robin brant, bbc news, eastern china.n urgent plea for global leaders to take action against climate change. they told audiences at the first virtual ‘youth against carbon conference' this week, that they're concerned environmental issues have been neglected during the coronavirus pandemic. olivia le poidevin reports. we are still hurtling towards climate catastrophe. more than half of 18 to 24—year—olds say they are worried that the challenges of climate change have been neglected during the covid—19 outbreak. but now, and the first carbon neutral summitfor now, and the first carbon neutral summit for young people, some of the uk's most prominent young environmental campaigners have come together to make a plea for urgent action against climate change. 18—year—old and our mentor activist meyer rose, what's the world to take action now —— maia rose. meyer rose, what's the world to take action now -- maia rose. i've been really disappointed with governments and leaders around the world during the pandemic. i feel like and

robin brant, bbc news, eastern china.ent for taking photos or playing games on their phones is to be closed. the department for transport is consulting on updating laws so that phone calls and texting are not the only functions banned when behind the wheel. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. it is dangerous, but a lot of drivers do it. in fact, new research found that on 765 journeys, phones were used 662 times. only 38 of those were on hands—free. but the law right now means that only phoning or texting at the wheel is illegal. someone taking a photo or browsing the internet can avoid a fine. next year, that will change. it will mean any driver who touches their phone could face a £200 fine and six points on their license. however, ministers have decided not to make it illegal to use your phone at the wheel if it is on hands—free. tom burridge, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. millions of people are now living with tighter coronavirus restrictions in england — lancashire moves into the highest alert ca

robin brant there in yiwu.his is despite a crackdown on friday when police used water cannon to break up the demonstrations. jonathan head is there. this is just this isjust one this is just one of a number of what they call flashmob protests that they call flashmob protests that they are mounting today in different parts of bangkok. officially, the authorities say this is not allowed. they have shut down the entire public transport system, the metro system in the centre of bangkok, pretty much bringing the city to a halt, to try to put a stop to these kinds of gatherings. but as you can see there is no success at all. these youngsters are determined to come out and defy this ban that has been imposed by the authorities on these shows of dissent. we have had lots of arrests, lots of threats from the authorities, plenty of people rounded up, and most recently, of course, the use of water cannon with chemicals against the protest late on friday night, and yet they are all still coming out here. there is no sign y

robin brant reports.t after 7am in the morning and the hospital actually isn't officially open yet but nonetheless, people are turning up, taxis are pulling up. we've actually seen a few families break out into a bit of a jog down this road to get down there, get their number and get in line and queue up for the vaccine. now, it wasn't that long ago that people were queueing to be tested for covid—i9. now, they're queueing to get a vaccine that they hope will make them immune from it. and what's most significant about this today is this is members of the public. anyone can turn up, pay their money, and get the vaccine. now, just peek through the railings here and you'll see the queue for the clinic, which will be open in a few hours' time. we just spoke to one woman who was going into that line. i said to her, "was she nervous?" and i kind of got a nervous smile back. did she trust it? did she trust the doctors? "yes", she said. now, the significant thing about this is is this isn't part of a clinical tri

robin brant reports. it hasn't been fully tested, it hasn't been approved yet.nyone can turn up, pay the fee and get the jab. here and now. it's worth it, this businessman told us. he wants to travel again. his firm in west africa is losing money every day. now, it wasn't that long ago that people were queueing for covid—i9 tests. but now, it's the vaccine. this isn't part of a clinical trial, what's happening here in china is that it's being rolled out to the public. you turn up, pay your money, get your number and then over there can get in the queue. in the next few hours, that clinic is going to open and people are going to get the vaccine.

our correspondent in shanghai robin brant has more details.nd in the past, ——what we've seen from the country's national statistics authority are figures that show growth at around 4.9% for the three months ofjuly, august and september, that's compared to figures in 2019, and the trend certainly is an upwards of one. so we had that calamitous first three months of the year when covid first struck, when the economy here contracted by 6.8%. it grew byjust over 3% in the following three months and now, according the statistics authority, it's grown by a further 4.9%. that is coming in slightly below what expectations were and the government authority releasing the figures this morning, talking of the economy still be in a process of recovery, and huge uncertainty globally. of course, remember, china remains an economy focused on exporting. it is trying to change that. but it remains focussed on exporting and you look to the us, you look to the eu and the state economically of those places and it is almost miraculous maybe that we see china's econ

