looking at the moment that are looking at the moment that specifically to do with the transmission rate of vaccine. whether the numbers are going down and they're still extremely high when you compare it to hospitalisations going down, death rate going down is it because we've had this very strict lockdown is it because the vaccine as actually had some kind of a fat? there are two studies all of the information is going to into the government very soon as they make their decision on the lockdown process was up this guardian story is saying that early data suggest that the vaccine is working. it saying here that debts of coronavirus have fallen by 62% amongst the over 80 cents the 24th of january which is amongst the over 80 cents the 24th ofjanuary which is a amongst the over 80 cents the 24th of january which is a pretty good statistic. we've only got a little snippet of the story they are i'm sure it's full of the kind of data that people want to know. i would be very reassured by that this vaccine

process has a really good and effective point to it.— process has a really good and effective point to it. we've got three stories _ effective point to it. we've got three stories which _ effective point to it. we've got three stories which were - effective point to it. we've got three stories which were get i effective point to it. we've got| three stories which were get to effective point to it. we've got - three stories which were get to go through at pace. what pace i'm never quite sure what they mean. top on extra picture ofjoanne francis. lockdown to continue until cases drop below a thousand today. nobody seems to know at the moment what barnesjohnson is can say next monday. all of these plans are up in the air. at the telegraph is going with the letters— with the letters latest they've heard. a thousand _ with the letters latest they've heard. a thousand today - with the letters latest they've heard. a thousand today is i with the letters latest they've l heard. a thousand today is the slowest — heard. a thousand today is the slowest last august it could be achieved — slowest last august it could be achieved by april according to the telegraph. assuming all goes well and assuming children back to school doesn't _ and assuming children back to school doesn't modern the water. that's the target _ doesn't modern the water. that's the target mr_ doesn't modern the water. that's the target. mrjohnson, rather more conscious— target. mrjohnson, rather more conscious the last few days that he has been _ conscious the last few days that he has been in — conscious the last few days that he has been in the past. rather shifted the goalpost. in the past he was talking _ the goalpost. in the past he was talking to — the goalpost. in the past he was talking to how the vaccine is working. _ talking to how the vaccine is working, the impact on the nhs, the death— working, the impact on the nhs, the death rate _ working, the impact on the nhs, the death rate. now we say and it's really— death rate. now we say and it's really more dependent on theirs. i

think— really more dependent on theirs. i think rightly to be cautious. i for one in — think rightly to be cautious. i for one i'm sure i speak for millions of people. _ one i'm sure i speak for millions of people. i_ one i'm sure i speak for millions of pe0ple. i do— one i'm sure i speak for millions of people, i do not want to go through this again — people, i do not want to go through this again i— people, i do not want to go through this again. i think we should not ease _ this again. i think we should not ease things up until we are, pretty certain— ease things up until we are, pretty certain that — ease things up until we are, pretty certain that we are on safe ground. unless _ certain that we are on safe ground. unless we — certain that we are on safe ground. unless we have interruptions like australia and new zealand where you have to go into a very hard lockdown for a small period of time. second story under the picture of the wiley sisters pm merge cabinet memberfor union. the unions going to be under a lot of pressure over the next few months. it a lot of pressure over the next few months. . . , a lot of pressure over the next few months. . ., , , ., ., �* , months. it certainly is and that's because polling _ months. it certainly is and that's because polling is _ months. it certainly is and that's because polling is consistently i because polling is consistently showing that there is a very small majority in favour of independence. this is a report by former scottish minister lord dunlop and submitted a report in 2019. it's never been published. but his suggestion was you need to have a union minister and they need to sit within cabinet. it says here they need to be a big beast. i would just bring up that

the prime minister is also the leader of the conservative view to his party trees may always at great pains to play that part. in theory the prime minister is already doing a union based role. so not quite sure, it will see this cabinet position coming in... the problem is the prime minister has been campaigning north of the border and his opponents would say that's brilliant news for them.- his opponents would say that's brilliant news for them. yes. also an indication _ brilliant news for them. yes. also an indication that _ brilliant news for them. yes. also an indication that the _ brilliant news for them. yes. also an indication that the prime - an indication that the prime minister— an indication that the prime minister and the government app out the window about the prospect of scotland — the window about the prospect of scotland going independent. yes as kate was— scotland going independent. yes as kate was saying, this report by lord dunlop— kate was saying, this report by lord dunlop x— kate was saying, this report by lord dunlop x scottish minister suggest that whoever is appointed should be deemed _ that whoever is appointed should be deemed a _ that whoever is appointed should be deemed a big beast. they are giving this proper— deemed a big beast. they are giving this proper concern. a deemed a big beast. they are giving this proper concern.— this proper concern. a story about us which i — this proper concern. a story about us which i thought _ this proper concern. a story about us which i thought we _ this proper concern. a story about us which i thought we should - this proper concern. a story about| us which i thought we should touch on. bbc declares television licence amnesty for over 75. worth pointing out since i'm employed by the organisation, this is all come about

