Out the pfizer vacine 800,000 doses should be in the uk ready to go next week. No customers to drink this beer as wales enters new tough coronavirus restrictions less than a month after it emerged from its last lockdown. And the explosive sound that prompted hundreds to call the police in edinburgh that turned out to be a rare phenomenon thundersnow. And coming up on bbc news. Well have the latest from cape town after englands opening one dayer is called off after a south africa player tested positive for coronavirus. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Downing street says the post brexit trade talks are at a very difficult point and time is in very short supply if a deal is to be struck. Eu and uk negotiators are continuing intensive negotiations this evening with just four weeks to go until the transition period comes to an end and the uk leaves the eus Single Market and customs union. Business groups have repeatedly stressed that leaving without a deal will damage jobs and livelihoods. 0ur deputy Political Editor vicki young has more. Everything will soon be changing for this Distribution Company and thousands of others. Injust four weeks, goods going back and forth across the border with the eu will need extra paperwork and checks. Some fear that could lead to widespread disruption and congestion. Its difficult enough getting in and out of the uk at the moment with the delays at the border crossings and ferries. If youre adding eight, 16, 12 hours whatever that may be going forward, whos going to pick up the costs . If our wheels arent turning, in effect, were not earning any money. In kent, theyre preparing a park for 10,000 lorries. A trade deal with the eu would mean businesses can buy and sell goods without paying taxes or tariffs but there was still be more checks whether theres a deal or not. Reporter will we get a deal . The eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier has been in london all week. Important day, determination. But the uk has accused the eu of making last minute demands. We want the eu to recognise that the uk is a sovereign and independent nation, and it is on the basis of that that a deal will be done. It is tricky but we are working hard. David frost and his team are working incredibly hard on this in good faith so lets see where we get to. Hopes of a deal had been rising. The two chief negotiators from both sides have been inside this building all week, and talks have been more intense than at any other time this year. Yesterday, though, the uk side said the prospect of an agreement was receding. Crucially, though, no one is walking away. The sandwich deliveries and late night takeaways keep coming, but the uk says talks are in a difficult phase. One big Sticking Point is state aid. For example, if the uk government wants to give financial help to tech firms, will it need permission from the eu . Would there be a punishment if it went ahead anyway . This is all about businesses on one side not having an unfair over their competitors the so called level Playing Field. We want a deal, not at any cost. This is not new. And we understand that for the european union, the question of the level Playing Field is key. And then theres fishing. Eu countries want a guarantee that their boats can continue fishing in uk waters. If not, the uk could be prevented from selling its catches to the eu market. Translation france like all its partners has a veto. Well conduct our own evaluation of a deal if one exists. Thats normal. We owe it to the french, we owe it to our fishermen, and to other economic sectors. The talks continue here tonight everyone anxious to know where the compromises are being made. Vicki young, bbc news, westminster. Katya adler is in brussels this evening. Strong word brinkmanship . It is difficult to know how much . Absolutely. We have to remember this is crunch time. Whether it is political posturing or briefing by Anonymous Sources or 20 47 jittery analysis on social media, we have to ta ke analysis on social media, we have to take it with a big pinch of salt. Behind closed doors compromises are now being reached between the uk and the eu and that is uncomfortable for both sides. Its very high stakes here, as of the ist of january we will start finding out what brexit really means. In public, france, the rest of the eu and the uk want to sound tough. Firstly, for their domestic audiences to show they are fighting for their interests, but put as much a last minute pressure as possible on the other side. What we really have to do is keep a tight watch on these negotiations, because of their bedside say they want a deal, not at any price. Neither will sign up to a deal that they cannot sell back home as a victory. They hope the differences can be met and compromises reached this weekend. Thank you. A 16 year old boy was among the four people who died in an explosion at a waste Water Treatment works near bristol yesterday. The other men who were killed all worked for the sites operator, wessex water. The company says its absolutely devastated by the incident. 