mark lobel reports.blic campaigning to get saudi women in the driving seat four years before the ban was lifted that first saw her spend weeks behind bars. she was asked by the bbc after her release in 2015 when equal rights would be achieved. equal rights? the entire one, the entire package? oh, my god, it will take forever. i won't be alive to witness it. but the activist was detained three years later for seeking to change the saudi political system, by calling for an end to male guardianship and speaking to foreign diplomats and the media about women's rights. following an international outcry, human rights groups demanded her release. but while behind bars, her family says she was subjected to electric shocks, waterboarding and sexual assault. at the time, saudi authorities denied the allegations which a saudi court has now dismissed. her brother says this latest conviction, including a five year travel ban, now adds salt into those wounds. a sham trial, we can put it that way. it can clearly show t

mark lobel the worst of the pandemic. mark lobel, bbc news. started to receive the coronavirus vaccine after countries including france, spain and italy, began the rollout of their vaccination programmes. more than 1a million people have been infected and strict lockdown measures are currently in place in nearly all the eu member states. damien mcguinness reports now from berlin. the european vaccine rollout has begun. in berlin, mobile teams are taking the first vaccines from this distribution centre to those who need it most. the elderly in nursing homes. this airport once provided a lifeline for west berlin at the height of the cold war. it was closed down in november to make way for a larger airport, and now it's been turned into a mass vaccination centre, providing yet again a lifeline for berliners, but this time in the fight against the pandemic. the first person in berlin to get the vaccine this morning was gertrude haase, 101 years old. translation: i told myself that i didn't have to be among the first. i wanted to see what it was li

mark lobel reports.re in moscow, with a cautiously optimistic public looking on. translation: i don't know whether the vaccine works or not but i'm sure there's nothing wrong with it. i'm not an anti—vaxxer, but it's yet to be proved how effective the vaccine will be. with thousands signed up already, those currently eligible to apply online are medics, teachers, social workers and those in contact with lots of people during their day—to—day duties. we expect to vaccinate around two million people in december. sputnik has good safety, good efficacy, it can be stored at plus two, plus eight. one jab costs less than $10, so definitely it is a very good contender to be part of the solution, but of course it cannot be the only solution to the world vaccine issues. president putin has now ordered the large—scale roll—out of this vaccine across russia, which is yet to finish its stage three safety checks. having registered it back in august, as the country with the world's fourth worst caseload for coronavirus

mark lobel, bbc news.ve started to receive the coronavirus vaccine after countries including france, spain and italy, began the roll—out of their vaccination programmes. more than 1a million people have been infected and strict lockdown measures are currently in place in nearly all eu member states. damien mcguinness reports now from berlin. the european vaccine roll—out has begun. in berlin, mobile teams are taking the first vaccines from this distribution centre to those who need it most — the elderly in nursing homes. this airport once provided a lifeline for west berlin at the height of the cold war. it was closed down in november to make way for a larger airport, and now it's been turned into a mass vaccination centre, providing yet again a lifeline for berliners, but this time in the fight against the pandemic. the first person in berlin to get the vaccine this morning was gertrude haase, 101 years old. translation: i told myself that i didn't have to be among the first. i wanted to see what it was l

mark lobel reports.solated, passengers grounded, many in the uk now stuck as european nations try to protect themselves from this fast—spreading covid—i9 variant. the netherlands was the first to ban all passenger flights from the uk untiljanuary i, and now ferry passengers too. belgium has suspended flights and train arrivals from the uk for 2h hours. ireland's announced a 48—hour ban on flights arriving from the uk. france has suspended all travel links — that's air, sea, rail or road — for 48 hours, including freight. germany has banned planes landing from the uk, as has switzerland. the czech republic and bulgaria has suspended flights to and from the uk untiljanuary 31. in a breathless and ever—growing list, turkey has too, as well as banning flights from denmark, the netherlands and south africa. for the travel industry, this is devastating. european countries are looking at their own health systems and the potential threat to those health systems. the uk government has got to build confidence — no

mark lobel, bbc news.on and growth. as part of our series of lookaheads to 2021, our correspondent rory cellan—jones assesses what the next 12 months have in store for the tech world. for most of us it was the worst of times, but as the pandemic shutdown normal life, technology companies prospered. particularly those that enable us particularly those that enable us to keep communicating via video. the big question for 2021 is will we continue to spend hours on zoom, microsoft teams or apple facetime, or will we want to get back to schools and offices and onto planes as quickly as possible? tech event organisers will be hoping for a swift return to normality. barcelona's mobile world congress was among the first conference is counselled by the coronavirus. it is coming back, albeit not until the summer. the mobile revolution hasn't stopped, of course. expect to see more folding phones in 2021, and the move to 5g networks which promised to connect everybody and everything to the nat should gather pace. the b

