Donald trump accepts a formal transition should begin forjoe biden to take office. He says the agency overseeing the handover must do what needs to be done but he doesnt concede and says the fight goes on well have the latest, live, from washington. Also this lunchtime. As the Health Secretary confirms that things should get back to normal after easter were still waiting for news on the four nations plans for christmas test negative and well reduce your quarantine the new rules for people travelling to england from abroad from the history section to the crime section the missing darwin notebooks that Cambridge University library now says were stolen 20 years ago and meet kuno the hero dog whos receiving the animal Victoria Cross for saving british soldiers fighting in afghanistan, despite being shot himself. Coming up in sport later in the hour on bbc news, a lifeline for clubs, with up to 4000 fans allowed into matches in some areas of england next week. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. It wasnt a concession and he certainly hasnt phoned joe biden to congratulate him but Donald Trumps green light to president ial transition is as close as weve got so far. And now three weeks after the election that formal handover can begin. Donald trump acknowledged in a tweet that the transition was under way. But he said he would continue to challenge the outcome of the poll. Joe bidens team will now have access to federal funds and federal office space. It also paves the way for him to receive regular National Security briefings. Peter bowes reports. Cheering and applause. A step closer to the white house. The green light for president elect joe biden formally to begin the transition process with the trump administration. Three weeks after the election, the General Services administration, the government body that helps with the handover, finally acknowledged that mr biden was the apparent winner. President trump tweeted that he had approved his administrations co operation with the handover, but without conceding the election. Our case strongly continues, we will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail. The president added that, in the best interest of the country, he was recommending that his team does what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols. It opens the door to a fund of more than 6 million forjoe biden to set up the new administration. The president elect will get access to top security briefings, office space and key government officials. The biden team welcomed the move. Todays decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track. Whooping. The country is still divided over the election result, but there is a growing acceptance amongst republicans band mr trump is on his way out. With few legal avenues remaining for the president to challenge the election, joe biden is building a team of veteran washington figures. The message safe hands and experience first. The biden administration, now with an official government website, is taking shape. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. Gary 0donoghue is in washington. Transition, sort of . Yes, the
mechanics of the transition are now being put in place sojoe biden gets to tra nsfer being put in place sojoe biden gets to transfer that 6 million, the money isnt really the issue, the issueis money isnt really the issue, the issue is access to information, access to briefings, to people, that website, the most concrete sign of all of that and it gets to press ahead with his plans for his administration. The one thing i would say, simon, the downside of this forjoe biden is from now on, really, things like the covid pandemic become the biden pandemic rather than the trumpet pandemic so his plans for combating the virus, getting the states to do the things he wants them to do in terms of restrictions, these all start to fall into his lap and any kind of idea that he will have some sort of honeymoon period from january the 20th onwards, i think a lot of people around him will say, that will not necessarily happen because
the numbers could be a lot worse by the numbers could be a lot worse by the middle of the winter when he ta kes the middle of the winter when he takes over. Gary, thank you. The Health Secretary matt hancock has defended the governments plans to reintroduce a tiered system of restrictions once the lockdown in england comes to an end next week. The government is still discussing plans for the easing of restrictions over the festive period with leaders of the devolved administrations. It comes as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus reached its highest level in england and wales since may. Our Health CorrespondentAnna Collinson reports. For weeks theyve been closed but when lockdown ends and the three tiered system is brought in, shops in england can reopen. As for which region will be enriched here, the government are still deciding. We are waiting for the latest date at which we should get tomorrow and make an announcement on thursday and what we will be looking for art the number of cases in that particular area, specifically the number of cases, also the people over 60,
because we are considering those people often end up in hospital when fatalities come. The new tiered system will be brought in from december the 2nd, shops, gyms, hairdressers can open but the measures are tough at this time. In tier i, the rule of six applies indoors and outdoors, pubs and restau ra nts ca n serve indoors and outdoors, pubs and restaurants can serve customers, last orders will be at 10p and, closing at 11pm. Last orders will be at 10p and, closing at pm. In tier 2, there is no mixing indoors, the rule of six applies outdoors, pubs and restau ra nts applies outdoors, pubs and restaurants must serve food and in the top tier its takeaway only, mixing of hassles is banned unless its in an outdoor public space like a part. Which area goes into which tier will be decided on factors like case numbers and pressure on the nhs and will be reviewed every two weeks. Now is kind of a vulnerable time with the cold going around, it could be a bit dangerous, messing with covid. We are getting really good news about vaccines so i think thatis
