live now to our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie. alexandra, what more can you tell us? today and the impact they are likely to have. ~ . ., ., ., , to have. well, much of scotland is alread in to have. well, much of scotland is already in lockdown, _ to have. well, much of scotland is already in lockdown, but - to have. well, much of scotland is already in lockdown, but now- to have. well, much of scotland is| already in lockdown, but now those restrictions have got even tighter. if you go for a takeaway, a covey of food, you won't be allowed inside. they will serve you either through the hatch or out on the street. —— a coffee, orfood. also, if you do click and collect, there are fewer items you can order via click and collect, only what they call essential items. you will have to make an appointment to collect them and that will also be done outside. now, the overall message from the scottish government is to stay at home unless it is absolutely essential. and there is also some concern about an outbreak of coronavirus on the island of barra. the western isles has des

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news.poor results with a convincing 3—1win at tottenham. natalie pirk5 watched the action. a 5tuttering start, a lack of energy and zero goal5 — yeah, liverpool's league form this year is pretty much all of us right now. and it looked like son had made things much worse for them 5traightaway. as he wheeled away in celebration though, var drew the dreaded line. off5ide by a heel. there was no time to draw breath. mane looked menacing and on the stroke of half—time liverpool finally made their pre55ure count. firmino coming in, there's the goal. their first league goal of 2021 was 5wiftly followed by their second, 5econd5 into the second half. with harry kane off injured tottenham needed to respond very quickly, and boy, did hojbjerg get the memo. what a way to score your first goal for the club. this was frenetic. mo salah thought he'd 5cored, but var ruled it out for handball. liverpool though were unperturbed and mane got the goal he deserved. fini5hed off by sadio mane brilliantly. 3—1 li

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news.become so popular in the past year that there's now a worldwide shortage of skates — as daniella relph reports. music plays from total beginners, to making a career out of it. the challenge, the joy and the frustration, as plotted on social media by newly—qualified doctor and new skater kelsey loveday. this is a hobby that gets me out moving my body, getting all those feel—good endorphins of active exercise, so i can almost switch off my medical brain, skate around and just let the, sort of, trauma of the pandemic and what i deal with at work just glide away. roller—skating google searches doubled in recent months, thanks in part to viral skaters like umijanta from berlin. lastjune, she posted this... almost three million views later, she's given up herjob and made freestyle roller—skating her career. everything has no importance any more when it comes to skating. so you don't think about work, you don't think about money or whatever, you just skate. so this moment has such power, that

our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow.rning? scotla nd scots are facing this morning? scotland woke up to another lockdown announcement this morning, very similarto announcement this morning, very similar to the lockdown we had in march and there are quite tough restrictions yet again that people will have to live under a possibly what the first minister said will be until at least the end of the month, possibly even longer, because the number of cases have been increasing and the new variant is becoming more dominant in scotland. this means that most of scotland, all of mainland scotland plus arran and the isle of skye will be under a stay at home order and it will be illegal for people to leave their homes u nless for people to leave their homes unless for essential reasons. there are some exceptions, you can go and get groceries, you can care for someone get groceries, you can care for someone and visit your extended house helpers very, very tough restrictions. —— and visit your extended household, but very, very tough

our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. what can we expect tomorrow do you think?g in scotland. that's been driven by the new variant, so it's causing a lot of concern. tomorrow initially nicola sturgeon will meet with her cabinet. then parliament will be recalled. and they will discuss what needs to be done, first of all to suppress the virus, so that time can be given for more and more people to get the vaccine. so it does look like restrictions are going to have to be tightened in order to do that. now, we could revisit and strengthen that day at home message, that could be one of the options. that's something we've been very familiar with back in march and during the first lockdown. now, one of the other options would be for schools, they are already not going to go back to classroom learning until the middle of january. that could be delayed even further and online learning at home could be used further into the new year. 0k, thank you. from tomorrow, doctors across the uk will begin the roll out of 500,000 doses of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. but there ar

alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.sday afternoon. you can see the extent of the mild air. not reaching the northern half of scotland. here it has been cold we see further rain, sleet and snow. that cold is going to win out by the end of the week into the weekend. through tonight it will stay very wet across the northern half of the country. rain band clears through eastern england followed by restive showers for the rest of england and wales. some of these will be quite heavy. but a mild night come across the south called again with some ice in the north. we start off with rain, sleet, snow for friday morning across scotland, lots of showers across southern britain. i think generally during the day improving pictures as a ridge of high pressure builds in. a ridge of high pressure builds. you see the rain peter out in the north we start to lose the showers in the south. turns a bit dry. a little bit of brightness around for that mild again in the south, cold in the north. that cold air slipping southwards to all areas o

alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow.e for a quick and decisive decision. nicola sturgeon has been meeting with her cabinet this morning. she is due to address parliament within the next hour. parliament has been recalled on a bank holiday. that shows you just how serious this situation is. nicola sturgeon has said that we are at the most dangerous point in this pandemic because of their new variant. she said the number of places has gone up significantly and thatis places has gone up significantly and that is being driven by the new variant. that is despite most of scotla nd variant. that is despite most of scotland being under the toughest level for restrictions, which means already hospitality is closed, nonessential shops are closed, gyms and hairdressers are closed and yet the numbers keep coming up. we are likely to see a tightening of restrictions in order to suppress the virus, to give time for more vaccines to be rolled out. part of that may be moving towards that very restricting stay—at—home message whistle at

of people who tested positive for covid—19 in the last 28 days. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzieougher restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown, but the number of new cases is still stubbornly high. the new variant is dominant and there is increasing pressure on the nhs. that is why we are seeing these new restrictions. if people went for their takeaway coffee or takeaway food today, which we're still able to do, but you are not allowed to go into the cafe or restaurant any more for that. you have to stay outside, and it will either be delivered outside by a member of staff or delivered through a hatch. another thing that will change — if you do some shopping over click and collect, it will be a bit more restricted as to the things that you can order. it will be what has been described as more essential items. baby equipment or clothes, books or shoes. and you have to make an appointment. you cannotjust turn up and you cannot go inside the shop — your items will be brought outside. it is things like that that are discouraging people from hanging around in groups of p

earlier i spoke to our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie — i asked her how big a shift thisdoes come in the context of the number of cases remaining high. we had another 2000 orjust over 2000 new cases in scotland yesterday. and it seems to be sticking around that level despite the very tough restrictions, particularly on mainland scotland and on some of the islands which are all in lockdown. and those additional restrictions come on top of already being under lockdown. and these, as you mentioned, some of them there, there's click and collect, which has still been available. the restrictions there will be tightened, it's still available. but the number of things that you can click and collect will be reduced. you can still have things like baby equipment or clothes, shoes, books, what was seen as essential homeware. so it's still possible to do that. but you won't be able to go and collect it just whenever you want. there will be a slot that you will have to stick to and that's to stop people congregating. another thing that's tightened up is your takeaway coffee. you won't

hear from our correspondents hywel griffith in cardiff and chris page at stormont, but first, alexandra mackenziescotland ‘s first day back into lockdown. scotland went back into lockdown. scotland went back into lockdown at midnight, much tougher restrictions, that's due to carry on until the end of the month. but could continue even further if the number of cases continues to rise. it means all of mainland scotland and some island communities cannot leave their homes, they are under a strict stay—at—home order and it's illegal to leave your home unless for some essential purposes. everyone there has to work from home. and should not be travelling to work until and unless they cannot possibly work from home. there are also further restrictions for meeting people outside. you can only meeting people outside. you can only meet one person from one household outside although children aged 12 and underare outside although children aged 12 and under are exempt from this. schools are also closed, that's across the whole of scotland and they are going to be closed until at least the 1st of february. wal

stop the spread of coronavirus and limit non—essential contact. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzieugh these toughened restrictions.— restrictions. much of scotland is alread in restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown. _ restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown. but - restrictions. much of scotland is already in lockdown. but the - restrictions. much of scotland is - already in lockdown. but the number of new cases is still stubbornly high, the new variant is dominant and there is increasing pressure on the nhs. that is why we are seeing these new restrictions. and if people went for their takeaway coffee or takeaway food today, which we are still able to do, you are not able to go into the cafe or restaurant any more for that. you have to stay outside and it will be either delivered outside by a member of staff delivered through a hatch. another thing that will change if you do some shopping over click and collect, it will be a bit more restricted as to the things you can order. it will be what is being described as more essential items like baby equipmen

rules announced by first minister nicola sturgeon earlier this week. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzieift is this going to be for people in scotland?— for people in scotland? it is not a massive shift, _ for people in scotland? it is not a massive shift, but _ for people in scotland? it is not a massive shift, but it _ for people in scotland? it is not a massive shift, but it does - for people in scotland? it is not a massive shift, but it does come l for people in scotland? it is not a| massive shift, but it does come in the context of the number of cases remaining high. we had another 2000 orjust over 2000 new cases in scotland yesterday and it seems to be sticking around that level, despite the very tough restrictions, especially on mainland scotland and in some of the islands, which are all in lockdown. those additional restrictions come on top of already been under lockdown. there is click and collect, which has still been available. the restrictions there will be tightened. it is still available but the number of things that you can click and collect will be reduced. you can stil

