grant shapps is hoping to unlock that quickly. this is what he said.e must remember that passengers shouldn't be travelling at this moment in time in the tierli be travelling at this moment in time in the tier 4 requirements, it says stay at home and stay local. people shouldn't be travelling in any case was that it is the holy side of things we need to get moving. when i spoke to my french opposite number, they are keen to unlock that in the next 48 hours. the eu countries are getting together to mount a collective response. matt hancock had said the virus was out of control, so it is possible there will be more rather than fewer restrictions. one good morning. a growing number of countries have shut their borders to britons in response to the spread of the new variant of coronavirus. there are fears of lorry queues stretching for miles after the government said it expects severe disruption at ports in kent. the road haulage association warned of the "devastating effect" of the travel ban on supply chains that are already under pressure from brexit an

supplies in the meantime so this well i mean bans on nation program faster you transform into grant shapps and despite what he says the u.k. is looking increasingly isolated it leaves the european union its biggest trading partner in less than 2 weeks and no deal on future trading arrangements has been struck at britain's office budget office of budget responsibility projects that leaving the e.u. will cost the country between $1.00 and a half and 2 percent of g.d.p. and $300000.00 jobs so add to that the economic and social costs of a coven pandemic and this latest european channel ban unknown at 10 downing street is likely to be having a happy christmas so how is boris johnson's government coping with these body blows u.k. analyst quentin pinto is an associate a member of chatham house so welcome back to t.w. and let's start with bracket sunday was supposed to be the latest deadline for a deal between the e.u. in the u.k. does it matter that another deadline has been missed. i think it does i think the whole uncertainty that this is creating really throughout british business and british

meanwhile, the uk transport secretary, grant shapps, has tweeted in the last hour...ost all of europe banned flights from the uk in reaction to the new variant of covid. greece and cyprus are the only two eu countries without a ban in place. now, as well as suggesting the bans are lifted, the european commission is also recommending that nonessential travel to and from the uk should be discouraged until further notice and that people travelling for essential reasons, for instance medical staff, should be required to undergo a test within 72 hours prior to departure, which is a recommendation france has already adopted. it also wants freight to continue uninterrupted, not least to ensure the distribution of covid—19 vaccines. it's also important to note that while this advice is being offered, eu member states are free to set their own rules on border controls, so they can go their own way if they chose. for more, i spoke with our brussels correpsondent kevin connolly. it's up to member states essentially to decide who comes in and leaves their territory. they remain s

transform is a grant shapps and despite what he says the u.k. is looking increasingly isolated it leaves the european union its biggest trading partner in less than 2 weeks and no deal on future trading arrangements has been struck at britain's office budget office of budget responsibility projects that leaving the e.u. will cost the country between $1.00 and a half and 2 percent of g.d.p. and $300000.00 jobs so add to that the economic and social costs of the covered pandemic and this latest european travel ban unknown at 10 downing street is likely to be having a happy christmas so how is boris johnson's government coping with these body blows u.k. analyst quentin pinto is an associate a member of chatham house so welcome back to t.w. and let's start with bracks it sunday was supposed to be the latest deadline for a deal between the e.u. in the u.k. does it matter that another deadline has been missed. i think it does i think the whole uncertainty that this is creating really throughout british business and british industry is very bad news th

i transform into grant shapps and despite what he says the u.k. is looking increasingly isolated it leaves the european union its biggest trading partner in less than 2 weeks and no deal on future trading arrangements has been struck at britain's office budget office of budget responsibility projects that leaving the e.u. will cost the country between $1.00 and a half and 2 percent of g.d.p. and $300000.00 jobs so add to that the economic and social costs of the curve in pandemic and this latest european travel ban unknown at 10 downing street is likely to be having a happy christmas so how is boris johnson's government coping with these body blows u.k. analyst quentin pill is an associate a member of chatham house so welcome back to t.w. let's start with bracks it sunday was supposed to be the latest deadline for a deal between the e.u. in the u.k. does it matter that another deadline has been missed. i think it does i think the whole uncertainty that this is creating really throughout british business and british industry is very bad news the. b

