today at one — more startling details from prince harry's memoir, including on the death of the queen, his role in the army in afghanistan, and his feud with his brother in a new clip released by itv, the prince spoke more his allegation that he was physically attacked by prince william. what was different here was this level of frustration. and i talk about the red mist that i had for so many years. i saw this red mist in him. with the memoir being prematurely published in spain, we'll bring you all the latest in what's proving to be a set of sensational allegations. also on the programme... the extent of the gridlock in hospitals over christmas is revealed, with data in england showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping

off patients at a&e. save the nhs! rishi sunak invites unions to a meeting with government early next week to discuss a string of disputes that have led to strikes. we want to have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what's responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out and i'm hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. the uk and the german pharmaceutical company biontech join forces to speed up research into potential cancer vaccines. and the former chelsea striker and manager, gianluca vialli, has died at the age 58. and coming up on the bbc news channel... under—pressure frank lampard says he understands the fans frustrations at everton. he's hoping for an improvement in form away to manchester united in the fa cup tonight.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family, despite leaked extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighters while serving in afghanistan — and he also talks about taking drugs, including cocaine when he was younger. and there is more about the alleged physical attack on prince harry by prince william in 2019. it's contained in a new clip from an itv interview, in which harry says he saw the "red mist" in his brother and believed prince william wanted him to hit him back,

but that he chose not to. buckingham palace and kensington palace have refused to comment on the claims in the autobiography. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. harry, his book, his life, his grievances. in media terms, it's hard to escape from them right now. royal life has temporarily eclipsed real life. a monarchy in crisis, apparently. the stories of drug—taking and so much more over page after page. yellow mark i saw this red mist in him. tv companies are rushing out clips from much prized interviews. this is itv with harry on that altercation with william. he harry on that altercation with william. . ., william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i _ william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose _ william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not _ william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not to. - william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not to. on - william. he wanted me to hit him back, but i chose not to. on drug| back, but i chose not to. on drug use. back, but i chose not to. on drug use- there _ back, but i chose not to. on drug use. there is _ back, but i chose not to. on drug use. there is a _ back, but i chose not to. on drug use. there is a fair— back, but i chose not to. on drug use. there is a fair amount - back, but i chose not to. on drug use. there is a fair amount of. use. there is a fair amount of dru~s, use. there is a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, _ use. there is a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic- use. there is a fair amount of - drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine _ drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine that — drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine. that will surprise— cocaine. that will surprise people. but important _ cocaine. that will surprise people. but important to _ cocaine. that will surprise people. but important to acknowledge. - cocaine. that will surprise people. | but important to acknowledge. cbs has harry on racial bias in the media. i

has harry on racial bias in the media. ., ., ., ., media. i had no idea that the british press _ media. i had no idea that the british press were _ media. i had no idea that the british press were so - media. i had no idea that the | british press were so bigoted. media. i had no idea that the l british press were so bigoted. i media. i had no idea that the - british press were so bigoted. i was probably bigoted before the relationship with meghan. in america's abc network has harry on how his mother would feel about the rift with william. i how his mother would feel about the rift with william.— rift with william. i think she would be sad, rift with william. i think she would be sad. she _ rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would _ rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would be _ rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would be looking - rift with william. i think she would be sad, she would be looking at i be sad, she would be looking at it long term to know there were certain things we need to go through to heal the relationship.— the relationship. nearly 30 years auo, the relationship. nearly 30 years ago. harry's _ the relationship. nearly 30 years ago, harry's mother _ the relationship. nearly 30 years ago, harry's mother cooperated | the relationship. nearly 30 years l ago, harry's mother cooperated on her own revelatory book. the author of that book believes diana would be anguished by the split between her sons. , . . anguished by the split between her sons. . ., anguished by the split between her sons. ,. . ., , , ., anguished by the split between her sons. ,. . ., , ., anguished by the split between her sons. .. , ., ., sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was _ sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was the _ sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back-up _ sons. diana always used to say to me that harry was the back-up to - that harry was the back—up to william, in the nicest possible way. that is the reason why she had two boys. she wanted harry to be william's wing man. not, as we have seen, his hit man. a flit william's wing man. not, as we have seen, his hit man. a— seen, his hit man. a of more immediate — seen, his hit man. a of more immediate potential - seen, his hit man. a of more - immediate potential consequence is what harry has said about his army service in afghanistan, the fact that he believed he killed a number

