Held as the military takes control. Thousands ofjobs to go online retailier asos buys topshop and three other brands but doesnt want their stores. Well wishers Around The World send messages of support to captain sir tom moore, who remains in hospital with covid 19 and pneumonia. Over the last ten months youve been our inspiration, youve been at the nations heartbeat. We all thinking of you. And coming up on bbc news. Liverpool could be the busiest club on Transfer Deadline Day with the Managerjurgen Klopp looking at two defenders in their bid to retain the Premier League title. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Tens of thousands of people in parts of england are to be urgently tested, after more cases of the highly transmissible South African Variant Of Coronavirus were discovered. Two cases were found in surrey, and testing kits will be delivered there this afternoon. Testing will also take place in london, kent, hertfordshire and walsall. Previous cases in the uk were traced back to south africa. Our Health CorrespondentCatherine Burns is here. That is the problem is that these, they were not. That is the problem is that these, they were not they were not. This is why people are so worried, they were not. This is why people are so worried, weve they were not. This is why people are so worried, weve known they were not. This is why people l are so worried, weve known about this variant for a while however in past all the cases we could see a direct link to someone from south africa however thats not the case here. That means in some extent it is spreading in the community. The areas we are talking about, woking in surrey, ealing and haringey in london, walsall, and hertfordshire in certain parts of kent, those are the areas we have had confirmed and we expect others to be added, possibly in the North West Of England and east of england. The big question is what is the scale . We dont have any certain numbers. We think the numbers are very small. In ealing they say one person tested positive for the south african variant last month, in surrey they are talking about two cases. But its really important to stop this in its tracks. People living in certain neighbourhoods will be offered urgent testing. The government is sending in a Mobile Testing Units in surrey and they are posting through the letterbox pcr test saying if your symptoms are not please get tested. This is a very important because officials need to know the true sense of scale and they need to stop this variant in its tracks. Why do you worry when the vaccines it seems protect us . The why do you worry when the vaccines it seems protect us . It seems protect us . The first thing to say about it seems protect us . The first thing to say about the it seems protect us . The first thing to say about the variant it seems protect us . The first thing to say about the variant is it seems protect us . The first thing to say about the variant is there it seems protect us . The first thing to say about the variant is there is l to say about the variant is there is no evidence it makes you any sicker, the worry is it spreads more quickly and more people become sick. Weve seen that with the uk variant that has been spreading since the end of last year. The vaccines, there early data saying, the vaccines dont work like an on and off switch, it is a sliding scale. We think may be about 60 effective against this variant. To give context, that is less than other variants but the World Health Organization when it set out for Deadline Making Vaccines when they set out the deadlines for people making vaccines, they said about 50 . , ~ people making vaccines, they said about 50 . ,. , itll be another major milestone in the battle against coronavirus. Data to be published later this afternoon is expected to show that every older resident in eligible care homes in england has now been offered a covid jab. The Vaccination Programme across the uk is continuing to accelerate nine Million People have now had theirfirst dose. Our Health Correspondent jim reed reports. Vaccination day, come on. Vaccination day at this care home in somerset. And they are upbeat. How you feeling, barbara . All right. Looking forward to it. Youre looking forward to it, are you . A third of all deaths from covid have taken place in care homes, so the government is calling today a milestone. Were very pleased that weve been able to give all elderly care home residents, virtually all elderly care home residents have now been given their firstjab or a slot for their firstjab, and thats very important for getting the spread of the virus down, getting the serious illness and the fatality down. Looking across the uk, in scotland 94 of residents have now had their firstjab and 80 of staff. Wales has now given a first dose to 74 of residents and 78 of staff, and in Northern Ireland, 80 of residents have now had both doses of a vaccine. But in england there have been concerns about some care home workers. The government appears to have missed its target to offer a jab to all staff by the end of january. Some of it is to do with access, and that is that people are just not able to get to where they needed to go to. If theyve been coming into the care homes, the gps have not had enough vaccine for the