welcome to this special edition of your call on bbc radio 5 live, and your call on bbc radio 5 live,tions answered on the bbc news channel. good morning and good to be with you. we are going to get through as many of your questions as we can in the next half an hour, from how the vaccine works to how it's going to be distributed and, importantly, what it might mean for your life. good morning, professor jonathan van tam. thank you for your time to stop before we start, is it professor va n time to stop before we start, is it professor van tam, is a jv tea, as itjonathan, professor van tam, is a jv tea, as it jonathan, what does professor van tam, is a jv tea, as itjonathan, what does your mum call you? she calls me johnny but you can call me what you like. i think professor is probably appropriate. we will start with henrietta. henrietta, you are a co—owner of a ca re henrietta, you are a co—owner of a care home. what would you like to ask? as you can imagine, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the vaccine. however, given the speed of its development and the fa ct we speed of

plenty more to come from mike as they build up to tomorrow's fight, 10pm on bbc radio 5 live.league in the week, manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer is under scrutiny heading into tomorrow's derby with manchester city. this despite sitting above their rivals by a point in the table. in fact, a win over west ham last weekend temporarily moved united to within two points of the premier league summit. so is the criticism fair? joe lynskey‘s been finding out. the last manchester derby was march eight, 2020 — the month the city and the sport were to change. fans have not been in old trafford since. that day still left manchester united 13 points behind city. in this season's table, read his behind blue. another win on saturday could put united two points off the top, but the last nine months have veered between extremes — sometimes they're brilliant, sometimes not. and manchester united will not be competing in the champions league. instead, they are consigned to the europa league. the group was disappointed on tuesday night. it's just natural. we really wanted to go thr

and bbc radio 5 live will have commentary of callum smith against canelo from aam on sunday morning.ned by george groves, will be joined by george groves. next up, are you superstitious? believe in curses? well, gaelic football side mayo fear one has hung over their team for years, having made it to the all—ireland final on several occasions they haven't won it in 69 years. they take on dublin tomorrow afternoon in what is one of the biggest days on the sporting calenderfor irish communities around the world. this year's final will take place in an empty stadium. and could this strange year change things for mayo? here'sjoe lynskey reports. # o, the green and red mayo... county mayo is where ireland's mountains meet the sea. it's wild, it's remote, but it's not quiet. cheering. this weekend, mayo playing gaelic football's all—ireland final. for them, this match is an obsession. mayo last won the title in 1951. since then, they've reached the final nine times and lost them all, a run that makes some fans believe in the supernatural. did that team in the 50s create the mayo curse? so,

you can listen to it on bbc radio 5 live. kick off at 8pm.iling on michael arteta with southampton leading 1—0. -- mikel arteta with southampton leading 1—0. —— mikel arteta. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. goodbye. you're watching bbc news with jane hill. we will talk a little bit more about coronavirus and christmas in particular. but before that let's bring you the latest government figures which have been released for the uk. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been speaking today. restrictions will still be eased as promised, but the prime minister said people should think hard before meeting family and friends. having looked at the latest data with our colleagues in the devolved administrations — scotland, wales, northern ireland — we have decided that the overall situation is, alas, more challenging than we'd hoped when we first set the rules. so, while it would not be right, we think, to criminalise people who have made plans and simply want to spend time with their loved ones, w

gosh, i was listening to bbc radio news, radio four today programme, which is what i often do in thes. i'm also, these days, increasingly listening to times radio as well, but that's how i often wake up in the morning. what was the best thing you've seen on tv recently? well, at this time of year for me and my family, it's definitely strictly. it's just that time of year, so we're addicted to that every saturday and sunday night for the results show. for those who don't know a huge amount about your background, your career, you're a very distinguished career civil servant. have you actually worked in the arts or media, or on a film set, tv newsroom? anything like that stuff? no, i never have myself, but of course, what i do bring is quite a lot of understanding of public policy and how you make decisions in that kind of context, and i am also an avid viewer and listener of tv and radio. why would ofcom appoint someone who is a master of public policy but hasn't got a background in media and communications? sharon wright was similar in the way she worked for the treasury for many year

