and britains lando norris is the latest f1 driver to test positive for coronavirus. the news comes with fresh doubts about whether the first f1 race of the season — the australian grand prix — will go ahead in late march. covid restrictions in the country could force it's postponement. this summers british and irish lions series in south africa could be switched to the uk and ireland if covid—19 prevents fans from travelling. that is among the contingency plans being discussed with games instead played edinburgh, london, cardiff, and dublin. and the worlds number one test batsmen, the new zealand captain kane williamson hit a double century against pakistan in christchurch. he batted for nine and a half hours in total with the black caps closing in on victory in the second test to take the series. the former leeds rhino's captain stevie ward has had to retire at the age of 27 because of the long—term affects of concussion. he made over 100 superleague appearances and won two grand finals and one challenge cup but after a concussion injury in the opening game of last season he is still feeling the effects” months on. he's been speaking to tanya arnold. ona daily on a daily basis and i struggle with migraines and every day practically business issues and light sensitivity and noise sensitivity andi sensitivity and noise sensitivity and i struggle with phone screens and i struggle with phone screens and laptop screens and the emotional side of it has been pretty tough as well especially in the first six months of it. there were moments where without lockdown i could not walk ina where without lockdown i could not walk in a straight line. things seem to get worse before they got any better. and emotional side of it the impulse decisions and they decrease capacity to cope with life and what was being thrown at me so i'm choosing to try and come back to the most normal type of life and every day nominee that i can. do you think it needs to tighten up its protocols and do you think there needs to be even tighter controls on concussion? i think there has got to be a strong adept at equipped —— protocols and how we are assessed. i think there's got to be a look into the culture and where concussions except for collision spots and there's got to bea collision spots and there's got to be a deep consideration and honest consideration and deep care when you are mixing the brutality of what it can be with what i found out to be and more education is needed around it. and more knowledge is needed around it. the intricate symptoms of it. the difference is it can cause is needed to be known. battling with the effects of concussion. good luck to him as he looks to get on top of that. don't forget to go to the bbc sport website for the latest. spurs fielding a very strong team in their league cup semifinal against bra nford league cup semifinal against branford at home. manchester united on the other semifinal tomorrow will be back for that but for me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. good evening. you are watching bbc news. it is estimated that one in 50 people in england now has the coronavirus. that's according to new figures released by the office for national statistics. record numbers have been admitted to hospitals putting huge strain on the nhs and ina putting huge strain on the nhs and in a downing street briefing this afternoon the prime minister announced new data shows more than i million people in england are infected with the virus. that's roughly 2% of the population. he said 1.3 million people have now been vaccinated across the uk and nearly a quarter of over 80—year—olds will have to injection giving them significant immunity to coronavirus within the next two to three weeks. the chief medical officer expanded on the pending mysterious statement. he had one in 50 people across england has the virus and those figures as we have said and he said there's been an increase in the spread of the new variant of covid—19 across england and he warranted some restrictions may still be needed next winter in order to keep the virus under control. the labour party leader said his party supports the new measures being imposed in terms of the england lockdown and will back a man and this week i'm in a televised response to their penn minister announcement last night a labour leader urged the government to use the third national lockdown in england to create a round—the—clock vaccination scheme to bring the under control. we now need a government that's worthy of the british people and that means using this lockdown to establish a massive, immediate, and round—the—clock vaccination programme. to deliver millions of doses a week by the end of this month and every village, every town, every high streets, and every gp surgery. there prime minister announced that's more than 1 surgery. there prime minister announced that's more than1 million people in england have been vaccinated so far. 1.3 million across the uk and said the government are making a priority to give the injection to the most vulnerable and the elderly by the middle of february. this afternoon with pfizer and astrazeneca combined as of this afternoon we have now back to being fed over 1.1 million people in england and over 1.3 million across the uk. that includes more than 650,000 people over 80 which is 23% of all the over 80 england. that means nearly one in four of the most vulnerable groups will have into it to three weeks all of them a significant degree of immunity. that was their feminist area on at downing street briefing. let's get a reaction to what was said at that briefing to the shadow health minister. thank you for being with us. what other criticisms do you have of the government? they seem to be rolling out the vaccine xp. seem to be rolling out the vaccine xp. —— seem to be rolling out the vaccine xp. -- at seem to be rolling out the vaccine xp. —— at speed. seem to be rolling out the vaccine xp. -- at speed. we are some way short of what they were promising only a couple of weeks ago. we were told that it was going to be 2 million per week by now and back in september there were 30 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine and i hope there is a simple explanation for all of this. we agree with the prime minister on the broad vision that he has to get the vaccine rolled out as quickly as possible about what we are lacking is more detail about why it isn't going out as quickly as we would like. compared to some of the other countries in europe, the uk is rolling out the vaccine very quickly. 