staff as well, theyve just got enough for the residents, which was the priority, and some of it is to do with cultural issues. Some is that people just dont want to have the vaccine. Squeeze a little bit tight. Here at this home in cheltenham, all residents will need a second jab in 12 weeks time before they are fully protected. You feel totally different because you feel you are getting somewhere and getting on the way to, you know, being free. Whether it works out or not is another thing, but it is worth a try. There are now calls to speed up the roll out of the booster dose, to allow homes to restart full face to face visits as soon as possible. People arentjust dying of covid, they are dying of loneliness in their Tens Of Thousands. Thats why it is so important those visits can restart as quickly as possible and feel potentially the second dose is an important step along the way. For Tens Of Thousands, though, this is a positive day. Not the end of the pandemic by any means, but a real step towards what should be a more normal life. Jim reed, bbc news. Our Political Correspondent iain watson is in westminster. One target is reached but there are plenty ahead. One target is reached but there are plenty ahead one target is reached but there are plenty ahead. Absolutely. Only last week that rather plenty ahead. Absolutely. Only last week that rather grim plenty ahead. Absolutely. Only last week that rather grim landmark plenty ahead. Absolutely. Only last week that rather grim landmark to | week that rather grim landmark to shape, 100,000 people dying within 28 days of a positive covid tests written questions about how the government handled the crisis. Better news this week because britain is a Global Leader with vaccinations and recent polling suggested in this aspect of the crisis people are satisfied with the progress. Downing street maintained the Prime Minister has delivered the promise he made onjanuary seven to offer every care home resident in england in vaccine by the end of last month, yesterday. They say of course where there has been outbreaks in care homes this has not happened. The bigger challenge is his target for the 15th of february, just two weeks time all the over 70s, clinical extremely vulnerable and Health Care Staff are supposed to be offered the vaccine by then. If that happens one week later he intends to set out a slow and steady path out of lockdown. It was interesting today for somebody who is seen as a Glass Half Full politician the Prime Minister was warning we will be living with covid for a very long time to come. He has succeeded to some extent on the first target on Care Home Vaccinations but we have a very long way to get out of lockdown entirely. This afternoon at labour of calling a debates calling on the government for tighter control on our borders. This Afternoon Labour are calling a debate. The European Commission has admitted it made a mistake by triggering article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol on friday over its vaccine row with astrazeneca. A spokesman told reporters this morning only the pope is infallible. This morning gavin lee is in brussels. This morning he this morning is, and are they . It he this mornin is, and are the . , time he is, and are they . It is the first Time Commission he is, and are they . It is the first Time Commission officials he is, and are they . It is the first Time Commission officials have i Time Commission officials have commented publicly and about what went wrong last week, this intense row with astrazeneca in which the company could not keep to its Vaccine Contract and suspicion in brussels it was a sure thing the eu from its belgium plan and sticking vaccine to the uk and it had to be rated to double check that. And ultimately set about an announcement of control on friday to stop exports and at one point putting in this measure that would see a border with ireland with checks in place. We heard from the Commission Spokesperson to date speaking for one hour, essentially more a justification saying it was a mistake and only the pope is infallible, he said, an important thing is wejustified infallible, he said, an important thing is we justified this. The first time the European Commission has acknowledged it went too far in this row with astrazeneca. Has acknowledged it went too far in this row with astrazeneca. Thank you very much World Leaders have condemned a Military Coup in myanmar where the army has declared a year long state of emergency. The countrys political leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been arrested three months after her party won a landslide in elections. The army claims they were rigged. Tv channels have gone off air and some phone and Internet Services cut. Jonathan head reports. The burmese people woke up this morning to see a tv announcer telling them the armed forces had seized power. This mp was one of dozens of politicalfigures rounded up in the hours before dawn. By daybreak, roads in the capital were being blocked by soldiers and armoured vehicles. Somewhere here, the burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was being detained with the rest of her government. It is nothing short of outrageous, deeply disturbing. And i think what is important is for the International