vanessa feltz is on her bbc radio london programme. t restrictions. the whole of london, along with parts of essex and hertfordshire, willjoin tier 3. let's speak to the chief secretary to the treasury, stephen barclay. good morning. iwould good morning. i would like to ask about the news we heard from matt hancock yesterday. how concerned argue about this new variant of coronavirus? i think the concern is whether it is leading to an exhilaration in the spread of the virus, and that is what we are testing with scientists at porton down looking at that but the chief medical officer was more reassuring in terms of the vaccine, that it would be surprising if the vaccine was not still effective against this strain. it is something we are looking closely at and it reinforces why it is important for people to adhere to social distancing, but in terms of the light at the end the tunnel, important to many, in terms of vaccine deployment, we have 800,000 of those and it is positive for the uk 800,000 of those and it is positive forthe uk and 800

welcome to this special edition of your call on bbc radio 5 live and your questions answered on the bbcay. we will try and get through as many of the questions about how the vaccine works and how it will be distributed and what it might mean for your life. good morning professor jonathan van—tam, thank you for your time this morning. before we start, can i just start by checking is it, professor, jvt, professor van—tam, what does your mother call you? well, she calls mejonny. but you can call me whatever you like, i will answer you. i think professor is probably appropriate for us this morning. we will start off with henrietta. good morning to you henrietta. you are the co—owner of a care home, what would you like to ask? good morning. as you can imagine, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the vaccine, however given the speed of the vaccine development and the fact that we are the only country so far satisfied with its safety and of course a lot of negative messaging on social media, some of our staff and residents' families have some anxiety about the vaccine being given to the

that's it for this special edition of your call on bbc radio 5 live and your questions answered on the bbc news channel. thanks to all of you who called and to england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam. i hope that was an informative question and answer session for you with professorjonathan question and answer session for you with professor jonathan van—tam, question and answer session for you with professorjonathan van—tam, we cannot answer all the questions sent to us but hopefully we got through some of the key areas people wanted to know more information about. and took one of the other main stories today, students sitting gcse and a—levels in england next year will be awarded more generous grades to compensate for the disruption to schooling in the pandemic. pupils will get advanced notice of exam topics and be allowed to use memory aids. measures will also be put in place to help students who miss exams because of self—isolation. here's more from our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. heading home to self—isolate, year 11 at this secondary school. just before it

professor hugh montgomery told bbc radio 5 live that with covid—19 infections spreading so rapidly, hospitals coming in, so, you know, my heart goes out as well to the emergency departments, i mean, our own one, but everyone else with whom i'm talking, their emergency departments are seeing the tsunami in the last week or two of cases. the wards are flooded. everyone's working at maximum stretch really. we've had to double up or sometimes triple up on consultant staff in. the nursing staff are back to being very overstretched. in some areas, it's one icu nurse to four patients again. and the numbers are still rising. this, quote, new variant, we should be a bit clear on this. i mean, it's severity of illness caused by it is no worse or better than the first one. it's not a nastier type of the virus. and its transmissibility is indeed a little bit higher. but it's making me actually very angry now that people are laying the blame on the virus. and it's not the virus, it's people. people are not washing their hands. they're not keeping two metres distance. they're not wearing their masks. i've

professor hugh montgomery has been speaking to bbc radio. and it's not the virus, it's people.g their hands. this is people. people are not doing what they should be doing. 50% or more of people will not even know they have this virus. they'll have such mild disease that they might not even know they've got symptoms and that they're spreading it. but this is very highly contagious. each person can spread this to four to five people in an enclosed space and each of those can spread it to four to five people. so one person can infect hundreds of thousands of people very easily. people just have... i'm really sorry. i know it's horrible. i'm fed up to the back teeth with this virus, too, and i want to see my friends and family and hug someone. but we can't. we just can't do this right now. so i'm really, really sorry that new year's eve is going to be miserable, but it has to be. please don't gather in masses. don't make this the last swansong. don't give it a, "well, it's all going to be locked down so we'll have one more night out" because we can't have another spread of this. w

your call on bbc radio 5 live, and your questions answered on the bbc news channel. doses of the corronavirus vaccine from pfizer and biontech could arrive in the uk today — the first country in the world to approve it. england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, is with us to answer your questions about the vaccine. so, what do you want to know? and i'm annita mcveigh. good morning to you and your listeners, it is good to be with you today. we're going to get through as many of your questions as we can over the next half hour, from how the vaccine works to how it'll be distributed, and what it might mean for your life. if you've got a question forjonathan van—tam, you can text on 85058. or use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions on social media. good morning, professorjonathan van—tam. thank you for your time this morning. before we start, is it jvt, jonathan, what was your mum called you? she calls me jonny, but you can call me whatever you like.” think the professor is probably appropriate for us this morning. henrietta is co—owner of a care home in teignm

