a st helens winner in the last second of the match.to a most incredible season. st helens are super league champions. adam wild, bbc news. it's a theme of late drama tonight, newcastle falcon's continued their brilliant return to rugby union's premiership with a last—gasp win over sale sharks. the sharks had been ahead, with time out on the clock, but newcastle scored this try with the last play of the game to make it two wins from two. jonny bairstow was england's star as they beat south africa by 5 wickets in the first t20 international in cape town. faf du plessis hit an impressive 58 as the home side posted 179 for 6 from their 20 overs. england's reply got off to a troubled start whenjason roy fell for a second ball duck but bairstow, dropped down to bat at 4, smashed four sixes in his 86 not out to see england over the line with four balls remaining. it seems to be one of my favourite grounds, like you say, and i quite like it being my favourite. it's an amazing place to come and play cricket. this ongoing down today over the mou

for wigan and st helens, it's been some journey.ndships that i've made along the way, such a crazy year. i'll remember that sort of thing forever. i think that's made, you know, the connection between our team—mates stronger. that's what i take away from this. it's good for the game that we've managed to get through the season and get to an end, because of easy things were looking a bit bleak early on. but to have the grand final at the end of it meant that all the hard work we've done in lockdown has all been worthwhile. it's a big match entrance that's as loud and is hair raising as any other. st helens and wigan last met in the final six years ago. but theirs is a local rivalry that runs much, much deeper. tonight's final will look very different. the venue now hull, and of course, no fans, but the significance remains. and in this extraordinary year, more than any other, the champions would have truly earned it. adam wild, bbc news. well, adam joins me now, and what a match to end the season with. cutting for the fact that there

anne helen petersen: yes. a lot of people who don't know or don't work closely with people who are immigrants don't know how difficult it is to find an organization that is willing to go through the visa process with you. it is a huge prolonged deal and it's incredibly stressful read on the worker and his socks. and i wish that there was a massive reform. so like you're right, it's hard weeks going to other people. no i can't just apply for the job. >> a lot of the application specifically ask if you are allowed to work in the country replied something or a place and then i would find out a few days later that i had to have a visa to work there. so currently i am graduated from grad school. [inaudible]. you know, it's a long process and the rules are constantly changing. and it's very stressful because there is to be a certain point that you are recognized, that hasn't anything to do with how well he worker how hard he worked for haskell for your are . is about who is willing to take you on as a commodity and

we continue with sister helen prejean.ter helen prejean, if you can comment on this unprecedented -- not in 100 years has a lame dunk -- has a lame-duck executed one person, let alone five. shows helen: it just when you give absolute power over life and death to government officials, they can really do what they want. one interesting thing about grover cleveland, in the lame-duck time when he executed, he had once been a andiff in new york, carried out executions. he had it in his blood. -- i've to happen accompanied six people to executions. it is this absolute power to take a human being he was alive, and make the inscrutable decisions all along the wood -- human being who is alive, and make these inscrutable decisions all along the way. being able to pinpoint the worst of the worst, either by their carrier -- either by their character, their very nature, or by what they have done, to determine they are in a special category. you can distinguish them, and then to believe that you can set up a system of the jury and trial

a st helens winner in the last second of the match. to rugby union‘s premiership with a last—gasp win over sale sharks. the sharks had been ahead, with time out on the clock, but newcastle scored this try with the last play of the game to make it two wins from two. jonny bairstow was england‘s star as they beat south africa by five wickets in the first t20 international in cape town. faf du plessis hit an impressive 58 as the home side posted 179 for six from their 20 overs. england‘s reply got off to a troubled start whenjason roy fell for a second ball duck but bairstow, dropped down to bat at four, smashed four sixes in his 86 not out to see england over the line with four balls remaining. it seems to be one of my favourite grounds, like you say, and i quite like it being my favourite. it‘s an amazing place to come and play cricket. this ongoing down today over the mountain and it was just unfortunate we did not have a special crowd into witness a game like that, because it would have been thoroughly enjoyable. late drama in rugby t