good news about vaccines so i think that is our christmas present. And we have to just that is our christmas present. And we have tojust be happy about it. If restaurants and pubs werent allowed to open there will be a lot of closures and it would be the death knell to a lot of businesses. New data says covid deaths are continuing to rise with nearly 3000 in the week up to the 13th of november. The dotted line on this graph shows the number of deaths we would expect to see this year, after a big rise during the first wave, excess deaths are now i9 above the five year average but there are hopes they are starting to stabilise. This morning, mps asked the Health Secretary if we could expect another National Lockdown before spring. No, ivery expect another National Lockdown before spring. No, i very much hope not, by having a tiered system which is calibrated to be able to bring the virus under control for that is necessary. So as businesses once again prepared to open their doors, the government hopes its combination of tiered systems, mass testing and potential vaccines will get the virus under control this winter. Anna collinson, bbc news. 0ur Political Correspondent helen catt is in westminster. All eyes on what is happening in december but we know there will be tea rs before december but we know there will be tears before christmas. Christmas is thing everyone is looking to and there will be a cobra meeting later this afternoon for which the four nations will be discussing what they plan to do about that. We may not get a final decision but certainly it feels like one is imminent, the next couple of days at the latest. We note the rough shape of what it is they are trying to agree, a common set of arrangements that will apply across england, scotland, wales, Northern Ireland which will allow families to meet for a short period of a few days over christmas. Ministers equally clear this is not going to be a free for all, what they are talking about is setting a number of households who can take pa rt number of households who can take part in temporary festive bubbles for that time period and of course the four nations have been starting from different places because depending on where you are in the uk, the rules are different on who
you can meet and how. Some of the things theyve looked at are what should actually count as a household, what should the number of days be these arrangements would apply for and what is going to be the impact on Public Transport if you are going to give people a short window in which to move around to see family soap those are the sort of things we know they had been considering. We should hopefully get the final detail which will allow people to plan for christmas in the coming days. Helen, thank you. People arriving in england from abroad, who are subject to quarantine rules, will soon be able to significantly reduce their self isolation period if they pay for a covid test after five days and get a negative result. The rules will come into force from the 15th of december, with the tests from private firms costing between £65 and £120. Simon browning reports. Airports, airlines and the Aviation Industry have been crippled by coronavirus. Airports are running skeletal operations, Stansted Airport currently closes at 5pm but
today, there is hope. Today s announcement that a test and release programme which could end quarantine after just five days, programme which could end quarantine afterjust five days, could make us travel again. This is the Stansted Airport departure lounge work today only 13 flights left the terminal, tomorrow theres six, the day after five. Usually at this time of year there would be hundreds as people escape for some Autumn Winter sunshine but hoped this new testing regime will bring back some desperately needed passengers. After months of having to quarantine for two weeks, the government now believes cutting that period by more than a half is safe. Having consulted very extensively with medical experts, we believe five days plus a very reliable test, is sufficient time now to be able to release people and the test capacity is there to do this now. But there is there to do this now. But there is concern about the public s ability to successfully test itself. To ta ke ability to successfully test itself. To take a self administered sample is often not good enough, you really, really need to go right to the back of your throat and nose and get a good sample. Having got a good sample, its also important that it is tested properly in our reliable, sensitive kit. Passengers who opt to use the Testing Programme to cut their quarantine period will have to pay for their test as they will not be provided by the nhs. But with some private covid test costing around £100 each, for a family of travellers, it is a big hit to the holiday budget. It is a lot of money, an additional payment that families are going to have to pay, a family of four, that is an additional quite heavy cost but that said, a lot of people did not get to go away this summer. Tens of thousands of jobs have go away this summer. Tens of thousands ofjobs have already been lost in the aviation sector. Airports are quieter than ever before. Industry broadly welcomes the new regime, the uk s biggest