i had the conversation with grant shapps this morning and he is confident of their ability to find ahis, whether that is some sort of testing of drivers before they go back to europe, i think if it goes beyond 48 hours we will see some significant challenges. although supermarkets stress all products for christmas are already in the country, there could be shortages of lettuce, cauliflower and some fruit if this goes on but the transport secretary hopes for a quick progress. i was on the phone to my opposite number in france last night, he is very keen to see this resolved as quickly as possible, especially the hauliers aspect, because it is primarily french and european goods which are exported, rather than british goods leaving the country, so it's in their interest to get it resolved as quickly as possible and i will be speaking to them again later. in a tweet, the french transport minister said in the coming hours he planned to set up a european—wide mechanism to allow traffic with the uk to resume. that is what the boss of the port of dover is desperate to see. we don't know how

grant shapps, transport secretary of state, seeming to rule that out earlier.indeed downing street seemed to be rolling out the idea of a transition. i mean, of course, at this moment you got the classic sort of divide we now have in this country, that the culture war if you like over brexit, ina culture war if you like over brexit, in a moment like this, most of those who are on the remain side of the equation say this is just nuts, why would any government in its right mind keep all this misery, the misery of a no—deal brexit particularly, on top of the misery of covid? itjust doesn't make any sense at all. that is certainly the view of many businesses. but then of course you have the government side and many of those on the leave side saying, no, no, no, wejust need to get on with this, everything will be fine. let's bring you some breaking news from brussels where the european union's medicines regulator the ema has now approved the use of the ema has now approved the use of the pfizer beyond tech vaccine. they we re the pfizer beyond tech vaccine. they wer

the measures are among a number announced by the transport secretary, grant shapps, this morning. is of interest to a huge number of people, what more has been said? there has been a huge amount of planning into this by the government and transport operators to make sure the system remains free of delays this christmas. christmas travel is usually very busy and much shorter this year, between the 23rd and 27 to visit friends and family for our christmas bubbles. grant shapps told mps that some of the measures being put in place to mitigate against any delays. to help passengers prepare for travel, we are putting in place a number of different plans, including clearing 778 miles' worth of roadworks, ensuring 95% of the rail network will be unaffected by engineering work by either postponing or altering them, lengthening trains and adding additional rail services, trebling the number of coach services available, ensuring that lateral flow testing is available at six different sites for transport workers, in order to ensure they are a bit more on that, as he said, there will be testi

grant shapps said 4500 hgvs back positive. grant shapps said a500 hgvs are back across the channel.has been at manston airfield and sent the latest. this is not the christmas thousands of drivers here were expecting. some have been stuck here at manston airfield for up to four days with no access to washing facilities and just portaloos dotted around the side of the airfield. we have heard a beeping protest as drivers are getting more and more frustrated. i have spoken to some who say theyjust want to be at home, some say they feel like this is a political protest and they are caught in the middle. you can see just behind me some local people are coming here, rallying together, trying to provide hot food and drinks to give these drivers just something on christmas day. every half an hour, we are seeing around a dozen lorries leave this site, take the a0—minute journey over to the port of dover. each have been tested negative, have tested negative for coronavirus and each will be carrying a letter, signed by uk and french authorities, allowing them access to mainland europe. last nig

the transport secretary grant shapps said the main message was not to travel to kent.r was now down to about 170 — with a few more in a holding area. the prime minister this afternoon responded so the question about the new variant thought to have originated in kent. last night at 11pm, the french government imposed restrictions on uk freight crossing to france when accompanied by a driver. so today i chaired a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee to coordinate a uk—wide response. it is vital first to stress that these delays, which are only occurring at dover, only affect human handled freight, and that is only 20% of the total arriving from departing to the european continent. that means the vast majority of food, medicines and other suppliers are coming and going as normal. you may also be aware, i would be amazed if you weren't, that the government has been preparing for a long time for exactly this kind of event, working with the kent resilience forum, kent county council on highways england. we have activated our long prepared plans, with the res

