these are human beings, these are people with families. they have lives. they're notjust numbers. i'm left now with a young family who have got no dad. that was the last time i saw her. and she was so beautiful, she was so pretty. - a candle for every life as the prime minister offers his condolences. i take full responsibility for everything the government has done. it's almost a year since the first patients were treated in hospital in britian. hospital is under intense pressure. the uk's unemployment rate rises to its highest rate in more than four years. covid vaccines the way out, almost 7 million people have had the jab — but a row errupts in the eu over supplies.

and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: as thomas tuchel prepares to take charge of chelsea, we look at the path he's taken to get to one of the toughest jobs in football. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than 100,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of testing positive for covid—i9. less than a year ago, as the pandemic took hold, the government's chief scientific adviser, patrick vallance, said 20,000 deaths would be a good outcome. but by the end of april, we'd already passed that number. the vast majoritiy of those who have died were over the age of 75 — more than 77,000 people.

but this virus has taken young lives too, more than 1,000 were under a5. behind the numbers — the people. and the families still trying to come to terms with what has happened. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, has been talking to some of them. something really precious has been taken away from me and it's really hard. this is a life that's gone. and the impact is huge. i'm left now with a young | family who've got no dad. my life is destroyed, everything is gone. today, we're using candles to represent those who died. 0ne light for every life lost. it started on march the 2nd, the first person to die within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus. the next day, there were two more deaths. in less than three weeks, the

official death toll was over 450. you must stay at home... the prime minister announced a national lockdown on march the 23rd. the next day, the official death toll reached 1,000. richard nabieu died on april the 10th. he was a nurse who worked with elderly people. his daughter, jamie, hated not being able to visit him in hospital. i called him the morning of the day he passed away and waved, and he said, "bye, jamie," and i said, "bye, "daddy, speak to you later, i'll call you in the evening." and the evening never came. i never thought he wouldn't come home. you something that i've struggled with is the fact that he was alone, you know. i find comfort in the fact that every day, he knew how loved he was, yeah. it was a disbelief that this person, my favourite person in the whole world, wasn't here any more. we haven't had the opportunity to grieve because it feels like the whole world is grieving. by the time richard died, the death toll was more than 13,000.

but the first wave had peaked. the number of people dying every day began to fall. slowly and gradually. by the start ofjune, more than 38,000 people had died. in reality, the death toll would have been higher. in the early stages of the pandemic, the figures only included people who tested positive in hospital. ada jackson was 90 and had early signs of dementia. but family say she was happy, strong, and feisty until covid came into the care home where she lived. it started to go from one person to three people, to five people and you then started to just think, "my goodness, they're "not going to be able to stop this." they had the residents locked in their room. i felt helpless. that solitary confinement in the room... i wonder if ada felt abandoned at that point in time. ada died onjune the 3rd. she hadn't seen her family since march.

these are human beings, these are people, with families. they have lives, they're notjust numbers, this is a life that's gone. and the impact is huge. as summer continued, there was some semblance of normality. packed beaches, foreign holidays, people were encouraged to eat out to help out. every single day, though, there were covid deaths. the numbers were much lower. on september the 1st, three people died. but, once again, that number started to climb. there were over 700 deaths in september and more than 5,000 in october. across the uk, there were new restrictions, but the death rate stayed stubbornly high in november, often with more than 400 people dying a day. dean matthews was 42 years old. his wife says he was a big kid who lived for his family. even when he had to call out an ambulance, she thought he'd be ok. just said, "see you later."

i didn't hug him, i didn't kiss him, just expecting a couple _ of days in hospital. i sent him a selfie and then he said, "there she is, "my gorgeous girl." and i think that was the last... that was the last time i really spoke to him. that was it, really, wasn't it? dean died within 18 days of getting a tickly cough. he had five children, the youngest is just seven. he keeps saying, like, "mum, - my head can't understand, like, why "he's not coming back," sort of thing. _ we're still at the point. where we kind of struggle to think, like, why dean? around a month before christmas, we were told that we'd be able to have festive bubbles, but the increase in deaths was still speeding up. by december the 12th, covid had claimed more than 65,000 lives. mum! # happy birthday to you!# including 50—year—old madula sarwar. she and her husband both caught covid at the same time. the day that mum went into the icu, so the day that mum went

