Bess took five wickets in various ways. Test match rhythm meant england were now batting. Playing it with wonderful control. A bird scattering sweep from the captain as they thrived. Root 66, bairstow a7. England 127 2, and the view getting better. Joe wilson, bbc news. Have a back, with louise lear. Lets get back to reality it is really looking like the weather is going to be keeping us on our toes over the next few days. Many of us waking up to a Winter Wonderland but with some heavy snow in parts of scotland as you can see here and in northumberland and parts of north yorkshire. Lying snow in excess of ten centimetres in some places. I have just put this spot in lincolnshire on the chart because
there is a centimetre of snow and there is a centimetre of snow and there could be more this afternoon. There has also been some heavy rain today, over 50mm in greater manchester, which has brought some localised flooding. There is the rain over the last few hours, you can see clearly where the snow is. And some heavy rain at the moment as well in that south east corner. What youve got at the moment is pretty much going to stay with you through the afternoon but it will weaken a little. And then out to the west we have cloudy skies, a murky end to the afternoon. Some brightness and glimpses of sunshine in northern ireland. In terms of the feel of the weather, it is going to be cold where there is rain and snow, temperatures really struggling. A bit milder out to the west. But that weather front continues to decay overnight tonight and things will quieten down but that will bring another set of problems because with clearer skies we could have some
widespread freezing icy patches and freezing fog around as well. Almost anywhere apart from the south west is likely to see those as an issue. So if you do have to make an essentialjourney so if you do have to make an essential journey tomorrow morning, it is really worth bearing in mind. But on friday weve got this brief ridge of High Pressure building, quietening things down before the next system arrives on saturday. But it does mean that friday will eventually be a quieter day. The icy stretches and fog patches may languor into the morning but hopefully they should lift a and we will see some brightness. Then more wet and windy weather will be coming in from the west by the end of friday. On saturday, it looks pretty miserable once again. River levels are starting to get pretty high so we will need to keep an eye on this
as we have some wet and windy weather coming across. So, saturday looks wet and fairly miserable, the second half looks drier and brighter for all. A reminder of our top story. Record breaking numbers of people are waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england with those waiting more than a year 100 times higher than at the start of the pandemic. Thats all from the bbc news at one, so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc� s news teams where you are. Good afternoon. Its 1 30pm and heres your latest sports news. Andy murrays participation at the upcoming Australian Open is in doubt after the former world number one tested positive for coronavirus. Lets talk through the ramifications with our tennis correspondent,
russell fuller, who joins us now. Good afternoon. The tournament is due to get under way in about three and a half weeks, so the big question, we know marimekko is to quarantine when he gets there, as he had time to get there . Had time to get there . Potentially es, but had time to get there . Potentially yes. But its had time to get there . Potentially yes, but its getting had time to get there . Potentially yes, but its getting complicated. | yes, but its getting complicated. Murray is said to be in good health but he needs to complete ten days of self isolation in the uk, and then he would need to return a negative test before being allowed to board the flight to australia. Those flights were supposed to be leaving today, if they hadnt already left. Over the next 36 hours, 15 planes full of players will arrive in melbourne, to begin two weeks of quarantine, and this window of arrival in australia was carefully negotiated between Tennis Australia and the Relevant Health authorities, to what we dont yet know is whether murray will be given permission to arrive late. If he is given the green light, he will still have to
quarantine for ia days, so he wouldnt be able to play in the warm up wouldnt be able to play in the warm up events the week before the Australian Open, also taking place at melbourne park, but as part of quarantine you would be allowed out of his room to practice for five hours a day, so he could potentially still get himself into shape to be on that start line on february the 8th. Duncan mcleod said murray needs to test negative before he can fly. There is a strange situation where one player, Tennys Sandgren of the United States, was allowed to fly to australia despite testing positive. Why was that . The australia despite testing positive. Why was that . Australia despite testing positive. Why was that . The case of tennys sand. Ren why was that . The case of Tennys Sandgren could why was that . The case of Tennys Sandgren could help why was that . The case of Tennys Sandgren could help andy why was that . The case of Tennys Sandgren could help andy murray| why was that . The case of tennys i sandgren could help andy murray in why was that . The case of tennys. Sandgren could help andy murray in a few days, because Tennys Sandgren says he was unwell and tested positive for covid in november and, when he took the required test, which all the players have to take within 72 hours getting on the plane, he tested positive again. In his case, after the victorian Coronavirus Task force looked into it, looked at his medical records,