1.3 million already vaccinated and it's not bad. there are logistical problems he heard about about the manufacturing and that shortage of glass vials for example and the need for the regulators to check every batch of the vaccine. it is difficult sometimes to get it done at the speed that everybody wants. of course he wanted everyone vaccinated tomorrow. but i think we have to bearin tomorrow. but i think we have to bear in mind that we were the first country to give approval for this vaccine. we had a vaccine transported and especial minister appointed to brought out the vaccine and we should be in a position where these things that were possibly foreseen in the past could have been dealt with by now. we would be a much better position to run it out soi much better position to run it out so i think there are logistical issues that could have been dealt they think is why we had all these people that these importantjobs trying to deal with that. i hope this temporary reduction in numbers will not last for too long because we do need to see a massive step change in delivery and actually there are things we can be doing in there are things we can be doing in the meantime to get back ready. we can be making the most of our retired nhs workforce who are very keen to get in and how we can use every pharmacy we've got and that's the sort of stuff we should be getting ready now so that when the manufacturing side of things a sort that out and they are ready to get this out as possible. we heard from your leader sarah keir starmer, what does the labour party say about this third lockdown. we know he was calling from my restrictions, are you satisfied with what you heard from the prime minister last night? i think from the prime minister last night? ithink our from the prime minister last night? i think our biggest regret is that this did not happen in the earlier but now we are where we are and what's important is the business support for everyone and that means including the 3 million people who have gotte n including the 3 million people who have gotten no support last time and vaccine is really not as effectively as possible and that test and trace is in as possible and that test and trace isina as possible and that test and trace is in a position where those people who have the virus and we know there area who have the virus and we know there are a lot more people leave it now, are a lot more people leave it now, are able to be identified and isolated as possible and be nice appointed to self—isolate. isolated as possible and be nice appointed to self-isolate. when you heard from the chancellor with his offer of help, £4.6 billion of help to businesses, are you saying that falls short of what is required? we need to see more detail on that because it looked like it was based on property rate of values and one of the problems is the pod with a 3 million people who have not had any support so far is proactive reasons they could qualify for that support. we are getting into a situation where some of the people will have not been able to trade effectively for almost a year and it's really vital that this time to ski and picks up all those people so that no one is left behind. in terms of overall spending by the government during this pandemic, it's getting close to £300 billion. staggering sums of money have been spent and which easley says he has been generous. it's hard to argue with that. an extremely generous offer but it's an extreme time and i think that we get on the other side of this and receive business and individuals who have gone because they were disappointed when they had a perfectly good business prior to the pandemic will be very disappointed and regretting that we did not do more to support them. that's why we need to be sure this time every single person who has got a business is appointed. good to talk to you. i reminded that it's half past eight this evening we will be answering your questions about the latest restrictions. joining us will be doctor susan hopkins. did get in touch with us. you can use the # bbc your questions. or you can e—mail us. coming up later at a check out the weather in the meantime. another cold and frosty night in many western areas. temperatures below across central scotland. more winter fairies below across central scotland. more winterfairies continue below across central scotland. more winter fairies continue with a dusting of snow over the heroes. icy conditions. rain continues across the east anglia and the channel islands and into the morning. temperatures just above freezing. it will feel called given the strength of the wind. most places wake up to the frost as we start tomorrow. we will see a few changes. the wind shifts further north and it'll bring the winter showers and further south it will take to showers from parts of east anglia back to the coast. it will continue across the channel islands but through the afternoon we will see more sunshine around and right reasons. the big exception to the northwest of scotland. the breeze will take up and the rain will arrive later in the day. here we re will arrive later in the day. here were able to see the mild weather. a cold day for many. temperatures for some pain below freezing. goodbye for now. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. the uk has passed 60,000 daily new cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic as new lockdowns come in to effect for england and scotland. we have no choice. when the office of national statistics is telling us that more than 2% of the population is now infected, that's over 1 million people in england. and the issue of schools has been contentious in the uk. we look at how they went from being described as "safe" to "vectors of infection" within the space of 12 hours.