airport thinks more can be done. The new regime, the uk s biggest airport thinks more can be donem will take a while before the rest of the row gets to the same position and we all travel with confidence so this is only a first step. But we dont know how Business Travel will change. For now, the policy is england only. As other uk nations evaluate the evidence and risks. With holidays and flights at record low levels, its hoped this new testing policy will give us the confidence to take to the skies soon. Simon browning, bbc news. Russia says its Coronavirus Vaccine is up to 95 effective at stopping people developing covid 19 symptoms. Russia has been criticised by some scientists in the west who have accused it of cutting corners in an effort to try to rush out its vaccine, something that russia has denied. The russian government says it will charge less for its vaccine than rivals and aims to produce more than 1 billion doses at home and abroad next year. Hauliers are warning of mayhem at holyhead port when the brexit transition period
ends in just over five weeks time. Its one of the uks biggest ports and a major route for goods between the island of ireland and the uk mainland. But holyheads owner, stena line, says that despite major changes being introduced in a short timeframe the process will be smooth. Brian meechan reports. Passenger numbers have soared at holyhead. Its the uks second biggest roll on, roll off port after dover, taking around 1200 lorries and trailers a day across the irish sea. But whether the end of the uk eu transition period and the new rules coming into force onjanuary1st will bring chaos or calm depends on who you ask. The view from irish hauliers is clear enough. After the deadline and the eu. Uk brexiting, the decisions still wont be made. Theyll unfold as the problems appear. That leads to a certain degree of mayhem. So you will have time delay, youll have a lot of anxious moments,
youll have a lot of truck people getting a little hot under the collar, youll have ferry times delayed and youll have a general upset, it is obvious youre going to have upset. Upset too locally. Customs checks wont be done on the shores of holyhead when they are fully enforced by the uk injuly. Theyll be done inland, its thought, at warrington and birmingham. Political leaders say thats a missed opportunity for creating local jobs, and a security concern. My plea to any government is that any checkpoint should be here on the island in holyhead, as close to the port as possible. And the main concern we have is the impact thats going to have on the use of this port and the loss ofjobs. So the sooner we have any clarification on that, we can make sure that the jobs here are safeguarded and that the people of holyhead dont have to worry. Well, strong winds here today and strong words from hauliers and politicians. But stena line says that its been bringing cargo and passengers across the irish sea for 25 years and its confident this
process will go smoothly. The integration of our freight checking systems is only now just being completed, so we are going live testing in the next two weeks, so the time schedules are very, very tight on these things. We are starting to educate our staff on the new check in processes and so on and so forth. So, yes, i have a good degree of confidence that we are prepared for the here and now, but the time schedules are tight. Another busy day at holyhead before dawn this morning. The clock is ticking as it counts down to major changes in how this port operates and becomes a gateway out of the european union. Brian meechan, bbc news, holyhead. The time is 13 15. Our top story this lunchtime. Donald trump accepts a formal transition should begin forjoe biden to take office, but he doesnt concede and says the fight goes on. 0ne couples plan to get kids
all kitted up for christmas. Coming up in the sport on bbc news in the next 15 minutes, we look ahead to tonights Champions League matches. Chelsea could qualify for the knockout stages if they beat rennes at stamford bridge. The bombing at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in 2017 claimed the lives of 23 people and injured hundreds more. It also changed the lives of many who were caught up in it, including usman ahmed a student who was working his last shift as a steward before sitting his a levels and Sharon Crawford, a mum of three who was picking up her daughter from the concert. This is their story of a night that would connect them to each other forever. And a warning, you may find some of the details described in this piece upsetting. Izzy was just buzzing. Ariana was one of the ones that she really wanted to see. Manchester, sing, come on. When she started to sing one last time, we got up off the steps and walked to the door. Everyone in the crowd they were just screaming. They were like, this is amazing, and stuff. She did another encore with dangerous woman. I knew izzy would not leave until then. I knew we were in for a wait, stood here. That is obviouslyjust when it happened. People stopped for a brief second and then people were just trampling over anyone possible. Just an almighty bang. Darkness. They asked the crowd who were outside, does anybody have any First Aid Training . Is anybody first aid trained . I ran so fast through the doorand. He exhales. Just chaos. Just chaos everywhere. And at that moment it was just like, i either run home or i stay and help these people. I didnt want to take my eyes off the space on the ceiling. Out of everyone i had just seen her. She was flat on the floor looking at the ceiling. This young man came up to me and he said. My name is usman, whats your name . His eyes were just so dark and he was just so compassionate. And i could tell she