mark lobel reports.ious prize, top of the class went to... ranjit disale, from india. 0h, to... ranjit disale, from india. oh, and look, there's a whole extended family now. it's wonderful. 0h whole extended family now. it's wonderful. oh my dearfellow. thank you, i'm receiving this honour on behalf of millions and millions of students, teachers, those who are working ha rd teachers, those who are working hard in these hard times of covid—19. hard in these hard times of covid-19. he went to incredible lengths for over a decade, turning around this girl's school in maharashtra state in western india. textbooks were translated into the local language. qr codes were inserted to open up a world of poems, lectures, and stories. school attendance among these surrounding tribal community rose from 2% to 100%. 85% achieved a grades in recent exams. his teachings have impacted life beyond the classroom, an end to teenage marriages in the village, desertification any drought prone district reduced. he has even bui

mark lobel this sting in the tail. mark lobel, bbc news. moments, it has just been announced that canada will also now hold flights from the uk. after months of wrangling, republicans and democrats in the us congress has reached an agreement on the $900 billion coronavirus relief package was not the deal includes increased unemployment benefits and stimulus for billions of americans who are lost their jobs because of the pandemic put up announcing the agreement — the republican leader in the us senate, mitch mcconnell, said the american people should know they would not now be battling the crisis alone. we can finally report what our nation has needed to hearfor a very long time. more help is on the way. moments ago, in consultation with our committees, the four leaders of the senate and the house finalised an agreement. it would be another major rescue package for the american people... chuck schumer who leads the democrats in the senate said this was a start but only a start. this bill is a good bill, tonight is a good night, but it is no

mark lobel reports. like their students taking important exams in these even more challenging times. achieving top marks with the top testing and contact tracing. but their latest assessments do not look good, now that daily cases have risen to a nine—day high. translation: this crisis is different from the crisis so far. there is no focused target on epidemic prevention measures. this could result in a much larger spread which is incomparable to previous outbreaks. if the medical system reaches its limit, it will cause great damage to all of us. like other countries witnessing a resurgence in this crisis, it's introducing new measures. for three weeks from tuesday, in the capital, seoul, and surrounding areas, gatherings will be limited to 50 people. restaurants and some shops will close at night and gyms and karaoke bars will shut. as the country prepares for bare stadiums and a curtailed nightlife, prime minister chung sye—kyun said south korea is facing a critical period in its fight against covid—19

mark lobel reports.. ranjit disale, from india. oh, and look, there's your whole extended family now. it's wonderful. oh my dear fellow. i can see how moved you are. thank you, i'm receiving this honour on behalf of millions and millions of students, teachers, those who are working hard in these hard times of covid. ranjit went to incredible lengths for over a decade, turning around this girls‘ school in maharashtra state in western india. textbooks were translated into the local language. qr codes were inserted to open up a world of poems, lectures and stories. school attendance among the surrounding tribal community rose from 2% to 100%. 85% achieved a grades in recent exams. his teachings have impacted life beyond the classroom — an end to teenage marriages in the village, desertification in the drought—prone district reduced. ranjit's even built a science lab at home to share experiments with students in over 80 countries. he has also got young people talking between countries in conflict with one an

mark lobel reports.south korea has been dealing with the pressure of the pandemic with flying colours. like their students taking important exams in these even more challenging times. achieving top marks with the top testing and contact tracing. but their latest assessments do not look good, now that daily cases have risen to a nine—day high. —— to a nine—month high. translation: this crisis is different from the crisis so far. there is no focused target on epidemic prevention measures. this could result in a much larger spread which is incomparable to previous outbreaks. if the medical system reaches its limit, it will cause great damage to all of us. like other countries witnessing a resurgence in this crisis, it's introducing new measures. for three weeks from tuesday, in the capital, seoul, and surrounding areas, gatherings will be limited to 50 people. restaurants and some shops will close at nine and gyms and karaoke bars will shut. as the country prepares for bare stadiums and a curtailed nightlif