Community first and foremost speak out very clearly, very unequivocally this is unacceptable. Last november, Aung San Suu Kyi and her party were re elected in a landslide. Parliament was supposed to sit this morning to start formalising that victory. But the military had objected to alleged irregularities in the election after its own party had performed badly. The coup leader is Armed Forces CommanderMin Aung Hlaing the general accused of genocide by the United Nations for his role in the expulsion of the Muslim Rohingya population three years ago. Back then, Aung San Suu Kyi defended the military, even testifying for them in the Genocide Tribunal in the hague, and so tarnishing her international reputation. The Prime Minister borisjohnson was one of many leaders Around The World who condemned the coup. Today she is back in military custody, as she was for many years. The Prime Minister borisjohnson was one of many leaders Around The World who condemned the coup. The military� s supporters are jubilant and happy to show it. But their party won only 6 of the seats contested in the election. Aung san suu kyis party won 13 times as many. Her supporters are staying low for now, but she has managed to put out a letter urging them to reject the coup. Translation the army assaulted i people as it carried out a coup i on the civilian government elected by our people. Our country is just a bird learning to fly to fly, now the army has broken our wings. For now, the soldiers are in charge, as they have been for so much of myanmar� s history. But where do they go from here . Unpopular and illegitimate in the eyes of many burmese, they have given themselves a year in power. After that, we just dont know. Jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. Thousands more retail jobs are at risk after another online takeover. Asos has bought topshop, topman and miss selfridge in a deal worth nearly £300 million. It has snapped up the stock and brands, but wont buy the stores. Itll mean more empty buildings on high streets across the uk. Heres our Business Correspondent emma simpson. Asos is growing fast, a Global Online powerhouse. It is thriving in this pandemic, now it has snapped up some of the biggest names on the high street. We some of the biggest names on the high street some of the biggest names on the hiuh street. ~ ~. , ,. , high street. We know these brands really well high street. We know these brands really well. We high street. We know these brands really well. We have high street. We know these brands really well. We have traded high street. We know these brands really well. We have traded them l high street. We know these brandsl really well. We have traded them on our website for many years. We know the customer and the market and these brands grew over 40 with us during the christmas period. We see this as a really natural thing. Why dont you want the stores . Asos was a born digital native, it is e commerce only, we are really good at e commerce, stores are not our model. At ecommerce, stores are not our model. ,. , at ecommerce, stores are not our model,. ,. , at ecommerce, stores are not our model. ,. ,. ,. ,. , at ecommerce, stores are not our model. ,. ,. ,. ,. , model. Stores are already closed but now they will model. Stores are already closed but now they will never model. Stores are already closed but now they will never reopen. Model. Stores are already closed but now they will never reopen. 71 model. Stores are already closed but now they will never reopen. 71 left, | now they will never reopen. 71 left, some 2500 job set to go. For many shoppers its the end of an era. Going to topshop was a Rite Of Passage for my generation, you could go shopping on your own, you went to topshop and it was the whole experience, walking through the doors, the store, the music, it was a cool place to go and very much part of my childhood. It a cool place to go and very much part of my childhood. A cool place to go and very much part of my childhood. It also spells the end of sir part of my childhood. It also spells the end of sir philip part of my childhood. It also spells the end of sir philip greens part of my childhood. It also spells the end of sir philip greens retaill the end of sir philip greens retail empire, his Arcadia Group collapsed into Administration Last year after failing to keep up with changing shopping habits. The pandemic was just the final straw. Boo hoo is closing in on a deal to buy burton, Dorothy Perkins and wallace, his three remaining brands. If successful they will go online only as well. I successful they will go online only as well. ,. , successful they will go online only aswell. ,. ,. , successful they will go online only aswell. ,. ,. ,. , as well. I predicted many years ago fashion would as well. I predicted many years ago fashion would be as well. I predicted many years ago fashion would be half as well. I predicted many years ago fashion would be half online, as well. I predicted many years ago fashion would be half online, half. Fashion would be half online, half in stores. The high street is not dead at all, there are many high Street Stores that do a greatjob, the pandemic, we all had to endure, that has accelerated the shift. Retail is being reshaped but the ripple effects for the