on a ventilator, dad was also admitted. my wife was there in the same building, you know, on another floor. and she wasjust fighting for her life. and you think of all the things... i'm 0k. you think of all the things that, like, you're going to miss. sarwar recovered, but his wife was critically ill for weeks. i had a diary of every day, every day, morning and afternoon, you know? everything isjust written here. including the day medics said sarwar, rasheeq, and his 14—year—old brother could come and say goodbye. the doctor was very sorry to say that the time has now come to an end. that was the last time i saw her. and she was so beautiful. she was so pretty. she was so beautiful, the way she was looking when she came to my life, 31 years back. so that's the most precious memory i have.

by new year's eve, the death toll had reached 76,000. now, it's taken just a few more weeks to get to 100,000. and this is not over yet. v0|css echo: it's a loss - that should never have happened, it should never have gotten to that scale. it's notjust 100,000 people, it'5100,000 people whose families are going to miss them for the rest of their lives. the relatives ofjust a handful of those who have lost their lives to covid since march last year. the prime minister says he is deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and takes full responsibility for everything the government has done. speaking at a downing street press conference this afternoon, he said the government had done everything it could to minimise the loss of life. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. a strange and frightening drumbeat first emerged. the? a strange and frightening drumbeat first emerged-—

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sorry, i get emotional about it but it's just devastating.— it'sjust devastating. what's it been like for _ it'sjust devastating. what's it been like for you _ it'sjust devastating. what's it been like for you personally? | been like for you personally? stopping is not an option, is it? i mean, you know, we're dealing with people's lives here, you do whatever it takes, you don't stop. find people's lives here, you do whatever it takes, you don't stop.— it takes, you don't stop. and the cost of the _ it takes, you don't stop. and the cost of the close-down - it takes, you don't stop. and the cost of the close-down to - it takes, you don't stop. and the cost of the close-down to try - it takes, you don't stop. and the cost of the close-down to try to | cost of the close—down to try to slow the spread of the disease has broken all of the wrong records. anna in essex was first one of millions who put on furlough, then redundant and now on the search for a job, sometimes competing with 200 others. it a job, sometimes competing with 200 others. ., , a job, sometimes competing with 200 others. . , ., others. it was frightening. you know, i others. it was frightening. you know. i went _ others. it was frightening. you know, i went from _ others. it was frightening. you know, i went from sort - others. it was frightening. you know, i went from sort of - others. it was frightening. you know, i went from sort of hero others. it was frightening. you i know, i went from sort of hero to zero _ know, i went from sort of hero to zero overnight. this time last year, we might— zero overnight. this time last year, we might have been sitting planning whatm _ we might have been sitting planning what... where we were going to go on holiday _ what... where we were going to go on holiday. now. — what... where we were going to go on holiday. now, i'm worried about putting — holiday. now, i'm worried about putting the heating on, you know, it's a _ putting the heating on, you know, it's a realm — putting the heating on, you know, it's a real... real worrying times. the pandemicabsorbed almost all the government's time and focus. it went

on adequate equipment, testing or lockdown it itself, ministers have been accused of being too slow from the start. . been accused of being too slow from the start. , ., , ., , , the start. there is a strong sense i think that the — the start. there is a strong sense i think that the government - the start. there is a strong sense i think that the government has - the start. there is a strong sense i l think that the government has been behind the curve at every stage. that there has been, if you like, a reluctance to take tough decisions when they needed to be taken. ihla when they needed to be taken. no government has ever grappled with a problem quite like this. but hoping for the best, the country's experiences are near the worst. i minister, nearthe experiences are near the worst. i minister, near the start they hope and gamut was to contain the numbers to 20,000. it's now five times that. what went so wrong? i to 20,000. it's now five times that. what went so wrong?— what went so wrong? i am deeply sor for what went so wrong? i am deeply sorry for every _ what went so wrong? i am deeply sorry for every life _ what went so wrong? i am deeply sorry for every life that _ what went so wrong? i am deeply sorry for every life that has - what went so wrong? i am deeply sorry for every life that has been i sorry for every life that has been lost. and, of course, as prime minister, i take full responsibility for everything that the government has done. what i can tell you is that we truly did everything we could, and continue to do everything we can, to minimise loss of life. and to minimise suffering in what has been a very, very difficult...