st helens are super league champions. adam wild, bbc news.ness during lockdown. research commissioned by the duke and duchess of cambridge's royal foundation heard from more than half a million people about the challenges right now of bringing up children under the age of five. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. improving the lives of young families, a focus of her royal work and a personal passion for the duchess of cambridge. formal public speeches are not something she does that often, but today she explained why this mattered to her so much. the pandemic has reminded usjust how much we value living in a world where people care for one another and the importance of feeling connected to the people around us. and it's these connections, these relationships, that are founded in the earliest years of our lives. the survey, commissioned by the royal foundation, examines early childhood. before lockdown, 38% of parents said they'd experienced loneliness. after lockdown, that rose dramatically to 63%. 70% described feeling judged by o

helens. .. extension. the four in favour were leeds, st. helens... the one extension was super league —— voted against by the super league. what does this mean for the next season? would one come up from below? do we know any of those finer details? who knows? the governance of the game is also being quizzed a little by some by also being quizzed a little by some rugby league's insiders because these in the super league clubs themselves deciding whether or not they should come back or not. some mightfind they should come back or not. some might find the rfl only get a similar say, or now the clubs themselves are going to have to decide whether they wanted to be a 12 team super league competition or just the 11. my understanding is there is a slight majority in favour of having a 12 team competition, but who decides who comes up? because there is no play in the championship this year so no automatic promotion. do the rfl get the final say? they will tell you that they should do, but several clubs will say it's up to them who they decide to bring up an

helens. .. extension. the four in favour were leeds, st. helens... the one extension was

this is helen. >> yeah. what's up? >> my screen, i don't have any images of anybody right now on my team connection. debbie and nicole, i just wanted to make sure and the council as well, that we advise our public that we will not be holding a december meeting and so given the increase in covid cases and the winter months coming up, i was just wondering, aside from planning for a public meeting where we will be able to discuss and i would encourage us to consider nicole's recommendation, i was wondering how does the community if stay up-to-date with information related to their health and services and things that are available to them through out this city as we potentially enter into whatever wave it is and it's not great. just let the people who are participating, our public, know what is up for the next couple of months. >> yeah. can we hold on that and on item 10, which is -- >> sure. where ever it works in the agenda. >> thank you. >> and everybody can -- i mean i've already row laid what i wanted to relay. that's

helen dickinson, thank you very much. bit more detail about the furloughed scheme. it is kind of saved at the last possible moment! what do we know about how it will apply for the month of the lockdown as compared to how it‘s been used over the few months since it was first introduced, six months since first introduced? the furloughed scheme was saved from closing on the last day. it was meant to be in operation for. it was meant to finish at the end of october and be replaced by new and slightly less generous and a bit more complex scheme from the start of november. but instead, it‘s been extended and it‘s being put back to the terms that it was in place on in august. that‘s where employers have to contribute a small amount towards the cost of the furloughed wages stop only really small amount, they have to pay pensions, national insurance contributions on that. broadly, it puts the scheme back to where it was when we were more towards the peak of this pandemic and its providing sufficient support to businesses to make i

our political correspondent helen catt has more.. helen catt has more.dings of sir alex allan's report into priti patel were stark. one of the government's most senior ministers had shouted and swore at staff, and some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. yesterday she apologised. well, i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. but she stays in herjob, and that's put the focus back on her boss. borisjohnson‘s decision to back her and override sir alex's judgment on the ministerial code is drawing more criticism. the system depends on the prime minister standing up for standards in public life, and for taking action when his or her ministers reach those standards, breach those standards, and for the first time, as far as i can remember, we have a prime minister who doesn't seem willing to stand up for high standards in public life. and there are claims that the prime minister had asked for the report to be toned down. a source has told the bbc that ba

