good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. going nowhere. a decision is expected today on hotel quarantine for british citizens returning home. us democrats deliver to the senate an impeachment charge against donald trump for a second time. in lockdown, out of work. last month's figures showed nearly 1.7 million unemployed. have more followed? the latest numbers at seven. a new era begins at chelsea. former psg boss thomas tuchel is set to be the replacement for frank lampard at stamford bridge. clipper catastrophes

and dogdy barnets, the lockdown hair cut is back. once again today are cold and frosty start, a risk of ice on untreated surfaces and an increasing amount of cloud as a band of rain and snow for some of us comes in from the west. all of the details later on. it's tuesday 26th january. our top story. the government is expected to announce that some travellers coming to england will have to quarantine in hotels when they arrive. it comes amid concerns over new coronavirus variants. the prime minister is due to meet with ministers today to discuss the plans, which the scottish government also says it's "actively considering". our political correspondent iain watson has more. when you splash out on a hotel, usually it involves going on holiday. but soon it could be something you have to do when coming back home. currently, the government has decided most foreign nationals cannot gain entry from the uk

from brazil, most of south america, portugal and most of southern africa, in a bid to stop the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. but it seems likely that ministers will decide that any british resident coming into england from these areas will be bussed to hotels and would be required to quarantine for up to ten days at their own expense. good afternoon, and welcome back to downing street for today's coronavirus briefing. the health secretary set out why tougher restrictions are likely. it is incredibly important that we are cautious at the border. it is important that we protect from new variants should they have vaccine evasion. some ministers, including the home secretary, have been pushing for more widespread use of quarantine. but the travel industry doesn't want to see almost everyone either sent to hotels on arrival or banned from entry altogether. we don't believe quarantines or blanket quarantines,

are good because you're saying that the entire country is infected, or the entire nationality is infected, which is not even the case here in the uk. so we believe that the health experts have to get together with the security experts, as they have done after 9/11 as we know, and do a risk assessment and based on the country, and i think that's what we're trying to do with the air corridors. ministers will thrash out today who will have to quarantine in hotels and for how long, and he will be exempt. and who will be exempt. the new policy won't be implemented immediately but it is on its way. iain watson, bbc news. we'll be speaking to the boss of best western hotels at 7.20am, and we'll also bejoined by the vaccine minister nadhim zahawi at 7.30am. the european union has strongly criticised astrazeneca over shortfalls in the supply of its covid vaccine to eu countries. the eu's health commissioner has demanded a response by tomorrow, including details of the doses that the company has produced, and where else it's been sent.

astrazeneca, which makes the vaccine developed by oxford university, is struggling to meet demand. the formal process of putting the former us president donald trump on trial has begun after democrats from the house of representatives delivered an article of impeachment against him. mr trump is charged with inciting insurrection after a number of his supporters stormed congress earlier this month, resulting in the deaths of five people. our north america correspondent david willis reports. it is a rare ritual established with the first us impeachment trial of 1862. lawmakers filing through the marble halls of congress, the seat of government desecrated less than three weeks ago by a violent mob, to signal the start of only the fourth impeachment trial in american history, and the second within the space of the year. passing statues of eisenhower, jackson, jefferson and grant,

they carried with them across the capitol rotunda a single article of impeachment en route to the senate which in two weeks' time will determine donald trump's fate. he stands charged with high crimes and misdemeanours. president trump gravely endangered the security of the united states and its institutions of government. he threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperilled the coequal branch of government. he therefore betrayed his trust as president to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. donald trump has been granted a two—week delay in order to prepare his defence. a key question, once proceedings get under way, on the 9th of february, is, will he turn up? we fight like hell and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country any more. with those words, delivered just before a joint session of congress

called to certinyoe biden�*s election victory, donald trump is accused of inciting the storming of the capitol building. five people died in the mayhem. among them a police officer and a protester who was shot dead by capitol police. later today, the 100 members of the senate will be sworn in as jurors in mr trump's impeachment trial. a two thirds majority is required in the senate in order to convict him, a target evenjoe biden has conceded he thinks is unlikely. but if convicted, donald trump could be banned from holding public office ever again. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. for a second night running, police in the netherlands have clashed with protesters defying a curfew introduced to battle the coronavirus. our correspondent anna holligan joins us from the hague. good morning. what exactly is

happening?— happening? this is the worst violence the _ happening? this is the worst violence the netherlands - happening? this is the worst j violence the netherlands has witnessed in a0 years. over 90 there were clashes in rotterdam where police used tear gas and water cannon after an emergency order issued by the mayorfail to have cannon after an emergency order issued by the mayor fail to have the desired effect. tensions were ignited in the hake as well, more trouble in amsterdam. they seem to be targeting the police but journalists were also injured. this was initially seen as a response to the introduction of a 9pm curfew. it's the first time there has been a stay at home order here since the nazi occupation. it was seen as an uprising against that but the prime minister mark rutte has dismissed that notion saying, this is not about fighting for freedom, from the lockdown, it is pure criminal violence. there have been hundreds of arrests overnight. some of this has been ignited, whipped up by political parties, misinformation, political parties, misinformation,

political manipulation, and with two months to go before the general election, there is a lot of volatility and vulnerable people here. . ~ ,, volatility and vulnerable people here. . ~' ,, , volatility and vulnerable people here. . ~ , . here. thank you very much, we will seak to here. thank you very much, we will speak to you _ here. thank you very much, we will speak to you later _ here. thank you very much, we will speak to you later on. _ the stormont executive is due to publish a report today on institutions for unmarried mothers in northern ireland during the last century. survivors have said they were emotionally abused and had to give up their babies for adoption. ministers will discuss whether there should be a public inquiry into mother—and—baby homes. here's our ireland correspondent chris page. the first thing they did was they took my name from me. they said i could no longer use my ordinary name and i was given a name to use while i was there. i wasn't to discuss where i came from, or any of my circumstances, with any of the other girls. adele, who doesn't want her full identity revealed, is almost 70. when she was 17, she became pregnant and was sent here. marianvale in newry in county down was an institution for unmarried mothers.

it was very austere, very regimented. one other thing that really struck me was the attitude of the nuns. they repeatedly called us fallen women, bad women. we had to pay for our sins. on one occasion, we had to put on a show for them and we had to dance for them. dancing like dancing monkeys for their entertainment. it was horrendous. and that has stuck in my head and will stick in my head until the day i die. she says her experience of childbirth was traumatic and lonely and, afterfour months, she had to say goodbye to her baby boy, when he was adopted. i was told in no uncertain terms by the nuns and by my parents, by my mother especially, that the baby was not coming home and that was it. there were no other options and i wasn't given any other options.

adele met her son when he contacted her a0 years afterwards. but other children didn't get to know their mothers in later life. mark's mother was also in marianvale. he discovered her identity recently. her name was kathleen maguire. she'd move to england and, he says, died young. you know, istill should have been afforded the right to have met with my mother. i was the only child she had. ifound out she had no other children. she subsequently married, i think, when she went to england, and i really hope she was happy. the stories of shame, stigma and secrecy in northern ireland echo those in the irish republic, where there has been a government apology. campaigners in this part of the uk want the same. abuse of women and babies did not stop at the border. the state here not only permitted but policed what happened and is ultimately responsible for the grave and systemic human rights abuses of these women.

today, ministers in belfast will discuss what should happen next. adele hopes there will be a public inquiry into the organisations who ran mother and baby homes. they took our dignity, they took our rights, they took our freedoms. we should have been wrapped in care and love and looked after and our children looked after, not given away. the holiday firm hays travel has announced plans for the closure of 89 of its stores, following a review into its take—over of thomas cook. the sunderland—based company, which has 535 shops nationwide has not confirmed the locations affected, but said staff would be offered alternative work options to minimise redundancies. a spokeswoman said lockdowns and travel bans had forced them to act. let's have a look at some pictures now that are bound to put a smile on your face. this is fu bao, the first panda cub to be born in south korea,

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this time yesterday. it it is cold, not as cold as it was this time yesterday.— it is cold, not as cold as it was this time yesterday. it was -10 in some areas _ this time yesterday. it was -10 in some areas yesterday, _ this time yesterday. it was -10 in some areas yesterday, it - this time yesterday. it was -10 in some areas yesterday, it is - this time yesterday. it was -10 in some areas yesterday, it is now. this time yesterday. it was -10 in | some areas yesterday, it is now 2 degrees, so 12 degrees higher. but look out for the ice on untreated surfaces. in the forecast we have rain and snow after a relatively bright start. the risk of ice is anywhere and this weather front will bring in rain initially and on the leading edge we will see some snow. we could see some snow on higher ground. towards the east, brighter and drier conditions initially. through the day, around that weather front bringing this rain, it will be quite windy. it will deposit some snow on the hills of north wales, the peaks, but most of it will be across the pennines, the southern uplands and also across parts of central scotland and the grampians were above a00 metres we could see as much as ten centimetres of fresh snow falling. temperatures today in the sunshine, three degrees in

aberdeen. behind the weather front we will pull in some milder conditions so ten in plymouth. this evening and overnight, we continue with the weather front pushing north and east eventually petering out, still some snow showers coming in across parts of scotland. quite a bit of cloud but also breaks in the cloud and those are the overnight temperatures. not as low as the night that has just gone. 9 degrees in plymouth. through tomorrow, a lot of dry weather and cloud and a few showers before the next band of rain arrives in the evening. let's take a look at today's papers. the story about the government's plans for quarantine hotels is the lead story in the guardian. it says travel curbs and other restrictions could remain in place for months. staying with the tourism theme the sun warns that quarantine plans mean foreign holidays are "under threat". travel experts say the move, which would cost families at least £1,000 extra, will "wreck" plans for foreign breaks.

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all of our lives. preparing to ring in the new year, an american virologist takes a call from this man, george gao, director of china's centre for disease control. he'd identified the virus, it was a new coronavirus. and it was not highly transmissible. this didn't really resonate with me, because i'd heard about many, many people who had been infected. the world health organization in geneva should have been officially informed about the new disease, but it first learned about it from social media. at internal meetings, who officials made their frustration plain. the associated press shared with pbs frontline and the bbc some leaked recordings from the second week of january. back in wuhan, hospitals were filling up and health workers

were becoming ever more alarmed. they are not allowed to talk to the international media without authorisation, but one has spoken anonymously to the bbc. their words are voiced by an actor. everyone knew it was human—to—human transmission. even a fool would know. so why say there is no human transmission? one patient in hospital in late january was 76—year—old zhang lifa. his son had driven across china so that he could have an operation in his home town, after he'd broken his leg in the fall. as he was recovering from surgery, he got a fever.

the chinese government has told us that it has always acted with transparency and in a timely fashion. but it wasn't until seven weeks after the first known patient got sick that it announced there was, indeed, human—to—human transmission and, by then, covid—19 had a deadly momentum that would carry it into every corner of the globe.

it has now killed more than 2 million people. caroline hawley, bbc news. that is the picture from what was going on in wuhan this time last year but this is what is going on over here. the delay between a person contracting coronavirus and then being admitted to hospital means that despite a fall in cases, the pressure on the nhs continues to grow. with different parts of the country experiencing a peak of infection at different times, our health editor hugh pym has been to ashfield in nottinghamshire to see the effect the loss of life is having on those working on the frontline. people need to know it is not a game. it is frightening. barbara lived with cancer before it went into retreat. they're brilliant, lovely nurses. then she was struck by covid. she was keen to get this message across. just wear your mask and wash your hands.

that's all it is, isn't it? that's all they've got to do. i think it was last wednesday when i came in, i think, i don't remember. going in? no. along the corridor is paul who is 53 and considers himself fit. he's over the worst now that he says it was a frightening experience. yeah, i thought it for about five or six days. yeah, i fought it for about five or six days. at home? at home, ijust couldn't cope any longer. much of this floor of the hospital has always housed wards for those with respiratory conditions. and now they've been expanded with room for nearly 100 patients in bays and cubicles. almost all of them with covid. from experience i can tell you that i'm seeing more sicker patients this time then i saw in the first wave. umar is a doctor in a&e. he says there's been a huge influx of covid patients. in both his professional and personal life he's seen the savage impact of the virus.

when we come to work, we've got to shut down everything else is going on at home. we've got to focus on our patients but i can tell you from experience my parents have got covid, my mother—in—law is in icu at the moment, i just lost some very dear family relatives of the covid. so when you see these patients in the hospital, itjust gives you that flashback as well. but you have got to shut that down and you've got to continue looking after your patients as best as you can. after every patient is seen, diane and her colleagues deep clean the cubicles, floors, walls and surfaces. she is on the covid front line as much as anyone. can't see no end to it, to be fair. and i think if you could see the light at the end of the tunnel, and somebody to say, it's going to turn off, then that would be brilliant. but we're soldiering on and we're trying very, very best to work as hard as we possibly can. how do you feel personally sometimes? me? upset, i go home and sometimes i could just sit and cry.

it'sjust because it's demanding at the moment. machines beeping. this isn't a big city teaching hospital so covid puts even more of a strain on resources. they've had to triple the number of intensive care beds, including converting a former children's recovery area. jen is a nurse who's been redeployed from another role to help out. i've been a nurse, i've been a nurse for 21 years. some of the shifts that i have had are the toughest that i've ever had, in particular one night shift that i had last week was one of the worst shifts i've ever had in 21 years in nursing. it was really sad, seeing the patients that we have a dive. it was really sad, seeing the patients that we have die. the family members that couldn't be here. at times, the hospital turns to others for support.

we are at a stage where the ongoing provision of safe services may be compromised. we are already supported by the east midlands network and also further afield by transferring patients out which is something we do rarely in normal times. please, we need you to use some of their beds. i've got quite a few discharges, it looks like there's two now and ten later if that's correct. at regular bed meetings throughout the day, theyjuggle the constant flow of patients and they know there are more to come. we will see the peak in the east midlands in about early february. we know that our hospitals are incredibly busy at the moment, the rate of covid continues to be out of control in the community, and that's a clear indicator of where we think we will be in two to three weeks' time. are you ready? there are signs of hope in the hospital. a trial of a 2a/7 vaccination centre has proved popular with nhs and care staff, getting theirjabs after changing shift. you've got to have a sticker!

all right? yeah. and in the maternity unit, life goes on. new life with sam cuddling her new baby son oliver. it is good to see that there is still positives coming out in such a horrible time where all you see is the doom and gloom and the figures and all the deaths and everything like that. there is still, there happiness out there. so it is difficult because we are not able to see family and things, but we've just welcomed a new little person into the world and, you know, it is a nice time for us, it's a happy time. it's something to be celebrated. while there is hope, there is also sadness. barbara died yesterday. her family were keen for us to use her interview to warn of the serious consequences of covid.

that report was from our health editor hugh pym, camera journalist harriet bradshaw and producer dominic hurst. hugh will be speaking to us here on breakfast at around 8.10am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces at breakfast to keep you up to date with the latest on the coronavirus in our area. the police are appealing for information after a teenage boy died after he was stabbed, in islington in north london. officers were called to holland walk at about half past five yesterday evening. despite efforts from paramedics and air ambulance staff to save him, he was pronounced dead at the scene. his next of kin have been told.

with hospitals in kent under huge pressure, a local charity has opened its doors to end—of—life patients with covid—19. hospice in the weald has made 1a beds available for those dying with the virus to help reduce the number of patients being transferred across the country to other hospitals. the charity says it hopes it will mean more comfortable deaths for those at the end of their lives. we want to be clear that we've got capacity, we've got beds, we've got staff, and we are allowing visitors to see those patients, and that we want to help our colleagues in the nhs. the city of london — the capital's financial district — is facing big uncertainties from the combined effect of coronavirus and brexit. the london assembly will hear later from its governing body — the corporation of london — on how it plans to help lead the recovery, but there's confidence that the city will bounce back. there is no denying this is a very challenging time for the city.

