this is bbc news. the headlines at apm. a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to the nhs in england by the coalition government in 2012, which saw the private sector given a greater role. the chairman of the vaccines task force says he's confident the uk will be able to offer coronavirus jabs to everyone over 50 by may. thousands of people take to the streets in myanmar to protest against the military coup and to demand the release of aung san suu kyi. president biden says donald trump is "dangerous" and wants him to lose access to intelligence briefings normally given to former presidents.

i just think that there is no need to have that intelligence briefing. what value is giving him an intelligence briefing? what impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something? and tens of thousands of farmers block major highways across india as they continue their protests against new agricultural laws. and coming up in half an hour — we relive some of the travel show�*s top winter adventures including ade adepitan�*s overnight stay at sweden's famous ice hotel. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. a leaked document has revealed that borisjohnson is planning to sweep away david cameron's reforms of the nhs in england — that could see a reduced role

for the private sector. nhs commissioners would no longer be required to invite private companies to bid to run services, and there would be more focus on hospitals and social care services working together to improve patient care. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. an ageing population brings with it extra challenges. elderly patients often require more complex care and hospital treatment that can cause pressure on the treatment, when they're fit enough to leave but there isn't capacity in the social care system to support them. new proposals suggest sweeping changes to current contracts, that would allow closer working between the nhs and local authorities to keep older patients out of hospital and provide more care in the community. we need a lot morejoined up care. it's notjust going into hospital to have your hip replaced, having that sorted out and then going home again, it's people who have lots of things that need to be sorted out,

who are using the health service many times during the course of a year. and the structures need to be improved to make that possible. in 2012, under the cameron government, lord lansley handed the control and finances of the nhs to nhs england, with an annual strategy set by the government. it meant that nhs services were bought for patients by gp groups, including from private providers. the new proposals roll back on much of this and will allow ministers to more tightly control how the nhs works, as well as deliver public health and social care plans. but campaign groups are sceptical. this government has been more dependent than ever before on the private sector during a pandemic. we've had the private sector brought in to test and trace, we've had private sector brought in to run laboratories, parallel to the nhs. we've got a four—year plan now to use private hospitals, while nhs beds in large numbers remain closed and out of use. so this isn't a government that's been looking to marginalise the private sector. the department of health

and social care said it was rightly considering where changes needed to be made, and that full details would be set out in due course. but labour's questioned the timing of plans to reorganise health and care services in the middle of a pandemic. nhs reorganisations rarely go smoothly, and, at a time when services are at breaking point, it may prove difficult to push through these reforms. katharine da costa, bbc news. more on those proposed reforms any moment but before that i want to bring you a couple of coronavirus updates. there have been 18,262 cases of covid—19 reported in the uk in the last 2a hours. a drop slightly on yesterday that compares to 19,114 the day before. in terms

of the number of deaths, there have been 828 deaths registered of people who had tested positive in the previous 28 days of a positive test. and some figures on the vaccination. the uk government has said that 11.465 million people have now received the vaccination first dose and that compares to the previous total which was 10.971 million. nearly 11.5 million people have received a vaccination first dose now. let's go back to the news about the leaked document which has revealed that borisjohnson is planning sweeping reforms to the nhs in england. i asked our political correspondent ben wright to set out what changes were proposed in the leaked document. this is very much in line with the direction of travel

that the government had signalled over the last couple for the nhs which in marked quite a break with how for the nhs which marked quite a break with how government has approached the health service. over the last three decades really. at right back to ken clarke in the �*90s when he introduced the internal market into the health service for the controversial andrew lansley reforms of 2012, which cemented the idea of gp commissioning groups, competition being the key driver for improved services. now it's about bringing back the power of local authorities to work with hospitals, delivering health care far more locally for patients, and it seems increasing the power of ministers in whitehall to try and pull levers, a more simplified version of nhs structure that we have not seen for a while. that's what the draft white paper that has been leaked points towards, and eventually we will get legislation which really does unpick

