emily unia, bbc news. the latest headlines on bbc news... trade deal, as his chancellor rishi sunak says the deal brings reassurance to those who were worried about the impact on businesses. the rollout of the pfizer biontech covid vaccine begins for millions of people across the eu — starting with italy and the czech republic. storm bella brings gusts of more than a hundred miles an hour — with roads in parts of wales, and devon and cornwall blocked by falling trees. an open letter to the prime minister published in the sunday times today is calling on the government to shift its focus from economic to well—being, when it rebuilds the country after the coronavirus crisis. instead of building back better, the government should build back happier, lords gus o'donnell and richard layard write. lord gus o'donnell — co—author of the letter — served prime ministers tony blair, gordon brown and david cameron as cabinet secretary and head of civil service from 2005 to 2011. and hejoins me now. welcome. what exactly and hejoins me now. welcome. what

emily unia, bbc news.h operates under a different tier system, level four lockdown measures have come into force across the mainland for three weeks. let's speak to our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, who's in glasgow. just to talk us through what the measures mean for the next few weeks for people in scotland? well, from midnight most of scotland went into level four. that was all of the mainland, plus the isle of skye and rn. other island communities, that includes the western end on northern isles, they went into level three from midnight last night. so straight after christmas day. level four is the strictest, as you say. that pretty much means lockdown. none essential shops haven't been able to open up today, so no boxing day sales. their shops will have to stay closed. hairdressers, gyms have had to close. so pretty much lockdown for a lot of the country. nicola sturgeon has said this is preventative. she says it is to preventative. she says it is to prevent the virus from getting out of control

emily unia, bbc news.iversity — you travelled home for christmas, are you worred the flooding means you might have trouble getting back home? what happened to you? it's been crazy. not the christmas i was expecting. a few nights ago we were told we might have to move out of oui’ told we might have to move out of our area. told we might have to move out of ourarea. a told we might have to move out of our area. a couple of neighbours we re our area. a couple of neighbours were told to evacuate. the water level is rising. we have been told most of the danger has passed now, but we were on the highest alert, so it was all quite confusing with what borisjohnson has it was all quite confusing with what boris johnson has been it was all quite confusing with what borisjohnson has been saying. it was all quite confusing with what boris johnson has been saying. which pa rt boris johnson has been saying. which part of bedford is this? mostly the area on the embankment, but i am slightly above that, so we've been wait

emily unia, bbc news.and has imposed a fresh six—week lockdown, and even supermarkets will be forced to close by eight in the evening during the first week. let's speak to our correspondent louise cullen who's in enniskillen. as of today, gatherings indoors and outdoors are no longer permitted between eight p m am. there are reasonable excuses for being out and around in those hours, whether you are a key worker, have caring responsibilities or are in the case of emergency. you cannot meet your friends outdoors for any exercise. that is limited to your household members only. as for the essential retail, it is allowed to be opened during this six weeks of lockdown, but this first week they will have to close at eight o'clock. the nonessential retail is shut now for six weeks, and can no longer offer at the click and collect service. no elite sporting activity this week. when it resumes on the 2nd of january, that will be without spectators. schools are expected to reopen as normal after the christmas break

emily unia, bbc news.d has imposed a fresh six—week lockdown, and even supermarkets will be forced to close by eight in the evening during the first week. we can speak now to mal houston who owns the river rooms in belfast, who only opened for the first time last thursday — the same day the new lockdown was announced. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. just tell us what all of this means for you and your industry. the hospitality industry has basically been decimated here in northern ireland along with the restaurants and the white pubs. the white pups who have never opened their doors since march this year. —— wet pubs. we basically started on thursday last week and had the announcement from the executive that we would into a new six week lockdown which took us basically by surprise. i know that the health of people is paramount and protecting the nhs but we we re paramount and protecting the nhs but we were giving very, very short notice on some of the lockdowns

emily unia, bbc news.arly. health workers said they weren't prepared to wait for the eu's coordinated roll—out, which was due to begin on sunday. clearly, for governments all around the world, it could be a real game changer. but as the vaccine spreads in vans and lorries across the continent, so, too, it seems, does the new variant strain of the virus. it was first identified here in the uk nearly two weeks ago, leading to tough new restrictions for millions of people. despite some countries effectively closing their borders to travellers from britain, the virus has been found in parts of western europe, and further afield. japan and now canada have confirmed positive tests. the new form of the virus is potentially far more infectious, but at this stage it doesn't appear to be any more severe or, crucially, any more deadly. the big question is, will the new vaccines be effective in combating it? it happens every year, for example, with influenza virus. we change the vaccine for influenza pretty much every

emily unia reports.to lockdown, with more shops, pubs and restaurants across the uk forced to close to try and slow rapidly rising infection rates thought to be caused by a new strain of coronavirus. government is doing the right thing. the coronavirus is out of control, so they had to do something. i was expecting it, out of control, so they had to do something. iwas expecting it, at the end of the day, with the numbers going up. and everyone has to live through this, so if it is going to keep us safe in the end, that is really good. i am quite happy. the tougher measures could be enforced for months. but we mustn't give up i'iow. for months. but we mustn't give up now. we know that we can control this virus. we know that we can get through this together. we are going to get through it by suppressing the virus until a vaccine can make us safe. that's been our strategy and that's what we must do. new tier 4 restrictions were imposed on london and parts of essex and hertfordshire at midnight on sunday. th