stage... and a very, very difficult crisis for our country. the appearances _ crisis for our country. the appearances in _ crisis for our country. the appearances in downing street, the announcements of the daily toll, they feel like a terrible routine. but right now, in these dark days, how the government is run and how we live is hardly normal. not normal at all. and, soapy, there's no getting away from this, this is a horrendous landmark that, of course, no one in the government and no one in the country would have dreamt of this time last year. and certainly wouldn't have hoped for. and even though, of course everybody hopes the disease spread will start to slow more quickly, everyone wants to see the pace of the vaccine roll—out continue as quickly as it already begun. so much has already happened. the government has expanded hugely, not least to prop up the economy but also to intervene in all sorts of ways in our lives to try to cope with this emergency. there has also been something of an increase in tension between different parts of the uk. whether that is between

edinburgh and westminster, or even parts of the north and south of england. so even when the disease fades, which of course everybody wants to happen as soon as possible, the after effects, the scars, perhaps, in some senses, they may be with us for quite some time. laura kuenssberg, thank you. so let's look at the latest government figures. the good news is there's been another fall in the number of new cases. there were 20,089 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means that, on average, the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 31,843. hospital numbers remain very high — across the uk an average of 37,561 people were in hospital with coronavirus over the seven days to sunday, including suspected cases in wales. 1,631 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test.

that's the seconnd highest daily death toll so far. on average in the past week, 1,242 deaths were announced every day. that takes the total number of uk deaths to 100,162 — the highest in europe, the fifth highest in the world. let's also take a look at the vaccination numbers. 279,757 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 24 hour period, taking the overall number of people who've had theirfirstjab to more than 6.8 million. it will be a year on sunday since the first patients with coronavirus were treated in newcastle. since then, almost a quarter of a million people have been admitted to hospital with covid. the number of patients remains very high — more than 35,000 across the uk. the chief medical officer for england, professor chris whitty,

has warned that the death toll will remain high for some weeks before the effects of the vaccine begin to be felt. our health editor, hugh pym, reports from king's mill hospital in mansfield. machine beeps. every day in intensive care is a daunting challenge for staff as they strive to keep patients alive. some of the shifts that i have had are the toughest i've ever had, in particular, one night shift i had last week was one of the worst shifts i've had in 21 years of nursing. from experience, i can tell you that i'm seeing more sicker patients this time then i saw in the first wave. doctors are trained to deal with death, but nothing like this. umar has had to cope with the savage impact of covid, both in hisjob and at home. my parents have got covid. my mother—in—law is in the icu and ijust lost some dear family relatives of covid, so when you see these patients at the hospital,

just gives you that flash flash as well. but you've got to shut that down and you've got to continue looking after your patients as best as you can. it'sjust so sad, you know. because, for every person that dies, i we know there's a family that's not i been able to do the normal things that they would do for that - loved one who has died. edith is a hospital chaplain. she has to face up to grief most days, comforting the dying and their families, but also supporting staff who feel the losses intensely. whenever you've got lots of people dying on the ward, do you know, i it comes at a huge cost to the staff, as well- as to the families. gary has been a hospital porter for 27 years. it is emotionally draining manual with poorly people with poorly people and then obviously we have to move deceased people. diane is a cleaner. she is on the covid front

line as much as anyone. how do you feel, personally, sometimes? me? upset. i go home sometimes and i could just sit and cry. and it'sjust because it's such a... you know, it's demanding at the moment. there have been more than 400 covid deaths at the hospital but here and across the nhs, prospects for patients are improving. the medication, the care has changed dramatically over the last year. - and whilst the volume people being diagnosed with covid i is higher than it was, - we are seeing fewer patients die and fewer patients i going into intensive care. 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? it's all they've got to do. barbara died yesterday. her family wanted to use her interview to warn of the serious consequences of covid. the prime minister has said he has "total confidence" in the uk's supply of vaccines. it comes after the president of the european commission warned vaccine manufacturers they must deliver on their promises, after both astrazeneca and pfizer announced cuts in their supplies to the european union. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in brussels for us. what has prompted this row? well we know that vaccinations _ what has prompted this row? well we know that vaccinations offer _ what has prompted this row? well we know that vaccinations offer the - know that vaccinations offer the best way out of covid nightmare, but today this health crisis became more political. that is because the eu is apping angry with the makers of the

