anne ashworth, _ just the best picture. yeah. anne ashworth, martin _ just the best picture. yeah.ways grateful for you giving the backdrop of the making of papers, and the audience too. i am gratefulfor that. making of papers, and the audience too. iam gratefulfor that. i promise very briefly, and it seems very appropriate aboutjoan collins. she has won her centre battle to be the centre picture on the box set release of dynasty. well done to joan collins. call me up next is the film review. have a very good night. —— coming up next. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. reminding you that while cinemas may be closed due to lockdown, there�*s still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home.

we can speak now to the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth. good evening to you, mr ashworth.t there is data showing that the oxford vaccine reduces transmission, and there are also jabs being developed that might tackle variance by the autumn. 0verall, quite a good news day, isn't it? overall, quite a good news day, isn't it? ~ . ., , overall, quite a good news day, isn't it? ~ . . , , isn't it? well, it certainly hugely impressive. _ isn't it? well, it certainly hugely impressive, 10 _ isn't it? well, it certainly hugely impressive, 10 million _ isn't it? well, it certainly hugely impressive, 10 million vaccines l isn't it? well, it certainly hugely i impressive, 10 million vaccines have been administered. well done to the national health service for how they are getting on. it really is a success story. let's ensure they keep going and continue to get the resources to do it. the news about the vaccines stopping transmission is important, but hopefully it means we will be able to move beyond lockdown restrictions we're in. if we start vaccinating key workers in society who a

that is the power of marcus ashworth there.rancine: i was quite taken by your column yesterday saying that reddit was not the real danger. why do you have sleepless nights because of qe? marcus: the only answer is more qe, we must have more, and more scary than that is the talk of tapering. i always thought the fed headed the wrong way around. they should have reduced exposure before increased interest rates, and powell sort of learned that the hard way, shall we say. but nonetheless, the traditional balance sheet, that makes it cost you, the central bank, with your holdings. this time around they will be much more careful, but i just find it weird that the world just can only answer, it can ever put more stimulus in it. monetary has played out. we need to back away from monetary and act away and let governments -- and back away and let governments take response ability. francine: can the reddit crowd go for something bigger that would make you more uneasy, and if there is a big hedge fund -- and we are not at all insinuating t

with me, the personalfinance journalist anne ashworth and the chief sports reporter for the sun, martin's front pages. let's give you an update on what they are saying so far. "march to freedom" — the sun's front page focuses on the four tests which will base the criteria for borisjohnson�*s road map out of england's lockdown. the telegraph says the prime minister will tell mps that the "stay at home" message will be scrapped next month, with outdoor sport resuming on 29 march. the front page of the i also looks ahead to the government's plan — the paper says families will be allowed to gather

you ashworth, martin lipton, thank you very much, and i'm always grateful for you giving the backdrop of the making of papers, and the audience too. i am gratefulfor that. making of papers, and the audience too. iam gratefulfor that. i promise very briefly, and it seems very appropriate aboutjoan collins. she has won her centre battle to be the centre picture on the box set release of dynasty. well done to joan collins. call me up next is the film review. have a very good night. —— coming up next. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. reminding you that while cinemas may be closed due to lockdown, there's still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. in david finch�*s gone girl, rosamund pike played an enigmatic character behind whose smile lurked dark secrets. now pike is back on spiky form in i care a lot, a gleefully callous thriller packed with vicious gallows humor. good morning, ms peterson. i'm sorry to disturb you so early. the court has ruled that you require assistance in taking care of yourself. but, but i'm fine. i'm

ashworth responded. are being put into enforcing these measures.public health that we have faced as he said the way to deal with new variants was to respond to them as our first line of defence is surely to do everything we can to stop them are rising in the first place. that means securing _ rising in the first place. that means securing our- rising in the first place. that means securing our borders, to isolate — means securing our borders, to isolate new variants our first line of defence — isolate new variants our first line of defence is surely to do everything we can to stop them arising — everything we can to stop them arising in— everything we can to stop them arising in the first place. that nreans— arising in the first place. that means securing our borders, to isolate — means securing our borders, to isolate new variants as they come in he hasn't _ isolate new variants as they come in he hasn't announced comprehensive guarantine _ he hasn't announced comprehensive quarantine controls at the borders, so why— quarantine controls at the bor

ashworth.etary of state jonathan ashworth.— i call the shadow secretary of state jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures _ jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't _ jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't go _ jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't go far— jonathan ashworth. for labour at the new measures don't go far enough i jonathan ashworth. for labour at the | new measures don't go far enough and more is needed. he new measures don't go far enough and more is needed.— more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack — more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of _ more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today _ more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today but _ more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today but he - more is needed. he has announced a detailed pack of today but he has - detailed pack of today but he has not announced comprehensive quarantine controls at the mot —— borders.

