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And what about care home staff . Some are refusing the vaccine. What does that mean for you wanting to visit your relativies . Im on twitter vicderbyshire. Online retailer asos buys topshop, topman and miss selfridge. The deal doesnt include the shops, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. The cost of covid for children a report suggests they stand to lose an average of £40,000 each in Lifetime Earnings becaue most are not in school. And coming up this hour, well speak to Nicholas Hewlett, a head teacher in south london who is coming out as gay during an Online Assembly this morning. Theres been International Condemnation of the armed forces in myanmar after they seized power and detained civilian politicians, including Aung San Suu Kyi the woman known Around The World for decades as the face of the struggle for democracy in the country and who has, since elections in 2015, been widely recognised as its unofficial leader. Myanmar, also known as burma, was ruled by the military until democratic reforms began in 2011. In novembers election, Aung San Suu Kyis party, the National League for democracy, won enough seats to form a government, although she is banned from becoming president as her children are foreign nationals. But the military said a State Of Emergency has been declared for one year and it was handing power to its Commander In Chief because of election fraud. Soldiers are on the streets of the countrys capital, nay pyi taw, and its main city, yangon. So who is Aung San Suu Kyi . Shes the daughter of general aung san, who helped negotiate the countrys independence from British Colonial rule in 19118 before he was assassinated. She spent nearly 15 years in detention between 1989 and 2010 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, while still under house arrest. More recently, she has received criticism for not doing more to stop the rape, murder and possible genocide of Rohingya Muslims who fled from myanmar to bangladesh in 2017. But she is still very popular amongst most buddhists in the country, who make up the majority of citizens. Tom andrews, whos the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar, called the situation an outrageous assault on democracy. Were talking about Overturning A Constitution by the generals that the general themselves wrote, that they said just yesterday that they would abide by. So this is notjust an assault, an attack on an individual, on a political leader, a political party. This is an assault on democracy itself, on the people of myanmar, on their hopes and aspirations. And the people of myanmar need to know that the world is watching and the world is with them. Theres absolutely no justification for this whatsoever. The International Community cannot afford to stand idly by while this outrage occurs before our very eyes. The Prime Minister also reacted to the news on twitter. Lets speak to our special correspondent fergal keane. Why do you think this has happened . I think its happened because the military essentially panicked. Aung san suu kyis party, the National League for democracy, had an overwhelming victory in general elections last november. They had been coexisting in a Power Sharing Agreement with the military, but the military has control over key ministries, and of course security in the country. I think when they saw how well her party did and how badly their own surrogate did, a tiny share of the vote, they began to worry and thought that actual genuine democracy was something that Aung San Suu Kyi might now push for. And i decided to put her back, you know, into detention and to arrest her Senior Leaders and put troops on the streets to deter people from protesting. 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I mean, this has been tried | again and again by the military, for most of the last 15 years or so, the country has been ruled by some form of military dictatorship. That hasnt worked, it has led to the isolation of myanmar, it led to the creation of an International Icon in the form of angst and sushi. The change in her status may also play a part in this. Any form of Aung San Suu Kyi. She is no longer seen as a Rallying Point internationally for values ofjustice and human rights, principally because, of course, herfailure to rights, principally because, of course, her failure to deal with and to condemn the atrocities committed against the Muslim Rohingya people. She went to the International Criminal court to defend the military there, but the ministry believes that she has Less International support, will be less able to galvanise people Around The World to come out and impose strict isolation and sanctions on myanmar. I think that is a mistake, i think the united states, european union, countries like that, will make an effort to isolate the generals. The key players here, is not in the white house or Downing Street, it is beijing, china, and the chinese, who are neighbours, do not seem to have any intention of isolating the generals, certainly not now. So the aenerals generals, certainly not now. So the generals are generals, certainly not now. So the generals are panicking generals, certainly not now. So the generals are panicking about generals, certainly not now. So the generals are panicking about the i generals are panicking about the prospect of full democracy being implemented . Prospect of full democracy being imlemented . ~. , implemented . Nats correct, because i often think, implemented . Nats correct, because i often think. And implemented . Nats correct, because i often think, and i implemented . Nats correct, because i often think, and i might implemented . Nats correct, because i often think, and i might have implemented . Nats correct, because i often think, and i might have been often think, and i might have been guilty of this myself, back in 2015 there was a euphoric general election, and Aung San Suu Kyi was banned from being president , as you rightly say, because her children were not born in myanmar, but she was the de facto leader of the country. But the more you looked into that, the more you saw how hollow it was. It wasnt anything like real democracy, the military still held the key ministries and had the ruthlessness, so it was a kind of false democracy. It looked good on the outside, it allowed the country to open up to international investment, tourists flooding in, all of that has changed now, and we are back to a very grim situation, one that i first encountered in the major 19905 when Aung San Suu Kyi was First Release from house arrest. Fergal keane, thank you. Messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore, who is in hospital with coronavirus. The 100 year old Second World War veteran, who raised tens of millions of pounds for the nhs during the first lockdown, was admitted yesterday because he needed help with his breathing. He is not in intensive care. John maguire reports. It all started as his way of thanking the nhs for looking after him following a fall. Now captain sir tom moore the record breaking fundraiser is under its care once again. Hes being treated for pneumonia and covid 19 at Bedford Hospital. In a Statement Released yesterday afternoon by one of his daughters, hannah said he was being treated at home but was taken to hospital when he needed additional help with his breathing. Hes on a ward and not in intensive care. She described the medical care hes received over the past few weeks a5 remarkable and goes on to say, we know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all they can to make him comfortable and hopefully return home as soon as possible. This year, of course. We last spoke to him just before christmas, and he was his usual optimistic self. But things will get better, and next year will be all right. Captain toms endeavors walking 100 lengths of his back garden before his 100th birthday last april saw him raise almost £40 million for Nhs Charities. He inspired so many to follow in his footsteps, and his story was told Around The World. Now, once again, people are lining up to wish him well. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, tweeted. The labour leader, keir starmer, wrote. When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high. And the singer michael ball whose duet with captain tom helped him to break yet another record as they made it to number one said. He is a huge cricket fan, and the former england captain, Michael Vaughan, sent this message. Sir captain tom, over the last ten months, youve been our inspiration. Youve been the nations heartbeat. Were all Thinking Of You get well soon. Thank you, captain tom, from the nhs and in passing on their best wishes, the Nhs Charities he helped reminds us of the difference hes made. We owe him so much for inspiring people to support Nhs Charities. The funds that he raised are making such a difference right now to nhs staff, volunteers and patients. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this time, and we wish you a speedy recovery, captain tom as the pandemic led to repeated lockdowns, captain tom has always offered messages of hope and positivity reminding us all to walk, to talk, and to look after each other. Its now time for us to return the favour and to look forward to seeing that smile once again. John maguire, bbc news, bedford. Well, we can speak now tojohn maguire, whos outside Bedford Hospital for us now. What is the latest from there . A bit earl , what is the latest from there . A bit early. Really. What is the latest from there . A bit early. Really. For what is the latest from there . A bit early, really, for any what is the latest from there . 3 it early, really, for any updates on his condition of a night, we hope we spent a restful night here, you heard in the report that he was brought in yesterday afternoon. It sounds like he has been ill for a couple of weeks now, but that positive test for covid 19 came last week, and clearly there was an issue with his breathing yesterday which meant that he was brought here to the hospital. Interesting to hear those comments from well wishers, the Prime Minister, the leader of the Prime Minister, the leader of the opposition, and from Michael Vaughan as well, talking about him being an inspiration. Of course, he has given us so much inspiration and optimism, so much positivity, really, and it is important to try and now feed all that back to him. We will see a huge response, because his story captured so many peoples imagination, rightaround his story captured so many peoples imagination, right Around The World. I remember seeing his Birthday Cards that arrived for his 100th birthday last year, an absolute ocean of cards arrived, and we are starting to see people expressing their good wishes. Spending time outside the hospital this morning, people have been asking whether we had any updates, giving us the captain tom thumbs up, saying they hope he gets much better very soon. Just to say that he was due to have his Coronavirus Vaccine but was not able to receive it, because of his pneumonia. If he was here, im sure he would say that tomorrow will be a better day than today, his famous catchphrase. Well, lets hope that even today is a better day for captain sir tom than yesterday was and that he gets well very soon. The nhs says that every elderly care home resident in england has now been offered the Coronavirus Vaccine. The Prime Minister has described it as a crucial milestone. It comes as the uk hit a record daily total of vaccinations over the weekend. Aru na iyengar reports. Across the uk residents of care homes are rolling up their sleeves for the covid vaccine, and this is what it means. The day the vaccine was administered was such a positive moment. We feel a sense of relief, i think, that you can see something positive coming, and the residents were amazing, and there was a real air of great atmosphere. The Prime Minister said it marked a crucial milestone in the race to protect the most vulnerable and that the roll out will only accelerate from here. The head of the nhs, simon stevens, also paid tribute to the work of gps, Community Nurses and care home workers. The government says a few homes have had visits deferred due to local outbreaks of the virus and promises to get these done as soon as it is safe to do so. Some residents also may have been missed because they were suffering from covid. Ministers are growing increasingly confident of hitting the target of vaccinating the 15 million most Vulnerable People by mid february after a record high ofjabs on saturday, reaching nearly 600,000. Nearly nine million first doses have now been administered and nearly nine out of ten people aged 80 and above and over three quarters of people aged 75 and over have now had their firstjab. But the charity alzheimers uk says it is concerned about the level of staff vaccinations amid reports that some workers have declined jabs. Its also calling for the government to speed up the roll out of the second dose to allow homes to resume meaningful visits. In wales, around three quarters of staff and care home residents have received the vaccine. All homes in Northern Ireland have now been visited. And the Scottish Government said it expected to complete the first stage of its roll out, including care homes, by the end of this week. Aruna iyengar, bbc news. 0ur chief Political Correspondent adam fleming is in westminster. I have an e mailfrom a viewer i have an e mail from a viewer who says this announcement about all care home residents being vaccinated is incorrect, my 94 year old mum in surrey has not as yet been vaccinated at least once. The crucial thing is the government is saying all these residents have been offered a vaccine. Offered a vaccine. Yes, you are riaht offered a vaccine. Yes, you are ri. Ht to offered a vaccine. Yes, you are right to point offered a vaccine. Yes, you are right to point out offered a vaccine. Yes, you are right to point out that offered a vaccine. Yes, you are right to point out that the offered a vaccine. Yes, you are i right to point out that the pledges to offer people the vaccine, so that is to say to them, you want it and it be available to them. So some people might turn it down, there might also be logistical problems that mean it is not able to be delivered at a particular care home at that exact point, and also some care homes are closed off because there are local outbreaks and it is not safe for vaccination teams to go in, so it is not a Blanket Announcement that everyone who wants announcement that everyone who wants a vaccine has got one. The government is being open about that in a statement. The other big question, of course, does it make a difference to people doing visits to see their loved ones . Helen whately, the care minister, doing interviews this morning, sounded very cautious about that. And we are working on right now what can we do in order to be allow some more normal visiting, to be able to allow indoor visiting to start again, how can we use testing, to use that, you know, what confidence can we have as Community Rates should