in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent hywel griffith in cardiff but first alexandra mackenzie home order. it is illegal to leave your home unless for essential purposes. everyone has to work from home and should not be travelling to work, unless they cannot possibly work from home. there are also further restrictions for meeting people outside. you can only meet one person from one household outside, although children aged 12 and under are exempt from this. schools are also closed. that is across the whole of scotland. and they're going to be closed until at least 1st february. wales has been in national lockdown since december 20th. for the last fortnight it has been a legal requirement for people to stay at home, unless they're going out to exercise, or to shop, or if they have to leave their home for work. of course, that means nonessential shops being closed, bars and restaurants are closed. the question is when will they open again? there is a review this week, but the government said there is little head room and many see the lockdown staying in place until the end of ja

our correspondent, alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. due to the new variants. nicola sturgeon announced today that she will meet with her cabinet tomorrow morning to discuss how best this virus can be suppressed and then parliament will be recalled in the afternoon and she will make a statement to parliament. now, we are expecting the restrictions to be tightened, possibly a move back toward strengthening that stay at home message that we had back further into lockdown in march. and then schools will also be discussed. currently, pupils are due to go back to classroom learning in the middle of the month but that could be postponed for another couple of weeks. 0k, postponed for another couple of weeks. ok, thanks, alexandra. from tomorrow, doctors across the uk will begin the roll out of half a million doses of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. but there are questions over the speed at which those most at risk across the country will receive theirjabs, and concerns over the government's decision to delay offering the public second doses, of

moment, we'll speak to mark hutchings in wales and chris page in northern ireland, but first to alexandra mackenzie of a million people in scotland have now received the first dose of their vaccine, the current priority group that is being worked on is care home staff and residents, the over 80s, and front line health workers. now, the government has said that they are on track to have these people vaccinated by the beginning of february, they are about halfway through, almost halfway through. they have said this is dependent on supply. and there has been some concern from the british medical association that supply has been patchy within the community. and some gps are receiving some doses of the vaccine, other gps are not getting any doses of the vaccine. the scottish government has said this is a problem, not a problem with supply, vaccines are coming into the country and are going out to gp surgeries as soon as possible. the uk government has said this will improve each week. in has said this will improve each week. ~ ., , has said this will improve each week. ~ . , ., ., week. in wales, we hav

alexandra mackenzie, our correspondent in glasgow, thank you.polls today in crucial run—off elections to the senate. the result will determine which party has control of the upper chamber of the us congress. ifjoe biden picks up both seats, the house will be split 50—50 — giving joe biden's incoming vice president, kamala harris the deciding vote. let's get more from a senior lecturer in us politics and policy at queen mary's university, dr richard johnson. hankinsonjoining us. hankinson joining us. why hankinsonjoining us. why is this vote so important? because, as he said, the control of the united states senate is at stake. if the democrats when these two seats they will control both the senate and the house of representatives and the presidency, giving joe biden the ability to legislate, which is rare in american politics of having all those stars are aligned. if he does not win both of these seats then he will not control the senate, and that it's really significant because he will be the first president since george hw bush in 1989 not to

our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie joins me now from glasgow.ginning of february at least? yes, that is right. nobody wanted to start the new year by going into lockdown but that is what nicola sturgeon announced when the scottish parliament was recalled this afternoon and stayed at the bank holiday in scotland. we knew it was going to be a very serious statement and she has announced that scotland is going back into lockdown from midnight tonight. she described a race between the virus and people getting vaccinated and she talked about their new variant of the virus writing faster and faster in the number of cases today it was up to 1905. she said this was really concerning, especially for the nhs but she said it's extremely fragile and the number of covid—19 patients and the number of covid—19 patients and hospital now is up to the peak or almost up to the peak that we saw earlier in the year in april and she said this is a very dangerous time in the pandemic. let me stress, this is notjust about one single day's numbers. we are now seeing a s

in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent hywel griffith in cardiff but first alexandra mackenzieack into lockdown at midnight, so much tougher restrictions that's due to carry on until the end of the month, but could continue even further if the number of cases continue to rise. now, it means that all of mainland scotland and some island communities cannot leave their homes. they‘ re under a strict stay at home order. and it's illegal to leave your home unless for some essential purposes. everyone there has to work from home and should not be traveling to work unless they can't possibly work from home. there also further restrictions for meeting people outside. you can only meet one person from one household outside. although children aged 12 and under are exempt from this. schools are also closed. that's across the whole of scotland and they're going to be closed until at least february 1st. wales has been in national lockdown since december the 20th for the last fortnight. it's been a legal requirement for people here to stay at home unless they're going out to exercise or to s

but first, let's speak to our scotland reporter, alexandra mackenzie.meone, you can go out to an extended household. that is pretty much it. it is very strict restrictions. you shouldn't be leaving your home either to go to work unless you absolutely cannot work unless you absolutely cannot work from home. and anyone who was shielding the last time, they should also stay at home and should not be going out to work. the restrictions have been tightened for meeting people outside. you can only meet one person from one household. children aged 11 and under are exempt from that. they can meet in larger groups outside. also, schools. nicola sturgeon said that was one of the most difficult decisions that she had to make. schools will be closed for most pupils until at least the 1st of february. there are also some exceptions for that. vulnerable children and the children of care —— key workers will still be able to go to the classroom. alexander, thank you. let's take you around the rest of wales. in wales, lockdown measures have been in place since the 20th

