Today at six. The new Coronavirus Vaccine, who will get it first and when. Once the trial vaccine is given the green light, the nhs is ready to roll it out, the elderly first, but it will be mammoth task. The logistics are complex, the uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. Rich countries like the uk have already got their vaccine orders in. What happens to the rest of the world . Also tonight. The fas boss talks his way into a race row. Greg clarke resigns after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. A hard hitting report on child abuse and the Catholic Church. It says Cardinal Nichols cared more about the churchs reputation than the survivors. No a levels or gcse exams for welsh teenagers next year. Their results will be based on teacher assessments. And coming up on bbc news. From birmingham, to Borussia Dortmund and now england. Howjude bellinghams become the latest player to benefit from a switch to german football. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Its the question we all want answered. When will this new Coronavirus Vaccine be rolled out and who will be eligible . The Health Secretary, matt hancock, has warned that a mass vaccination programme, which would prioritise people according to age and risk, would be
a huge logistical operation. He said the nhs will work flat out and be ready to distribute the vaccination from the beginning of december if it is approved by regulators. Fergus walsh has more. This is liquid hope, the first Covid Vaccine had proven to be effective, in production in germany. If regulators approve it for use, a few million doses of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine should be available in the uk before the end of the year. So who will get it first . Put simply, the older you are the sooner you will be eligible for a Covid Vaccine. Currently in pole position oui vaccine. Currently in pole position our elderly care home residents and staff. In people aged 80 and over, plus front line nhs workers. The vaccine will then be allocated to younger age groups in bands of five yea rs. Younger age groups in bands of five years. But that is dependent on it
being effective in older adults and we are still waiting for that data. Adults under 65 with Underlying Health conditions will also be given some priority. There should be enough doses of the Pfizer Vaccine to immunise 20 Million People, so younger adults may have to wait for other vaccines to come through. The Pfizer Vaccine is not intended for children. The Health Secretary said the military and nhs staff would be on standby to roll out a vaccine from the start of december. The uncertainties are real and the scale of thejob is uncertainties are real and the scale of the job is vast. But i know that the nhs, brilliantly assisted by the armed services, will be up to the task. Vaccinate as well go into care homes to immunise vulnerable, older residents. Gp surgeries will play a crucial role, some may be open seven
days a week. And large venues like sports halls are also likely to be used for mass immunisation. The Pfizer Vaccine trials were mainly conducted in the United States and germany. Initialfindings conducted in the United States and germany. Initial findings suggest it is 90 effective at preventing covidi9. Is 90 effective at preventing covid i9. Caution is needed, but the early results are surprisingly good. Even the optimists amongst us were hoping for 50 or 60 , so this puts this vaccine straight up at the top of the league in terms of vaccines that we have and how effective they can be. Traditionalvaccines that we have and how effective they can be. Traditional vaccines use a weakened or inactivated whole virus, but the pfizer covid jab uses only a tiny amount of genetic code found in the spike protein on its surface. This synthetic rna is what prompts the immune system to recognise and remember coronavirus. This bodes well for other Covid Vaccines, which
also use the spike protein to create immunity. Results from the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine trials are expected in a matter of weeks. How do you feel . Fine. If they are also positive, it would be another decisive step out of the shadow cast by this pandemic. There are still lots of questions about this vaccine and fergus is here, hopefully with the answers. First, do we know was tested . More than 43,000 volunteers in six countries, not the uk. It was the usa, germany, brazil, argentina, south africa and turkey, a very diverse ethnic range of volunteers aged from between 12 and 85 years of age. We do not yet have the breakdown of how the vaccine worked in those different age groups, but we will get that at some point. Do you know how long the protection is
likely to last . We simply dont know. This vaccine trial only began injuly so know. This vaccine trial only began in july so we know. This vaccine trial only began injuly so we are only five months in. The manufacturers and scientists hope the immunity will persist for a year, maybe longer. But it is not unusual to need booster doses and if the coronavirus mutates, then we may need a booster then. We are used to that, we need an annual flu need a booster then. We are used to that, we need an annualflu jab because that virus mutates every year. You have been reporting over the weeks and months about several other vaccine trials. How will we know which one is best . 9096 effective is really good. If any of them are like the Pfizer Biontech jab, ithink them are like the Pfizer Biontech jab, i think people will be very happy. The uk has bought advance orders for six vaccines. The other big one is the Oxford Astrazeneca jab. We should get results there fairly soon. And we know that some are likely to work better in different age groups, may be in