0ur correspondent, jon kay is in avonmouth. The police have just named the four people who died and there was a 16 year old among them . People who died and there was a 16yearold among them . That is right, formal identification still has to be done but the police have given for names just in the last half an hour or so. The youngest of them, luke eaton, 16 years old and we understand he had just started working here as an apprentice. He was killed in this blast alongside three older men, three colleagues. Michaeljames, who was 64, Raymond White who was 57 and Brian Vickery who was 63. I spoke to mr vickerys widow and sons this afternoon. They told me he had worked here for more than 40 years, everyone loved him and he was a larger than life character, a practicaljoker who loved his football. But they did not wa nt to loved his football. But they did not want to speak publicly today because they did not want to make it about him or about them, they wanted it to be about all four of them, this teenage boy and the three older collea g u es teenage boy and the three older colleagues who went off to work as normal yesterday morning but now for families who are grieving this weekend as an investigation here gets under way. Jon kay, thank you. The chief executive of the medicines regulator in the uk, june raine, has said today that it should be possible to get the Coronavirus Vaccine into care homes within weeks this comes as the r number, the rate at which coronavirus reproduces, falls again to between 0. 8 and one across the whole of the uk, meaning that growth has slowed and the number of new cases are declining. The office for National Statistics estimates that around 520,000 people in england had the disease in the last week of november, thats around one in every 105 people. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Any allergies you may have . In training for one of the biggest assignments in the history of the nhs. The covid 19 Vaccination Programme which starts next week. At the coventry and warwickshire nhs trust, they say as preparing staff to do thejobs, trust, they say as preparing staff to do the jobs, they have had to work out complex storage plans. To do the jobs, they have had to work out complex storage plansm is an unusual challenge in that this is an unusual challenge in that this isa is an unusual challenge in that this is a vaccine that needs to be stored at 70. It is a vaccine that needs to be stored at 70. It is not the way we have had to handle a drug before. In the hospital we have handled other drugs that way, so we have had to have a new freezer which was delivered a couple of weeks ago. When will care home residents be vaccinated . The Scottish Government says this will happen from december the 14th. Nhs england say that is not so certain. The problem is the way the doses are packed. Regulators need to approve them being broken down into smaller consignments. They say that should not take too long. Breaking down the packs is involved at the very cold temperatures necessary. 0f packs is involved at the very cold temperatures necessary. Of course coming betting a day and it might be variable, but definitely within the next two weeks. The vaccine has arrived just as case numbers are falling in most parts of the uk. Largely as a result of the various local lockdown restrictions. The latest survey of Community Infections by the office for National Statistics suggest that in england last week, one in 105 people had the virus with the case rate coming down. In scotland it was won in 130 with the rate starting to full. In wales, one in 170 with the virus with the case rate no longer falling. In Northern Ireland it was won in 190 with the right continuing to come down. The r number which is whether the virus is accelerating or receding was 0. 8, slightly down on last week. What might that mean for this type of restrictions which may still be needed into the new year . This message from a policy perspective is that unfortunately, if we are going to keep infection rates are low throughout the whole winter, we are going to continue to have some restrictions and quite what the sweet spot is, its not entirely obvious from the data around the uk. For now, the focus is on next weeks vaccine roll out around the uk with clinics like this being prepared for patients who are 80 or over and others likely to be the first to receive the jabs. Hugh pym, bbc news. The latest government figures show new infections continuing to fall, there were 16,298 new Coronavirus Infections recorded in the latest 24 hour period. The average number of new cases reported per day in the last week, is now 14,448. 1,368 people had been admitted to hospital on average each day over the week to november 30th. 504 deaths were reported, thats people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. That means on average in the past week , 438 deaths were announced every day. It takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 60,617. Councils in Greater Manchester have become the latest to pause Rapid Testing for care home visitors over concerns they fail to detect enough infections. Figures suggest lateral flow tests which can produce results within 15 minutes miss about a third of the most infectious cases picked up by conventional laboratory tests. The government says Rapid Testing as way of reducing, rather than eliminating, risk and can quickly identify those who are carrying the virus. 