astrazeneca jab, because the company told countries they will receive millions fewer vaccines than had been promised. that prompted the eu to say it has nod no proper explanation for this and as a result it will look to tighten the export of vaccines, made here in the eu. in particular, the jabs made at the big pfizer plant in belgium. now, that affects countries including the uk. this means for britain, in the past hour, borisjohnson said he has confidence in the supply of vaccines coming into the uk. he said the creation ofjab was a global team effort and the distribution will also be. but this reminds us the race to vaccination is a very uneven one and no country wants to be left behind. . ~ one and no country wants to be left behind. ., ~ i. the number of people out of work has reached its highest level for nearly five years. figures from the office for national statistics show the unemployment rate rose from 4.9%

to 5% between september and november — with job losses highest in retail and hospitality. but economists say the picture would be much worse without the furlough scheme — which has been extended until the end of april. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has this report. this is the lockdown world of work — emma in kent applying for dozens ofjobs. working, socialising, and sleeping all from one room in a shared house. hi, emma, nice to see you... emma, who we first interviewed at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, was part of the unemployment statistics until the last few weeks. so, i did have to rely on food banks. i did have to rely on friends and family to lend me money and whatnot. that wasn't the greatest impact, though. it was the isolation. i'm used to going out to work. to have nothing to focus on, nothing to keep me, you know, sane. it's been a torrid 12 months for workers as large swathes of the economy were shut down

in the pandemic. the official measure of unemployment was at 5% for the first time since 2016. while this is still low, by the standards of the financial crisis and internationally, the past year has seen unemployment up by 418,000, the highest annual rise since 2009. joblessness is back up and that is particularly affecting young people, the industries they work in tending to be shut. working from home more difficult. hundreds ofjob applications going in. the vast bulk of them not even acknowledged. there is a solution to this and it is in train. the problem — there will be a time lag between vaccinating people and vaccinating the whole economy. many people can't wait. we haven't seen the worst of it yet... the boss of one of the world's top employment agencies said morejobs are being kept in this latest lockdown.

we have clearly light at the end of the tunnel because we are seeing how the vaccines with all of the difficulties in the roll—out, that they are coming through, so we're starting to see that this can come to an end. with the uk economy among the hardest hit last year of major countries, international experts suggest support forjobs and wages should be extended until the vaccine programme is complete. it will keep the economy in better shape for when you start reopening. so, kind of predictability, certainty about the fact that you will have support will be very helpful. back in kent, emma's off universal credit and in a job. but the light at the end of the tunnel for the whole economy is still a few months off. faisal islam, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. ministers are meeting this evening to agree a plan for quarantining people arriving into england. 0ptions being discussed include making people coming from high—risk coronavirus hotspots stay in hotels

at their own cost, or extending the plan to all arrivals. there have been violent protests by farmers on the streets of the indian capital delhi. they're protesting against a liberalisation of the country's agricultural laws which they fear will leave them worse off. police fired tear gas and at least one person died. farmers' union leaders distanced themselves from the violence which took place on the country's republic day. there's to be an independent inquiry in to the use of so—called mother and baby homes in northern ireland. unmarried pregnant young women were sent to the homes — like this one in county down — for almost 70 years until 1990. first minister arlene foster said the young women had suffered a "lifetime of trauma" simply for getting pregnant outside of marriage. today's death toll of more than 100,000 means the uk has the highest in europe and the fifth highest in the world. this map shows the areas that have

been worst affected in the uk — the darker the colour, the higher the death rate per 100,000 people. rhondda in south wales tops the list for the whole of the uk. the worst affected place in scotland is west dunbartonshire. in england, it is folkestone. our home affairs editor, mark easton reports from another of the uk's worst hit places — blackpool in lancashire — to examine why so many people have lost their lives. in the year since covid first swept across britain's shoreline, it has killed 100,000 people, among the worst death rates of any country in the world. the corner of north—west england around blackpool has proved particularly vulnerable. so could this part of lancashire help explain why britain has been so battered by the virus? there are political questions of course, too little too late is the criticism. but the germs of this pandemic

