this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the number of coronavirus jabs hits a daily record of nearly 600,000, but there's afresh warning from medics on easing the lockdown. any releases that we have will have to happen very slowly, very cautiously, watching and waiting as we go. captain sir tom moore, the second world war veteran who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, is in hospital sunday night with covid—19. manchester united player, marcus rashford, says he's been subjected to "humanity and social media at its worst" after receiving racist abuse on saturday. man yelling excuse me, i do beg your pardon.

reports that more than 5,000 people have been arrested in russia, as protests take place in support ofjailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. i wanted freedom for our country. the situation now is the worst, i think, in the last ten years. and coming up in half an hour — how alpine ski resorts are dealing with a winter season of closures and lockdowns, that's in the travel show. however, very good evening if you have justjoined however, very good evening if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. —— hello. almost 600,000 people received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the uk yesterday, a new daily record. officials say the impact of the immunisation programme should be felt in the overrall infection

rate, in the next two weeks. dr susan hopkins from public health england, though, has issued a warning that coronavirus restrictions should only be eased "very slowly, and very cautiously." here's our health correspondent, jim reed. here at this basketball stadium in newcastle, the vaccine roll—out continues. across the uk, more than half a million received theirjab yesterday, a new record, 2,000 at this site alone. it means a lot, and i'm pleased that people are willing to come and help us to get us through it and everything. anyone receiving theirjab here will have to come back in 12 weeks for a second dose. there have been concerns about the supply of one vaccine coming from a plant in belgium in a row about shortages in the eu. but the government now says it's confident that there won't be any hold—up, and the most vulnerable groups will be offered a first jab by mid—february. the more people who take up

the vaccine, the more we'll be protected as a society. so that high take—up is incredibly important. but it comes as scientists urge caution, saying even if vaccination targets are met, lockdown rules would have to remain in place for some time to come. i hope that this summer will be similar to last summer. i hope we'll be down to those sort of case numbers, but i think we need to be cautious on that. we do not want to have another wave as we've had this winter. meanwhile, labour has been calling for key workers like teachers to be moved up the vaccine priority list, with doses given out over half—term. when schools went back at the beginning of september, within a couple of weeks 25,000 teachers were out of the classroom, having to self—isolate. the only way we're going to get kids back to school is not bandying around dates, as the government are doing, it is

putting in place a proper plan, and that involves vaccinations. the government later said labour was playing politics with the roll—out. scientists say they're watching the vaccination data closely now. if the programme is working as hoped, within two weeks, we should start to see an impact on cases and, crucially, hospitalisations. jim reed, bbc news. michael ball is a pharmacy owner in preston, which is operating the lancashire vaccination centre. hejoins me now. thanks very much for being with us this evening. you have a busy week ahead. what can people expect when the vaccination centre opens its doors? , ., ., , ., the vaccination centre opens its doors? ., , ., ., doors? there is an awful lot of lanet doors? there is an awful lot of planet that _ doors? there is an awful lot of planet that has _ doors? there is an awful lot of planet that has gone _ doors? there is an awful lot of planet that has gone into - doors? there is an awful lot of planet that has gone into our. planet that has gone into our vaccination centre going live this way, about eight weeks of planning. we are eager and excited to get started to invite and welcome in our first cohort of patients this week. who does the actual vaccination? we have a who does the actual vaccination? - have a team of trained pharmacists that will be provided to

vaccinations to the patients in every community this year. find vaccinations to the patients in every community this year. and in terms of the _ every community this year. and in terms of the kind _ every community this year. and in terms of the kind of— every community this year. and in terms of the kind of practicalitiesl terms of the kind of practicalities of what people can expect, presumably they can't register, they have to wait for an invitation. that's right. all eligible patients will be written to and invited to book their important by either ringing 119 and a dedicated website that the nhs has created for them to book at their convenience. find that the nhs has created for them to book at their convenience.— book at their convenience. and how many peeple _ book at their convenience. and how many peeple do _ book at their convenience. and how many people do you _ book at their convenience. and how many people do you think— book at their convenience. and how many people do you think you - book at their convenience. and how many people do you think you will l book at their convenience. and how. many people do you think you will be able to get through realistically each day? you may not have a target as such but what is your kind of aspiration? as such but what is your kind of asoiration?_ as such but what is your kind of asiration? , ., ., , , ., ., aspiration? yes, so our aspiration is certainly _ aspiration? yes, so our aspiration is certainty to _ aspiration? yes, so our aspiration is certainly to get _ aspiration? yes, so our aspiration is certainly to get towards - aspiration? yes, so our aspiration is certainly to get towards around | is certainly to get towards around 1,000 vaccinations daily. we are going to start with what is available to us and we will ramp it up. we are ready and willing to vaccinate as many people as we can. and have you already received

