it power at this time of year. well, it got so cold and wet out there that the wind turbines actually froze. so they are not in use right now. in they are not in use right now. in the houston area, where there is more coastal, those are producing more coastal, those are producing more than they normally would this time of year, but not enough to meet up time of year, but not enough to meet up with the demand on the power grid. up with the demand on the power rid. . ~' ,, up with the demand on the power rid. . ~' , up with the demand on the power irid, ., ~' , ., , . time for a look at the weather. lets look at that, matt taylor, because it's notjust texas affected? it isn't, this is an historic cold spell. you can see the blue colours. temperature is 20 degrees lower than they should be at the time of year. -24 they should be at the time of year. —24 in oklahoma, which is 50 degrees colder than it is in miami are present. it is those temperature contrasts that are actually helping to fire our weather this week. a strengthening jet stream, when you get a temperature contrast like that, charging across the atlantic. instead of bringing air in from the continent, as we saw last week, we

are bringing from the west. bringing milder conditions at the but areas of low pressure and outbreaks of rain, we have to watch the river levels. this afternoon, plenty of rain in the south—east corner. in kent, the rain is going to continue through the evening, into parts of east anglia. elsewhere, sunshine and showers. heavy and thundery in the west, strong wind touching 70 mph in western scotland. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, 11—13. into this evening, showers across the western half of england and wales will push eastwards. it will be dry for a time and many eastern areas will have a colder night tonight, even a touch of frost in north—east scotland. cast your eyes to the west and we will see more rain arrived to take us into the first part of tomorrow morning. that rain will be clearing away from northern ireland very quickly. at low pressure is still dominating to the north—west. that will keep the wind is strong across north—west scotland. 70 mph gusts here. it means the rain we have across many areas will clear through on the space of an hour or two in the morning. sunshine and a view

showers in its wake. the exception being east anglia, southern counties of england. it's going to stay cloudy all day long. 0utbreaks of england. it's going to stay cloudy all day long. outbreaks of rain becoming more extensive in the second half of the day. 12 or 13, fresher further north, second half of the day. 12 or 13, fresherfurther north, but second half of the day. 12 or 13, fresher further north, but son trying to compensate. as we go through the evening on wednesday, cloud and rain will push northwards. a mild night wednesday night into thursday. a zone of cold air will work back in. i say colder, not on the terms of last week. temperatures dropping back to where they should be for the time of year. it means another spell of rain, this time a search lasting an hour or two before it clears to sunshine and showers. rain more persistent and western parts of scotland. snow over the hills, seven or 9 degrees. sunshine and showers for many to enter thursday. and then as we see the weekend, we are going to see active weather fronts pushing weekend, we are going to see active weatherfronts pushing into the western half of the country in particular. river levels are going to be a concern. as we go through to the weekend we are going to see another surge of even milder air potentially, saturday into sunday. across eastern areas, still on

target will stop at some seen temperatures of 16 or 17 degrees this weekend. as you can see, temperatures in double figures for many, but there will still be some further rain at times, particularly in the west. a reminder of our top story... concerns for the fate of princess latifah — held against her will by her billionaire father. i'm a hostage. this villa has been converted into a jail. all the windows are barred shut. i can't open any window. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. joe root says his england team were outplayed in every department in chennai. india have squared the test series, winning by a massive 317 runs with more than a day to spare. england were never going to chase down the a82 for victory,

dan lawrence was stumped of ravichandran ashwin�*s first delivery, the first of the seven wickets required by india. ashwin was man of the match with eight wickets in all and a century. root put up some resistance but he went for 33, every batsman falling to spin. moeen ali top scored with 43 but was the last man out, another great stumping from rishabh pant. the series now stands at one all and they have a break before a day—night third test in ahmedabad next week. we've been, let's be honest, outplayed in all three departments this week, so it's important that we learn. we take it as a bit of an education. we look at how they have gone about it on a surface that has spun huge amounts, probably bounced more than we had anticipated as well, but take that forwards. take it as a learning and make sure that

we're better for it next time we do experience conditions that are similar. more changes for england for that third test. despite taking eight wickets in the match, moeen ali has decided to head home for the rest of the series to give himself a break from the covid bubble. johnny bairstow and james anderson and mark wood come back into the reckoning as do fit—again zak crawley and jofra archer. france's entire six nations squad are islolating after a member of staff tested positive for covid—19. they lead the way in the championship with two wins out of two and organisers will be thankful that there is a rest weekend coming up. france's next match is on february 28th at home to scotland. the squad will undergo an intensive testing programme over the next week. the ireland players that came into contact with the french in dublin on sunday have all returned negative results gordon reid and alfie hewett have retained their wheelchair doubles title at the australian open. that's the pair's tenth grand slam victory. hewitt is also in tomorrow's singles final. they beat the french pair

