scotrail makes changes to its timetable from tomorrow because hundreds of staff are self—isolating.rones escort children to school in parts of the west midlands with high levels of crime. and in half an hour, david shukman looks back on nearly two decades of reporting on climate and the environment. good morning. good morning. the education secretary nadhim zahawi has sought to reassure parents that the government's priority is to keep schools open. speaking this morning, he said a variety of mechanisms are being put in place for pupils — as well as masks — including onsite testing, more ventilation and the potential for merging classes. and mr zahawi said he doesn't want students to wear masks in the classroom for a day longer than necessary. his comments come just 2a hours after new guidance was issued for secondary school pupils to return to face coverings in england's schools again. jon donnison reports. this time a year ago, schools across the country were forced to close to most pupils. 12 months on, the government says it wants to do everything it can to avoid a return to emp

joining me now is alex hynes, who is the managing director of scotrail who have had to cancel 8% of theirtages does not really give me a true picture of how many staff are off and how many traits have been cancelled, can you do that in numbers?— traits have been cancelled, can you do that in numbers? good morning, on a ical do that in numbers? good morning, on a typical daily — do that in numbers? good morning, on a typical daily operator _ do that in numbers? good morning, on a typical daily operator in _ do that in numbers? good morning, on a typical daily operator in 2000 - a typical daily operator in 2000 services in scotrail, from today we are reducing the timetable by about 160 services a day so we can improve reliability. customers tell us that reliability. customers tell us that reliability matters most, therefore it is important to publish a timetable that customers can depend on. around one in ten staff are off sick due to covid, we employ 5000 people, that is 500 people. that leads to these operational numbers we had seen due to record numbers of covid cases. 20,000 covid cases

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there's already travel disruption after scotrail cancelled all passenger services from six o'clock tonightrdeenshire. it's obviously crashed through the ports but not through the main living room. natalie's partner got outjust in time as storm malik brought this enormous tree down on their home yesterday morning. i wasjust going through to the bedroom because the powerjust gone off as i went through i could see the tree falling and then at that point i just started shouting, "tree, tree, tree." we ran through and he decided to leave over the sofa and we just got into the safety of our kitchen. in aberdeen a 60—year—old woman was killed by a falling tree. she is yet to be named by police. thousands are still without electricity and hundreds without water, some outages could continue into the week. obviously there are unknowns in terms of the impact of storm corrie. we're committed to restoring power to those impacted by storm malik as soon as possible. in some circumstances to tuesday and that's reallyjust to give people choices of staying with family and friends. the clean—up from storm ma

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staff shortages has forced scotrail to make temporary changes to its timetable from tuesday.dreds of staff isolating due to covid, resulting in scores of services being cancelled. the company said that to provide customers with a level of certainty?about which?trains are running, a temporary timetable would be in place until the 28th of january. in france, children as young as six now have to wear a face covering on public transport or in shops. until today — the restriction had applied to anyone aged eleven and over. the head of france's vaccination programme says a decision could be made next month or in march about whether to recommend a fourth covid vaccination. more than 10 million covid—i9 infections in the last two years. governments across europe — the epicentre of a new wave of covid—i9 infections — are considering what measures are needed to protect pupils returning to school this week. in the netherlands, the government's health advisors are to meet later today to discuss whether schools should reopen, following their early closure last month to reduce the risk of

already scotrail have said they will suspend services from six o'clock this evening and energy supplierse expected in the next few hours. destruction the scottish government say should continue for the next few hours. the nhs covid vaccination programme in england has been extended to vulnerable children aged between five and 11—years—old. eligible children include those with diabetes, epilepsy and learning disabilities or those who live with somebody who immunosuppressed. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. xavier is 11 and he's among first in his age group to have a covid jab at the emberbrook health centre in surrey. he has epilepsy, which makes him more vulnerable to the virus. the overwhelming majority of children have only mild symptoms, but there are around 500,000 five to 11—year—old who are more at risk, and the government has decided that they should be vaccinated. more than 850 sites have been set up across england, and this is xavier's message to any young children worried about having a jab. it's not as stressful as you may think. everybody here is quite nice, an

