elaine dunkley, bbc news, wallasey.hs of violent protests in hong kong, beijing imposed a sweeping national security law. many activists now face an agonising choice, to stay or to go. at the age of 25, h is leaving home for the first time going overseas alone, fleeing hong kong. after months of increasingly violent protests, beijing imposed a sweeping national security law injune 2020 vowing to bring back stability to hong kong. under the law, the maximum punishment for offences like secession and subversion is life imprisonment. the next day, britain, the colonial ruler of hong kong for over 150 years, responded. if china continue down this path, we would introduce a new route for those with british national overseas status to enter the uk, granting them limited to leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the uk. a move met with anger from beijing. an estimated nearly 5.5 million hong kongers, including h and ah ching, now have the right to move to the uk. the latest trigger in a long—running battle over g

elaine dunkley, bbc news, wallasey. now on bbc news it's the travel show.is week's show. dubai's world expo plans. we dubai's world expo plans. i've been told _ dubai's world expo plans. i've been told that _ dubai's world expo plans. i�*e been told that when it's finished it will look incredible.- finished it will look incredible. ., ,., ., incredible. the porter poet of cuba. the town that typewriters made. and what we all need right now, a little glimpse into our near future. , ., a little glimpse into our near i future._ golden future. its golden time. golden time for me. _ future. its golden time. golden time for me. i _ future. its golden time. golden time for me. i like _ future. its golden time. golden time for me. i like the - future. its golden time. golden time for me. i like the sound i time for me. i like the sound of that. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to this week from tokyo. it's been a long winter of restrictions here and around the world, but now there's the prospect of vaccines and with them hope that life can slowly begin

elaine dunkley, bbc news.nding a house party with more than 15 people. people gathering to socialise in private homes has been a major cause of rule—breaking during the lockdown. our home affairs correpondent june kelly went out with avon and somerset police — one of the forces which has immediately started using the new powers. loud music plays. for some, the weekend is still party time. until the police arrive, equipped with body—worn cameras and stronger powers. you're not going anywhere. turn it off and get the lights on now. because this party breaches the 15—plus rule, individual students here in bristol are given notice that they are now facing the new £800 fine. we're quite near, where are you, mate? not far off. avon and somerset police has a special team dealing with lockdown enforcement. yeah, we'll put our body cameras on now. they've been told there is a gathering in this flat. hello, it's the police. an 80—year—old man in this block has recently died of covid and neighbours are concerned. are you

elaine dunkley, bbc news, wallasey. team from university college london say they now believe that the blue stone circle was first erected in wales, before being dismantled and transported to salisbury plain, where it was re—built. the findings are revealed in a bbc documentary tonight. duncan kennedy reports. stonehenge, standing here since 2500 bc. but around 500 years earlier it looked very different. 0riginally it was a circle of blue stones but the question has always been where did they come from? they are really like a pack of cards that has slipped. professor mike parker pearson who found the blue stones quarry in west wales believes stonehenge may have been built before it was moved to wiltshire. the question was where? the mood was sombre. for three years his team searched. it is extreme archaeology. in rain and gales. the wind never stops. until finally they tried a place called waun mawn. the lost circle had been found. there were three key pieces of evidence. first, the dimension of the welsh circle is exact

one school has been trying to bring some end of term chair, as elaine dunkley reports. wallasey, joanne has been home—schooling faith and blake. some days it's like pulling teeth. it's like being a one—on—one teacher. you have to sit with him and read through everything. i am well and truly ready for half term. it's notjust lost learning but broken friendships which has made life in lockdown hard. she'd created this bond and the fact that that was broken so quickly, she struggled. no, 0k. 0k. this is a really tough job and we're really proud of your efforts with that. forjoanne, a day of online learning followed by a virtual parents�* evening. you are doing what you are not paid to do. the head teacher at egremont primary has a surprise — an end—of—term party to say thank you to parents. get dressed up. let's give yourselves a little clap. we are eating our food right now. and we are having a party. and we are dancing to music. the children of critical workers and those classed as vulnerable are in school. party bags have been sent to children's homes and it's a chance

elaine dunkley, bbc news.g tested. that's the warning today from the eu's law enforcement agency, which says criminals are exploiting the pandemic and putting lives at risk. and bbc news can reveal that counterfeit nhs certificates are also being sold online, as angus crawford reports. this is a covid test certificate. the holder's negative and fit to fly. except, they might not be, because it is a counterfeit. it is a user id... an investigator monitoring online forums used by criminal gangs. in some, flight tickets are bought and sold using stolen credit cards. and now they are also dealing in fake covid test certificates. it is these criminal organisations that have been previously providing airline tickets using stolen credit card information that are providing a fuller service. so, they are now being able to give you a false nhs certificate saying that you are fit to fly, that you have a negative covid test result. so, this is like an underground travel agency? absolutely, yes, and these guys have been op

elaine dunkley, bbc news, wallasey. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.ry good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are daily telegraph columnist madeline grant and jason beattie, the assistant editor at the daily mirror. hello to you both. quick look at the front pages. the financial times leads with the figures out today, which showed the uk's economy shrank by the largest amount for more than 300 years thanks to the pandemic. the i's top story is the government's much—anticipated plan for leaving lockdown, which the paper says has three stages of reopening. the daily mail carries the news that the uk is on course to reach its target of vaccinating 15 million adults by tomorrow, 48 hours ahead of schedule. the telegraph quotes the health secretary who said that thanks to the vaccine and new treatments, by the end of the year, covid could be no worse than regular flu. according to government projections seen by the times, the number of coronavirus patients in hospital is due to halve over the