mark lobel there. and/or the many tributes paid to the writer. a reminder of main story.oing to be distributing the pfizer vaccine across the country, hoping that people will line up to take the two different doses of vaccine. more on that story on website. do let me know how you're getting on. i am on twitter. do stay with us. hello there. it was a wet day across the country on sunday, and there's more unsettled weather to come over the week ahead as well. the more persistent rain, that has been sweeping away out into the north sea and instead, we are seeing more showery sort of airstream filtering into the uk. that's coming in around that area of low pressure, and that's not going to move very far over the next few days. so lots of showers, actually, coming in at the moment, particularly across western areas. but because we've got a blustery southerly wind, it's a very mild start to monday. temperatures have been rising, actually, in scotland and the north—east of england. those temperature probably won't change much through the day. good start though with some wetter w

mark lobel, bbc news.nged by covid—i9 and by the impact of lockdowns and other restrictions? a little later we'll be hearing from a native american woman who's been mobilising volunteers to help those most vulnerable. let's get some of the day's other news. two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 vietnamese men, women, and children who suffocated inside a lorry trailer as they were smuggled into the uk last october. a jury at the trial in london also found george neeka and eamonn harrison guilty of conspiracy to assist illegal immigration. the european union is calling on bosnia to find alternative accommodation for more than 3,000 migrants, facing eviction from a refugee camp near bihac. the international 0rganisation for migration said at the weekend it may have to close the centre because authorities haven't provided water and electricity. its now hoping the eu's last—minute intervention will persuade local officials to rehouse residents of the lipa camp. the winners of one of the world

mark lobel there. let's get some of the day's other news. a provocation and a fake, a taped phone call in which the opposition leader, alexei navalny, tricks an fsb agent into disclosing details about his poisoning in siberia earlier this year. the agent reveals that the toxin was planted in a pair of underpants. he also acknowledges that swift action by mr navalny‘s pilot and emergency services may have foiled the operation and saved his life. the european union is calling on bosnia to find alternative accommodation for more than 3,000 migrants, facing eviction from a refugee camp near bihac. the international 0rganisation for migration has said it may have to close the lipa centre because authorities haven't provided water and electricity. there is some hope that local officials will now be persuaded to rehouse people from the camp. the department ofjustice in the us has charged a man with making the bomb that blew up pan am flight 103 above the scottish town of lockerbie in 1989. it killed 270 people. adu ajjila masud is injail in libya,

mark lobel, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, there.ight winds, as you can see on the pressure chart, barely any isobars and that stagnant air continues into the start of next week as well. now, we start to see those showers fading away and becoming confined to coastal areas. most places will be dry tonight and we'll start to see a return to some dense fog around, some frost and also a risk of some ice in places as temperatures for many of us hover around freezing, and a few places below freezing. so it's a cold start to monday, rather grey with some dense fog around which could be slow to clear, and where the fog lingers it going to stay pretty cold. start to see some showers and stronger winds moving into the east coast of scotland and north—east england, a few showers also affecting the channel area. otherwise it's a dry and a chilly day with limited brightness, temperatures three to six degrees. looks like we start to see some unsettled weather across the north of the uk as we move into tuesday, but for most of us, though, it's stay

mark lobel, bbc news. japan's mission is not the only space exploration taking place at the moment.... the samples were gathered in the past week, and haven't yet been returned to earth — that's likely to happen in the coming days. it's the first time lunar rock has been gathered since the 1970s. the changing face of the nhs over the last a0 years has been caputured in a series of photographs, taken by a former paramedic. chris porsz started his career as a hospital porter in 1974, before joining the ambulance service, and has spent decades snapping pictures of colleagues and patients. he's compiled them all into a book — as emma baugh reports. look this way. he's been capturing colleagues on camera for more than a0 years, charting the changes of the nhs. it's a thank you for decades of dedication, but most of all for this, most difficult of years. it's my tribute to the staff, the doctors, nurses, the cleaners, everybody. they've made an amazing contribution, they've got us through this at great sacrifice, at great personal sacrifice. i've got the greatest of respect for them. it's b

mike lobel, bbc news.cine have begun arriving at hospitals in england, ahead of the first jabs being administered on tuesday. the uk was the first country in the world to approve the use of the vaccine. our science editor david shukman reports. an unmarked van at croydon university hospital in south london with a delivery that could start to change the course of the pandemic. inside these boxes, the first vaccines for covid—19. ingenious research is creating light at the end of the tunnel. this is just so exciting, it is a momentous occasion. the nhs has been planning extensively to deliver the largest vaccination programme in our history so it's really exciting. the vaccines have to be stored at —70, only large hospitals can do that, so, distribution is complicated and will take time. nhs staff around the country have been working tirelessly to make sure we are prepared to commence vaccination on tuesday. this feels like the beginning of the end but, of course, it is a marathon, not a sprint, and it will