. >> thank you helen. so when i call your name, if you are here, please say present. >> helen pelzman, you're here. >> present. >> alex madrid -- okay, alex is present. denise senhaux. i believe denise is going to be on the phone. you may need to unmute yourself from the phone. it may take us all a while to get use to this. >> do we know her phone number at all? >> yeah -- >> i got it. >> sam, i don't think -- [inaudible] >> i can just share it with you. >> i need the number so i can tell who needs to be unmuted. >> i don't know. okay. >> okay, we'll do that. >> i just got a text from denise and she said she's on the call. >> okay, thank you. >> you need to be unmuted? >> no. i'll text her back. >> i'm need her six numbers of her phone numbers to know who to unmute. >> okay, i'm sending you the contacts right now. >> in my e-mail? >> okay, while we're doing that, tiffany yu. >> present. >> orkid sassouni. >> present. >> helen smolinski. i know helen has been having difficulty getting in so james, when you

. >> helen weil: you know, i don't feel a day older than i was yesterday. ( laughs ) >> lesley stahl:x years later, and we found some study participants, like helen weil, the ballroom dancer, thriving. >> weil: then i do like so, ten times-- >> lesley stahl: now 99, helen showed us how she exercises in her chair. >> weil: stuff like that. >> tirado: how ya doing, jeff? >> what's going on, lou? >> lesley stahl: lou tirado, the world war ii gunner, turned 100 in august. lou is using zoom. when he was a kid, most homes didn't have a radio. do you have an iphone? >> tirado: i have an iphone. >> lesley stahl: are you on facebook? >> tirado: yes. >> lesley stahl: do you use siri? >> weil: yeah, i tell her every evening, "wake me up at t-- 6:30 tomorrow morning." >> lesley stahl: and she does? >> weil: yeah. yes. ( laughs ) >> colette: who is our current president? >> tirado: president is trump. >> colette: who was the president before trump? >> tirado: obama. >> lesley stahl: because of covid-19, the 90-plus study is doing cognitive tests by phone. >> colette: subtract 7 from 100. >> lesley

since last year, helen has struggled with arthritis in her hips.replacement and went in for a pre—op assessment in september, but she's heard nothing since. i'm in quite a lot of pain, some days are worse than others. sometimes i go into a spasm. it's just the not knowing. i don't know if i should be walking or sitting down, resting... there's just nobody telling me what i should and shouldn't do and when it might happen. hospital leaders argue that since the summer, there has been a big increase in the number of patients getting non—urgent treatment as covid pressures eased, but it's been hard to bring down the backlog and cope with new work coming in. cancer treatment has been affected, too, partly because people might have been worried about going into hospitals. around 888,000 patients had checks for potential cancer between april and september, but that's down 27% on the same period last year. the number actually starting treatment was 121,900 between april and september, that's down 22%. nhs england says cancer services for new patients comin

since last year, helen has struggled with arthritis in her hips.ouble replacement and went in for an assessment in september. but she heard nothing since. i'm in quite a lot of pain, some days are worse than others. sometimes i go into a spasm. itsjust than others. sometimes i go into a spasm. its just not knowing, than others. sometimes i go into a spasm. itsjust not knowing, i don't know if i should be walking or sitting down, resting. there'sjust nobody telling me. what i should and shouldn't do and when it might happen. hospital leaders argue that, since the summer, there has been an increase in the number of patients getting nonurgent treatment is covid pressures eased , getting nonurgent treatment is covid pressures eased, but it's been hard to bring down the back log and cope with new work coming in. cancer treatment has been affected too, partly because people might have been worried about going into hospitals. around 888,000 patients had checks for potential cancer between april and september, but thatis between april and september, but th

helen catt, bbc news.nd lockdown has been prompted by rapidly rising infection rates in many areas. our health correspondent, lauren moss, has been looking at the data. preparing for a second national lockdown. from thursday, the message in england will, once again, be stay home to save lives. nonessential shops and hospitality will close. schools and universities will stay open. but some scientists think further measures may be needed to stop the spread of the virus. we know that transmission, particularly in secondary schools, is high. personally, i think this is definitely the lockdown to put in place now. but if that transmission, particularly in secondary schools, continues to rise, then, that may have to be revisited in the next four weeks. according to the office for national statistics‘ latest household survey, infection rates vary across the uk. in northern ireland one in 80 people is estimated to have covid—i9. in scotland, it's one “1140. in wales, it's one in 120. and in england, the average is

