tommy docherty.he former manchester united and scotland manager has died at the age of 92. and it is a cold start to 2021. —7 in parts of wiltshire. will things warm up? full forecast here. good morning. it's friday, the 1st ofjanuary. our top story. as most people across the uk seem to have heeded calls to stay at home on new year's eve, some hospitals in london and the south—east of england say they are now under extreme pressure because of rising coronavirus cases. they say some seriously ill patients are being moved to intensive care units in other parts of the country, as our health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. like several major hospitals in the capital, university college london has had to rapidly increase critical care capacity to cope with the surge in covid patients. it's caring for more than 200, with numbers rising by the day. staff can't always provide one—to—one care. what we're having to know do is stretch those ratios. so one intensive care nurse is finding themselves l

tributes are paid to tommy docherty. the former manchester united and scotland manager has

tributes are paid to tommy docherty.he former manchester united and scotland manager who has died at the age of 92. and in half an hour's time we'll be taking a look back at some of the people whose lives we celebrated over the past year in we remember. hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. a new era has begun for the united kingdom, after completing its formal separation from the european union, leaving the single market and the customs union at the end of the brexit transition period. under the new arrangements, there will be no import taxes on goods crossing between britain and the continent. the government has warned there will be some disruption in the coming weeks as new rules bed in for travel, trade, immigration and security co—operation. borisjohnson said the uk had "freedom in our hands" and the ability to do things "differently and better". this report from jessica parker. big ben chimes. big ben marking the hour last night. boris johnson described it as an amazing moment for the country. it is one that

we have had ajack charlton, nobby stiles, gerard houllier, tommy docherty last week it does seem on a final, afterjose mourinho‘s side beat the championship side brentford 2—0 in the other semi—final. spurs are nowjust one game away from their first trophy in 13 years. england‘s cricketers will start training in sri lanka today after all the touring party passed coronavirus tests. they were all re—tested after moeen ali‘s positive result when they arrived on monday. he‘s now in a 10—day quarantine in a hotel near galle, and the whole squad and staff need to have a third test tomorrow. the two match test series starts a week tomorrow. so hopefully we will see some test cricket in sri lanka. no more positive tests, please. we need that on our telly is at the moment. also what we need on our telly at this time, as ever, is carol, who is telling us about the cold temperatures. good morning. good morning. we have actually just out the coldest good morning. good morning. we have actuallyjust out the coldest night of this winter so far. the temperature at the moment in the highlands is —12.2

on the same weekend that rangers plate look at that today and we will pay tribute to the great tommy dochertythe moment to a tea m work they are at the moment to a team who can challenge all the time. our ambitions haven't changed. our ambition's what it was at at the beginning of the season — could we find european football ain? there are other teams that will be better than us, that's an honest answer, but what we will always do is we will always work to bridge that gap and we're not there yet but we are looking to get closer and closer to that and be really, really competitive and i think over the course of the season we've shown that but we still have so much work to do. that's brendan rogers in conversation with my colleague, that will be on football focus i mentioned liverpool plate manchester on monday. if you are into your fifa, james ward prowse has the highest free kick starts on fifa so he knows how to hit a dead ball and we will also look back at the year in women's football, a lovely piece looking back at highlights from the last 12 months so all that from midday on football focu