they were happy that this was as a result of the previous positive test, and that there were still some viral fragments that he was shedding, and that triggered another positive test. They were very comfortable he was no longer infectious and was able to get on the plane and will be able to compete in the Australian Open. Its possible andy murray might find himself in a similar situation, and there is at least a president to point to. There is at least a president to oint to. ~. ,. ,. ,. ,. , point to. We wait to hear more from andy murrays point to. We wait to hear more from andy murrays team point to. We wait to hear more from andy murrays team in point to. We wait to hear more from andy murrays team in the point to. We wait to hear more from andy murrays team in the coming l andy murrays team in the coming days. Thank you for that. England are on top after day one of the first test match of their series against sri lanka dom bess and stuart broad starring in galle. Bess took five wickets, including the last four forjust nine runs, broad taking three, as sri lanka were bowled out for 135. Although englands reply didnt start well, with both openers out cheaply, england finished the day on 127 2, captainjoe root making a half century. Theyre just eight runs behind. I know that i havent bowled as well as i could have done. I got away with probably one or two. But thats cricket, we flip it, and look how well wide bowled up front. It was exceptional set the tone early on. The premier league is to meet Club Managers and captains to discuss the lack of adherence to the rules surrounding the spread of covid i9. Its been stressed that protocols, including avoiding unnecessary contact, need to be enforced. But there have been countless breaches in league games, as well as in the fa cup over the weekend, with players celebrating after scoring. The number of positive cases was down, but there were still 36 recorded. Aston villa have been forced to postpone another premier league match due to the pandemic. They closed their training
ground last week after a number of positive tests. Wednesdays game against tottenham had already been postponed. Sundays match at home to everton has now been called off. Wales will be without fullback Liam Williams for their six nations opener against ireland in cardiff on february the 7th. Hes been banned for three games for his red card in scarlets proia defeat by cardiff blues on saturday. He was sent off for a dangerous entry into a ruck. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Plenty more on the website throughout the afternoon. Thank you, john. Good afternoon. You are watching bbc news. Imjane hill to take you through the afternoon we develop and surround coronavirus. We will talk about events in the United States as well, with President Trump and impeachment. Lets start with news around the vaccine. Lets get more on the news that some high street pharmacies in england have started vaccinating people from priority groups, with 200 providing jabs in the next two weeks. Our news correpsondent, graham satchell, has been visiting one of the pharmacies involved. We are in superdrug in guildford this morning, which is on the high street, so it feels like a step change in this vaccination roll out. We have seen vaccines being given at hospitals and mass testing centres and this brings it much closer to where people live. Only a handful today, six, but the hope is it will be expanded in coming weeks to several hundred, and then pharmacists really want to do as much as they can. We will have a quick chat with toni. She has literallyjust had herjab. How are you feeling . Fine. I was apprehensive because i have a lot of allergies but its not an issue. Important for you to get the jab. Very much, because i mix with teenage boys, who are not the most reliable at protecting themselves. I am a foster carer. Vital for you then. Its incredible, yes. This area is for people who have just had the jab, and they wait for ten or 15 minutes to make sure they are ok, and then they are free to go, one of the people assessing them is christine. Good morning. Does it feel like an important day to you . Absolutely. It feels very important. It feels like pharmacists are finally getting to do something about this covid i9, and vaccinating is really important to us, as we normally do flu vaccinations, so it feels like Something Else we can do to help out. For clarity, people cantjust walk in and get vaccinated, can they . No, at the moment the nhs