people with different ethnic backgrounds, so in time we may find that some vaccines suit some groups best and others are for other groups. But that is all for the future. For now what i would say is we are still in the grip of this pandemic and we must not lower our guard in the coming months. Thank you very much. As weve been hearing it could still take months for the new vaccine to be distributed across the uk. In the meantime, Health Experts say well need to stick to the precautions that weve all got used to. A properly functioning test and trace system will also be important. At the end of this month ministers want to start mass testing all University Students in england. Will the test and Trace Programme cope . Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Getting students home for the Christmas Holiday without risking the virus spreading, its a logistical challenge. Today it has emerged a week of mass covid testing at universities in england could start at the end of the month. What
do students think . The way students have been treated at university has been a foreign. Kids are trapped inside one room. I cannot see them getting it out to tens of thousands of students across the country in a couple of weeks. Rapid testing kits like this with results back in hour will be used in universities and from this week nhs staff in england will have regular testing using the technology, but making it more widely available is one of the government was my for trying to curb the virus. But the established test and tray system in england has been criticised from problems getting bookings to delays receiving results and difficulties reaching contents of those tested positive. Today the head of test and trace face questions at a commons committee, with one mp setting out what was said to be shortcomings with the system. Given this pattern of failures, should you be reconsidering your position . Thank you for that report card. If we step
back and compare what we have delivered with what we said we would at the end ofjuly, we have met the vast majority of our commitments. We committed to building Testing Capacity to half a million per day by the end of october. Testing capacity today is over 500,000 a day. It has been hard for the testing system to keep up as cases, hospital admissions and deaths have risen steadily. One way of assessing the covid impact is looking at the total number of deaths from all causes. This line shows the five year average for uk weekly deaths and here is what has happened so far this year. There was a sharp spike in april at the time of the first wave. The red area is a covid deaths. Some excess deaths could be linked directly to covid because people did not seek hospital treatment. Then it falls back towards the average before picking up towards the average before picking up again, although it is nowhere near where it was at the time of the first wave. This is what has been
happening in recent months. Since october the death toll has gone back above the five year average. Reducing cases and saving lives is the aim of lockdown restrictions. Health officials hope that will also allow test and trays to be more effective at controlling the virus. The head of the football association, greg clarke, has resigned after using out dated and offensive language when discussing diversity in the sport during a meeting with mps. He has apologised for using unacceptable words, saying they were a diservice to the game. The equality charity kick it out said his remark belonged to the dustbin of history. A warning, our Sports Editor dan roans report includes language some viewers may find offensive. Football has been through a lot lately, the loss of fans sparking financial crisis. Today in parliament the sports leaders were asked to give answers, but instead a new c0 ntrove rsy. Asked to give answers, but instead a new controversy. During questions on
diversity, the man at the top said that. If you go to the it department there are a lot more south asians than there are afro caribbeans because they have different interests. He then refer to black players using an offensive and outdated term. Highprofile coloured footballers and the abuse they take. Afew footballers and the abuse they take. A few minutes later came this. Would you want to withdraw that language . Is that not the same kind of language that means that inclusion is not a reality even though football is very diverse . isaid though football is very diverse . i said it, i deeply apologise. Secondly, i am a product, i said it, i deeply apologise. Secondly, iam a product, having worked overseas, i worked in the usa for many years, i was required to use the term people of colour because that was a product of their diversity legislation and positive discrimination. Sometimes i trip over my words. The game has united against racism in recent months but many believe those efforts have been undermined. It is a grisly
compilation album of ignorant stereotypes. So i think that says there is an underlying attitude and thatis there is an underlying attitude and that is the problem. I think it is legitimate to ask the question, is that the right person to be leading this organisation . Tonight the fa dramatically announced that clark had stepped down after what he called u na cce pta ble had stepped down after what he called unacceptable words that did a disservice to our game. This has been another grim day for the sport, greg quites resignation last thing english football needed after a period of crisis with a grass roots of the game suspended and turnstiles still shot. Agreement over a bailout to help clubs survive has proved elusive and is increasing tension over the future structure of the clu b over the future structure of the club game. Football authorities had today been expected to come together today been expected to come together to help the sport, instead the governing body has lurched into another crisis. Borisjohnson has had his first telephone conversation with americas new president elect, joe biden. Our deputy Political Editor vicki