of taliban fighters. the book states... i didn't think about these 25 as people, you can't kill people if you see them as people. they were chess pieces, taken off the board. bad guys, eliminated before they could kill good guys. former british commanders think those words are a misjudgment. you commanders think those words are a misiudgment-— mis'udgment. you know, it inflames old misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelin . s misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings of _ misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings of revenge _ misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings of revenge that - misjudgment. you know, it inflames old feelings of revenge that might i old feelings of revenge that might have been forgotten about. the taliban has _ have been forgotten about. the taliban has responded to harry. these were not chess pieces, they have said, these were humans with families waiting for their return. harry's desire to get his truth out there has entered a number of complex areas. and nick is with me now. this is very much one side of the story we are getting, but the details are startling. is anybody coming out of this well? iii coming out of this well? in reputational terms, coming out of this well? in reputationalterms, it coming out of this well? in reputational terms, it is coming out of this well? i�*i reputational terms, it is hard to see who could be. though it must be

said that harry's supporters are saying good on him, he has the right to tell his story, his way, which clearly he is doing. in financial terms, one must assume that both he and meghan are coming out of it extremely well. it is one of the main reasons they have done this. as for his publishers, you could not buy publicity like this. but at what cost? with his family, who i am sure must feel thoroughly betrayed, with the british public, who have believed in harry, who have invested in harry for a number of years. and i think it is fair to surmise that a good many people will feel terribly disappointed. though, as i say, others are saying good for him for doing this. but it has opened up all sorts of complex areas, family relationships, with this business with the taliban, as richard kemp or saying there. he has inflamed the feelings of revenge, and we have already had a response from the taliban. they have commended him for saying this, but has it really all

been thought through in terms of the invasion of the families publicity, in terms of speaking in these terms of a former soldier about his enemy, the taliban coming in i think the whole thing evokes great sadness. his separation from his family. his resentments that comes through in the book, being the younger brother, the book, being the younger brother, the spare. the sadness of the moment that he learned of the queen, his grandmother. he didn't travel to balmoral, because there was a disagreement. the book states, when the plane started descending, my phone screen lit up. it was a message from meg. call me when you see this. i checked the bbc website. my see this. i checked the bbc website. my grandmother was dead. my father was king. i put on a black tie and walked off the plane under heavy rain. again, sad.—

rain. again, sad. thank you very much. the extent of the gridlock in hospitals over christmas has been revealed, with data in england showing record numbers of ambulances delayed dropping off patients at a&e. the number of people in hospital with flu in england jumped by 47% last week — and figures show that that 93% of hospital beds across the nhs are occupied. the prime minister acknowledged there was �*enormous pressure' on the nhs as the uk recovers from the covid pandemic — our health correspondentjim reed reports. quite early in december, i think i had started to feel unwell. quite quickly, my body started aching. when olly, a healthy 26—year—old, first fell sick, it felt like a winter cold. i thought, oh, its just the flu. maybe if ijust hold out a week or so more, then it will clear up. but it didn't.