., ,, ,, . ., , ., ashworth. was not on the list. can he rectify that? at last night was my press conference, he said the way we do with new variants is to respond to them as they arise and the first line of defence is to stop the spread. ourfirst line of line of defence is to stop the spread. our first line of defence line of defence is to stop the spread. ourfirst line of defence is surely to do everything we can to stop them are rising in the first place. that means securing our borders, to isolate new variants as they come in. he has announced a detail package today, but he hasn't announced comprehensive quarantine controls at the borders. why then went over half of countries where the south african variant has been identified, why are over half of them not on the so—called red list? according to newspaper reports, he wanted to go further with more extensive quarantine arrangements. i want that as well. the british public want that as well. so i will work with him to make that happen so we can strengthen our

jonathan ashworth. let's get the latest from _ needed. jonathan ashworth. correspondent. just press up to date with where we are cases and deaths. and deaths, there were 1440 —— 1449 new deaths reported. we often see the figures jump on a tuesday. the average at the moment is just over 1000 cases a day. there is better news with cases, 16,840 cases, the lowest since early december. it compares to an average of nearly 60,000 a day in earlyjanuary. we saw last week numbers of cases regularly above 20,000 so it is on a downward trend, and that are translating to fewer people being admitted to hospital. just over 2600 new admissions to hospital. a couple of weeks ago we were seeing well over 4000, sometimes over 4500 new admissions a day for covid so it shows the impact lockdown is having and obviously the hope is that those reducing numbers of admissions will translate to the numbers of deaths falling, especially when we take into account the impact of vaccinations yet to kick in, in a couple of weeks. hopefully we will see significant drops in deaths stop at

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have a listen to the labour shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth.lockdown has to be the final lockdown, by the way. the strategic aim is to do everything we can now so we don't have to go back into a lockdown. we know the virus is a moving target now. it mutates when it is given opportunities to mutate. and we don't want to grow a new mutation which can evade the vaccine response and set us back to square one, so we have to be cautious at every step. that is labour's view, urging caution. that is broadly where we are. we are going to see easing over the next few weeks and months but how far it goes will be decided soon but is not completely clear at the moment. and we'll be speaking to mark harper, chair of that group of conservative mps who are campaigning for an early end to the lockdown in england in the next few minutes. do stay tuned for that. people in england aged between 65 and 69 — and those who are regarded as clinically vulnerable, will start getting letters in the next few days inviting them for a coronavirus vaccination. borisjohnson sa

with me are personalfinance commentator anne ashworth and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at thet the prime minister's route mapped out which has been leaked to the

this is the opposition labour party's health secretary, jonathan ashworth.al lockdown, by the way. the strategic aim is to do everything we can now so we don't have to go back into a lockdown. we know the virus is a moving target now. it mutates when it is given opportunities to mutate. and we don't want to grow a new mutation which can evade the vaccine response and set us back to square one, so we have to be cautious at every step. what the government back you are saying is that it expects to be able to announce that schools can start to announce that schools can start to go back in the beginning of march. after that, restrictions lifted again for things like outdoor exercise. and then shops and restaurants. remember, we have these very tight restrictions on the uk as well at the minute. this is the third of all of the lockdowns. you can't leave your home, you're meant to work from home, you can only go to work from home, you can only go to work from home, you can only go to work if it is essential, you can only go out to exercise and meet one of the perso

evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the personal finance commentator, anne ashworthter, martin lipton. do stay with us on bbc news for that. matt hancock has insisted that transparency about coronavirus—related contracts is "completely second order" to saving lives. he was responding to a high court judgement which ruled his department had acted unlawfully in failing to disclose on time details of deals to purchase items such as personal protective equipment. the government is meant to publish contracts worth more ido i do beg your pardon for that. very rude of me. the government is meant to publish contracts worth more than £120,000 within 30—days of it being awarded. mr hancock told the bbc�*s andrew marr that ministers made the right decision in order to help hospitals during the height of the pandemic. the technical issue is that we were 'ust the technical issue is that we were just over_ the technical issue is that we were just over a — the technical issue is that we were just over a fortnight late on average _ just over a fortnight late on average with the publ