young is in westminsterfor us. Vicki, what was said . There has been quite a lot of focus on some of the potentially problematic areas. Unlike donald trump,joe problematic areas. Unlike donald trump, joe biden is no fan of brexit and has made it clear the good friday agreement must be upheld, particularly if there is to be a trade deal with the United States. But we are told the phone call lasted about 20 minutes. You can see some pictures. It was described as warm. They focused on what they called shared priorities, tackling Climate Change being one of them. There was an invitation to the president elect to attend a big summit being hosted in the uk next year. They talked about security, particularly working through nato. There was always a bit of a race to be at the top of the list for these calls and downing street will be delighted the call came to london before the once to paris and berlin. Whether it tells us very much about how the two man will Work Together i
am not too sure. They have never actually met. There is no doubt borisjohnson has maybe lost a friend in the white house with the departure of donald trump. But there are many around the Prime Minister who thinks his replacement may be a more predictable partner. Students in wales will not be taking gcse, as or a level exams next summer. Instead the Welsh Government has decided to base their grades on assessments made by their teachers. Ministers are worried that, because of the impact of the pandemic, it might not be possible to guarantee a level Playing Field for all students. Hywel griffith reports. I have just taken a gcse question. Studying past papers will still be a thing of the past for these year 11 pupils in cardiff. Today they learnt their exams have been scrapped. Instead they will face a series of teacher led classroom assessments in the spring. For these two there is
obvious really but concern as well. I feel like it is obvious really but concern as well. Ifeel like it is beneficial to obvious really but concern as well. I feel like it is beneficial to us. We have not had the time to learn all the coursework. It would not be possible. The stress level is way better. I am possible. The stress level is way better. Iam not possible. The stress level is way better. I am not stressed any more, so better. I am not stressed any more, soi better. I am not stressed any more, so i feel like it is beneficial. Better. I am not stressed any more, so i feel like it is beneficiallj wa nt so i feel like it is beneficial. want to be a doctor when i am older. If they see it differently when it comes to the qualifications to take a specific course, so that is what i am scared of most. Exams are still going ahead in england and Northern Ireland. It is leading to concerns that welsh results could be seen differently by employers in universities. The Education Minister believed they will be recognised. We have consulted with universities before making this decision. What about employers . Yes, of course, because once they have been awarded they are a qualification that is exactly the same, of equal worth two yea rs before exactly the same, of equal worth two years before and two years to come. This decision is based on the disruption and loss learning for people is not just last disruption and loss learning for people is notjust last year but right now. At this school this term they have already had an entire year group to self isolate and stay at home for two weeks. But moving to a different system brings another challenge. The head here says he needs more detail on how external assessment will work for those with learning difficulties. Particularly around youngsters with special consideration, how do we ensure they have a fair process . But like most schools we adapt. With scotland and now wales opting out of exams, there is renewed pressure on downing street to scrap exams in england and keep the class of 2021 on the same page. Our top story this evening. The Health Secretary says the nhs is prepared to work flat out if the Coronavirus Vaccine is approved by regulators before the end of the year. And coming up. How will the Coronavirus Vaccine if approved be distributed around the world . Well look at the challenges. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news. As next years formula one calendars announced, we assess why vietnams been dropped. After Huge Investment it wont make its debut on the schedule. A report by the education standards body, ofsted, says many children have slipped back since the first lockdown. A lack of resources enabling children to learn at home has been one factor. The government has, for example, supplied laptops to schools in england but has struggled to deliver the amount originally promised. Our education editor, branwen jeffreys, reports from sheffield. In schools across england an invisible, digital divide. I am truly angry about it. They talk about levelling up. This isnt levelling up, this isnt equity, this is unfair. For parents the fear their children will fall behind. That is my worry, that they are going to miss out on a lot and it is affecting them. Salmas five children share one tablet, not a problem until this year. While many parents are struggling to send work back to school online, salma told me they cant afford another device. Just in sheffield 11,000 children are in the same position. We had the choice of if you could only manage doing one piece of work we could upload that. So they lost out on the rest because my priority was to upload that one piece of work. What ive actually seen in my children is the areas where they were quite strong, ive seen them become a little bit weak in those areas. Right from the first lockdown schools realised there was a huge digital divide. Some families only had a couple of mobile phones to share