many of those coalition government reforms that were put in place to try and rewire the way the nhs works. some people might wonder about the timing. the nhs is under such intense pressure at the moment, is this the right time to be introducing radical reforms? labour have certainly said, why now? why prioritise a restructuring just as the nhs is dealing with a pandemic? the nhs faces a huge number of challenges right now, notjust dealing with covid but there is a massive backlog of health care that has stored up because people can't get the treatments for all sorts of things they are waiting to see their doctors and clinicians for, so they have to deal with that, there is a workforce shortage, there are long—term funding challenges facing the health ca re system. so restructuring alone will not solve any of those. but the government would argue that the fact that the nhs has had to respond so quickly to the pandemic showed how bureaucracy can be cut out, how sort

of various silos can be destroyed, how it can just work more efficiently when it needs to. i think that has probably galvanised thinking in the department of health to crack on with this sort of restructuring now. and some, of course, might say that the success of the vaccination programme demonstrates that, doesn't it? in terms of that and when lockdown might be lifted, we know that there is a small number of conservative mps who are keen for lockdown restrictions to be lifted sooner rather than later but others are much more cautious, so how difficult a balancing act is it for boris johnson? it's been tricky all the way through, of course, rebecca. although the rebellion by tory mps injanuary to the current lockdown restrictions was very small, only a dozen tory mps opposed them and yet there have been grumblings from them over the last five or six weeks. they are increasing, certainly, as the vaccination programme rolls out at speed. they want these restrictions lifted as quickly as possible. they are saying may should be the moment

they have all gone once all the over—50s are vaccinated. the watchword in no 10 seems to be the caution. we know that there will be a review of the current restrictions and rate of the current restrictions and rate of hospitalisations and faxing progress in the middle of the month when the mps return from the half—time break the wake of the 22nd of february and the government will set out its plan and they hope some schools will go back on march the 8th. this remains a fairly tentative timetable for borisjohnson because in many ways the course of the virus remains out of their hands. that was our political correspondent ben wright. earlier i spoke to the former liberal democrat mp sir norman lamb, he was a care minister in the coalition government. he welcomed the proposals in the leaked white paper i think this is a move in the right direction and it marks a significant and decisive shift away, notjust from the 2012 reforms, but going back through new labour, just as ben

wright was saying, the market in the nhs has been present for a long time now. under labour we had patient choice, the right to choose, and you could go to a private sector hospital or an nhs hospital. this is a significant move away from that. there is no doubt. i think there are risks. you want to avoid sort of local complacent monopolies and you need innovation and i really strongly believe that you have to collaborate with third—sector organisations, absolutely definitely with local government. and sometimes with local government. and sometimes with the private sector, on digital, for example. we have to get the best of health care for our population. but i think it makes sense to build now the right structures for the post—covid world. i now the right structures for the post-covid world.— now the right structures for the post-covid world. i want to come back to that _ post-covid world. i want to come back to that but _ post-covid world. i want to come back to that but you _ post-covid world. i want to come back to that but you did - post-covid world. i want to come back to that but you did say - post-covid world. i want to come back to that but you did say you i back to that but you did say you welcome the changes. and of course you were part of the coalition government. i know you were not social care minister when andrew

lansley introduced the changes. but you were in 2012 whenjeremy hunt took over. is this an admission that the so—called reforms from the government about which you were a part were wrong?— government about which you were a part were wrong? well, look, i don't think, and i— part were wrong? well, look, i don't think, and i have _ part were wrong? well, look, i don't think, and i have never— part were wrong? well, look, i don't think, and i have never thought, - think, and i have never thought, that the health and social care act was the coalition�*s finest hour. i actually spoke out publicly, somewhat unusually, i was a government whip at the time, during the passage of the bill through parliament to raise my concerns. i spoke to bbc news at the time and called for changes to the legislation. i don't think it was a good reform, it didn't have a clear intellectual base for it and it delivered confused accountability. so i was never a fan. ultimately, i made a judgment to go along with it after some changes were made which i think improved it. but with the benefit of hindsight they didn't

