is the prime minister planning to reform the nhs? a leaked document reveals potential plans for a reduced role for the private sector — with the health secretary given more direct control. new cases of the south african coronavirus variant leads to an extension of mobile testing in england. thousands of people take to the streets of myanmar, in protest against this week's military coup. and a scottish stunner — wild celebrations as scotland claim their first win at twickenham in nearly four decades with six nations victory over england.

good evening. a leaked document has revealed that borisjohnson is considering a reform of the nhs in england. the changes could see a reduced role for the private sector and sweep away changes introduced by david cameron's government in 2012. 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 de costa reports. an ageing population brings with it the challenge of providing more complex care. hospital beds can often be tied up, waiting for a care package to support elderly patients at home.

i think the devil will be in the detail... many health professionals feel controversial changes, made nearly a decade ago, left health and care services fragmented. i don't think you will find anyone in the nhs who won't be glad to see the back of competition rules. it's really got in the way of working effectively across the health and social care landscape, we all work better when we work cooperatively and we've seen that during the pandemic. i think where people's reservations will be is about ministers having a much higher oversight and say in what happens in the nhs — they haven't always shown that they have the expertise to do that. 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. the new chair of the vaccine taskforce, 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, particulary 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 us 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 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 theirfirst dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. taking the overall number of people who've had their firstjab to nearly 11.5 million. mobile testing for areas

in england with new cases of the south african coronavirus variant is being expanded. at the beginning of the week surge testing began, which included door—to—door visits — after cases were not connected to foreign travel. and today testing began in parts of worcestershire, bristol and south gloucestershire after a small number of cases were discovered there. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa is here. and new developments tonight, katherine. yes, the ft is reporting early data that the oxford angst was an eco vaccine does not appear to be protecting against mild—to—moderate symptoms —— astrazeneca vaccine. this comes just a day after the pharmaceutical company said the vaccine is effective at protecting against uk variant, and there are some caveats. these are preliminary findings from a small study of about 2000 people in south africa and it has not been peer reviewed. no

comment from astrazeneca or 0xford comment from astrazeneca or oxford university on the study but crucially it has been reported that the vaccine still seems to be effective in preventing deaths and hospital admissions. the head of astrazeneca said yesterday it would not be surprising if levels of protection dip with the south african variant given what we have seenin african variant given what we have seen in early results from other vaccines, and developers are already working on tweaking their vaccines to cope with new emerging variants. something which will be happens with the flu jab and it might in future mean that we have to have a booster shot each year. mean that we have to have a booster shot each year-— shot each year. thanks for “oining us. tomorrow morning andrew marr will be joined by the architect of the oxford vaccine — professor sarah gilbert — and the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi. that's at 9am here on bbc one. myanmar has seen the biggest day of protests since the military took power in a coup on monday. thousands of workers and young acitivists took to the streets in the city of yangon as military rulers implemented a near total internet shut down. the protesters are calling

for the release of those detained by the army, including elected leader aung san suu kyi. 0ur correspondent jonathan head reports. chanting 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's 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 even they don't know what they will do yet after inflicting such a blow to their country's democratic hopes. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. extra police officers have been deployed in south london and given additional stop and search powers after a series of stabbings in the past 2a hours. one man was killed during a fight at a block of flats

in croydon last night. police are also investigating four other incidents that happened yesterday evening in the croydon, wandsworth and chislehurst areas. detectives say the attacks are not linked. four people have been arrested. severe weather threatens disruption to parts of the country with snow expected to hit the south east overnight and gale force winds anticipated. snow and ice warnings already exist for much of england, scotland and eastern wales. and from early tomorrow morning a met office amber snow warning, meaning travel issues and power cuts are likely is in place for parts of norfolk, suffolk, essex and kent. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. good evening. scotland pulled—off a major shock on the opening day of the six nations championship by beating favourites england at twickenham for the first time in 38 years. 0ur correspondentjoe wilson watched their 11—6 victory.

