this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight. a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to nhs england —— and it would mean the health secretary having more direct control. 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. stabbing attacks in south london in the past 2a hours. hundreds of people have been detained during a nation—wide road blockade in india by farmers protesting against new agricultural laws. and in the six nations —— scotland stun england, to earn a historic win at twickenham for the first time since 1983. and coming up, bbc radio

1xtra presenter, reece parkinson, is determined to run one of the uk's toughest races, with only 37 days to train. good evening, a leaked document has revealed that borisjohnson is planning to reverse reforms of the nhs in england. the changes could see a reduced role for the private sector. the move would sweep away changes introduced by david cameron's government, in 2012, with nhs commissioners no longer required to invite private companies to bid to run services, and with more focus on hospitals and social care services, working together to improve patient care. our health correspondent, katharine de costa, reports.

an ageing population brings with it the challenge of proving more complex care. hospital beds are often tied up, waiting for a care package to support elderly patients at home. many have argued controversial changes made nearly a decade ago left health and care services fragmented. the lansley act was broadly considered to have been a bit of a problem, in allowing gps, hospitals, community services and social care to work more closely together. some elements of the competition and the requirement to procure services through competitive tendering has got in the way of people working together. 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 health campaigners are not convinced. this government has been more dependent than ever before on the private sector during the pandemic. we've had 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. but one former health secretary supports the plans and wished he'd been able to get a grip on social care. the thing i didn't manage to do which i tried to do, which is the next really important step, is a ten year plan and a sustained funding increase for the social care sector because that goes hand—in—hand with the nhs. we need to be much better at looking after people at home.

the department of health and social care said it was rightly considering where changes need to be made, with more details still to come, but labour's questioned the logic in making big changes during a national crisis, when services are already at breaking point. katharine da costa, bbc news. political news, breaking news. sent to us by a political correspondent we understand that the snp faxing spokesman has been sacked from the role. neil had only been giving the job earlier this week and it was part of a reshuffle which saw the home affairs spokesman leave her role and in the statement, sources of claimed that they will head back

to another mp, christie was the mp for aberdeen north, has been approached for comment but we have not heard anything from him yet. as part of the statement, neil was given the opportunity to apologise for his actions which were incompatible with the responsibilities of a front bench spokesperson, including the requirement for teamwork and collective responsibility. he failed to do so and so he has been removed from his position. that came directly from an snp spokesperson. 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 11.5 million people have now received their firstjab — but some, particularly those in ethnic minority communities, remain hesitant —— as our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell reports.

this vaccination hub at the royal london hospital has been up and running for almost six weeks and it's nonstop, with staff putting jabs into hundreds of arms each day. any history of 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 1500 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. delivering ahead of expectations. it comes after opposition parties and criticise the speed of the vaccine roll—out. ten care home residents have died after a covid outbreak in fife.

25 residents and 43 staff, at mossview care home in lochgelly, tested positive for the virus. the health board says, the home has now reopened, after 1a days without a positive case. the latest government figures show, there were 18,262 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 19,107. across the uk 29,326 people are in hospital with coronavirus, including suspected cases in wales. 828 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means the average number of deaths announced every day in the past week is now 932. the total number of deaths across the uk is now 112,092. the uk's programme of mass vaccinations continues. 494,163 people have had their first dose of one

of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. that takes the overall number of people who've had theirfirstjab to nearly, 11.5 million. mobile testing for areas in england with new cases of the south african covid variant, is being expanded. today, testing began in parts of worcestershire, after a small number of cases were discovered. and it was also stepped up in southport, after a second case there. 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, explained what prompted concern about this particular variant. the very end found in south africa has undergone mutations despite protein which changes its behaviour. there is no evidence that the causes are more serious in terms of illness, but it could be more contagious and vaccines may not work quite as well. early results are

encouraging, vaccines at such a high level, trial results from new vaccines have not been approved yet. they also found the effectiveness dips for the south african variant. we are still waiting for results for the vaccine but the good news is that it works against the uk variant so it will offer some protection. developers are really looking to tweak their vaccines to cope with new emerging viruses and it is something that happens every year with the flu jab and it might be in the future where we need to boost the future where we need to boost the shot each year. small businesses that took out government loans to help them survive the coronavirus lockdown are being given 10 years rather than six to repay them. about 45 billion pounds has been borrowed — by more than 1.4 million companies, under the �*bounce back loan�* scheme. chancellor, rishi sunak, said the move was to give companies,

"breathing space to get back on their feet". one person has died and 11 people have been injured in a spate of stabbing attacks in south london in the past 24 hours. in one of the latest incidents, a 24—year—old man has been taken to hospital, after being stabbed in croydon this afternoon. and a murder investigation has been launched after a 22—year—old man was stabbed to death in the town last night. our correspondent, dan johnson is here. this is rather strange. it is not normal to have this type of attack someone period like this, is it? unusual, especially under the current conditions so police are definitely treating the serious and the later statements say that extra officers are now out on the streets right around south london with additional stop and search powers. so i think that tells you that they are concerned about the potential for further violence and they are determined to try to stop that to

