justin rowlatt, bbc news.a woman from nottingham taking her own life. philippa day died in 2019, after mistakes in her application for the main disability benefit left her in debt and fearing for her future. the errors, said the coroner, were the predominant factor in her decision to take an overdose. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports this has been six months. i'm in so much debt, i have nothing to eat. i can't. philippa day, one of many phone calls she made to the department for work and pensions telling them they were failing her. the young mum, who suffered from mental health problems, confided in her sister daily the stress she was under. imogen day says philippa's welfare payments were severely cut when problems arose during her move from one benefit — disability living allowance — to personal independence payments, a new disability payment. she felt like it was personal. i tried to reassure her that it wasn't personal but, no, it really affected her confidence and her self estee

justin rowlatt, bbc news, southampton. according to new research. king's college london spoke to more than 700 icu staff during the first wave of the pandemic last summer. the study found poor mental health was common in intensive care clinicians, particularly amongst nurses. proposals have been published to give people with mental health problems more control over their care. ministers have published a white paper to reform the mental health act in england and wales — to try to address the disproportionate number of black, asian and minority ethnic people who are detained under the existing law. sir david barclay, the co—owner of the daily telegraph newspaper, has died at the age of 86. sir david — seen here on the left — together with his twin brother sir frederick, built up a business empire spanning hotels, retailand media. his death was announced in the telegraph, which reported that he died on sunday after a short illness. prime minister borisjohnson, a former columnist for the paper, was amongst those paying tribute

in this edition of our world justin rowlatt joins an international team of scientists travelling to thwaitesdoomsday glacier. antarctica — the world‘s most remote and inhospitable continent. this is the story of a team of scientists who are trying to get to thwaites, the so—called ‘doomsday glacier‘. no—one‘s has really been under thwaites, and what icefin‘s going to do is get up and close to the sea floor and allow us to see what is happening in a real way. oh, oh! look at that! 0h! yeah! what happens to thwaites affects us all because as it melts it will drive up the sea level around the world. this glacier is part of a system. if it all of that goes, you could end up with upwards of three metres of sea level rise. but first, the scientists need to get there. it‘s so difficult to operate here! all of the planes are grounded. they say we won‘t fly anywhere. one only does anything in antarctica with the cooperation of the weather. antarctica is a place of extremes. it is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on earth. capped by an ice sheet of up to five kilometres thick, this

justin rowlatt, bbc news.ut climate, produce our, but other things as well, what kind of range of policy reversal do people see? kind of range of policy reversal do peeple see?—

justin rowlatt, bbc news. let's get the latest from washington now. our north america editor, jon sopel, is there. so, talking about climate, produce our, but other things as well, what kind of range of policy reversal do people see? kind of range of policy reversal do peeple see?— kind of range of policy reversal do people see? well, the big weapon that joe people see? well, the big weapon that joe biden _ people see? well, the big weapon that joe biden has _ people see? well, the big weapon that joe biden has got _ people see? well, the big weapon that joe biden has got is _ people see? well, the big weapon that joe biden has got is the - thatjoe biden has got is the executive order, which means he does not have to go to congress. you will see a big economic stimulus package which is going to hopefully revive the us economy after the pandemic. the other priority is the pandemic itself, he wants to make wearing masks monday to become for people across the united states. i heard you talking earlier about the vaccine programme in the uk, well, it is go

justin rowlatt, bbc news.urity has issued a threat bulletin due to the ongoing potential for violence in the wake of the presidential inauguration, including concerns that domestic extremists may be emboldened by the attack on the us capitol. let's speak to our north amercia correspondent peter bowes. put this into context for us — how common are these bulletins and how often are they issued in response to domestic threats? where is the department for homeland security getting their intel from 7 maybe one or two of these bulletins a year but they are related to perceived threats from overseas. terrorist organisations based outside of the united states. that's why it's unusual and is taken seriously because what it's saying is there is this perceived threat of potentially domestic terrorism, groups that have been emboldened perhaps by what happened two weeks before joe biden�*s inauguration, we saw those swarms of people going into that building, in some cases getting right into the senate chamber, egged on by

justin rowlatt, bbc news.ficials from the european union are saying the drug company astrazeneca should honour a contract to supply vaccines, by using its british factories to make up a shortfall. the european commission is angry that the company might provide the eu with up to 80 million fewer doses than it promised at first. mark lobel reports. the eu's rollout of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine it hopes to approve on friday is already in doubt. the bloc is fuming after suggestions it may only get around a third of what it expects. pharmaceutical companies, vaccine developers, have moral, societal and contractual responsibilities which they need to uphold. astrazeneca has reported production delays in the netherlands and belgium. the eu says these unaffected production sites in the uk should provide shortfall. the uk factories are part of our advance purchase agreements and this is why they have to deliver. but astrazeneca has other customers too, including the uk. they could be affected in a tit—for—tat thre

justin rowlatt, bbc news. i spoke to our washington correspondent lebo diseko and remarked that president biden�*s administration is linking climate change to national security. they have tasked the intelligence services with preparing a briefing on the securities right that it poses. also that it's going to be central to foreign policy as well for w heard therejohn well for w heard there john gary well for w heard therejohn gary is going to be trying to convince other nations to release set more ambitious targets improve on the target from the paris climate deal. —— john kerry. they also set the executive orders did outline things around conservation and water and conservation land in the us setting a target of 30% for those. also targets for wind as wealth was up really quite ambitious targets. but it's worth bearing in mind that everything that was signed in the executive order, these are steps that they can take without congress. the difficult period, the real progress that job i wants to make, he is going