for more travel news, you can tune in to bbc radio london who will have updates.r very mild start out there this morning. we start the day widely in double figures celsius, with that, we still have the cloud and further outbreaks of rain. it's largely light and patchy today. breezy this morning but the wind will ease through the course of the day so less blustery than yesterday. butjust as mild, temperatures reaching a maximum of 13 celsius. we will see further outbreaks of rain through this evening. we hang on to the cloud overnight as well. and the mild temperatures, between six and ten, the minimum as we head through to tomorrow morning. as we head into wednesday, the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain. we are looking at 20 to a0 millimetres of rain falling on saturated ground so it could lead to localised funding. a deep area of low pressure causing this wet and windy weather. could even hear a rumble or two of thunder through the course of wednesday. but for thursday, high—pressure moving in from the west, squeezing that out of the

i am all over the bbc so the next one will be on bbc radio 1 in aboutan the next one will be on bbc radio one for my youtube channel. this year i have done exercise and i'm knackered! we have had your keep fit challenge, we were all tuning in every day, i know i was doing the exercises every day in lockdown and we have seen your children in need challenge but what else have you got coming up? any more challenges, a bit like kevin sinfield doing seven marathons in seven days?” bit like kevin sinfield doing seven marathons in seven days? i haven't got any personal endurance event that a new fitness app coming out so iam filming that a new fitness app coming out so i am filming for that which is relentless so i'm always filming, and always tired! i know you have to be careful because you cannot talk about favourites or anything when it comes to these nominees, but this is something, ridicule in a year like this where events like this, talking about some of the people —— particularly in a year like this, there has not been much to look forward to. and the great thing about this year's award,

the rest of the travel news, tune into bbc radio london for updates every 15 minutes.again it isa elizabeth. good morning. once again it is a mild and possibly start to the day. temperatures in high single figures. it could be quite a pretty sunrise. watch out for that. cloud thickening through the morning and a southerly wind strengthening with an approaching weather front, but we should stay dry through the morning and into the first part of the afternoon. then this rain band is moving eastwards, most of the rain on this will be light and patchy, towards eastern areas in particular it will not get to us until after dark. top temperatures this afternoon, around 10 celsius. wet and windy for much of the second half of the day. a rain band clears heading through this evening, so a dry night to come with clear spells, and it will feel a bit cooler into thursday morning. 0n and it will feel a bit cooler into thursday morning. on thursday, it should stay dry or mostly dry, with a small chance of a shower, with some bright, sunny spells. temperatures rising again to around

are no doubt quaking in the boots as the programme is back for a series of christmas specials on bbc radioabout satire, the us election and finding humour in the bleakest of times. dead wranglers is doing christmas specials looking at 2020. is this that you might prefer to cast into oblivion as opposed remember? yes, we are all ready to move forward and said he would 2021 will bring us, but what i think is that humour has been a very important cathartic way to distract us and inspire us through this year. we've needed something to latch onto and something to latch onto and something to latch onto and something tojust find something to latch onto and something to just find the ridicule and all sorts of situations. i think thatis and all sorts of situations. i think that is what keeps us sane and comedy has been very important part in the year we've had. but was the funniest part, if any of 2020?|j think it is a very difficult question, very difficult question. i think we've focused on the politicians. certainly, boris johnson tried to very often make noises and grunts and take the place of

that's on bbc radio london.ay. hospitals across the uk put their final plans in place ahead of tomorrow's covid vaccine rollout. fans are back — and so are spurs at the top of the league. they extended their unbeaten run to ten games with victory over arsenal in the north london derby. he's a man on a marathon mission. rugby league legend kevin sinfield's about to set off on his seventh marathon in seven days, in support of former team mate rob burrow. just completely blown away by the whole thing. the support has been unbelievable. um, i just want to thank everybody. it's been wonderful. it isa it is a cold start the day and it will be a cold generally, some dense fog and some will lift but some will hang around. the best chance of the brightness will be in wetter areas. all of the details in ten minutes. —— western areas. it's monday the 7th of december. our top story. post—brexit trade talks resume this morning in brussels, following a weekend of tense negotiations. the brexit transition period ends in just o