high street will be felt far and wide, with heavyjob losses, too. Emma simpson, bbc news. Our top story this lunchtime. Tens of thousands of people face emergency door to door testing after the South African Variant Of Covid is discovered in parts of england. And still to come the new Bio Fuel Powering our next missions into space grown on farms across the globe. Coming up on bbc news. Liverpool could be the busiest club on Transfer Deadline Day, with the manager eyeing two defenders in their bid to retain their Premier League title. Messages of support have flooded in for captain sir tom moore, whos in hospital with coronavirus. The 100 year old Second World War veteran, who raised nearly £33 million for the nhs during the first lockdown, was admitted yesterday because he needed help with his breathing. 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. He is being treated for pneumonia and covid 19 at bedford hospital. His daughter hannah told us he had been receiving treatment at home, but was brought here to Beford Hospital yesterday to receive extra support for his breathing. Hes on a ward, and not in intensive care. She described the medical care hes received over the past few weeks as remarkable, and goes on to say. 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 endeavours, 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 MinisterBoris Johnson tweeted. He has been an inspiration durham uh during in pandemic and our thoughts and prayers are now with him and with his family. And prayers are now with him and with his family. The labour leader sir 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. We are 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 carities. 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. Children could lose up to £40,000 each in Lifetime Earnings because of the lasting effects of School Closures during the pandemic. Thats the warning today from the economic think tank the institute for fiscal studies. Our education correspondent Elaine Dunkley has been to one school on merseyside, where Head Teachers and staff are working hard to help vulnerable pupils. Morning, you guys, you ok . Egremont primary in wallasey. Morning gorgeous. A school at the heart of the community. Morning. Weve got 107 on average in school each day, out of our 309. Were not turning children away, but were obviously needing to do what were expecting to do in keeping our numbers small, but its a really hard job. 0k, morning guys, can everyone see . The workload that the teachers are doing has, without question, increased significantly. Essentially tripling what they are doing. You know, theyve got their live learning, theyve got the google classroom and then they have the paper learning, if you like. Lockdown has been a challenging time for staff and pupils. I would say the children are quite anxious. They are feeling like when is this going to end, whats going to happen . We cant socialise with anyone, and school is very different because we have different restrictions. I come into school because i havent got any devices or laptops at home. My teachers are really kind to me and ijust like it in school. This area has high levels of deprivation. One of the biggest concerns is that children will go hungry. In this vicinity, most of the wirral, liverpool, it is working poverty and it is child poverty, and its all of those things put together, its everything. Its affected so many more people and children than ever before. Every week the school delivers food parcels to families and the numbers are growing. People are embarrassed, but they shouldnt be. They shouldnt be. Over the past year, life and learning for many has been tough. Here, the challenges had been met with resilience, imagination and, of course, humour. Do you want to tell us what youre going to be doing today, talia . Well, to be honest, i only woke up, like, 45 minutes ago are we 0k . Now and again you just think, wow, ok, right, what do i need to do next . You cant switch off from it. Coronavirus Test Certificates are becoming crucialfor people needing to travel between Different Countries at the moment. But europol is warning that criminals are exploiting the pandemic and putting Travellers Health at risk by selling fake negative Test Certificates. It comes as bbc news can reveal that counterfeit nhs certificates are also being sold online. Angus crawford reports. This is a covid test certificate. The holder is negative and fit to fly. Except they might not be, because it is a counterfeit. An Investigator Monitoring online forums used by criminal gangs. In some, Flight Tickets are bought and sold using stolen credit cards. And now they are also dealing in fake covid Test Certificates. These criminal organisations that have been previously providing Airline Tickets using stolen credit card information, they are providing a fuller service. So they are now being able to give you false nhs certificate saying that you are fit to fly, that you have a negative covid test result. So this is like an Underground Travel Agency . Absolutely. And these guys have been operating for some time. Notjust in the uk, they operate on a global basis. Recently a man was arrested outside Luton Airport on suspicion of selling fake fit to fly certificates. It is an