let's get more from our reporter mark lobel.s france saying first of there what is france saying first of there is also breaking news from the port? that is right, dover authorities confirming the port is now open. in terms of testing the lorry drivers, they say that will take place tomorrow morning and are likely tomorrow morning and are likely to see lorries boarding ferries early tomorrow morning. what is france saying more broadly? france saying more broadly? france now wants to allow some passengers to enter the country if they have a negative covid test. they have essentially lifted the ban on flight, ferries and eurostar trains for french nationals, eu citizens and those with residency in france. now they have to have a test within three days of travelling. it has to be a test that picks up this new variant of covid that is a wonder so many people around the world. it could be the lateral flow test which is the quicker one, oi’ test which is the quicker one, or the pcr, the swab test which is longer. but it has to be the

mark lobel, bbc news.ly thank people who have gone to exceptional lengths to help out during the coronavirus epidemic. during the three day trip, they'll be greeted at pre—arranged stops by care home staff, school children and volunteers. greg mckenzie reports. the duke and duchess of cambridge will board the royal train and travel 1250 miles across the uk over the next three days. it will be a chance for them to thank community workers, front line staff, schoolchildren and volunteers, some of whom are being dubbed coronavirus heroes. a kensington palace spokeswoman has said the morale—boosting tour will give the royal couple the chance to share their gratitude on behalf of the nation ahead of the christmas holidays. prince william has used the royal train a number of times, but it is thought to be the first time kate has travelled on it. we'd love to hear from you guys, really, about what the challenges are that everyone's facing at the moment. both william and kate have taken a high profile during the pa

mark lobel there. have been banned in south korea's capital region of what authorities have said was an explosive surge in infections. ski resorts and major to response —— response nationwide will shut on christmas eve. it is the most serious of the government has taken so far to reinstate social distancing in months. the measures will be in place until 3 january. the us president—elect has outlined plans to transform american coronavirus response as soon as he takes office. biden says the administration would reorganise vaccine distribution and ask congress to pass another relief will display plans for more testing and higher production of predict to have equipment. this is as americans need to step up and do their part to control the spread of the virus. our darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us, not behind us. so we need to prepare ourselves to steal our spines, as frustrating as it is to hear, it is going to take nations, persistence, and determination to beat this virus. we have

the year long experiment is considering taking the idea, lobel, and speaking of europe in its companies, the con, it has long criticized big tech companies or giving rise to very few of them itself . or the e.u. thinks it has a solution on both counts. new block wide cloud infrastructure, it's calling guy x. . that's a new set of standards meant to create an open uniform tech playing field for companies across the 27 member bloc, and provide an answer to tech domination of the u.s. and china. how much data do you have with amazon or google or microsoft? one of the tech giants in the cloud has become the high tech battleground of the internet age. and he's totally dominated by those big, mainly american players. but here in berlin, government says it doesn't have to be that way. it's time for something different. it's painting a vivid picture. hi fi world with little specks of data cascading through cyberspace. conjured up in the name of a mythical goddess of life itself. diana. it all looks great and diane x. sounds like some thing from star trek, but what actually is it for germany's e

or a ford or some other company where you could look at the actual products in a meaningful context lobel economy in ascribe a value to it you can simply say that well we think that tesla has a mean which is mostly i mean 10 the money is in me so we're going to make it worth $600000000000.00 today and it could be worth it could drop 90 percent tomorrow. you know the mystery to. greenness where american veterans weapon of mass communication is spreading in developing areas and fellow americans as waiters marinated and their family end up on t.v. computers and mobile devices more than 12000000000 contaminated a country if you don't need to know about that to your mother mary the fact that against alternative vision sacrificed if you start to question all of america your way to expel the air by your mates that didn't dominate is everywhere going to create an uproarious or maybe america undercover and i'm going to disable the side. or whatever you will get exposed to i'll take your complaints to decontaminate your library was alcohol use for years and for a better everything to. track down wh

