it is unreal, huw. where i am now. i am still— that? it is unreal, huw. am now, i am still nearly _ that? it is unreal, huw. where i am now, i am still nearly two _ that? it is unreal, huw. where i am now, i am still nearly two miles - now, i am still nearly two miles away from the capital where the inauguration will take place. you can see the troops, they are from pennsylvania, it is border force policemen on duty. if you want a sign of how tense washington is an healthy braille the atmosphere is, you have got 25,000 national guardsmen who have come into the city to god. but there is a worry that some of them may be loyal trump supporters, and so you now have the bizarre situation that the fbi are doing background checks on some of the guardsmen that will be keeping joe biden safe. the guardsmen that will be keeping joe biden safe-— joe biden safe. many thanks again, jon so el, joe biden safe. many thanks again, jon senel. with _ joe biden safe. many thanks again, jon sopel, with the _ joe biden safe. many thanks again, jon sopel, with the latest _ joe

huw, leeds and the wider yorkshire and humber area are in tier3 the wider yorkshire and humber area are in tier 3 at the moment, but it feels as though lockdown has already begun. we are just across the road from the main bus station, services have been coming and going, we haven't seen a single passenger on any one of them. it is less than a week since large parts of northern england were down in tier 2, places like north yorkshire and cumbria, and in cumbria the infection rate has taken off over the last week or so. has taken off over the last week or so. two of the three main hospitals on the highest state of alert. the director of public health called for primary schools not to open, but 2a hours later. the latest figures for northern england look pretty dire, to be honest. they have been analysed this evening, and areas which is seeing the biggest rise in the number of coronavirus cases are clustering in the north of england at the moment. this area it looks as though it is going to be hit very ha rd by though it is going to be hit very hard by the new variant in the coming week or

there are 31 million people, huw, in the vaccine priority groups, and the government have said tonightr a first do: still an extremely but it is still an extremely ambitious target, 2 million people a week for the next six weeks. now, everything will have to go really smoothly, because each batch of the vaccine, with pfizer or the astrazeneca oxford vaccine, has to pass quality controls, they should be 1000 vaccination centres set up across the uk by the end of the week. now, boris johnson across the uk by the end of the week. now, borisjohnson has said tonight that the uk has carried out more covid immunisation than the rest of europe put together, but it now gives a target against which the government's immunisation programme can bejudged government's immunisation programme can be judged in government's immunisation programme can bejudged in the government's immunisation programme can be judged in the weeks ahead. and all those people will eventually need a second dose after 12 weeks. now, made some very sombre news tonight, it is at least a bright point, and it is a vaccination that

. —— huw.ging employees to furlough people who cannot work because of childcare responsibilities and increasing the rate of statutory sick pay to encourage those who need to self—isolate in the weeks and months to come. the street behind me would normally be hoping that people would have been there in the january sales, but nonessential shops already forced to close. if we go back to the national lockdown measures in april of this year, that would mean builders merchants, garden centres, off—licences would also need to close, which they don't have to at the moment. but business groups are saying, if you need to do that, don't thinkjust groups are saying, if you need to do that, don't think just about the businesses that have to close but the supply chains, so i very unwelcome start to 2021, which many people hope it would be a year of recovery. that seems to be a premature thought at the moment, huw. thank you, simon jack, our business editor with his thoughts on the business world following th

at this stage, relatively little, huw. this test is likely to apply regardless of how you travel to the uk, you will be likely to have to show a negative covid test. we don't know what type of test they might be looking to use, and we don't know if it will apply for uk nationals as well as foreign nationals travelling to the uk. speaking to those in the aviation industry, there is frustration. many of them have been calling for testing for some time, since relatively early on in the pandemic. many other countries already require a negative covid test in order to be able to visit. there have been steps taken by the uk government to try to limit strains of the virus originating in other countries having an impact in the uk, so for instance flights from south africa are currently banned. the government would also point to schemes like the travel corridor schemes like the travel corridor scheme that have managed imported infections, but it is clear that at this stage they are trying to take ita this stage they are trying to ta

yes, huw, scotland is already living, mainland scotland in particular, under some pretty tight restrictionsn further. from midnight tonight, as you say, it will be illegal to leave your home unless you have an excuse, u nless home unless you have an excuse, unless your journey home unless you have an excuse, unless yourjourney is essential. 0ther unless yourjourney is essential. other measures are coming in here as well, on mainland scotland, they include churches being closed, gatherings for sport outdoors — not professional but amateur, will be stopped as well. you will only be able to meet one other person outdoors from now on as well, and as you say, schools, and this applies to the whole of scotland, including the islands, schools will be shut. they haven't gone back here, they will be shut until at least february the 1st. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, accept that these new restrictions are devastating but she is extremely worried about the acceleration of the pandemic. to give you an example, one health board area, nhs ayrshire and our income is apparently running at 96% of its

huw merriman. thank _ so we can protect public health. huw merriman.e home secretary for l can i thank the home secretary for her statement. can i thank the home secretary for herstatement. i can i thank the home secretary for her statement. i very much welcome the evidence and nuance based approach that the home secretary has outlined today as opposed to the blanket approach that seems to be advocated by her shadow, which i believe would lead to impacts on trade and those that do need essential business, our ability to halt our quarantine so many people i don't know he takes seriously the need of the aviation industry. —— hotel quarantine so many people. i welcome the government has micro—approach. can i ask the home secretary this? knowing that some countries may be added on and so may be taken off the list were hotel quarantine is required, will that criteria be published and also will it be subject to both further scrutiny and perhaps votes from this place? thank you. he scrutiny and perhaps votes from this place? thank you.— place? thank you. he r

at this stage, relatively little, huw. we don't know what type of test they might be looking to use, and we don't know if it will apply for uk nationals as well as foreign nationals travelling to the uk. speaking to those in the aviation industry, there is frustration. many of them have been calling for testing for some time, since relatively early on in the pandemic. many other countries already require a negative covid test in order to be able to visit. there

joining me now is huw evans, director general at the association of british insurers.first of all to the ruling. your response first of all to the rulina. ~ . ., ~ ruling. we welcome the ruling. we c00perated — ruling. we welcome the ruling. we cooperated with _ ruling. we welcome the ruling. we cooperated with the _ ruling. we welcome the ruling. we cooperated with the regulator - ruling. we welcome the ruling. we cooperated with the regulator to i ruling. we welcome the ruling. we l cooperated with the regulator to get this case through the court as quickly as possible so there was absolute legal certainty about which claims should be paid and which ones should not. we will work closely with those who have made claims to work through the claims process and get payments out to those who have made valid claims as quickly as possible. winds lie where they not paid in the first place? there was no clarity in insurance law as to how to deal with this unprecedented situation. we have not had a pandemic in this country for over 100 years and there has not been a national lo