conversations like this between helen, mum iris and dad jack have taken place across england. see the kids. helen's husband works on the rigs and she has a toddler and a new lockdown baby matilda to look after on her own. the isolation is the hard part. so basically, my parents have bubbled with my grandma. it's mentally, emotionally hard. hopefully, next christmas, the family can have a proper christmas and be together, really. restrictions are reviewed every two weeks. and infections are coming down here. but quick enough to turn the corner out of tier 3 and into tier 2 before christmas, hull has a tough road ahead. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. a blood test designed to detect more than 50 types of cancer at an early stage, is to be trialled by the nhs in england. more than 165,000 patients will be offered the tests from next year — medics say early detection has the potential to save many lives. jim reed reports. checks for many types of cancer currently mean this, an mri or ct scan, to look for a tumour and then a biopsy. often, though, that can mean treatment is left late. so

here's helen williets. thank you, simon.e replacing the wind and rain with frost and fog as we head towards the middle of the week. it already feels more chilly out there. nice in the sunshine but chilly because the cold weather front has swept away the mild air we have been sitting in through the weekend and instead we have this rather chilly west or north westerly wind with us. the strength of the wind with us. the strength of the win over england and wales today has made it feel cooler than otherwise. quite a rash of showers coming into northern ireland, parts of north—west england, highlighted for another a0 or 50 millimetres of rain. still flood warnings in force. the temperatures today are dipping away in the south, especially as the showers combined with the strong and gusty wind. that will ease overnight and tomorrow morning. a smattering of snow for argyll and highland. some sleet over the hills in england and wales. temperatures much lower than in recent nights. feeling quite chilly. tomorrow morning, still rain in

helen mulroy, bbc news. the upheaval comes as ministers grapple with the pandemic and concerns over a post—brexit trade deal. and with 50 days to go until the end of the transition period, there's a warning from the irish taoiseach that the uk must "knuckle down" to agree a deal with the eu. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. borisjohnson is in charge because of brexit. he wants to change how we deal with the rest of the world but there has been melt down among his band of brexiteers and if there is no trade deal there could be economic turmoil too, so michael gove is warning business to be prepared agreement or not. by choosing to leave the european union we became a sovereign equal, and it is important the eu recognise that. think the penny i: it is rather extraordinary that only a matter of a few weeks ago you cannot tell businesses, particularly in northern ireland, how they will have to trade. there are still things that do need to be resolved. this deal with set the terms for years to come,

our political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. good morning to you, helen.ent for a minister that has broken the material code staying in theirjob but here we have a situation where we haven't seen the full report, although it has been out for a while now into priti patel, very close ally of the prime minister. what can we expect from borisjohnson today? prime minister. what can we expect from boris johnson today? what we expect from boris johnson is from boris johnson today? what we expect from borisjohnson is his verdict on all this, so the inquiry has been done, the report has been written and he has seen it and now it's up to him to make a judgment on what should happen. as the prime minister he is the arbiter of the ministerial code, that code of conduct that all ministers are expected to abide by. downing street is refusing to comment. but we have seen throughout this boris johnson sticking very firmly by priti patel and there is in any sense this morning that that is likely to change. as you said, priti patel has consistently denied any wrongdoing. we

he's the toast of st helens, after scoring the try after full time had been called that meant st helensh a grand final there is always drama but never has super league seen anything like this. after a year of turbulence and time while the year's biggest game was going to be special. st helens and wigan neighbours that could scarcely be closer. we can offer just the smallest of gaps, it was alljake bb needed. what became like ten points it made up for in passion, a saints penalty brought the scores back level but what came next would go down in rugby league legend. the very last play of the match, a drop goal attempt that hit the post, an incredibly st helens teenagerjack welsby was the quickest to react. the longest season seal in the very final session. the drama the game deserved, st helens super league champions. next, to a blistering innings from jonny bairstow that led england to victory over south africa, in their first t20 match in cape town. they were chasing 180 to win, and bairstow smashed an unbeaten 86 from just 48 balls — that's his highest international t20 score — as engl

