And weighing 65,000 tonnes the royal navys new Aircraft Carrier prepares for its first sea trials. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, formula 1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel is urged to calm down after being penalised for a collision with rival Lewis Hamilton in azerbaijan. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its taken 18 days but a deal has now been done between the dup and the conservatives which will guarantee the partys support for theresa mays minority government. In whats described as a 2 year confidence and supply arrangement, the Prime Minister has the backing of the dups 10 mps, after losing her majority in the general election. But while dup leader Arlene Foster has successfully negotiated a deal worth a billion pounds, she faces some perhaps tougher talks ahead parties in belfast have raised concerns that the dup tory deal has undermined the negotiations on restoring devolution at stormont and the deadline for those to succeed is thursday. 0ur Pol
Growing Leisure Boat Industry. From small, human powered, two giant super yachts. And its one of the highlights of the Sporting Calendar, as the top teams enter the fa cup, and one of the worlds most successful managers Pep Guardiola gets his first taste of its magic tonight. The sounds of stonehenge and why they could reveal some of the secrets of the historic site. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Will it be the sound of ice scrapers echoing around the south and east today . It is a day of contrast. While some have frosts, temperatures down to 6, for others it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in15 it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The us President Elect donald trump is due to meet intelligence chiefs today, to discuss claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election. Hes faced criticism from both republicans and democrats about his approach to the allegations, and less than 24 h
Is badly affected. In the us, six weeks after the election, joe biden is formally confirmed as president elect by the voters of the Electoral College. And deta hedman is well known in the darts world but shes the first black woman to compete in the pdc world darts championship. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. Pedro neto scores a late injury time winner for wolves as they come from behind to beat chelsea 2 1 at molineux. Good evening. Theres growing pressure on the four home nations of the United Kingdom to make changes to the covid rules agreed for the Christmas Period. Further talks will take place tomorrow amid concerns that the guidelines as they stand will lead to a very significant rise in cases. Two leading medicaljournals have joined forces to warn that easing the rules for a five day period is rash and will cost many lives. Labour has called for the guidelines to be clearer and tougher. We start tonight with this report by our Health Editor hugh pym. Christmas mixing will
Great western rail changes its timetable and stops selling advance tickets, sport now, and a full round up after a covid outbreak among staff. From the bbc sport centre. The level of new Coronavirus Infections in wales could be twice good afternoon. What was previously thought after a delay in reporting more former Rugby Union Players thousands of positive tests. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities more former Rugby Union Players for alleged negligence. Havejoined legal action against the games authorities its after nine recently retired International Players came forward accusing them of negligence to say theyre suffering permanent brain damage over head injuries. Caused by repeated blows to the head. 0ur sports news correspondent Chris Mclaughlin has more. This is something we were expecting, these nine former players and the legal firm representing them sometimes we didnt even have a loaf of bread in the house. Its have today officially embarrassing to say, but we
To long border delays. We we re we were not expecting her yet. Here she is we were not expecting her yet. Here she is a and coming up, the surprise that took nine months in the making, and thats despite a stay in hospital with covid. Good evening. Nearly four and half Million People in england were waiting to start hospital treatment last november thats a record and yet another shocking indicator of the cost of the pandemic on the nhs and its patients. Behind the numbers are stories of operations postponed and cancer treatments delayed. The Royal College of surgeons described the situation as calamitous. A further 48,682 new cases of coronavirus have been announced today across the uk. A delay in processing data means the daily death figures havent yet been published. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym on how coping with the surge in Covid Patients has affected the health service. The consequences of coronavirus are becoming clearer. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in birmingham temporarily hal