we have the virus and the damage that has caused to the economy, and the need to recover. we have the climate challenge that we all face and of course we need to work out the implications of brexit and how we move forward. i am really confident in the city, the fundamental strengths that we have, the ecosystem that we have here, and our ability to innovate. the actress juliet stevenson and the photographer rankin have teamed up with the charity breaking barriers to put on an exhibition that celebrates former refugees who are now key workers during the pandemic. entitled leave home, save lives, one of those featured is a man who settled in london after seeking asylum from iran. he's now working as a covid tester. now time for a check on the weather here's elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is set to turn milder and more

unsettled this week across london and the south east and the changes start happening from today. it is certainly a cold and frosty start. temperatures are a couple of degrees below freezing for most parts. watch out for icy stretches through the morning in places. there will be hazy sunshine, particularly out towards eastern areas that will last the longest, but the cloud is set to thicken as we head through the morning, from the west, and eventually there will be outbreaks of rain moving eastwards. this rain not particularly heavy, but it will carry on as we head towards the end of the day. top temperatures rising into mid single figures. generally, some milder air coming through with the weather fronts. overnight, the rain is set to clear eastwards and it will turn drier. it is a frost—free start to wednesday. wednesday is looking dry. they will be plenty of cloud, more rain on wednesday night, double figures by the time we get to thursday. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. coming up on breakfast this morning. from funky fringes to brutal bald patches —

the lockdown haircut is back. we'll be showing you some very creative crops, and we'd love to see your pictures. if your hair isn't the only thing in need of a boost this morining, stay tuned for some tips from borisjohnson's personal trainer, harryjameson, on how to make it through lockdown happily and healthily. and the comedian rhod gilbert will be joing us to talk about his frank, revealing, and frequently funny documentary about his journey through the world of male infertility. let's talk now about the new coronavirus variants, and how effective the vaccines could be in combatting them. yesterday scientists said the moderna vaccine does appear to work against the new, more infectious variant which was found in the uk, and that it provides adequate protection against the new south africa version. these new variants have been spreading fast in a number of different countries. let's get more on this now from this

morning's gp, drwilliam bird. shall we talk about variants. are you particularly concerned about any you particularly concerned about any you have seen evidence of? yes. you particularly concerned about any you have seen evidence of?- you have seen evidence of? yes, i am. i you have seen evidence of? yes, i am- i am — you have seen evidence of? yes, i am. i am concerned _ you have seen evidence of? yes, i am. i am concerned about - you have seen evidence of? yes, i am. i am concerned about the i you have seen evidence of? yes, i i am. i am concerned about the south african one. we do not have much data on the brazilian. the south african, a paper came out injanuary that said if you had had coronavirus from the traditional type and get the new variant, your immune system does not seem to respond and you may get coronavirus again. that is a concern. what we do not know is whether all vaccinations will be ok with the new variant. moderna is and that has been tested but we do not know if the other two are but they probably will have an effect because they go for lots of proteins not just where the variations are but thatis just where the variations are but that is the one that is concerning.

we were told earlier on that the coronavirus was a stable virus that did not change much and did not have any of these mutations, but the mechanism in the virus that corrects mutations has already got a mutation itself. we are now seeing the checking mechanism of the coronavirus being faulty, which means we are likely to see more of these variants as time goes on but vaccines can always catch up and in six weeks can change, so we do not need to be too alarmed that all the time we will find a vaccine out of date, we could get new ones, which is encouraging. 3’? date, we could get new ones, which is encouraging-— is encouraging. 77 at the last count of cases of — is encouraging. 77 at the last count of cases of the _ is encouraging. 77 at the last count of cases of the south _ is encouraging. 77 at the last count of cases of the south african i of cases of the south african version found in the uk and there is talk about changes to border controls. ~ ., , ., , , ., ~ talk about changes to border controls. ~ ., , ., ,, .,~ ., controls. with that perhaps make a difference? — controls. with that perhaps make a difference? if— controls. with that perhaps make a difference? if there _ controls. with that perhaps make a difference? if there are _ controls. with that perhaps make a difference? if there are 77 - controls. with that perhaps make a difference? if there are 77 that i difference? if there are 77 that have been found the number is much higher. i think we have to assume it probably is in the country. we do not know where it is, how much it

has travelled, so i think with this variant being unknown and until we get more data, i think it right we stop those borders and that is how the southeast, china, australia and new zealand, that is how they managed to control the virus so much by having tighter border control. let's talk about supply vaccine. matt hancock said supplies are tight. matt hancock said supplies are tiiht. ~ ., matt hancock said supplies are tiiht. . ., ., matt hancock said supplies are tiiht.~ ., ., , _ ., tight. what are you seeing? what seems to be _ tight. what are you seeing? what seems to be happening, - tight. what are you seeing? what seems to be happening, as i tight. what are you seeing? what seems to be happening, as we i tight. what are you seeing? what l seems to be happening, as we have always said, primary care is incredible in the fact it can deliver so many vaccines. we do that every year with a big flu vaccination campaign and we roll out the hpv and shingles vaccination. we are good at vaccinations. the capacity limit is not the primary care or new centres, it is supplied. what is happening is we do not know when we can do the vaccinations. we have to wait for a letter to come through to say we can get more

supply for you. then we can book patients in but it is done at the last minute as supplies are there, which is a limiting factor. if we had endless supply we would be able to ramp up capacity considerably compared to now.— to ramp up capacity considerably compared to now. to ramp up capacity considerably comared to now. ~ ., ., ., , ., compared to now. what age group have ou iot compared to now. what age group have ou not to compared to now. what age group have you got to where _ compared to now. what age group have you got to where you — compared to now. what age group have you got to where you are _ you got to where you are vaccinating? it you got to where you are vaccinating?— you got to where you are vaccinating? you got to where you are vaccinatini? , ., , , ., vaccinating? it is now 'ust starting the over vaccinating? it is now 'ust starting the 75 — vaccinating? it is now 'ust starting the over 75 is. i i vaccinating? it is now 'ust starting the over 75 is. i think i vaccinating? it is nowjust starting the over 75 is. i think almost i vaccinating? it is nowjust starting the over 75 is. i think almost all. the over 75 is. i think almost all the over 75 is. i think almost all the much older group are sorted out in the care homes in our area which are almost completely done, which is good news. now it is the over 755. i think we'll will be well up to the target of getting that group 5orted target of getting that group sorted out by i think fabbri the 15th. letters have gone out to over 755 and they are starting to come in quite soon. it is quite patchy. certain groups seem to be a little behind or ahead depending on how supply has come through. i behind or ahead depending on how supply has come through.- supply has come through. i think

there is something _ supply has come through. i think there is something about - supply has come through. i think there is something about the i there is something about the weather. i know it is cold but hopefully 5pring weather. i know it is cold but hopefully spring is on the way. there is information about the weather and its impact on coronavirus.— coronavirus. the world meteorological - coronavirus. the world i meteorological organisation coronavirus. the world _ meteorological organisation have looked into this and there is a report that has come out which is of interest to me and we know the virus like5 interest to me and we know the virus likes the cold. that is why perhap5 meat—packing factories etc have had a problem. it like5 5 degrees. a5 temperatures get warmer and ultra violet light comes through... humidity i5 touch and go, it could be low or high. also air quality. almost one in 20 of coronavirus deaths in europe, report5 almost one in 20 of coronavirus deaths in europe, reports said in the autumn that would —— and when we get the warmer weather and the sunshine, it will be the enemy of the virus and we will see levels go

down and we can also get windows and doors open and ventilation is important. doors open and ventilation is important-— doors open and ventilation is imortant. ., ., sally i5 sally is talking about that you can be a club legend but it does not protect you from the axe. a lot of chelsea fan5 disappointed to see frank lampard 5acked a lot of chelsea fan5 disappointed to see frank lampard sacked by the club. he is closely associated with it. but we have to look ahead. we're just waiting now for chelsea to confirm who will replace frank lampard as their new manager. lampard was sacked yesterday. he'd been in thejob for 18 months, but chelsea have struggled recently and are ninth in the premier league. there has been some criticism over his 5acking — gary lineker called it "utterly ludicrous". manchester city boss pep guardiola was more pragmatic. when the people talk about projects and ideas, it doesn't exist. you have to win, if not, you get the sack.

not the way we played, not about philosophy, this kind of thing, and the projects. so, you have to get results. you don't, you will be replaced for another manager. this is the man who will be taking over. his name is thomas tuchel and he was most recently in charge of paris saint germain, where he won the french league title twice, and also took them to the champions league final last season. chelsea are hopeful that he'll be on the bench for their match against wolves at stamford bridge tomorrow night, but that's all dependent on tuchel returning two negative coronavirus tests. one man who knows what it's like to be hired, and fired by chelsea isjose mourinho. he's now in charge at spurs, and they avoided an fa cup upset last night. after going a goal down to wycombe wanderers. spurs got themselves level through gareth bale, and it looked like the game might be heading for extra time. tottenham were forced to bring on some of their big names, but three goals in five minutes

meant they eventually cruised through to the next round. after the game, mourinho gave his sympathies to his former player lampard. i'm always sad when a colleague loses hisjob. and of course frank is notjust a colleague, he is an important person in my career, so of course i feel sorry. but it's the brutality of football, especially the brutality of modern football. so when you become a manager, it's something that you have to know that sooner or later is going to happen to you. england's preparations for the six nations have taken a big hit. second rowjoe launchburry has been forced to withdraw through injury, whilejoe marler has withdrawn for personal reasons. all the players will have to spend a significant amount of time in a bio—secure bubble before and during the tournament. posting on social media, marler said that he wanted to "do right by his family" during the pandemic,

so wouldn'tjoin up with the squad. his wife is currently pregnant. sport england has unveiled details of an ambitious ten year plan to get people engaged and active again. the main focus will be grassroots organisations hit hard by the pandemic. let's speak to their chief executive tim hollingsworth. good morning. this is something you were planning before the pandemic hit but obviously things are more challenging for grassroots clubs at the moment. yes challenging for grassroots clubs at the moment-— challenging for grassroots clubs at the moment. , ., ., ~ ., the moment. yes and we did not know when we set — the moment. yes and we did not know when we set off— the moment. yes and we did not know when we set off on _ the moment. yes and we did not know when we set off on this _ the moment. yes and we did not know when we set off on this journey - the moment. yes and we did not know when we set off on this journey for i when we set off on this journey for a new strategy what we were facing but in some ways it has made the problems we were seeing more acute, and that is where the structure of the strategy is focused, on how this pandemic has brought to life where the gaps are and inequalities and challenges are in having an active nation and enabling everyone to play a sport they love. haifa!

nation and enabling everyone to play a sport they love-— a sport they love. how quickly can ou hel a sport they love. how quickly can you help clubs _ a sport they love. how quickly can you help clubs that _ a sport they love. how quickly can you help clubs that might - a sport they love. how quickly can you help clubs that might be i a sport they love. how quickly can you help clubs that might be in i you help clubs that might be in crisis right now, because we are in a crisis situation and many clubs cannot wait 6—12 months for money to come through. i cannot wait 6-12 months for money to come through-— come through. i think we are in two crises. come through. i think we are in two crises- you — come through. i think we are in two crises. you are _ come through. i think we are in two crises. you are right, _ come through. i think we are in two crises. you are right, we _ come through. i think we are in two crises. you are right, we have i come through. i think we are in two crises. you are right, we have the l crises. you are right, we have the problem of those groups and clubs and community organisations that support physical activity in communities and we have been doing a lot over the past year with our resources, so has the government. we will put additional money from sport england to support this initial year of the strategy, another £50 million. the other crisis we must focus on is the public health of the nation, recognising we are suffering the worst pandemic anybody could have imagined at this stage. one thing sport and physical activity can be is part of the solution. it can be is part of the solution. it can be is part of the solution. it can be there for physical and mental health and we think the strategy has the opportunity to create an

improvement in public health if everyone sees how being active in their lives can make a difference. how do you do that? if you are a parent of a child schooled at home and stuck in the house, may be on be is part of the solution. it can be there for physical and mental health and we think the strategy has the opportunity to create an improvement in public health if everyone sees how being active in their lives can make a difference. how do you do that? if you are a parent of a child even indoors an active? brute that? if you are a parent of a child even indoors an active?— that? if you are a parent of a child even indoors an active? we have seen in the data and _ even indoors an active? we have seen in the data and evidence _ even indoors an active? we have seen in the data and evidence the - even indoors an active? we have seen in the data and evidence the impact i in the data and evidence the impact on their activity levels. in the short—term, without question, we need to focus on what is possible. it is possible to get out for walk, maybe a run, bike ride. it is possible to be active in the home. in the short—term i do not disagree. we have a challenge in helping people to be active but once we can reopen and we can recover from the virus, and we hope we can see that coming in the not—too—distant future, that is when we need to

think about how we can make it more accessible, how can it fit into lives, and what can we do to tackle inequalities, and most important, what needs to be in place so that when people want to play sport and look for ways to be active there is an opportunity and more important it feel safe, inclusive and fun. tim hollingsworth, _ feel safe, inclusive and fun. tim hollingsworth, thanks. i feel safe, inclusive and fun. tim hollingsworth, thanks. lam feel safe, inclusive and fun. tim hollingsworth, thanks. i am sure there will be a lot of people may be involved in grassroots clubs who will have heard him say an extra £50 million coming quite soon as an emergency fund and think they could do with that. and also the last thought about being fun is important. shall we find out what is happening with the weather? a bit of a clue. tricky conditions underfoot. for some. good morning. this is a

weather watchers picture. we have had sleet and snow across the central belt of scotland and currently we have some across fife. the forecast is cold, a cold start. not as cold as yesterday. it was —10 this time yesterday in one part of northern ireland. today —2. but where the snow has frozen it will be icy. and where we have damp surfaces it is a similar story. rain and snow in the forecast again courtesy of these weather fronts. we are clinging on to a ridge of high pressure in eastern areas and it will take time before the rain and snow moves to the east. the fronts are from the atlantic, dragging in milder conditions in western areas but not all of us will be in the milder air and but not all of us will be in the milderairand if you but not all of us will be in the milder air and if you are in north—east scotland, it will stake old much of this week. the risk of ice almost anywhere this morning. the weather front introducing rain

and we will see more cloud and snow as the rain engages with the colder air. through the day it will bring further rain three wales, the midlands, and the direction of the south—east. we could see hill snow in north wales and the peaks but the lion's share in northern england, the hills, the pennines for example, southern uplands and through the highlands and grampians. above a00 metres in the grampians we could have as much as ten centimetres of snow. in the northeast where we hang on to sunshine, about three degrees the maximum temperature. northern ireland, cardiff, 7 degrees, 10 degrees in plymouth. so something milder there. degrees in plymouth. so something milderthere. overnight the degrees in plymouth. so something milder there. overnight the weather front peters out with wintry showers coming in across scotland. cloudy and breaks in the cloud. these are

overnight temperatures, not as low as they have been. tomorrow, we still will have showers. in scotland some of them will be wintry. cloudy tomorrow with breaks in the cloud and you can see showers across parts of southern england. later, the next system will show its hand. temperatures, most of us will have higher temperatures than we have had with tens and 11s in the south, but it will eventually turn colder again. thanks. we will see you just after 7am. you lost track of time. so much fun here. pretty grim news today. as the uk approaches the heartbreaking total of 100,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, the impact of covid—19 continues to be felt by the families of the victims,

but also by those who help support them as they prepare to say goodbye. for funeral directors it's been an exhausting and emotional 12 months, as tim muffett has been finding out. west malling in kent and an extra delivery of coffins to keep up with demand. normally, we would have a larger sort of 20, maybe 30 empty coffins being delivered here, but because of the levels that we have seen, we have had to have more frequent deliveries. i have been in the profession for over 20 years and i have never experienced anything like this before. viner and sons was established in 1777. right now, it's conducting twice as many funerals as normal for this time of year. covid cases i would say are around 80% of the deceased that we are dealing with. it has been a struggle for us. we are dealing with bereaved families in general, anyway, and when you are under such circumstances, covid, itjust heightens everything,

it heightens emotions and, as much as we are here to deal with that, obviously, we can't help but get involved with families' emotions, as well. vinters park crematorium in maidstone and the funeral of 86—year—old beryl hook. my mum was a lovely lady. she gave birth to me and brought me up. i could not fault her. she was very generous, very caring. what else can i say, really, she was my mum. already, iam missing her. unfortunately, she contracted covid in hospital and, sadly, within a week, she passed away. it's extremely frustrating, because obviously we could not go and see her when she was conscious, still, in the hospital. we have come here today and it still does not feel like you have had proper closure. because there was no contact from her going into hospital, to the death, to the funeral.

before, we could do five or six a week. l we are now over that, 12—15 a week. how draining is that for you and your colleagues? emotionally, very draining. when we have to deal - with families coming into us. but physically, as well. it's a very manualjob, a very hands—on job. this sort of profession has been taboo for many years. _ i but i think that it is quite sad. that something like this has had to bring it to the forefront. of course, a lot of friends and family members aren't allowed to attend funerals at the moment, so many of them are looking other ways to remember loved ones. charlotte is helping the business provide people with other ways to grieve. at the moment, it's particularly crucial, because a lot of people aren't attending a funeral and cannot say goodbye to their loved ones. so we are finding there is a real issue entering the grief process. so we have jewellery here,

for example, that can house the ashes of your loved one. we also work closely with a company that turns ashes into diamonds. it is a real diamond. it is made from the carbon from ashes. meanwhile, arrangements for another funeral are under way. there are families that haven't seen their loved ones, they have been in care homes, in hospitals. and we are just doing our best and what we can to look after them. i think exactly that. it is just very sad that when you have to tell people that no, they cannot actually have all the people they want to attend a service, and, no, sorry, you cannot actually carry your loved one in, strangers are carrying them. with every death comes the need for another funeral. for companies like this, these are busy but emotionally draining times. you get a sense of how many people are having to work so hard with all of this. something completely

different now. but equally something on a lot of people's minds. many of us hoped that the end of the first lockdown would spell the end of our home haircut horror stories. but nearly four weeks into lockdown three, the bad barnets are starting to return. i had ihad an i had an e—mailfromjim this morning. it says dear dan, what have you done to your hair? that is what i said to him with ten seconds to go before yesterday's programme. it is affecting haircuts. breakfast�*s graham satchell has revisited some of last year's cuts — and taken a look at the class of 2021. scott is admiring his new haircut. it was done by his dad john. to be fair, scott's come off quite lightly.