, thank you ve much answer. jonathan ashworth, thank you very much for— answer. jonathan ashworth, thankmanaged to vaccinate millions of their people, they are reporting a 94% drop in symptomatic coronavirus cases among 600,000 fully vaccinated people. that is very encouraging, isn't it? that is fantastic. that is for the pfizer vaccine, only 20% of our people receiving the vaccine are getting that. the astrazeneca vaccine, whilst effective, it's not that effective. it is not as effective as the pfizer one, so we are expecting something like a 70% or so drop in symptomatic disease. something of that order. once everybody should get it, it will offer a good degree of protection, it is not perfect. by the autumn, once we have more stocks of the vaccines, the pfizer, the moderna, with higher effectiveness, then we will be at a higher level of protection. you said previously, the government has relaxed restrictions too quickly. do you think lockdown three is going to be our last lockdown? i very much hope so and i have some confidence and belief it well. with the caveat that we don't unlock

market that -- marcus ashworth with his wisdom.ures up 16 on this job stay with the first word news is ritika. ritika: today's job report is an important one. the economy added 105,000 jobs in january, but if the number is more than that, it could doom the stimulus package. he is already facing pushback from republicans who think the proposal is too expensive. janet yellen found that the commodity markets remained resilient during the trading volatility after she met with the government's financial regulators and she called them meeting after certain -- called the meeting after surges and game stock and smaller retail investors. donald trump has received a surprise call for him to testify at his impeachment trial. house impeachment managers issued the request but the former president called it a public relations stunt and repeated the claim that the impeachment trial is unconstitutional. angela merkel warns that it is too early to ease the lockdown in europe's biggest a four -- economy. the pandemic is starting to show signs of slo

evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the personal finance commentator, anne ashworthartin lipton. there might even be a few more hints as to what is in the road map. there is a man who is desperate for progress out of lockdown. he's probably been looking enviously at the australian open and the crowds there. a four—year—old girl and two adults have died in a house fire in exeter. three other children, who were in the house, are in a stable condition in hospital. duncan sleightholme reports. behind these blackened windows, three members of a family have lost their lives. a bunch of flowers placed outside this home in tribute to those who have died. forensic officers and detectives looking for evidence to work out how this tragedy has happened. the emergency services were called in the early hours of this morning. a 28—year—old woman, a 29—year—old man and a four—year—old girl have died. three other children are being treated in hospital — two boys, aged four and nine, and a seven—year—old girl. it's a huge tragedy for all involved. the family, those who knew the family

the shadow secretary of state jonathan - secretary of state jonathan ashworth.untries to quarantine in hotels. he from all countries to quarantine in hotels. . , ., ., . from all countries to quarantine in hotels. ., ., . ., hotels. he has announced a package toda but hotels. he has announced a package today but he — hotels. he has announced a package today but he hasn't _ hotels. he has announced a package today but he hasn't announced - hotels. he has announced a package today but he hasn't announced a - today but he hasn't announced a comprehensive quarantine controls at the borders, so why then, when over half the _ the borders, so why then, when over half the countries where the south african _ half the countries where the south african variant has been identified, why are _ african variant has been identified, why are over half of them on the —— not on _ why are over half of them on the —— not on the — why are over half of them on the —— not on the so—called red list? the not on the so-called red list? the oli will not on the so—called red list? tue: polic

jonathan ashworth there.small businesses, hairdressers, for instance, nonessential retail, the owners of james, people who want to travel the country and see their families, they may be a bit disappointed later, because those dates are not going to because those dates are not going to be spelt out in the same clarity a lot of people would like to see. but it's quite clear the government are going to proceed very tentatively with this and there could be gaps of “p with this and there could be gaps of up to five weeks between each stage of the lockdown relaxation. that means that the earliest the whole of lockdown could have been lifted is probably early summer.— lockdown could have been lifted is probably early summer. downing street says the four tests are currently being made. the first stage in march the 8th can go ahead. the government look at the data in between every phase of lifting lockdown to assess the impact previous changes. the four conditions are, the vaccine programme continues to go to plan. ev