come down further in the wider community, which is what poses the biggest risk to care homes. Ill absolutely say were looking at it. Just cos. Cos i knowjust how important it is, actually, to the health and to the physical and Mental Health of those living in care homes and their families to be able to. To have contact. And as we were hearing, the other issue rate at which staff are being vaccinated, which seems to be going more slowly than the residents. The governments other target is to have the top four most vulnerable groups in the Vaccination List are getting their injections by the middle of february, that is 15 million people, and if you look at the rate of vaccination at the moment, it is probably going to have to increase if the government is going to hit that second target, and officials admit it is going to be pretty tight. In other vaccine use, the government has announced it is ordering a0 million extra doses from the french firm to take the total up to 100 million doses. Crucially, they will arrive between 2022 and 2025, another sign that the government is preparing for people to have multiple Coronavirus Vaccines over a number of years. Thank you very much, adam, thank you. Let us know how you are affected, by the way, if you have a relative in a care home, if the first dose has been given, when have you been told you are able to visit . I have an e mailfrom you been told you are able to visit . I have an e mail from someone you been told you are able to visit . I have an e mailfrom someone in a care home, robin says, i am clinically vulnerable, i have ms, the 70 and eight year olds are vaccinated and are Walking Around with impunity, and we now have a confirmed case in our building. As i am 65, i have not yet been vaccinated and i am really worried about catching covid. Joyce says, regarding carers refusing to have the vaccine, surely a carer who refuses the vaccine is failing in their duty of care towards vulnerable patients and should not be able to work as a carer. Such a big issue, access to care homes and being able to visit your loved ones. I would be really interested to hear what your care homes have said to you about when you are able to visit if youre elderly relative has had at least the first jab. Let me if youre elderly relative has had at least the firstjab. Let me know, you can send an e mail or message me on twitter or instagram. The headlines on bbc news the military have taken over the running of mynamar illegally, Detaining Civilain leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Shes urged her supporters to protest against the coup. Messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore, whos in hospital with coronavirus. All care homes residents in england have now been offered a vaccine according to the government its being hailed as an important milestone. A report today suggests the long Term Economic effects of covid 19 Will Hit Children The Hardest and has called for a National Education recovery plan. The Institute For Fiscal Studies estimates that many pupils, whove lost six months of normal schooling, could lose around £a0,000 in income over their lifetime. It says the loss of schooling is contributing to lower educational progress and skills, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. The government says its Investing Hundreds of millions of pounds to help students catch up and has got more than 800,000 laptops to children. We can speak now to rihula sameer mour, who is head of english and of year four at beaver Road Primary School in didsbury, manchester, tojulie froom, who is mum to five year old reggie. And 16 year old sixth form student lella palazzo, whos in year 12 at Fortismere School in muswell hill in london. Thank you all very much for talking to us. Im going to start with you, lella, if i may. By mid february, you will have lost half an academic year, as much as 5 of your school career, what is it like for you this last year . Career, what is it like for you this last ear . ~ career, what is it like for you this last year . Last year . Like everyone else, it has been awful. Last year . Like everyone else, it has been awful. It last year . Like everyone else, it has been awful. It is last year . Like everyone else, it has been awful. It is an has been awful. It is an unprecedented situation, and i know it is extremely hard for all parties involved. I think, it is extremely hard for all parties involved. Ithink, particularly it is extremely hard for all parties involved. I think, particularly for involved. Ithink, particularly for teenagers, it is involved. I think, particularly for teenagers, it is so difficult, because we already have a difficult understanding of the world around you, and i think this lockdown has brought really obsessive behaviours, because you have such a lack of control of your life. I think eating disorders, i have seen a lot of my peers, has risen, and general Mental Health is really bad. Health is really bad. Really . You have seen health is really bad. Really . You have seen some health is really bad. Really . You have seen some of health is really bad. Really . You have seen some of your health is really bad. Really . You have seen some of your friends. Health is really bad. Really . You have seen some of your friends start to. It is affecting the way they eat food because of the pressures . I think it is. It is the lack of control in your general life, you have basically no social life, and a school life is so confusing. 0nline School Life is so confusing. Online learning, as much as i think schools are trying their best, the advice from the government is always very, very confusing, and a drop of the heart, they open, a drop of the hatch, they close. My school is trying their best, i can say that, but for everyone, the advice is difficult to follow because it is so confusing. Difficult to follow because it is so confusinu. ,. ,. , difficult to follow because it is so confusina,. ,. ,. , confusing. Julie, you are trying to homeschool confusing. Julie, you are trying to homeschool your confusing. Julie, you are trying to homeschool your fiveyearoldl home school your five year old reggie, how is that going . Hat homeschool your fiveyearold reggie, how is that going . Not very aood. Reggie, how is that going . Not very good reggie reggie, how is that going . Not very good. Reggie struggles reggie, how is that going . Not very good. Reggie struggles with reggie, how is that going . Not very good. Reggie struggles with his good. Reggie struggles with his learning good. Reggie struggles with his learning anyway, he needs to go to school, learning anyway, he needs to go to school, and learning anyway, he needs to go to school, and it is not the headmasters fault, i have asked if headmasters fault, i have asked if he can headmasters fault, i have asked if he can go headmasters fault, i have asked if he can go back. I have had to take him to he can go back. I have had to take him to work he can go back. I have had to take him to work with me, my boss has been him to work with me, my boss has been amazing. I am not a key worker, iwark been amazing. I am not a key worker, i work with been amazing. I am not a key worker, i work with horses, sol been amazing. I am not a key worker, i work with horses, so i work from home, i work with horses, so i work from home, he i work with horses, so i work from home, he has i work with horses, so i work from home, he has been to work with me in the cold home, he has been to work with me in the cold weather, when we get home, he is tired the cold weather, when