look at this. poor old andy in leicester. his girlfriend did this to him. we are, once again, in a world of clipper catastrophes. even the marsh family, breakfast regulars, aren't immune. it was done after sunday evening, getting ready to go to bed. i said i would cut the boys' hair and i had a bit of a disaster and thomas has a very large patch at the back of his head that doesn't look like the rest of it. it seems, this lockdown, we are condemned to repeat the mistakes of the pass. the mistakes of the past. who could forget actor stephen graham from lockdown one?

and this is andrea with her husband pete wearing a bin bag and about to get a much closer shave than he expected. what the hell? what the hell are you doing? i didn't mean to! andrea! it's not funny. as we enter week four of lockdown three, and hair needs cutting, expect to see more home—made disasters like this. there but for the grace of not using scissors yet. i'm ok with the

fringe. i bought special scissors but i will not do anything else. we would love to see some of your diy hair efforts this morning. you can email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co. or you can tweet us your photos using the hashtag bbcbreakfast. we have guestsjoining us on video calls and billy bragg was saying yesterday he had the worst haircut of his entire life. the length of hair, people are letting it go and enjoying it. i will work it out how many weeks it was last time we could not have our haircut. we do not know when it is going to be. now the news where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces at breakfast to keep you up to date with the latest on the coronavirus in our area. as we've seen on this programme, the pandemic is affecting every aspect of life and death. during the first lockdown the bbc followed a south london funeral company as they tried to cope

with the spike in people dying. ten months later, they say they're now taking bookings for march, and the backlog is now worse than ever. beforehand, we could possibly be collecting four, but they would probably be from four different hospitals. and that would be it for the day and then maybe a couple of coffin onlys later. but now, it's, as i said before, you can collect four, come back, reload, do another four. it's that every day now. skin cancer rates have rocketed, according to a new study by brighton and sussex medical school. it's now the fifth most common cancer in the uk. cases have risen by 250% in women in recent decades but they've risen by double that rate in men. the study analysed more than 265,000 patients diagnosed between 1981 and 2018. with hospitals in kent under huge pressure at the moment, a local charity has opened its doors

to end of life patients with covid—19. hospice in the weald has made 1a beds available for those dying with the virus, to help reduce the number of patients being transferred across the country to other hospitals. the charity says it hopes it will mean more comfortable deaths for those at the end of their lives. we want to be clear that we've got capacity, we've got beds, we've got staff, and we are allowing visitors to see those patients, and that we want to help our colleagues in the nhs. prisons in london and the south east have received new x—ray scanners to help stop illegal items getting through their doors. swaleside, elmley, pentonville, lewes, wandsworth and brixton prisons have all got the new equipment, which aims to bolster the defence against drugs, mobile phones and other contraband entering the buildings. now time for a check on the weather, here's elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it is set to turn milder and more

unsettled this week across london and the south east and the changes start happening from today. it is certainly a cold and frosty start. temperatures are a couple of degrees below freezing for most parts. watch out for icy stretches through the morning in places. there will be hazy sunshine, particularly out towards eastern areas that will last the longest, but the cloud is set to thicken as we head through the morning, from the west, and eventually there will be outbreaks of rain moving eastwards. this rain not particularly heavy, but it will carry on as we head towards the end of the day. top temperatures rising into mid single figures. generally, some milder air coming through with the weather fronts. overnight, the rain is set to clear eastwards and it will turn drier. it is a frost—free start to wednesday. wednesday is looking dry. they will be plenty of cloud, more rain on wednesday night, double figures by the time we get to thursday. that's it from me for now. i'll be back in half an hour. i'll now hand you back to dan and louise.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. going nowhere — a decision expected today on hotel quarantine for british citizens returning home. a row over covid vaccine supplies as the eu threatens controls on exports from europe. in lockdown, out of work. last month's figures showed nearly 1.7 million unemployed.

have more followed? the latest numbers shortly. a new era begins at chelsea. former psg boss thomas tuchel is set to be the replacement for frank lampard at stamford bridge. and if you are looking for a bit of lockdown inspiration, borisjohnson's personal trainer will be giving us his tips to stay happy and healthy. once againa once again a cold and frosty start with the risk of ice and untreated surfaces. also a band of rain with some snow on the leading edge, mostly on higher ground in the north but milder in the south—west. it's tuesday 26th january. our top story. the government is expected to announce that some travellers coming to england will have to quarantine in hotels when they arrive. it comes amid concerns over new coronavirus variants. the prime minister is due to meet

with ministers today to discuss the plans, which the scottish government also says it's "actively considering". our political correspondent iain watson has more. when you splash out on a hotel, usually it involves going on holiday. but soon it could be something you have to do when coming back home. currently, the government has decided most foreign nationals cannot gain entry from the uk from brazil, most of south america, portugal and most of southern africa, in a bid to stop the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. but it seems likely that ministers will decide that any british resident coming into england from these high risk areas will be bussed to hotels and would be required to quarantine for up to ten days at their own expense. good afternoon, and welcome back to downing street for today's coronavirus briefing. the health secretary set out why tougher restrictions are likely. it is incredibly important that we are cautious at the border. it is important that we protect from new variants should

they have vaccine evasion. some ministers, including the home secretary, have been pushing for more widespread use of quarantine. but the travel industry doesn't want to see almost everyone either sent to hotels on arrival or banned from entry altogether. we don't believe quarantines or blanket quarantines, are good because you're saying that the entire country is infected, or the entire nationality is infected, which is not even the case here in the uk. so we believe that the health experts have to get together with the security experts, as they have done after 9/11 as we know, and do a risk assessment and based on the country, and i think that's what we're trying to do with the air corridors. ministers will thrash out today who will have to quarantine in hotels and for how long, and who will be exempt. the new policy won't be implemented immediately but it is on its way. iain watson, bbc news. we'll be speaking to the boss of best western hotels at 7.20am,

and we'll also bejoined by the vaccine minister nadhim zahawi at 7.30am. we can speak to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. let's talk about these possible changes to border controls, and as of yesterday, there are so many things that we want to know. when are we likely to know the answers? i think we might not know until this time tomorrow because this meeting of ministers where they will decide is not happening until tonight. and thenit is not happening until tonight. and then it will probably take a couple of weeks to implement this system because there is quite a lot of logistical challenges, shall we put it that way. what we do know, the absolute bare minimum that ministers will consider tonight, is british people coming back from virus hotspots where there have been particularly concerning new variants like south africa and brazil, may be a bit wider than that, they will have to do when they fly back to the uk, they will then be taken to a hotel where they will have to stay

for ten days at their own cost. that is the absolute flow of the decision. officials and ministers are saying that they reserve the right to go further than that, they could go further than that tonight or it could be that the system evolves over the next few weeks. what has evolved in the political thinking is that there is a vaccine roll—out they want to protect, there is the emergent of new variants in other places around the world which are concerning people, and also the politics. the public really, really want this now. and i think the government are a bit concerned that there is potential for government are a bit concerned that there is potentialfor them to be outflanked by their political opponents if they are not seen to be tough on this. opponents if they are not seen to be tough on this-— opponents if they are not seen to be tough on this. thank you very much, i susect tough on this. thank you very much, i suspect we — tough on this. thank you very much, i suspect we will— tough on this. thank you very much, i suspect we will talk _ tough on this. thank you very much, i suspect we will talk to _ tough on this. thank you very much, i suspect we will talk to you - i suspect we will talk to you tomorrow. within the past few minutes, it's been confirmed that unemployment in the uk has risen to 5 percent meaning 1.72 million people are out of a job. the figures for september to november cover the lockdown in england at the end of the year

but don't take into account the latest coronavirus restrictions. retail has been one of the hardest hit sectors during the crisis with debenhams this week the latest big name to announce thousands of job losses. we will speak to nina shortly who will be going through all of the details for us. the formal process of putting the former us president donald trump on trial has begun after democrats from the house of representatives delivered an article of impeachment against him. mr trump is charged with inciting insurrection after a number of his supporters stormed congress earlier this month, resulting in the deaths of five people. the trial is due to begin in two weeks' time. for a second night running, police in the netherlands have clashed with protesters defying a 9pm curfew introduced to battle the coronavirus. protesters lit fires in the hague, while in amsterdam several arrests were made. the violence the night before was described by dutch police as the worst unrest in four decades.

northern ireland's devolved government is due to publish a report today into the conduct of institutions for unmarried mothers often ran by churches, affecting generations of women and children. many survivors say they were emotionally abused and forced to give up their children. the catholic church in ireland said it apologises unreservedly to survivors. our northern ireland correspondent chris page has been speaking to one of those affected, amid calls for a public inquiry. one other thing that really struck me was the attitude of the nuns. they repeatedly called us fallen women, bad women. we had to pay for our sins. on one occasion, we had to put on a show for them and we had to dance for them. dancing like dancing monkeys for their entertainment. it was horrendous. and that has stuck in my head and will stick in my head until the day i die. scientists in argentina have found fossils of what could be the largest dinosaur to ever roam the planet.

this is the colossal titanosaur. the remains were first discovered in 2012, but experts have only recently realised the significance of the discovery. it's thought the skeleton belonged to a huge a0—tonne herbivore that would have towered over other dinosaurs 98 million years ago. that is a big unit. a brilliant name as well. a pet portrait artist has raised £50,000 for a homeless charity with his self—confessed "rubbish" pictures. phil heckels drew his dog and put it on facebook, offering paid—for commissions as a joke, but genuine requests flooded in. i think we spoke to him on the programme. his trademark wonky legs and crooked eyes have proved wildly popular with pet owners. he drew pictures of our pets, didn't he? ., , ., ., .,

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rain. this as it moves from the west towards the north and the easter will produce some snow and it will be over the hills of north wales and the peaks, most of the snow falling across the pennines, southern uplands, parts of the pennines and part of the grampians. so mostly a high ground feature but at times we could see some of this at lower levels. above a00 metres at the grampians, we could have as much fresh snow today as ten centimetres. around this band there will be quite strong winds, maximum temperatures here but climbing in the south—west. overnight the band continues its journey north and east, still some rain and snow on it and then it tends to peter out although the wintry showers continue across parts of scotland. some clearer skies as well and these are the overnight lows. not as low as they have been. but it will not be dry tomorrow either, because later on in the day tomorrow we will see some more rain coming in from the south—west.

thank you, speak to you later. yesterday's news that debenhams will disappear from the high street was another blow to people working in retail. 12,000 workers now expecting to lose theirjob. it adds to an already bleak unemployment picture in the uk. this morning we got more detail on just how bad things are. nina's with us and has got the details. we are looking at the numbers as they come in, there is a bit of a lag when we look at these, these are for november two december last year. think back to that period. a real mixed picture. tier systems and we went in to national lockdown in november but also development of a vaccine, the extension of furlough, and hope of a normalish christmas gave some space for optimism. what we've learned is that over that period 5% of people in that three month period were unempoyed. that is up slightly from a.9%.

what that means is 1.72 million people out of work over that period. that is the largest annual increase since 2009. we also got a more accurate look at how many people had moved on to benefits in some way for the month of december. that's gone up to 2.6 million. keep in mind that pre pandemic that was 1.2 million in march before the pandemic. we spoke yesterday about debenhams shop closures and the 12,000 jobs that could go there. we know that this pandemic has placed the most stress on workers in hospitality and retail. sarah corker has been talking to some of the workers affected. in retail, we are always at risk. you never know what's going to happen because, you know, it is struggling in recent years because of the rise of online. abby was made redundant in september when american fashion brandj crew pulled out of the uk. she's worked in retail management in london graduating five years ago and has seen huge changes

on the high street. what's that process been like, trying tojob hunt in the middle of lockdown? i'd say i've probably sent off around 30 to a0 applications in the last six months. the majority of which, itjust goes into the abyss and you never hear a word, not even like, we got your application e—mail. because i imagine there's just so many hundreds of applications for people to be going through and it's so competitive. the high street was already struggling before the pandemic but lockdowns and restrictions appear to have turbo—charged that decline. with many big—name brands now in trouble. and across the uk, around 3 million people work in the retail sector but in 2020 nearly 180,000 jobs in the industry were lost, up almost a quarter on the previous year. and debenhams is the latest casualty. it survived recessions and world wars, but after nearly 250

years, it's disappearing from the high street. online retailer boohoo is buying the brand but it's not taking on its stores or its 12,000 strong workforce. i don't think we've ever seen anything like this and unfortunately i don't think it's going to stop. this cheshire—based recruiter specialises in retail roles and says lockdown has accelerated the shift towards online by more than five years. some of the retailers that we are seeing in the client were already in decline because they haven't innovated, they haven't looked forward to what the consumer wants. and this has made it faster and made it all condensed so it feels really, really tough. lots of that i think would have happened anyway. but for andrea, losing herjob so suddenly came as a shock. i thought, oh, we'll be closed for a couple of months and then we'll be back up and running and everything will be fine. no, i was totally wrong. for the last 28 years, andrea has worked for fashion brand jaeger,

most recently as a manager at the leamington spa store. but the chain collapsed and andrea lost herjob two weeks ago. i was upset, because i felt as though i was losing a lot, because it had been very dear to me. obviously i'm having to apply for benefits, so i'm trying to keep my flat on. it's hard just to suddenly feel that there is no salary coming in and you've got bills to pay. retailers continue to cutjobs and close stores to try to survive. but economists warn the furlough scheme is hiding the true picture of unemployment and worse may be to come. sarah corker, bbc news. and we know that in december there was a huge jump in the number of people furloughed. estimates are now that more than ten million jobs have gone on the scheme. some of them will survive, many of them won't. analysts say the worst is yet to come.

if you think about it, they were the months before christmas. at that point, the r number started to creep up point, the r number started to creep up and we went into that big lockdown. the vaccine is being rolled out which is great that we do not know when the economy will start to open up to the west is yet to come. —— so the worst is yet to come. for most of us, the prospect of going abroad again is a long way off. people are currently only allowed to travel for a limited number of reasons. but british nationals arriving back in england could soon be required to quarantine in a hotel under plans being considered by the government. travel restrictions have changed a lot over the course of the pandemic. here's a reminder of the different measures. between january and march 2020, people arriving from covid hotspots including china and italy were told to self—isolate for 1a days. this policy was scrapped on the 13th march, just a few weeks before the first national lockdown began. injune it was announced that all travellers had to quarantine for 1a—days when they arrived in the uk.