catastrophe were here long before covid washed up. the poorer you are, the more likely it is that covid will kill you and, while britain is a rich country, it's also a very unequal one. the virus death rate in england's most deprived neighbourhoods is two and a half times higher than in the richest areas and this part of lancashire has some of the poorest communities in western europe. kath powell works with a charity that delivers food and blankets and hopes to what we calls "the left behind" on blackpool�*s grange park estate. hi, angela. are you all right? i'm good, how are you today? we have no idea how many people were behind these doors. there's your meal for today... really lonely, really isolated and who are really struggling, but actually nobody knows about. you know, nobody knows about them and they are the forgotten people. and as a society, i don't know

how we let that happen. covid preys on people with existing health problems, particularly those who are overweight. britain is among the most obese countries in europe. in this part of england's north—west, poor diet, smoking, hazardous drinking, and a lack of exercise has contributed to a quarter of the population living with a long—term health problem or disability. we've created ideal conditions forthis virus, i believe, by not paying enough attention to public health. this has been decade after decade after decade. i've been a gp here in fleetwood for 30 years and despite all of the advances in health care over those 30 years, the health of this community has got worse. why though? why? we're a rich country! we are a rich country. but the richer communities are getting substantially more benefit than our poorer communities.

and that left us wide—open to covid? absolutely wide—open when covid came. age is a measure of your vulnerability to covid. britain is actually younger than most european countries, but our system for caring for the elderly has been in desperate need of reform for decades and it proved disastrously vulnerable when the virus arrived. more than 30,000 care home residents have died after contracting covid. this lancashire home's been virus—free, but the manager remembers how it felt when the government sent a box of out—of—date face masks, as the pandemic raged back in march. fury, anger, upset. we are, you know, drowning in lack of money and lack of support. - there is a worldwide - pandemic now and you just sent us out—of—date ppe! you know, do you really respect us i that little that you can't actually i give us the stuff that we need?

with the uk at the forefront of developing and administering covid vaccines, there's hope the country can emerge from the virus nightmare earlier than others. here we go, sharp scratch. but there are 100,000 reasons why, as well as offering immunity, we should seek to fix the inequalities that left britain so exposed to the pandemic�*s deadly power. mark easton, bbc news, lancashire. well let's return to our health editor hugh pym, whojoins me now. 100,000 deaths, it is a sobering moment, we are warned the death toll will remain high. is will light at the end of the tunnel. questions will be asked _ the end of the tunnel. questions will be asked why _ the end of the tunnel. questions will be asked why the _ the end of the tunnel. questions will be asked why the uk's - the end of the tunnel. questions will be asked why the uk's rate i the end of the tunnel. questions| will be asked why the uk's rate is one of the highest in the world and what the government did or didn't do. there are more positive signs, the number of newly reported cases

is down 25% week on week. new hospital admissions are falling. the head of public health england looked to a time when he said coronavirus would be more treatable and talked of more drugs and treatments coming on stream. he said the death rate with covid in hospitals had fallen from a third to a fifth of those with the virus. but, as chris whitty made clear, people will look at the number of deaths, he said they may be flattening down, but it will take a high while for them to come down. and there's a special programme this evening, on the people who have died with coronavirus. families and friends tell their stories in panorama: one hundred thousand. that's at 8.30pm on bbc one. time for a look at the weather here's chris fawkes. many of us have seen rain today, but there has been some snow on the forward edge of this system, such as

in county durham and the satellite show it s the cloud cover. there has been more snow over some of the higher elevation areas of the pennines and in scotland, where it is snowing in the hills to the north of the central belt. tonight for many a murky night with rain across rain and southern england. a milder night, temperatures around four to eight for many. still cold enough for a frost in the north of scotland. tomorrow, cloudy, dulland damp in the south to start off the day. low cloud misand hill fog as well. more rain pushes into southern wales and south—west england. the best of the sunshine in scotland. for many of us, a milder day, temperatures up to 10 degrees in the south. wednesday night into thursday we have this battle zone between the mild and cold air and a band of