is sending out letters to patients who are eligible, once they receive that letter, it details how they can book in for a vaccination through the national booking service. Which vaccine are you giving, and how many are you hoping to do . We will be giving the astrazeneca vaccine and we are hoping to do 1,000 vaccinations per week. If this rolls out to more and more pharmacies, you can see how quickly that adds up, but thats the plan. We are the first pharmacy to start doing it and then, after this, other pharmacies will be able to do it after they get everything in place. Finally, if there are people watching who are still slightly worried about getting this vaccine, what would you say . Its quite normal to feel a bit apprehensive about something new, but there has been a lot of work
that has gone into this new vaccine, so we as clinicians and pharmacists were very excited, and we tell people they should get it, because most of the time people getting the letters to get the vaccination are vulnerable due to age or any other illnesses they might have, so this will help protect against covid, reduce the severity of symptoms if you get covid, reduce mortality and the pressure on the nhs. Thank you. Where we are this morning is a pretty big pharmacy, you can probably see, and at this stage it is only larger pharmacies that are doing the vaccinations, because they need the space to socially distance people while they are waiting and once they have had the jab, so i think its unlikely we will see vaccinations in corner shop pharmacies, if you like, so it will be bigger ones, but pharmacies will play a key role
in trying to hit the ambitious government target of vaccinating 15 Million People by mid february. Graham satchel in one of the chemists taking part in that Pilot Project in england. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, has welcomed the governments pledge to open 2a 7 Covid Vaccination centres as soon as possible. He was speaking at a visit of a Mass Vaccination Centre in stevenage, and said the government needed to get 2a hour centres up and running as quickly as possible. Well, we need the supplies and we need the 2a hour opening. Both go together. I dont buy the argument, by the way, that people would not come for a vaccine at four or five or six in the morning. I know plenty of people who have said to me in the last few days, if i could get a vaccine, and these are older people, as well, i dont care what time i go for it. So, yes, the supply needs to be there. Vaccine centres need
to be open 2 a7. The government is piloting that now. They need to move on fast, make it available to the public and across the whole country. Doctors from the British Asian community are helping with efforts to tackle covid in pakistan. The charity midland doctors has been working with hospitals in pakistan administered kashmir to provide training and equipment used by the National Health service here. Anisa kadri reports. Covid patients at a government run hospital in azad kashmir in pakistan. Its one of the centres there getting help from a charity led by British Asian doctors. We are packing some equipment and medicines. Midland doctors are helping our department of health in training, capacity building, logistics, medication and lab investigations. We are doing much better as compared to six months back. With around 500,000 cases and more than 10,000 deaths, pakistan has been fighting a second
wave of coronavirus. Why do you think pakistan has fared a bit better than some places thought it would . The proportion of younger population in pakistan is much higher as compared to the west. And secondly, the community at large, it seems to be they are exposed to Infectious Diseases more and the immune system is, we can say, it is more competent to deal with Infectious Diseases, this could be an explanation. Midland doctors operates from a hospital it built in the region, providing free care after medics from nottingham and derby flew out to help earthquake victims and noticed a need for more healthcare provision. As well as life saving equipment and medicine for covid, the charity is also Training Staff out there. We set up eight different online courses for staff and doctors and paramedical staff to treat covid, how to treat sepsis, how to run the ventilators, how to run the cpap machine, how to oxygenate patients and so on and so forth. There is a sense of solidarity
between medics thousands of miles apart fighting this pandemic. Staff members need to look after themselves and even if it is a case of being in touch with them online regularly and asking, i think that would be something that we can in the near future really help to develop. And as a Junior Doctor in the thick of covid recently, i feel that i can share some of my experiences and help with that journey that young doctors are going through, and nurses and other health professionals. As pakistan, like everywhere else, pins its hopes on the vaccine, the charity says it will continue its work to plug gaps in the countrys healthcare system. Anisa kadri, bbc news. Irelands taoiseach has apologised after an investigation into the countrys mother and baby homes. Established in the 19th and 20th centuries, the institutions housed women and girls who became pregnant outside marriage. A report found an appalling level of infant mortality. Micheal martin apologised