we get home, he is tired and cold, he is frustrated. I havent gone online, i am just frustrated. I havent gone online, i am just trying to do the books he has given am just trying to do the books he has given me, he cant do it, he throws has given me, he cant do it, he throws a has given me, he cant do it, he throws a tantrum. He is not mixing with people throws a tantrum. He is not mixing with people his age, he isjust seeing with people his age, he isjust seeing adults all the time, and, you know, seeing adults all the time, and, you know. There seeing adults all the time, and, you know, there is the educational side of it, know, there is the educational side of it. But know, there is the educational side of it, but also mixing with his friends of it, but also mixing with his friends. How worried about him are you . Friends. How worried about him are you . Like. Friends. How worried about him are you . Like, really worried, really worried you . Like, really worried, really worried he you . Like, really worried, really worried. He needs to mix with his friends worried. He needs to mix with his friends i worried. He needs to mix with his friends. I say to him, why dont you do the friends. I say to him, why dont you do the work friends. I say to him, why dont you do the work with me . I am not a teaches do the work with me . I am not a teacher. Yeah, no, it has been really teacher. Yeah, no, it has been really hard teacher. Yeah, no, it has been really hard. I have not given up. But then really hard. I have not given up. But then he really hard. I have not given up. But then he goes to his dads, he doesnt but then he goes to his dads, he doesnt learn there, he has to go to work, doesnt learn there, he has to go to work. It doesnt learn there, he has to go to work. It is doesnt learn there, he has to go to work, it is very hard. Doesnt learn there, he has to go to work, it is very hard. Yeah, so many arents work, it is very hard. Yeah, so many parents will work, it is very hard. Yeah, so many parents will relate work, it is very hard. Yeah, so many parents will relate to work, it is very hard. Yeah, so many parents will relate to what work, it is very hard. Yeah, so many parents will relate to what youre. Parents will relate to what youre saying, and it does feel harder in this lockdown, i dont know it is. I am worried that when they got back, they will am worried that when they got back, they will all am worried that when they got back, they will all be at different levels. They will all be at different levels, because that is going to be chitdren levels, because that is going to be children who have done all the work, you know. Children who have done all the work, you know, who have tried and done it, you know, who have tried and done it. And you know, who have tried and done it, and children like reggie, i mean. It, and children like reggie, i mean, how is he going to cope . He is not going mean, how is he going to cope . He is not going to mean, how is he going to cope . He is not going to be up there where they are. ~. Y. , not going to be up there where they are. ,. ,. , not going to be up there where they are. , i. ,. , are. What will you do with that situation. Are. What will you do with that situation, rahula are. What will you do with that situation, rahula it are. What will you do with that situation, rahula it has are. 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Do you think he understands the pressures that people like yourself are under . Ida. People like yourself are under . No, i am not a people like yourself are under . No, i am not a key people like yourself are under . No, i am not a key worker, the headmaster has done his best, he would headmaster has done his best, he would take headmaster has done his best, he would take reggie back, but he is following would take reggie back, but he is following the rules. I am not a key worker, following the rules. I am not a key worker, and following the rules. I am not a key worker, and i am dragging reggie up inthe worker, and i am dragging reggie up inthe cold, worker, and i am dragging reggie up in the cold, early in the morning. I dont in the cold, early in the morning. I dont think in the cold, early in the morning. I dont think he understands that, single dont think he understands that, single parent i dont think he understands, a lot of us are still trying understands, a lot of us are still trying to understands, a lot of us are still trying to work, the kids cannot go to school, trying to work, the kids cannot go to school, i trying to work, the kids cannot go to school, i am not on my own here, you have to school, i am not on my own here, you have to to school, i am not on my own here, you have to come back from work with a child you have to come back from work with a child i you have to come back from work with a child l was you have to come back from work with a child i was tired, they have been drugged a child i was tired, they have been drugged to a child i was tired, they have been drugged to work, they dont want to do the drugged to work, they dont want to do the work. I havent done nothing online do the work. I havent done nothing online i do the work. I havent done nothing online lam do the work. I havent done nothing online. I am just trying to do the hooks online. I am just trying to do the books that online. I am just trying to do the books that he has given me, but he doesnt books that he has given me, but he doesnt want to do it. I am nagging him doesnt want to do it. I am nagging him it doesnt want to do it. I am nagging him it is doesnt want to do it. I am nagging him it is a doesnt want to do it. I am nagging him. It is a dangerousjob with doesnt want to do it. I am nagging him. It is a dangerous job with the horses, him. It is a dangerous job with the horses, i him. It is a dangerous job with the horses, lam him. It is a dangerous job with the horses, lam nagging him, do this, do that, horses, lam nagging him, do this, do that, just horses, lam nagging him, do this, do that, just to get through the day do that, just to get through the day i do that, just to get through the day. I dont want to sit and do day. Idont want to sit and do school day. I dont want to sit and do school work and start nagging him to do the school work and start nagging him to do the work school work and start nagging him to do the work if he doesnt want to do it . ,. , y. , do the work if he doesnt want to do it . ,. , ,. , it . Lella, i wonder if you worry about the it . Lella, i wonder if you worry about the fact it . Lella, i wonder if you worry about the fact that it . Lella, i wonder if you worry about the fact that you it . Lella, i wonder if you worry about the fact that you haventi it . Lella, i wonder if you worry about the fact that you havent been in School Learning in person, how you think it might affect your Career Chances in this future. This report says pupils could lose an average of £a0,000 each in Lifetime Earnings because of the loss of in person schooling. I earnings because of the loss of inperson schooling. I completely believe that. Inperson schooling. I completely believe that, because inperson schooling. I completely believe that, because i inperson schooling. I completely believe that, because i think inperson schooling. I completely believe that, because i think that | believe that, because i think that the schooling that we are getting now is a really, really minimal. I think people have such a lack of motivation, and it is difficult to even get out of bed and open a laptop. You are stuck on a screen, which isnt good for your health. I think being in school teaches you a lot of life skills and Social Skills that you do need for work. And i feel really, really worried for the future and what it may hold, especially for people that. , 80, i think the line frozen there. Apologies. We heard lella saying she is worried about the future. Im going to thank you all for coming on today, we really appreciated. Can i just Say Something to captain tom . 