thanks so much for bringing us up—to—date on all those points, helen.ations are currently in action in the nations league, they all kicked offjust over half an hour ago and england have made a good start against iceland. their hopes of reaching the finals were ended by belgium last time out, but they want to end on a high. declan rice's first goal for his country made it 1—0 at wembley and mason mount has doubled that lead. grealish, kane and foden all starting. in group b, northern ireland are looking for their first nations league win, they're already relegated, 0—0 against romania currently. scotland can potentially win their group tonight, they're 0—0 in israel. wales can get promotion to group a if they avoid defeat tonight — finland down to ten men, it's 0—0. harry wilson has put them in front. you can follow the latest over on the bbc sport website. it looks like liverpool are going to be without mo salah for their next two games, following a second positive coronavirus test whilst he's on international duty with egypt. due to self—isolation rule

two days later, the virus claimed his mother helen. my mother was beautiful. she really was. my heart. it really does. my dad died on april 2nd and my mum died in april the 4th. and my aunt terri died in april the 6th. so that week was terrible. memories, at this point, is all you have left. i don't know where my father is buried. i don't think i'll ever have closure. he is still sleeping on the couch of his parents‘ four—story home. i haven't gone to the bedrooms. tomorrow will be four weeks since they've been gone. i haven't gone into the bedrooms. i can't. i just can't. his parents are some of more than the 7000 coronavirus victims in brooklyn. bay ridge is like a small town in a big city. for decades it has had a large italian and irish community. today though it's more diverse, with growing arab, chinese and latino populations. it still retains that small town feeling. neighbours know each other, families have lived here for generations. but the coronavirus pandemic is making the future a lot more uncertain. with many in the neighbourhood in desperate need, charities hav

helen went back the next day where her home once stood. this is all that's left of it now. >> it took me years to be able to build this house. but i am grateful because i feel that god has given me another chance. reporter: this is the town, one of the areas in the philippines worst hit by the typhoon. the most powerful storm this year. a farmland community, now mostly reduced to rubble. at least 300 homes have been destroyed here. across the region, the damage is staggering too. the region was once hailed as a model as it comes to an emergency response. not this time. the typhoon was just too powerful. rescue operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one. those in search for missing loved ones say they know that the situation is desperate, but they remain hopeful they will still find family members alive beneath the rubble. but salvador's world has collapsed. he fears his wife and daughter have been buried in the mud. his son's body was found lifeless several kilometers away. >> we are holding onto each other but the

she and helen would have overlapped for a term.would have been known by the general public as two predominant women with both in a political sense but also in a cultural sense as well. >> this is one of my favorite buttons in the collection. it says continue with coya knutson. matt talks about the transition of generations of women and how that relates to what's going on in the nation at large. and coya in some ways pays the price of the changing view of women in the 1940s and '50s after world war ii ends. this is a photograph with her with her husband andy and he plays a predominant role in how her career ends. >> yeah, up to this point in the story, there's so many women who come to congress through that connection to their husband, through some kind of familial connection. and coya knutson loses her congressional career because of that familial connection. she served in the minnesota house of representatives and had a very promising political career. 1954, she decided to run for a u.s. house seat and she goes against the wishes

thank you very much, helen.llor rishi sunak has promised an "infrastructu re revolution", to ensure all regions get their fair share of funding for large scale projects. our business correspondent, katy austin is with me. what is this aimed at achieving? the coronavirus response has been very expensive for the government and it has spent £200 million on their response and uk borrowing has soared. questions remain about how public finances can be put back on a stronger footing. a public finances can be put back on a strongerfooting. a big political priority for this government is what it calls levelling up, spreading the investment opportunities across the whole of the uk. so when the uk chancellor richie sue at an his spending allocations for the next financial year next week, he is expected to talk about £600 billion of investment over the next five yea rs of investment over the next five years and placing the focus on infrastructure as part of that. one of the things we are expecting here isa of the things we