a month later the "travel corridors" were introduced, allowing journeys from most european countries without the need to self—isolate. in december, the time required for quarantine was reduced from 1a to ten days, and in england you could end your self—isolation period early if you received a negative test result on day five. earlier this month, shortly after the most recent national lockdown began, all travel corridors were suspended for the whole of the uk. you're currently only able to travel for certain business reasons. so how would hotel quarantine work? we're joined now by simon calder, the travel editor at the independent, and rob paterson, chief executive at best western hotels. good morning to you both. i'm sure our viewers are really interested in exactly how this will look. simon, you are a legend when it comes to the detail, so how might it look if you are on your way to the hotel

having arrived in the uk? ii you are on your way to the hotel having arrived in the uk?- having arrived in the uk? if it's iioin to having arrived in the uk? if it's going to be _ having arrived in the uk? if it's going to be like _ having arrived in the uk? if it's going to be like the _ having arrived in the uk? if it's going to be like the australian | going to be like the australian system, which is the one which is often touted, then it is really quite interesting. you will land at heathrow, identified by uk border forces as being required to go and quarantine, he will then be taken to a facility probably off the airport, it would be lovely to think he would be in the sofitel in heathrow terminal five but you will probably be in the premier inn in slough trading estate. you will then be told you are checking into a room, you will not have any visitors or cleaners, you are not allowed to smoke and there will be guards outside to make sure you comply and that will cost you £1500 for the ten days of self isolation which will include three delicious meals a day. before we move on, that effectively, as you say, you talked about the australians and that is what they are doing. the amount of people who

have the virus there is very small. well, yes. the whole business is very complicated because the prime minister said that we must do everything we can to stop viruses, particularly the new variants coming in yesterday, at which point all he has to do is pick up the phone to jacinda ardern in new zealand and talk about how they effectively ban all foreigners coming in or to benjamin netanyahu because israel has suddenly stopped all flights in and out of the country. that is not going to happen here. heathrow is already, 20 flights have arrived this morning with passengers on board and there are not any flights from the places where there are new variants, southern africa, latin america and portugal. they are all on the flight ban list. so anybody who is coming in from those places might be identified and told to quarantine, that looks like the most likely approach at the moment. let’s

likely approach at the moment. let's iet an idea likely approach at the moment. let's get an idea of _ likely approach at the moment. let's get an idea of what _ likely approach at the moment. let's get an idea of what you _ likely approach at the moment. let's get an idea of what you are planning at best western hotels, how quickly might you be able to swing into action if this was to happen? through our project with the nhs, we are supporting discharged patients, we have _ are supporting discharged patients, we have the protocols and the whole infection—control management side of things— infection—control management side of things taken care of it. some of the more _ things taken care of it. some of the more technical details that need to happen— more technical details that need to happen to — more technical details that need to happen to be prepared for this, things— happen to be prepared for this, things like insurance and staff training — things like insurance and staff training and safety which is paramount in all of this, we are ready— paramount in all of this, we are ready to — paramount in all of this, we are ready to go. so we could turn this around _ ready to go. so we could turn this around in — ready to go. so we could turn this around in 48 hours for an open and a bit longer— around in 48 hours for an open and a bit longer for — around in 48 hours for an open and a bit longerforan around in 48 hours for an open and a bit longer for an unopened hotel because — bit longer for an unopened hotel because there are a few things like legionnaires tests that need to happen— legionnaires tests that need to happen before the hotel can start trading _ happen before the hotel can start trading and operating. give happen before the hotel can start trading and operating.— trading and operating. give us a sense of what _ trading and operating. give us a sense of what that _ trading and operating. give us a sense of what that hotel - trading and operating. give us a i sense of what that hotel experience might be for somebody who has to go and stay there for the ten days or whatever it might be.— and stay there for the ten days or whatever it might be. welcome as simon says. _ whatever it might be. welcome as simon says. it _ whatever it might be. welcome as simon says, it is _ whatever it might be. welcome as simon says, it is a _ whatever it might be. welcome as

simon says, it is a contactless i simon says, it is a contactless cusiomer— simon says, it is a contactless customer experience. the arrival and departure _ customer experience. the arrival and departure points at the hotel would most likely be different entrances and exit _ most likely be different entrances and exit points, it would be an escorted — and exit points, it would be an escorted process into the hotel. it would _ escorted process into the hotel. it would not — escorted process into the hotel. it would not be a normal check—in where you go _ would not be a normal check—in where you go to _ would not be a normal check—in where you go to checking and are welcomed by receptionist, it would be a contactless arrival process, escorted _ contactless arrival process, escorted to the room, you are in the room _ escorted to the room, you are in the room and _ escorted to the room, you are in the room and the — escorted to the room, you are in the room and the detail would explain in the room _ room and the detail would explain in the room that you cannot leave. there _ the room that you cannot leave. there will— the room that you cannot leave. there will be security to ensure that that — there will be security to ensure that that is the case. and then three — that that is the case. and then three times a day, nutritious meals would _ three times a day, nutritious meals would be _ three times a day, nutritious meals would be delivered outside the room and linen, _ would be delivered outside the room and linen, for example, the whole process— and linen, for example, the whole process needs to exist around that for the _ process needs to exist around that for the safe handling of linen. there — for the safe handling of linen. there will— for the safe handling of linen. there will be a bag in the room that the customers would need to put their— the customers would need to put their used — the customers would need to put their used linen in and seal the bag for infection control reasons, and clean _ for infection control reasons, and clean linen — for infection control reasons, and clean linen would be placed outside the room _ clean linen would be placed outside the room for the customer to be able to take _ the room for the customer to be able to take and _ the room for the customer to be able to take and claim their own room —— clean— to take and claim their own room —— cleantheir— to take and claim their own room —— clean their own room during the stay so a highly—

clean their own room during the stay so a highly contactless and sterile experience. we so a highly contactless and sterile experience-_ so a highly contactless and sterile experience. we know this is under discussion right _ experience. we know this is under discussion right now, _ experience. we know this is under discussion right now, we - experience. we know this is under discussion right now, we don't i experience. we know this is under i discussion right now, we don't know what will happen but is it likely to be all travellers orjust what will happen but is it likely to be all travellers or just travellers from areas from where it is particularly bad?— from areas from where it is particularly bad? from areas from where it is articularl bad? .., ., particularly bad? the indication we not from particularly bad? the indication we got from the _ particularly bad? the indication we got from the health _ particularly bad? the indication we got from the health secretary i got from the health secretary yesterday at the downing street briefing is that it is only going to be from specific areas. that could just be south africa and brazil. i think more likely to be from the 27 countries which are currently on the no—go list, that includes all of south america plus panama, most of the southern african continent, and then mauritius, the seychelles, and cape verde. plus of course portugal which is going to be the most significant one. the trouble is, given that flights are banned from all those places, how are you going to tell where people have come in from? it's easy enough if i turn up at heathrow and i have a paraguayan passport and i havejust at heathrow and i have a paraguayan passport and i have just got off the flight from madrid, i will have to do some convincing to tell them i

have not come from latin america but there are lots of british people from portugal who wants to come across and they might be going to madrid and flying in from there. it will be tricky, everybody since last week has had to fill in a passenger locator form and self—isolate at home. that will continue but it looks to me as though a couple of hundred people every day are going to have a rather more rigorous and expensive experience. you to have a rather more rigorous and expensive experience.— to have a rather more rigorous and expensive experience. you detail the australian system. _ expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do _ expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do you _ expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do you know i expensive experience. you detail the australian system. do you know how| australian system. do you know how they believe that in australia to make sure people stay in hotels? yes, they have security guards. the whole thing is very military. you touch down, there are probably only about 30 people on your flight because they are restricting admissions so much. you then get a police escort to the hotel, then there are security guards who are supposed to make sure that you comply with all the rules. unfortunately we have seen that

there have been, how can i put it, a bit of interaction between security guards and guests in quarantine which was not great. but you are just expected to stay there and a lot of people, it will be the closest that any of us, i hope, get to the concept of house arrest. what to the concept of house arrest. what do ou to the concept of house arrest. what do you know — to the concept of house arrest. what do you know about _ to the concept of house arrest. what do you know about the _ to the concept of house arrest. what do you know about the security element of it, is that something you would have to sort out or would you be provided with security or police officers? the be provided with security or police officers? ., , ., , ., officers? the details, we are yet to hean officers? the details, we are yet to hear- certainly _ officers? the details, we are yet to hear. certainly how _ officers? the details, we are yet to hear. certainly how it _ officers? the details, we are yet to hear. certainly how it is _ officers? the details, we are yet to hear. certainly how it is working i hear. certainly how it is working with _ hear. certainly how it is working with the — hear. certainly how it is working with the current isolation points we have, _ with the current isolation points we have, there — with the current isolation points we have, there are external security contractors — have, there are external security contractors that support the process so we _ contractors that support the process so we would have to wait for the detail _ so we would have to wait for the detail. , , ., ., , ., ., detail. give us an idea, you are already putting _ detail. give us an idea, you are already putting up _ detail. give us an idea, you are already putting up people i detail. give us an idea, you are already putting up people who | detail. give us an idea, you are i already putting up people who are recovering from coronavirus, so you already have protocols in place? yes, we do. we had patients coming from hospitals to free up hospital beds, _ from hospitals to free up hospital beds, being discharged into some of

our hotels _ beds, being discharged into some of our hotels. and we also have some of the more _ our hotels. and we also have some of the more vulnerable in society being housed _ the more vulnerable in society being housed so _ the more vulnerable in society being housed so our hotels become isolation _ housed so our hotels become isolation points for infected homeless or vulnerable customers. we have those _ homeless or vulnerable customers. we have those infection control protocols in place, we brought in an external— protocols in place, we brought in an external company to help us with that _ external company to help us with that we — external company to help us with that. we have put a lot of investment and energy into that process — investment and energy into that process. there are so many things to consider— process. there are so many things to consider because if you think about your staff, — consider because if you think about your staff, that's a really important point for us, someone might— important point for us, someone might be — important point for us, someone might be vulnerable themselves or they could have somebody vulnerable at home _ they could have somebody vulnerable at home and we have to be completely respectful _ at home and we have to be completely respectful of that her process. a lot of— respectful of that her process. a lot of that — respectful of that her process. a lot of that background work we have done and _ lot of that background work we have done and we are ready to support, and if— done and we are ready to support, and if this— done and we are ready to support, and if this is— done and we are ready to support, and if this is a strategy we will be pretty— and if this is a strategy we will be pretty successful. in and if this is a strategy we will be pretty successful.— pretty successful. in terms of the eericin pretty successful. in terms of the pricing and _ pretty successful. in terms of the pricing and the — pretty successful. in terms of the pricing and the cost, _ pretty successful. in terms of the pricing and the cost, would i pretty successful. in terms of the pricing and the cost, would you i pretty successful. in terms of the i pricing and the cost, would you have a reduced pricing structure, or charging full price? considerably reduced on _ charging full price? considerably reduced on what _ charging full price? considerably reduced on what we _ charging full price? considerably reduced on what we would i charging full price? considerably i reduced on what we would normally charging full price? considerably - reduced on what we would normally be charging, _ reduced on what we would normally be charging, naturally we would much

rather _ charging, naturally we would much rather be _ charging, naturally we would much rather be open and trading at normal levels _ rather be open and trading at normal levels. what we are doing at the moment— levels. what we are doing at the moment is— levels. what we are doing at the moment isjust about levels. what we are doing at the moment is just about covering levels. what we are doing at the moment isjust about covering costs. most hoteliers across the country are losing — most hoteliers across the country are losing thousands of pounds every month— are losing thousands of pounds every month so_ are losing thousands of pounds every month so a _ are losing thousands of pounds every month so a contract just to stem the losses— month so a contract just to stem the losses would be a welcome contract for our— losses would be a welcome contract for our hotel. we stand ready to support — for our hotel. we stand ready to support government on that. tiers; support government on that. very interestin: support government on that. very interesting is — support government on that. very interesting is to _ support government on that. very interesting is to hear _ support government on that. , interesting is to hear from you, thank you very much. from best western hotels and simon calder, who is a regular. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. bbc london and bbc south east today are joining forces at breakfast to keep you up to date with the latest on the coronavirus in our area. police are appealing for information after a teenage boy died after he was stabbed, in islington, in north london. officers were called to holland walk in archway at about half past five yesterday evening. despite efforts from paramedics and air ambulance staff to save him,

he was pronounced dead at the scene. his next of kin have been told. with hospitals in kent under huge pressure at the moment, a local charity has opened its doors to end of life patients with covid—19. hospice in the weald has made iii beds available for those dying with the virus, to help reduce the number of patients being transferred across the country to other hospitals. the charity says it hopes it will mean more comfortable deaths for those at the end of their lives. we want to be clear that we've got capacity, we've got beds, we've got staff, and we are allowing visitors to see those patients, and that we want to help our colleagues in the nhs. skin cancer rates have rocketed, according to a new study by brighton and sussex medical school. it's now the fifth most common cancer in the uk — cases have risen by 250 per cent in women in recent decades — but they've risen by

double that rate in men. the study analysed more than 265,000 patients diagnosed between 1981 and 2018. the city of london — the capital's financial district — is facing big uncertainties from the combined effect of coronavirus and brexit. the london assembly will hear later from its governing body — the corporation of london — on how it plans to help lead the recovery, but there's confidence that the city will bounce back. there is no denying this is a very challenging time for the city. we have the virus and the damage that has caused to the economy, and the need to recover. we have the climate challenge that we all face and of course we still need to work out the implications of brexit and how we move forward. i am really confident in the city, the fundamental strengths that we have, the ecosystem that we have here, and our ability to innovate. now time for a check on the weather here's elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning.

it is set to turn milder and more unsettled this week across london and the south east and the changes start happening from today. it is certainly a cold and frosty start. temperatures are a couple of degrees below freezing for most parts. watch out for icy stretches through the morning in places. there will be hazy sunshine, particularly out towards eastern areas, that will last the longest, but the cloud is set to thicken as we head through the morning, from the west, and eventually there will be outbreaks of rain moving eastwards. this rain not particularly heavy, but it will carry on as we head towards the end of the day. top temperatures rising into mid single figures. generally, some milder air coming through with the weather fronts. overnight, the rain is set to clear eastwards and it will turn drier. it is a frost—free start to wednesday. wednesday is looking dry. there will be plenty of cloud, more rain on wednesday night, double figures by the time we get to thursday. that's it from me for now. i'll now hand you back to dan and louise. hello, this is breakfast

with dan walker and louise minchin. let's talk now about the new coronavirus variants, and how effective the vaccines could be in combatting them. esterday scientists said the moderna vaccine does appear to work against the new, more infectious variant which was found in the uk, and that it provides adequate protection against the new south africa version. these new variants have been spreading fast in a number of different countries. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has been looking at why they are such a threat — and how to deal with future mutations as they come along. a year into the pandemic and the virus is changing. new variants are emerging around the world, altering its structure and the way the virus behaves. the variant spreading in the uk has a significant mutation. it's called n501y and it changes the spike of the virus. that spike is like a key opening up a knock. it inserts into receptors

and enters our cells. the mutation gives this key and much betterfit, which is how it will infect more people. betterfit, which is how it the variant in south africa and a separate one in brazil has another worrying mutation. it is called e484k and it changes the spike in a different way. now, antibodies made by a previous covid infection can't attach to it, so they can no longer block the virus, which means any past immunity is now not as effective. this mutation is also important for vaccines that trigger antibody production. today, moderna announced its vaccine wasn't as effective for the south african variant. although it still provided enough protection. it did fully work against the uk variant, though. moderna, pfizer and astrazeneca can adapt their vaccines, which target the spike, but others aimed at different parts of the virus are also being developed. we want to be developing vaccines in the next generation that do cover

these mutations that have been redesigned, and that shouldn't be too difficult. and we also need to be having vaccines that cover other parts of the virus and notjust the spike protein, because we can see now that the spike protein is a highly malleable, adaptable piece of the virus. so how much more could the virus change? in the us, scientists are studying every possible mutation to the spike — nearly 4000 of them — to flag which ones are the most dangerous. if we start out by looking at all possible mutations, then, as things change in nature, we can look back at our reference table of data and see how these mutations might affect immunity, rather than always trying to catch up with the virus and always being one step behind. we can't stop more mutations from appearing, but our actions will affect how quickly this happens. we really need to get the prevalence down, because the less virus that's out there in fewer people,

the less chance there is of mutations arising, or being selected. it'sjust like rolling a dice — the fewer times you roll it the less chance there is that you roll a six. there is still much to learn about the new variants and urgent studies are under way to see if the one first identified in the uk is more deadly. but the whole world needs to step up surveillance to keep ahead of this rapidly evolving pandemic. rebecca morrelle, bbc news. that is relevant for our next guest. we're joined by the vaccine minister, nadhim zahawi. we will talk to you about the vaccine and supply issues but another issue tied in closely to what we just heard and also we have spoken about this morning, is the discussion around quarantine for those who arrive in the uk. can you bring viewers up to date on where we sit with that?—

sit with that? good morning. yes, obviously. — sit with that? good morning. yes, obviously. a _ sit with that? good morning. yes, obviously, a policy _ sit with that? good morning. yes, obviously, a policy we _ sit with that? good morning. yes, obviously, a policy we review- sit with that? good morning. yes, obviously, a policy we review all. obviously, a policy we review all the time. we introduced predeparture testing and passenger locator forms and the quarantine period of ten days or test and leave early if testing negative. the government, now we are making progress on vaccination of the most vulnerable cohort in our country, the most vulnerable people in our country, and of course we will keep going as we vaccinate the adult population, or those who will be offered the vaccine and take it up. we have to be mindful of variants. we acted rapidly when the brazilian variant was discovered and the south african variant in terms of travel restrictions from those countries including portugal. the government is looking at, as the prime minister

confirmed, the hotel quarantine policy and will make an announcement in the appropriate way. the secretary of state for health has spoken to the transport industry and we will make an announcement. i am we will make an announcement. i am interested in — we will make an announcement. i am interested in where _ we will make an announcement. i am interested in where you sit on this. it appears there are some in cabinets like matt hancock who feels it should be for all destinations around the world and others apparently like grant shapps who think it should be on the higher risk list. what are the arguments, and what do you think?— and what do you think? there is speculation _ and what do you think? there is speculation about _ and what do you think? there is speculation about discussions . and what do you think? there isj speculation about discussions in cabinet and they remain private and there will be a collective cabinet decision on this and i think when thatis decision on this and i think when that is announced, that will be the right thing to do. we will all go out into the studios and communicate that to the country, so people understand exactly what they need to do if they are having to come from