improve it sufficiently. but as i say, it in many ways built on reforms that had happened under the new labour government, introducing choice into the nhs, introducing a greater role for the private sector, and actually the backdrop is competition rules from the eu. although i was a remainer and i think brexit in many ways was a mistake, leaving the eu does allow us to move away from those competition rules and allows us to make our ownjudgments competition rules and allows us to make our own judgments about whether we should allow competition in any part of our public services. sir norman lamb there. the new chair of the vaccine task force, dr clive dix, says he is "very optimistic" the uk will meet its target of offering

a first coronavirus jab to all over—50s by may. almost 11 million people have now received their firstjab — but some — particularly those in ethnic minority communities — remain hesitant. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports on how some are tackling the issue. this vaccination hub, at the royal london hospital, has been up and running for almost six weeks and it's non—stop, with staff putting jabs into hundreds of arms each day. any history or problems with bleeding or bruising at all? one of them is martin griffiths, a consultant surgeon, whose dayjob normally involves treating trauma victims with severe wounds, but now he's part of the vaccination effort. he's seen, first—hand, the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on people from black, asian and other ethnic minority groups. there's a lot of anxiety out in the community about coronavirus and the vaccination, about its speed, about whether it works or not and a lot of misinformation on, particularly on social media about that. i think it's important that people take the opportunity to ask

questions and have their concerns answered by trusted individuals. this government video is one way of spreading the vaccination message on social media. people from these communities are up to four times more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, but there's growing evidence and research which shows they're more reluctant to be vaccinated. we have to trust that, you know, the scientists have done what they should be doing, government and everybody has done theirjob correctly and they've put this out there. they've had a lot of misconception, especially within the bangladeshi community. it's more to do with not getting the information in the language that they need it or if they've got the misconceptions, where they come from. nhs staff are giving jabs from more than 1,500 sites across the country. this is one of the busiest vaccination hubs in london and, at the moment, it's running twice a week, where up to 700 people a day are given a jab here. and for those still in doubt...

we are not authority, we are people as well. we want to help our community get better. so, yes, please, ask questions. we'll give you the answer and tell you the truth and we can move forward from there. in an effort to get more people vaccinated, the government has now started to publish ethnicity data and it's hoped these clinics will end up attracting the most hard—to—reach hesitant communities. adina campbell, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to the nhs in england by the coalition government in 2012, which saw the private sector given a greater role. the chairman of the vaccines taskforce says he's confident the uk will be able to offer coronavirus jabs to everyone over 50 by may. thousands of people take to the streets in myanmar to protest against the military coup and to demand the release of aung san suu kyi.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. the waiting is over, the six nations is under way. england and scotland clash injust under half an hour at twickenham in the calcutta cup, but france have kicked of the tournament with a 50—10 thumping of italy. there were less than six minutes on the clock when dylan cretin broke through for the french to score the first try of this year's tournament. two more followed before brice dulin secured the bonus point winning score after the break. france ran in seven tries in all with two from teddy thomas. for italy it's a 28th consecutive six nations defeat. in the first premier league game of the day, aston villa have bounced back from their midweek defeat against west ham by

beating arsenal 1—0. some quick thinking by bertrand traore set up the goal, pouncing on a loose backpass to set up 0llie watkins to put villa ahead with just 74 seconds gone. it's the first time they've done the double over arsenal since the early �*90s. these players like to make history, as we have seen over the last couple of years. but it was a hard—working performance, i thought we got away from that on wednesday. people talking about us being a good team, you've still got to work hard and work hard for each other. we've got the quality to score goals within this team, as people have seen, but that was more like us. it was a really dogged display against a really good offensive team. there are four more matches today. two of those are already under way. burnley are level at 1—1 with brighton, and it's been a thriller at stjames' park where newcastle lead southampton 3—2. later on fulham take on west ham at 5.30pm, and then second—place manchester united host everton at 8pm at old trafford.

