tonight at 10pm, the uk records its highest number of coronavirus vaccinations in a single day, close to 600,000. nearly nine million people have received their first injection, but there's a warning the lockdown must not be eased, too quickly. any releases that we have will have to happen very slowly, very cautiously, watching and waiting as we go. captain sir tom moore, who raised millions of pounds for the nhs, has been taken to hospital, after testing positive for coronavirus. we'll have the very latest. also on the programme — thousands are arrested across russia, during mass protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. police investigate, after man united's marcus rashford is the latest player racially

abused, on social media. and the price of living in a flat with flammable cladding — insurance costs up 1,000% since the grenfell tragedy. good evening. the uk has achieved its highest number of coronavirus vaccinations in a single day, with nearly 600,000 injections recorded yesterday, according to the latest government figures. nearly nine million people have received their firstjab, that's one in six of the adult population. but there's caution tonight from one of england's senior public health officials, that easing lockdown rules should only proceed "very slowly". our first report tonight is from our

health correspondent, jim reed. here, at this basketball stadium in newcastle, the vaccine roll—out continues. hello. can you confirm your name for me, please? across the uk, nearly 600,000 people received theirjab yesterday, a new record, 2,000 at this site alone. i'm feeling fine, smashing. i'm pleased i've come to get it, cos they're long days, when you're in a household all by yourself. it means that eventually we will be coming out of this, and it's - something to look forward to. there has been some concerns about the supply of the pfizer vaccine in particular, but the government said today it's confident there won't be any hold—up. in total, three quarters of those between 75 and 80 have now been offered their first dose, with two weeks to go for ministers to hit their target of reaching the four most at—risk groups. 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.

it comes, though, 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 that we'll be down to those sort of case numbers, but i think we need to be very cautious on that. we do not want to have another wave, as we've had this winter. but as the number receiving the vaccine goes up, there are more questions about who should be prioritised next. labour says teachers and other key workers should be high on that list, perhaps above 50—year—olds. if you're in your 50s and able - to work from home, you've got a car, you don't have to go out much, you are taking less risks - than somebody who is going to work i in a supermarket, travelling by bus| there every day. scientists now say they are watching the vaccination data closely. if the whole programme is working as hoped, within two weeks we should start to see an impact on cases, and, crucially, the numbers in hospital.

jim reed, bbc news. 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 24,216. 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 1,100 deaths announced every day, taking the total so far across the uk to over 106,000. 0n the vaccine roll—out, as we've been hearing, a record 598,389 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. that means almost nine million

people in the uk have had theirfirstjab. 0ur health editor hugh pym is with me. very good news on vaccines. the government close to meeting potentially its targets?- government close to meeting potentially its targets? yes, clive. an impressive _ potentially its targets? yes, clive. an impressive total, _ potentially its targets? yes, clive. an impressive total, nearly - potentially its targets? yes, clive. i an impressive total, nearly 600,000 in a day. the target is for 15 million people to be offered the vaccine by the middle of february, thatis vaccine by the middle of february, that is in all age groups over the age of 70 and clinically extremely vulnerable and care home staff and nhs staff and care staff. now, the rate of increase is now 2.6 million a week and if you do the arithmetic, with just over two weeks to go, they should get pretty near to that 15 million target, but that is offered is of the vaccine, as opposed to numbers actually vaccinated. now, early in this week, it was below

300,000 daily total, and government sources were acknowledging supply was a bit lumpy but more would come on stream towards the end of the week, and we've just seen the fruits of that, if you like. so there are going to be issues oversupply in the weeks ahead. no one's denying that, but this certainly seems to be on track at the moment.— but this certainly seems to be on track at the moment. news today of ca tain sir track at the moment. news today of captain sir tom _ track at the moment. news today of captain sir tom moore _ track at the moment. news today of captain sir tom moore in _ track at the moment. news today of captain sir tom moore in hospital. captain sir tom moore in hospital with coronavirus. what more do we know? , ., , ., ,, ., with coronavirus. what more do we know? , ., ,, ., know? yes, captain sir tom moore, aued 100, know? yes, captain sir tom moore, aged 100. his _ know? yes, captain sir tom moore, aged 100, his family _ know? yes, captain sir tom moore, aged 100, his family say _ know? yes, captain sir tom moore, aged 100, his family say he - aged 100, his family say he developed pneumonia and had breathing difficulties, and then tested positive. he has been admitted to bedford hospital. his family say he hadn't had a vaccination, because of the medication he was on for pneumonia. he is not in intensive care. captain sir tom obviously raised 33 million last year for the sir tom obviously raised 33 million last yearfor the nhs, and was knighted. he himself and his family tweeted that they were enjoying a holiday in barbados in december.