by boxing day, olly was struggling to breathe, so he went to a&e in london. the flu virus had lead to pneumonia and he was sent to intensive care. my nan actually had pneumonia two years ago at christmas. and actually the biggest surprise to me was that i cannot imagine how she felt, if i feel this bad. it's really opened my eyes to the fact that nobody is invincible, nobody is above it. good afternoon, a&e reception. how can we help? a rise in flu, covid and other infections is one reason why record numbers have been turning up at a&e this winter. it all comes as hospitals across the uk are having to deal with a real shortage of doctors and nurses. and there are problems moving patients who are well enough to leave out of a hospital bed and into some form of community or social care. new data shows the number in hospital with flu in england rose by 47% last week,

to more than 5000. there are some signs new admissions may be starting to fall. in total, 93% of hospital beds were occupied last week, a record four in ten ambulances had to queue for 30 minutes before they could pass on their patients to a&e staff. a key delay the prime minister says he is working to bring down. this winter, what we want to do is make sure that we move people out of hospitals, into social care, into communities. that's one of the most powerful ways we can ease some of the pressures on a&e departments and ambulances that are waiting too long. doreen clayton and her husband have been married 70 years. just before christmas, she woke in the night feeling short of breath. she wasjust panicking, i think, because of not being able to breathe. they were told it would be an 11 hour wait for an ambulance, so her daughter drove over and rushed her to a&e in portsmouth herself. it was very, very busy. nearly all the seats were taken.

there were people queuing up to wait to be checked injust to the seating area. this was at 2am? that was at 2:00 in the morning. a medical person came in and said, announced to the room that there was at least a seven hour wait. the way mum was struggling to breathe, it was quite frightening actually, and it was frightening for her. doreen is now recovering, but she had to wait more than 12 hours in a&e that might be for a bed could be found in the hospital. that same pressure is now being felt across the uk, as doctors, nurses on the health service try to navigate their way through another tough winter. jim joins me now — and the continued pressure on the nhs is reflected in these new figures. coming from every direction, really, adam moment. in the last hour we had some new data on covid infections across the uk from the office for national statistics, suggesting that

over the christmas period, infections doubled across the uk. one in every 22 people across christmas, according to this data, would have tested positive. as we heard in that report, pressure coming from that area as well. also, when you look at industrial action. next week we have an ambulance worker strike two. the week after that, a strycova two days from nurses in england. nurses have been calling for a i9% pay rise, 5% above inflation. today, the general secretary of the nursing union, calling for the government to meet her halfway with a 10% rise. so, signs of possible movement. the doctors union, the bma, has been balloting junior doctors over possible industrial action. that term and junior doctors is slightly misleading, it is anyone under consultant level. 16,000 doctors across england. the bma say if that vote goes in favour of industrial action, they are planning to call 72

hour strikes in march. three days, back to back. unless some deal can be done, you can see it is likely to be done, you can see it is likely to be even more disruption to nhs services over the next coming months and weeks. . ~ services over the next coming months and weeks. ., ~ , ., you can check how many people are waiting at your local hospital service using the bbc�*s nhs winter tracker. just go to bbc.co.uk/nhstracker and wherever you are in the uk put in your postcode to see the latest published information on waits in a&e, routine operations and ambulances. the prime minister rishi sunak says he has invited striking union leaders for what he calls a �*grown—up' conversation on monday about what is �*affordable, reasonable and responsible.�* it comes as rail passengers face another day of disruption with members of the rmt union striking again today. 40,000 staff at network rail and at ia train companies are taking action in an ongoing dispute over pay, job security and conditions. four out of five trains are expected to be cancelled.

our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. commuter town turned ghost town. leatherhead in surrey, similar to thousands of railway stations across the uk. barely a train in sight, and the odd optimistic would—be passenger aside, most people by now know the drill. well, they�*re dragging on, dragging on. there is no movement at all, is there? you know, i think the government are into a situation where if they start giving in to one party, the other parties will want exactly the same, and we ain�*t got it, have we? well, the good news is deserted stations like this will soon be a thing of the past. the christmas calendar of rail misery is now at an end. once this 48—hour strike finishes tomorrow, there are no more strike dates in the diary. the big question now is, for how long? that may depend on the outcome of fresh talks planned for monday.