0ur Health CorrespondentDominic Hughes has more. At 96 years old, barbara has had enough of the coronavirus. Do you find it annoying . Well, it is a bit irritating. Its not a life, its a bloody existence. Sorry for the language measures introduced in march to stop the spread of the virus at a care home means shes been missing the human touch. Impossible awful. I want to grab them and. Grr ifeel like i am isolated. Nobody to hug me or hold me or me to hold somebody, i dont know who if this bloody thing wasnt there. Now, care homes have been offering testing kits that can provide a result in 30 minutes known as lateral flow tests. This is the missing link that we found, and its a real welcome move. They arent a single solution. Visitors will still wear protective clothing, but its hoped they can have a bit more contact with their wealth once. It can be more distressing to see their relatives but then to be over two metres distance and not have any human contact, we all need human contact. It means that people can have a hug orjust hold their loved ones hand. But local councils in Greater Manchester as well as sheffield have advised care homes to pause Rapid Testing for visitors amid concerns they failed to detect enough infections. The government says that overall, lateral flow tests are more than 76 accurate when carried out by lab staff but that isnt always the case. When they were used in a Pilot Project in liverpool, the tests were just 50 accurate when compared to the more standard swab test, and the only picked up 70 of the very infectious cases that wouldve been detected by the standard test. Trials of testing are under way in scotland and wales, and plans are progressing in Northern Ireland. And these tests are meant to help students return to home safely for christmas. But experts warn that mass testing is fraught with difficulty. You will be telling just as many people with infection that they are all clear and they may well lower their guard, transmit more than they otherwise would have done, so that could wipe out any potential benefit that you would get. Whats life without touching . At barbaras home in manchester, theyre determined to press ahead with testing. Confident the measures they have in place will protect the residents. Dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. The royal navy have confirmed that a number of personnel at their Faslane Naval base have tested positive for covid 19 and are under medical supervision. A spike of 96 positive cases were confirmed today in the argyll and bute council area, where the base is situated. The royal navy say that personnel identified as close contacts are isolating, in line with established health guidelines. Less than a month after wales emerged from its firebreak lockdown, the country is being moved back into tough new restrictions this evening. Pubs, bars and restaurants now have to close at 6pm and cant sell alcohol on the premises during the day. The first minister of wales says wales is experiencing an unmistakable rise in coronavirus once again with a Record Number of covid related patients in hospital over the last week. 0ur wales correspondent Hywel Griffith has more. Pints and profits down the drain. For this pub in cardiff, a dry december isnt viable, and so it will close. Like many brewers and landlords around wales, simon doesnt accept that pubs are the place where the virus is spreading. He says the new restrictions dont make sense. How can it be right and safe to open to serve food in pubs but not alcohol . It defies logic. Why is six oclock the bewitching hour as opposed to ten oclock . In these difficult times, and in the month of december particularly, the lost revenue is significant. Boozy lunches are off the menu for at least a fortnight, when the restrictions will be reviewed. For now, the first minister says the strain on the nhs is too great. Hospitals in some parts of wales are now so full of patients with coronavirus that it simply wasnt possible for our Ambulance Service to attend to other peoples emergencies in the way that we would want and expect. These new measures apply right across wales, regardless of local coronavirus case numbers. There are no levels or tiers in wales, but there is some anguish and frustration, particularly for those who feel theyve been given little time to prepare. Shops are staying open, the real ones, at least. But this play centres having to shut, like all other indoor entertainment venues. Its the fourth timejoanne has had to close this year. Restrictions are coming and stopping and starting all the time, and not knowing where we are, and obviously people dont know if we are open, if we are closed, when we are going to be open. They are asking, are we going to do christmas events . At the minute, were just saying, we dont know, we dont know. In the background, the vaccine provides hope. The firstjab in wales will be given on tuesday, but for the weeks ahead, Simple Pleasures will remain off limits. Hwyel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. The time is 6 19. Our top story this evening the eus chief negotiator remains in london is intense brexit negotiations continue evening with just four weeks before the transition ends. And coming up i had such a loud noise, a loud bang, and it went on, and i leapt up, run to the window, open the curtains and saw snow. The thundersnow which woke up saw snow. The thundersnow which woke up parts of eastern scotland in the night. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news fans will be back at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium for the First Time Since march as sport in tier 2 gets the go ahead for up to 2000 spectators. By the end of this decade, the uks Carbon Emissions should be at least 68 less than they were back in 1990. Thats the goal that the Prime Minister has set for the country and its more ambitious than any other major economy. Transport particularly on the roads remains the largest source of Carbon Dioxide emissions in the uk it was around 34 last year. Nearly a fifth of Carbon Emissions come from households mainly from gas for heating and cooking. And even watching your favourite film can have carbon consequences if you watch in high defintion on your phone, for example, it generates about eight times more in emissions than if you watch in standard definition. 0ur correspondent sian lloyd reports. Highbury road typical of many. But if these new targets are to be met, its unlikely that homes like these can stay the same. Decarbonisation plans for heating, transport and industry will have to move at a faster pace, which could mean families like the trubys looking for new ways to heat their home. Gas boilers may be replaced by cleaner heat pumps, which are more expensive. Its something weve really wanted to see for a while happening, but i think we have a lot of questions still about what support householders will get, for example, in making changes to our house to decarbonise. Yes, the actions of this family, that matters, and the actions of all these other families matter, but what about business and what about local councils and law . How do we get there . I dont see that yet. So, how much will our lives have to change if we are to meet these climate targets . Well, so far, the uk has reduced emissions by 45 compared to 1990 levels, but that hasnt required much involvement from the public. To hit zero emissions by 2050, scientists estimate over 60 of the reduction will require some degree of change, for example driving an electric car or installing a heat pump. Around 10 of that is driven by the choices we can make, in our diets, how often we fly, and buying long lasting products. Todays new targets have been welcomed by many who want to tackle climate change, but there are questions around the practicalities of achieving them. Providing leadership is good. The big problem, of course, is sort of the lack of data as to how this is going to work on the ground. What will it mean for sort of industry, Energy Providers and individuals . We need to know more about that. And of course, where will the money come from . Its recognised that transport has an important part to play in cutting Carbon Emissions, as does business. This Global Company based in the West Midlands is using electric buses. It has promised to eradicate diesel from the fleet here by 2030. The only real way that we are going to meet these targets in this country is for everyone to change their behaviour a little bit. It is to catch public transport a bit more, it is to walk and cycle a bit more, so if we are asking people to do that, its really important that our fleet is the most low carbon that it possibly can be. Nations have their own targets to secure a cleaner, greener future. Achieving the 68 percent cut announced by the Prime Minister today will need a huge push. Efforts must be increased by around half again on current levels. Sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham. A woman who attacked and killed a seven year old has been cleared of murder after the prosecution offered no further evidence and withdrew the charge. Eltiona scanner, who has paranoid schizophrenia, had admitted the manslaughter of emilyjones, on the grounds of diminished responsibility. The young girl was unknown to skana, who killed her at queens park in bolton on mothers day this year. The mayor of liverpool, joe anderson, has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. He was among five people arrested as part of a year long Police Investigation into the awarding of building contracts in the city. Liverpool city council said that it is co operating with Merseyside Police but would not comment on matters relating to individuals. White the anguish of losing someone to think that has been felt by thousands of people over recent months. Grieving families have had to cope with restricted funerals, with limited family contact adding to the pain. Charity such as the National Bereavement alliance, who help people deal with grief, say they are struggling to cope and for your some services could close because of a shortage of funds. Daniela ralph has been talking to some of those who have lost someone to covid. Behind every covid death is a family trying to cope. What i know about you has kind of touched me. This is grief counselling in covid times. With everyones approval, we were allowed to sit in on the online session. That was the most hardest thing because i knew that was the last i was ever going to see him. Covid is out there, its in the media, its in the papers, its on social network. Its not gone, people talking about it every day. There is no escape is there . Theres no escape. There is no escape from it. The demand for traditional grief counselling is outstripping supply. This alternative, set up by a professional counsellor, provides a vital place of solace for