if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social. uk, or you can find us on twitter, @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. friday brought rain for some, a little bit of brightness for others, and it's actually a similar story as we head on into the weekend. there are some clear skies to come. the skies clearing across western parts of the uk as we head through this evening and tonight. that could allow for some pretty low temperatures by the end of the night, across parts of northern ireland particularly. elsewhere, we keep a lot of cloud and some showery right and those temperatures will hold up. but as we go through tomorrow, we're going to take these clear skies in the west and we are going to push them a little further eastwards. now having said that, i think across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england, we will hold o

if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social@bbc. co. uk, or you can find us on twitter, @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. friday was another unsettled day, a day that brought many of us outbreaks of rain. the rain was most persistent in aberdeenshire but, equally, there were a few brighter moments — for example, here in cornwall to allow these rather stunning rainbows to develop. we have at the moment a very slow—moving area of low pressure crossing the country. further patches of rain moving generally slowly eastwards and with the winds very light, again, we're starting to see some dense patches of fog form particularly across eastern england. visibility is already down to 100 metres in places with the foggy weather really from essex northwards into the east midlands, perhaps east anglia, lincolnshire, and yorkshire.

which is the reaction of bbc radio 1 presenter greg james is one that a lot of people can relate to. our top story, regulatora have approved just to recap our top story, regulators have approved of pfizer by untagged jab, saying it's safe to be rolled out! ah! it's 7:33 pm. yeah! yes! # va—ci—nation!# i'm feeling a little low key following on from greg. well, the uk has pre—ordered 40million doses of this vaccine. 10million will arrive by the end of the month. and this is the order in which people will get it. nine groups are being prioritised. top of this list are care homes and front line health and social care workers. everyone will receive two doses — 21 days apart. only after those nine groups have been treated — a second vaccination phase will begin. this is the chair of the committee that is deciding the priority list. this is phase one of the programme, in phase one, we hope that 90—99% of people who are at risk of dying from covid—19 will be included or covered. this vaccination programme is likely to be the biggest in the uk's history. and the logistics are enormous. the va

it 2—0 after manchester city's on loan player angelino had put the hosts ahead — that game is on bbc radiochelsea are already through to the last 16 taking on fc krasnodar at stamford bridge, they've made 10 changes for that match. for all the very latest head to the bbc sport website. world cup winner steve thompson is one of eight former professionals who claim the sport has left them with permanent brain damage and they are ready to start legal action against rugby union authorities for negligence. they have all been diagnosed with early signs of dementia. the law firm representing them say they are working with over a hundred other players as well. thompson, who is 42, was capped 73 times by england, but struggles to recall his greatest moment in 2003. i cannot remember being in australia at all. i cannot remember the whole situation of the world cup, i've never watched all of those games, so i sat down to watch them and like i was watching a game for england, england playing, i could see myself there but i was not there. people talk about stories and since the world cup, talked about

if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and socialomorrow's deadline. us drug regulators approve the pfizer covid vaccine. almost 300,000 americans have died with the virus. we have already begun shipping the vaccine to every state and zip code in the country. the first vaccine will be administered in less than 2a hours. from today, travellers returning to the uk from the canary islands must self—isolate — some fear they won't get back in time to avoid christmas in quarantine. it's all on the line for anthonyjoshua. he makes his much anticipated return to the ring tonight to defend his heavyweight titles against kubrat pulev. # stayin' alive, stayin' alive #. it's more than a0 years since the bee gees had seven us number one singles in just one year — now the last surviving member barry gibb lifts the lid on life as a disco king. good morning to you. it looks like today will be the better day of the weekend. it looks like we will see some sunshine around, particularly across western areas, but tomorrow a low pressure system will sweep

chris king, news editor at bbc radio shropshire. thank you forjoining us.l since may 2008. a review into maternity failures at an nhs trust has called for all maternity services in england to take immediate action to improve patient safety. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s holly. hi, well, the lawyer leading the action against rugby union authorities has warned that the sport faces a dementia epidemic among retired professionals without serious reform. the initial group represent seven players including ex—england player michael lipman who is suffering, aged just 40, from early onset dementia. my symptoms really started to show about four years ago. the severe migraines. two years ago, they then developed into intolerable migraines and then the obvious signs of a mental health disorder, stress, depression and anxiety but what i‘m suffering from at the moment is my inability to potentially finish my sentence and i will make up words just to complete my sentence. so having a conversation with people, even now, ifind quite diff