public health not in not for the for the kind of huge profits that we've seen the drug companies and lobel global health because of royal array came but then there is the progress but the regression in our political life the destruction affectively of a rather modest reform movement within the labor party on specious charges against especially against the leader of anti semitism the destruction of the labor part struction of any reform movement the demonizing of reform movement the the closing off of spaces of dissent that is regression that is what. this otherwise sophisticated society should be addressing. just water is being done to the very fabric of society you mention cooperation and little is really told to us in nature nations of the sino anglo corporation over the astra zeneca so-called oaks would vaccine but when you talk about the waste of money other aircraft carriers deployment to the south china sea you'll have noticed that in the press lately we've been hearing about human rights abuses in china we've been hearing about chinese attempts to destroy the fabric destroy the fabr

mark lobel reports.ol fence failed as bandits took him to the forest instead, where he attempted to run away again. translation: when i decided to run, they brought a knife to slaughter me. i put my clothes upside down so that they could not see me as they said they would kill anyone trying to escape. but i ran climbing from one rock to another through the forest floor. but as the empty classroom starkly illustrates, many other children remain captive, including this man's. we are sleepless, this, even this night when we stood praying to god. it remains a nervous wait for the families of hundreds of missing children. one can only imagine how scared they are being transported from the safety of this school to an unfamiliar forest under duress. there are chilling echoes of the chibok girls, around 100 of whom are still missing after their abduction from their school dormitory in the northeast of the country over six and a half years ago. it is devastating because itjust brought back to me the whole pain an

the exercise was counsel directly by canadian armed forces bypassing trudeau as liberal government lobel the 1st color to comment on the situation i will let you know if we hear about from them or your experts told us why you care those top officials might want to see better ties with china. relationship between canada and china is. reasonably good so this is my as world history real this exercise planned in 2900 might as well be an event well planned from a larger share of the g. point of view i'm not surprised at all for the pressure of us on canada in fact it's not just canada even the u.k. australia new sea than they always say if pressure these countries are long acting like an independent countries with independent foreign policies from the actions of prince trudeau canada is clearly much more inclined towards the pressure. from the united states i'm not surprised that they're that the united states is putting pressure on canada. regards to its relations with china and someone decided that it was not in canada's interest and that is the more unusual part is how that the military if

mark lobel, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. going to be another chilly day especially across the south and south—east of the country, frost outside of town mainly. frost is still what is across much of the uk and parts of central and western through the night she was a scattering of showers but primarily a dry night. the frost on the fog, the freezing fog across southern areas of the uk. the temperature to between —2 and plus two. the weather forecast tomorrow, fog may linger through the morning and afternoon gci’oss through the morning and afternoon across southern through the morning and afternoon across southern areas through the morning and afternoon across southern areas but actually a lot of sunshine around. obviously hla day. you can't miss the rain which will reach scotland and northern england a little bit later on in the day. just the tendency for things to turn less cold through the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines this hour: the uk's chief negotiator is back in brussels to resume brexit talks, with time

mark lobel, bbc news. to keep young people in education, which they say isa people in education, which they say is a priority. professorjon deeks is a bio—statistician at the university of birmingham and leader of cochrane's covid—19 test evaluation activities. hejoins me now. professor, good to have you with us. the government's priority is indeed to keep children an education. i think most parents want their children to be informal education settings rather than home—schooling. as things stand, do we have a programme, do you think, that is robust enough to deal with thousands of children going back to school and as we know now the transmissibility of this new variant of covid? u nfortu nately, of this new variant of covid? unfortunately, no we don't. i have three children i certainly want to see being at school. the tests we are being asked to use, this lateral flow test, hasn't been evaluated in schoolchildren. it hasn't been evaluated in university students when we used it back in december, and at the

mark lobel reports. coming from right side and it is getting brighter and brighter.ule whose contents could help explain the creation of our solar system. applause there wasjoy and relief at the japanese aerospace exploration agency's mission control as the soil sample sent from the japanese space craft hayabusa 2 parachuted down safely in the australian desert. scientists are expecting about 0.1 of a gram will be returned for examination at their laboratory near tokyo from the asteroid rugu which lies some 300 million kilometres away. they will measure the rock's age, what it is made of and how it is formed, potentially offering vital clues as to how the sun and planets came to be. this one is special because this one is going to an asteroid that we think is really rich in organic material and water so in the very earliest history of the earth we think it may have been pelted with asteroids like that and that is what gave us the water and the carbon to form our oceans and to enable life to flourish on earth. it is an exciting prospect after a successful landing foll