outside the uk into the uk. and of course we will make sure we talk to the industries. i would not wish to speculate further because it would be completely wrong, not least because the decision has not been made or communicated yet. i know international— made or communicated yet. i know international comparison _ made or communicated yet. i know international comparison is - made or communicated yet. i know international comparison is a - made or communicated yet. i know international comparison is a hot i international comparison is a hot topic of debate and can be difficult topic of debate and can be difficult to compare different countries, but if we look at australia, i want to give viewers figures and to get your analysis. australia, 25 million people, and throughout the entire pandemic they have had 28,777 positive cases. we had over 68,000 positive cases. we had over 68,000 positive cases. we had over 68,000 positive cases on the 8th of january and 22,000 yesterday. australia have had these tight quarantine measures where people go to hotels when they arrive in the country, from way back into last year. looking at those figures, does it clearly state if we are to bring the measures in we are

doing it too late? figs are to bring the measures in we are doing it too late?— doing it too late? as soon as we discovered _ doing it too late? as soon as we discovered the _ doing it too late? as soon as we discovered the south _ doing it too late? as soon as we discovered the south african - doing it too late? as soon as we - discovered the south african variant and the brazilian, we acted immediately. grant shapps rightly acted immediately on passengers travelling from those countries and placing restrictions on those countries. we again acted, as germany did only injanuary and canada only injanuary, on predeparture testing and on particular countries where those highest risk of some of the new variants entering into germany or canada and of course the uk, where we have done the same thing. we will learn the lessons of this. i am not a virologist, i am a chemical engineer, but we are good at holding enquiries and we promise this and we will learn lessons from decisions made through the pandemic. the important thing now is to focus on vaccinating the adult population. 0ur way out is to make sure we protect every person who is

vulnerable which is what we are doing with the top four macro categories. 88% of mortality, if i can protect those for categories by mid—february, a target i'm confident we will meet, that is the first step, and then we go to the other five categories. phase one, and there we move on to phase two and have a discussion who we prioritise in phase two. maybe workers who through no fault of their own will come into contact with the virus in greater volume than others would. we will listen to thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, the experts, and make the decision. it is important to be focused on making sure we vaccinate and we have made great progress. the armed forces coming together to deliver this. you mentioned about the way out many people will watch this and they need a clear picture. they need something to hold onto. to come back to quarantine, what is your message to those thinking about booking a

holiday in the future? what those thinking about booking a holiday in the future?- those thinking about booking a holiday in the future? what do you sa to holiday in the future? what do you say to them? _ holiday in the future? what do you say to them? i— holiday in the future? what do you say to them? i would _ holiday in the future? what do you say to them? i would say - holiday in the future? what do you say to them? i would say it - holiday in the future? what do you say to them? i would say it is - holiday in the future? what do you say to them? i would say it is too l say to them? i would say it is too early to begin to speculate on summer holidays. the right thing to do now is to continue with our vaccination drive. 0n do now is to continue with our vaccination drive. on saturday i think we got to half a million actual vaccinations of first dose in actual vaccinations of first dose in a single day. we continue to make great progress. at some point we will break the link between infections and severe infection, hospitalisation and death. it is a race against death. the thing to do is to ensure you follow the rules. the best way to stop this virus, the new variant, is to not allow social contact. it love social contact. it is the hardest thing, we love social interactions, but please remember thatis interactions, but please remember that is how the virus spreads. 37,000 people are still in hospital. follow the rules, we will get there

together and come out the other end much stronger in the summer and beyond. much stronger in the summer and be ond. ., . ~' much stronger in the summer and be ond. ., . ,, . beyond. you talk about the vaccine and our beyond. you talk about the vaccine and your qualifications _ beyond. you talk about the vaccine and your qualifications and - beyond. you talk about the vaccine and your qualifications and you - beyond. you talk about the vaccine and your qualifications and you are | and your qualifications and you are the vaccine minister. i would love to get detail on what we heard the health secretary talking about on supply of the vaccine. the word he used was tight. what did you mean and can you quantify that? how difficult is it to get hold of the pfizer vaccine? difficult is it to get hold of the pfizer vaccine ?_ difficult is it to get hold of the pfizer vaccine? absolutely. i pay tribute to pfizer _ pfizer vaccine? absolutely. i pay tribute to pfizer and _ pfizer vaccine? absolutely. i pay tribute to pfizer and the - pfizer vaccine? absolutely. i pay tribute to pfizer and the chief. tribute to pfizer and the chief executive who not only has committed to supply the united kingdom which i am confident they will do, but europe and the rest of the world because from day one when they started this journey, they talked about equitable supply to the world. astrazeneca and oxford supplying the whole world not—for—profit until the pandemic is over. both great companies doing the right thing and moderna, as well. i spoke to their chief executive yesterday. supplies are tight because they are new

manufacturing processes. i am a chemical engineer. any new vaccine manufacturing is going to have challenges. it is lumpy and bumpy. it gets better and improves going forward. . it gets better and improves going forward. , , . forward. viewers will understand that, but forward. viewers will understand that. but i _ forward. viewers will understand that, but | think— forward. viewers will understand that, but i think there _ forward. viewers will understand that, but i think there is - forward. viewers will understand that, but i think there is also - forward. viewers will understand that, but i think there is also a l that, but i think there is also a legitimate concern other countries in europe are now saying no, we will make that difficult for you to take it to the uk because we need it here. is it to the uk because we need it here. . . . it to the uk because we need it here. , ., ., , it to the uk because we need it here. , . . , . , , here. is that what is happening? i am confident _ here. is that what is happening? i am confident that _ here. is that what is happening? i am confident that for _ here. is that what is happening? i am confident that for pfizer, - here. is that what is happening? i | am confident that for pfizer, which is coming from europe, we will get our deliveries, as will the european union. . , ., our deliveries, as will the european union. . i. . our deliveries, as will the european union. . . . . , our deliveries, as will the european union. ., ., ., ., , ., union. have you had guarantees of that? i union. have you had guarantees of that? i am — union. have you had guarantees of that? i am very _ union. have you had guarantees of that? i am very confident. - union. have you had guarantees of that? i am very confident. the - union. have you had guarantees of| that? i am very confident. the team we talk to all— that? i am very confident. the team we talk to all the _ that? i am very confident. the team we talk to all the time _ that? i am very confident. the team we talk to all the time and - that? i am very confident. the team we talk to all the time and are - we talk to all the time and are confident they will deliver and astrazeneca, the bulk of astrazeneca oxford is manufactured in the uk because we made early investment in manufacturing capacity in the uk, which is also good news. i am

confident we will meet the mid—february target and keep vaccinating beyond that as we vaccinate the adult population, or those who will accept the vaccine, by the autumn. 85% of people say they will have a vaccine or are likely to have a vaccine, so i am confident we will meet our targets. 367 million vaccines from seven different manufacturers we have contracted with so i am confident. it is good to hear you are confident that you seem to say there have been no guarantees from pfizer the numbers will arrive. can you tell us how many doses have arrived? and how many we are still to get from pfizer? ~ , . , ., ., pfizer? we deliberately do not ublish pfizer? we deliberately do not publish and — pfizer? we deliberately do not publish and issue _ pfizer? we deliberately do not publish and issue or _ pfizer? we deliberately do not publish and issue or forecast, | publish and issue or forecast, because they move around. batches have to go through rigorous safety testing by the manufacturer and

regulator, mhra. iwent testing by the manufacturer and regulator, mhra. i went before the sign select committee and explained why we don't want to get into forecasting, because if i get it wrong because a batch fails, it will be headlines that we have not had that weekly delivery. i am confident, and i repeat that, because i think you are extrapolating from what i said, i am confident pfizer will deliver, as they will for us and the eu, and i am confident astrazeneca and moderna will deliver the three approved vaccines and as they come along we will get millions more in the weeks and months to come. i have every confidence we will do this. no one is safe until the whole world is safe which is why we are also the largest contributor to the global effort to vaccinate some of the poorest countries with £i.3 effort to vaccinate some of the poorest countries with £1.3 billion of commitment between covax and who and others. the thing to do now is not to go down the dead of vaccine

nationalism. it is to work together to ensure we protect people, that is my priority to protect the british people, to protect the uk, but also to protect the whole world, because no one is safe until we are all safe. its. no one is safe until we are all safe. �* u, , ., no one is safe until we are all safe. . , ., ., , safe. a couple of other things. the ro al safe. a couple of other things. the royal society _ safe. a couple of other things. the royal society of — safe. a couple of other things. the royal society of public _ safe. a couple of other things. the royal society of public health, - safe. a couple of other things. the royal society of public health, i i royal society of public health, i think they interviewed 2000 adults and 79% of white respondents said they would get the vaccine but only 57% of black and minority ethnic respondents said they would. are you recording ethnicity in those who take the vaccine, and how do you encourage those from a black and minority ethnic background to make sure take it?— minority ethnic background to make sure take it? yes, we are recording. we will soon — sure take it? yes, we are recording. we will soon publish _ sure take it? yes, we are recording. we will soon publish ethnicity - sure take it? yes, we are recording. we will soon publish ethnicity and l we will soon publish ethnicity and also by work type, because it is important that we focus on those communities that have vaccine

hesitancy. 85%, people on the ons survey saying they will very likely or most likely take a vaccine. the 15% does skew heavily toward bame communities, and we are working across government with a plan and strategy to deliver this through working with local government. we announced this week £23 million of local champions to identify the communities and community leaders who can take that vaccine confidence message to their friends, family, neighbours, community. really important work. i have been meeting community and faith leaders. this is important. thank you for asking the question because we need every community protected because until we are all protected, this virus will find someone to infect and that is what we need to stop.— what we need to stop. another ruestion what we need to stop. another question about _ what we need to stop. another question about schools - what we need to stop. another question about schools and - what we need to stop. another i question about schools and their return. you cannot give a definitive

answer but speculation today that the prime minister is desperate to get schools back before easter. is that a possibility? the get schools back before easter. is that a possibility?— that a possibility? the prime minister has _ that a possibility? the prime minister has made _ that a possibility? the prime minister has made it - that a possibility? the prime minister has made it a - that a possibility? the prime. minister has made it a priority schools are first to come back. we have seen encouraging data from public health england and the prime minister reviews the data all the time around primary schools, and infection rates lower among primary school children than secondary schools. it is five times higher in secondary schools. when we see the national infection rates continue to drop, we still have 37,000 people in hospital with covid, but when we get to a place where it can be... schools can safely reopen it will be the first thing we do, and we will give notice to teachers doing an amazing job as we speak, because they are open today because they are teaching children of the nhs front line who do an amazing job looking after covid patients and

vaccinating, and children who are vulnerable. we will give them two weeks to make sure they can prepare to get their schools open.— to get their schools open. nadhim zahawi, to get their schools open. nadhim zahawi. the _ to get their schools open. nadhim zahawi, the vaccine _ to get their schools open. nadhim zahawi, the vaccine minister, - to get their schools open. nadhim i zahawi, the vaccine minister, thank you. sally is here. not even 2a hours and they know who will replace frank lampard. you make a good point. we already know. good planning. you wonder how long ago they decided about thomas tuchel. he's the man who replaced jurgen klopp at borussia dortmund and now thomas tuchel is set to get the job of replacing frank lampard at chelsea. he was most recently in charge of paris saint germain where he won the french league title twice, and took them to the champions league final last season. he could be in the dugout for their match against wolves at stamford bridge tomorrow, but that's all dependent on tuchel returning two negative coronavirus tests. frank lampard had been

in the job forjust 18 months, but chelsea have struggled recently and are ninth in the league. there has been a lot of sympathy for lampard. his fellow managers know that, ultimately, results are all that matters. when the people talk about projects and ideas, it doesn't exist. you have to win, if not, you will be sacked. not the way we played, not about philosophy, this kind of thing, and the projects. so, you have to get results. you don't, you will be replaced for another manager. i'm always sad when a colleague loses hisjob. and, of course, frank is notjust a colleague, he is an important person in my career, so of course i feel sorry. but it's the brutality of football, especially the brutality of modern football. so when you become a manager, it's something that you have to know — that sooner or later is going to happen to you.

mourinho's current team tottenham came from behind last night to beat wycombe wanderers in the fa cup. gareth bale got their equaliser. the game looked like it was heading to extra time, but three goals in the last five minutes made it 4—1. spurs will play everton in the fifth round. sport england say they will invest another £50 million to help get people engaged and active again. the main focus will be grassroots organisations hit hard by the pandemic. their chief executive, tim hollingsworth, says it will be a vital part of the recovery. one thing sport and physical activity can be is part of the solution. it can be there for people's physical and mental health, and we think the strategy has the opportunity to create a real improvement in public health. and most important, what do we need to make sure it is in place for people over the next decade so when they want to play sport there is an

opportunity in their community and more important, it feels safe, inclusive and it feels fun. important to keep grassroots clubs going with so many struggling. thanks. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. you have a treat for us. i will ask where that is from and you probably do not know. it is one of our weather watchers. it is in kent. a beautiful sunrise. some of us of course have seen snow already this morning in the central lowlands and this was also an earlier weather watchers' picture. an icy start. looking at rain and snow in the forecast. that is because we have fronts coming in bringing rain as they engage with the colder air and ahead of them, that will turn to

snow. the cold air is represented by the blues, but as the fronts come in, they are dragging in milder conditions. first thing, the risk of ice almost anywhere. we have rain falling on frozen services, frozen snow, and more rain on the way and all around this it will be windy. it bumps into cold air and we will see it turning to snow. across the hills in north wales for example, and especially the pennines and hills in scotland. most of this will be on high ground but we could see some of it getting down to lower levels at times. in the grampians we could see, above 400 metres, as much as ten centimetres of snow. the milder air coming from the atlantic will mean it will be about 10 degrees in plymouth. through the evening and overnight, the weather front continues northwards and eastwards and then peters out. there will be

showers, wintry in scotland, quite a lot of cloud, and some breaks in the cloud but not as cold and night as recently. we head into tomorrow. the week where the front across parts of northern england and scotland will peter out, taking showers with it. we will be left with a lot of cloud. some showers coming in across the south. a northerly component in the winter. and then the next weather front waiting in the wings. temperatures are mild and for most. even in aberdeen, compared to the three, looking at five stop it will feel windy outside. wednesday into thursday, the weather front moves northwards and eastwards. as they engage with cold air, again we will see the rain turn readily to snow. mostly a hill feature in northern

england and scotland. to the north of that, cloudy, and to the south, cloudy with some breaks. temperatures ii—i2. but 3—4 in the north—east. and you have probably noticed the next weather front is waiting to do exactly the same. thanks. we're continuing our regular lockdown life series now, where we enlist the help of some familiar faces for advice and ideas to get through this latest coronavirus lockdown. this morning, we're speaking to trainer and performance coach harry jameson, whose clients include the prime minister borisjohnson. good morning. how are you doing? i imagine you are up and raring to go. up imagine you are up and raring to go. up and raring to go. i have two small children who make sure i am at the ready to go every day. i am alwa s the ready to go every day. i am always fascinated _ the ready to go every day. i am always fascinated how -

the ready to go every day. i am always fascinated how you - the ready to go every day. i am always fascinated how you stop kids coming in on the video goal. hesse coming in on the video goal. have ou coming in on the video goal. have you locked — coming in on the video goal. have you locked the — coming in on the video goal. have you locked the door? _ coming in on the video goal. have you locked the door? there - coming in on the video goal. fi—e: you locked the door? there is some serious barricading going on behind the door. there is a two and a half year old determined to make a tv appearance. i year old determined to make a tv appearance-— appearance. i am not sure we will see him. appearance. i am not sure we will see him- we _ appearance. i am not sure we will see him. we do _ appearance. i am not sure we will see him. we do not _ appearance. i am not sure we will see him. we do not mind. - appearance. i am not sure we will see him. we do not mind. it - appearance. i am not sure we will see him. we do not mind. it is i appearance. i am not sure we will. see him. we do not mind. it is part of life. lockdown three, how have you found it? you deal with a lot of different clients, what is the feeling? i different clients, what is the feelin: ? ~ ., feeling? i think the feeling for everybody _ feeling? i think the feeling for everybody is _ feeling? i think the feeling for everybody is that _ feeling? i think the feeling for everybody is that it _ feeling? i think the feeling for everybody is that it is - feeling? i think the feeling for everybody is that it is more i everybody is that it is more challenging this time. we felt we had got over the hurdle and for some reason the new year seemed like it would be a fresh slate. january came with a new set of restrictions that everybody found challenging. people have become cognisant of the fact, however, which is a positive, that we cannot react to our health any more, we have protect it. we have always had a reactive model of health care in the western world. we

waited for things to go wrong with us. now i feel there is a consensus we can do things every day that will help to protectors. in terms of elevated thought process when it comes to health and wellbeing, that has been a positive. abs, comes to health and wellbeing, that has been a positive.— has been a positive. a favourite sub'ect has been a positive. a favourite subject here — has been a positive. a favourite subject here is _ has been a positive. a favourite subject here is sleep. _ has been a positive. a favourite subject here is sleep. how- has been a positive. a favourite - subject here is sleep. how essential do you think that is to what we are going through? it is do you think that is to what we are going through?— do you think that is to what we are going through? it is key. the most imortant going through? it is key. the most important form — going through? it is key. the most important form of _ going through? it is key. the most important form of recovery - going through? it is key. the most important form of recovery we - going through? it is key. the most important form of recovery we will| important form of recovery we will get. i think we are seeing elevated levels of stress. stress and anxiety affects us all, it does not matter where you sit on the spectrum in society, whether you are running a massive business, a household, which i would argue is more stressful. our bodies physiologically respond in the same way. when there is a perceived threat, our bodies shut down. we go into fight or flight mode. adrenaline and cortisol are