between parents and children, making it impossible for pupils to learn at home. But now if a school shuts they have a legal obligation to provide the same education remotely. So what is the situation with laptops from the government . More than 500,000 will have reached the schools this year, say ministers. But many schools are angry after a cut of up to 80 in the number they were allocated this term. It has been a real struggle over the last few months. This primary head teacher was promised 35, then told they would only get seven. It falls far short because we have 100 children who are eligible for free school meals. There arent wealthy people in this area, people who have got spare cash. They are the just about managing families. Their lives are so tough anyway, they are already on the back foot, theyve started on the back foot because they havent had the opportunities. College students wiping and resetting donated, old laptops, a project backed by a tech entrepreneur. Faster, he says, than trying to buy them for pupils. Buying new laptops and new tablets is really unsustainable. I applaud the effort of doing it, but it is probably not going to happen any time soon, so we need an alternative and the alternative is companies donating used technology, used laptops, refurbish them and distribute them quickly to children. We are perfecting this in sheffield and south yorkshire. This could easily be done across the whole of the united kingdom. Two of salmas children have already had to self isolate. For her and other parents, any digital help cant come too soon. Branwen jeffreys, bbc news. The head of the Catholic Church in england and wales has been heavily criticised for putting the reputation of the church ahead of its duty to survivors of child abuse. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse examined more than 3,000 accusations up to 2015. It said Cardinal Vincent nichols had not shown compassion towards victims in the recent cases it had looked at. Sangita myska reports. Westminster cathedral, the home of the Catholic Church in england and wales was, according to todays report, an institution so preoccupied with its reputation that it catastrophically failed children in its care. The independent enquiry into child sexual abuse said that over half a century 900 alleged victims reported over 3000 instances of abuse perpetrated by priests, monks and other church staff. The true scale of abuse, the report says, will never be known. But the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth. Carden and vincent nichols, who gave evidence to the public enquiry in 2018 was singled out a stinging criticism cardinal. The report said he should
have shown leadership, bringing around a swift change in the culture of the church which had at times turned a blind eye to perpetrators of abuse. A survivor, who has asked to maintain anonymity, is along with others, chording on the cardinal to resign. Calling. Ithink he others, chording on the cardinal to resign. Calling. I think he must resign. Calling. I think he must resign. I think its the only decent thing to do. I think there needs to bea thing to do. I think there needs to be a point where he says, hands up, i got this wrong, and therefore my position is untenable. The report, which is also 150 pages long, is damning. It says the Catholic Churchs moral purpose had been betrayed. Of Cardinal Nicholls it said there was no acknowledgement of any personal responsibility and that he did not demonstrate compassion towards victims of recent cases. Speaking to the bbc, he says he is committed to bringing about change and that he has the backing of the pope. I offered my resignation to
pope. I offered my resignation to pope francis and he came back very clear, unambiguous, that he wanted me to stay in post. The enquiry has warned that abuse within the Catholic Church is not an historical problem, but one it must continue to address with a change in culture. Three Council Areas in scotland are to move to level 3 of coronavirus restrictions, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Angus, fife and perth and kinross will face tougher regulations from friday. Restaurants and pubs will be banned from selling alcohol and must close at 6pm. Redundancies reached a record high in the three months to september, pushing the uk Unemployment Rate to 4. 8 according to figures from the office for national statistics. 314,000 people were made redundant between july and september. The number of people out of work rose by 243,000 in the same period, the largest increase since may 2009. There are now 782,000 fewer people in payrolled employment, compared to march this year. And there are a further 2. 5 Million People still on furlough. The extended scheme is due to end in march. Our Business Correspondent sarah corker has been meeting people from the travel and Tourism Industry in cumbria whove lost theirjobs in the pandemic. Dusk at Coniston Water in cumbria. This beauty spot, like the rest of england, is now locked down for a second time. Its been quiet. It certainly going to get quieter in the next few weeks. During the first lockdown, joanne and her husband sean lost their jobs lockdown, joanne and her husband sean lost theirjobs as coach drivers drivers. He has found new employment, but it is 450 miles away in cornwall. It is a financial stretch. It cost me hundred pounds