the rail minister will sit down with the rmt and aslef unions. network rail�*s chief negotiator believes a deal could be close. we�*ve had a lot of feedback since december to say people would like another vote, because now they do understand how they benefit from the deal, they change their view. we have also seen more stuff coming back into work. that�*s been quite evident during the course of this week, and, again, this morning, where employees are getting fed up with the strike and are coming back in. strike action stretches far beyond the railways, of course. on the government has today written to the leaders of all the unions involved, inviting them for talks. we incredibly value the important work that our public sector workers do, especially our nurses. and we want to have an honest, grown—up conversation about what is affordable, what�*s responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out and i�*m hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. what won�*t help the mood

is the government�*s plan to introduce so—called anti—strike laws, to ensure minimal levels of fire, ambulance and rail services during strikes. what this is a symbol of is the government losing the argument. they�*ve lost the argument on austerity and pay, the state of our national public services. and instead they want to close that argument down by closing down the unions, and stopping us campaigning against poverty and badly funded services. labour says if it gets into power it would repeal any new law. the government is striking a pose when it should be striking a deal. the way out of this current series of disputes is to negotiate, not to legislate. in the short term, that is the plan. all eyes on monday�*s talks, then, in the hope the country can finally get moving again. marc ashdown, bbc news. our political correspondent damian grammaticas is at westminster. all eyes on the talks on monday, do we know who�*s there, what�*s going to happen? its we know who's there, what's going to ha en? , ., , ,, ., ~ happen? its not rishi sunak meeting union bosses. _ happen? its not rishi sunak meeting union bosses, its— happen? its not rishi sunak meeting

union bosses, its individual- union bosses, its individual secretaries of state inviting them in their own areas and that ones web pay is set by pay review bodies. the trouble is what the government wants to talk about his pay for the upcoming year, from april onwards, and the unions say it has to talk about pay in this year so if you look at health we know that some of the unions like the gmb are very sceptical about taking part in pay review bodies into the future now, others say, if they want to talk pay they will turn up but it has to address the issues now. if you look at rail, that is separate but there are those meetings next week. there, mick lynch, who you just heard from, he said that talk about constructive meetings, he described it as patronising. he said it was willing to sit down and talk about pay, about but the issue there is he said the government that sets the mandate for the rail companies, he effectively says can they offer more money to the unions and have said no, so he says that has to change to stop any more strikes in his area.

apart from that you see labour saying get back to talks, the liberal democrats very critical, what they have been saying is that this is too late already, they say there have been of ambulance delays, because of a failure to talk until now. they too want everyone to get back to talking but the government wants to talk about future pay, not pay now. wants to talk about future pay, not -a now. wants to talk about future pay, not .a now. ., wants to talk about future pay, not -a now. ., ., ~ wants to talk about future pay, not .a now. . ., ~ i. the former chelsea player and manager gianluca vialli has died at the age of 58. he had pancreatic cancer. he was the first ever italian to manage a premier league side. jane dougall looks back on his life. this was gianluca vialli triumphant with his countrymen as italy lifted the euros trophy at wembley. commentator: italy arei the champions of europe. as part of manager roberto mancini�*s backroom staff, vialli had played a key role, but shortly after their successful tournament the former chelsea manager announced he was taking a step back. his cancer had returned.

as a player, gianluca vialli was considered one of the most dynamic and versatile strikers italy had ever produced. after a champions league medal withjuventus, vialli was signed by chelsea in 1996, helping them win the fa cup the following year. he went on to manage at the club, giving a young john terry his debut, and in 2000, vialli led chelsea to the fa cup final — this time as their manager. they won, beating aston villa i—0 and giving vialli a significant piece of english silverware. and gianluca vialli, without doubt now in terms of trophies won, is the most successful manager that chelsea have ever had. his international career wasn�*t quite so impressive. at italia 90, vialli missed a penalty against the usa and was subsequently dropped from the team. but he was brought back for the semifinal against argentina, where his skills shone through, playing a part in salvatori schillaci�*s goal.