released, the stress hormones, shutting down digestion and impairing the quality of sleep we are able to get. it is a vicious cycle, with more stress, less sleep and you need sleep to recover from stress. it can tumble like that, as well as people having children, disrupted work patterns. there is a lot to deal with. but trying to take steps to optimise quality and duration of sleep is a smart move. we saw a picture of you with the prime minister. how do you deal with someone like him, like the rest of us? ., ., , ., us? how does it work? the physiological _ us? how does it work? the physiological responses - us? how does it work? the physiological responses to | us? how does it work? the . physiological responses to this environment are universal. my wife is in there breast—feeding a newborn baby that has an enormous amount of stress and pressure attached, to somebody who is trying to do something may be from a business perspective, leadership perspective

on the bigger scale. the laws of wellbeing are universal. if you can spend time breathing, spend some time... i do notjust mean in and out but focused breathing, meditative work. doing some decent cardio every day. if you can reduce the amount of processed food you eat. these rules are universal and will help mental and physical wellbeing. it is not one rule for one and another for others when it comes to health. taste one and another for others when it comes to health.— one and another for others when it comes to health. we saw a picture of ou with comes to health. we saw a picture of you with the — comes to health. we saw a picture of you with the prime _ comes to health. we saw a picture of you with the prime minister. - comes to health. we saw a picture of you with the prime minister. when i comes to health. we saw a picture of you with the prime minister. when it| you with the prime minister. when it comes to clients you deal with, do you do video calls, send e—mails, texts to get them to do exercises they need to do? how does that interaction work particularly with a man who has quite a bit on his plate? man who has quite a bit on his late? ~ . man who has quite a bit on his late? . ., ., man who has quite a bit on his late? ~ ., ., ., .,, ,, man who has quite a bit on his late? ., ., ., .,, ,, ., , plate? we have to adapt, like any business. the _ plate? we have to adapt, like any business. the health _ plate? we have to adapt, like any business. the health and - plate? we have to adapt, like any. business. the health and wellbeing industry has been hit incredibly hard. like the hospitality industry. we have had to adapt, do video

calls, and we are permitted to meet outside for an hour of exercise. it is a challenge. it is not as it was, it is not as easy as turning up to the gym and putting someone through a session but i am not alone in having to find new ways to adapt to train clients. abs, having to find new ways to adapt to train clients.— train clients. a lot of people will be in a similar— train clients. a lot of people will be in a similar position, - train clients. a lot of people will be in a similar position, with - be in a similar position, with children, you have a full house, you are running the house, doing your job at the same time. you have ten minutes to spare, what should we do? ten minutes to spare. ok, for me, mobility and mindfulness have been the most effective things in terms of value. breathing technique is to breathe in through your nose four microseconds and a long exhalation through your mouth, eight seconds. anecdotally it is the same technique my wife used when we had our second

baby. four inn, eight seconds out. she managed to have a baby with two paracetamol and ten minutes of gas and air, so that is an interesting way to think how that lowered her stress and anxiety probably in the most stressful thing any of us will go through. lowering stress, a ten minute breathing exercise. you can start with one minute of doing that and it will have an amazing effect on the next one, two hours of your day. if you have more time, mobility and joint health. spending time stretching. we are running out the front door and running back are not taking enough time to prepare to train. breathing and mobility would be the two things i would squeeze into the ten minutes.— be the two things i would squeeze into the ten minutes. while you have been talking. — into the ten minutes. while you have been talking, both _ into the ten minutes. while you have been talking, both of _ into the ten minutes. while you have been talking, both of us _ into the ten minutes. while you have been talking, both of us have - into the ten minutes. while you have been talking, both of us have been i been talking, both of us have been doing that breathing and i notice we are much calmer. we will let you get

back to yourfamily. are much calmer. we will let you get back to your family. thanks. four microseconds breathing in, eight seconds out. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. a row over covid vaccine supplies as the eu threatens controls on exports from europe but the vaccine minister tells breakfast there's no

cause for concern. i'm very confident, the team we have talked to all the time, they are confident they can deliver to us. going nowhere — a decision expected today on hotel quarantine for british citizens returning home. unemployment hits 5%. 1.72 million people were out of work in the three months to the end of november. experts say many more will follow. thomas tuchel is set to be named chelsea's new boss. the former psg and dortmund coach is being lined up to replace frank lampard at stamford bridge. what's your underpants of choice? just, like boxer briefs. boxer? _ and comedian rhod gilbert tells us about his mission to get men to open up about infertility. a cold start to the day once again with the risk of ice and untreated surfaces. rain coming in with the west will engage with colder air

further north and deposit some snow but mulder conditions behind. —— milder conditions. it's tuesday 26th january. our top story. in the last half an hour the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi has said he's confident the uk will get its full supply of coronavirus vaccine, after the eu warned it would tighten exports of doses. let's get more on this now, we can speak now to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. good morning. it is quite interesting, the whole background to this and what is going on in various countries across europe. yes. this and what is going on in various countries across europe.— countries across europe. yes, the reason this _ countries across europe. yes, the reason this is _ countries across europe. yes, the reason this is happening - countries across europe. yes, the reason this is happening is - countries across europe. yes, the i reason this is happening is because the vaccine roll—out in the eu is going much more slowly than they would like. they also think that astrazeneca is going to give them far fewer doses over the next few weeks and months than they were expecting. so there has been a series of quite bad—tempered phone calls between the european commission, who have been buying the

vaccines, and the drug company. in one of the spin offs of that is the eu is thinking about getting european vaccine manufacturers to have to report when they are going to send vaccines out of the eu, and export them abroad. that would not affect the uk supply of the astrazeneca vaccine because that is made in oxfordshire and staffordshire and north wales. where it could affect the uk is supplies of the pfizer vaccine which are made in belgium. but the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi said we should all relax because he does not think it is a problem. i’m should all relax because he does not think it is a problem.— think it is a problem. i'm very confident _ think it is a problem. i'm very confident that _ think it is a problem. i'm very confident that they _ think it is a problem. i'm very confident that they will - think it is a problem. i'm very| confident that they will deliver think it is a problem. i'm very - confident that they will deliver for us. astrazeneca, the bulk of astrazeneca oxford is manufactured in the _ astrazeneca oxford is manufactured in the uk _ astrazeneca oxford is manufactured in the uk because we made that early investment— in the uk because we made that early investment in manufacturing capacity investment in manufacturing capacity in the _ investment in manufacturing capacity in the uk _ investment in manufacturing capacity in the uk which is also good news. i'm confident we will meet our mid—february target and then keep vaccinating beyond that as we vaccinate _ vaccinating beyond that as we vaccinate the whole of the adult

population or those who will accept the vaccine by the autumn. if population or those who will accept the vaccine by the autumn.- the vaccine by the autumn. if you read what — the vaccine by the autumn. if you read what the _ the vaccine by the autumn. if you read what the eu _ the vaccine by the autumn. if you read what the eu is _ the vaccine by the autumn. if you read what the eu is saying - read what the eu is saying carefully, which i like to do, they are talking about firms reporting what they are doing with their exports. that isn't the same as saying they have to get permission before the exports happen. so this could be more of a speed bump rather than a roadblock. trier? could be more of a speed bump rather than a roadblock.— than a roadblock. very interesting to hear. than a roadblock. very interesting to hear- we _ than a roadblock. very interesting to hear. we know— than a roadblock. very interesting to hear. we know you _ than a roadblock. very interesting to hear. we know you love - than a roadblock. very interesting to hear. we know you love your i to hear. we know you love your european details. thank you. new travel restrictions are expected to be announced which will require some travellers coming to england to quarantine in hotels when they arrive. the prime minister is due to discuss the plans with ministers later. the new measures are likely to apply to uk residents arriving from high—risk countries such as south africa. it comes amid concerns about new coronavirus variants. the unemployment rate in the uk has risen to 5% for the the first time in nearly half a decade. let's get more on this with nina. nina?

these are the figures for the three months to the end of november. we learned today that in that period unemployment hit 5% that is a rise and translates to 1.72 million people out of work. what about benefits claimants? that went up to to 2.6 million. keep in mind that pre—pandemic that was 1.2 million in march. that was an interesting period. a real mixed picture. tier systems, we went in to national lockdown in november but also development of a vaccine, the extension of furlough, and hope of a normalish christmas gave some space for optimism. but then came a rise in the r number, a national lockdown we are in now and experts say things will get worse before they et better before they get better. the furlough period is disguising some of thosejobs.

the furlough period is disguising some of those jobs. the age of people who are being made redundant is going up, it had been under 25 and now it is under 35, so more stablejobs are now and now it is under 35, so more stable jobs are now going. the formal process of putting the former us president donald trump on trial has begun after democrats from the house of representatives delivered an article of impeachment against him. mr trump is charged with inciting insurrection after a number of his supporters stormed congress earlier this month, resulting in the deaths of five people. the trial is due to begin in two weeks' time. for a second night running, police in the netherlands have clashed with protesters defying a nine—pm curfew introduced to battle the coronavirus. protesters lit fires in the hague, while in amsterdam several arrests were made. the violence the night before was described by dutch police as the worst unrest in four decades. the holiday firm hays travel has announced plans for the closure of 89 of its stores, following a review into its take—over of thomas cook.

the sunderland—based company, which has 535 shops nationwide has not confirmed the locations affected, but said staff would be offered alternative work options to minimise redundancies. a spokeswoman said lockdowns and travel bans had forced them to act. scientists in argentina have found fossils of what could be the largest dinosaur to ever roam the planet. this is the colossal titanosaur. the remains were first discovered in 2012, but experts have only recently realised the significance of the discovery. it's thought the skeleton belonged to a huge 40—tonne herbivore that would have towered over other dinosaurs 98—million years ago. it looks amazing even like that. let's have a look at some pictures now that are bound to put a smile on your face. this is fu bao, the first panda cub to be born in south korea.

obviously very fond of her keeper there. ouch! these adorable images of her have gone viral with millions of views worldwide. fu bao is believed to be about six months old and her parents arrived in korea in 2016 as part of china's "panda diplomacy". he likes a bit of leg. she does. how do ou he likes a bit of leg. she does. how do you sex — he likes a bit of leg. she does. how do you sex a — he likes a bit of leg. she does. how do you sex a panda? _ he likes a bit of leg. she does. how do you sex a panda? not _ he likes a bit of leg. she does. how do you sex a panda? not today. - he likes a bit of leg. she does. how. do you sex a panda? not today. save us, carol! she is gorgeous, i am notjust talking about louise, i'm talking about the panda! it is an icy start for most of us this morning so bear that in mind if you are going out. there is some snow and rain into the forecast, the rain coming in from the west. steadily pushing north and east, as it is engaging to cold air, it will

turn into snow. it will be mostly higher ground but lower levels at times. around the band of rain it will be windy, moving north and east through the day. don't forget the hell snow across parts of wales, the peak district, —— the hill snow. also the scottish hills as well. in the grampians above 100 metres, there could be a further ten centimetres of fresh snow during the day. eventually the rain makes its way to kent, behind it, a fair bit of cloud but to me just a little higher than they have been. we are still in arctic air in the north—east, though, three degrees in aberdeen. the weather front will be migrating north and it was during the night, some wintriness for a time in scotland. a fair bit of

cloud with breaks here and there but not as cold of the night as recent nights, certainly not in plymouth, overwrite it is 9 degrees. as we head through tomorrow, —— overnight 9 degrees. as we head through tomorrow, some showers fading but then clearer skies, brighter weather. the latest coronavirus infection rates could offer a glimmer of hope that things may be starting to improve, but hospitals are still looking after nearly 38,000 covid patients. away from london and the south east of england, many say their in—patient peak may be yet to come, perhaps early next month. the bbc�*s health editor hugh pym has been to kings mill hospital in mansfield, part of sherwood forest hospitals trust, and sent this report. people need to know it is not a game. it is frightening.

barbara lived with cancer before it went into retreat. they're brilliant, lovely nurses. then she was struck by covid. she was keen to get this message across. just wear your mask and wash your hands. that's all it is, isn't it? that's all they've got to do. i think it was last wednesday when i came in, i think, i don't remember. going in? no - along the corridor is paul who is 53 and considers himself fit. he's over the worst now but he says it was a frightening experience. yeah, i fought it for about five or six days. at home? at home, ijust couldn't cope any longer. much of this floor of the hospital has always housed wards for those with respiratory conditions. and now they've been expanded with room for nearly 100 patients in bays and cubicles. almost all of them with covid. from experience i can tell you that

i'm seeing more sicker patients this time than i saw in the first wave. umar is a doctor in a&e. he says there's been a huge influx of covid patients. in both his professional and personal life he's seen the savage impact of the virus. when we come to work, we've got to shut down everything else is going on at home. we've got to focus on our patients but i can tell you from experience my parents have got covid, my mother—in—law is in icu at the moment, i just lost some very dear family relatives of the covid. so when you see these patients in the hospital, itjust gives you that flashback as well. but you have got to shut that down and you've got to continue looking after your patients as best as you can. after every patient is seen, diane and her colleagues have to deep clean the cubicles, floors, walls and surfaces. she is on the covid front line as much as anyone. can't see no end to it, to be fair. and i think if you could see the light at the end of the tunnel,

and somebody to say, it's going to turn off, then that would be brilliant. but we're soldiering on and we're trying very, very best to work as hard as we possibly can. how do you feel personally sometimes? me? upset, i go home and sometimes i could just sit and cry. it'sjust because it's demanding at the moment. machines beeping. this isn't a big city teaching hospital so covid puts even more of a strain on resources. they've had to triple the number of intensive care beds, including converting a former children's recovery area. jen is a nurse who's been redeployed from another role to help out. i've been a nurse, i've been a nurse for 21 years. some of the shifts that i have had are the toughest that i've ever had,

in particular one night shift that i had last week was one of the worst shifts i've ever had in 21 years in nursing. it was really sad, seeing the patients that we have die. the family members that couldn't be here. at times, the hospital turns to others for support. we are at a stage where the ongoing provision of safe services may be compromised. we are already supported by the east midlands network and also further afield by transferring patients out which is something we do rarely in normal times. please, we need you to use some of their beds. i've got quite a few discharges, it looks like there's two now and ten later if that's correct. at regular bed meetings throughout the day, theyjuggle the constant flow of patients and they know there are more to come. we will see the peak in the east midlands in about early february. we know that our hospitals are incredibly busy at the moment, the rate of covid continues to be out of control in the community, and that's a clear indicator

of where we think we will be in two to three weeks' time. are you ready? there are signs of hope in the hospital. a trial of a 24/7 vaccination centre has proved popular with nhs and care staff, getting theirjabs after changing shift. you've got to have a sticker! all right? yeah. and in the maternity unit, life goes on. new life with sam cuddling her new baby son oliver. it is good to see that there is still positives coming out in such a horrible time where all you see is the doom and gloom and the figures and all the deaths and everything like that. there is still, there's happiness out there. so it is difficult because we are not able to see family and things, but we've just welcomed a new little person into the world and, you know, it is a nice time for us, it's a happy time.