now, let's fast—forwa rd to may 2020, when the uk's transport minister grant shapps announced a year'sive people an alternative to public transport during the pandemic. this is a big deal, because the uk is finally joining the likes of france, germany, most states in the us, australia and many others in allowing e—scooters on public roads. we went to milton keynes to visit e—scooter rental company lime and their warehouse, and ride one of their vehicles. they're the first operator allowed to rent them in a town in the uk. now, this was filmed a couple of months ago and since then, places in the uk such as nottingham, birmingham, manchester have started running these trials, and london as well is close to having most boroughs running these services in the near future. but there are some caveats. you must ride your rental e—scooter on the road — not on pavements, just roads. and other light e—vehicles such as hover boards or e—skateboards, they're still illegal — you cannot ride them out in public. and when it comes to your e—scooter, it must be a rental, it cannot be privately owned. if

meanwhile, the uk transport secretary grant shapps has tweeted in the last hour...e any details on freight traffic, it has said that from midnight tonight, french nationals and citizen from the eu will be able to return to france with a negative test done less than 72 hours before departure. this week, almost all of europe banned flights from the uk in reaction to the new variant of covid. greece and cyprus are the only two eu countries without a ban in place. now, as well as suggesting the bans are lifted, the european commission is also recommending that nonessential travel to and from the uk should be discouraged until further notice, and that people travelling for essential reasons — for instance, medical staff — should be required to undergo a test within 72 hours prior to departure. it also wants freight to continue uninterrupted, not least to ensure the distribution of covid—i9 vaccines. it's also important to note that while this advice is being offered, eu member states are free to set their own rules on border controls, so they can go their own way if they

grant shapps the transport secretary on this programme said he is...ut a little earlier that uniquely, france out of all the eu countries at the moment, was the only one saying frate had to be unaccompanied. we mu5t frate had to be unaccompanied. we must remember pa55enger5 shouldn't be travelling at this moment in time but there is in the tearful requirement to stay at home, everywhere to stay local, so people shouldn't be travelling in any case. but it is the haulier 5ide shouldn't be travelling in any case. but it is the haulier side of things we really need to get moving. a5 i 5ay, we really need to get moving. a5 i say, when i spoke to my french opposite number, they are keen to unlock that in the next 48 hours. grant shapps hoping this will be unlocked in the next 48 and i was but the eu will be discussing this this morning and it's possible more restrictions may be put in place because don't forget, matt hancock said the virus was out of control and that it originated in kent. one other thing i should point out is there is also now calls on the

the transport secretary grant shapps has urged hauliers not to travel to kent.t is still permitted, but there are fears some lorry drivers won't want to come to the uk for risk of getting stuck. dover usually handles around 10,000 lorries a day, delivering nearly 20% of all goods bought and sold here. the food and drink federation has said it is worried about the supply of fresh products over christmas. and it's notjust freight affected. this was heathrow last night, where passengers were left stranded amid travel bans from much of europe. eurostar and eurotunnel have also suspended all outbound traffic. we must, i'm afraid, look again at christmas... two days after the prime minister announced the new restrictions, he will chair a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee this morning to discuss the coronavirus crisis. meanwhile, government sources have insisted the travel bans won't affect the delivery of covid vaccines. and all this as trade talks with the eu remain gridlocked as the december 31st brexit deadline edges closer. jon donnison, bbc ne

i think that it's where decisions will be focused between transport secretary grant shapps and his frenchg to get movement in the talks if not in freight by lunchtime, i think the 48—hour ban will stay in place but home secretary priti patel suggested that perhaps testing could bejudd relatively quickly because it is the new normal now. but the type of testing is crucial, as we heard from simon, if the more traditional test is applied, which is apparently better at picking up this new variant, it could be another 2a or 48 hours after lorry drivers are tested before they know they are negative and clear to proceed. if lateral flow tests could be used, they are more mobile and can be done much more quickly and results much more quickly, but there is some doubt as to whether too many of the new variant doubt as to whether too many of the new variant cases doubt as to whether too many of the new variant cases would perhaps go undetected, so the british government will be trying to get the easiest and swiftest solution agreed with france, including perhaps tighter protocols for the drivers, gu