our correspondent, robin brant, is in shanghai with more details on this massive exercise. fresh outbreak. there is hypervigilance here, particularly in the big cities — shanghai, where i am here, and the capital, beijing — hypervigilance about the possibility of fresh outbreaks. it happened in qingdao, the home of china‘s navy, a port city that‘s north of where i‘m speaking to you from at the moment, it happened over the weekend, three cases initially emerged, we now have 12 confirmed cases being treated, six symptomatic, six asymptomatic, and it‘s believed that the outbreak is centred around around a chest hospital in this city. one case is a taxi driver, and that is of particular concern, because clearly this was a person who had the virus and was obviously travelling around qingdao with people in and out of the taxi. so we‘ve had this vast scale of testing in the last 48 hours, 3 million, as you say, that‘s about a third of the people living in this city. they are going to test everyone over a five—day period, so that takes us to friday, and the interesting thing in the

our china correspondent robin brant is the onlyjournalist to report on this story and has been outsideand the hospital actually isn‘t officially open yet, but nonetheless, people are turning up, taxis pulling up. we have actually seen a few families break out into a bit of a jog down this road, to get down there, get their number and get in line and queue up for the vaccine. now, it wasn‘t that long ago that people were queueing to be tested for covid—19. now they‘re queueing to get a vaccine that they hope will make them immune from it. what is most significant about this today is this is members of the public, anyone can turn up, pay their money and get the vaccine. now if you peek through the railings here you will see the queue for the clinic, which will be open in a few hours‘ time. we just spoke to one woman going into that line. i said to her was she nervous, and i kind of got a nervous smile back. did she trust it, did she trust the doctors? yes, she said. the most significant thing about this is this isn‘t part of a clinical trial. this is being rolled out to members of the pu

the experimental vaccine is still in the final trial stages. 0ur china correspondent, robin brant, is after 7am and the hospital is not officially open yet but nonetheless people are turning up, taxis are pulling up turning up, taxis are pulling up and we have seen a few families break out into a job down the road to get down there and geta down the road to get down there and get a number and get in line and queue up for the vaccine. it was not that long ago that people were queueing to be tested for covid—19. now they are queueing for a vaccine that they hope will make them immune. and what is significant about this today is that this is members of the public. anyone can turn up, pay money and get the vaccine. look through the railings here and you will see the clinic queue, openin you will see the clinic queue, open ina you will see the clinic queue, open in a few hours time. we spoke to one woman going into the line and i asked her if she was nervous and i got a nervous smile back. did she trusted and the dock is? yes, she said. the most significant thing about this is that this is

our correspondent robin brant took a ride this is the car. let's talk to the driver, not you. is not driving, thejob is the driver who is not driving, the job is about safety, intervening if there is any problem. his feet are above the panel but as far as i can see he does not do anything unless he does not do anything unless he feels something dangerous is about to happen. while we are being driven along by a driver who is not the driver, we can see on the device and so can he, a rendering of the environment outside being co nsta ntly environment outside being constantly produced and analysed by the computer. it shows the car, buildings, it shows the car, buildings, it shows everything. this is definitely the most cautious approach to an intersection i have ever seen in my life. 82nd left on a green light and it does not want to go. now it is going, i suppose it is checking if it is safe. hovering a bit, senses there is a truck coming. cautious but fine. the truth is, it feels quite safe because you know he is that with hands and feet ready so it is not the ultimate test of a

our china correspondent robin brant is in zhejiang province. work and thatis but of course one that will work and that is proved ? but of course one that will work and that is proved? yes, naga. what a contrast if you are watching the sun waking up in lancashire, liverpool or somewhere in northern ireland this morning, because you are facing further restrictions, whereas here in china it is a bit like being a time traveller at this hospital. this is why it is unique, for the first time they are handing out a vaccine to anybody who lives here, who turns up, pays the fee, they can go inside and get thatjab, the first of two this morning. it was not that long ago since there were cu es to not that long ago since there were cues to be tested for covid—19 in places like this. now there are cues to line up for a vaccine. we got here at 6:45am. before the gate was actually open, there were taxis pulling up, families, we saw some breaking out into a bit of a sprint to get to the line, to get their number, to get in the queue. this is the first time in

however, the figure is lower than the 5.2% expected by economists. 0ur correspondent in shanghai robin brantow, china, the beginning of the year, that calamitous covid outbreak, its economy contracted by almost 17%. we've got growth for the following three months of 3.2%, and the trend continues. and the figure continues to rise, now, a.9%. the economy here, a.9% bigger than it was at this time last year. and remember, that's in the context of china, the world's second biggest economy, being the driver of global growth as well. certainly before the covid outbreak, growth here in china and the chinese economy as a whole, was helping global growth by around about 20%. so it's good news for china. 0n the face of it, it's good news for the rest of the world. if you break it down a little bit, you get an idea of what is driving this along. retail sales were up 3.3%. that was quite a way below what some were forecasting. but industrial output, a good barometer of where the chinese goverment, the state owned entities are very active, that was up by 6.6%. so, state owned entities, you know, you've g