giannini involved, vialli involved. in 2017, vialli was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, calling it "an unwanted travel companion". in 2020, he announced he was in remission and continued as assistant coach for italy. butjust over a year later the cancer returned. tributes flooded in this morning with former club chelsea saying... he passed away at the age of 58, leaving a wife and two daughters. vialli�*s final public image will be of him celebrating a trophy for his beloved country. gianluca vialli, who has died at the age of 58. the time is... 1:20pm.

our top story this lunchtime... more starting details from prince harry�*s memoir, including the death of the queen and his feud with his brother. coming up — the zoo which has found a novel use for old christmas trees. coming up on the bbc news channel... all—rounder alice capsey has been included in the england squad for the women�*s t20 world cup in february, despite suffering a broken collarbone last month. thousands of cancer patients could receive personalised vaccine treatments as the result of an agreement between the uk government and the german pharma company biontech. the aim is to accelerate research using the same mrna technology found in current covid vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. if you�*ve had a covid booster, it will have been a messenger rna vaccine. these work by prompting the immune system to recognise

and attack coronavirus. cancer vaccines work along the same lines, unmasking tumour cells so they can be destroyed. but cancer is a much tougher nut to crack than covid. early trials by several companies look promising, but it may be years before we know how well these personalised cancer vaccines work. the memorandum of understanding between the government and biontech is non—binding, but the company says the uk is an ideal partner. we have seen in the covid—19 pandemic, with the fast approval of vaccines in the uk, that the regulatory authority is exceptional. and then there is the genomic analysis capabilities in the uk. the uk is one of the leading nations in that regard.

the hope is to recruit up to 10,000 cancer patients here by 2030, including those with melanoma, bowel, and head and neck tumours. some trials are already under way, but recruitment will accelerate in the coming months. cancer research uk welcomed the news but said delays in diagnosis and treatment means staff are increasingly overstretched and may be unable to find the time needed to set up clinical trials. if this continued, it would mean slower progress towards new treatments. fergus walsh, bbc news. fighting is reported to be continuing in eastern ukraine, in spite of a temporary ceasefire russia had announced and which the ukrainians had rejected. the russian president putin had said he was introducing the two—day ceasefire to allow people to celebrate russian orthodox christmas. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv.

the fighting continues despite this one—sided ceasefire. the fighting continues despite this one-sided ceasefire.— the fighting continues despite this one-sided ceasefire. yeah, reeta, so russia says — one-sided ceasefire. yeah, reeta, so russia says it's _ one-sided ceasefire. yeah, reeta, so russia says it's observing _ one-sided ceasefire. yeah, reeta, so russia says it's observing this - russia says it�*s observing this ceasefire but has accused ukraine of shelling its positions, but in fact kyiv had never agreed to a truce. the ukrainian authorities don�*t believe anything the russians say. they had dismissed this announcement by moscow as a ploy. president zelensky last night said moscow was trying to use christmas as they covered to stop ukraine�*s advances in the east of the country, where most of the fighting has been taking place, and to use this ceasefire to move troops and equipment closer to ukrainian positions. so the ukrainians are not really buying it and hear many believe president putin is going to use this ukrainian rejection as an excuse to accuse ukraine of being the aggressor, perhaps in a cynical way, to say that ukraine do not hold fire to

respect a religious celebration. the hours before this unilateral ceasefire, ukrainian authorities reported more russian attacks in the city of kramatorsk, houses and a hospital were hit, and in kherson, in the south of the country, a fire station was shelled and one person was killed. ., �* .. ., station was shelled and one person was killed. ., �* ., ., ~ , ., was killed. hugo bachega, thank you, re-aortin. in the us, the stalemate over voting for a speaker of the house of representatives continued for a third day. the republican congressman kevin mccarthy failed yet again in his latest bid, after hard—line members of his own party derailed an 11th attempt to elect him. it�*s the longest delay in the process since the pre—civil war era. around 1.3 million people in england and wales who answered a voluntary question on sexual orientation in the 2021 census identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. our correspondent lauren moss has