if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and socialewswatch. you can find us on twitter. you can call us, and do have a look at our website. that's all from us. we're off the air now untiljanuary 8. do join us then and we hope you have a peaceful and safe christmas and new year. until then, goodbye. hello. friday brought us another wet and windy day. the rainfall was particularly heavy and persistent in the west. river levels have been rising across parts of wales, south—west england, scotland, too. this was the picture in ceredigion. we've had plenty of flood warnings around and there could still be a bit of disruption with flooding as we head through the weekend because there's a bit more rain in the forecast. it won't be persistent. it will be scattered showers and some sunshine in between as well. so friday's rainfall was courtesy of this cold front, which is going to be clearing away towards the east. low pressure to the north—west of the uk, so showers rotating around that area of low pressure, and the winds coming in from a slig

if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and socialil newswatch@bbc.co.uk, or you can find us on twitter @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676, and do have a look at our website, that's all from us. we're off the air now until january 8th. do join us then and have a peaceful and safe christmas and new year. goodbye. hello there. it's been a mild, wet and windy day today. some parts of the country have been very wet, and we have seen the number of flood warnings increasing, river levels rising across parts of southwest england and into wales as well. this band of cloud hasjust been sat across the uk, bringing the wetter weather across scotland, northern england, wales and western parts of england. the heaviest of rain, though, where we still have this amber rain warning from the met office across southwest and southwest englund, more flooding from a more travel disruption. and by the end of the day, there could be as much as 100 mm, four inches of rain having fallen over dartmoor and also the brecon beacons. that wetter weathe

your comments this week, if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radiond social media, e—mail us at... or you can find us on twitter at... you can call us on... and you have a look at our website... that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. it's been a wintry scene for many parts of the uk. we started with some widespread snow in scotland. that then turned to rain and so the most of any snow that's falling right now is really over the higher ground. but, more recently, there has been some snow through the midlands, particularly over the peak district. but it's been a messy picture because we've had these bands of cloud bringing wet weather swirling around an area of low pressure together with some stronger winds. that low pressure, though, will tend to move down into france, so, for a start, the winds will ease and through the weekend we should be turning drier as well. but we're still in cold air. with some clearing skies by the morning across some parts the midlands, eastern

your comments this week, if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio social media, e—mail us at... or you can find us on twitter at... you can call us on... and you have a look at our website... that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. it's been a very wet day across some central and northern parts of the uk. we've seen further sleet and snow, mainly over the hills, and as we head through the course of the night, it stays very wet, very unsettled across central, northern and western parts of the uk as this area of low pressure continues to spiral across the country. it's going to bring further snow, mainly over the pennines and across the hills of scotland, but it generally should be rain, maybe sleet, down to lower levels. some clear spells across eastern england. here, it will turn cold, a touch of frost and ice. now, into the weekend, it's remaining cold, but there were signs of it beginning to turn drier, as our area of low pressure begins to slip away southwards. so th

bbc 5live. camilla stepped into the radio edit as chair for the emma barnett show on bbc radio 5 live. domestic violence and the dangers lockdown posed to abuse victims. you are there, you cannot get out, you probably have children there, that is the worst thing, you probably feel that you cannot leave because you must take the children. you probably have got a telephone but you cannot get to it. whether go? she focused on herjoy at being reunited with her grandchildren and how her husband's fitness help him beat covid. and it was the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall who led the country's remembrance in may, marking 75 years since ve day. at 11 o'clock they led the national tributes at the balmoral war memorial in scotland. this was the start of a unique year of remembrance, with all major events cancelled. something recognised by the queen in her ve day address. instead, we remember from the queen in her ve day address. instead, we rememberfrom our homes and doorsteps. but our streets are not empty, they are filled with the love and care that we have for each other. and, wh

and you can hear the full interview on bbc radio 4 and bbc sounds tomorrow afternoon, and more on themidlands and eventually towards the south—east and east anglia, lifting the fog eventually. clear skies developing in northern ireland, wales and the south—west we are the winds are falling lighter and may be a few pockets of frost. generally, temperatures will be above freezing by the morning. we have some rain early on across east anglia, perhaps the south—east move away and things will brighten up in many areas with some sunshine, showers. that will come later in the day which will come later in the day which will come into northern ireland, the west and the south—west of england. ahead of that, temperatures will be around 6-7 c of that, temperatures will be around 6—7 cand of that, temperatures will be around 6—7 c and for many eastern areas, those are the numbers we will keep ahead for the days ahead. staying cloudy, patchy, mostly light rain around on friday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a historic day in the global fight against coronavirus — 90—year—old margaret keen