scotrail has reported that fallen trees are affecting its services. 0ur correspondent, phil bodmer, isnds have brought down a tree, crushing a car. what is happening where you are? it sounds and looks pretty serious? well, that is true. it is fair to say that yorkshire and the north—east of england is bearing the brunt of the storm. it has taken a real buffeting today. this is apperley bridge, between leeds and bradford. if you look behind me, this is the most remarkable escape story. in this van, which has been crushed by this fallen tree, a cyclist was getting changed after spending the morning cycling in the woods here. he was in the back of the van, the tree came down and he was trapped inside. 0n the other side of his van, his friends car, which are still trapped there, his friend rushed round, fearing the worst, and managed to pull him out safely, i'm glad to say. the person in the van, a guy called richard nutter is ok. we had a few cuts and bruises. he is a bit shaken up but he is getting some attention. you can see how serious this could have been, and this is a chance, of cou

staff shortages have forced scotrail to make temporary changes to its timetable from tuesday.undreds of staff isolating due to covid, resulting in scores of services being cancelled. the company said that to provide customers with a level of certainty about which trains are running, a temporary timetable would be in place until the 28th of january. it is mainly routes in the central belt that are affected. a 16—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a teenager in west london. the victim — who was also 16 — was stabbed in a park in the hillingdon area but hasn't yet been formally identified. police are still appealing for witnesses. a woman who survived a balcony collapse in california but was left with life—changing injuries has died after suffering a stroke, in dublin. 27—year—old aoife beary was injured while celebrating her 21st birthday. six other people died. an investigation found the fourth floor balcony had been constructed by a company with a history of complaints. in recent years, ms beary had become an advocate for construction

scotrail says fallen trees are affecting its timetable. 0ur weather presenter susan powell is here —borne the brunt of the storm. if we - it? eastern scotland has borne the brunt of the storm. if we look - it? eastern scotland has borne the brunt of the storm. if we look at i brunt of the storm. if we look at what is going on on the screen behind me, a picture often says a thousand words. toward scandinavia there is a mass of white cloud, with a swirling hoop getting into the coast of norway. that is actually now malik, it is pulling away under the wind is going to be very light in the short term. so the worst of it is over. however we are not out of the woods yet. possibly more dangerously, if you look to atlantic, the left of the screen, there is a kind of white book, and thatis there is a kind of white book, and that is an area we are looking closely at tomorrow, because it looks like we will see another system, similar strength, following a similar path. some trees will have been disturbed by malik, the rainfall will have loosened the ground. so having another storm, this one cal

earlier i spoke to alex hynes, the managing director of scotrail which is introducing a 8% reductionervice. customers tell us that reliability matters most, therefore it is important to publish a timetable that customers can depend on. around one in ten staff are off sick due to covid, you are right, many of these are train crew. we employ 5000 people, that is 500 people. many of these are train crew. that leads to these operational numbers we have seen due to record numbers of covid cases. 20,000 covid cases in scotland, just yesterday, the highest on record. with the new reduced timetable, can you guarantee passengers that those trains will show up? we can guarantee this timetable will be more reliable than the one we have been trying to operate for the last couple of weeks, and we have seen the benefit already this morning — better service reliability, fewer cancellations compared to recent weeks. it is a very dynamic situation, you are a fool to try to predict what will happen next with covid but forjanuary we are offering customers a robust timetable, we're asking people to chec

alex hynes is the managing director of scotrail which is introducing a 8% reduction to services todayof the service. what customers tell us is that it's the reliability that matters most and, therefore, it's important to publish a timetable that customers can depend on. and, you're right, around one in ten of our staff are off sick due to covid, so, we employ 5,000 people. that's 500 people. many of those are train crew and that leads to these operational problems, which we see due to record numbers of covid cases. just yesterday in scotland, 20,000 covid cases, the highest on record. more now on one of our top stories, as millions of pupils across the uk are preparing to return to school, there are concerns that covid infections could cause staff shortages and a return to home learning for some. there are different rules across the uk for students, so, let's have a look at what is required. in scotland, pupils are being asked to test at home before they return to school and then continue to test twice a week. wales is also asking students to carry out a home test before returning, an

storm corrie is coming along and scotrail said its passenger services will be disrupted and they willf the dead and dying that day and agreed on the grieving and the city witnessing harrowing scenes of death and devastation on the streets. it is true that the commemoration today will speak. two walks, one adult morning and afternoon along the original route the ill—fated march. in the mid morning a service of remembrance attended by the irish prime minister. in the afternoon and address at free derry corner and much of the leading civil rights campaigners at the time, bernadette mcallister a and the veteran seem human rights activist eamon mccann. and then a message from the president of ireland, michael d higgins and the two highest offices of their estate, head of government and the irish state participating in the commemorations. today daddy will remember and pay a poignant tribute to the survivors and the people of the city and beyond who relentlessly pursued truth and justice for the victims of bloody sunday over the past 50 years. —— today derry. the nhs covid vaccination progra