because it was a reduction in funding by george osborne a few years ago. funding by george osborne a few ears auo. .,. , funding by george osborne a few ears auo. , , funding by george osborne a few ears ao. , , , funding by george osborne a few earsauo. y , , ~ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get _ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get its _ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get its funding _ years ago. exactly first up the bbc needs to get its funding from - needs to get its funding from somewhere. and the over 75 although not all of them of course, there are exemptions to pay this but the over 75 are among some of the more wealthier groups in society at the moment. so that is why they've been asked to chip in and pay for the licence fee. they were asked to do this in 40,001. it's not unprecedented and i think the bbc has added a lot to the service. that's why people are being asked. john, it's terrible updates, for any organisation to actually bring about criminal prosecutions for people who aren't paying their licence fee. i aren't paying their licence fee. i think it was for .2 million people affected — think it was for .2 million people affected. and one and six failed to respond _ affected. and one and six failed to respond to— affected. and one and six failed to respond to the invitation to pay the licence _ respond to the invitation to pay the licence fee — respond to the invitation to pay the licence fee. the bbc is now saying

yolr've _ licence fee. the bbc is now saying yolr've got — licence fee. the bbc is now saying you've got amnesty and they're saying — you've got amnesty and they're saying it's _ you've got amnesty and they're saying it's because of the pandemic. they're _ saying it's because of the pandemic. they're not— saying it's because of the pandemic. they're not saying how long this amnesty — they're not saying how long this amnesty will last. ijust they're not saying how long this amnesty will last. i just wonder what _ amnesty will last. i just wonder what about all the people who have already— what about all the people who have already paid out? where does that leave _ already paid out? where does that leave all— already paid out? where does that leave all of them? accusing the vesev_ leave all of them? accusing the vesev of— leave all of them? accusing the vesey of institutional bullying. my own personal view is the bbc never should _ own personal view is the bbc never should have been involved in this 'ob should have been involved in this job the _ should have been involved in this job the first place. they should of never _ job the first place. they should of never taking the job of government, the job— never taking the job of government, the job of— never taking the job of government, the job of broadcasters to collect money— the job of broadcasters to collect money our people. | the job of broadcasters to collect money our people.— will leave it there. in fact we will. in fact we will. that's it for the papers. kate and john will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. goodbye for now. hello i'm tt and this is your sports news where we start in the champions league and liverpool have the advantage heading into the second leg of their last 16 tie against rb

leipzig after a 2—0 win over the germans tonight. jurgen klopp's under pressure side had too much for last season's semi—finalists as nesta mcgregor reports. sometimes when you're domestic form is a little below par, all that is needed is a little european getaway. liverpool had tickets for germany but covid meant they were re—routed to budapest. leipzig came closest to opening the scoring, denied only by the post. liverpool's best effort of the half, andy robertson from long range, just inches in it. he's gone for it and he almost got it! liverpool may have been off the boil as of late but mo salah remains red—hot, pouncing on this defensive slip—up. it is salah! who doesn't miss from there! jurgen klopp elated and probably relieved. minutes later, mane made it two, another error at the back for leipzig. the premier league champions heading back home with two away goals

as souvenirs and hopeful of continuing their european adventures. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. the french squad were already gas lighting after another member of staff contracted the virus. 51—year—old have returned and negative that result and was retested today. france would lead the league with two wins out of two and organise will be thankful there is a rest coming out. they score against scotland on the 28th of february. the island players that came into contact with the french in dublin on sunday have all returned negative results. now to tennis. at the australian open, the world number one and reigning champion novak djokovic booked his place in the semi finals. not before he'd smashed his racket as frustrations spilled over against alexander zverev. he followed naomi osaka and serena williams who also reached the last four. here's patrick gearey. aslan, the lion no one saw comming.