the transport secretary grant shapps said over 10,000 lateral flow tests had been carried out on drivers positive. more than 4,500 lorries have crossed the channel, but that leaves thousands still to make the journey. for some drivers, that means a christmas stuck behind a wire fence, instead of at home. tradition! whole people — whole family stay on table. eat. relax. music. no? i stay here. local people are helping out with hot food and sympathy. because we live in dover, we wanted to do something — even though it's just a little something — and just spread a little bit of christmas cheer and take some hot mince pies and sausage rolls to people who probably or maybe would like them. the cross—channel ferries have been sailing as soon as they have a full load of lorries. they're not usually as busy as this on christmas day, but this is not a normal christmas day in dover. andy moore, bbc news. eu ambassadors have been given a briefing about the post—brexit trade deal reached with the uk, by the bloc‘s chief negotiator michel barnier. uk mps will vote on the deal in parliament next week,

the transport secretary, grant shapps, has promised that ferries will sail from dover on christmas dayrry drivers who've been stranded in kent to return home. they need to test negative for covid—i9 before they can cross the channel. with the very latest on the situation in kent, here's simonjones. relief at last for drivers who have tested negative for coronavirus and will now be allowed to leave this lorry park and head home. afterfour nights sleeping in their cabs. they are the lucky ones, despite testing beginning in earnest yesterday the amount of hauliers actually increased as more drivers headed to kent hearing the trains and ferries were running again. but some were resigned to christmas away from theirfamilies. how long have you been here? two days here. and how do you feel? i feel not good. it is not my fault, not my boss fold, not your fault, it is the fault of france because france make a new law when it is impossible to come back to europe. lorries are not just impossible to come back to europe. lorries are notjust parked up here at manston airport but on many of the side

grant shapps that over 10,000 lateral flow tests have been carried out on drivers in kent and 2a werend lorries have crossed the channel that leaves thousands still to make the journey. for some drivers, that means a christmas stuck behind a wire fence instead of at home. tradition. on table, eat, relax. music. no? istay here. local people are helping out by hot food and sympathy. because we live in dover, we wanted to do something, even though it is just a little something, and just a little something, and just spread a little bit of christmas cheer and take some hot mince pies and sausage rolls to people who probably or maybe would like them. the cross—channel theories have been sailing as soon as they have a full load of lorries. they are not easily as busy as this on christmas day but this is not a normal christmas day in dover. andy moore, bbc news. the queen has praised the "indomitable spirit" of those who have risen to the challenges of the coronavirus crisis. in her christmas address, she sympathised with people unable to see family and friends but also said that even the "da

now, let's fast—forwa rd to may 2020, when the uk's transport minister grant shapps announced a year's give people an alternative to public transport during the pandemic. this is a big deal, because the uk is finally joining the likes of france, germany, most states in the us, australia and many others in allowing e—scooters on public roads. we went to milton keynes to visit e—scooter rental company lime and their warehouse, and ride one of their vehicles. they're the first operator allowed to rent them in a town in the uk. now, this was filmed a couple of months ago and since then, places in the uk such as nottingham, birmingham, manchester have started running these trials, and london as well is close to having most boroughs running these services in the near future. but there are some caveats. you must ride your rental e—scooter on the road — not on pavements, just roads. and other light e—vehicles such as hover boards or e—skateboards, they're still illegal — you cannot ride them out in public. and when it comes to your e—scooter, it must be a rental, it cannot be privately owned.

