate that. i hope the member is genuine in his commerce because we all want this programme to succeed and i hope from the conservancy is expressing, and to be fair has regularly done so, that he will then give credit to the government and national health service if we do as i expect it —— achieve the milestone of having protected the first four priority groups by the middle of february, as will other uk nations expect to do so, as well. where it comes to where we are, i don'tjust hope we will have read seven in ten care home residents and staff at the weekend, i don'tjust hope we will have reached 70% of the over 80s by the end of the weekend, i expect us to do so. my current understanding is that we have already managed to do so for the majority of our over 80s population. i will have more figures available later this week that i

will be happy to provide their members and public to provide the confidence that the member says he wants to understand and be able to provide to the wider public. this is a programme that is gathering pace and we recognise the importance and i certainly understand the urgency of this for all of us regardless of her views on politics to provide a different future for the rest of this year because a vaccination programme is protecting our most vulnerable and helping to save lives. figs vulnerable and helping to save lives. �* , ., ., vulnerable and helping to save lives. �* , . ., ., ., vulnerable and helping to save lives. a . ., ., ., , lives. as we are all aware, people are concerned _ lives. as we are all aware, people are concerned over _ lives. as we are all aware, people are concerned over the _ lives. as we are all aware, people are concerned over the wait - lives. as we are all aware, people are concerned over the wait for i lives. as we are all aware, peoplel are concerned over the wait for the vaccine. will the minister unequivocally commit that the vaccine will be provided as fast as possible? vaccine will be provided as fast as ossible? , ., .. , vaccine will be provided as fast as ossible? , . .. , ., , possible? yes, vaccines are being rovided possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as possible - possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as possible and l provided as fast as possible and will be —— will continue to be provided as fast as possible. if there are any anxious over 80s watching this, not only have we got to the majority of over 80s here in

wales, it is not the case that england have completed their over 80s programme. there are still people in england waiting for their vaccines, too. in wales, england, scotland and northern ireland we are all working through as fast as possible in those priority groups and there will be no letup from the welsh government or our hard—working staff within the national health service who i think you're doing a fantasticjob and who are a credit to our country. fantastic job and who are a credit to our country-— to our country. caroline jones. minister, _ to our country. caroline jones. minister, despite _ to our country. caroline jones. minister, despite whether- to our country. caroline jones. minister, despite whether the | to our country. caroline jones. - minister, despite whether the first minister, despite whether the first minister miss spoke on the radio four interview or not, the reality is that wales is the worst whole nation when it comes to vaccine roll—outs. we are well behind both northern ireland and england. it is the smallest nation in our union can get its act together, why can't we? it is vital that we vastly accelerate the vaccine grow lights when you consider that wales has one of the highest death rates in the world. we are losing more people per capita than even the usa, who have

totally bungled their coronavirus response. facing this huge death toll, why are gps in my region only receiving a third of the vaccine supplies they were promised and forced to cancel vaccinations at the last minute? minister, when will wales get its act together considering we have clearly demonstrated that vaccination is the only way out of this pandemic? figs demonstrated that vaccination is the only way out of this pandemic? $5 a only way out of this pandemic? as a matter of fact _ only way out of this pandemic? as a matter of fact we _ only way out of this pandemic? as a matter of fact we are _ only way out of this pandemic? is —. matter of fact we are not the worst home nation, we are tracking the progress of scotland and i suspect —— | progress of scotland and i suspect —— i expect us to go further during this week. we are accelerating the roll—outs and look at the figures, not just roll—outs and look at the figures, notjust in the last few weeks we have seen a week on week increase in the right. at the end of this week will see a further increase in the roll—out in wales and i believe our

nhs staff deserve praise and you will see more of that moving forward. when it comes to international comparisons, wales is the fifth best country in the world at present, but we want to compare well with every other part of the uk. that is the commitment of our staff, this government. more people will be protected. the limiting step is supply. those general practices that have not had all of the astrazeneca supply they would have expected, it is a matter of delivery to them. i am confident because of the assurances we have had about vaccine supply increase and will be met and, if they are, we will continue to increase our delivery. that means more people being protected and a faster rate in every community right across wales. mr; community right across wales. my inbox on vaccine roll—out is full of

angen inbox on vaccine roll—out is full of anger. ourwonderfulstaff are anger. our wonderful staff are chomping anger. ourwonderfulstaff are chomping at the beck to deliver the vaccine. we know the welsh government has bought into the uk government has bought into the uk government procurement for various vaccines. can i ask what flexibility is there in the agreed provision of the pfizer vaccine first at the oxford astrazeneca vaccines, is their flexibility to change as the situation potentially changes, or the challenges change? is their flexibility in the procurement agreement? is wales getting their fair share of the astrazeneca vaccine, which is easier to roll—outs? my final point is, with high circulating levels of covid still, though the lockdown is working, the figures are coming down, there remains a higher probability of new mutant strains

developing, which is why we must vaccinate as a matter of urgency, pull out all the stops. the welsh government must be brave and it's government must be brave and its and go for broke and pressed for more vaccines if we are in danger of running out. let's leave the senedd there. the health minister in wales insist there is an increasing pace of delivery of vaccines in the country. some confusion after von kath told bbc five live that mark trick ford had clarified remarks made that there was no point rushing to use all available vaccines. mr gatting saying that the vaccine was not being withheld and the challenge was having and a for structure —— infrastructure to deliver the injection without wasting it. we will keep an eye on first minister's questions that is going on now, as well. it is no time for the weather forecast.

hello, there. we are likely to see some disruptive weather from storm christoph over the next few days. first of all, we've got rain. it has already been raining for over 30 hours straight in parts of snowdonia in wales, but the rain is still coming in and we have a lot more of that to come over the next few days. by the time we get to thursday, some of our more hilly areas could see over 150 millimetres of rains. this area is a particular concern because rivers in this kind of area are already flowing at high levels, with the rain combining with snow melt likely to lead to flooding and potentially some severe flooding as well. there could be flooding elsewhere — there could be a few issues, for example, in wales and the midlands. it will be mild with the rain. probably not too much rain for south—east england. brighter skies and showers in the north of scotland, where it stays pretty cold. overnight tonight, outbreaks of rain continue. turning heavier later in the night across parts of wales, all the while quite windy. but pretty mild for much of the country. the colder air still in scotland, where there will be frost and the risk of icy stretches to start the day on wednesday.

for wednesday, more of the same. more heavy rain. it will get heavier, if anything, as low pressure pushes its way northwards and eastwards. particularly heavy across wales and northern england, those are the areas that are saturated, so every hour that goes by will increase the risk of flooding. and we still have those temperature contrasts from south to north. for wednesday night, we will start to see the rain start to fall as snow in scotland. at lower levels, between five and ten centimetres — that could cause a few issues. but, over the higher ground, we are looking at over a foot of snow in places. i would suggest it is not a night to be travelling, because even once the snowploughs have pushed through, snow will blow back onto those roads in the strong winds. we may well see vehicles getting stranded and some communities getting cut off. through thursday, a risk of snow extends into the hills of northern england. we could see some

accumulations here. it will be feeling colder for all of us and it will be very windy. for the next few days, a lot happening weather—wise. we are likely to see flooding issues in parts of england in particular, then blizzards on the way to parts of scotland — both are likely to cause disruption.

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