stephane houdet and nicolas peifer. it feels amazing. we got our first one together last year here and to get it back to back is, yeah, an awesome feeling, especially with the situation at the moment and not knowing how many opportunities we're going to have to compete this year, it feels brilliant to be going home with a trophy in the bag. to it feels brilliant to be going home with a trophy in the bag.- it feels brilliant to be going home with a trophy in the bag. to be out here competing — with a trophy in the bag. to be out here competing right _ with a trophy in the bag. to be out here competing right now- with a trophy in the bag. to be out here competing right now is - with a trophy in the bag. to be out here competing right now is an - here competing right now is an absolute — here competing right now is an absolute honour and to get to a final_ absolute honour and to get to a final and — absolute honour and to get to a final and bring home the trophy for the second — final and bring home the trophy for the second time, the second year in a row, _ the second time, the second year in a row, is _ the second time, the second year in a row, is something we are both really— a row, is something we are both really proud of. defending champion and world number one novak djokovic has been having a tough time in the quarterfinals of the australian open. he hasjust made it through he has just made it through to the semifinals. he lost the first set against alexander zverev on a tie—break. djokovic has been struggling with an abdominal injury and though he won the second set to level, he was out of sorts in the third, taking out his anger on his racquet.

i think we are going to see that. left the clearing up job for a poor ball girl, but it seemed to motivate the serb who broke back twice to win the set and go 2—1 up. he has taken it 3—1 now. he will now face a russian qualifier. two english sides still involved in the women's champions league have found out who they'll be playing in the last 16. super league champions chelsea will face atletico madrid. chelsea made it to the semi—finals in 2019 when they were knocked out by seven—time winners lyon. england internationals toni duggan and jade moore could feature for atletico. manchester city have been drawn against fiorentina. the two legged ties will takle place in the first two weeks of march. both chelsea and city play at home first.

check out the bbc sport website. live snooker on there at the moment and the welsh open, and all welsh affair at the moment, so you can choose between snooker and simon, your choice! where is the snooker again? on the iplayer or on the website, 0n the iplayer or on the website, you can choose. you are watching raging mistake may news with simon mccoy. in the uk, radio 2 dj jo whiley says she has been offered a vaccine before her sister frances, who has a learning disability and diabetes and lives in residential care. it comes as the vaccine roll—out extends to the over 65s and people between 16 and 65 with underlying helath conditions. data from public health england showed that six out of ten people who died from coronavirus up to november last year had a disability. that's around 30,000 out of 50,000. here'sjo whiley. we've done everything. myself and my parents and the home have done everything we can to try

and facilitate the vaccine coming into the people who need it the most. she is in tier 6, but she also has diabetes, quite bad diabetes, which, my understanding, puts her in tier 4, because she has an underlying health condition, so, i would have thought that she should have been vaccinated, she should have received it, but that hasn't happened. i suppose what i'm doing is just wanting to speak up to people like frances, like the people that live in her care home, who have been overlooked, because this happens so often — people with learning difficulties are neglected. they haven't got a voice, they haven't got anybody there, just badgering everybody saying, what about me? you know, help me out here. and, oh, my god, ican�*t tell you how frustrating it is and how horrendous it is. the stuff of nightmares at the moment. edel harris from the learning disability charity mencap says the definition of severe and profound learning disability, in mencap's view, is an arbitary one. one of the reasons thatjo and others likejo are speaking

so passionately on this issue at the moment is that the definition of severe and profound learning disability, in our view, is an arbitrary one and putting a definition of mild or moderate or severe or profound is irrelevant in the case of horrifying statistics that we have seen both from public health england and others. if you have a learning difficulty, full stop, however one might define that learning disability, you are up to six times more likely to die from covid and we cannot understand why the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation and the government are notjust including all people with a learning disability. it would also result in a much smoother vaccine roll—out because, at the moment, gps, who are under so much pressure, are having to decide whether somebody fits into a category of severe or profound or not. as we've heard, the vaccine roll—out is well under way with over 15 million people receiving their firstjab

and the first target to offer a jab to the top four priority groups met. the next target is to vaccinate everybody over the age of the 50 and those who are clincally vulnerable by the end of april. jayne mccubbin takes a look at how the roll—out is going so far. day by day, minute by minute, thousands have become millions. and with every individualjab, we inch ever closer to some kind of a national recovery. now it's the turn of the 65—to—69—year—olds. 0h, brilliant. i got contacted by my own surgery. i booked the time slot straight away. that got confirmed straight away. it was literally all done in minutes. john in boston is 67. you know, really, really on the ball. absolutely delighted. it's the way out of all this. diane and malcolm in exeter are 69. very good indeed, actually, yeah. i hate jabs anyway, but this one went very well. you just look the other way.