scotla nd scotland at twickenham, history makers, dressed for the times, in a stadium that uniquely empty, and that trophy, what is missing there? scotland's name. never six nations winners, not yet. in were stretched soon and often, scotland go for space to the wing, how close was that? well, try again. this time they passed it to duhan van der merwe who came to edinburgh via pretoria, try to stop him, england couldn't. at half—time scotland were two points ahead, england's problem was that they could not get near the ball and when scotland had it, they kept it. england's coach was in a hurry to do something about his players were running into scotland come into trouble, and out of time, a large grab of the ball and a kick into touch, and hands to the skies. for the first time since 1983, winners here. we

for the first time since 1983, winners here.— for the first time since 1983, winners here. ~ �* . ., ., winners here. we can't change what ha--ened winners here. we can't change what happened in — winners here. we can't change what happened in the _ winners here. we can't change what happened in the past _ winners here. we can't change what happened in the past but _ winners here. we can't change what happened in the past but we - winners here. we can't change what happened in the past but we are - winners here. we can't change what| happened in the past but we are very much in control of what happens in the future and we wanted to write our own history as individuals and as a collective and today we have done exactly that. a very happy changing room.— done exactly that. a very happy chanauin room. ., changing room. one regret? imagine the reaction — changing room. one regret? imagine the reaction of _ changing room. one regret? imagine the reaction of the _ changing room. one regret? imagine the reaction of the scottish _ changing room. one regret? imagine the reaction of the scottish fans - changing room. one regret? imagine the reaction of the scottish fans if. the reaction of the scottish fans if they had been filling the empty seats, but no matter, enjoy the images of a famous deserved victory, distantly. joe wilson, bbc news, twickenham. last year's runners—up france looked in ominously good form as they swept aside italy, scoring seven tries in rome to win 50—10. there was another remarkable innings from england cricket captain joe root who hit a double century in the first test against india in chennai. england closed day two on 555—8 as adam wild reports. smiles and celebration, it's a sight england cricket fans are getting rather used to.

joe root had already passed 100 when this morning's master class began, a study in calm control. if that was the foundation, ben stokes brought the strokes. those empty 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 on, just 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'd seen something special. he is in he has got an answerfor everything and he isjust he is in he has got an answerfor everything and he is just a he is in he has got an answerfor everything and he isjust a delight to watch at the moment. 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. match of the day and sportscene are coming—up later, so avert your attention if you don't want to know what happened yet, because some of the results are coming now. manchester united missed out on the chance of going level with their city rivals at the top of the premier league after giving away a two—goal lead to draw 3—3 with everton at old trafford. celtic beat motherwell in the scottish premiership but they're still 20 points behind leaders rangers. hibernian strengthened their grip on third place after a 2—0 victory over their nearest rivals aberdeen. that's it from me. back to you, kate. that's all from me and the team. for now, goodnight.

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number of key partners from our community and i was not privy to that meeting. i cannot state names directly but i do know that there were definitely key partners of that meeting. the were definitely key partners of that meetinu. , ., ., ., , ., . were definitely key partners of that meetinu. , ., , ., . ., meeting. the blood of the search of stabbinas meeting. the blood of the search of stabbings that _ meeting. the blood of the search of stabbings that has _ meeting. the blood of the search of stabbings that has happened? - meeting. the blood of the search of stabbings that has happened? i - meeting. the blood of the search of| stabbings that has happened? i said investigation. _ stabbings that has happened? i said investigation, we _ stabbings that has happened? i said investigation, we have _ stabbings that has happened? i "— c investigation, we have clouded significant amount of specialist researches to find work over what is happening for the past 2a hours. we are still very much in that process is what i would say to our communities. and they took place in very different places. some residential addresses, some out on the ground and so, it is really complex 2a hours for us. but i would also say is they understand how people may be feeling in terms of it is a really tragic situation that is