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. has worked across whitehall as a civil servant and is now a programme director at the institute for government. thanks at the institute for government. so much forjoinin on thanks so much forjoining us here on bbc news. priti patel has apologised. in your review, does that draw a line under the matter? it might draw a line under the priti patel matter and obviously the prime minister has made his decision and he has got to accept the political full out from that, so we will see over the next few days whether that prove sustainable. but the question is that the process has raised, they absolutely shouldn't be overlooked oi’ absolutely shouldn't be overlooked or drawn a line under. it has shown the essential weakness of the oversight system that exists in that the prime minister cannot just choose to stand by his ministry but actually concludes that there has been no breach of ministerial code when an independent investigation has concluded otherwise. when an independent investigation h

helen, good morning and thank you for talking to us.r the economy and they want to know what the sort of end game is, how do we get out of this. and it's worth remembering while we have got used to the government putting more restrictions on our everyday lives, it isa restrictions on our everyday lives, it is a huge thing for a government to be saying when you can and cannot leave your own home and some mps will say you need to make a really compelling case to bring in restrictions like that. and we know from the press conference yesterday that borisjohnson, however relu cta ntly, that borisjohnson, however reluctantly, thinks that case has now been made through those figures, the projected number of debts, through the possibility of overwhelming the nhs. in terms of bringing mps onside with that, one conservative mp yesterday said they had found the case of four underwhelming, in terms of bringing them on board downing street invited one of the leading lockdown sceptic voices, one of those mps into downing street yesterday with his own

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.s a former civil servant who now works for the institute for government. he told me this incident has shown the weakness of the oversight system. it might draw a line under the priti patel matter and obviously the prime minister has made his decision and he has got to accept the political fallout from that, so we will see, i suppose, over the next few days whether it proves sustainable. but the questions that the process has raised, they absolutely shouldn't be overlooked or drawn a line under. it has shown the essential weakness of the oversight system that exists in that the prime minister can not just choose to stand by his minister, but actually conclude that there has been no breach of ministerial code when an independent investigation has concluded otherwise. and if a prime minister can override an independent investigation, it does make you sort of wonder is it worth having them in the first place? well, we obviously know more about this than we did before. there is a report, an

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.ng secretary, robertjenrick, has this afternoon defended the prime minister's decision to stand by priti patel. there has been an investigation, and the prime minister has made his judgment. he is the arbiter of the ministerial code, and he has determined, having reviewed all of the evidence, that the home secretary did not breach the code. we all work with fantastic civil servants. i certainly do. i know the home secretary does as well, and we're very grateful for the work that they have done within government during the pandemic. none of us want to see bullying or poor practices within the workplace, and the home secretary has been clear that she would never want to do that intentionally. now it is very important that we move forward and i'm fully behind the home secretary. she is a brilliant home secretary and she is getting on with doing a very importantjob government. alex thomas is a former civil servant who now works for the institute for government. he told us this incident has

dr helene gayle.hern england — as the area has become the worst hit in england by covid—19. the leader of the city council has described the local situation as a "health emergency" and urged the british prime minister boris johnson to take more action. vickyjohnson reports. stepping through to the sharp end of this pandemic, hull's intensive care unit. out on the street, people are getting tired of the restrictions. here on the front line, they are battle weary. it's overwhelming. i've never had a year like this in my whole career as a nurse. you have a sense of dread about what the next few months will be. during the first peak in the spring, they had 112 patients at hull royal infirmary with coronavirus. today, there are more than 150. but they're expecting even more. it feels like it could rapidly escalate out of control. with nothing that we can really do to prevent it. we're getting busy and it's getting busier at an alarming rate. we're getting patient after patient and we're seeing a greater nu

joining me now is helene gayle, president and ceo of the chicago community trust and committee co—chairaccine. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. it is interesting, because i think melinda gates supports this call as well. yeah, i think everybody recognises that communities of colour have been personally impacted by this pandemic and want to take about ways in which to address that and to mitigate the inequities, the economic inequities, the health inequities, and one of those ways is to make sure the vaccine is available to the populations most ha rd—hit. vaccine is available to the populations most hard-hit. this is not a biological distinction, this is predominantly an economic distinction. yeah, ithink is predominantly an economic distinction. yeah, i think it is important to recognise, and the way that we looked at this was not based on race and biology but really based on race and biology but really based on what are the reasons that people are more at risk for getting this virus or more at risk for having serious consequences, if the infection, if they do in fact acquire the in