five matches also in the scottish premiership — all of them kicked off at 3pm. these are the latest scores. celtic are playing the first of their two games in hand on leaders rangers. they're currently 2—0 up at home to motherwell, looking to eat into that huge 23—point lead rangers have at the top of the table. rangers are at hamilton tomorrow. england are in a strong position in their first test against india in chennai after captainjoe root scored his second double century in three matches. he was eventually out for 218, with england on 555—8 at the close on day two. adam wild was watching. smiles and celebration, a sight of which england cricket fans will never tire, a sight they are now getting rather used to. joe root had already passed 100 when this morning's master class began, a study and calm control. if that was the foundation, ben stokes brought the strokes. those big empty chennai stands make an inviting target.

still, how big a score were england actually aiming for? india running out of ideas. well, almost. tempt stokes into another mighty heave, india clinging onjust about. with his partnerfalling short, the captain wasn't about to follow. this brought up his 200. in his 100th test match, the first player ever to do that. root reached 218 before he finally faltered, congratulations from opposition and team—mates. all knew they had seen something special. for a moment it looked like india's bowlers had finally hit their stride. jos buttler. .. ..and thenjofra archer misjudging successive deliveries. but having found their fortune, they then lost their luck. dom bess here surviving an unforgivable dropped catch. england batted out the day, now firmly in command. joe root even tidying up after. their inspirational captain setting the standard till the very end. adam wild, bbc news.

on to horse racing and there was a huge win for the 2018 gold cup winner — native river at sandown park today. the old campiagner saw off fellow jump stars like bristol de mai and santini to win the cotswold chase — rearranged from last week's cancelled cheltenham trials meeting. a welcome win for trainer colin tizzard who's only had one win since december and part of a treble of wins for jockey richard johnson. congratulations to them. the calcutta cup between england and scotland just a few minutes away. follow that across the bbc and i will keep you updated throughout the afternoon. lovely, see you later. thank you. thousands of people have taken to the streets of myanmar�*s main city, yangon, to protest against this week's military coup. they are calling for the release of the elected leader aung san suu kyi and others detained by the army.

it's the first big demonstration since the military seized power. the crowds were chanting in favour of democracy, and against what they say is a dictatorship. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports. five days after the military takeover and people are testing the limits. this group included factory workers from the western suburbs of yangon. but led by young political activists, shouting their condemnation of the new regime and their support for the ousted government. the crowd grew as it headed towards the downtown area of myanmar�*s largest city where a line of police blocked their way. offering a perfect backdrop for the hunger games salute that has become the symbol of popular defiance in this region. it's hard to gauge how much of the country shares this sense of outrage but it is a fair bet this coup is widely unpopular.

the protest was broadcast as it happened on a dozen or more social media pages but the military began shutting down the internet and blocking popular apps so that through the day we watched myanmar slipping back towards the digital dark age of a decade ago. protests have taken place outside myanmar too. with aung san suu kyi in custody once more, these are painful echoes of a wretched past. are myanmar�*s generals really prepared to return to the bad old days. perhaps they do not know what they will do yet after inflicting such a blow to their country's hopes. a murder investigation has been launched after a 22—year—old man was stabbed to death in croydon yesterday evening.

it was one of five stabbing incidents across south london reported injust over two hours on friday night — which saw nine people injured. 0fficers don't believe all the attacks were linked and have appealed for information. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison sent us this update from the scene. police were called to this block of flats in croydon around about 8pm yesterday evening after reports that two people had been stabbed. despite the efforts of paramedics, a 22—year—old man died at the scene and a second man was taken to hospital. forensic teams have been here this afternoon, and we have seen friends and family members coming to pay their respects and lay flowers. 0verall on friday evening, police said they were called out to reports of five separate stabbing incidents in the croydon area and nine people have been injured with stab and slash wounds, although police say none of them are in a life—threatening

condition in hospital. police at the moment say they do not believe these incidents were all linked, but stop and search powers have been increased in the area and police say on saturday night there will be an increased police presence on the street. detective superintendent nicky arrowsmith described the violence as needless and abhorrent. so far we understand two people have been arrested in connection with these incidents. jon donnison reporting there. the us presidentjoe biden believes donald trump should no longer have access to intelligence briefings because of his "erratic behavior." former us presidents traditionally receive some briefings after they leave office. but mr biden told cbs evening news he was worried about mr trump's access.