you can keep up with commentary from that match on radio 5live and the bbc sport website.t's a big night for the home nations as they look to join hosts england in next summer's women's euros. in group e, a defeat for scotland at home to finland could end their hopes of qualifying. while wales take on belarus and northern ireland welcome the faroe islands to belfast in group c, with just one qualifying place still up for grabs. 0ur reporter stephen watson is in belfast. the northern ireland women had never qualify for a majorfinal the northern ireland women had never qualify for a major final but they can take one step closer tonight. i am joined by the former northern ireland international gail and how confident are you that northern ireland can get the win that they need tonight to make the playoffs?” think after friday night's character showing and the resilience from the girls to come back each time there was a setback, i'm fully confident they can get the job done tonight. yes, 3—2 four days ago with less trauma hoping for this evening.” don't know if my heart can tak

jonathan van—tam, took questions from viewers and listeners during a live broadcast on the bbc news channel and radio fully look at the data that come out in the article to appraise for ourselves and so i hope you can shed a bit more light. it is about the longevity of the immunity. it is great the mhra has passed this and is saying it is all safe, but will the two doses be enough and will it confer lifelong immunity, will it be an annual thing like the flu jab or something more like the childhood vaccination schedule where you need several top up booster doses to get you to that fully vaccinated status? yes, thanks for the question. it is a very important question and the very important answer is we don't know yet. it is as simple that. we cannot say for certain yet whether we are going to need a flu—like revaccination programme and we want to be in the best place to have further vaccines with which to do that, if we need to. as you can imagine, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of this vaccine however, given the speed of the vaccine's development, the fact that we are the only country so far

kevin worked for the bbc for more than 30 years, mostly covering sport on tv and radio before leavingrbara slater, the director of bbc sport, who's described kevin as "a true wordsmith with a wonderful turn of phrase that endeared him to audiences." his skills as a wordsmith he clearly passed on to his son patrick, who's also a journalist and part of our team here. this is just some of kevin geary‘s work. looked serious it isn't but for maidstone, at least at the place of call home. quest is to find the italian who's come to do the england job. he's here somewhere and apparently ready to sign. but where? unfortunately, not a lot of people know. as ever ten were men mounting their attack, they don't like this happens. viewers got an ad for a brand of mints. unfortunately, not the ones with a whole. he probably doesn't think much of your back catalogue either. athletics is at the heart of that legacy. turning this intojust another football ground will mean for him and for many others, london breaking his promises. and on behalf of all of the team, our condolences to kevin's wife nicola,

i can discuss this further with the bbc radio presenterjames naughtie — who interviewed john le carreasions, what was he like and who was the man behind the stories? he was a wonderful character! full of vivacity, wit, wicked sense of humour. fantastic mimic, by the way, as well, but above all, he was somebody who lived life to the full. his energy and his intellect and his roving eye, he talked about a novelist having a corrosive guy, very much like the one he was trained to use when he went into secret service in various ways in the 50s. he was just a man who dominated a room, he had a wonderful, mellifluous voice, as you heard, a great mimic. and he was a quy: heard, a great mimic. and he was a quy. you heard, a great mimic. and he was a guy, you just felt extraordinarily privileged to be any point. and of course, that intelligence, the observation of humanity, people, the way they dissembled, the weight they put up the little absurd pretences that we all do in various ways, was devastating in its sharpness and that's what made him a great novelist. he used the espionage craft as h

disco" is out now and you can catch a special new year's eve edition of one of her discos live on bbc radiochell as she reflects on a year of living with cancer during a pandemic. i'm deborah james. i've been living with metastatic bowel cancer for four years. i co—host the award—winning podcast on radio 5 live, you, me and the big c. i genuinely hope that every december, i can just meet you and go like, "i'm here again, graham, it's all good." erm, because it's milestones like this, it's milestones talking to you again, it reminds me how lucky i am to be here again. the christmas lights at kew gardens in london, extra special for deborahjames this year. she took part in a new drugs trial and was told at the end of it that she was cancer free. the biggest thing for me this year has been that actually those drugs have been now approved on the nhs, recently. it was a really good christmas present, in fact, to know that thousands of others would benefit from it. and i was the case study for that. so kind of, ifelt really proud of that, actually. and to know that my example would be used to lit