branwen jeffreys, bbc news, st helens. to end six weeks of war in the breakaway region of nagorno karabakh. the fighting has been between azerbaijan and ethnic armenians. under the agreement armenia will withdraw from districts occupied since the early 1990s, and azerbaijan will keep territory it's retaken during the fighting in nagorno karabakh — and the surrounding areas. but victory has come at a cost, as our international correspondent orla guerin reports from the city of terter in azerbaijan. "get up and let's go," lalazar begs. a mother's lament at the grave of her only son. 25—year—old mehdi joined the azerbaijani army to fight for nagorno karabakh. he was killed last month. buried by his side, his 17—year—old cousin melek. mehdi's uncle natig safarov says they both took a secret to their graves. we were welcomed to the family home near the front line city of tartar. and to a room full of anguish. generations grieving for what might have been. the women sing lullabies to those who died in battle. and who are revered

helen catt, bbc news.across pubs and restaurants across the uk, i will have that discussion in about 25 minutes when we talk business. crowds of people in argentina remained on the streets late into the night to mourn the death of the football legend diego maradona, who's died of a heart attack at the age of 60. argentina has declared three days of national mourning and later today maradona's coffin will be put on display in the presidential palace in buenos aires. natalio cosoy reports. brought to tears and brought to his knees, a fan pays tribute to diego maradona. here at the home of the soccer cloud, an informal default shine in memory of the cloud greatest player. all across buenos aires and argentina they gathered to celebrate a glorious and colourful life. —— club. if you wa nt to colourful life. —— club. if you want to know what maradona meant for argentinians, you need only to come here to the centre of buenos aires this evening tojoin with centre of buenos aires this evening to join with hundreds

for wigan and st helens it's been some journey. that's made, you know, the connection between our team—mates are stronger. that's what i take away from this. it's good for the game that we've managed to get through the season and get to an end, because of easy things were looking a bit bleak early on. but to have the grand final at the end of it meant that all the hard work we've done in lockdown has all been worthwhile. it's a big match entrance that's as loud and is hair raising as any other. st helens and wigan last met in the final six years ago. but theirs is a local rivalry that runs much, much deeper. tonight's final will look very different. the venue now hull, and of course, no fans. but the significance remains. and in this extraordinary year, more than any other, the champions would have truly earned it. adam wild, bbc news. kick—off is at 8pm. now on the bbc news channel, it's time for your questions answered. lots of questions coming in about the tier system. with me is our health correspondent anna collinson and i'm j

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helen pitino was inside her home with her 2 children when flash floods swept them all away they held onto each other and climbed onto a floating matches nearby they all survived but ended up hundreds of meters away from their home helen went back the next day were home to it this is all that's left of it now. it took me years to be able to build this house but i am grateful because i feel that goddess given me another chance this is the town of give the baton by one of the areas in the philippines worst hit by typhoon gone be the most powerful storm this year of farmland community now mostly reduced to rubble at least $300.00 homes have been destroyed here across the region of luzon the damage is staggering to. the beagle region was once hailed as a model when it comes to an emergency response not this time thankfully gone he was just too powerful to rescue energy of all operations are almost entirely dependent on machines like this one those in search for missing loved ones say they know that the situation is desperate but they remain hopeful they will still find family members aliv

helen, thanks so much for going back on to tell me how a documentary can even be made, let alone the fact that it's producing vaccines because everyone in britain it's focused on the scandal, had to fight as a company, as our greatest hope. when we were doing the interview, so the talk and she had that point, do you have one foot out registering for clinical trials parts? by the time we showed the documentary that cubans now have free and can send back scenes of trial and 2 of them already wealthy, powerful and i'm saying is just incredible when you think, you know that this is a small island nation and that's has been subject to 60 years of science,, i mean fact and terrible time of year, but it was hit by own farfel, t., new measure and sanctions are the trumpet. ministrations that is it, it's really incredible. we had the whole convention. he is firing to see, you know, why and yet still says, let's say all the bunch of really saving lives and livelihoods. you know what americans watching? this will say, it's a dictatorship. all those brigades, the henry review brigades, we saw pi