0f just Say Something to captain tom . Of course you can. Amazing. Amazing got to adding the National Tutoring programme has helped almost 70,000 children and will benefit from the funding to assist Dis Advantaged children. Get in touch if you have a view on that story. Now its time for a look at the weather with carole kirkwood. As we go through the week there is further rain, sleet and snow in the forecast and in fact today we have got some of that already. There is a lot of cloud, dampness, murky conditions in southern england and wales. It should brighten up in east anglia later. Snow moving across Northern Ireland. Wintry showers in north and east scotland. In between brighter skies. Tonight rain and hill snow in Northern Ireland pushes into england and scotland and this next system brings rain and snow to lower levels in the midlands and Northern England and scotland. We could see some of that in east anglia as well. Tomorrow, all of this edges northwards. The winds will be strong in scotland. We will see drifting snow in the north and east highlands. It will turn to rain in the southern uplands, but heavy showers in england and wales. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines the military have taken over the running of mynamar illegally Detaining Civilain leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Shes urged her supporters to protest against the coup. Messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore, whos in hospital with coronavirus. All care homes residents in england have now been offered a vaccine, according to the government. Its being hailed as an important milestone. 0nline Retailer asos buys topshop, topman and miss selfridge the deal doesnt include the shops, putting 13,000 jobs at risk. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sally nugent. Good morning. Liverpools Premier League title defence is back on track. Two goals from mo salah helped them to a 3 1victory at west ham and tottenham lost even more ground on the leaders. Adam wild rounds up a dramatic sunday in the Premier League. If this is the tightest title race in years, thisjust might be when the champions started looking like challengers again. A trip to west ham themselves eyeing the top spot was tough, but here was mo salah, and he makes things look simple. Oh, yes. Brilliant goal by mohamed salah. A great opening goal was followed by quite a outstanding second liverpool taking the ball from one end of the pitch to the other. Perfect precision Passing Salah quite sublime. Thats a brilliant, brilliant finish. Georginio wijnaldum added a third liverpool up to third. For those around them, a warning. Yes, we had a little blip where we didnt score, but we never lost focus. You know, you can. Thats football at times, you know, its not the first and itll probably not be the last time it happens but we need to keep going and keep the consistency and see where it takes us come the end of the season. Leicester city did have the chance to go second but against leeds, they were just second best. Patrick bamford with a superb goal put leeds ahead. Having scored that he then found space and opportunity for another but chose instead to offer Jack Harrison an empty net. A great team goal for leeds, a great team performance. At stamford bridge, Thomas Tuchel is still making his introductions. His first week as chelsea boss ending in a first win Marcos Alonso amongst the scorers against burnley. What a finish that is. And if spurs are to seriously challenge at the top, theyll need to offer far more than they did against brighton leandro trossards goal giving them their first home league win of the season. Brightons troubles easing, tottenhams are growing. Adam wild, bbc news. The duke of cambridge has described as despicable the racist abuse being aimed at footballers. Manchester Uniteds Marcus Rashford was the latest victim this weekend. Prince william who is the president of the Football Association said Greater Manchester police have opened an investigation and the former west ham defender Anton Ferdinand says Online Platforms have to do more. Its sad for me that its becoming the norm that after every game theres some type of incident where theres racial abuse on social media platforms. And i think we need to look at the fact that, yes, we are having a good conversation at the moment but the social Media Companies and, like, the Secretary Of State who i had a conversation with with a few other players a week or so ago cant hide behind the fact that we are actually having these conversations. These conversations need to turn into action and they need to turn into action soon. Chelseas women stayed top of the wsl, after they thrashed tottenham a 0. Melanie leupolz scored twice herfirst a brilliant long range shot. Chelsea have now gone 33 games unbeaten. Harlequins cant win at home, but their away record in rugbys premiership is stunning. They swept aside wasps a9 17, scoring six tries for yet another bonus point victory on their travels. They havent managed a win at home so far this season. Dina asher smith is in great form, as she continues her build up to this years big events. She made it two wins in the space of three days, with victory over 60 metres in dusseldorf, on the world indoor tour. She has the European Indoor Championships coming up next month and the olympics, of course, in the summer. Thats all the sport for now, but theres more on the bbc sport website, including the latest news on transfer deadline day. Back to you. The Online Fashion retailer asos has confirmed its purchase of the topshop, topman and miss Selfridge Brands from the collapsed Arcadia Group. In a £295 million deal with administrators, asos is acquiring the stock and the brands but not their retail stores. Lets talk to our Business Reporter Vivienne Nunis they wont buy the stores, that will put around 2,500 jobs at risk. Around 300 back upjobs, such put around 2,500 jobs at risk. Around 300 back up jobs, such as buyers and designers, they were be transferred, but for the thousands in retail outlets, the future looks uncertain. It is a lot of young people and women that take up those roles and those groups have been hit during the pandemic in terms ofjob losses. Uncertainty also in terms of the pension fund. We understand there around a £350 million in the Arcadia Group pension fund. There is pressure on the former owner of the group, sir philip green to plug that hole. He is worth around £930 million. We will will have to wait and see. Boo hoo is in talks to take over the remainder of group. That is Dorothy Perkins and burton. Boo hoo just bought debenhams. Again they bought the brand and web site and not the stores. We are seeing perhaps you could say the final chapter in the transformation of the Power Struggle in British Fashion retail. Debenhams and topshop were stalwarts of the industry and now asos and boo hoo are picking up these prince andrews. It is good news that the brands are continuing in some form, but it does look as though we will see fewer people employed in retail if these kind of moves continue. The labour party is calling for a National Task force to be set up to tackle a crisis over flammable cladding. Mp5 will debate the issue in parliament today. 