the grant shapps estimate is clearly wrong. the figure is closer to around 1000.we would normally see because dover— calais handles 10,000 trucks a day at this time of year. we hope to get clarity from paris later today about what the french want, some sort of agreement possibly that would allow things to start flowing. they are talking about testing drivers and getting a negative test before heading across the channel. is that practical? it is not very practical because we know the state—of—the—art tests take time to come back. the quick tests often a re time to come back. the quick tests often are reckoned to be unreliable, certainly in the case of asymptomatic. it is not easy. these are not mainly british—based lorry drivers. that might have a connection with the nhs. they are european drivers. 0ne connection with the nhs. they are european drivers. one of the illogical things it is drivers are lone workers, in a cab on their own. they sleep on their own and eat food on their own. they are not vectors of disease. but if the french are demanding that to get thin

absolutely, you will be aware that this morning grant shapps has said that transport police are going i can tell him exclusively that i have just been to have a good look round waterloo station, normally the busiest station, normally the busiest station in britain, and staff were easily outnumbering passengers there. people were not travelling at all. there is an awful lot of upset in the railway travel industry about the way people were effectively given a window of five or six hours, and in particular for given a window of five or six hours, and in particularfor people given a window of five or six hours, and in particular for people leaving london on long distance journeys. and in particular for people leaving london on long distancejourneys. we have seen those extraordinary images of the chaos and confusion taking place in places like london st pancras going on the midland flying to nottingham and derby and so on. a less secure environment is very difficult to environment. and they will be going into tears i2 and three and saying hang on we have just exported thousands of people c

near dover as 800 military personnel continue to test stranded hauliers — transport secretary grant shapps

but as grant shapps says now, manston is now empty. lorries should no longer had their pleas.cretary. one of the most notorious cold war spies — george blake — has died in moscow, aged 98. blake was a soviet double agent working in the british secret service. he was caught and jailed in 1960, but escaped from prison in london five years later and fled to the soviet union. edward lucas who is a security expert and the author of the new cold war said george blake is enormously important in the history of espionage. well, blake was really enormously important, i think — ranking along with the traitors like kim philby in terms of the damage done to british and american attempts to spy on the soviet empire during the 1950s. and it was notjust that he was in a position where he could do a lot of damage. after he'd been sentenced for 42 years — allegedly one for every agent he betrayed — he then was able to escape from a supposedly high security prison. he was smuggled to east germany and then spent the rest of his life in moscow. in a way, sort of cocking a snook at the brits who'd

shutdown in so many economies and the ability to travel except for those with the right honorable grant shapps right friends of his the military to travel is going to cost starvation for the world food program's you know countries in africa pakistan afghanistan like programs that help expectant mothers you know impoverished people giving them food like a lot of those are being hit hard. from an absence of donations also you know the food supply system as a shutdown so these are the consequences that people aren't talking about right now i don't kind of a historical view of this so you know for years and years up until recently there was always this pigeon chested kind of. brag about how so many millions of people around the world are being lifted out of poverty yet right we saw this number all the time like especially in china you know in asia millions tens of millions 100000000 lifted out of poverty and you see this fellow that from the u.n. or the world economic forum where i am out of. poverty eradicate it. and i've often said that this is is unsustainable because it's all based on money an

near dover as 800 military personnel continue to test stranded hauliers — transport secretary grant shappsn 10,000 tests had been done. next, a look back on the year in politics with leila nathoo. the beginning of a new decade filled with promise, but 2020 didn't play out as any of us expected. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. it was a year of decisions politicians never imagined they would have to make... look at the huge temporary hospitals being created for coronavirus patients. the nhs is bracing itself. ..situations they hoped they would never have to face... we've got one of the worst death rates across europe, and now we are going to have one of the worst recessions. ..as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and the economy plunged into crisis. we are all prepared, we've got the covid—secure checks, we've got hand sanitisers everywhere. the city isjust being picked on! the story of 2020 is one that we will never forget. for all of us, it's been a year of struggle and challenges including for those in power making the