keep people safe because although they have not officially linked these incidents, seven different stabbing incidents now in the last 24 hours across different parts of south london, two men have and stepped day, not seriously injured, but those were incidents in west croydon and in croston which is further to the south of croydon and five incidents last night that led to the death of one man and eight others being injured in total. sort talking about ten people who have been stabbed, injured, one man was been stabbed, injured, one man was been stabbed, injured, one man was been stabbed and killed them quite a large police investigation. six or seven different scenes of investigations with extra officers not on the streets to try to keep people safe, not clear exactly what is going on here but the connection could be. not officially making a link but the fact that they're talking about these incidents together would suggest that they think there is some sort of connection here and there clearly prepared for the potential that there could be even more violence in

there could be even more violence in the streets. that's the offices determined to search. hundreds of people have been detained in india during a nation—wide, road blockade, by farmers protesting against new agricultural laws. the 3—hour protest disrupted traffic in many parts of the country, but were largely peaceful. rajini vaidya nathan reports. roadblocks as farmers in cities across india staged a three—hour traffic jam. protests against the farm laws have spread nationwide, protesters say they will not give up until the reforms are appealed. translation: in protest of the laws imposed on us, we are blocking - the highways but peacefully. there will be no violence and they will be carried out peacefully. the government says they will leave farmers better off by allowing them to sell direct to big businesses. farmers fear once big corporations enter the market, price guarantees on crops

will eventually disappear. translation: the modi government under the pressure of big _ corporations have brought these farming laws in, our demand is that these laws be repealed because it is notjust bad for farmers, it is harmful for the 1.3 billion people of our country. as tens of thousands of farmers continue to come in protest, just outside delhi, a high security presence remains in the area. internet has been shut down at protest sites. farmers accuse the government of trying to silence them. the un human rights agency became the latest to comment on the protests, calling on the authorities to protect peaceful assembly and expression. it comes after public figures, including rhianna and greta thunberg, tweeted their support for the protests. in response, india's foreign ministry issued an unprecedented statement this week saying sensationalist social

media by celebrities and others was neither accurate nor responsible. despite rounds of talks, both sides are in deadlock. this is the largest challenge facing india's populist prime minister, narendra modi. farm leaders say they will not go home until their demands are met. as you heard in rajini's report there, the indian government has been angered by tweets from international high—profile figures, in support of the protests. well, it's also divided bollywood. some celebraties have criticised the tweets, using the government�*s hashtags �*india together�* and �*india against propaganda�*. while 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. thousands of people have taken to the streets of myanmar�*s main city, yangon —— to protest against this week�*s military coup. they�*re 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. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head reports. five days after the military takeover and people are testing the limits _ takeover and people are testing the limits this— takeover and people are testing the limits. this group included factory workers _ limits. this group included factory worke ., ~ , ., ., workers from the western area. led b ouna workers from the western area. led by young political— workers from the western area. led by young political activists. - by young political activists. shouting their condemnation of the new regime and their support for the ousted government.

translation: as a citizen l who was born in this country, i cannot accept the unjust takeover by the military. because of this military dictatorship, many of our lives have been destroyed. we cannot let our future generation meet the same fate. translation: i am really pleased with what i see in these protests. l here people are not paid to come out to protest, these are genuine people. to those who are watching these scenes, we welcome you tojoin us. 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.

i want a job. i want to be a jeweller. so i actually need to get my grades up and learn a bit more. _ have you logged in? the school has accessed £84,000 from the government�*s catch up fund, to help the most vulnerable and those from deprived communities, whose education has been affected by the pandemic. many pupils here faced barriers to learning before covid. staff hope saturday school will help close that gap. sian lloyd, bbc news, derby. and in the six nations — scotland stun england, to earn a historic win at twickenham for the first time since 1983. it is scotland�*s first winner at

twickenham by tomorrow there will be a stronger cold easterly wind whipped snow more widely across the uk. ., ., , ., _, uk. tonight we got snow continuing in scotland- — uk. tonight we got snow continuing in scotland. this _ uk. tonight we got snow continuing in scotland. this band _ uk. tonight we got snow continuing in scotland. this band of— uk. tonight we got snow continuing in scotland. this band of wet - in scotland. this band of wet weather heads to wales and the south—west, starting to turn to snow by the early hours. more snow showers brought in off the north sea. temperatures close to freezing, icy conditions but more significant snow beginning to arrive across the south—east and east anglia. there could be more than ten centimetres in these areas. this is where we�*ve got the heaviest snow through the day. snow wilful widely across the south—east of england and east anglia. a strong wind is blowing and snow showers from the north sea all the way across to northern ireland. christ across south wales. temperatures much lower than today. it will feel much colder.

a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to nhs england and it would mean the health secretary having more direct control. 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. police say a 24—year—old man in croydon, has been taken to hospital, after being stabbed. there�*ve been a spate of stabbing attacks in south london in the past 24 hours — with one man dying from his injuries. hundreds of people have been detained during a nation—wide road blockade in india by farmers protesting against new agricultural laws.

net news regarding those stabbings, we have got a statement from the metropolitan police that an investigation has been launched following a fatal stabbing in kilburn. police were cool at 1740 this evening to a stabbing incident in willesden lane. officers attended along with the london ambulance service and found two men suffering from stab injuries. one of them is agedin from stab injuries. one of them is aged in his 20s and was pronounced dead at the scene. his next of kin have been informed. a second man believed to be in his teens was taken to hospital and his condition was assessed as critical. there has been no arrest at this stage. an

urgent investigation is under