unfolding or has unfolded. but the met office has ploughed a significant amount of resources into this being our number one priority. and for this weekend is not reflective of some the things that we have been doing to combat violence. our correspondent, dan johnson is here. you have been monitoring these incidents. from what the commander was saying there, could you give us a background of the details? we have more information _ a background of the details? we have more information is _ a background of the details? we have more information is today _ a background of the details? we have more information is today has - a background of the details? we have more information is today has gone i more information is today has gone on, the started around seven o'clock last night when the first stepping incident was recorded. 0ne last night when the first stepping incident was recorded. one man died incident was recorded. one man died in a 22—year—old lost his life after being stabbed in a block of flats. and then their abilities of the stabbing incidents which as you have heard that from the police commander that are not directly connected, but they are talking about together as part of the same investigation. so there are several stabbing incidents

altogether across of london through croydon, once with chisel hearst and there was one in croston and west croydon and that means in total, one man has died and there are 11 have been injured with stab wounds and most of whom have received treatment in hospital and have then been released. the injury is not serious. the police are stressing that there is no wider risk but they have not officially linked these or have them directly obvious at the moment. but there are officers reassuring people and extra powers, section 60 order put in place until tomorrow morning which means that with more officers out, there are additional stop and search powers to prevent any more violence. �* ., . violence. another incident in kilburn? _

violence. another incident in kilburn? northwest - violence. another incident in kilburn? northwest london, | violence. another incident in - kilburn? northwest london, not connected _ kilburn? northwest london, not connected in _ kilburn? northwest london, not connected in any _ kilburn? northwest london, not connected in any way. _ kilburn? northwest london, not connected in any way. we - kilburn? northwest london, not i connected in any way. we believe. kilburn? northwest london, not - connected in any way. we believe. a police were called to a stabbing at around 530 this evening and there, a man in his 20s lost his life and another one has been critically injured and so that is another incident for the police to investigate. a further section 60 order in place and that part of london and so more officers on the streets, more stop and search powers there. the police are facing your problem of life crime along with everything else that is going on at the moment. egypt has released a journalist, working for aljazeera arabic, after more than 4 years in detention. mahmoud hussein was greeted by his family and supporters, upon his release in cairo. he was accused of having spread false news, but was never formally charged or put on trial. the head of aljazeera media network said, the release was a moment of truth and an inspiring milestone towards press freedom.

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. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. we've seen snow falling today across northern parts of the uk. but things are set to get worse. by the time were into tomorrow they will be a colder, stronger easterly wind. that means our lignite more snow more widely across the uk. we still got snow falling overnight across scotland and already across northern england. this band of heavier rain sweeps

down towards whale and the southwest without rain becomes lighter but it starts to turn to snow in the early hours of the morning. by which time we got the strengthening easterly wind bringing in snow showers off the north sea. temperatures close to freezing some icy conditions. things are going to get much more risk to the southeast of the uk. closer to storm darcy. this was named by the match institute and it's picking up all the moisture and meeting all the cold air that we can trace back all the way to the baltic sea and up towards the arctic. as that colder air sweeps down we get that wet or whether we will find snow quite readily falling by the early hours of the morning continuing through sunday this amber snow warning from the met office mainly suffix, essex and kent. widely five to ten cm. more likely in some places especially the north down. snow will fall throughout the day. widely across the southeast of england and east anglia. further north we will see those bitterly cold winds blowing in snow showers from off the north sea. all the way across scotland, north wales and into northern ireland. perhaps driest weather south wales and the southwest of england for that this amber snow warning from the met office mainly suffix, essex and kent.

widely five to ten cm. more likely in some places especially the north down. snow will fall throughout the day. widely across the southeast of england and east anglia. further north we will see those bitterly cold winds blowing in snow showers from off the north sea. all the way across scotland, north wales and into northern ireland. it is going to excess of 50 mph for the drifting in the snow. it is going to be a colder day. temperatures just above freezing for the bed on the strength of the wind and it will feel much, much colder. perhaps around minus seven degrees or so. we've got this run of really cold easterly winds continuing from the start of next week. that colder air coming in over the slightly warmer in north sea generates the cloud but gives all the snow showers. there will be more of those continuing into monday. particularly across eastern parts of scotland, eastern areas of england. some snow showers given the wind strong enough will get blown towards the west where we've got the best chance of seeing some sunshine in between those showers. another cold day, barely above freezing. again and add on those bitter winds and it will feel much colder. more snow showers to come

probably on tuesday as well.