this has never been his territory. and he said very nervous. his butterflies were scattering in the first set. the world number 21 would pounce early the second. fight or flight. aslan swiped back. aslan swiped back. now the pressure fell on demetrios off because my aching back. he's been suffering from spasm by the end of third set his second service was the service. these buffering from demetrios's aching back. playing on through the pain and dwindling hope. making history strangely easy. becoming the first man in the modern area to reach a semi in his first lamb. and comprehensively outperforming his new year's resolution. my first day, i tried to go to the end of the year 2020 and it didn't happen. so, i said ok, from the beginning,

my first step was to beat hungary. novak djokovic will have watched his demise knowing the pressure his trouble hit would come under against alexander zverev. the germans took the first in a tie—break. djokovic seems to draw strength from urgency. he careered after the second then the third. he hasn't lost a match here in three years, and though he probably isn't unbeatable on these courts, it can very much appear that way. he will be next to try and stop them. naomi 0saka has already been to melbourne, but she defended two the women's most unpredictable draw. 0saka made this expressively straightforward. quickly drew a line through her all the way to the semis. she will play serena williams for the first time since beating her

in a tumultuous us open in 2018. williams hasn't won a slim sense, but there were powerful signs. against the moment that she may be close. halep the last wind built—in champion pushed hard but was blown back by a throwback cerritos. hunting her 24th grand slam and playing like a woman unwilling to live the supreme reputation. english captainjerry live the supreme reputation. english captain jerry root were simply outplayed on the second test to indiana. the england captainjoe root says his side were simply outplayed after losing the second test to india in chennai. the hosts took the seven wickets required to complete a huge win by 317 runs with a day to spare. every england batsman fell to spin bowling and that levels the series at 1—all with two to play. moeen ali, who top scored for england with 43 and took 8 wickets in the match, will miss the next two tests. a chance to go up it's obviously been a very tricky tour here. as mentioned at the start,

they need to get out of the bubble. and that's fitted option and i think it's brilliant.— it's brilliant. ronnie o'sullivan looks lnc- _ it's brilliant. ronnie o'sullivan looks inc. very _ it's brilliant. ronnie o'sullivan looks inc. very good - it's brilliant. ronnie o'sullivan looks inc. very good poem. i he raced through his first round match at the welsh 0pen injust over 46 minutes, beating robbie williams 4—0. he's going for his fifth title in the event. next up for the rocket is the whirlwind — he'll play the veteran jimmy white in the second round. more on that and everything else on the website. more on that and everything else on the website. and that's all the sport for now. hello. another mild night to come tonight, especially in the west where rain will be falling later on, but towards eastern areas, this is how we finished in aberdeenshire. clear skies overhead, still snow on the ground and that means temperatures will take a tumble through tonight, getting close to freezing in one or two spots. but a cooler night tonight across eastern england after the departure of the evening showers, but look — here's the wind, the rain arriving in many western areas,

lifting the temperatures once again at around six to nine degrees by the time we start tomorrow morning. a few degrees above freezing for some in the east. but into tomorrow, well, we've got another weather system coming off the atlantic — that's going to be the story this week, really — bringing in milderair across the south. maybe something a little bit fresher tomorrow across the north compared with today, but it's across the northern half of the country where there will only be a spell of an hour or two's worth of heavy rain in the morning, sunshine comes out. a scattering of showers, very blustery winds reaching 70 miles an hour across parts of western scotland. parts of wales, the midlands southwards, though, our weather front trails and never really clears, so lots of cloud here, outbreaks of rain and across the board, it will be a blustery day. but the winds still coming in from the southwest, so even though temperatures across the northern half of the country down on this afternoon's, they're still above where we should be for the time of year. we should be around 7—8 celsius uk wide. mildest conditions will be in the south, where we finished the day with rain. rain then spreads its way northwards, heaviest in the west through the night and into thursday. so, a mild night wednesday night, but through thursday itself,

notice we start to open the door to colder air. slightly chillier air pushing its way not on the level of last week, but temperatures will drop through the day following a spell of, again, about an hour or so's worth of rain this time for england and wales before sunshine and showers developed in its wake. the rain no longer lasting across the north and west of scotland, and here it'll turn to snow over the higher ground. temperatures closer to where they should be for the time of year. and even further south, after starting the day with temperatures around 10—11 degrees, they will actually drop into the afternoon. but it's a short blip and otherwise very mild story. south—westerly winds dominate, weatherfronts, though, in the north and the west will continue to pile in rain, particularly across the hills in western areas of the uk, and that gives us slight concern for the risk of flooding. but by the time we get to sunday, very mild air will be starting to push its way northwards. temperatures across the board will be just about in double figures, maybe up to around 17 in eastern parts, but we still have to watch out for rain at times, especially in the west. see you soon.

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