on the wirral has been trying to bring some end—of—term cheer, as our education correspondent, elaine dunkleyics, didn't we? here in wallasey, joanne has been home—schooling faith and blake. some days it's like pulling teeth. it's like being a one—on—one teacher. you have to sit with him and read through everything. i am well and truly ready for half term. it's notjust lost learning but broken friendships which has made life in lockdown hard. she'd created this bond and the fact that that was broken so quickly, she struggled. no, 0k. 0k. this is a really tough job and we're really proud of your efforts with that. forjoanne, a day of online learning followed by a virtual parents�* evening. you are doing what you are not paid to do. the head teacher at egremont primary has a surprise — an end—of—term party to say thank you to parents. get dressed up. let's give yourselves a little clap. we are eating our food right now. and we are having a party. and we are dancing to music. the children of critical workers and those classed as vulnerable are in school. party bags have been sent to children's h

our education correspondent elaine dunkley has been to one school on merseyside, where head teachersry in wallasey. morning gorgeous. a school at the heart of the community. morning. we've got 107 on average in school each day, out of our 309. we're not turning children away, but we're obviously needing to do what we're expecting to do in keeping our numbers small, but it's a really hard job. 0k, morning guys, can everyone see? the workload that the teachers are doing has, without question, increased significantly. essentially tripling what they are doing. you know, they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom and then they have the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like when is this going to end, what's going to happen? we can't socialise with anyone, - and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any devices or laptops at home. my teachers are really kind to me and ijust like it in sc

elaine dunkley, bbc news.ld like to start with you. i don't know if you heard that argument. if a falls behind now, they will never catch up. do you agree? i they will never catch up. do you auree? .. they will never catch up. do you auree? ~ g ., , they will never catch up. do you auree? .. , . . . agree? i think, james, the thing is that our students _ agree? i think, james, the thing is that our students are _ agree? i think, james, the thing is that our students are much - agree? i think, james, the thing is that our students are much more i that our students are much more resilient than perhaps we think they are. they have been working exceptionally hard. 0bviously, talking about secondary school students here, but they're getting up, getting logged in at 830 in the morning, working through until after three and then doing their homework. and i think there is a lot of, in a sense, misplaced talk about lost learning, because students are continuing to learn, and teachers are continuing to teach them, and e

elaine dunkley, bbc news. look at the latest headlines now. time the commission officials have commented publicly about what went wrong last week, when this intense row with astrazeneca, in which the company could not keep to its vaccine contracts, suspicion in brussels that it was shorting the eu, effectively, from its belgian plants, and sneaking vaccines to the uk. in fact, it had to be raided to double—check that, and then ultimately setting about an announcement of controls on friday to stop exports, and then at one point putting in this measure, which would see a border with ireland, with checks in places to stop the vaccine being brought to northern ireland. so we heard from the commission's spokesperson today, speaking for an hour, essentially, not a mea culpa, more a justification saying it was a mistake, only the pope is infallible, he said, and the important thing is we justified this very quickly. so it is the first time the european commission has acknowledged it went too far in this row with astrazeneca. and just a reminder that

today from the economic think—tank the institute for fiscal studies. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley working hard to help vulnerable pupils. morning, guys, you 0k? egremont primary in wallasey. morning, gorgeous. a school at the heart of the community. morning. we've got 107 on average in school each day, out of our 309. we're not turning children away, but we're obviously needing to do what we're expecting to do in keeping our numbers small, but it's a really hard job. 0k, morning guys, can everyone see? the workload that the teachers are doing has, without question, increased significantly. they're essentially tripling what they are doing. you know, they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom and then they have the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like when is this going to end, what's going to happen? we can't socialise with anyone, i and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got an

england not set to reopen fully until march 8th at the earliest, our education correspondent elaine dunkleyin wallasey. the school at the heart of the community. we've got 107 on average in school each day out of our 309. we are not turning children away, but we are obviously needing to do what we are expecting to do in keeping our numbers small. but it is a really hard job. morning, guys, can everybody see? good morning! the workload the teachers are doing has without question increased significantly. essentially, they are tripling what they are doing. they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom, and they've got the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like, when is this going to end, what's going to happen? you can't really go anywhere or play. | and that's a strugglel for you because we're all used to going out. we can't socialise with anyone, and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any

work to provide help and support for those pupils that need it most. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley away but we are obviously needing to do what we are expecting to do in keeping our numbers are small. but it is a really hard job. morning, guys, can everybody see? good morning! the workload the teachers are doing has without question increased significantly. essentially, they are tripling what they are doing. they've got their live learning, they've got the google classroom, and they've got the paper learning, if you like. lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. i would say the children are quite anxious. they are feeling like, when is this going to end, what's going to happen? you can't really go anywhere or play. | and that's a strugglel for you because we're all used to going out. we can't socialise with anyone and school is very different because and school is very different because we have different restrictions. i come into school because i haven't got any devices or laptops at home. my teachers are really kind to me and ijust like in school. this area has h