mark lobel reports.paigning to get saudi women in the driving seat four yea rs before women in the driving seat four years before the ban was lifted that first saw her spend weeks behind bars. she was asked by the bbc after her release in 2015 when equal rights would be achieved. equal rights? the entire package? it will take forever. i won't be alive to witness it. by the activist was detained three years later for seeking to change the saudi political system, by calling foran political system, by calling for an end to male guardianship and speaking to foreign diplomats and the media about women's writes. following an international outcry, human rights groups demanded her release. but was behind bars, herfamily says release. but was behind bars, her family says she was subjected to electric shocks, waterboarding and sexual assault. at the time, saudi authorities denied the allegations which a saudi court has now dismissed. her brother says this latest conviction, including a five year travel ban, now ad

with me is our news reporter mark lobel. mark, what has happened?n motorbikes stormed this all boys state secondary school and according to police authors fired assault rifles in the air which undoubtedly would have been terrifying, took on security guard at the school and later police that arrived. some boys escaped and jumped overfences some boys escaped and jumped over fences and ran some boys escaped and jumped overfences and ran into some boys escaped and jumped over fences and ran into town and then police said they brought in armed defence because to drive them out, and 200 of the 800 students were accounted for, so they could be up accounted for, so they could be up to 600 abducted all missing and very worrying. a mother who had a son and a younger brother at the school said that when she turned up on saturday there was scarcity of information and terrifying conditions for eve ryo ne terrifying conditions for everyone involved. the military said they located the attackers ina said they located the attackers in a forest on saturday and a join

let's talk to mark lobel about this in more detail.has been trying to a agree to a common approach to the situation and slowly easily travel bans. warily after that? is been trying to find a common approach for everywhere other than cyprus and greece, everywhere where else there was a travel ban in place, they wa nted a travel ban in place, they wanted to bring an essential trouble with people testing within three days of travelling and getting a negative covid test. they wanted transport workers to be exempt from the ban and in the case of the disruption between dover and calais, doesn't lead to transport disruption. they wa nted transport disruption. they wanted as residents to be able to return home and either isolate or test before flying. that hasn't quite worked. ambassadors have ta ken that hasn't quite worked. ambassadors have taken note of it and the reality is, germany has extended its ban into january in line with italy and hungary. france however, along with spain and belgium, have said that their citizens can return home,

mark lobel, bbc news. congratulations to him! that's it from me.the weather is giving us a real taste of winter. some places have already seen a bit of snow. there is some more in the forecast for friday for the real mix for rain, sleet and snow falling from the sky. it will be cold, it will be windy, and this big area of low pressure is really dominating the weather across western europe. bands of wet weather spiralling around it and some pretty cold air being sucked down from the north. so that combination of cold air and wet weather, that is why we are still seeing some sleet and some snow. across scotland, snow falling for a time to quite low levels. there could even be a brief covering of snow through the central belt. and over higher ground, 10—20cm of snow is possible. could be some real travel problems for the high—level routes, especially with some ice in western scotland. some ice possible in northern ireland as well. a chilly start here but mainly dry. some showers through wales and the southwest. wintry over high ground. this band of ra

let's speak to our news reporter mark lobel.rs writer. talk me through the reaction of fellow authors. hi praise from world—renowned authors. steven king summed up the mood saying that the terrible year has claimed a literally giant and humanitarian spirit. a prize thatjohn le carre was awarded earlier this year, any for his role in exposing corporate greed and xenophobia in fashion. he did not accept literally awards, it was his film and tv adaptations that w011 film and tv adaptations that won most of the awards as it happened but there was a nice tribute also from a brazilian writer who quoted one ofjohn le carre's books saying that by repetition each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed. le carre, not only a great writer but a visionary. and this one from a scottish crime writer. terribly sad, an extraordinary writer who bought literally lost and lived insight to the thing was that the fact he was a spy thing was that the fact he was a spy upset a few former intelligence officers because the

with me is bbc news reporter mark lobel.announcement? it is bleak news for london's west and. after months of misery we had the scenes with the royal family turning up to relaunch the pantomime season and just as quickly the curtain has come down. john logan summed up what people thought. it is disastrous news for the theatre. they have been putting in money to make kravets safe venues and because at the moment it is impossible to get insurance for those productions, this is money centres will have to incur. the government acknowledges the impact on this sector but they need to act quickly so the curtain will come down on wednesday. the problem is, although the government says it will put in $2 million worth of rescue packages, like the theatre industry is arguing is that it does not affect people in this industry and the commercial sector. they want insurance schemes backed by the government because the foetus ta kes government because the foetus takes so long to set up and yet these decisions are made so quickly to close t