but we were really looking forward to it and we've - been waiting every day to get it, really. - the second phase of the vaccination programme is also for the clinically vulnerable, like kerry thompson. hugely important because it's been a long time since i've left my house. so i haven't actually left my home since the beginning of march last year. i managed to get out probably five times in the summer period, but that was only very local — five minutes down the road — so i've pretty much been cooped up in my own home. everyone is really grateful and excited to have been able to come through, and actually relieved that they've been able to get their vaccination at this time. we've vaccinated so many people from cohorts one to four and we're still continuing to vaccinate those — so it would be really great if you haven't had your vaccination yet to go on the nhs website and book online. some over—80s are still playing catch—up.

in plymouth, duncan neale receives his vaccine in the football ground where he used to play midfield. can't understand anybody really not wanting it because you'd be saving other people's lives as well as your own, and putting less work on the nhs. they work 24/7 now around the clock to get this country back on its feet, so get the jab — that's my advice. over in leeds' elland road stadium, the vaccination centre was built over in leeds' elland road stadium, the vaccination centre was built in weeks to vaccinate 6,000 people a week, but supplies here are being restricted. they've been a victim, they believe, of their own success. we were first to start our vaccination programme, and we've been really successful in vaccinating loads of people. and the whole country needs to come up at the same level. nobody must be left behind. so i suspect the reason that we're not receiving so many vaccines this week and next week is to enable other parts of the country to catch us up. but so many hope this moment

will help them catch up on a life they once had — like amanda, due to get herjab today. ijust kept ringing my gp and i still got nowhere. and this morning i phoned about 10.15 and they said that i could go to the local town hall and have it done. so i'm glad i'm having it done because i miss my family, i miss my friends, and i'm fed up of staying indoors because i've been shielding for a very long time. sir simon stevens, the head of the nhs, said this was the second sprint in the vaccination programme — the race to protect the most vulnerable. but he said it will be rolled out twice as fast as the first phase. the aim — 30 million jabs delivered by the end of april. the marathon still lies ahead.

the headlines on bbc news: the latest data from the office for national statistics confirm covid deaths have been falling. they dropped more than 10% in the uk to 7,320 in the week to 5th february. nicola sturgeon is due to announce later how scotland will begin to emerge from lockdown and whether a phased return to school can start next week. former military personnel dismissed from the forces because of their sexuality can now reclaim the medals that were taken from them. losing access to free school meals meant many children in england risked going hungry during half—term. but following a campaign by footballer marcus rashford, eligible children now receive a shopping voucher or food parcel instead. john maguire has been looking at the impact it's having. come rain, shine or snow, zane powles is out pounding the pavements of grimsby.

how was today? tough, hard work, really hard work. but got through, did it, so that's what it's all about. getting the kids fed, seeing the parents, supporting them, doing my thing. can you show me your knee? i've got an ice pack underneath, so i've got compression and ice, just to ease some of the pain. the primary school teacher's carried thousands of free lunches to those who need them and walked hundreds of miles during the lockdowns. he delivers notjust food but also computers and pastoral support to his pupils and theirfamilies. the food is almost a way in, a way in, not physically into the house, but it's the connection. so they have to open the door to me. so that allows me to chat to them and make sure things are ok. i was sorting out a relationship issue, the fella had left the mum because he'd had enough. the pressure of the work was too much, they were arguing all the time. so i was sorting out that. i went to another house,

i was doing long division, i was doing long division for year six. so it's that that you do at the door, the stuff you didn't know you was going to do, can't be done on the phone. 0ne grateful mum recorded this message of thanks. this lockdown has been very hard on me because i'm a single parent and teaching my youngest child who's got hidden disabilities has been a right challenge. seeing zane every day has been a help because it gives us a bit of normality. i really do appreciate it. and with the hampers that we've been getting, that has been even more of a help. but in half term, it's a different system. at blackburn market, traders are accepting vouchers forfamilies to use, provided by councils under the covid winter grant scheme, rather than through schools. they were used at christmas and have proved popular with shoppers and traders. it's difficultjust to make ends meet, isn't it? so it's a good lift for them. i get supplies from the local farmers, so there's