supplies to get you started? {jut supplies to get you started? our first allocation _ supplies to get you started? oi" first allocation sock is supplies to get you started? ij' first allocation sock is landing this week ready to go live on thursday. this week ready to go live on thursday-— this week ready to go live on thursda . , ., , , thursday. the first appointments will be available _ thursday. the first appointments will be available on _ thursday. the first appointments will be available on thursday. - thursday. the first appointments i will be available on thursday. there have been practical things people have been practical things people have been practical things people have been concerned about, one is a straightforward, the nervousness or resistance you might encounter from some patients. do you think enough is being done in terms of communicating the positive case for being vaccinated and indeed offering the reassurance to those who are either straightforward and nervous about needles or maybe even have a pathology against needle or have actually kind of believed some of the various theories that have gained such momentum on social media? ~ ., �* , gained such momentum on social media? ~ . �*, ., , gained such momentum on social media? . �*, ., , ., gained such momentum on social media? ., , ., ., gained such momentum on social media? ., ., , media? what's really important to us is that this is — media? what's really important to us is that this is not _ media? what's really important to us is that this is not just _ is that this is notjust transactional. we are dedicating plenty of time for every consultation to make sure we can give all the reassurances that patients need, and questions that they have, there has been an awful

lot of training for our support team and conditions to give them all the reassurance and guidance they need to make them feel safe. we want them to make them feel safe. we want them to get the vaccine, do the right thing, protect themselves and their communities. i thing, protect themselves and their communities-— communities. i want to be clear about this _ communities. i want to be clear about this point _ communities. i want to be clear about this point because - communities. i want to be clear about this point because there l communities. i want to be clear i about this point because there will be some people for who this is really important. is this fair to say that your offer is when you get the letter, register, choose where and when, even if you are not sure that you're going to go through with that, come along, talk to us, and in the end it's your choice whether you go ahead, even at that stage, if you are not comfortable and unhappy, you can go away? nobody will shout at you and accuse you of anything, that respect will be maintained for the patient? respect will be maintained for the atient? ., ., , ., patient? yeah, of course we want --eole to patient? yeah, of course we want people to attend _ patient? yeah, of course we want people to attend who _ patient? yeah, of course we want people to attend who have - patient? yeah, of course we want people to attend who have given l patient? yeah, of course we want | people to attend who have given it some consideration. and certainly there is a desire to get the vaccine but of course they would then be given the option to have a full discussion to then make an informed decision and consent having that service once they feel they've got

all the information need. in between making that appointment, they can speak to pharmacy teams up and down the country. he will give the advice and guidance around the vaccine. they can make their appointment and then make that an informed decision and consent to that vaccine there and consent to that vaccine there and once they are satisfied that they have got all the information they have got all the information they need to make that decision. {line they need to make that decision. one brief final they need to make that decision. 0ne brief final point. how are things going in preston? it is a big place. there are a lot of gp surgeries, pharmacies like you. has progress been made so far?— been made so far? yeah, we are incredibly _ been made so far? yeah, we are incredibly privileged _ been made so far? yeah, we are incredibly privileged and - been made so far? yeah, we are incredibly privileged and proud i been made so far? yeah, we are| incredibly privileged and proud to bejoining the programme but it's fair to say bejoining the programme but it's fairto say our bejoining the programme but it's fair to say our colleagues around the city and further afield around every county have been doing a wonderfuljob. royal preston hospital is one of the first nhs hospitals to launch the programme and sites across the city and further afield have been doing a wonderfuljob and we can't wait to join those teams and giving patients

plenty of convenience and access to the service to make sure we get everybody vaccination as quickly as we possibly can. everybody vaccination as quickly as we possibly can-— everybody vaccination as quickly as we possibly can. michael ball, thank ou ve we possibly can. michael ball, thank you very much _ we possibly can. michael ball, thank you very much and _ we possibly can. michael ball, thank you very much and good _ we possibly can. michael ball, thank you very much and good luck- we possibly can. michael ball, thank you very much and good luck for- we possibly can. michael ball, thanki you very much and good luck for this week. the latest government figures show there were 21,088 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 24,2115. the number of people in hospital is falling slightly, down to 34,783. 587 deaths were reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, there were more than 1100 deaths announced every day, taking the total so far across the uk to over 106,000. 0n the vaccine roll—out, as we've heard a record 598,389