those grieving. The sessions, hearing peoples stories, clearly everyone is really gaining something from it. Its like a relief, to be honest. It was like a shining light for me, really, because it was a place of safety. For you, how has this helped . As the others have said, it is talking to like minded people. Theres this feeling of, in my particular case and i know in many others, of complete disbelief. I am not normally the kind of person to bare all, but it has helped and i can see how much its helping everyone else. This is a wonderful space where people can be as tearful as they like and they dont need to apologise and they know everybody around them will understand. Laura lost her mum in the first wave of covid and her grandmother in the second wave in recent weeks. She has now set up her own support group after struggling to find the right professional help for herself and her children. There is no support really from anything local. The doctors dont do anything, you know . I phoned them myself and i am on anti anxiety medications, which have helped, but the anxiety around this is really hard. These charities are picking up the work for the nhs, really. How long are they going to cope . With funding down, Bereavement Services are under pressure. Around 40 say they may have to close or reduce what they offer. All at a time when the cornerstones of whats called healthy grieving are diminished. The suddenness of it without the support is like normal grief with the volume turned up. But they cant quite make sense of it because they havent been able to go back and remember and thats derailed the natural grieving process. And the risk for that, it kind of long term, is that that can lead into complex mourning and then that can lead into psychological disorders. Thats a great photo. Coping with loss is different for everyone. Liams dad david died from covid. They are now both part of a project on grief by the celebrity photographer, rankin. Captured with the image of his dad projected over him. I think people are reaching for other ways to give those loved ones the sendoff they deserve and for me, this is another chapter for dads story for me honouring him. Grief is personal, unsettling, life changing. But without the usual support for the bereaved, the loss of a loved one can feel even worse. Daniela relph, bbc news. Details of organisations offering information and support with bereavement are available at bbc. Co. Uk actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000158 707. A driver who claimed to have sped down the length of britain in record breaking time has been acquitted of charges of dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice. Thomas davies, whos 29, travelled by car from john 0groats to lands end in 2017. Police only began investigating his journey after he posted a blog over six months later. Mr davies told the court the online post had been exaggerated. The Environment Agency has launched an investigating after a protected river in herefordshire was found to have been severely damaged. Almost a mile long stretch of the banks of the river lugg, which is home to rare wildlife including otters, appears to have been bulldozed, with trees and other vegetation removed. Conservationists described the river as immensely valuable and said the damage would have huge repercussions for its ecology. Police in edinburgh received hundreds of calls early this morning from worried people whod been woken up by what they thought was an explosion. But the loud bang they heard was actuallyjust weather and a phenomenon known as thundersnow. Heres our scotland correspondent james shaw. A flash of light, and then. Rumbling. A long, low boom. Shaking windows and waking people up all around edinburgh and north into fife. But what had shattered the calm . Was it an explosion . A collapsing building . No, it was thundersnow. This couple were woken around five this morning. So, woke up with this loud bang, and jumped up, opened the curtains and saw that it was snowing. I thought, it cant be thunder. And spoke to my husband. He said, yeah, it will be thunder. And i thought, looked it up on google and found this phenomenon called thundersnow. Snow and rain in scotland not something to write home about. But thundersnow . Thats a phenomenon that most of us had not even heard of, let alone been woken up by it in the middle of the night. Thundersnow is quite simply a thunderstorm with snow, and like the storms we see in the summer, its caused by instability in the atmosphere and lots of energy. The difference with last night is that we had cold air, and thats why we saw snow and not rain. And winter has onlyjust begun. Plenty more time for another blast of thundersnow. James shaw, bbc news, glasgow. Bbc bbc news, edinburgh. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. This mixture of rain, sleet and snow, and also strong winds, will ease down this we can. It will be cold but dry, a little quieterfor many of us, and even a little sunshine around. We still have low pressure spinning around on top of us, bringing rain, some hillsnow across central and northern areas, and strong winds, particularly down the irish sea coast. Things will dry up the irish sea coast. Things will dry up across eastern england, clear skies here with a touch of frost and ice. Heavy showers on the east coast