we'll hear from mark hutchings in wales and chris page in northern ireland, but first here's alexandra mackenziecotland have now received the first dose of their vaccine. the current priority group that is being worked on is care home staff and residents, the over—805 and front line health workers. now, the government has said that they are on track to have these people vaccinated by the beginning of february. they are about halfway through or almost half way through, but they have said that this dependent on supply. and there has been some concern from the british medical association that supply has been patchy within the community and some gps are receiving some doses of the vaccine, other gps are not getting any doses of the vaccine. the scottish government has said that this is not a problem with supply, that vaccines are coming into the country and are going out to gp surgeries as soon as possible. the uk government has said that this will improve each week. well, in wales, we havejust had the latest figures, and as of last night, more than 151,000 people have had their first dose of the va

alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow for us this morning.ss on the virus. now click and collect is another possible option. john lewis has already stopped click and collect for new orders, so other shops could be asked to stop click and collect. the other option is possibly tradespeople. it is possible to still have tradespeople within your home for essential purposes. we understand that is under review. now this lockdown is not as strict, or not such a fault lockdown, that we had back in march, but the more restrictions that are imposed, the closer we get to that fault lockdown.— the first woman in almost 70 years has been executed by the us government, despite an earlier reprieve. lisa montgomery was convicted of killing a pregnant woman and taking her unborn child in 2004, but her lawyers had argued she deserved clemency because of severe mental illness and the sexual abuse she suffered as a child. a number of senior figures within president trump's republican party are now prepared to support efforts to remove him from office. democrats,

we'll hear from mark hutchings in wales and chris page in northern ireland, but first here's alexandra mackenzief a million people in scotland have now received the first dose of vaccine. the current priority group that is being worked on is care home staff and residents, the over 80s and front line health workers. the government has said that they are on track to have these people vaccinated by the beginning of february. they are about halfway through or almost half way through but they have said it is dependent on supply. there has been some concern from the british medical association that supply has been patchy within the community and some gps are receiving some doses of vaccine, other gps are not getting any doses of vaccine. the scottish government has said that this is not a problem with supply, that vaccines are coming into the country and are going out to gp surgeries as soon as possible. the uk government has said that this will improve each week. in wales, we have had the latest figures, and as of last night more than 150,000 people have had their first dose of the vaccine which equa

cabinet will review the situation again on the 2nd of february. 0ur scotland correspondent is alexandra mackenzietland and some of the islands, have been in lockdown since the beginning of the month and, as you said there, we are going to be staying in lockdown and nicola sturgeon has said that will be until at least the middle of february with at least the middle of february with a review on the second. for everyone, it is at that stay at home a message and also for schools and nurseries, that will be again reviewed at the beginning of february and at schools and nurseries will not go back until at least the middle of february. 0bviously children of key workers and vulnerable children can go to school, but for most others, it is going to be a continuation of home schooling and online learning, which, the first minister admitted, is extremely tough. she did understand that. many families are at home with two, three children at very different stages in other education and parents and carers are having to deal with that now on a daily basis with no specific end in sight. the first minister did say

our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. sential purposes. stay-at-home except for essential --uroses. . ~' stay-at-home except for essential --uroses. . ~ ,, police chiefs say that investigations have been compromised after thousands of fingerprint, dna and arrest records were accidentally deleted from the national computer. our political correspondent jonathan blake can tell us more. the language being used here is investigations could be compromised. i guess that is another way of saying criminals will not face a trial, is it? is that a consequence? the extent of the problem and the consequences aren't clear at the moment. what is clear is that the problem is worse than had first been thought and according to the national police chiefs council who have written to forces across the uk, in a letter seen by the bbc, there were 213,000 records inadvertently deleted. we are talking about things like fingerprint records, dna records and records of arrest. in terms of the impact of this, there is a possibility that investigations

alexandra mackenzie.iant is "spreading quickly" according to the country‘s health minister. vaughan gething said that cases of coronavirus in wales — which is under national lockdown restrictions — "remain very high", though rates have fallen back from what he called "incredibly high levels" seen before christmas. many parents have been dealing with last—minute childcare issues, as confusion surrounded the first day of the new term in primary schools. in large parts of england they have reopened after the christmas break, despite teaching unions and some councils asking the government to keep them closed to protect staff from the new variant of the virus. they‘ve called for a "pause" in reopening schools, accusing the government of "creating chaos". ministers say switching to online teaching should be a ‘last resort‘. here‘s our education correspondent elaine dunkley. the first day of the new term. but for many parents and teachers across the country, it‘s been chaotic and confusing. kings road primary sc