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire injune 2017, but an estimated 700,000 people are still living in homes with flammable cladding, as sarah corker reports. A bombshell has just been dropped on us with this cladding. Caught up in britains building safety crisis. These sums of money are absolutely eye watering, and something that we could never afford. Thousands of people are trapped living in unsafe homes. These flat owners in salford say they face repair bills of up to £100,000 each. And if im made bankrupt by this, i lose myjob,. My career, and my home. This tower block in south london is having its cladding removed paid for by government funding. But across britain, an estimated 700,000 people are still living in homes wrapped in dangerous materials, now facing huge repair bills. Labour says the government needs to get a grip on cladding problems, which are pushing people towards bankruptcy. Flat owners like giles in manchester say being trapped in an unsafe home is taking its toll. For the last two or three years, a lot of our lives have been completely ruined. We remain in uncertainty. Were Living In Fear and limbo. All weve been told so far is the government wants us to pay sums running into the tens of thousands of pounds simply to make our homes safe. Its all got even worse over the last year because were literally trapped in our homes for 23 hours a day during the pandemic. We almost feel safer outside than inside our home. Mp5 will debate the issue in parliament later. Labour are calling for a deadline of 2022 for buildings to be made safe, and a system to prioritise repairs based on fire risk. The government has set aside £1. 6 billion to remove cladding and says it is making good progress. But campaigners estimate itll cost ten times that amount, given the scale of this crisis. Sarah corker, bbc news. One of those who is struggling to keep up with increasing costs to protect her flat isjenni garrett, who is a homeowner at the wicker Riverside Development in sheffield and we can speak to her now. Now you bought your flat in 2019, did you have any idea that there were issues, any issues with the cladding on the block . Absolutely not. When cladding on the block . Absolutely not when you cladding on the block . Absolutely not. When you buy cladding on the block . Absolutely not. When you buy a cladding on the block . Absolutely not. When you buy a flat, cladding on the block . Absolutely not. When you buy a flat, you cladding on the block . Absolutely i not. When you buy a flat, you know the solicitors go through the normal conveyiansing process, everything was carried out and nothing was found at that point. Tissue the claddin found at that point. Tissue the cladding is found at that point. Tissue the cladding is flammable, it is unsafe, how do you feel about that . Hotel] cladding is flammable, it is unsafe, how do you feel about that . How do you feel about that . Well it is ust how do you feel about that . Well it isjust scary. How do you feel about that . Well it isjust scary. The how do you feel about that . Well it isjust scary, the whole how do you feel about that . Well it isjust scary, the whole situation i is just scary, the whole situation is just scary, the whole situation is quite overwhelming, because there is quite overwhelming, because there is the issue of feeling unsafe and on top of that the issue about the financial pressure and what is coming down the road. Essentially to know the tragedy that happened at grenfell and to know we have similar materials on our building and there is no support for that is scary. Who; is no support for that is scary. Why is no support for that is scary. Why is there no is no support for that is scary. Why is there no support, is no support for that is scary. Why is there no support, the government say they are providing 1. 6 billion to pay for the removal of Dangerous Cladding . Yes to pay for the removal of Dangerous Claddin . ,. ,. , to pay for the removal of Dangerous Claddin. . ,. ,. ,. , cladding . Yes and i am very grateful for the fact that cladding . Yes and i am very grateful for the fact that government cladding . Yes and i am very grateful for the fact that government have i for the fact that government have put that amount forward, the estimated amount to sort all the buildings out is more like 18 billion. So 1. 6 is a drop in the water there. Billion. So 1. 6 is a drop in the waterthere. Is billion. So 1. 6 is a drop in the water there. Is no guarantee that any individual building will get funding. 50 any individual building will get fundinr. Any individual building will get fundin. , any individual building will get fundini, � funding. So if your building didnt et funding. So if your building didnt get funding funding. So if your building didnt get funding what funding. So if your building didnt get funding what would funding. So if your building didnt get funding what would that i funding. So if your building didnt| get funding what would that mean funding. So if your building didnt i get funding what would that mean for you and other owners . In get funding what would that mean for you and other owners . Get funding what would that mean for you and other owners . In my building we are look you and other owners . In my building we are look at you and other owners . In my building we are look at somewhere you and other owners . In my building we are look at somewhere 2. 5 you and other owners . In my building we are look at somewhere 2. 5 and i you and other owners . In my building | we are look at somewhere 2. 5 and 3. 7 million. That is the estimated cost to remove it. I pay about 1 of that as a lease holder, and so i would be looking at 25 to 27,000 pounds just for me. And to put that into context thatis for me. And to put that into context that is double what i put down my deposit less than two years ago. It isjust not possible is it . It is i isjust not possible is it . It is unaffordable, isjust not possible is it . It is unaffordable, it isjust not possible is it . It is unaffordable, it is isjust not possible is it . It is unaffordable, it is not isjust not possible is it . It is unaffordable, it is not a i isjust not possible is it . It 3 unaffordable, it is not a solution thatis unaffordable, it is not a solution that is workable, because what you have to remember is that you can only do remediation works if you get 100 of the money there is no such thing of 60 . So unless everybody can pay, which will not be possible, the work wont get done without government the work wont get done without Governmen The Work wont get done without trovernmen , ~ , government support. And you will never be able government support. And you will never be able to government support. And you will never be able to sell government support. And you will never be able to sell the government support. And you will never be able to sell the flat . I government support. And you will never be able to sell the flat . No | never be able to sell the flat . No the talk never be able to sell the flat . Iii . The talk is the solution it is government are looking at are long term loans, if if that is something that gets done we are looking at having this money attached to the property, so i would be looking at 30,000 attached to the property. So even once the cladding is removed, why would anybody buy a flat with a huge loan like that attached to it . So the solutions dont resolve the situation. You