he told the world at one on bbc radio 4 that food prices could rise by up to 5% in the event of a no—dealparticular items. the chairman of tesco speaking to bbc a little earlier. the international criminal court in the hague has decided not to take further action against the uk government, despite finding evidence that british forces did commit abuses in iraq between 2003 and 2011. while the icc has decided not to pursue a case against the uk government it found that "several levels of institutional civilian supervisory and military command failures contributed to the commission of crimes against detainees by uk soldiers in iraq". the court‘s statement said that it was closing the investigation because it could not be shown that the british government had acted to shield soldiers from prosecution. four people have been charged in connection with the toppling of the statue of the slave trader, edward colston, in bristol. the bronze was brought down injune during a black lives matter protest and dumped in a harbour. the four suspects are accused of criminal damage, and are due in court in t

the official christmas number one will be announced exclusively on bbc radio 1's the official chart withhel burden. 0ur headlines today. 0n the brink of a brexit deal. after months of talks an agreement between the uk and the eu is expected this morning, with boris johnson preparing to address the nation. this is the scene at downing street. we'll bring you all the developments and what it all means throughout the morning. we don't really know what is going on behind the door. stay at home from boxing day. the message to another 6 million people in england as more tier 4 restrictions are brought in. a plea for calm at the port of dover. lorry drivers stranded in kent are urged to be patient as they wait to cross the channel. manchester united strike late to reach the league cup semi—finals. they beat everton with two goals in the closing minutes — including an absolute cracker from cavani. it was the night before christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. we'll speak to joanna lumley as shejoins forces with prince charles to help actors who've been

bbc five live! and camilla stepped into radio on the bbc‘s five live. it's very nice to have you here. that mattered to her, including domestic violence and the dangers lockdown posed to victims of abuse. you probably got children, so you feel you cannot leave because you must ta ke cannot leave because you must take the children. you've probably got a telephone, but you can't get to it, because probably the abuser is there. amen, when you go? she also spoke about being reunited with her grandchildren and how her husband because my fitness help him beat covid. and there was the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall who led the country through remembrance in may, marking 75 years since ve day. at iiam marking 75 years since ve day. at ”am they led national tributes at the belmore war memorial in scotland. this was the start of a new unique year of remembrance, with all major events cancelled, something recognised by the queen in her ve day address. instead we rememberfrom our ve day address. instead we remember from our homes and ve day address. instead we rememberfrom our homes and o

i was on a radio program for the bbc the other day and they had me on a panel. the x chancellor came in and started saying we have to reintroduce austerity. it was a disaster last time. it is disastrous this time. we have a combination of the lockdown and uncertainty about brexit. fortunately, that will not happen. but the potential that you then start to tightly put in austerity post april looks like madness. i can't believe they have not learned from what we did last time. -- that ledterity to the slowest recovery in 300 years. the combination of the lockdown, covid shock, and brexit -- think about the trucks lined up at the border in dover. the numbers are going to get bigger ones this deal comes into place in january. that means food shortages. prices are going to be rising. it looks cataclysmic to me. really appreciate your views. professor danny blanchflower, effexor of economics at dartmouth. thank you for being with us. here, we go back to the united states and talk about stimulus. it still waits in the balance. we speak with a former economic adviser to

bbc 5 live! and camilla also stepped into the radio editor's chair for the emma barnett show on the bbc‘s 5 live. the day. the focus was on the causes that mattered to her, including domestic violence and the dangers lockdown pose to victims of abuse. you're there, you can't get out, you've probably got children there — that's the worst — so you feel you can't leave because you must take the children. you've probably got a telephone, but you can't get to it, because probably, the abuser is there. i mean, where do you go? she also spoke of herjoy at being reunited with her grandchildren, and how her husband's fitness help him beat covid. and it was the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall who led the country's remembrance in may, marking 75 years since ve day. at "am, they led national tributes at the balmoral war memorial in scotland. this was the start of a unique year of remembrance, with all major events cancelled — something recognised by the queen in her ve day address. instead, we remember from our homes and our doorsteps, but our streets are not empty, they are filled with the love

the queen's christmas broadcast will be transmitted on radio and television and online. nicholas witchell, bbcal correspondent told me how different this christmas is even for the queen and the royal family. they have had to make the same kind of decisions as so many other families have had to do this year. and yes, of course they have the castle and the support bubble of a team around them to look after them at this time of year but essentially they have done what so many other families have done and chosen to scale down their christmas, to limit the number of family members they see and to keep it very small this year. officials say they will be spending christmas quietly here at windsor castle away from their widerfamily, following the tier 4 rules, windsor now in tier 4. but the decisions about what the queen would be doing were decided at the beginning of the month, that she would stay here at windsor and not go to sandringham with her wider family, which is how she would normally be spending christmas day. at this sort of time normally on christmas day we would be seeing hundreds of peop