for the profound and generational wrong to survivors of the homes. About 9,000 children died in the 18 institutions under investigation. Earlier, my colleague Annita Mcveigh spoke to damejudi dench, who played Philomena Lee in the 2013 film philomena, which was based on the real life story of a mothers search for the son she was forced to give up for adoption in 1950s ireland. I was lucky enough before filming to meet philomena, so i got to know her, and a very remarkable person. And i feel as though i know the tip of the iceberg of all this, and i cannot imagine, i cant imagine, and to get an apology all this time later from the taoiseach,
i suppose it goes a little way towards the heart rending pain of all those mothers who never knew what happened to their children and have spent their whole lives not knowing. In philomenas case, she searched for anthony and eventually found him after terrible years of pain, and i cant imagine. I suppose an apology goes some way to somehow putting things slightly at rest after such a long time. I wonder what it was like for you to play that role. You have famously played many notable fictional characters, but to portray a real story, a person who, as you say, you were able to actually meet and to hear first hand what she had gone through. What was that like for you . Having first hand knowledge, as you say, right on your doorstep, because she was there much of the time, philomena, so it was not something that you had to feel in your imagination or work out with the director, it was there all the time, and i had her story right there. Did it feel as though you had a greater burden almost on your shoulders to try and tell the story of injustice . It was a tricky time. The film was shown, and philomena was there privately, before it came out. That was a tricky time. I hope that it drew attention to what happened. I thought the story was wonderfully written, and i hope it drew
attention to what happened and the plight of so many women. And perhaps part of the reason why, at the beginning of this week, there was that apology. Thats right. I wonder what they feel about that. I am sure it did a lot to draw the worlds attention to it and to add pressure, i would imagine, to all of those people in ireland who had been calling for a long time for an apology. Some kind of recognition of the pain that they suffered for years and years and years. And still not knowing where their children went. Damejudy Dame Judy Dench talking damejudy dench talking to us this morning. The headlines on bbc news. Nearly four and a half Million People were waiting to start hospital treatment in england at the end of november the highest number since records began. Vaccinations in high street pharmacies a Pilot Project gets under way in england to deliver the covid jab. A study finds most people whove had covid do have immunity from it for at least five months, though they can still carry the virus and give it to others. Taking a holiday might not be possible at the moment but tour operators say more of us are booking for the summer as confidence in the vaccine grows. National express say theyve had 185 growth in the last two weeks and tui say bookings have jumped by 50 in the same period. Our business reporter, simon browning, has more. Holidays. Millions of us missed out last year. No sea, no sun, no long sunset drinks. Instead we got cancellations and refunds. Now as the mass roll out of the vaccine gets under way, tour operators say were booking again and looking for sunnier climes. We launched our Spring Summer brochure this weekend gone, and on monday we took a weeks worth of bookings in a day. Jit runs holidays and tours for National Express coach businesses. Booking have surged by 185 in the 65 plus market, compared with the same period last year. Many of them have had their first jab and they know within 12 weeks they will receive their second jab. That gives a level of certainty, certainty that they can enjoy and look forward to their 2021 holiday. It is giving them something to look forward to because when you book a holiday, there is the lead up time, excitement and anticipation. With so many of us stuck at home for months on end, 2020 meant lots of us have not been further than the kitchen. Maybe you were lucky enough to have a few trips to the garden. Maybe you have had a few trips to the shops. People wanting to start travelling again is great news for an industry that has had a terrible ten months. Tui is the uks biggest tour operator. Greece, turkey and spain are our favourites. At the moment, everything is suspended. In the last few weeks, over 50 of our booking on our website have been the over 50s. The tui uk boss says theyre seeing the same trend. We are seeing people booking longer holidays. Rather than the straight seven nights, theyre booking tens, elevens and 1as. Maybe trying to catch a bit of that missed holiday back up. We are seeing them go into more multi generational and broader groups. It is a bit more of a biggerfamily holiday that is coming through. Whilst we all dream, it has been a tough year for the industry. Abta estimates 90,000 jobs have been lost. This is utterly fantastic news, hugely welcomed by an industry that has been entirely devastated by this pandemic. Ten months into this crisis and the travel industry has still received zero dedicated Financial Support from the government. This is the first sign of the light at the end of the tunnel