it's something to be celebrated. while there is hope, there is also sadness. barbara died yesterday. her family were keen for us to use her interview to warn of the serious consequences of covid. that report was from our health editor hugh pym, camera journalist harriet bradshaw and producer dominic hurst. hugh joins us now. good to see you, i know her family particularly wanted her to be mentioned in your report. you really get a sense of the impact this is having on families.— having on families. yes, i would like to thank— having on families. yes, i would like to thank you _ having on families. yes, i would like to thank you very _ having on families. yes, i would like to thank you very much - like to thank you very much barbara's family. very bravely for saying that they wanted her interview to go out, they wanted the message to be got across about how vicious this virus is, how dangerous it is and how important it is for everyone to follow the rules and to follow the guidelines. we can only thank them for that. the message is, there are some very tragic stories

like that. the staff are working extremely hard. the key point that comes across is that there may be nationally sort of levelling off of the numbers in hospitals, daily admissions may be falling in some areas, but certainly not in the east midlands and some of the areas outside london. they expect the peak in terms of overall patient numbers needing covid care to carry on going up needing covid care to carry on going up into next week and beyond, so the pressure is really still on. what up into next week and beyond, so the pressure is really still on.— pressure is really still on. what do ou think pressure is really still on. what do you think will _ pressure is really still on. what do you think will be _ pressure is really still on. what do you think will be your _ pressure is really still on. what do you think will be your main - pressure is really still on. what do you think will be your main take i you think will be your main take away from your time spent in kings mill hospital?— mill hospital? huge admiration for the staff working _ mill hospital? huge admiration for the staff working in _ mill hospital? huge admiration for the staff working in these - the staff working in these circumstances. and just seeing that they are carrying on doing it, week in, week out, having been really on this covid pandemic, they have been focused on it for nearly a year now. as the chief executive said to me at

one point, it is all very well having new beds and setting up extra intensive care facilities, but if you haven't got the staff to work with them, then that's not really very helpful. i think they are concerned, the management, about staff morale and staff burn—out and stress and how they just staff morale and staff burn—out and stress and how theyjust keep on going. because patients need quite long term care with covid and patient numbers in hospitals will remain pretty high for some time to come. we do hear these uplifting stories as well, for example, samantha, her baby oliver, normal life goes on. i think there was a message that people wanted to get across as well. she came in and had her third baby and was praising the staff and saying, well, that is something positive among some generally quite gloomy news. i paras generally quite gloomy news. i was 'ust generally quite gloomy news. i was just watching _ generally quite gloomy news. i was just watching that _ generally quite gloomy news. i was just watching that little _ generally quite gloomy news. i was just watching that little baby thinking exactly the same. we love

talking to you on breakfast about the vaccine and when we might start to see the number of people vaccinated and that having an impact on hospital admissions. you vaccinated and that having an impact on hospital admissions.— on hospital admissions. you listen to senior health _ on hospital admissions. you listen to senior health officials _ on hospital admissions. you listen to senior health officials and - on hospital admissions. you listen to senior health officials and they | to senior health officials and they are putting a note of caution out that if you have had your firstjab, it doesn't give you a license to go out and lead a normal life again. you need to be very careful. you could have had yourjab and still have the virus which is transmissible even though you don't get sick. there is a delayed impact, cases certainly do seem to be levelling off, new cases are coming down in different areas but there is a delay to hospital admissions because it can take a couple of weeks to get seriously ill and may be another week or so before someone ends up in intensive care. i think those numbers and that very tragic daily death number will not really start coming down rapidly for a little while. if you look at the

numbers who have had that firstjab, it keeps on going out. 2.5 million in the last week, and ministers saying they are on course for the target of the middle of february, all the four target groups, over 70 and the clinically vulnerable medical conditions, and nhs and care workers, to have that first dose. this seems to be the week where we will pass that awful figure of 100,000 deaths in the uk. you have been covering this from the start of it. can you even get your head around that figure, bearing in mind what we were thinking about back in february and march of 2020? it is hard to get _ february and march of 2020? it is hard to get your — february and march of 2020? it 3 hard to get your head around figure of 100,000 deaths. hard to get your head around figure of100,000 deaths. i remember hard to get your head around figure of 100,000 deaths. i remember early on that sir patrick vallance said that anything less than 20,000 deaths would be a good outcome and at that time 20,000 seem like a lot.

very sadly, it is relative to the population, one of the highest death figures of any leading nation, and the highest of leading european countries. so it will be very difficult coming to terms with that number. and we will get more data today and tomorrow telling us exactly where that has got to. it does take a little bit ofjust getting your head round, just quite how serious the death toll has been. but one of the slight positives, looking at how things are going in a hospital like a kings mill in mansfield and other intensive care units, is the nhs and doctors and nurses are getting better at treating people in hospitals, there are drugs and therapies. the death rate in hospitals has fallen. that is something looking forward but even so it is a very sobering figure and quite something when that figure is reached. . ~

and quite something when that figure is reached. ., ,, , ., ,., and quite something when that figure is reached. ., ,, i. ,., . and quite something when that figure is reached. ., ,, i. . ., is reached. thank you so much for your time this _ is reached. thank you so much for your time this morning. _ as the uk approaches the heartbreaking total of 100,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, the impact of covid—i9 continues to be felt by the families of the victims, but also those who help support them as they prepare to say goodbye. for funeral directors, it's been an exhausting and emotional 12 months, as tim muffett has been finding out. west malling in kent and an extra delivery of coffins to keep up with demand. normally, we would have a larger sort of 20, maybe 30 empty coffins being delivered here, but because of the levels that we have seen, we have had to have more frequent deliveries. i have been in the profession for over 20 years and i have never experienced anything like this before. viner & sons was established in 1777. right now, it's conducting twice as many funerals as normal for this time of year. covid cases i would say are around 80% of the deceased that we are dealing with. it has been a struggle for us.

we are dealing with bereaved families in general, anyway, and when you are under such circumstances, covid, itjust heightens everything, it heightens emotions and, as much as we are here to deal with that, obviously, we can't help but get involved with families' emotions, as well. vinters park crematorium in maidstone and the funeral of 86—year—old beryl hook. my mum was a lovely lady. she gave birth to me and brought me up. i could not fault her. she was very generous, very caring. what else can i say, really, she was my mum. already, lam missing her. unfortunately, she contracted covid in hospital and, sadly, within a week, she passed away. it's extremely frustrating, because obviously we could not go and see her when she was conscious, still, in the hospital. we have come here today

and it still does not feel like you have had proper closure. because there was no contact from her going into hospital, to the death, to the funeral. before, we could do five or six a week. i we are now over that, 12—15 a week. how draining is that for you and your colleagues? emotionally, very draining. when we have to deal - with families coming into us. but physically, as well. it's a very manualjob, a very hands—onjob. i this sort of profession has been taboo for many years. _ i but i think that it is quite sad. that something like this has had to bring it to the forefront. of course, a lot of friends and family members aren't allowed to attend funerals at the moment, so many of them are looking for other ways to remember loved ones. charlotte is helping the business provide people with other ways to grieve. at the moment, it's particularly crucial, because a lot of people aren't attending a funeral and cannot say goodbye to their loved ones. so we are finding there is a real issue entering the grief process.

so we have jewellery here, for example, that can house the ashes of your loved one. we also work closely with a company that turns ashes into diamonds. it is a real diamond. it is made from the carbon from ashes. meanwhile, arrangements for another funeral are under way. there are families that haven't seen their loved ones, they have been in care homes, in hospitals. and we are just doing our best and what we can to look after them. i think exactly that. it is just very sad that when you have to tell people that no, they cannot actually have all the people they want to attend a service, and, no, sorry, you cannot actually carry your loved one in, strangers are carrying them. with every death comes the need for another funeral. for companies like this, these are busy but emotionally draining times.

we know there is some pretty grim news around at the moment but also before now and 9:15am, we are catching up on morning live, and also talking about your lockdown haircuts and your tragic mistakes that you have had over the coming weeks. �* . that you have had over the coming weeks. 3 that you have had over the coming weeks. �*, ., ., ., weeks. let's look forward to those. let's celebrate _ weeks. let's look forward to those. let's celebrate our _ weeks. let's look forward to those. let's celebrate our rubbish - weeks. let's look forward to those. let's celebrate our rubbish in - weeks. let's look forward to those. let's celebrate our rubbish in s. - time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london and bbc south east today police are appealing for information after a teenage boy died after he was stabbed, in north london. officers were called to holland walk in archway at about 5.30 yesterday evening. despite efforts from paramedics and air ambulance staff to save him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

with hospitals in kent under huge pressure at the moment, a local charity has opened its doors to end—of—life patients with covid—19. hospice in the weald has made 14 beds available for those dying with the virus, to help reduce the number of patients being transferred across the country to other hospitals. the charity says it hopes it will mean more comfortable deaths for those at the end of their lives. we want to be clear that we've got capacity, we've got beds, we've got staff, and we are allowing visitors to see those patients, and that we want to help our colleagues in the nhs. skin cancer rates have rocketed, according to a new study by brighton and sussex medical school. it's now the fifth most common cancer in the uk. cases have risen by 250% in women in recent decades, but they've risen by double that rate in men. the study analysed more than 265,000 patients.

the pandemic is affecting every aspect of life and death. during the first lockdown, the bbc followed a south london funeral company as they tried to cope with the spike in people dying. ten months later, they say they're now taking bookings for march, and the backlog is worse than ever. beforehand, we could possibly be collecting four, but they would probably be from four different hospitals. and that would be it for the day and then maybe a couple of coffin—onlys later. but now, it's, as i said before, you can collect four, come back, reload, do another four. the photographer rankin has put on an exhibition that celebrates former refugees who are now key workers during the pandemic. entitled leave home, save lives, one of those featured is a man who settled in london after seeking asylum from iran. he's now working as a covid tester. now time for a check on the weather here's elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning.

it is set to turn milder and more unsettled this week across london and the south east and the changes start happening from today. it is certainly a cold and frosty start. temperatures are a couple of degrees below freezing for most parts. watch out for icy stretches through the morning in places. there will be hazy sunshine, particularly out towards eastern areas, that will last the longest, but the cloud is set to thicken as we head through the morning, from the west, and eventually there will be outbreaks of rain moving eastwards. this rain not particularly heavy, but it will carry on as we head towards the end of the day. top temperatures rising into mid single figures generally. some milder air coming through with the weather fronts. overnight, the rain is set to clear eastwards and it will turn drier. it is a frost—free start to wednesday. wednesday is looking dry. there will be plenty of cloud, more rain on wednesday night, double figures by the time we get to thursday. that's it from me for now. i'll be backjust after 9.

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in black ice? we have a device that could save your life. and we have advice to cut down on food waste. i have incredible tips on how to save your food have incredible tips on how to save yourfood including have incredible tips on how to save your food including why a have incredible tips on how to save yourfood including why a pair of tights will extend the life of one of our most used vegetables. did she sa tiihts of our most used vegetables. did she say tights and — of our most used vegetables. did she say tights and vegetables? _ of our most used vegetables. did she say tights and vegetables? if - of our most used vegetables. did she say tights and vegetables? if you - say tights and vegetables? if you have a question for either, send them in right now. strictly fitness regime kicked off yesterday in spectacular style and i am referring to this. this morning it is the return of the brilliant janette manrara. we will see estate after breakfast. brea kfast. ca n breakfast. can i give you a question for the programme? how do you stop labradors eating socks? you can tell me later, is fine. is it quick? socks, keep them in your cupboard!

that of course is a very good idea. the dog all the socks? definitely the socks. your question was answered. that is what you should do with your sucks. we've been speaking about a big rise in unemployment this morning. we got the figures at 7am. it is part of a worrying incremental increase in people out of work. these are the figures for september, october and november last year. think back. we started that period in tier systems. we moved into a national lockdown. but we were hoping that after christmas, a newly approved vaccine would mean some return to normal. we were wrong, but there were causes for cautious optimism but despite that, the job losses kept coming. over that period 5% of people were out of work. up slightly from 4.9%

and translating to 1.72 million unemployed. today's figures also reflect an increase in the number of people claiming benefit in one or more capacity. last month 2.6 million people. compare that to march, when it was 1.2 million. a big leap. for some of those people it is their first time navigating that system. we've been speaking with abbie who hadn't stopped working in retail since graduating — until september that is. and to andrea. two weeks ago she lost a job when the company she's been with for 25 years. i thought we would be closed a couple of months and we would be back up and running. i was upset because i felt as though i was losing a lot, because it had been dear to me. i am having to apply for benefits. i am trying to keep my

flat on. it is hard to feel there is no salary coming in and you have bills to pay. i no salary coming in and you have bills to pay-— bills to pay. i would say i have robabl bills to pay. i would say i have probably sent _ bills to pay. i would say i have probably sent off _ bills to pay. i would say i have probably sent off 30-40 - bills to pay. i would say i have - probably sent off 30-40 applications probably sent off 30—40 applications in the _ probably sent off 30—40 applications in the past _ probably sent off 30—40 applications in the past six months, the majority of which _ in the past six months, the majority of which it— in the past six months, the majority of which it goes into the abyss and you never— of which it goes into the abyss and you never hear a word, not even an an e-mail_ you never hear a word, not even an an e-mail to— you never hear a word, not even an an e—mail to say they have got it because — an e—mail to say they have got it because there are so many applications to go through and it is competitive. let's get more reaction to those latest figures from james reed — the boss of reed recruitment. andrea, 25 years with the same company heading into a crowded job market, presumably feeling intimidated. what is your advice to her and others like her? it is touch. her and others like her? it is tough- it— her and others like her? it is tough- it is— her and others like her? it is tough. it is a _ her and others like her? it is tough. it is a very _ herand others like her? it s tough. it is a very tough situation tough. it is a very tough situation to find yourself in after 25 years working at the same company. i would like to extend hope to andrea and others in her situation because there are more jobs coming others in her situation because

there are morejobs coming online. we saw last week for the first time in a year—and—a—half there were more jobs on our website than a year ago and i think that is significant. there arejobs coming and i think that is significant. there are jobs coming online and more opportunities. people have shown incredible flexibility and resilience, because they have changed sectors, learned new skills, and there are opportunities to do that and go online and find out things you might be interested in. give us a clue as to where the areas of growth are. we have seen contraction in retail. where is the growth? are the numbers near the same as the losses? the growth? are the numbers near the same as the losses?— same as the losses? the growth is comini same as the losses? the growth is coming through — same as the losses? the growth is coming through now. _ same as the losses? the growth is coming through now. the - same as the losses? the growth is coming through now. the losses i coming through now. the losses occurred in the past year and have been severe. we have this creeping rise in unemployment that is worrying. there is opportunity in social care, opportunities in customer service, construction, technology and education. those areas we have seen consistent and steady growth. the people have

transferable skills, people working in retail are excellent at dealing with people. if you have a chance to think about your transferable skills, you will suddenly see other opportunities open up.— skills, you will suddenly see other opportunities open up. somebody who works in retail— opportunities open up. somebody who works in retail might _ opportunities open up. somebody who works in retail might be _ opportunities open up. somebody who works in retail might be pivoting - works in retail might be pivoting toward social care, education, they might find that difficult because it is a massive change. i might find that difficult because it is a massive change.— is a massive change. i think it is important _ is a massive change. i think it is important to _ is a massive change. i think it is important to do _ is a massive change. i think it is important to do a _ is a massive change. i think it is important to do a job _ is a massive change. i think it is important to do a job you - is a massive change. i think it is important to do a job you want i is a massive change. i think it is. important to do a job you want to is a massive change. i think it is - important to do a job you want to do and enjoy and to reflect upon what motivates you and makes you get up in the morning and feel you want to go out to work. it is important to find a job that suits you. that is a deeply personal thing. i would say to people who have worked in retail, they have many skills. we have hired many people into our business from retail who have many skills that make them desirable to all sorts of employers. make them desirable to all sorts of emlo ers. , ,., employers. sometimes it is about confidence and _ employers. sometimes it is about confidence and believing - employers. sometimes it is about confidence and believing in - employers. sometimes it is about confidence and believing in the i confidence and believing in the skills you have attained. the

numbers suggest the under 355 are taking a hit in the latest round of redundancies. how worried should we be there are more permanentjobs going for good as opposed to those in hospitality that might be more transient? . . in hospitality that might be more transient? , ., ., ., ., transient? there is a huge amount of chance transient? there is a huge amount of change going — transient? there is a huge amount of change going on _ transient? there is a huge amount of change going on and _ transient? there is a huge amount of change going on and as _ transient? there is a huge amount of change going on and as jobs - transient? there is a huge amount of change going on and as jobs are - change going on and as jobs are disappearing, new ones are appearing. it seems to have affected the youngest and oldest in the workforce the most. it is important to keep ears and eyes open for new opportunities because what is next is a big open question. we see new jobs come online, a lot of them related to the pandemic. a lot of them related specifically to the vaccination programme. so there are opportunities that would have not existed a few weeks ago. keep eyes and is open and go online to look at courses and opportunities to learn new skills, many which are free. james highlighting there are areas

of growth, but it is not always easy if you have spent decades in one career, moving into another area can be difficult. thejob market career, moving into another area can be difficult. the job market is swamped and the reality is 10 millionjobs have been furloughed and in the coming months thatjob market will get more tricky. ido i do not think i have had enough of carol my life this morning. some of us have had fabulous sunrises this morning as you can see in county durham but others have a cold start. today we weather fronts moving from the south—west to the north and east bringing rain. as they engage with colder conditions readily turning to snow. some have seen snow this morning and there is more to come. around the rain it will be windy. in wales, on the hills, the pennines,

the scottish hills, you can expect snow. we have had some in the central lowlands already. it is a cold start and also icy. the band have rain pushes northwards and eastwards. across the pennines and the scottish hills in particular we will see the snow, most of it on higher ground. above 400 metres, we are going to have ten centimetres of fresh snow in the grampians. behind that, a lot of cloud. some showers. temperatures, 10 degrees, a while since we have seen anywhere in the uk at that level. but still in arctic air across parts of the north and east so temperatures here are considerably lower. overnight, the weather front moves northwards and eastwards and with it will bring rain and wintry showers, most of which will fade. showers across wales. not as cold tonight as

recently. most staying in double figures. as we head through tomorrow, we have remnants of the weather front that will fade, taking showers and sleet and snow with it. cloudy and thick enough for showers here and there but that is the exception. by the end of the day, a weather front and the south west bringing rain. temperatures are up, evenin bringing rain. temperatures are up, even in aberdeen. thursday, we do it all over again with more rain from the south—west engaging with colder air across the north of england and scotland, producing largely hill snow. behind it, brighterskies. 12 degrees in the south by thursday. only 4 degrees in aberdeen. and we see a change in the wind direction. friday, more snow especially in the hills, in scotland and northern england, and the weather front

moving south, getting weaker as it does so. and then we have the next weather front bringing in does so. and then we have the next weatherfront bringing in more rain. temperatures in the south, 10—11. 5-8 temperatures in the south, 10—11. 5—8 moving further north on friday. there is uncertainty in the forecast for saturday. there is a hint we mightjust see snow coming in from france across southern counties. overnight friday into saturday. but the jury is still very much out on that and i will keep you posted. snow from france. look at that. the french sending their snow over! it probably smells nice. it is all change at chelsea. someone is coming from germany. thomas tuchel is set to get the job of replacing

frank lampard at chelsea. he could be in the dugout for their match against wolves at stamford bridge tomorrow. he will have to pass a coronavirus test to get in to the uk and then another one to enter a premier league club's bubble. the german was sacked by paris saint germain in december so does not qualify as a person who already exists in an elite sportsperson's bubble. at psg, he won the french league title twice, and took them to the champions league final last season. but it could be his experience in the german league, where he replaced jurgen klopp at borussia dortmund, which may be vital. because two of chelsea's star signings last summer were from the bundesliga. timo werner hasn't produced the goals he was expected to sincejoining. he and fellow german kai havertz cost more than a hundred million pounds when theyjoined and it's thought tuchel may be able to get the best out of them.