issue the authorities right across europe are worried about. These measures have been put in place to ensure the security of the Public Health in the eu, thats why, of course, a lot of the authorities are worried, if there are organised crime groups that are jeopardising Public Health. Our investigation found notjust fake nhs certificates, but also ones sold abroad for people coming back to the uk. These look like they are from clinics in nigeria but they are also fakes. Crucially, if they are getting fake fit to fly certificates they may be carrying the virus. There is a very real risk of that, absolutely. Travellers cutting corners, criminals making money. If fit to fly is easy to fake, can these certificates really keep britain safe . Angus crawford, bbc news. Three and a half years since the Grenfell Tower fire, and hundreds of thousands of people across the uk are still living in homes with flammable cladding. Labour wants a National Task force to be set up to deal with what it sees as a crisis. Mps will debate the issue in parliament this afternoon, with calls for an urgent audit to establish the scale of the problem. Our Consumer Affairs correspondent 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 eye watering and something 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 dangerous cladding removed, paid for by government funding, but across britain an estimated 700,000 people are still living in homes wrapped in flammable materials, now facing huge repair billings. For the last two or three years a lot of our lives have been completely ruined. We remain in uncertainty, we are 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 homes. Labour says the government needs to get a grip on cladding problems which are pushing people towards bankruptcy. At the moment almost everybody� s saying its a bad situation, but its not really my responsibility. The result is innocent lease holders here, who are living in accommodation which is unsafe, who cant move, and they are being asked to pick up the bill. Everybody who understands the situation here, once they know about it they say that is obviously wrong. Well, if its obviously wrong do something about it. The government said Building Owners should meet repair costs without passing them on to flat owners where ever possible. Ministers have set aside £1. 6 billion to help remove dangerous cladding, and say Good Progress is being made. But Cladding Campaigners say it will cost ten times that amount, given the scale of this crisis. And those responsible for managing buildings say its the government that needs to pay for work to be done now. We, as managing agents, we cant remediate because we cant the work without the funding. Thats why were asking the government to front fund and then the government can figure out how and who to recover the money from later. Pressure is growing on ministers to do more to protect those facing life changing bills. Sarah corker, bbc news. Prince harry has accepted an apology from newspapers who said he had turned his back on the royal marines. Harrys lawyer told a remote hearing of the high court that the prince had made Repeated And Concerted Efforts to support the marines. The prince is to donate the damages to the Invictus Games foundation for sick and wounded services personnel. The worlds first rocket powered by bio fuel has been launched in the united states. Its called stardust 1. 0 and it successfully flew a mile into the air, before parachuting back to earth. Jane obrien reports. Making space history in the state of maine. Stardust 1. 0 becomes the first commercial launch of a rocket with a fuel derived from a secret substance found on farms. This is awesome. So excited. This is fantastic. All right sascha deri is the enreason for of the biofuel, and head of blushift, which built the rocket. But its been a long road to success. Stardust made its historic debut on a runway for heavy bombers at the disused Loring Air Force base in the far north, near the border with canada. Compared to other commercial rockets that now ferry astronauts to the space station, stardust 1. 0 is very small, but cheap to fly. That makes space accessible to many more people. This launch carried experiments from a college and a business that wants to test an alloy for vibration. It will eventually launch satellites into space. Right now there are Freight Trains to space, like spacex and ula. There are Medium Sized Companies and rockets that are launching, i would call them buses to space, with medium sized payloads. But we want to be the uber to space. But anyone doubting maines ability to establish itself as a key player in the increasingly diverse Space Industry should look at the history books. During the cold war with russia, this Windswept Winter Wilderness was americas front line of defence. The b52 bombers that constantly patrolled the skies were maintained inside this massive hangar. The base closed in 1994, but the infrastructure is still here, just waiting to play a new role. Hello maine has other bases it can use, and some 50 Companies Already working in the aeroSpace Industry. Its hoped that blushift� s success will boost plans for a new space port complex. Jane obrien, bbc news, maine. Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willets