for the sector. Who isnt going to want a holiday after the annus horribilis that was 2020 . Were all yearning for the sun when our days seem so long and dark. But the vaccine is bringing hope and sunnier, brighter moments to come. Simon browning, bbc news. Germany says its reunited the last of 1a highly valuable paintings with the heirs of theirjewish owners after they were stolen by the nazis during world war ii. The paintings came from an original trove of 1,500 artworks, discovered in a munich flat in 2012. Paul hawkins reports. This is das klavierspiel, or playing the piano, by carl spitzweg, seized by the nazis in 1939. Some 80 years later, the wishes of its originaljewish owner have finally been fulfilled and it has been handed over to sotheby� s in london. The last of 1a priceless artworks to be returned to their owners that were identified as stolen by the nazis during world war ii. They came from this munich flat, an incredible hoard of 1,500 paintings, including by picasso and matisse, discovered by tax investigators seven years ago. The home of this man, cornelius gurlitt, whose father, hildebrand gurlitt, was an art dealerfor the nazis. Inside his collection, a renoir portrait, a manet seascape, or this monet depiction of londons waterloo bridge, which is worth millions today. The museum of fine arts in switzerland inherited the collection when gurlitt died in 201a, but theyve spent the past five years working out which paintings were legitimately owned and which were stolen. Germanys culture minister said. Archive in a mountain cave here in berchtesgaden, gorings secret treasure trove was located by american soldiers. Some experts estimate the nazis stole 20 of all of the art ever made, and that 20 billion euros worth is still out there, waiting to be discovered, potentially reunited with the owners of its families. Paul hawkins, bbc news. Much more coming up from 2pm. We will talk about coronavirus and the vaccine and more besides. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise lear. Good afternoon. Plenty of gear changes with the weather over the next couple of days. Perhaps the easiest way to put it is no two days the same. Across the northern half of the country today, many scenes were like this, with some heavy snow first thing in the morning across scotland and Northern England. We had heavy rain through north west england and the midlands down to the london area, and thats produced some localised flooding. The rain and snow will tend to linger through much of the afternoon. This has been the story over the last few hours, you can see where the snow is across scotland, across Northern England and perhaps down into parts of lincolnshire, but its chiefly rain further south. As we go through the rest of the afternoon, slowly brightening up, actually, into northern ireland, with a brisk northerly wind here. Cloudy and rather dank across wales and south west england, as well. In terms of the feel of the weather, it stays mild into the south west corner, but elsewhere its going to be a cool afternoon, particularly if you keep the cloud and rain. Temperatures in some places struggling to climb just a degree or so above freezing. Through the night tonight, though, that cloud, the rain,
the snow will slowly start to ease away and winds will fall light. That could cause an issue, and we could see some dense freezing fog in places, and almost anywhere where we see moisture through the day is at risk of some icy stretches. These will be the temperatures, widely down around or just below freezing. If you do have to make an essentialjourney first thing tomorrow morning, its worth bearing in mind, ice and freezing fog could be an issue. Tune in to your bbc local radio stations forfurther traffic and travel updates. This ridge of High Pressure quietens things down for friday. Heres the next gear change, however, waiting in the wings for the start of the weekend. Once we have got rid, hopefully, of the dense freezing fog and, in some places, it will linger for quite some time, and the icy stretches, it will be a quieter, brighter day for many, and it will continue to feel pretty cold. 2, 3, a degrees at the very best. Just that little bit milder the further west you are. As we move out of friday into saturday, here is the next
low pressure moving in, turning increasingly wet and windy, plenty of isobars starting to push across the chart. That means a spell of yet more heavy rain across the country on saturday, but the gear change once again comes on sunday drier, brighter and quieter. This is bbc news. The headlines record breaking numbers of people are waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england, with 100 times the number of people than before the pandemic waiting more than a year. The Royal College of surgeons says it shows covids calamitous impact. Is of patients in a kind of hidden waiting list are probably building up waiting list are probably building up in efficiency for this, so its likely that the figure is even bigger. Vaccinations in high street pharmacies a Pilot Project gets underway in england to deliver the covid jab. They can for the flu vaccinations and get they can for the flu vaccinations and get their medicines from
a study finds most people whove had covid do have immunity