marcus ashworth of bloomberg opinion. we want to take you back to bloomberg live, the future event.: you have been pretty clear on this idea that you are not in favor of holding extra cash, especially given your views on monetary policy, the dollar, and so forth. what is it about bitcoin specifically versus other alternatives, or distribute any extra cash back to shareholders? what is it about bitcoin specifically that in your view makes it a logical asset for companies to put some of their money in? >> let's look at the big picture. i have been a public company officer for 22 years. when you could generate 5% to 6% short-term interest on treasuries and the cost of capital was 7%, you did not have to consider anything other than tradition -- conventional treasuries, may be taking a -2% year per year. i think when conventional treasury assets are 2% and you have a cost capital of 7%, which is the expansion of the money supply, -5%, people grit their teeth and go through it for the last 5, 6 years. now, in 2020, we see the cost of capital explode. 25% monetary supply expansion. the tr

with me are personalfinance commentator anne ashworth and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at theun. in a moment, we'll run through the papers but first... i think we will be talking a lot about the prime minister's route mapped out which has been leaked to the monday morning papers, or briefed, because it is official information from government and we can bring that information to you. this is what we expect to hear tomorrow. the first key date is the 8th march. we knew that would be the day that schools across england will reopen and all children will be permitted to play school sport from that day at school, not other sport outside, but school sport will be permitted from the 8th of march. the other big news is that one person can visit a care home resident and meet indoors and hold hands but visitors will have to wear ppe and they will have to be tested beforehand, so that is what happens on the 8th of march. one to meetings outdoors will also be permitted, and that is also on the 8th of march. on the 29th of march, in a sense, the most significant date next month at the momen

thank you very much, jonathan ashworth, _ society.ipping. all waste carriers need to have a license, but panorama found they don't guarantee waste won't be illegally dumped. in the last official figures, there were more than a million cases of fly—tipping, but only one in 400 led to a prosecution. richard bilton reports. this is the road to nowhere in newport. never used by traffic, taken over by fly—tippers. the people who actually came and dumped this, what do you think of them? i really think they, they are hateful. they have no respect for other people, for the environment. some councils say it has worsened since covid. pick that up! pick up the stuff! pick the stuff up! it's ordinary people who often stop fly—tippers. you've just committed an offence. right, police. protection is meant to come from licensing, but with few checks, just an online form and a fee, does it make any difference? we've got together some rubbish that's just a bit complicated to get rid of. so a gas bottle down here, mattress, couple of fridges at the back

here's whatjonathan ashworth had to say on it here on bbc news a little while ago.o look into it carefully, so we welcome that there will be a review. i think that a form of vaccine passport will probably be inevitable for international travel in the foreseeable future. that shouldn't be too controversial. many countries around the world insist on a yellow fever vaccination, for example, like african countries and far eastern countries. so we've conceded that principle. we've also never used passports for domestic arrangements in this country or in many countries. so we need to really understand the implications. i mean, i can see the arguments, but then, if you're going to have a passport for a covid vaccination, why not a passport for a flu vaccination? i mean, flu kills thousands of people every year. a lot of questions which the government will be looking at in this review. it is due to report before that final stage of the road map out of lockdown comes on 21 june. there's also the issue of international travel, and i think thatis international travel, and i th

i'm now going to call the shadow secretary of state, jonathan ashworth.s simply don�*t go far enough. and more is needed. he has announced a detailed package today, but he hasn't announced comprehensive quarantine controls at the borders, so why, then, when over half of countries where the south african variant has been identified, why are over half of them not on the so—called red list? but for the travel industry, it�*s another severe blow. what we need is some sort. of consistency and measures across the globe but consistent. is very important and also instead of assuming an entire country is infected, . we need to figure out how we move to a risk based on individuals - so we are in favour of testing, testing is good but we are noti in favour of blanket quarantine. meanwhile, some passengers are complaining the existing rules simply aren�*t being enforced properly. sharon says when she arrived at heathrow from south africa last night, she passed through the airport without any checks at all. i was in the arrivals hall within ten minutes, to spend all t