been looking at the data from the office for national statistics. this is the first time the census has asked these questions and it was that it was important to do so because the population was more diverse. in 2001 one on ethnicity and religion, and now on gender identity. questions were voluntary and four respondents aged 16 and over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and 43.5 over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and 43.5 million over. on the sexual orientation question, almost 45 million people responded and 43.5 million identify as straight or heterosexual. 1.5% described themselves as lesbian or gay, 1.3% as bisexual, so around 1.4 million people in total, and not .3% as of the sexual orientations like asexual, which is little or no sexual attraction and it�*s this level of detail as we go through the numbers that�*s interesting especially when you look at where people live. larger proportions in

london brighton or manchester or cardiff, for example. the bigger cities you�*d expect which have younger generations. cities you'd expect which have younger generations.- cities you'd expect which have younger generations. there was also a auestion younger generations. there was also a question about _ younger generations. there was also a question about gender— younger generations. there was also a question about gender identity. - a question about gender identity. yeah, this question was voluntary and people could answer whether there gender identity was the same as their sex registered when they were born and more than 90% of people said, yes, 45 million people but not .5% said no, around 262,000 people, with 48,000 people identifying as transgender men and 48,000 as transgender women, around 0.1% each. 6% didn�*t answer the question but overall responses to the questions were strong considering they were voluntary but the key thing here for us is why does any of this matter. charities today are calling this information landmark and historic, the opportunity for lgbt people to be counted for the first time and it�*s hoped the data will improve things like health care and housing with some estimates that a quarter of people facing homelessness are lgbt.

we will get more data on that in the coming weeks. we will get more data on that in the coming weeks-— we will get more data on that in the coming weeks. christmas is officially over — and it�*s time to take down the decorations. but with the baubles and tinsel packed away, what should you do with your christmas tree? john maguire has been to a zoo near bristol, where they�*ve found a novel way to use them. one species�* waste is another species�* want. the animals here at noah�*s ark zoo farm are making christmas last even longer. if you struggled to get your tree in or out of your home, then just watch how shaka does it. his keepers have created a forest of recycled trees in the sheltered part of his enclosure. trunk versus trunk, he can snap one like a twig. based on a former dairy farm just outside bristol, noah�*s ark now receives thousands of trees as the decorations come down.

for some animals, such as the alpacas and llamas, it means food. for others, like the gibbons, it�*s all about the fun. the animals really interact with them in a variety of ways. some of them will eat them a bit, some of them eat them a lot. the elephants do chew them quite a lot. but it�*s quite a fun thing to do this time of year, just to liven everything up a little bit. for the andean, known as spectacle bears due to their distinctive facial markings, the trees provide yet another chance for the cubs to practise their climbing skills, with mixed results. and for rumba, the white rhinoceros, the mulch offers a brief distraction before she heads back into the warm and dry. not everyone lives near a zoo, of course, but increasingly, charities will pick up your tree and take it to be recycled in return for a donation. and that is very welcome income for a sector hit hard by the pandemic.

income is tight, but we have these wonderful fund—raising activities that people can get involved in. and those extra income streams are more important to us now than they ever have been. back at noah�*s ark, for the cubs benny and toichi, seeing christmas trees for the first time offers all sorts of opportunities to learn and for mischief. where�*s the angel gone? oh, well, there�*s always next year. john maguire, bbc news, north somerset. time for a look at the weather. here�*s helen willetts. reeta, thank you very much. it�*s mild, it�*s wet, it�*s windy, we�*ve had large waves around the coast this morning. large waves are certainly a feature of the forecast this weekend. why? low pressure. one still withers across the north, and another is barrelling its way in from the atlantic between just a brief weather window, but not for

long. that dry spell for