was drifting in and out of consciousness. Im thinking, is this it . Is this where its going to be the end . She started shaking quite violently. And shes saying, i dont want to die, i dont want to die here. Out of nowhere i say, you need to think about your children, you need to think about your kids. And as soon as i said that, her eyes just completely lit up. There was a bolt through my leg. So he knew it was bleeding really heavily. I take my belt off and wrap it around her upper thigh. For a young lad, he was really calm. I dont even know what to expect. Its hard, because thank you doesnt seem enough. Hi hi. How are you . Im all right. Im doing a lot better, yeah. Are you . Yeah. You know, ive got over the physical sides of it. Ill always have something going on physically, but its, you know, the mental side more than anything, isnt it . Exactly, yeah. I hit a really low point from 2019. Its like youre thrown in a world where you dont belong. Youre a complete outcast. You dont belong in that world and you want to be. You want to feel wanted, you want to feel normal. You just want to feel normal again. So you have to practise smiling in the mirror. You have to wear a mask. I think for you, you saw so much more than i did. I wasjust lying there. I mean, thankfully, you were there. I must have said this a thousand times to you, i said, its going to be all right you are going to get home
safely to your children. And i did, so you were right. Thats the way to look at it, isnt it . It has been lovelyjust to see you again, really. You know, we dont have to stay strangers, do we . Not at all. For you to have these heroes that went in, he was one. Ijust dont think he realises he actually is one, because he just did what was hisjob. Usman ahmed talking to Sharon Crawford there. Details of organisations offering information and support with Mental Health are available at bbc. Co. Uk actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 998. The high court has ruled that the American Woman alleged to have killed harry dunn in a Road Accident last year was entitled to diplomatic immunity. The teenager died after being injured outside an raf base in northamptonshire. Anne sacoolas who was accused of driving on the wrong side of the road was allowed to leave the uk after he died. Duncan kennedy reports. High return had been a carefree teenager when he met his death in august 2019 harry dunn had been. He was knocked off his bike in northamptonshire by a culture than bya northamptonshire by a culture than by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road. She was Anne Sacoolas, the wife of an american Technical Assistant at a nearby us military base. Soon after the crash, ms sacoolas left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. But harrys pa rents, diplomatic immunity. But harrys parents, shall account him, refused to a cce pt parents, shall account him, refused to accept that and went to the United States to try to get ms sacoolas to come back, but failed, so launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. Today they heard they had lost their case at
the High Court Rules ms sacoolas had immunity. It is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. We have come across many of them. We are going to keep going. Foreign secretary dominic raab said the judges had wilted going. Foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had wilted his favour over immunity, but he said he felt for harrys parents had ruled in his favour. There will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear that we are on their site. We have called and continue to call for Anne Sacoolas to return to face justice. Harrys parents appealed again for Anne Sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. They say they will appeal todays court ruling and they will not give up the fight for their son. Aston villa captain Jack Grealish has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving, including one offence in connection with a crash
during marchs coronavirus lockdown. The England International admitted an offence in connection with a collision involving his range rover on march 29th, six days after restrictions were imposed nationwide. Grealish also admitted a second charge of careless driving relating to allegations he drove without due care and attention on the m112 in october. 20 years after they disappeared, Cambridge University library now says that two of Charles Darwins notebooks have been stolen. Probably been stolen. For years theyd worked on the theory that the small books worth millions had simply been put back in the wrong place. But they still cant find them and now theyve reported it to police. 0ur arts correspondent Rebecca Jones reports. Imagine losing something in here. Cambridge University Library is vast. 200 kilometres of shelving, 10 million books, maps and manuscripts and amidst it all, two missing notebooks by charles darwin. Each of these notebooks, which are the same as the ones we are looking for,
are about the size of a postcard. They are written in landscape, so across the page, and they have, of course, darwins writing. The notebooks have been digitised but the originals have not been seen since november 2000 when they were taken to be photographed in a temporary studio in the universitys grounds. It wasnt until two months later that librarians realised they were missing. They assume theyd been put back on a different shelf and there were a number of extensive searches. Now a new team thinks they got it wrong. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that these notebooks have probably been stolen. That is heartbreaking for me, heartbroken this has happened, i have spent my whole career devoted to the preservation of Cultural Heritage and i will spend all my time here trying to determine the possibility of recovery of these items. In 1837, a Young Charles darwin had recently returned from the Galapagos Islands aboard hms beagle. In his notebooks, he is working through scientific ideas inspired by his trip. And in one of them,