here is jonathan ashworth.to push him to put in place _ we will continue to push him to put in place those measures around testing. — in place those measures around testing, ground ventilation, guidance around mask wearing, the plans— guidance around mask wearing, the plans to _ guidance around mask wearing, the plans to vaccinate teachers and teaching — plans to vaccinate teachers and teaching assistants. the last thing we want _ teaching assistants. the last thing we want is — teaching assistants. the last thing we want is to reopen schools for all pupils— we want is to reopen schools for all purfils and — we want is to reopen schools for all pupils and then many pupils are sent home _ pupils and then many pupils are sent home because we have another outbreak— home because we have another outbreak of the virus. and if you look at the road map as a whole rather than the individual measures, i think the main thing i would say is that it is going to be very, very gradual. we understand that the gap between each

announcement from matt hancock with announcement from matt hancock with a response from jonathan ashworthmprove the population health as a whole despite the fact we are facing the pandemic and they think the reorganisation is still imperative. as we have been hearing, the government has also been outlining the proposals going on at the moment amidst also some concerns about what is going on in hospitals right now with a long waiting lists. let�*s hear a bit more from hugh pym who i spoke to before the announcement and the details just given. these reforms for england are in one sense unravelling quite a lot of a reform package introduced in 2012 under david cameron�*s government and andrew lansley and their plans introduced a degree of competition in the nhs, encouraging commissioners to go out encouraging commissioners to go out and tender services to try and generate more efficiency. that created more bureaucracy and the critics said it distracted people from actually running so the intent of this plan under another conservative—led administration is to go back to a system where local n

the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth said the government wasn't doing enough to support the amount a test, if they aren't compensated for any loss of income associated with self—isolation? we are fighting this virus with one hand tied behind our back, asking the low—paid to go hungry in order not to spread the virus. transmission chains won't be broken without decent sick pay and isolation support. we've seen the kent b1777 variant spread with speed. now, public health england's latest technical briefing reports, that the b117 sequencing, sequences with the e484k mutation, seen in the new south african variant, and this has now been identified, this is very worrying, because this is, it is this mutation because it's this mutation which is thought to be behind the partial vaccine evasion. surely this suggests that further action is going to be needed. let's talk about the politics of all this with our correspondent at westminster — damian grammaticas. what is the government saying the government needs to do now then? despite what of the opposition saying the government needs to do?

i am talking to the foreign secretary, dominic rapp, and the labour spokesperson, jonathan ashworth,e on today's programme. it is at this time of year all sorts of wonderful things start happening as nature wakes up the world from its winter sleep. if you're wondering how to get the children off their screens and into the fresh air, prince charles may be able to help. stay with us, plenty more coming up. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. donald trump has been cleared of encouraging his supporters to ransack the capitol last month. 57 senators, including seven republicans, voted to convict the former president at his impeachment hearing but that was ten short of the minimum number required. after his acquittal, mr trump — who is now free to run for office again — said the movement to "make america great again has onlyjust begun". a group of conservative mps has called on the prime minister to remove all lockdown measures in england by the end of april. the covid recovery group — which claims to have the backing of more than 60 mps — has written a letter to

you very much forjoining us- — we can speak now to the shadow health secretary, labour's jonathan ashworth arrangements in this country are in many countries so we need to understand the implications. i can see the arguments, but if you are going to have a passport for a covert vaccination —— covid vaccination, why not have one for a measles vaccination for example? before the crisis, there were localised measles outbreaks amongst children, so will we be asking for mmr vaccination passports? but what would ou mmr vaccination passports? but what would you say — mmr vaccination passports? but what would you say to _ mmr vaccination passports? but what would you say to a — mmr vaccination passports? but what would you say to a company _ mmr vaccination passports? but what would you say to a company that - mmr vaccination passports? but what would you say to a company that says| would you say to a company that says you can only come and work for me and my company if you have had the vaccination? in other words, and my company if you have had the vaccination? in otherwords, no jab, nojob. orto

yesterday the shadow so | -- shadow health secretary jonathan —— shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworthmaking sure all the other _ does that mean? it means that making sure all the other protections _ does that mean? it means that making sure all the other protections that i sure all the other protections that have to _ sure all the other protections that have to he — sure all the other protections that have to be in place are maintained. it have to be in place are maintained. it means_ have to be in place are maintained. it means that the decision that needs— it means that the decision that needs to — it means that the decision that needs to be taken in a couple of weeks _ needs to be taken in a couple of weeks about the beginning to exit iockdown— weeks about the beginning to exit lockdown has to be taken very cautiously and very carefully. it means — cautiously and very carefully. it means that the government must follow— means that the government must follow the — means that the government must follow the science, must be really transparent about how it is doing that _ transparent a