justin rowlatt, bbc news.n union says the drug company astrazeneca should honour a contract to supply vaccines by using its british factories to make up a shortfall. the european commission is angry that the company might provide the eu with up to 80 million fewer doses than it had initially promised. our europe correspondent nick beake has this update from brussels. the eu certainly think it's in a very strong legal position and is asking astrazeneca to publish the contract agreed to. this row has escalated very publicly today. and at the heart of it, the eu believes that the makers of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine are favouring the uk over european nations. astrazeneca says it is keeping its side of the deal, and points out that the eu signed its contract three months after the uk did. but still, a senior european commission figure has said today the idea of first—come first—served is all well and good if you're popping down to the local butchers, but when it comes to signing a contract, which they did do f

justin rowlatt, bbc news, southampton.england's poorest children. it's after images of one package was shared thousands of times online. the government says more details on ensuring the quality of the packages will be released later. the woman who took the photo has been speaking to the bbc and described the moment her children saw the contents of the parcel. keith doyle reports. as i unpacked that food parcel in my living room and looked at the contents, it felt very sad and very depressing. and one of my children came in and saw me laying this out on the floor and asked why, and i said i was going to picture it because i didn't think it looked like a lot. and i could see the child's realisation that, "this is what i've been given to eat for a week," and just the sense of sadness. "where has the rest of the food gone?" you know, "this is meant to be a week's food. why is it so mean?" this is the reaction to the free school meals food parcel this mum received to feed her children. sarah, who does not want to be identified,

with me in the studio is justin rowlatt.he paris climate deal.— climate deal. it is a big signal, climate deal. it is a big signal, climate change _ climate deal. it is a big signal, climate change is _ climate deal. it is a big signal, climate change is one - climate deal. it is a big signal, climate change is one of- climate deal. it is a big signal, climate change is one of his i climate change is one of his absolutely key objectives, not only will he be signing up for the paris agreement. the oil pipeline the donald trump supported from canada to nebraska, georgia 20 he wants a meeting of the biggest countries in the world, the biggest admitting countries to talk about how to tackle climate change. and i was phoning around to get intel about the incident the joe was phoning around to get intel about the incident thejoe biden talked about. and one of his team members, how central is this tojoe biden. how central will he be the foreign policy under presidentjoe biden. he said it already is. he said every single call that a

justin rowlatt, bbc news, southampton.in from the west. that cloud bring in wet weather for many. outbreaks of rain and some sleet and snow over the high ground. we have cold air holding on in the north—east, but yellow colours showing milder air sweeping in. where the air masses are meeting, there is a weather front bringing outbreaks of rain to many parts of the uk today. quite heavy for a time across parts of southern and western scotland. northern ireland is seeing heavy bursts of rain. that rain stretching to the south—east of england. some of it falling as sleet and snow over the high ground, northern england and scotland, as well. a contrast in temperature. 2—4 in the north and east, 10—11 down towards the south—west of england and into wales, as well. moving into the evening hours, we have a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain lasting through the night for many. you can see it increasingly turning to snow for scotland and northern england. perhaps some of that snow getting down to lower levels. there could be a slig

justin rowlatt, bbc news, southampton.t of vaccination on transmission of respiratory viruses and bacteria. good afternoon. hello. we get so many questions — good afternoon. hello. we get so many questions about _ good afternoon. hello. we get so many questions about the - good afternoon. hello. we get so many questions about the impact on immunosuppressed patients, particularly after we had one guest last week saying that the oxford vaccine is not ok for the immunosuppressed. was that right? no, i think that was wrong, actually. i think that guest very rarely gets things wrong but on this occasion he has. the vector in the oxford vaccine, though it's derived from an adenovirus, is not capable of replicating and causing an infection so it doesn't really qualify as the kind of vaccine where we have concerns that they might cause problems in immunosuppressed people, but it is the case for all vaccines that immunosuppressed people are unlikely to make such a good responses and be as protected as other people because of course

justin rowlatt, bbc news, southampton.side jail believe she shouldn't have and put to death and that it wasn't up to the governor to decide. we have seen people driving past, shouting abuse at the protesters because many think that capital punishment should exist for a shocking crime like this. in 2004, montgomery travelled from her home in kansas and missouri to visit bobbyjoe stennett, who was heavily pregnant. she strangled her and kidnaps the baby from her womb. the baby survived. bobbyjoe sinnott bled to death. to those close to b joe, the death of montgomery is all they want, including the police officer who tracked it down. the case once _ officer who tracked it down. the case once those _ officer who tracked it down. tue: case once those of officer who tracked it down. tta: case once those of us who worked it. this is a devil come back to disguised as lisa montgomery. for those who sat here into the night they hoped montgomery's fate would have been decided next week by the new president. joe biden has indicated he

our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt reports.ever america needed a warning of what climate change could mean for the country, it got it last year, with record wildfires and an unprecedented series of hurricanes. there is no time to waste, president biden said today. we can't wait any longer. we see it with our own eyes, we feel it, we know it in our bones, and it's time to act. and by appointing one of the country's most senior politicians, john kerry, as his climate envoy, joe biden is demonstrating once more that tackling climate change will be at the heart of his presidency. it is clearly one of his very top priorities. it's why he rejoined the paris agreement within hours of being sworn in as president. california has experienced record droughts, as well as record fires, in recent years, evidence that even one of the richest states in and of themselves that strange. and how unpredictable everything is, and it's very difficult fibama�*s secretary of state. he says a key objective now is to try and persuade other nations