would say dont resolve the situation. You would say to dont resolve the situation. You would say to the dont resolve the situation. You would say to the government, look, give us the right amount to get rid of cladding and the labour party is suggesting that there should be a National Task force set up to co ordinate this, what do you think of that idea . It is coordinate this, what do you think of that idea . Of that idea . It is important to have a task of that idea . It is important to have a task force of that idea . It is important to have a task force that of that idea . It is important to have a task force that is i of that idea . It is important to i have a task force that is working specifically on this. We have been waiting too long for announcements to be made. Every time there is an announcement it is essential lay sticking plaster and a bit of money to help, but it doesnt cover the problem. A task force would look into the data. There is no understanding of how many buildings are in this situation, the number keeps going up. A task force would be important and i think it is great that labour have tabled this, but the point about solving the Cladding Crisis is we need really comprehensive cross Party Support to resolve it. ~ ,. , comprehensive cross Party Support to resolve it. ,. ,. This statement from housing department, lease holders shouldnt have to worry about the costs of Fixing Safety Defects that they didnt cause and should be protected from large scale remediation costs. The building safety bill is the appropriate mechanism for addressing theissues appropriate mechanism for addressing the issues and will be brought forward in due course. In a moment we will talk to a head teacher who is coming out to his pupils in an Online Assembly this morning. The headlines on bbc news the military have taken over the running of mynamar illegally Detaining Civilain leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Shes urged her supporters to protest against the coup. Messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore, whos in hospital with coronavirus. All care homes residents in england have now been offered a vaccine according to the government. Its being hailed as an important milestone. And the Health Secretary matt hancock will be leading the Downing Street briefing today. Viewers in the uk can watch it here on the bbc news channel at five o clock. A headteacher will this morning come out to his pupils in an Online Assembly. Let� s talk to him hes Nicholas Hewlett the headteacher good morning. Hello, how are you . Im ve good morning. Hello, how are you . Im very well good morning. Hello, how are you . Im very well. What good morning. Hello, how are you . Im very well. What prompted i good morning. Hello, how are you . Im very well. What prompted you l good morning. Hello, how are you . | im very well. What prompted you to do this . ,. ,. Do this . The students i would say. I had some excellent do this . The students i would say. I had some excellent conversations l had some excellent conversations with students a few weeks about, talking about diversity and inclusion and i was struck by them and how confident and courageous they were talking about their own identities. 0ne talking about the fact that he was gay and how comfortable he felt being gay in the school and the nod to the importance of role models among the staff and it got me thinking. I thought if role models are this important to young people and of course they are, as a gay man, living in a happy marriage, i ought to be transparent with students about that, i feel they could draw strength from that fact. So here we are. They could draw strength from that fact. So here we are. Have you done it et . Is fact. So here we are. Have you done it yet . Is it fact. So here we are. Have you done it yet . Is it live . Fact. So here we are. Have you done it yet . Is it live . Have fact. So here we are. Have you done it yet . Is it live . Have you it yet . Is it live . Have you prerecorded a message . It is prerecorded. Prerecorded a message . It 3 prerecorded, because of the world we are living in at the moment. It will go out over the course of the day. In fact, ivejust go out over the course of the day. In fact, ive just recorded the message just before coming on air with you. Message ust before coming on air with ou. ~. ,. , message ust before coming on air with you. Weu, | message ust before coming on air| with you. Well, i with you. What do you say . Well, i billed it around with you. What do you say . Well, i billed it around the with you. What do you say . Well, i billed it around the life with you. What do you say . Well, i billed it around the life of with you. What do you say . Well, i billed it around the life of one i with you. What do you say . Well, i billed it around the life of one of. Billed it around the life of one of our illunai, who was out in the 705 and he was met with real resistance from the then head i understand and the beautiful part of the story is the beautiful part of the story is the pupils at the time rallied around him. He was outed in private eye in 1981 and they wrote letters in support of their teacher, who you know they thought was wonderful. It is a lovely story and the point is the school has moved on and schools have moved on, society has moved on such a long way that we mustnt forget the importance of the values and that theyre fragile and precious and we need to look after them and not everyone has the privileged to be in an Environment Thatis Privileged to be in an environment that is as inclusive as the school we have. I that is as inclusive as the school we have. , � ~. , � we have. I dont know if youre watching we have. I dont know if youre watching its we have. I dont know if youre watching its a we have. I dont know if youre watching its a sin, we have. I dont know if youre watching its a sin, but we have. I dont know if youre watching its a sin, but a i we have. I dont know if youre i watching its a sin, but a horrible reminder of how gay men with hiv and aids were treated not that long ago. But society has moved on. Do you think it is still courageous to come out in britain in 2021 . I think it is still courageous to come out in britain in 2021 . Out in britain in 2021 . I find it extraordinary out in britain in 2021 . I find it extraordinary that out in britain in 2021 . I find it extraordinary that this out in britain in 2021 . I find it extraordinary that this is i out in britain in 2021 . | find it. Extraordinary that this is actually news really in the 21st century, the fact that it is does tell its own story. I didnt think it would be. My story. I didnt think it would be. My whole purpose behind this was to front lgbt week that we have every year. It tells you something. I think there is, you talk about its a sin, i havent watched it, growing up a sin, i havent watched it, growing up in the 90s you have to remember my generation were conditioned in a way of thinking about Sexual Identity that is totally different from how it is today. I think that is one of the reasons why there are so few heads, so few, who are comfortable being open about their sexuality. And very few openly gay heads. I think that that, people forget i thinkjust how quickly social values have moved on and being brought up in the nineties has conditioned leaders to being more, far less open about their sexuality than they need to be. Far less open about their sexuality than they need to be. There will be some who will than they need to be. There will be some who will say, than they need to be. There will be some who will say, you than they need to be. There will be some who will say, you know than they need to be. There will be some who will say, you know this l than they need to be. There will be | some who will say, you know this is your private life, you as the head teacher should keep your private life private. What would you say to them . ,. , � them . Yeah, i hear that view. Im not and if them . Yeah, i hear that view. Im not and if you them . Yeah, i hear that view. Im not and if you get them . Yeah, i hear that view. Im not and if you get a them . Yeah, i hear that view. Im not and if you get a chance them . Yeah, i hear that view. Im not and if you get a chance to not and if you get a chance to listen to the assembly, do, it is one line within a broader message. It is not an emphasis on me and my life. It is a point of transparency to give comfort to students who may struggle with their sexuality. It is pure lay point of transparency to show there are role models and it is possible to be in a happily married same sex relationship and to be successful and open about things. 