people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines, in the latest 24—hour period. that means almost 9 million people in the uk, have had theirfirstjab. 0ne one of the new hospital admissions todayis one of the new hospital admissions today is captain sir tom moore. he has been taken to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus. his daughter says he'd been treated for pneumonia at home over the last few weeks but now needs help with his breathing. captain sir tom was knighted for raising over £30 million for the nhs by walking laps of his garden in the lead—up to his 100th birthday. the irish prime minister says the european union was "blindsided" by its row with astrazeneca over vaccine supplies, when it triggered a provision in the brexit deal which could have seen checks

at the border with northern ireland. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has been meeting pharmaceutical bosses to discuss issues with the vaccine roll—out across the eu. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. keeping the border between northern ireland and the republic open was a priority in brexit talks, so the eu faced intense criticism after drawing up plans to introduce controls on vaccine imports. ministers in london and dublin intervened to tell brussels it had made a big mistake. an acrimonious row between astrazeneca and the commission over the contractual obligations of the company in respect of supplying vaccines to european member states took centre stage here, and people were blindsided by the decision that was taken and its implications for the protocol. the vaccine roll—out in the eu has been slow, with tension over supply delays. the under pressure

commission president held talks with pharmaceutical companies this afternoon. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily, and ministers have even suggested that eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. i hope that once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when we're on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and of course our friends and neighbours, because we need everybody to be protected. that's the way we're going to grip this disease. for all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll—out here has been one of the speediest in the world. the situation in europe shows that that wasn't guaranteed. and despite those tensions with brussels, the fact that ministers here are even prepared to talk about the idea of sharing vaccines is a sign of confidence. vaccines are a key tool in the government's plans to lift lockdown, and for now, the roll—out remains on track. nick eardley, bbc news.

i should say that meeting has now ended. the footballer, marcus rashford, says he's been the target of online racist abuse. on twitter, he said he'd been subjected to "humanity and social "media at its worst" on the platform after his side's goalless draw with arsenal. greater manchester police are investigating. nesta mcgregor has the story. taking the knee, a unified protest for racial equality. it's a gesture we've become accustomed to and last night, the latest example of why players continue to do so. manchester united striker marcus rashford, having to respond to racial abuse he had received hours after a goalless draw away to arsenal. he posted, "i am a black man and proud that i am. "no comment is going to make me feel any different". it comes in a week where several other players have also been victims of online discrimination. there's no fear at

the moment, is there? if you look at the amount of abuse that is on our platforms at the moment, there's no fear of reprisal. people are doing it almost knowing that it's a one in how many chance of being caught? accountability is probably the biggest thing here, being accountable for the users on your platform. facebook, which owns instagram, says it is committed to tackling online abuse and it's already removed the accounts from its site, but could they do more? the problem is that the reporting systems they've got in place at the moment require a player to receive and then report the abuse themselves and by that point, the damage has already been done. but they've got other issues to deal with as well. terrorism globally is a problem that facebook has to deal with. disinformation is a problem that facebook has to deal with. earlier this week, the government held talks with footballers including liverpool captain jordan henderson, with new laws set to be introduced to stop online abuse. racism is a societal issue where football is seen

as a key battleground. those committed to the fight vow to continue to take a stand as well as a knee. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. the duke of cambridge, who is president of the football association, has said racist abuse in the game is despicable and must stop. in a series of tweets, he said social media companies also have a responsibility to create an environment where such abuse is not tolerated. iffy 0nuora from the professional footballers' association is set to be the premier league's first head of equality, diversity and inclusion. he's also a former professional player and manager. he told me that not enough is being done by the social media platforms fast enough to address the issue. it's interesting that facebook and instagram and twitter have made statements. it feels like very

little, very late. that's not to say it's not welcome, but it feels like very little, very late. we have been talking about this for two years and they have just not done enough unfortunately. if that will change now it's welcome, but we have had two years now of this culture of being allowed to say whatever you want on social media platforms, it has been allowed to proliferate. you will take on this job with responsibilities. how will you plan to use the opportunity? it's one thing to come in and do interviews like this, and we appreciate you doing this, but like everything, including our reporting of it, it's after the event when the damage is done, what do you hope will be possible to do that is proactive? there are a lot of players here.