this was mr biden�*s first broadcast interview since becoming president. he also spoke about the upcoming impeachment trial — and was asked if he was a senator, would he have voted to convict mr trump? look, i ran like hell to defeat him because i thought he was unfit to be president. i watched what everybody else watched. what happened when that crew invaded the united states congress. but i am not in the senate now. i will let the senate make that decision. let me ask you something you do have oversight of as president. should former president trump still receive intelligence briefings? i think not. why not? because of his erratic behaviour unrelated to the insurrection. you've called him an existential threat, you've called him dangerous, you've called him reckless. i have, and i believe it. what's your worst fear if he continues to get these intelligence briefings?

what value is giving him an intelligence briefing? what impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something? tens of thousands of indian farmers have blocked major highways across the country as they continue their protests against new agricultural laws. the three—hour blockade has disrupted traffic in many parts of india but the movement of ambulances and essential services is being allowed. police have detained dozens of protesters. bbcjournalist salman ravi sent in this report from one protest site. road trafafic across india, all major highways, on major highways, has been suspended for three hours as farmers took to the streets in protest against the three farm laws enacted by the indian parliament. farmer organisations say that these laws will actually make way for corporate companies into the farm sector. you can see behind me this

is the agra—delhi national highway where these farmers have assembled. they've stopped traffic, you can see the tractors and trolleys lined up here. for three hours, the farm leaders have been staging protests and addressing farmers from surrounding villages in this area of haryana state, where i'm standing here at the moment. there have been a series of talks between the government and the farm union leaders. but the stalemate continues as no breakthrough could be achieved. the prime minister, narendra modi, he reached out to the farmers saying that he was open for dialogue and was just a phone call away. but the farm leaders and the farm organisations say that they will accept nothing short of the repeal of these laws. salman ravi, bbc news, india. it all comes as the farmers have received support from international figures like the singer rihanna, the teenage climate change activist greta thunberg and meena harris, the niece of the new us vice president, kamala harris.

she has been tweeting as well. their tweets have angered the indian government, who described them as �*sensationalism'. it's also divided bollywood, some have criticised the tweets from the global high—profile figures and others have hailed them. earlier bollywood actor swara bhasker explained why she was supporting the farmers. i think that in india, as a democratic country, as a country that has been born in peaceful protest, a country though won her freedom by peaceful protest, we see peaceful protest as a right and it is a constitutional right. i think that the farmers have really been quite an example of peace and discipline in the manner in which

they have protested. i think that a lot of the questions they are raising about the farm laws, about the manner in which the farm laws came into existence in the last few months, i think those are very legitimate questions and i think barring the unfortunate incidents that took place on 26th january which samyukta kisan morcha, which is the union heading the protests, was quick to condemn and distance itself from, i think that the farmers are well within their rights, they have a right to protest about a law that is going to affect their lives so deeply. swara bhasker there. saturdays may be a time to relax for many — but at one school in derby — the pupils are working hard today. the foundation trust there has been awarded £84,000 from the government to run a saturday school for those teenagers who have fallen behind at home. sian lloyd has been hearing from some of the pupils taking part.

i come to saturday school, because i want to improve my maths and english, to be a construction worker. hi, my name is vanessa, i'm year 11, and i came into school on saturday . to catch up with my english lessons. empty benches and deserted classrooms. the new familiar, in these times. but, at the bemrose school in derby, they are opening up during lockdown. 0n saturdays, small numbers are invited into schools to catch up on lessons missed last year. you can see the students who do have access to devices at home, and those that don't have access to devices. what we are trying to do is make sure that gap doesn't widen, and i think being able to support students in different ways, and for them to be sure that we are still there for them, and that schools are still open and we are still providing work, i think is really important. now, looking at microscopy and i will require participation. with only three pupils allowed in a classroom to be covid safe, scores morejoining from home.