joining me from glasgow was dr., helen, the f.a. who appears in the new documentary, cuba and cove in 1000 public health science and solidarity. helen, thanks so much for going back on to tell me how a documentary can even be made, let alone the fact that it's producing vaccines because everyone in britain is focused on the scandal hit pfizer company has our greatest hope. wow. when we were doing ok and she at that point you have one or dot and trials are on it's time we showed the documentary that humans now have 3 times the back scenes are 0, and 2 of them already powerful is just incredible. oh, you think you know that this is a small island nation and that's has some jets to he is the science. i mean facts and terrible time of cause if you thought it was him, all right, own phosphor will see new patients sanctions are the trumpet. ministrations that is it, it's really incredible. we had the convention, he is, and it's firing to see, you know, why and yet still says, let's say all the bunch of really saving lives and livelihoods. you know what americans watching? this will say, it'

now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets.ome sunshine on the east and then a bit of sunshine following the showers in the west, on the whole, an unsettled afternoon will continue with strong winds, tightly packed isobars, this cold weather front sweeping some heavy rain eastwards and another where the front waiting in the wings giving the northern isles are pretty wet afternoon as well. it's relatively mild steel, but we are already seeing temperatures drop in the north and changes on the way. that's because of a change in wind direction, so if you're out and about today, blustery and quite wet at times. 0vernight, we give way to that south—westerly for a northerly wind instead, so yes, this rain will turn to snow over the hills and mountains of scotland allowing things to become a little bit icy with temperatures dropping to freezing here. elsewhere, clear skies but still a lot of showers in north and western areas on that strong northerly wind which is still with us to start thursday. mild air being swept away and were into

helen catt. the epidemiologist, professor tim spector, from kings college london, who's developed the covid symptom tracker app, which tracks over 4 million people in the uk. thank you very much for being with us on thank you very much for being with us on bbc news this lunchtime. first of all, can i ask you what your data from your sample, which presumably isa from your sample, which presumably is a sample of people you choose to register on the app and get updates on how they are feeling and whether they subsequently get a test and so on. what is your data show? yeah, oui’ on. what is your data show? yeah, our data, which is, as you said, from millions of app users, it is slightly different to the other surveys being done. and it is showing similar levels of infection that the government ons survey is showing, which is when they are getting a swab, people in their homes, whereas ours is swabbing people, testing people who are symptomatic every day and giving a similar number of positive swab te

helen catt, bbc news.restrictions for england are being discussed at the moment in the government's cabinet meeting, which the bbc understands is currently under way. earlier i spoke to our assistant political editor, vicki young, before cabinet met, and she told me what a source has told her we could expect. they are very keen across the four nations to make sure there is a joint approach for obvious reasons — that people will be meeting up with family and friends in all of those different countries. there have been meetings. there was one yesterday afternoon and they do seem to have made a lot of progress. so we do have this joint statement being put out here saying they do recognise the importance of allowing family and friends to see each other, and they talk about doing that in a careful and limited way, while recognising that this will not be a normalfestive period. so they are talking about a limited additional household bubbling for a small number of days. my understanding, and this isjust one cabi

helen catt, bbc news.at is the likely impact of a return to the tiered system when lockdown ends in england in ten days' time, and which areas of the country are likely to see themselves returning to the tightest levels of restrictions? here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. it's a busy sunday in hebden bridge in west yorkshire. those who can are making the most of the chance to get out and about. but even as the christmas decorations are given a final touch, for some businesses, the days to come are filled with uncertainty. we can't plan anything, we can't think ahead about, "all right, in two weeks' time lockdown could be lifted, but there is also the chance it might not be." before this latest lockdown, the local council, calderdale, was poised to enter tier 3. but, despite recent restrictions, covid infection rates have stayed stubbornly high. i mean, look around you. you know, this is a market. in a time of lockdown, people are desperate for connection, they want to be out meeting each other