i'm not the only one in this landscape that needs... luckily enough i've got input into other organisations. i'm still with the pfa until april, like i said. so the premier league, kick it out. where i'm a trustee. what i would say is that all the are now have worked very well collaboratively over the last year. i also welcome the minister, 0liver dowden, spoke very well after the meeting last week. we now have the situation where the forces seem to be aligned and we are all looking for this thing from social media and facebook to do more so it won't be just me, the onus is on social media companies, there is too much anonymity that allows users to post whatever they like and then close down accounts, that can be breached. i heard the discussion earlier about global terrorism, these are billion—dollar industries who have a responsibility now in all fields, notjust terrorism, it's a huge responsibility now and people have got to step up

and away they have not done before. —— in a way. in a sense it is terrorising individuals, it's intimidating them, it's offending their families, it's energy they should not even have to use deployed on something that undermines their sense of self worth or can, it shouldn't but it can do, it can play to people's vulnerabilities and have a corrosive impact. exactly that. fame and wealth does not make you immune to mental health issues, and these guys feel like an elder citizen now in their 20s, they are role models, the vast majority of them step up unbelievably well, you only need to look at people like marcus rashford who himself has had abuse to see the impact he has had. we are asking a lot of these guys.

this is a social media age and i'm not here to criticise social media itself which has been a great thing, but the responsibility now, with power comes responsibility, and not enough has been done over the last two years, now we have got to almost turn back the clock and make this environment such that people do not feel emboldened, which they are. there are millions of people on social media, millions of people in this country and all around the world. 0ne thinks of all those people who follow the premier league teams. would you like perhaps some kind of grassroots campaign? we saw it this week with investment, people buying shares and so on, notjust spending their money but tweeting how angry they feel about this kind of abuse going on, people are doing individually, but if that was at scale do you think that might wake the social media companies up to the anger it is causing all the people they say they are trying

to represent by not imposing these controls? absolutely. like minded people are all offended by this, it doesn't matter who you are. like minded people are all disgusted by this. at the pfa we ran a campaign 18 months ago about enough. we had a social media boycott for 2h hours last year which was enormously successful so we can replicate that elsewhere to really hit social media companies where it hurts. —— about enough. just to make them more aware. they have let this go on. i'm aware that at one point one of the suggestions was that, not from social media companies, but players take down their accounts. that is turning the problems round onto the victims rather than the perpetrators, that cannot be acceptable. that has held back this whole debate. iffy 0nuora talking to me a little

earlier. thousands of people have been arrested across russia, following mass protests, in support of the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny. riot police and national guards troops shut down parts of the capital moscow for a time, closing metro stations and blocking off streets, as thousands of people demanded mr navalny�*s release. he was jailed on his return to russia, after recovering from an assassination attempt. with the very latest, here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. by law, russians have the right to peaceful protest...on paper. in moscow today, police were determined to clear the streets, whatever it took. hundreds of people were detained in the russian capital. protesters have come out in support of alexei navalny, the kremlin critic who's in jail. moscow police had warned that any protest in the city today would be considered illegal and broken up, and that's exactly what's

happening right now. the message is that the authorities are determined to crack down on dissent. but the crowds swelled, and moved through the city. "moscow, take to the streets", they're chanting. the riot police tried to stop them, but they were playing catch up all afternoon. mr navalny�*s arrest was the trigger for this, but resentments with the authorities have been building. we have been stagnating for 20 years of putin's rule, and i believe we need some change. i wanted freedom for our country. the situation now is the worst, i think, in the last ten years. this too brought russians onto the streets, alexei navalny�*s recent video alleging that

vladimir putin built himself a £1 billion palace with illicit money, complete with £600 toilet brushes. the kremlin has denied it, but the video's had more than 100 million views online. the result — the toilet brush has become the symbol of this protest, the embodiment of what many here believe is massive corruption at the top. it's not just moscow. there were protests across russia, from st petersburg to the urals and the far east. but will they force a kremlin u—turn and mr navalny�*s release? no sign of that. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the government says britain wants to join a pacific trade partnership, comprising 11 countries including australia and japan. known as the cpt—pp,

it was only formed in 2018 but could offer tariff free trade with a host of countries in the asia—pacific region. 0ur global trade correspondent dharshini david has been telling more about the potential deal. this is about the uk's big ambition for post—brexit britain. about tying in more closely, with markets that are faster growing, albeit further away. and alsojust delving deeper into links when it comes to things like robotics and banking. so services and digital trade. we don't talk about those a lot, but we do them pretty well. and the ultimate hope is that we are going to see the us, perhaps, change its mind and join. if that happens, we get a trade deal with america by the back door, and you then get a very powerful trading bloc indeed. but back to the present, because all of that is a way down the road, and as you said, this is a... seven out of 11 of these nations we already have trading deals with, and if you look at the 11 together,

