with us, author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and former pensions minister ros altmann.elcome to you both. hello! tomorrow's front pages, then. "don't risk a third wave" — that's the message from the foreign secretary on the front of the metro. speaking this morning, dominic raab failed to rule out a return to lockdown if mps vote down borisjohnson‘s new tier system in parliament this week. the daily express features a plea from the prime minister for "unity and resolve", insisting that the worst phase of the coronavirus pandemic was "very nearly behind us". pubs and restaurants hit by new covid restrictions will be given additional cash to help get them through christmas — that's according to the telegraph. the paper reports additional grants are likely to be funded by extra borrowing. the guardian writes the nhs is planning to enlist celebrities and influencers in a drive to persuade people to have a covid vaccine, amid fears of low take—up. the paper also features an image of the bahrain grand prix crash — the formula 1 driver romain grosjean miraculously walked away

guests joining me tonight are author & journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and former pensions minister, ros altmanntor of the footballer diego maradona for possible negligence — after his death in argentina last week at the age of 60. it comes after maradona's daughters questioned their father's medical care. 0ur correspondent simonjones gave us more details about the police investigation. there were questions about his dearth. we know that he had recently had surgery to remove a clot from the brain and that was considered to have gone well, so he was allowed home, but his three doctors and now his three daughters are now asking questions about what sort of treatment he was getting, what medication he was on, how often he was being seen by his doctor. now, his doctor, in a news conference, had said that he's devastated about what happened. he said he's fully cooperating with the police investigation and he said he did everything he could to save the life of his friend. diego maradona had had a troubled life and ill health, though, for quite some time. yeah, that was putting it mildly. very much you

joining me tonight are author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and former pensions minister ros altmanntor of the footballer diego maradona for possible negligence, after his death in argentina last week at the age of 60. it comes after maradona's daughters questioned their father's medical care. with me is our correspondent simonjones. what more do we know? maradona's death prompted an outpouring of grief in the football community, not least in argentina where they described him as the greatest player the world had ever seen. tonight new questions about his death. we know he had recently had surgery to remove a clot from the brain, that was considered to have gone well so he was allowed home. but his three doctors are where daughters are now asking questions about what sort of treatment he was getting, what medication he was on, how often he was being seen by his doctor. his doctor in a news conference had said he is devastated about what happened, he said he is fully cooperating with the police investigation and he said he did everything he could to save the life of his friend. marado

papers with our reviewers, author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and former pensions minister ros altmannt's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. there was some sunshine around on sunday across south wales, south west england. some areas saw temperatures of 15 degrees. for many, though, it was another one those dull and gloomy sort of days. but the weather is changing and that's happening now. these weather fronts coming down from the north west bringing patchy rain southwards on monday, the breeze picking up and blowing away that area of high pressure that's brought all the gloom during recent days. so, a frost—free start, but still quite gloomy in the south. the mist and fog are lifting as that patchy rain heads its way southwards. the rain affecting the hills in the west, little rain or no rain across southern parts of england. and in the afternoon, we get some sunshine after the rain in scotland and one or two showers. here, those temperatures start to drop away, mind you, but elsewhere, we stay in the mild air. temperatures 9, 10 or 11 degrees. that patchy ra

ros altmann, many thanks forjoining us this morning.ht make savings today is by freezing public sector pay. 5 million people who work in prisons, police forces, support centres for people, they feel like they've had a tough year so they might not feel it is fair for them and we will talk to them later. nina, thanks very much. we've talked a lot about the closure of restaurants, theatres and gyms during the pandemic, but in some rural areas, it's one place, the village hall, that fills that gap in people's lives. jon kay has been to maiden bradley in wiltshire to find out how the community has been affected by the closure of their hall. brenda still comes to check every day but it isn't the same. it is cold, it is empty. it is sad. it just needs people. it needs people in here. for the first time in 100 years, maiden bradley village hall is silent. covid means nojumble sales, no exercise classes and, without a shop or pub right now, the village hall was everything. people just used to come and mix, and quiz nights... all sorts of things.