tonight, the prime minister has tweeted, saying he was sure the whole nation would agree to pass on the message that they were wishing captain sirtom a the message that they were wishing captain sir tom a full recovery. many thanks. meanwhile, the irish prime minister says eu member states were "blindsided" by a decision by the european commission, to trigger a provision in the brexit deal, which would have seen checks at the border with northern ireland. brussels subsequently backed down, putting pressure on the head of the commission, ursula von der leyen. downing street says it's confident the uk's access to vaccines won't be disrupted, as our political correspondent nick eardley explains. 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. the commission should've spoken to you first, should it not? yes, and we've had that conversation.

and i think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from how all of this transpired because it took four years to put the protocol together. 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. ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily — speaking to german tv tonight, she emphasised cooperation. translation: i had a very good conversation with borisjohnson i had a very good conversation with boris johnson last i had a very good conversation with borisjohnson last night precisely about this. it makes sense to work together during the pandemic. i was pleased to say that he said the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. this is the spirit in which we have to approach

the pandemic. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily — with a record number yesterday. 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.

our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us. european commission seemingly all over the shop on this one. has it managed to secure the vaccines it needs? we managed to secure the vaccines it needs? ~ ., ., ._ managed to secure the vaccines it needs? ~ ., ., ,, ., needs? we heard today the commission sa s it has needs? we heard today the commission says it has an — needs? we heard today the commission says it has an excellent _ needs? we heard today the commission says it has an excellent -- _ needs? we heard today the commission says it has an excellent -- an _ needs? we heard today the commission says it has an excellent -- an extra - says it has an excellent —— an extra 9 million vaccines, and everyjab counts of course, but this would still bring the commission well short of the sort of supply it promised the eu before the end of march, and there really is a lot of anger about, march, and there really is a lot of angerabout, because march, and there really is a lot of anger about, because the commission promised to purchase vaccines on the behalf of every single eu country, and it did that. it bought more than 2 billionjabs, it says, in theory, but in practice these have been really slow to arrive, and people here look at the uk, the us, and they want to know why the eu is lagging so far behind. there are accusations of mismanagement at the very highest levels in the commission, accusations that it was really slow to sign contracts with pharmaceutical countries and —— companies and when vaccines hadn't appeared as they believe they would,

that they panicked and lashed out in all directions, threatening legal action for example, and even as we know trekking in the brexit deal on northern ireland. this has become the number—one political issue in the number—one political issue in the eu, clive, now at every level, for individuals, for eu countries, because of course this is now impacting national politics and the eu is well, of course in the commissions in brussels too. —— in the commission. thousands of people have been arrested across russia, following mass protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. riot police and national guard 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. our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg reports. by law, russians have the right to peaceful protest...on paper.

in moscow today, police were determined to clear the streets... whatever it took. some people got away. but hundreds of people were detained in the russian capital. protesters had 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. chanting "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 of the authorities has been building. we have been stagnating for, like, 20 years of putin's rule, and i believe that we need some change. i wanted freedom for our country. the situation now is the worst, i think, than 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's 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.

there were protests across russia, from st petersburg... ..to siberia and the russian far east. man shouting. but will they force a kremlin u—turn and mr navalny�*s release? no sign of that. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. a team of experts from the world health organization has visited the seafood market in the chinese city of wuhan, where the world's first major outbreak of the coronavirus was confirmed. the visit was part of an inspection that began on friday, with the aim of identifying the origins of the pandemic. the government says britain wants to join a pacific trade partnership, comprising 11 countries, including australia and japan. known as the cpt—pp, it could offer tariff—free access to a potential market of around 500 million people. in 2019, pacific trade partnership

nations accounted for a little over 8% of uk exports, roughly the same proportion as germany alone. tomorrow, mps will debate the plight of millions of people still living in flats covered in flammable cladding, three and a half years after the grenfell tower disaster. many 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 1,000% since safety issues were first reported there. our 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. our 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. 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 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 a 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, the latest high—profile target of racial abuse online. in reply, he posted...

this week alone, rashford's team—mates anthony martial and axel tuanzebe, chelsea's reece james and west brom's romaine sawyers are the black footballers subjected to discrimination online. today, the duke of cambridge, who is also the president of the football association, condemned such online behavior. prince william said... 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.... and it's committed to tackling abuse. it says it's already removed accounts in this case. those in the know say the technology is also out there to help. 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 globally 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, football a a keen battleground. those committed to the fight vow to continue to take a stand as well as a knee. nesta mcgregor, bbc news.