the transport secretary, grant shapps, has tweeted saying ‘it‘s vital to follow the new guidance to protectt not travel — or stay away from home overnight.‘ he also says that extra british transport police officers will be on hand at railway stations to enforce the rules. the announcements prompted a rush to london railway stations and by 7 o clock last night, there were no tickets available online from several london stations including paddington, kings cross and euston. this footage posted on social media showed large crowds at st pancras station waiting to board trains to leeds. italy has become the latest country to suspend all flights to and from the uk because of the new variant of coronavirus. earlier, the netherlands became the first country to announce a ban on passengerflights from the uk. flights were stopped as of 6am after the country detected its first case of the variant of coronavirus. belgium is also suspending all flights as well as train arrivals from from midnight tonight. that's 11 o'clock here in the uk. it is also understood that germany are looking at introducing res

grant shapps has urged lorry drivers stranded in kent to be patient as they waited to cross the channelning of the french border. more than 6000 lorries are being held in the county with drivers being tested for covid—19 before they are allowed into france. the french government has sent a team of firefighters and 10,000 tests to help speed up the process. simonjones 10,000 tests to help speed up the process. simon jones is 10,000 tests to help speed up the process. simonjones is near dover. thousands of lorries are parked there. he's been looking at the latest. huge amount of disruption, especially in the dover area, rhodes remaining clogged. here we have seen a steady stream of lorries emerging in the gate behind me, one coming out now. drivers who have tested negative for coronavirus. they will head down to the port of dover. they will be allowed to get on a ferry, and return home. sounding their horns, some drivers winding down their windows, waving, relief for them to have the prospect of going home. despite the fact some are leaving this site and testing is under way, yesterday th

the uk transport secretary, grant shapps, has urged lorry drivers stranded in kent in southern englandthey wait to cross the channel following the re—opening of the french border. more than 6000 lorries are being held in the county, with drivers tested for covid—i9 before they are allowed into france. the french government has sent a team of firefighters and 10,000 tests to help speed up the process. andy moore is in doverfor us. what is the picture like where you are? well, the picture is that traffic is beginning to move, but very slowly. as you say, something like 6000 lorries stuck in kent, and at manston, the airfield base on the motorway, and i'd lay byes across the county. but drivers are being tested and allowed to come down here to the ferry port, and you can probably see some vehicles are beginning to get on board ferries. but it is a slow process. we heard overnight that about 100 vehicles got on board the ferry then. we haven't had an update on those figures yet. we know they will be continuing to operate tomorrow and the day after that, that is unusual, so the day after th

commandeered a fields where $4000.00 trucks can be laid out while they wait for the situations it clear grant shapps the transport secretary says that there is not an acute problem in terms of food and medicines getting into the country but certainly this is something that the government wants to finish as quickly as possible a round of unofficial talks to discuss the future of the 2050 and iran nuclear deal has wrapped up a virtual meeting involves foreign ministers from iran russia china germany and the u.k. and the e.u. there is a jabari has more from to her on. the foreign ministers met virtually and held the meeting for just over an hour this is the 1st time that the remaining signatories to the nuclear agreement of 2015 that their foreign ministers have met since september of 2018 there's a lot to discuss since the united states withdrew from the deal in may of 2013 and since iran started reducing its compliance to the nuclear agreement the communique that was issued after this meeting as stated that all parties remain committed to it and they want to do everything they can to preserve it and

blockade that is currently in place i have to say as far as the backlog goes it is enormous yesterday grant shapps the transport secretary spoke about 170 trucks that has been significantly updated smalling by the home secretary pretty patel when she spoke about 650 lorries palms up on them on the m 20 motorway and about 870 $873.00 lorries at a base called manston i have to say that with the evidence of my own eyes those figures do not include scores of lorries that i've seen parked up in labor eyes and transport cafes on the a 2 there are schools of lorries here in the sense of dover so that estimates of around $1500.00 lorries that you come to from the government's figures ruefully underestimates the actual impact on the actual backlog of lorries that is down here in the south east of england waiting to get across i have to say that there is occasional. trickles of lorries coming in because of the route from france into england is still open so we are seeing some lorries coming from that direction but in all other ways that we've got drivers hanging around basically not knowing exactly when the