together they buyjust as much exports as germany alone does from the uk. so there's a lot here to be done in terms of making sure there are gains for consumers and businesses. i mean, the government has not put any figures on thatjust yet, but economists say for the time being it's likely pretty slim. but we are at the start of a very long process here. we've got to have objectives, wishlists spelt out and then those talks will actually start later this year. it's going to be a while before we find out exactly how these ambitions are going to pan out. dharshini david. many people still living in flats covered in flammable cladding three and a half years after the grenfell fire, say they're suffering financial hardship due to sky high insurance bills. at one tower block in cheshire, premiums have gone up by more than a thousand percent, since safety issues were first reported there. 0ur correspondent, sarah corker has the details. waterfront living on the banks of the river mersey. this is the decks in runcorn. gail bought a two—bed apartment here ten years ago. 0ur lifelong dream,

our own property. but since then, fire safety faults have been found in all six blocks, including dangerous cladding. and building insurance bills have soared, rising from £34,000 a year to more than half a million pounds. for gail, who works in retail, that means finding an extra £2,000. well, i just cried. i cried. where are we supposed to find that kind of money? and if you can't find that money, what have you been told could happen? we're out. we'll forfeit the apartment. it's so hard. i don't know what to do next. and it's notjust insurance costs, big repair bills are looming. you know, we're working—class people. we've appealed to the government — do the right thing. we're not responsible for this. seren park gardens was marketed as a green oasis is in south london.

as a green oasis in south london. a decade on, green algae is taking root in the timber cladding, which is also highly flammable. the block's insurance costs have soared from £123,000 to more than £650,000 a year. i don't understand why they can suddenly put up the prices. either they're unwilling to bear the risk, which doesn't make sense because they have presumably borne the risk successfully in the past, either that, or they're just using this to profit dramatically. for some buildings, insurance costs have gone up by more than 1000%, how on earth can you justify that? the process of getting buildings fixed is far too slow, too many people are going to sleep at night in dangerous buildings and that's simply unacceptable. the high cost of insurance is a symptom of those problems. what started as a cladding scandal has now become a much wider safety crisis. inspections of high—rises in the wake of the grenfell tower

fire have exposed many other faults — flammable balconies, defective insulation, missing firebreaks, and flat owners feel trapped. this is clearly a very urgent situation, but it's a very complex and multifaceted challenge. i think it's right that we come up with the most comprehensive and effective solution before we start making those details public. but the longer it takes to get to grips with this safety crisis, the more money drains away from flat owners like leigh. sarah corker, bbc news. the uk's largest umbrella organisation for muslim groups has elected a woman as its head for the first time. zara mohammed, who has a background in human rights law, said she hoped her election as secretary—general of the muslim council of britain would inspire more women and young people to come forward to leadership roles. not only is she the first woman in the role, she is also the youngest and the first scottish person to be secretary—general. a little earlier she explained what she was hoping

to achieve in the role. grateful to be part of the organisation for two and a half years as a member of the leadership team, and i think what we are doing is continue to strengthen that diversity, to build a strong and an inclusive and diverse organisation. and that is in the work we do as well as the people that represent us. and i think, for me, at the forefront of that is getting young people and more women involved and making sure that the future, which is in their hands, they are fully a part of. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. we've seen a bit more snow around today across parts of wales from the sleet and snow showers in scotland for the far north and northern isles. 0vernight, we'll keep plenty of cloud across wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england and northern ireland. a bit of patchy rain and sleet, a little bit of hill snow, not amounting to very much, very misty and murky. wintry showers continue into the far north of scotland and down some eastern parts as well, making it icy for some, but it's northern england and scotland seeing the lion's share

of the clear spells. this is where temperatures will be at their lowest overnight, though not as cold as it was last night. plenty of cloud hanging on across the southern half of england, for wales and northern ireland tomorrow. a bit of patchy rain and drizzle, some outbreaks of rain developing again into northern ireland through the afternoon and, for northern england and scotland, some sunny spells here, still a few wintry showers towards the north and east of scotland, not quite as cold tomorrow. a significant weather system moving in monday night and into tuesday, some heavy rain, some heavy snow around as it moves its way northwards. for some of us, turning milder and then colder again at the end of the week.