evidence about the way the emergency service responded to the manchester arena attack will begin this week at the public inquiry into what happened. little is known about the members of the public who helped the injured and tended those who were killed, in the absence of proper medical help and equipment. survivors say it is vital their role is not overlooked in the official version of events. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz has spoken to two of them, and a warning her report contains some distressing details. screaming. on telephone: police emergency, hello, can you hear me? _ yeah, there's been an explosion at manchester arena! is anybody injured? yes, loads! we're just going to get as many ambulances and fire and all that to you as 50011 as we can. yeah, as many ambulances as you can. at the moment, we've got very few. i'm just shouting out, help, we need help, i and we need paramedics. there's that instant expectation there's going to be help, and itjust didn't come. sirens. in the wake of the bomb at manchester arena,

the most seriously injured couldn't move from where they fell, and though blue lights pulsed outside, inside there was only one paramedic for the first a0 minutes. jane tweddle lay fatally hurt. there was little expertise or equipment on hand. it was left to a stranger, sean gardner, to sit by her side as her life slipped away. when you're faced with injuries so severe, you just, you know, i'm not trained, i don't know what to do, you just feel so helpless. all you can do is comfort, and it's not enough, but that's all i felt i could do. did you speak to jane, were you trying to communicate with her? yeah, i sort of held her hand. she knew someone was next to her, i suppose. that was the main thing. ordinary people found themselves on the medicalfront line, and some depended on them for survival. children, like freya lewis, who was very badly hurt, and fell into the arms of a stranger. i kept saying to her,

i'm not going to leave you, i'm not going to leave you. kim dick looked after freya for over an hour. the teenager had 29 injuries. i had to hold freya with all my might, you know, sat up, in an upright position. how do you feel about the fact that health wasn't there, straight away? at the time, really helpless, you know, because i could see what was going on, and especially as freya was losing so much blood. now, luckily, from watching tv, i knew to keep her upright from swallowing the blood, choking on the blood, but we needed help. hello. hi! hello! their story has a happy ending. freya has stayed in touch with kim and her husband phil. she says she owes her life to them. i think the absolute world of them. they are in my thoughts, every single day. they are the reason why i'm still here, and kim and phil, they saved my life.

they acted as my parents when my parents couldn't, and i will always, for the rest of my life, be eternally grateful to them, because yeah, they're just amazing. kim and freya now share a bond forged from terrible circumstances. the survivor and her hero. just one of the ordinary people who stepped up when help was so desperately needed. judith moritz, bbc news. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

hello. this is bbc news. if your recycling bin is full of cardboard, it's no surprise. lockdowns mean that online shopping now accounts for a third of all retail sales. the change in the way we shop — coupled with disruption to global shipping and problems with staffing and maintenance at paper mills has created a perfect storm for the packaging industry. the increase in demand for packaging has led to a global shortage of paper, with supplies for packaging across europe falling by 20%

at the end of last year. a little earlier our business correspondent katie prescott explained the ways in which the shortage will have been affecting us. shoppers will probably have noticed it when they go to the supermarket and rather than buying their eggs in cardboard, they're in plastic, and that's because brands and retailers have been struggling to get the cardboard they need. and as you say, this is all because we're shopping online more than ever, and this hasn'tjust been a gentle transition. it's been a real surge into it as shops have had to close because of lockdown. but what i'm hearing from the industry is they're now starting, a year on from the start of the pandemic, to adjust to this, and we're seeing that paper shortage fade away and really, more production starting to come on stream. but, we are still in the middle of a crisis in global shipping, and that is causing a problem because it means that the paper mills aren't getting the pulp supplies that they need in order to make the cardboard in the first place. and of course, you're right. you said a lot of that is shipped and that is the way this huge bulk of pulp is delivered. i mean, there is another aspect to this which is ok, don't shift to plastic.

why not reduce the amount of cardboard you're using? i mean, i could think of stuff i'ved had online — you probably can as well — where it arrives and you think, "it can't possibly be as big as that!" and then when you open it, it's not as big as that, it's a tiny thing in the middle and then surrounded by packaging material and in an enormous box. and it's the fact that you and i are responsible for that recycling of the cardboard that's causing so much of the problem because... yes, we're not as efficient as we should be! we aren't as efficient, and the councils aren't as efficient. so, previously, most cardboard would go to a shop and so be recycled in a commercial way, and companies dealing with recycling would know what cardboard was coming in. but when it's coming to our houses and we're responsible for recycling it, one big packaging company said to me today a lot of the cardboard is ending up in people's garages for example. and it's not going to the system in the most efficient way. and that's another reason that's led to the shortage because 90% of cardboard in europe does come from recycled cardboard. katie prescott. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers the deputy political editor of the daily express,

sam lister and and george eaton — senior online editor at the new statesman — that's coming up after the headlines. there is enough pulp for the papers evenif there is enough pulp for the papers even if you might think particular papers you don't like should be pumped altogether. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. it's not going to be as cold tonight, there's more cloud around across parts of england, wales and northern ireland. from it today, some of us have had a bit more snow. particularly again into parts of wales. this is how it looked on the radar picture today. very wet weather pushing into colder air. some snow really into parts of wales, some of the high ground of southern england. this really has not amounted to very much at all. but we will keep some patchy rain, sleet and hill snow around, for some of us tonight. but that weather system just fizzling out as we see another more substantial one coming in for monday night into tuesday. yet more rain, and for this one some significant snow. but it is going to be a damp night across wales, and the midlands, east anglia and southern england. patchy rain, sleet, a little bit of hill snow. similar picture for parts

of northern ireland. for northern england and scotland some clear spells, wintry showers for the northern isles, northern and eastern