restricting our freedoms. this is a half baked announcement from a government paralysed by chaos and incompetence. it is not a plan to live well with covid. we ll be asking if the latest figures justify the change and we ll look at the different positions in scotland, wales and northern ireland. also tonight, president putin moves closer to a military invasion of ukraine, he tells the russian people that he s formally recognised two breakaway regions. despite weeks of diplomacy and a string of world leaders are urging vladimir putin to ease tension, the kremlin has triggered a major escalation of this crisis. the latest on storm franklin bringing heavy rain and strong winds to many parts of the uk. and, tributes are paid to the music entrepreneur and promoterjamal edwards,