a money go—around. it creates a money go—around so that money stays within certain areas. and if we are all supporting each other, it creates its own little micro economy. people that wouldn't usually shop on a market are getting the chance to come and shop on a market as opposed to where they would usually shop, and going into big business. it's just brilliant all—round. marcus rashford's high—profile campaign to feed those children most in need during school holidays has received widespread support. he's one of my heroes of the last year. to say that about a kid who's in his early 20s is amazing. james bates runs maray restaurants in liverpool. they've donated thousands of meals to people in need over the past year and he believes his industry should help out when it can. you know, hopefully we won't be shut for too much longer but over the next few months, if we can use that capacity to get food out where it's needed. and then beyond that as well, a lot of restaurants are shut

on monday, so can we use the spare capacity then? i think it's about thinking a little bit smarter in the future, how to use that capacity to do a bit of good in the community because it's needed and it's going to be needed for a long time to come. so, there's a will, but what about a way? adam roberts set up 0pen kitchens as a way to coordinate restaurants and has provided more than a quarter of a million meals. it's a tech solution to a perpetual problem. and has now been launched to help schools feed their pupils. with covid, a lot of people for the first time are needing this help. and there's a lot of people who are trapped and isolated who can't get to food banks. so i think getting food to the people who need it most is critical and the schools are a key partner in doing that and that's a big initiative for us, is effectively providing a logistical service to schools to support their children that need it. issues can be complex and controversial but where children are going hungry, many

in our communities are stepping forward to feed them. john maguire, bbc news. a mountain rescue volunteer who suffered life changing injuries when he helped save two people, who were breaking lockdown rules in the lake district, earlier this month can now be named. 60—year—old chris lewis, a retired engineer with the patterdale mountain rescue team, is still in hospital in a serious condition after falling 150—meters. graham satchell has been speaking to his team. when you're out there in the middle of the night, you know, you have to be a team, you have to look after each other, and when something happens to one of your own, it's really tough. the two people that we went

to rescue, er, you know, they'd breached covid regulations — they shouldn't have been camping, and that's the simple fact. but i do think this was avoidable. this is the first time the patterdale mountain rescue team have come together since a terrible accident on the fells just over a week ago. i've done this for 25 years. i'll honestly say this is the worst rescue. and that's. .. you know, i've seen some things in my time and that... you never really expect to have to rescue one of your own. you know, i've had my own share of tears this week. i can see it in other people's eyes, as well. the team were called out to reports of two men camping above kirkstone pass — one complaining of chest pains. as they made their approach, one member of the team, chris lewis, slipped and fell 150 meters, suffering terrible injuries. ben hammond, who's an anaesthetist,

was the first to get to chris. he's a very experienced member of the team and absolutely knows what he's doing, and someone to look up to on the team for advice when you're out there on the hill. certainly his injuries are life—changing for him, yeah. this is chris lewis on another rescue — a key part of the team, admired and respected. he suffered multiple facial fractures and severely damaged his spinal cord. they were really serious injuries and my heart goes out to him. i just cannot believe what, you know, what's going through his mind at the moment. really, really tough. i've had the chance to facetime, chris and, you know, he's having conversations with me already about "where are we going to go in the wheelchair?" the two men who were rescued had travelled hundreds of miles to get to the lake district — one from leicester, one from liverpool. they've both been fined £200 for breaking lockdown rules.

there is some anger and frustration in the team but, in the end, this... we're not there to judge, we're there to help. you know, we all love the fells, we're all mountaineers. we go out there because we think we can help people when they're in difficulty. and trying tojudge just isn't our role. chris' injury has had a devastating impact on the team, but they've been overwhelmed by support from other rescue organisations, and by the various online funding pages that have now been set up. because i'm a local and i've lived here all my life, i was shocked because we're such a tiny, small community that it really hit home when it happened. local people were quite angry about it, to be honest, because it didn't really have to happen — they shouldn't have been here in the first place — so ijust thought something positive needs to try and be done to sort of offset the negativity that was felt around this. so ijust thought, i'm going to set up thisjust giving page, really. if you take the pandemic