the queen's christmas broadcast will be transmitted on radio and television and online. nicholas witchell, bbc daniela relph is at windsor. beautiful daniela relph is at windsor. morning there. but nt public beautiful morning there. but no public site, even socially distance, of the queen or any members of the royalfamily this of the queen or any members of the royal family this year. that's right. no plans for any public sightings come at all, which of course is very different from what we normally see for a royal christmas. that would normally be up at sandringham led by the queen and the duke of edinburgh with their widerfamily all the duke of edinburgh with their wider family all in attendance, going to church on christmas morning and then a christmas lunch at the main at sandringham. not this year. just the queen and the duke of edinburgh here behind the castle walls at windsor. we are told by royal officials they will be spending christmas quietly, just the two of them, like so many other families this christmas. they have had to make the compromises, difficult decisions. they were made

radio host. she presents a phone in show on the bbc and often shows a frustration with people not wearing masks properlythat in genuine, bone deep contempt is but i think we have a duty to one another as much as we have a duty to ourselves. her concern is widespread, but how can we assess rule breaking? robert calf set of statistics for bbc news. his advice as to not see this in black and white. well, if you are supposed to self isolate in your bedroom for 1h days, there isa your bedroom for 1h days, there is a variety of different ways you cannot comply with that. you might go for a walk on your own at night or you might go into starbucks. those are very different things. we all know that circumstances can drive differences in behaviour. a survey looked at the attitude to quarantine upfront holidays. 10% said they wanted do it at minute rose to 20% if they needed to work, and 25% if they needed to work, and 25% if they needed to work, and 25% if they needed to care for someone. there is also a broader belief that overtime, people have struggled stick to the guidelines. this is soho in london in septemb

from london on january the 5th, 1980, to do a temporary stint as a radio news and current affairs producer. much of the time in the bbc the teletype machines while eating lunch, but it was an exciting time, covering the democratic and republican conventions in 1980. in my career with the bbc, i have probably filed some 3000 reports or packages. i've interviewed nearly every living big—name movie star, but whenever i meet people, all they want to know is what was it like to cover the death ofjohn lennon? i never knew the man, but i do feel a real kinship with him and have offered wondered what his last few hours on this planet were like. # john lennon and yoko ono. # new york city are your people.# i do know that he and yoko ono left the dakota late on that monday afternoon and headed south, they may have gone down central park west which, today, with its grand apartment buildings overlooking the park looks much like it did whenjohn lennon was alive. to him, new york city was the capital of the universe. lennon's destination that monday afternoon was a now defunct recording studio called the record plant at 321 west 44

i played the song on my radio show last sunday, bbc three counties!ly difficult and, you know, this is the sort of a little chink of light and hopefully this will lift people's spirits and show that there is light at the end of the tunnel, so we, as musicians, and as a charity, cannot wait to get back to be together and hugged each other and do the things we normally do. well said. good to chat with you this morning and of course our thanks to tom and max, as well. the single is out now. speaking of incredible charity efforts, kevin sinfield has topped £500,000 on his seven marathons in seven days. we will keep you up—to—date on that story over the next few days. back tomorrow at 6am. goodbye. goodbye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk prime minister borisjohnson and the president of the european commission will speak later today to try and break the brexit trade talks deadlock. we keep calm, as always, and if there is still a way, we will see, huh? the two sides remain divided on fishing rights

there is coverage of that fight on radio five live tonight from ten o'clock, so you can follow it all they are. you can also get all the latest sports news at the bbct of the team on sportsday, have a lovely evening. bye—bye. hello. tomorrow, we've got some rain to come in from the atlantic that will affect more than of the uk. today, some lovely winter sunshine across many western areas. it wasn't a bad day at all. further east, the skies look very different. there was rain and drizzle and it was grey and misty. that was on that weatherfronts there, which is slowly pushing away into the north sea. the next weather system to bring them more rain tomorrow, moving into the atla ntic more rain tomorrow, moving into the atlantic with the winds picking up the cloud. some rain also. for a while, some clear skies, even across eastern part of england. that damp weather will move away and we'll see temperatures dropping. the northeast of gotland will see some rain persisting and then later than the night, the temperatures will rise —— northeast of scotland. ahead of it, temperatures not far away from freezing and those clearer skies, so the risk of some fro