he sketches the tree of life. Your help could be critical in seeing the notebooks safely returned. The library has launched an appeal calling for help from the public, former staff and researchers, in locating the notebooks by one of the best known scientists of all time. It will take another five years to complete a full search of the building here, so it is still possible the notebooks could turn up. In the meantime, their disappearance has been reported to cambridgeshire police. And if you have any information about where they might be, the library would love to hear from you. Rebecca jones, bbc news, cambridge. The body of one of two fishermen who went missing off the sussex coast on saturday has been found. He has been identified as adam harper, 26, from brixham, devon, and his next of kin have been notified. Another crew member was found clinging to a buoy and taken to hospital at the weekend and despite an extensive search for two other crew members the search was called off on sunday. For many children a football shirt is a cherished christmas gift. Replica kits are big business and theyre expensive, even a childs shirt can cost around £50. So, after a year of financial strain for so many people, one family in gloucestershire began an appeal. Their campaign is to make christmas kitmas. Joe wilson explains. Through an open patio door, we filmed the watsons living room, where shirts of the world converge. Football kits for christmas. In previous years, paul watson would collect them for refugee camps. This winter, he sensed the need near. Initially it was very local. We thought, lets contact strouds food bank, theyve got an organisation called kids stuff, and said, you know, they always give christmas things to children who might not get presents, and we thought lets see if they wanted some football shirts. And then it sort of snowballed from there, really. Another delivery well, shirts are coming in all the time thats another delivery
to the nerve centre of the operation here in gloucestershire. But the charitys connected with seven different distribution centres in the uk, including liverpool. Weve been in Community Centres where parents have had to take their kids out of football training because theyre training in their school uniforms, and they cant afford a new school uniform. So without people providing kits then, the public, they wouldnt be playing. Donations of money or shirts are welcome any team, but the famous foreign clubs are favoured. Whoever you support at home, these colours seem neutral. Heres paul delivering in stroud. His brother mark and wife lizzie make up the team. They have around 300 shirts so far, but want more. We havent put a deadline on it, simply because we know that there are centres who, you know, support people all year round. And so we can find homes to anything we get. For now, the appeal is seasonal, with website and punch line never too early to say. Merry kitmas. Joe wilson, bbc news, stroud. A military dog who charged through enemy gunfire to save the lives of british soldiers in afghanistan has been awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. During a raid kuno tackled a gunman and was hit by bullets in both back legs. After losing one of his paws as a result, he became the first uk military dog to get custom made prosthetics. Tim muffett reports. Kuno, the pdsa dickin medal. Military honours for a remarkable dog. At woolwich barracks in south east london, four year old kuno was honoured today for his actions in afghanistan last year. He was supporting uk forces when they came under attack from alqaeda extremists. Hes been honoured because he performed exceptionally on the battlefield. Exceptional courage, exceptional loyalty, devotion to duty, he did a fantastic job, save lives when it mattered. The ministry of defence have asked that kunos handler at the time remains anonymous. I moved over to him and he was hobbling around and he was clearly in a bad way. His paw was all mangled up, it didnt look good. So we bandaged that up. He had whats called a through and through on his thigh, so the bullet has gone straight through his thigh and out the other side. You can see kunos prosthetic limbs. They allow him to be mobile. He was actually the first serving military dog to be fitted with them. Lots of challenges, various challenges, quite severe injuries, combination of injuries that were difficult to manage, individually they would have been very achievable but as a combination, they were a challenge. He is a brilliant patient, it was quite clear he was going to take it in his stride and stood the best chance of a full recovery. The pdsa dickin medal for animal bravery was
introduced in 1943. As well as dogs, horses, pigeons and even a cat have previously been honoured. For this four year old belgian malinois, retirement in dorset now beckons. Kuno has certainly earned it. Tim muffet, bbc news. Hasnt he just . Time for a look at the weather. Heres matt taylor. Thank you. Part of western scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England have had a stinker of a few days, weather wise. We have seen three inches of rain for yesterday morning, but things will change over the next 20 pirellis. It is comparatively mild, temperatures uk wide around 12 degrees today, but by friday you will be lucky to get above cited most parts of the country. You will be digging out the warm jackets, de icer scraper and
spitting on your