out of the situation, - it could happen to any mountain rescue member on any rescue. i and so, you know, removing - the breaking of the lockdown rules, it's stilljust as tragic as it would have been in any. other circumstance. the injury to their friend has hit this team hard. but there is enormous fortitude here, a togetherness — forged in the most extreme circumstances. whatever gets thrown at us, you have to know people really well. you have to be able to trust each other, understand each other. and, you know... you know, the team has to be strong because if somebody�*s at the top of a rope, lowering you over the edge of a cliff, you really need to know each other and trust their skills and abilities! i've had a conversation— with my partner about, you know, is this time to retire i from the rescue team? i've done 25 years, do— i want to kind of carry on knowing that the risk is more... ..you know, more in yourface? but, you know, at the minute we're carrying on. _

so despite the risks, and whatever the circumstances, patterdale mountain rescue are ready for the next call—out. chris remains in intensive care — he has a long journey of recovery ahead. graham satchell, bbc news. now before the weather — news of some extreme bad weather from the us. a state of emergency has been declared in texas, after winter storms left millions of people without power. temperatures have dropped to as low as minus 22 celsius in some parts of the state — the coldest experienced for more than 30 years. gail maclellan reports. not the sort of weather you usually associate with texas. arctic air has plunged south, bringing freezing temperatures, snow and ice storms to areas unaccustomed to such weather. pipes have frozen, several million people are without power, and drivers not used to wintry conditions struggle to stay on the roads.

water was gone at 8.30, power was off, we're all obviously one of millions in the same boat as everyone in houston — we're out in katy. it's... it's cold. some are even more at risk — the homeless putting their faith in tents as the bone—chilling weather continues. winter storm warnings have been posted across the southern plains and as far south as the gulf coast. we're looking at the temperature finally getting back above 0 celsius here in topeka on friday of this week, and by then we will have gone 1a straight days — two full weeks — with the temperature below freezing. and, again, it's been almost a0 years since that's happened. half of all americans are now under some sort of winter weather warning as the polar plunge mixes freezing temperatures with icy rain. gail maclellan, bbc news. a different story here. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor.

a feeling of spring rather than winter this week though temperatures will be more mild. cloud and rain lingering into the afternoon, but elsewhere, it has been a case of the weather flipping elsewhere, it has been a case of the weatherflipping between elsewhere, it has been a case of the weather flipping between sunshine and showers. a strong breeze across the country, strongest towards the north—west of scotland where we have seen winds touching 60 or 70 miles an hour, showers here, plenty across england and wales with the odd rumble of thunder as we head towards the end of the afternoon and evening. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, around seven or 8 degrees is normal but we are at ten or 12. clearing and then the second have the evening more showers pushing in, clear skies to these before more clouds, wind and rain gathers in the western under clear skies in the east, temperatures will be lower then last night, cold enough for a touch of frost across parts of north—east scotland. as we go into wednesday, this is the big picture, low—pressure to the north—west of

us, whether france pushing their way eastwards on a general south—westerly wind, so a mild theme continuing. rain for most before some showers develop, strongest winds again back towards the north—west of scotland but stronger than today and while most will see some change during the afternoon, cloud and our bricks of rain could linger across counties of southern england and south wales but milder to vault your walter bridges for the north drop a little bit. milder air will surge through wednesday night but into thursday, colder air will gradually shove that out the way and with it outbreaks of rain will start the day, another blustery day across—the—board, this time to southern areas having an hour or two of rain before the sunshine returns, further north they could linger longer and foremost, sunny spells, a few showers during the afternoon, tebbutt is close to where they could be between seven and 9 degrees. to see the week out, mild air will gradually search back but with rain at times particularly in the

south—west. there could be minor flooding and into saturday and sunday, a more southerly full across the country, not complete dry this weekend, so while temperatures will lift perhaps up to 16 or 17 degrees across eastern england, you will notice for some of the city forecasts, there will still be rain at times particular in the west.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2pm: around 1.7 million more people will be added to the shielding list in england. it's after experts identified more people who are at serious risk of covid—19. scotland's first minister prepares to outline plans for reopening primary schools — we'll hear live from nicola sturgeon shortly. positive news on coronavirus — numbers of deaths are down and more elderly people are developing antibodies. the stuff we report here every day is showing and exttaordinary drop of 35% drop over every ten days or so. and it's going to and faster in older groups, the over—705, than it is in younger groups, the under—705. and this is very encouraging. concerns are growing for the wellbeing of princess latifa, the daughter of the billionaire ruler of dubai, who's disappeared after releasing a number

of secretly recorded messages. i'm a hostage and this villa has been converted into a jail,