lampard's failure to do that, and a run of one win in five league games that saw them slip to ninth in the table, is ultimately what has cost him his job. but it is interesting how thomas tuchel seems to fit into the template chelsea seem to have been building. one man who knows what it's like to be hired and fired by chelsea isjose mourinho. he's now in charge at spurs, and they avoided an fa cup upset last night. after going a goal down to wycombe wanderers. spurs got themselves level through gareth bale, and it looked like the game might be heading for extra time. tottenham were forced to bring on some of their big names, but three goals in 5 minutes meant they eventually cruised through to the next round. after the game, mourinho gave his sympathies to his former player lampard. i'm always sad when a colleague loses hisjob. and, of course, frank is notjust a colleague, he is an important person in my career,

so of course i feel sorry. but it's the brutality of football, especially the brutality of modern football. so when you become a manager, it's something that you have to know — that sooner or later is going to happen to you. 0h oh to bea oh to be a fly on the wall for their conversation, betweenjose mourinho and frank lampard after the sacking by chelsea. they will have things in common. they would have a long drink if they were allowed. yes! what position are you in with your hair? many of us hoped that the end of the first lockdown would spell the end of our home haircut horror stories. but nearly four weeks into lockdown three, the bad barnets are starting to return. look at this. what is going on there?

i will lend there? i will [end you my scissors. i am being told to flatten it. breakfast�*s graham satchell has revisited some of last year's cringeworthy cuts — and taken a look at the class of 2021. scott is admiring his new haircut. it was done by his dad john. to be fair, scott's come off quite lightly. look at this. poor old andy in leicester. his girlfriend did this to him. we are, once again, in a world of clipper catastrophes. even the marsh family, breakfast regulars, aren't immune. it was done after sunday evening, getting ready to go to bed. i said i would cut the boys' hair and i had a bit of a disaster and thomas has a very large patch at the back of his hair that doesn't

look like the rest of it. it seems, this lockdown, we are condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past. who could forget actor stephen graham from lockdown one? and this is andrea with her husband pete wearing a bin bag and about to get a much closer shave than he expected. what the hell? what the hell are you doing? i didn't mean to! andrea! it's not funny. as we enter week four of lockdown three, and hair needs cutting,

expect to see more home—made disasters like this. there are those of us who need help. look at the state. every day, i have been saying before we go on air, hair. it is magnificent. it is like charlie's in its hugeness. my charlie's in its hugeness. my goodness. well, earlier we asked for you to send us your lockdown haircuts, and you have not failed us. kevin who sent us a message simply entitled, "bad haircut", and there you go. lucy's daughter amelia is relishing giving big brother olly a trim here. they are enjoying themselves. that

is trust. martin, congratulations on this effort. did you leave it there? and speaking of fringes, after riley got a snip from his grandad, from his grandad. i used to have one of those. how long will we have to go and what are we going to have to do? well, if you want to look like you've had a professional cut, follow tips from a professional. we can speak now to hannah and jacqui remmington from eye candy salon in romford. hannah is a barber and jacqui a hairdresser. good morning. thanks forjoining us. i guess as a barber you are used to dealing with clippers. what is your advice? mr; dealing with clippers. what is your advice? ~ , . dealing with clippers. what is your advice? y . . . dealing with clippers. what is your advice? g , , . ., ., . advice? my first piece of advice would be to _ advice? my first piece of advice would be to wait, _ advice? my first piece of advice would be to wait, if— advice? my first piece of advice would be to wait, if you - advice? my first piece of advice would be to wait, if you can. i advice? my first piece of advice i would be to wait, if you can. you are not going out, it does not

matter what you look like. if you cannot wait, try to get somebody else to do it rather than going in blind yourself. i would always suggest going a little bit longer than you would get from your barber usually. if you normally have a number two, usually. if you normally have a numbertwo, i usually. if you normally have a number two, i would advise a number three, four to keep safe. can i number two, i would advise a number three, four to keep safe.— three, four to keep safe. can i ask, it is a slightly _ three, four to keep safe. can i ask, it is a slightly personal— three, four to keep safe. can i ask, it is a slightly personal question. i it is a slightly personal question. louise was laughing at me last time because i cut my fringe wet and it looked horrendous. basically, cut it dry, not wet? looked horrendous. basically, cut it dry. not wet?— dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot riiht dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up- _ dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up- if— dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up- if you _ dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up. if you are _ dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up. if you are going - dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up. if you are going to - dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot right up. if you are going to cut dry, not wet? yes, it will shoot i right up. if you are going to cut it wet. _ right up. if you are going to cut it wet. i_ right up. if you are going to cut it wet, i wouldn't. right up. if you are going to cut it wet, iwouldn't. look right up. if you are going to cut it wet, i wouldn't. look at how much you are _ wet, i wouldn't. look at how much you are cutting off rather than where — you are cutting off rather than where you think it will end up. if you want— where you think it will end up. if you want to _ where you think it will end up. if you want to cut a little bit off, look _ you want to cut a little bit off, look at — you want to cut a little bit off, look at one centimetre rather than

thinking _ look at one centimetre rather than thinking the barber normally cuts it halfway _ thinking the barber normally cuts it halfway up my collar. you thinking the barber normally cuts it halfway up my collar.— thinking the barber normally cuts it halfway up my collar. you must have had --eole halfway up my collar. you must have had people saying — halfway up my collar. you must have had people saying thank _ halfway up my collar. you must have had people saying thank goodness i halfway up my collar. you must have i had people saying thank goodness you are back. hair colour. it is not just cuts. are back. hair colour. it is not just cuts-— are back. hair colour. it is not 'ust cuts. ., ., , ., ., ., , just cuts. colours are horrendous. we sent just cuts. colours are horrendous. we spent weeks _ just cuts. colours are horrendous. we spent weeks in _ just cuts. colours are horrendous. we spent weeks in the _ just cuts. colours are horrendous. we spent weeks in the summer. just cuts. colours are horrendous. - we spent weeks in the summer sorting out things— we spent weeks in the summer sorting out things people had done. i suppose _ out things people had done. i suppose they don't know. don't buy -- they— suppose they don't know. don't buy -- they go— suppose they don't know. don't buy —— they go and buy a colour from the shop _ —— they go and buy a colour from the shop and _ —— they go and buy a colour from the shop and put — —— they go and buy a colour from the shop and put it on and it is not even _ shop and put it on and it is not even and — shop and put it on and it is not even and it— shop and put it on and it is not even and it is three colours and some _ even and it is three colours and some of— even and it is three colours and some of it _ even and it is three colours and some of it has broken off. it has been _ some of it has broken off. it has been challenging but fun, really. hannah. — been challenging but fun, really. hannah, you have given advice on instagram. how tough has it been the past few months? i suppose the difficulty of coming out of it and going back in again. {so difficulty of coming out of it and going back in again.— going back in again. go on, i'm sor .it going back in again. go on, i'm sorry- it is _ going back in again. go on, i'm sorry. it is like _ going back in again. go on, i'm sorry. it is like a _ going back in again. go on, i'm sorry. it is like a proper- going back in again. go on, i'm sorry. it is like a proper family| sorry. it is like a proper family video call. _ sorry. it is like a proper family video call, we _ sorry. it is like a proper family video call, we are _ sorry. it is like a proper family video call, we are talking - sorry. it is like a proper family video call, we are talking overj sorry. it is like a proper family - video call, we are talking over each other. i

video call, we are talking over each other. ., ._ ., , video call, we are talking over each other. ., .,, , other. i would say it has been really tough. _ other. i would say it has been really tough, especially - other. i would say it has been really tough, especially if - other. i would say it has been i really tough, especially if people have shaved their hair off and are coming back to you and they want their hair how it was before. it is really tough. we are not working, there is nothing else we can do. on my instagram i have been giving advice and have done a tutorial video that people can try to do the sides themselves. i have had a lot of good feedback from that video, it has been helpful to some people. thanks. the main advice, if we can, leave it. . ~ thanks. the main advice, if we can, leave it. . . , ., leave it. leave it. we need your su ort leave it. leave it. we need your support when — leave it. leave it. we need your support when we _ leave it. leave it. we need your support when we come - leave it. leave it. we need your support when we come back! i leave it. leave it. we need your| support when we come back! do leave it. leave it. we need your i support when we come back! do not wor , m support when we come back! do not worry, my hairdressers _ support when we come back! do not worry, my hairdressers know- support when we come back! do not worry, my hairdressers know they i worry, my hairdressers know they have my full support. thank you, we support you. the comedian rhod gilbert is on a mission — to get men to open up about the causes and trauma of male infertility.

it's a topic close to his heart, because while rhod and his wife sian were trying to conceive, he was shocked to discover that 50% of all fertility issues are male. he talks about it all in a new bbc documentary, let's take a look. what are your underpants of choice? boxer— what are your underpants of choice? boxer briefs. loose.— boxer briefs. loose. boxer briefs but ti . ht. boxer briefs. loose. boxer briefs but tight. trunks. _ boxer briefs. loose. boxer briefs but tight. trunks. a _ boxer briefs. loose. boxer briefs but tight. trunks. a tight - boxer briefs. loose. boxer briefs but tight. trunks. a tight boxer. | but tight. trunks. a tight boxer. look at these. _ but tight. trunks. a tight boxer. look at these. anybody - but tight. trunks. a tight boxer. look at these. anybody fancy i but tight. trunks. a tight boxer. i look at these. anybody fancy these? who wants the reindeer thong? you have a choice now. you want those? i am going to do a test on you. good or bad for fertility? _ am going to do a test on you. good or bad for fertility? these - am going to do a test on you. good or bad for fertility? these are probably— or bad for fertility? these are probably had or bad for fertility? these are probably bad because they are constricting. rhod gilbertjoins us now.

the documentary really is excellent. you are very honest in it. before we talk about what you looked at, this is personal. talk about what you looked at, this is personal-— is personal. yes, it is. i have tried documentary. - is personal. yes, it is. i have tried documentary. i - is personal. yes, it is. i have tried documentary. i do i is personal. yes, it is. i have tried documentary. i do not. is personal. yes, it is. i have i tried documentary. i do not go into my wife, our story, tried documentary. i do not go into my wife, ourstory, because tried documentary. i do not go into my wife, our story, because it is not about that. i am somebody who has been through it and it is personal. i think i am almost the target audience for this, to try to get men talking and getting past the embarrassment of talking about it, but i have to overcome that myself. i am as much part of the problem as everybody else. that i am as much part of the problem as everybody else-— everybody else. that is what is strikini , everybody else. that is what is striking. you — everybody else. that is what is striking, you are _ everybody else. that is what is striking, you are at _ everybody else. that is what is striking, you are at the i everybody else. that is what is striking, you are at the heart i everybody else. that is what is| striking, you are at the heart of the piece. the inability, embarrassment, particularly from a man's point of view, about talking about this issue, and it has a big

impact? about this issue, and it has a big imact? ., , ., , about this issue, and it has a big imact? ., , . , �* ., impact? not being able... ben'amin, in the documentary, i impact? not being able... ben'amin, in the documentary, who i impact? not being able... benjamin, in the documentary, who suffers i impact? not being able... benjamin, | in the documentary, who suffers from having no sperm, he has a wonderful line where he's says that the culture of not talking is killing us. that can be literally, by people not being able to take it any more, the pressure and bottling up of emotions and feelings of shame and embarrassment around the subject. also, the impact on women, of men not talking about it and not engaging with it is enormous, as well. ., ., ., ., , well. for those who have not seen it, we well. for those who have not seen it. we watched _ well. for those who have not seen it, we watched it _ well. for those who have not seen it, we watched it and _ well. for those who have not seen it, we watched it and we _ well. for those who have not seen it, we watched it and we really i it, we watched it and we really enjoyed the way that you looked at it and your honesty. what are the main misconceptions out there? you said in your —

main misconceptions out there? you. said in your introduction i was shocked to find out that men account for 50% of all fertility issues. that makes sense, we are half the population, why would we not be half of the issues, but i do not think that had occurred to me. i do not think it has occurred to many men. and society more widely. we see fertility generally is predominantly a female issue. that came as a bit of a shock. the reason i started the documentary was because i read a statistic somewhere that sperm counts across the entire western world have dropped by 60% in the past 40 years. wow. i did not know that, i have not heard anybody talking about that, are we thinking about this? so there were lots of surprises in this documentary. but, overall, i have to say, most people

i spoke to and most stuff i learned, i spoke to and most stuff i learned, i was sort of expecting. i kept learning men do not talk about this, do not engage with it enough, and because of that women tend to have the pressure on them. it is the same story over and again of men not engaging, being too embarrassed and ashamed and feeling the stigma of this subject. ashamed and feeling the stigma of this sub'ect. ~ . ashamed and feeling the stigma of this subject-— this subject. what was interesting particularly. _ this subject. what was interesting particularly. you _ this subject. what was interesting particularly, you talked _ this subject. what was interesting particularly, you talked to - this subject. what was interesting particularly, you talked to a i this subject. what was interesting particularly, you talked to a man. particularly, you talked to a man who had been trying to have a baby for some years with his wife before anybody suggested it might have anything to do with him. that delay must because people axed, as well. yes, and —— angst. yes, that kind of story comes up a lot where a lot of attention is on women and things happening with women. sometimes,

maybe, i don't know... it is difficult for me to say. with my experience, i would sit back, the focus was on my wife. i was happy not to be in the spotlight. i did not to be in the spotlight. i did not ask the questions perhaps i should have. i did not come forward in the way perhaps i should have. i was happy for my wife to sit next to the medics and for me to be sort of looking the other way and hiding a little bit because of the shame and embarrassment. i blame myself for that. the one thing i can say... i do not know about the fertility industry, but in terms of men we could come forward and ask more questions and engage with it more. if we do that and put ourselves forward more, everybody benefits. we saw the clip about convincing others to try on pants, but you learned obvious staff i suppose about

anabolic steroid is not helping but cycling cause issues.— anabolic steroid is not helping but cycling cause issues. smoking is the bad one. anabolic _ cycling cause issues. smoking is the bad one. anabolic steroids, - cycling cause issues. smoking is thej bad one. anabolic steroids, obesity, drinking, cycling, hot baths, jacuzzis. a lot of men will be vaguely aware of this stuff. but that does not mean we do anything about it. you notice in the clip, it is telling most of the guys said they wear tight underwear. when i get a pair of tight pants out for then they say that is terrible for fertility, but they are wearing them or something like them. i think we know these things in the back of our minds but we do not do anything. also in the documentary i hope it comes across just how much that can affect you. most would assume it is in the margins. it might make a little difference. it is not. my results changed dramatically the

quality of the sperm and sperm count. startling it improves so much by making lifestyle changes. not huge stuff, just small stuff. it is huge stuff, 'ust small stuff. it is fascinating — huge stuff, just small stuff. it is fascinating and _ huge stuff, just small stuff. it is fascinating and i _ huge stuff, just small stuff. it is fascinating and i know you will have opened up the conversation for lots of people and they will be grateful. rhod gilbert: stand up to infertility is on bbc two on sunday at 9:45pm. it's also available on the bbc iplayer. as ever, he is really funny in it. he deals with it with a lightness of touch but serious when he needs to be. it's 8.59.

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