britain's transport secretary grant shapps says drivers will begin recieving covid tests on wednesday but it could take two or three days for the queues to clear. eu diplomats say progress has been made in post brexit trade talks, but differences on fisheries still remain. britain's transition period ends in just over a week from now, but europe says it's prepared to negotiate beyond december 31. america's top medical adviser anthony fauci has been given the coronavirus vaccine live on television. he said he wanted to encourage americans to get theirjab too. now, ben thompson reflects on how the uk economy, businesses and jobs suffered throughout the coronavirus pandemic and how things changed — from the ways we work and travel to how we shop — in review 2020: the business year. i struggle getting out of bed some days, because what you do with yourself when your whole world is turned upside down? we lost 90% of turned upside down? we lost 9096 of our revenue overnight. 20/20 was the year that changed just about everything. the coronavirus pandemic affected how we live and how we work.

now, let's fast—forwa rd to may 2020, when the uk's transport minister grant shapps announced a year'sis a big deal, because the uk is finally joining the likes of france, germany, most states in the us, australia and many others in allowing e—scooters on public roads. we went to milton keynes to visit e—scooter rental company lime and their warehouse, and ride one of their vehicles. they're the first operator allowed to rent them in a town in the uk. now, this was filmed a couple of months ago and since then, places in the uk such as nottingham, birmingham, manchester have started running these trials, and london as well is close to having most boroughs running these services in the near future. but there are some caveats. you must ride your rental e—scooter on the road — not on pavements, just roads. and other light e—vehicles such as hover boards or e—skateboards, they're still illegal — you cannot ride them out in public. and when it comes to your e—scooter, it must be a rental, it cannot be privately owned. if it is, because it is classed as a motor vehicle, you need things like t

the transport secretary grant shapps says more than 15,000 coronavirus tests have now been carried outing in positive. he added that manston airport is now empty and lorries should no longer head there. well, these are the latest pictures we're getting from manston airport, and you can see that the congestion has indeed eased, compared to the gridlock we saw earlier in the week. over 8,000 hgvs have passed over the border since 23 december. but around 1,600 lorries are still believed to be held up on the m20. lets get more on the news that one of the most notorious cold war spies — george blake — has died in moscow, aged ninety—eight. blake was a soviet double agent working in the british secret service. he was caught and jailed in 1960, but escaped from prison in london five years later and fled to the soviet union. let's go live to our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. an extraordinary double life, and a great spy story. but it was, it was said, responsible forthe great spy story. but it was, it was said, responsible for the deaths of dozens said, responsible for the deaths of d

the transport secretary, grant shapps, has tweeted this morning saying, "it's vital to follow the new stay away from home overnight." he also sdsays that extra british transport police officers will be on hand at stations to enforce the rules. the announcements prompted a rush to london train stations and by 7pm on saturday, there were no tickets available online from several london stations including paddington, kings cross and euston. this footage posted on social media showed large crowds at st pancras station. police in scotland say they will not be setting up roadblocks to enforce a christmas travel ban announced yesterday by nicola sturgeon. the first minister said a ban on travel to the rest of the uk will apply over the festive period. mainland scotland is to be put into lockdown from boxing day for at least three weeks. in the us, warehouse workers are packing the newly—approved moderna vaccine, ready for it to be sent to thousands of sites. general gus perna, who's leading operation warp speed for the us government, said trucks would start to roll out on sunday. it would sup

here's the uk's transport secretary, grant shapps. it's an enormous operation.e army deploying tests, this evening, as well as much larger number of people from the nhs test and trace system. we can handle the number of test today. the problem is not the number of tests per day, it's not the number of sailings per day. 10,000 is about the number of a busy day in kent. we can do that number of tests as well, it's the logistics of people following the instructions, make it sure it's clear in order we can get traffic rolling for some again, the more that people follow the clear instructions, the faster to get this resolved. it will take a matter of days rather than weeks or anything else. but there will be, i'm afraid, some patience required. we will be providing some welfare for lorry drivers and others at making sure that we can do that. well, after three days stranded, the drivers are frustrated and angry. this was the scene earlier. as you can see, groups of protesting drivers clashed with lines of police who had blocked the port off. the bbc has heard from som