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Little is known about the members of the public who helped the injured, and tended to those who were killed, in the absence of proper medical help and equipment. Survivors say its vital their role isnt overlooked in the official version of events. Our north of england correspondent, judith moritz, has been speaking to two of them, and a warning her report contains some distressing details. Your emergency, please . Theres been an explosion at Manchester Arena. Has anybody been injured . Yes, loads. We are going to get as many ambulances to you as we can. Yes, we have very few at the moment. I am shouting out, help, we need help we need paramedics. Theres that expectation theres going to be help, there is going to be help and itjust didnt come. In the wake of the bomb at Manchester Arena, the most seriously injured could not move from where they fell. And although blue lights pulsed outside, inside there was only one paramedic for the first a0 minutes. Jane tweddle lay fatally hurt. There was little expertise or equipment at hand. It was left to a stranger, sean gardner, to sit by her side as her life slipped away. When you are faced with injuries. So severe, you know, im not trained, i dont know what to do. You just feel so helpless. All you can do is comfort, and it isnt enough but that is all i felt i could do. Did you speak to jane . Were you trying to communicate with her . Yes, i held her hand, and she knew somebody was next to her, i suppose, that was the main thing is. Ordinary people found themselves on the medical front line and sam depended on them for survival. Children like freya lewis, who was very badly hurt and fell into the arms of a stranger. I kept saying to her, im not going to leave you, im not going to leave you. Kim dick looked after freya for over an hour. The teenager had 29 injuries. I had to hold freya with all my. You know, sat up, in an upright position. How do you feel about the fact help wasnt there straight away . At the time, really helpless. You know, because i could see whats going on, and especially because freya was losing so much blood. Luckily, from watching tv, i knew to keep her upright. But we needed help. Hello hi their story has a happy ending. Freya has stayed in touch with kim and her husband, phil. She says she owes her life to them. I think the absolute world of them. They are in my thoughts every single day. They are the reason why i am still here. | and kim and phil, i they saved my life. They acted as my parentsl when my parents couldnt. And i will always, for the rest of my life, be eternally grateful to them because, yes, they are just amazing. Kim and freya now share a bond, forged from terrible circumstances. The survivor and her hero, just one of the ordinary people who stepped up when help was so desperately needed. Judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. We have been asking you if the fact that all care home residents have been offered a vaccine will make a difference when it comes to you visiting them. Tracy says my 14 year old son as autism and he is in a care home and the roll out makes no difference to when we will see him. We saw him once during lockdown one. This time he can go to school, but we still cant see him. We as a family are devastated we havent seen him since christmas. We havent seen him since christmas. We have spent lots of the last year heartbroken over this and no one is taking responsibility for this smaller, but extremely vulnerable section of society. This e mail from julie, my mums Care Home Manager has no idea when visits will resume. My has no idea when visits will resume. My mums physical and Mental Health have deteriorated since lockdown. Thank you for those. Some upsetting e mails, but keep them coming in. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol. As we go through the week, we are looking at unsettled conditions with rain and snow. A lot will be in Northern England and scotland. Most of it on the hills, but at times to lower levels. It is milderfor a time in the south, with temperatures back into double figures. We have this front coming in across Northern Ireland bringing rain and hill snow, but later we will see these fronts brings rain and snow tonight. Some cloud and dampness in the south. It should brighten up in wales and east anglia. Wintry showers in scotland and North East England and rain and hill snow across Northern Ireland and later this band will come up from the south west. Nine degrees in plymouth. Two or three our maximum in lerwick. Tonight a spell of snow across Northern England and scotland. And the next band brings rain and further snow across the north midlands, Northern England and scotland and some of this will be down to low levels with some across for example east anglia for a time. And tomorrow all of that advances north and east and later turning back to rain in Northern England and southern scotland. But we will have a clutch of showers moving across england and wales. Very mild at 14 degrees, but only four in aberdeen where we could have drifting snow in the highlands. Through the tuesday into wednesday, the fronts push north and then we have this next system coming in, that looks like it will bring heavy rain across the south. Obviously the ground here is already saturated and it will move across the south. It may get further north than this chart is suggesting. That is still open to debate. Then we run into drier weather with sunshine. For Northern Ireland and slash back into the mixture of rain, sleet and hill snow. This is bbc news. Hello, im victoria derbyshire. These are the headlines in the uk and Around The World. The miltiary have taken over the running of mynamar illegally, Detaining Civilain leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Shes urged her supporters to protest against the coup. Messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore, whos in hospital with coronavirus. All care homes residents in england have now been offered a vaccine, according to the government its being hailed as an important milestone. Is that the case . Has your relative in a care home been offered one . And what about care home staff . Some are refusing the vaccine. What does that mean for you wanting to visit your relativies . Im on twitter vicderbyshire. Online retailer asos buys topshop, topman and miss selfridge the deal doesnt include the shops, putting 13,000 jobs at risk