to come home for the week, if i come home for the weekend. I try and keep what i spend right down to the minimum, but emotionally, it is having an effect on me. Joanne is working again as well but the couple are now £7,000 a year worse off and the pandemic has taken its toll. has devastated me. Im trying not to cry, but it has devastated me. And i am struggling. Im struggling. Sorry. The travel and Tourism Industry has been at the sharp end of this economic crisis. In the west midlands, sian lost herjob as a travel consultant in july. Midlands, sian lost herjob as a travel consultant injuly. She has applied for hundreds of roles. Its been really, really hard to be reemployed because firstly instead of fea rfully reemployed because firstly instead of fearfully applicants for a role suitable for me there are over a hundred or sometimes a thousand
applicants, so employers can be very picky and choosy. A record 314,000 people were made redundant in the three months to september. Companies laid off staff as they expected the furlough scheme to finish at the end of october. At the 11th hour, it was extended until the end of march, but that extension came too late to save somejobs. Patricia that extension came too late to save some jobs. Patricia and andrew lost theirjobs when their travel some jobs. Patricia and andrew lost their jobs when their travel company went into administration in may. They used their redundancy money to set upa they used their redundancy money to set up a new travel business. Other companies were going out of business on the opportunities seemed to be there, so myself and patricia decided for us the best way forward to stay in the travel industry was to stay in the travel industry was to ta ke to stay in the travel industry was to take it upon ourselves. But a second shot down was not part of the planning. Youjust second shot down was not part of the planning. You just kind of sigh and think, when will it all end . Its beena
think, when will it all end . Its been a catastrophic year anyway, you think, how can we weather the storm . Back on Coniston Water, and lockdown Restrictions Mean holidays are effectively banned until december. Economists warn further big rises in unemployment are likely in the months ahead. As weve been hearing if the Coronavirus Vaccine is approved, it will be challenging enough making sure everyone in this country gets it. Imagine how difficult it will be to make sure that people across the world also have access to it. Everything from manufacturing billions of doses to transport will take International Cooperation and finance. Heres our Global Health correspondent tulip mazumdar. As the scientists offer a glimmer of hope, the grave diggers continue theirgrim hope, the grave diggers continue their grim task. All around the world, loved ones are laid to rest. So, with the news this week of a potentially very effective vaccine,
countries are racing to prepare for a possible roll out. Countries are racing to prepare for a possible rollout. This is an absolutely unprecedented situation we find ourselves in, over 200 vaccine candidates, 40 of them in Clinical Development within ten months of a new virus being discovered. But actually getting any successful products into communities is an epic logistical task. Keeping vaccine is cold or even deep frozen ona vaccine is cold or even deep frozen on a colossal scale will be one of the key challenges. Health workers will also have to locate vulnerable elderly people in very remote areas because, as the World Health Organization has repeatedly said, doing this protects all of us. No one is safe until everyone is safe. We know that demand for a successful vaccine will far outstrip supply in the initial months, so three of the big Global Health and vaccine organisations have come up with a new system. It aims to ensure
everyone, anywhere in the world who needs the vaccine most gets access to it first. It wants to procure 2 billion doses to protect at least1 billion doses to protect at least1 billion people in the next year. First, health workers, then the over 65 is will be prioritised. So what you really want is a situation where you really want is a situation where you can begin to roll those vaccines out, to dampen down the epidemic, but if you have a region that has a raging epidemic, you might want to put more priority in that region to be able to bring it down than another place that already has pretty good control. Most rich countries are still making side deals directly with pharmaceuticals. The uk, for example, has signed up for more than 300 million doses of six different vaccines. The us hopes to get 300 million doses of various vaccines by january. But to get 300 million doses of various vaccines byjanuary. But remember, all of this is a bit of a gamble. The World Health Organization says any vaccine must be at least 50
effective, and we are going to need more than one. We simply dont know yet how much protection these other vaccines could give or how long any protection will last. The wait for life to return for to some semblance of normality continues, but we are edging ever closer to that goal. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Not too bad today with more sunshine than yesterday and some nice sunsets up than yesterday and some nice sunsets up and down the country between the clouds. As we head through tonight it turns wet and windy across the north and west of the uk and Northern Ireland and western scotla nd Northern Ireland and western scotland but elsewhere it should remain largely dry and fairly mild. The new area of low pressure will put in from the west and you will see the isobars squeezing in and it will turn windy but the south east
closer to the High Pressure and